Five Things We Hope You Didn't Miss

1) Two schools had exceptionally exciting first day on Monday. Sixth graders at Our Lady of Lourdes were and the high schoolers were greeted with a marking Dunedin High's 50th anniversary.

2) A Dunedin elementary school still reeling from a tragedy last May received 20 backpacks full of hope from one man's act of goodwill. Read more.

3) We caught up with some of the Dunedin Blue Jays' leading ladies. Five of the players' wives and girlfriends share what it's like supporting their man. .

4) City officials were a few days behind a 30-day deadline they set for themselves to complete training that would reopen easy public access to email records, and there's still training in store for some staff. .

5) We may have been spared from Hurricane Irene, but she made her presence known. Strong winds definitely pestered attempts to fumigate a waterside clubhouse at Edgewater Arms this week. Luckily, no one was hurt. .