Five Things to Know Today: June 2

1. Happy Birthday to you! Panera turns 5-years-old!

The Panera Bread, located at , will celebrate its five birthday today by thanking those who make their business possible, their customers. To help toast to their birthday, the first five customers at 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. who also have birthdays on June 2 will receive a special birthday surprise. 

2. It's graduation season!

Whether it's your preschooler moving on to the big K, or your college senior heading out into the real world, you can brag about it on Bolingbrook Patch by leaving a personalized, one-of-a-kind announcement for your special graduate. Feel free to gush or embarrass them with storis of when they were little. For instructions on how to leave a grad announcement, click . 

And if you're grad is a Bolingbrook High School student, we have all the information on the graduation ceremony you need. For that information, click . 

And finally, Bolingbrook Patch will be on hand to cover the BHS graduation with an extensive photo gallery. Be sure to return Monday to see the great photos!

3. Facebook Fan Poll

We normally do this in a separate post, but from now on, Bolingbrook Patch's daily "Facebook Fan Poll" will appear in our daily "Five Things to Know Today" feature.

Today's question: Have you used the new Fountaindale Public Library yet? What do you think of it?

Chime in below by leaving a comment!

Or, to participate in the poll and become a fan of Bolingbrook Patch via Facebook, click HERE. 

4. Yesterday's headlines.

5. Seniors ride free no more.

State officials announced Wednesday that most seniors will no longer be allowed to ride the Metra, Pace or CTA for free after Sept. 1. 

Seniors that qualify for free rides—it is estimated that about 25,000 of the more than 440,000 seniors in the state will qualify—will be issued replacement permits.

According to a Chicago Tribune report, only seniors that qualify for the Illinois Department on Aging Circuit Breaker program will be eligible for free rides.

To qualify, the report said, a single senior would have to have an annual income of $27,610 or less. A household of two would have to have an annual income of less than $36,635. For households of three or more, the annual income would have to be $45,657 or less.