It's Wednesday, Sept. 23, National Checkers Day. Today's birthday: The Boss, Bruce Springsteen (1949), who was married in a May 1985 midnight ceremony at Our Lady of the Lake Church in Lake Oswego. Today in 1806, Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery returned to St. Louis after a more than two-year journey to the Pacific Northwest. They helped the U.S. lay claim to the Oregon Territory. Wednesday's weather should be rainy by the afternoon, with a gusty southwest wind and a high in the low 70s.







• Find something fresh for dinner at the Kenton Farmers Market, 3 to 7 p.m., at North McClellan Street and Denver Avenue. www.portlandfarmersmarket.org/our-markets/kenton/

• Donate food and personal hygiene items to Snow Cap Community Charities as part of the Grotto's Days of Service (rescheduled because of the wildfire smoke), 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Grotto, 8840 N.E. Skidmore St. thegrotto.org/day-3-feeding-those-in-need/

• Give your young readers some space as they talk about their books at the Garden Home Community Library's virtual Middle Readers Book Group, 5 p.m. www.gardenhomelibrary.org/