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Five Things: TJHSST Varsity Golf Game, Althea Gibson Becomes First African-American on U.S. Tennis Tour

Five things you need to know today, Monday, Aug. 22, 2011

  1. The primary elections are tomorrow, Tuesday, Aug. 23. Do you know who to vote for and where? Check out our .
  2. On this day in 1950, Althea Gibson became the first African-American tennis player to compete in a U.S. national tennis competition. Learn more about Gibson here.
  3. Today's weather will be a mix of wind, clouds and shine with a high temperature of 81 degrees.
  4. We'll have a profile of Mason District Supervisor Penny Gross up tomorrow morning.
  5. The Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology varsity golf team will play Marshall High School today in Herndon at 3:30 p.m. Go Colonials!


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