Golf Course Open Again, Christmas Music Tonight

1. Today's weather will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 31, according to the National Weather Service. Wind could gust as fast as 26 mph, the forecast says.

2. reopened yesterday, and was featured in a WCCO report about how the lack of snow is affecting businesses. Golfers were out with umbrellas yesterday, and the course is taking reservations for the weekend.

3. Can’t get enough Christmas music? Valley Creek Church is giving a performance at Woodbury’s Central Park at 7 p.m. tonight.

4. The Minnesota Climatology Working Group prepared an analysis of the probability of having a white Christmas (more than 1 inch of snow) for a number of Minnesota cities. Oakdale’s not on the list, however based on 45 years of data, St. Paul has an 80 percent chance of having an inch of snow on the ground on Christmas. What do you think? White or brown this year?

5. On this day in 1791, the Bill of Rights became law, according to history.com. Don't take your freedom of speech for granted! Make an article comment on Oakdale Patch.