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Bethel Daily Briefing: Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Pen and Ink, Music, Free WestConn Lectures, and a little bit of history.

 

 

TODAY IS TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2012

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Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 39. Northwest wind between 5 and 8 mph. 

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. South wind around 5 mph. 


QUOTE OF THE DAY from Brainy Quotes 

If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished.

Swami Vivekananda


ANNOUNCEMENTS


NOTE: There will not be a documentary shown at Molten Java tonight.


Register for Football and Cheer, Grades 2- 8.  March 24, 9 am -1 pm. For more information, see the flyer in the photo gallery.

Bryan Lehner, Class of '15, of Bethel, CT, is a member of the Honors Club at Eastern Connecticut State University. Lehner is a Undeclared major

Heather Smith of Bethel, a Junior at Gettysburg College, is spending the Spring 2012 semester studying in Spain.

 

Find Inspiration in the Archives!  The Pen & Paper Creatives Collective, Wednesday, March 28th, 7pm to 9pm, Danbury Museum and Historical Society

 An inaugural gathering of creatives...writers, artists, photographers, bloggers, craftspeople...everyone!

Looking for likeminded souls for an evening of sharing?  Need feedback on a project? Searching for a new idea? Trying to overcome writers block?  Join us for a special evening of creative exploration and expression. 

The Pen & Paper Creatives Collective will be led by Michele Lee Amundsen: NE Liberal, MN expat. Martini drinking writer, non-fiction editor, passionate equestrian. 

 

Hard Hitting Education Documentary "Race to Nowhere" Streams live for Physicians.  More than 600 medical professionals in 38 states this week will view the hard-hitting documentary  in a live, online stream during National Sleep Awareness Week. “Race to Nowhere” spotlights the toxic culture of achievement that plagues the American education system—and its unintended health consequences for our nation's children. Click to read more.

 

WCSU March & April events

MAR. 7 WORKSHOP: The WCSU Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching will host the workshop “Grounded Cognition and Teaching Effectiveness” at noon in Room 508 of the Ruth Haas Library on the university’s Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury. Associate Professor of Psychology Dr. Robin Flanagan will answer the question “Do your students ‘absorb’ all the material you ‘deliver’ in the classroom?” If not, maybe it’s because minds aren’t set up to accept “deliveries.” New research in cognitive science reveals how the mind actually learns and how we can make use of that knowledge in the classroom. The workshop will be free and open to the public. For more information, call (203) 837-8869.

MAR. 7 LECTURE: WCSU Adjunct Instructor Jeanne Hatcherson will discuss “Sex Trafficking, Domestic Violence and Reform in Bulgaria” at noon in the Warner Hall Lyceum on the university’s Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury. This Women’s History Month event will be free and open to the public. For more information, call (203) 837-8482 or visit www.wcsu.edu/newsevents/2012WomensHistoryMonth.asp.

MAR. 7 PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE CONCERT: The WCSU Percussion Ensemble will perform at 8 p.m. in Ives Concert Hall in White Hall on the WCSU Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury. The concert will be free and the public is invited. Donations to support the department of music will be accepted. For more information, call (203) 837-8350 or visit www.wcsu.edu/music/concerts.asp.

 

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

 

MUNICIPAL MEETINGS:

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

GARDENING HINTS from Old Farmers Almanac.com

Prune fruit trees until spring buds swell. Maple and birch should not be pruned until they leaf out. Choose a day above freezing if possible, as it is easier on you as well as on the tree.

TODAY IN HISTORY from On This Day


1521 - Ferdinand Magellan discovered Guam. 

1808 - At Harvard University, the first college orchestra was founded. 

1820 - The Missouri Compromise was enacted by the U.S. Congress and signed by U.S. President James Monroe. The act admitted Missouri into the Union as a slave state, but prohibited slavery in the rest of the northern Louisiana Purchase territory. 

1836 - The thirteen-day siege of the Alamo by Santa Anna and his army ended. The Mexican army of three thousand men defeated the 189 Texas volunteers. 

1854 - At the Washington Monument, several men stole the Pope's Stone from the lapidarium. (What?)

1857 - The U.S. Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision ruled that blacks could not sue in federal court to be citizens. 

1886 - "The Nightingale" was first published. It was the first magazine for nurses. 

1899 - Aspirin was patented by German researchers Felix Hoffman and Hermann Dreser. 

1900 - In West Virginia, an explosion trapped 50 coal miners underground. 

1907 - British creditors of the Dominican Republic claimed that the U.S. had failed to collect debts. . 

1944 - During World War II, U.S. heavy bombers began the first American raid on Berlin. Allied planes dropped 2000 tons of bombs. 

1946 - Ho Chi Minh, the President of Vietnam, struck an agreement with France that recognized his country as an autonomous state within the Indochinese Federation and the French Union. 

1947 - The first air-conditioned naval ship, "The Newport News," was launched from Newport News, VA

1957 - The British African colonies of the Gold Coast and Togoland became the independent state of Ghana. 

1960 - Switzerland granted women the right to vote in municipal elections. 

1960 - The United States announced that it would send 3,500 troops to Vietnam. 

1964 - Tom O’Hara set a new world indoor record when he ran the mile in 3 minutes, 56.4 seconds. 

1967 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announced his plan to establish a draft lottery. 

1970 - Charles Manson released his album "Lies" to finance his defense against murder charges. 

1973 - U.S. President Richard Nixon imposed price controls on oil and gas. 

 

1973 - John Lennon's visa extension was canceled by the New York Office of the Immigration Department. It had been granted only five days before. 

1975 - Iran and Iraq announced that they had settled their border dispute. 

1981 - Walter Cronkite appeared on his last episode of "CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite." He had been on the job 19 years. 

1981 - U.S. President Reagan announced a plan to cut 37,000 federal jobs. 

1982 - National Basketball Association history was made when San Antonio beat Milwaukee 171-166 in three overtime periods to set the record for most points by two teams in a game. The record was beaten on December 13, 1983 by the Pistons and the Nuggets when they played to a final score of 186-184 

1983 - The United States Football League began its first season of pro football competition. 

1985 - Yul Brynner played his his 4,500th performance in the musical "The King and I." 

1987 - The British ferry Herald of Free Enterprise capsized in the Channel off the coast of Belgium. 189 people died. 

1992 - The last episode of "The Cosby Show" aired. The show had been on since September of 1984. 

1997 - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II launched the first official royal Web site. 

1998 - A Connecticut state lottery accountant gunned down three supervisors and the lottery chief before killing himself.

 

Have an announcement or an interesting bit of news?  Let us know! 

Email Christine Rose at RosepetL5@aol.com


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