Bethel Daily Briefing: Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Today Is Tuesday, January 17, 2012 The 17th day of the year.

Tuesday's Weather

No sun.  Rainy and/or snow.  High around 44, low around 27.

Local Students Named to Keene State College Dean's List

Among the 1,501 students named to the Dean's List are:

Rebecca Costanzo of Bethel, Connecticut

Lauren Faulkner of Bethel, Connecticut

Daniel Wogksch of Bethel, Connecticut

The Dean's List designation is bestowed to those Keene State College undergraduates enrolled in a degree program who have completed a minimum of six credit hours in the semester, receiving no failing or incomplete grades. A 3.5 or higher grade point average on a 4.0 scale is required to earn the Dean's List honor.

Bethel resident and graduate of Canterbury School, Taylor Sekelsky, is a freshman at Penn State University. Her mother, Michelle Sekelsky, sent this information: "Taylor is a cheerleader for Penn State University National Cheerleading Team. They competed at the UCA College Nationals this weekend on Saturday, January 14th, as well as the World University Cheerleading Championship on Sunday, January 15th. They placed 1st in the World University Cheerleading Championship."  

The photo in the Patch Gallery is of Taylor and her cheerleading team.

Garden Hints for January from the Old Farmer's Almanac

Don't forget winter birds! Put out water, seeds, and suet.

Remember to supply fresh food and water for the birds. Nuthatches, chickadees, cardinals, and juncos will enjoy any bread scraps you may have. Add a little peanut butter.

Municipal Meetings

 Youth Commission at 6:45 pm. Location is on the agenda

Zoning Board of Appeals, 7 pm, Conference Room D, municipal center

 Board of Selectmen 7:30 pm Meeting Room A, municipal center

Today in History from On This Day

1773 - Captain Cook's Resolution became the first ship to cross the Antarctic Circle.

 1871 - Andrew S. Hallidie received a patent for a cable car system.

 1882 - Thomas Edison's exhibit opened the Crystal Palace Exhibition in London.

 1893 - Hawaii's monarchy was overthrown when a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to abdicate.

 1900 - Yaqui Indians in Texas proclaimed their independence from Mexico.

 1900 - Mormon Brigham Roberts was denied a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives for his practicing of polygamy.

 1913 - All partner interests in 36 Golden Rule Stores were consolidated and incorporated in Utah into one company. The new corporation was the J.C. Penney Company.

 1916 - The Professional Golfers Association was formed in New York City.

 1934 - Ferdinand Porsche submitted a design for a people's car, a "Volkswagen," to the new German Reich government.

 1945 - Soviet and Polish forces liberated Warsaw during World War II.

 1945 - Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg disappeared in Hungary while in Soviet custody. Wallenberg was credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews.

 1946 - The United Nations Security Council held its first meeting.

 1961 - In his farewell address, U.S. President Eisenhower warned against the rise of "the military-industrial complex."

 1977 - Double murderer Gary Gilmore became the first to be executed in the U.S. in a decade. The firing squad took place at Utah State Prison.

 1985 - Leonard Nimoy got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

 1991 - Coalition airstrikes began against Iraq after negotiations failed to get Iraq to retreat from the country of Kuwait.

 1992 - An IRA bomb, placed next to a remote country road in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, killed seven building workers and injured seven others.

 1994 - The Northridge earthquake rocked Los Angeles, CA, registering a 6.7 on the Richter Scale. At least 61 people were killed and about $20 billion in damage was caused.

 1995 - More than 6,000 people were killed when an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 devastated the city of Kobe, Japan.

 1997 - A court in Ireland granted the first divorce in the Roman Catholic country's history.

 1997 - Israel gave over 80% of Hebron to Palestinian rule, but held the remainder where several hundred Jewish settlers lived among 20,000 Palestinians.

 1998 - U.S. President Clinton gave his deposition in the Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit against him. He was the first U.S. President to testify as a defendant in a criminal or civil lawsuit.

 2000 - British pharmaceutical companies Glaxo Wellcome PLC and SmithKline Beecham PLC agreed to a merger that created the world's largest drugmaker.

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