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Five Things You Need to Know Today: Frugal Fridges, Running Rewards and Tennis Tournaments

It's Wednesday! Trade in your refrigerator, log your running miles onto a fitness website in honor of National Running Day and register your teen for a tennis tournament.

  1. Happy June! Although today isn’t officially the first day of summer (you’ll have to wait until June 21st for the solstice), it is International Children’s Day and National Running Day, as well as the birthday of Norma Jean Mortenson – known to the world as Marilyn Monroe – and the death date of Helen Keller. In 1968, Keller passed away in Westport, Conn. at the age of 88. As for Monroe, she was born in 1926 and would have celebrated her 85th birthday today. 
  2. If the above mention of National Running Day was enough motivation for you to slip on your sneakers and trot at a blood-pounding pace around your block, you might be interested to discover that Competitor Group, Inc. is rewarding runners across the country with deals and discounts on races if they to log their miles online at Competitor.com with the goal to reach 500,000 miles in one day. Those who register for a CGI event today will receive $26 off a Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon; $13 off a Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon; $10 off a Rock ‘n’ Roll 10k; $5 off a Rock ‘n’ Roll 5k; $20 off a Muddy Buddy; and $20 off a TriRock event.
  3. It isn’t enough to merely sort paper from plastic in your recycling bins anymore. Starting today, Westchester County will be amending its Source Separation Law to include plastics 3-7 to the mandated recycling list. All residents and businesses are required to separate all empty plastic containers marked with the triangular chasing arrows symbols and coded with a 1-7 in the center. Recyclable plastics include food, beverage, detergent and shampoo containers and caps, and products excluded from the amended law include plastic bags, all plastic film, vinyl, large rigid plastics, plastic foam and building materials. Although it isn’t fun rummaging through your trash, it sure feels good saving the planet, huh?
  4. Is your refrigerator running? If someone calls and asks you this question, it isn’t necessarily a prank call – instead, it may be Con Edison! Today, the company will remove an old, second refrigerator from a Scarsdale home, earning the customer a $30 reward. To learn more about Con Edison’s Refrigerator Recycling Program, which can save participants up to $100 a year in lower energy costs, swing by the Hamra House on 258 Grand Boulevard at 10 a.m. 
  5. Now that the weather’s nice, it’s finally tennis time! If your teen is dying to show off his or her serve, register them for the John Parker Compton Memorial Tennis Tournament. Celebrating its 65th year, this competition is open to all Westchester County junior tennis players ages 14-18 and will be held at Fox Meadow Tennis Club, as well as Scarsdale High School, beginning on Monday June 6. Today is the last day to register, so make sure to visit the USTA website at www.usta.com/tennislink, click "Enter Now" under Tournaments and type in Tournament # 100516611. Call the Scarsdale Recreation Department at (914) 722-1160 for more information. 

 


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