Bethel Daily Briefing: Monday February 13, 2012

TODAY IS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2012

WEATHER from National Weather Service

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 38. West wind between 8 and 14 mph.

Monday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 22. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Amateur Gallery Art Show

Theme---almost anything, no portraits

Calling ALL youth Photographers

Bethel Photoworks is having a youth art show --- March 10, 2012 6:00 p.m.

This will be a Juried Art show…Framed art needs to be handed in by March 3 to be judged.

Bring it in by February 24 if you need the photograph to be framed… There will be special pricing for 8 X 12 photos as well as10 X 14 photos… Contact Bethel Photoworks

The Bethel High Student Film Festival!  The members of Mirage are sponsoring the 2nd annual Bethel High Student Film Festival to be held on Thursday, March 1st at 7 p.m. in the BHS Auditorium. All Bethel High students are invited to submit their short films for the event. Prizes will be awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.

 Here are the rules:

The theme is dreams (silly or serious, anything dream-related counts!)

Time limit of 7 minutes

Videos are due Thursday, February 23 on DVD to Ms. Lerz or Ms. Overmier

You must include credits at the end of the video that list your actors, any music you used, any images, graphics, art.  If you used it, credit it!

Bethel Continuing Education:  Registrations are still being taken for courses beginning February 13.  Please go to www.bethel.k12.ct.us and then select the link for Continuing Education from the left-hand menu. 

Sign up for Bethel Parks & Recreation Spring Youth & Adult Tennis Lessons. Click here for more information. http://bethel.patch.com/events/bethel-parks-recreation-spring-youth-adult-tennis-lessons

Anti-Valentines Day at Molten Java, Tuesday 7-9 pm  Molten Java suggests escaping all that lovey-dovey stuff to hear the sexy, groovy rhythms that define Brazilian music.

Tonight, Dr. Kevin Smith, newly appointed Superintendent of Bethel Schools will be speaking at the Bethel Middle School PTO Meeting to be held at Bethel Middle School. Feb. 13 at 7 PM 

The PTO meeting will begin at 6 PM with Dr. Smith speaking at 7 PM (you may come at 7 if you would just like to hear Dr. Smith).  The PTO meeting is scheduled to be in the Media Center and will move to the cafeteria if more space is needed.  This is open to all Bethel Schools and all are welcome to hear Dr. Smith discuss his transition to Superintendent and his vision for the future of Bethel Schools.  Coffee and tea will be served.

New Business? Planning an event? Send in your announcements and we will let the world know!

MUNICIPAL MEETINGS:

Commission on Aging, 2:30 pm, Senior Center Conference Room of the Municipal Center

GARDENING HINTS from Old Farmer's Almanac

Forced paper-white narcissus will bloom more quickly now than earlier in the season. Finish ordering vegetable seeds.

Continue providing fresh water and food, which is now scarce, for birds and wildlife.

TODAY IN HISTORY from On This Day

 1542 - Catherine Howard was executed for adultery. She was the fifth wife of England's King Henry VIII.

1633 - Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before the Inquisition.

1635 - The Boston Public Latin School was established. It was the first public school building in the United States.

1741 - "The American Magazine," the first magazine in the U.S., was published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1875 - Mrs. Edna Kanouse gave birth to America’s first quintuplets. All five of the baby boys died within two weeks.

1880 - Thomas Edison observed what became known as the Edison Effect for the first time.

1914 - The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (known as ASCAP) was formed in New York City. The society was founded to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.

1920 - The League of Nations recognized the continued neutrality of Switzerland.

1920 - The National Negro Baseball League was organized.

1935 - In Flemington, New Jersey, a jury found Bruno Richard Hauptmann guilty of the kidnapping and death of the infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. Hauptmann was later executed for the crimes.

1937 - The comic strip "Prince Valiant" appeared for the first time.

1945 - During World War II, Allied aircraft began bombing the German city of Dresden.

1955 - Israel acquired 4 of the 7 Dead Sea scrolls.

1960 - France detonated its first atomic bomb.

1965 - Sixteen-year-old Peggy Fleming won the ladies senior figure skating title at Lake Placid, NY.

1971 - South Vietnamese troops invaded Laos. They were backed by U.S. air and artillery support.

1985 - The Dow Jones industrial average closed at a record high of 1297.92 after it topped the 1300 mark earlier in the trading session.

 2000 - Charles M. Schulz's last original Sunday "Peanuts" comic strip appeared in newspapers. Schulz had died the day before.

2002 - In Alexandria, VA, John Walker Lindh pled innocent to a 10-count federal indictment. He was charged with conspiring to kill Americans and aiding Osama bin Laden's terrorist network.

2002 - Former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani received an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II.

2008 - Roger Clemens denied having taken performance-enhancing drugs in testimony before Congress.

2008 - Hollywood writers ended a 100-day strike.

Have an announcement or an interesting bit of news?  Let us know!  Click here or email Christine Rose at RosepetL5@aol.com