Bethel Daily Briefing: Tuesday, February 21, 2012

TODAY IS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2012

WEATHER from National Weather Service

Tuesday: A slight chance of rain after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 44. Calm wind becoming south between 8 and 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent.

 Tuesday Night: A chance of rain before 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. South wind between 6 and 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent.

DEEP THOUGHTS

“This world, after all of our science and sciences, is still a miracle; wonderful, inscrutable, magical, and more, to whosoever will think of it.” Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Is your student stressing about the CAPT tests? Send them a goody bag, to be delivered on March 5. Write a message that will be attached to the bag. Please include a separate note for each bag ordered. Return note and payment (“BHSPTSO”)to the BHS Main Office, Attn: BHSPTSO or mail to Angela Guerriero, 31 Ridgedale Road

If you haven't yet, it is time to order tickets for the Sixth Annual Barnum Ball. Proceeds will benefit the Bethel Education Foundation. For more information, visit www.betheledfoundation.org/BarnumBall2012.html

Danbury Whalers vs. Cape Cod Barons Family Fun Night! All Proceeds Go To Scholarship Programs for Our School WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE! Danbury Ice Arena Remember Dress Warm! To purchase your tickets Email celaine.brillon@gmail.com FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2012 @ 7:05 pm. Adult Tickets-$15 Kids Tickets- $10

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

MUNICIPAL MEETINGS:

Zoning Board of Appeals, 7 pm, Conference Room D, Municipal Center

Board of Selectmen, 7:30, Meeting Room A, Municipal Center

GARDENING HINTS from Old Farmer's Almanac

Re-invigorate your houseplants by removing the top 1/4 inch of soil and top-dressing with fresh potting soil.

TODAY IN HISTORY from On This Day

 1804 - The first self-propelled locomotive on rails was demonstrated in Wales.

 1842 - John J. Greenough patented the sewing machine.

 1858 - The first electric burglar alarm was installed in Boston, MA.

 1866 - Lucy B. Hobbs became the first woman to graduate from a dental school. The school was the Ohio College of Dental Surgery in Cincinnati.

 1878 - The first telephone directories issued in the U.S. were distributed to residents in New Haven, CT. It was a single page of only fifty names.

 1904 - The National Ski Association was formed in Ishpeming, MI.

 1925 - The first issue of "The New Yorker" was published.

 1932 - William N. Goodwin patented the camera exposure meter.

 1943 - "Free World Theatre" debuted on the Blue network (now ABC radio).

 1945 - "The Lion and the Mouse" was first broadcast on "Brownstone Theatre."

 1947 - Edwin Land demonstrated the Polaroid Land Camera to the Optical Society of America in New York City. It was the first camera to take, develop and print a picture on photo paper all in about 60 seconds. The photos were black and white. The camera went on sale the following year.

 1950 - The first International Pancake Race was held in Liberal, Kansas.

 1965 - Malcolm X was assassinated in New York City at the age of 39 by assassins identified as Black Muslims.

 1968 - An agreement between baseball players and club owners increased the minimum salary for major league players to $10,000 a year.

 1968 - McGraw-Hill, Inc. outbids eight other American publishers for the U.S. rights to Hunter Davies' authorized biography of the Beatles. They paid $150,000 for the rights.

 1970 - The Jackson 5 made their TV debut on "American Bandstand."

 1975 - Former U.S. Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman were sentenced to 2 1/2 to 8 years in prison for their roles in the Watergate cover-up.

 1981 - Prince appeared on "Saturday Night Live" and performed "Party Up." It was his first appearance on the show.

 1989 - U.S. President George H.W. Bush called Ayatollah Khomeini's death warrant against "Satanic Verses" author Salman Rushdie "deeply offensive to the norms of civilized behavior."

 1995 - Chicago stockbroker Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon. He landed in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada.

 2000 - David Letterman returned to his Late Night show about five weeks after having an emergency quintuple heart bypass operation.

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