Do you have a friend or family member returning to the U.S. after serving in Iraq? E-mail local editor Brian Hooks with a name and contact information for a local veteran profile.

Weather: Weather.com is calling for a sunny day with a high of 51 and a low of 39.

Events: Family, friends and all supporters of Hammond High School are invited out to the school's fall Family nights at Trattoria da Enrico in Kings Contrivance Village. From 2 to 9 p.m., the restaurant will donate 20 percent of all purchases made when showing the flier for the school.

A Howard County Council hearing is at 7:30 p.m. in the Banneker Room of the George Howard Building, 3430 Court House Dr, Ellicott City.

Do you know of events around the Savage area? You can post them to the community calendar all on your own!

Reader Shout Out:  Patch reader Lorraine Kelly doesn't like the possibility of Howard County middle schools cutting its reading programs, "I was taken back with this suggestion... Maybe keep the reading for those students who could use more experience and exposure to materials that interest them with volunteers. Hopefully the school board will not make a snap decision and will read up on the information on the benefits and disavanatages of such a drastic change."

Thought of the Day: Now that Kim Jong Il is dead, is the world any safer?

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