Bethel Daily Briefing: Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Good morning!

TODAY IS TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2012

WEATHER from The National Weather Service 

 Tuesday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 69. Southwest wind between 3 and 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

 Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a slight chance of showers between 8pm and 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 45. West wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

QUOTE OF THE DAY from Brainy Quotes 

 Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.

Ronald Reagan
 

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

The ticket order deadline for the 6th Annual Barnum Ball is Wednesday, March 14th!  Purchase your tickets now using the attached ticket order form or by clicking here.  

Don’t miss out on our “Heads & Tails” game and your chance to win an iPad!  Fabulous auction items include an autographed Derek Jeter ball and bat, 3-credit course at WestConn, Yankees tickets, 2 night/3 day Chicago experience, 2 night/3 day New York experience, golf for four at Ridgewood CC and CT Golf Club, tickets to Celtics vs. Nets, Gourmet Dinner for 8 provided by Dr. Smith, Mr. Muharem & Ms. Chapman, Principal for the Day at Rockwell, Berry and Johnson, premium reserved seating at this year's high school graduation and so much more.  Come out and support our schools, all proceeds benefit the Bethel Education Foundation which supports public and private education and community initiatives in Bethel through grants to teachers, administrators and community members. From Kevin J. Smith, Ph.D., Superintendent of Schools

CREATIVE CHALLENGE;  PUBLIC CALL TO GRAPHIC DESIGNERS!

Submit Entries for Association New Logo Design | Deadline April 6

The Housatonic Valley Cultural Alliance announces a new Call for entries for eligibility to participate in a creative challenge: An Association Logo Design for HVCA.  The selected graphic designer will create a logo design package for HVCA to use on letterhead, business cards, brochures, banners, and websites.  Selected artist will also have the opportunity to provide collateral design services including membership brochures, banners, etc. 

In addition, the graphic designer will work with the web design team to update the website.  The winner of the challenge will receive cash compensation and award prizes – a value of $1,875 for the completion of design package and services. Prizes include a 1-hour consultation with Hal Tweedy and owner of Dream Bigger Coaching, a gift card from the Danbury Fair Mall, and 6-months logo banner advertisement.

The Housatonic Valley Cultural Alliance is a regional arts organization in Western Connecticut serving Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Danbury, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield and Sherman. Our goal is to significantly leverage creative resources in Art, Culture and History to energize our economy and improve overall quality of life.  

 One (1) designer will be selected and all applicants will be notified.  Selected artist will work closely with HVCA to finalize the basic logo design package.  Application Deadline: April 6; Announcement of Selected designer: April 13; Completion of logo package: May 4; Completion of brand materials: June 1, Application Deadline: April 6; Announcement of Selected designer: April 13; Completion of logo package: May 4; Completion of brand materials: June 1.

Contact Lisa Scails, Executive Director, Housatonic Valley Cultural Alliance.  Visit the website to learn more about HVCA.  http://www.hvculturalarts.org/

203.300.2607, lscails@hvculturalarts.org

Bethel Today, a local cable television show hosted by Janice Stevenson and sponsored by the Bethel Democratic Town Committee, will feature as its guest, Laura Vasile, Director of Health for the Town of Bethel.  Ms. Vasile discusses and answers questions concerning some of the Bethel Health Departments legal responsibilities and duties as well as the numerous programs it sponsors throughout the year.  The show will be broadcast on Tuesday, March 13 at 8:00 PM; and, on Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 10:30 AM on Comcast Community Access, Channel 23. 

Hi Class of 1962, Bethel High School-
Would you believe this is our 50th year since graduation.Are you interested in helping with a reunion and/or attending a Get Together?  We have such quick forms of communication that we might be able to pull it off. Please email me if you are interested; thank you. (Two of us connected on Classmates.Com and began to reminisce about the Class of '62 having a reunion...) We need to find classmates and form a committee toplan this event. Please spread the word.
Please contact Susan Friedman--857-294-4323  at: susielouisegabriele@yahoo.com Thank you....

The Ice Cats will compete next on March 15 at Ingalls Ice Arena at Yale against Northwest Catholic in the semi-finals. Go Ice Cats!

MAR. 13 TIBETAN MEDICINE WORKSHOP: The Institute for Holistic Health Studies at WCSU in collaboration with Dr. Tashi Rabten, president of the Tibetan Medical Association, will present “Tibetan Medicine: Theory, Part II - mKhris-pa/Bile - The Temperature of Life” at 7:30 p.m. in Warner Hall on the university’s Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury. The workshop will be free and the public is invited. For more information, call (845) 612-3231 or visit www.wcsu.edu/newsevents/Tibetanmedicineworkshops.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:

The Board of Finance Meeting has been Canceled.

GARDENING HINTS from Old Farmers Almanac.com

 Dormant spraying for fruit trees should be done before spring growth begins. Choose a calm day when temperatures are above 40 degrees F, and be sure to cover all sides of the branches.

TODAY IN HISTORY from On This Day

0607 - The 12th recorded passage of Halley's Comet occurred. 

1519 - Cortez landed in Mexico. 

1639 - Harvard University was named for clergyman John Harvard. 

1660 - A statute was passed limiting the sale of slaves in the colony of Virginia. 

1777 - The U.S. Congress ordered its European envoys to appeal to high-ranking foreign officers to send troops to reinforce the American army. 

1781 - Sir William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus. 

1852 - The New York "Lantern" newspaper published the first "Uncle Sam cartoon". It was drawn by Frank Henry Bellew.  (Foreshadowing...CR)

1861 - Jefferson Davis signed a bill authorizing slaves to be used as soldiers for the Confederacy. 

1868 - The U.S. Senate began the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson. 

1877 - Chester Greenwood patented the earmuff. 

1878 - The first collegiate golf match was played between Oxford and Cambridge. 

1884 - Standard time was adopted throughout the U.S. 

1901 - Andrew Carnegie announced that he was retiring from business and that he would spend the rest of his days giving away his fortune. His net worth was estimated at $300 million. 

1902 - In Poland, schools were shut down across the country when students refused to sing the Russian hymn "God Protect the Czar." 

1902 - Andrew Carnegie approved 40 applications from libraries for donations. 

1918 - Women were scheduled to march in the St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York due to a shortage of men due to wartime. 

1925 - A law in Tennessee prohibited the teaching of evolution. 

1928 - The St. Francis Dam in California burst and killing 400 people. 

1933 - U.S. banks began to re-open after a "holiday" that had been declared by President Roosevelt. 

1935 - Three-thousand-year-old archives were found in Jerusalem confirming some biblical history. 

1942 - Julia Flikke of the Nurse Corps became the first woman colonel in the U.S. Army. 

1951 - Israel demanded $1.5 billion in German reparations for the cost of caring for war refugees. 

1951 - The comic strip "Dennis the Menace" appeared for the first time in newspapers across the country. 

1957 - Jimmy Hoffa was arrested by the FBI on bribery charges. 


1964 - 38 residents of a New York City neighborhood failed to respond to the screams of Kitty Genovese, 28 years old, as she was stabbed to death. 

1969 - The Apollo 9 astronauts returned to Earth after the conclusion of a mission that included the successful testing of the Lunar Module. 

1970 - A group calling itself "Revolutionary Force 9" took credit for 3 bombs that exploded in New York City. 

1970 - Cambodia ordered Hanoi and Viet Cong troops to leave. 

1970 - Digital Equipment Corp. introduced the PDP-11 minicomputer. 

1972 - "The Merv Griffin Show" debuted in syndication for Metromedia Television. 

1974 - The U.S. Senate voted 54-33 to restore the death penalty. 

1974 - An embargo imposed by Arab oil-producing countries was lifted. 

1980 - A jury in Winamac, IN, found Ford Motor Company innocent of reckless homicide in the deaths of three young women that had been riding in a Ford Pinto. 

1991 - Exxon paid $1 billion in fines and for the clean-up of the Alaskan oil spill. 

1997 - Sister Nirmala was chosen by India's Missionaries of Charity to succeed Mother Teresa as leader of the Catholic order. 

1998 - Sgt. Maj. Gene McKinney, at one time the U.S. Army's top enlisted man, was acquitted of pressuring military women for sex. He was convicted of trying to persuade the chief accuser to lie. He was reprimanded and had his rank reduced. 

2002 - Fox aired "Celebrity Boxing." Tonya Harding beat Paula Jones, Danny Banaduce beat Barry Williams and Todd Bridges defeated Vanilla Ice. 

2003 - A report in the journal "Nature" reported that scientists had found 350,000-year-old human footprints in Italy. The 56 prints were made by three early, upright-walking humans that were descending the side of a volcano.

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

Email Christine Rose at RosepetL5@aol.com