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Five Things You Need to Know July 8, 2011

A big happy birthday shout out, live jazz on Ford Road and this morning's best gas price.

1. Get ready for the fifth season of the Canton Color Tour, which kicks off at 7 p.m. today with Sheila Landis and Brazilian Love Affair in the Ford Road parking lot.

2. Garage salers — did you know you can post notices for your (or your subdivision) right here on Canton Patch?

3. A very big "happy birthday" to the Salvation Army Plymouth Corps, celebrating Salvation Army's 146th year.

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4. Low gas price: $3.73 at , 42495 Joy Rd. at Lilley Road.

5. The National Weather Service predicts temperatures could hit 88 degrees today, perhaps uncomfortably warm for some, but consider: On July 8, 1936, metro Detroit saw Southeast Michigan's second-highest temperature recorded: 104.4 degrees. All-time hottest day on record remains July 24, 1934, when it was 105.

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