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Bethel Daily Briefing: Tuesday, February 7

Medical Van for affordable health care, February garden hints, and cool news.

 

TODAY IS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2012

 

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WEATHER from National Weather Service

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 45. Calm wind becoming northwest between 7 and 10 mph.

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Tuesday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 20. North wind around 6 mph becoming calm.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Mobile Health Van program is looking to increase access to affordable health care. In February the van will be visiting Bethel Senior Center and the Bethel VNA. This Wednesday the van will be at the Bethel VNA 70 Stony Hill Rd. from 9:30AM -12:00PM

of Bethel/Danbury/Redding Kick-off party for 2012. It's at 6:30 PM in the Multi-purpose room of the Municipal Center. Everyone is welcome.

 

MUNICIPAL MEETINGS:

Board of Selectmen, 7:30 pm, Room A, Municipal Building

PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING

to review a draft of a Proposed Curb Cut Plan for State Route 6, 302, 53, & 58

 Tuesday, February 7th at 7 PM at Stony Hill Fire Station, 59 Stony Hill Road

 The Public is encouraged to attend and learn of the plan, participate, and comment

 

GARDENING HINTS from Old Farmer's Almanac

Test the germination of last year's surplus seeds before ordering new ones. Place ten seeds between damp paper towels. Keep them consistently damp and in a dark place. Check germination rates to determine how many seeds to use for your real planting.

 

TODAY IN HISTORY from On This Day and Wikipedia

1795 - The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified.

 1877 - The first Guernsey Cattle Club was organized in New York City.

 1882 - The last bareknuckle fight for the heavyweight boxing championship took place in Mississippi City.

 1894 – The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado.

 1904 - In Baltimore, a fire raged for about 30 hours and destroyed over 1,500 buildings.

 1907 – The Mud March is the first large procession organized by the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).

 1913 - The Turks lost 5,000 men in a battle with the Bulgarian army in Gallipoli.

 1922 - DeWitt and Lila Acheson Wallace offered 5,000 copies of "Reader's Digest" magazine for the first time.

 1935 – The classic board game Monopoly is invented.

 1936 - The U.S. Vice President’s flag was established by executive order.

 1940 - "Pinocchio" world premiered at the Center Theatre in Manhattan.

 1943 - The U.S. government announced that shoe rationing would go into effect in two days.

 1962 - The U.S. government banned all Cuban imports and re-export of U.S. products to Cuba from other countries.

 1964 - The Beatles arrived in New York to begin their first U.S. tour.

 1976 - Darryl Sittler (Toronto Maple Leafs) set a National Hockey League (NHL) record when he scored 10 points in a game against the Boston Bruins. He scored six goals and four assists.

 1984 - Space shuttle astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart made the first untethered space walk.

 1985 - "Sports Illustrated" released its annual swimsuit edition. It was the largest regular edition in the magazine’s history at 218 pages.

 1985 - "New York, New York" became the official anthem of the Big Apple.

 2000 - California's legislature declared that February 13 would be "Charels M. Schulz Day."

 2001 - Robert Pickett, 47, fired several shots at the White House near the South Lawn. He was subdued after being shot in the knee. No one else was hurt in the incident.

 2003 - Nootka Sound, Sandra Bohn was cited for petting a killer whale under the federal Fisheries Act. She was later fined $74.

 

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