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Bethel Daily Briefing: Friday, March 16, 2012
More announcements than you can shake a shillelagh at. Everything you need to know for St Patricks Day. And of course, a little bit of history.
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TODAY IS FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2012
WEATHER from The National Weather Service
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Friday: A chance of showers before 10am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 10am and 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 55. East wind at 5 mph becoming south. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night: A chance of showers, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 43. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Thanks to Jane Vizi for collecting all the St Patricks information!
March 17th --- The celebration will start at 9AM at P.T Barnum Square for a flag-raising. We will then march to the Municipal Center for another flag-raising and refreshments will be served inside.
DANBURY will have a Mass at 11AM at Saint Peter’s Church John Feeney and his students will read in Irish. Then to City Hall where there will be a few speeches and a flag-raising. The mayor will be present at the ceremony Refreshments will be served in the lobby of City Hall. (Coffee, soda bread) This will take place right after the Saint Peter’s Mass.
The Irish Center will be open from 12 till whenever that night. The Center will be serving corned beef dinners, sandwiches and desserts. The GDICC is located at 6 Lake Ave in Danbury. At about 6PM there will be entertainment. Chicks n’ Sync will be playing.
Tune in to TV to channel 3 on March 16 at 10AM to the show called “Better Connecticut” “The Mighty Ploughboys” are the guest band It will be very interesting to see the boys on this program again this year. This is a local group from around the area.
MARCH 25 is the SAINT PATRICK’S DAY PARADE in Danbury. The Hibernians organize this parade every year.
We will line up at Roger’s Park at 1:30 PM the parade will start at two. Away we will go down Main Street (or up) to West Street and up to the GDICC Club. There are plenty of parking places in the parking lot to the left of the building. The parade marchers will be fed free hotdogs, beer and soda at the back of the building. Inside the Club, there will be a Club menu which includes corn beef sandwiches and desserts. There will be entertainment from some of the marchers.
Pro Access Teen Center News
7th & 8th Grade St. Patty’s Day Party on Friday March 16 from 7-8:45. RSVP necessary
Girls Are Great Program – Wednesday March 21st from 3:30 – 5PM. Meet the author of Tao Girls Rule, CJ Golden and learn great tips on being powerful, confident girl! Check out Ms. Golden’s website at www.taogirl.com. RSVP necessary.
Bethel Youth Wrestling Club (BYWC) announces their first ever wrestling tournament Shamrock Showdown to be held on Sunday, March 18th, 2012 at Bethel High School, 300 Whittlesey Drive, Bethel, CT. Start time is 9am for K-5 age wrestlers and 12:30 for middle school age wrestlers.
BYWC invites the public to attend this exciting tournament and learn more about the sport of wrestling, the BYWC program and cheer on the Bethel Wrestling team.
Free for ages 12 and under, and free for coaches with a current USA Coaches card. Breakfast, lunch and snacks will be available on site in designated areas.
All wrestlers will be grouped by both age category and weight into 4 or 5-man brackets. Each wrestler will wrestle one-another giving each wrestler a total of 3 or 4 matches (round-robin) format. Medals for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place wrestlers will be awarded. In addition, 1st place winners receive a free T-shirt. Emergency medical personnel will be on site.
Bethel Youth Wrestling Club, Bethel, CT phone: 203-743-7740 bethelyouthwrestling@gmail.com
Byrd's Books and Molten Java will celebrate their Grand Opening weekend with:
A Ribbon Cutting ceremony with Molten Java coffee shop on Saturday March 24th at 11:00 a.m. followed by a luau in Molten Java and several free book drawings in Byrd's Books.
Sunday March 25th, 1:00 p.m.: we are lucky to host Bethel author Thomas Craughwell as he discusses his book, "The Greatest Brigade" followed by Tom signing two of his titles,"The Greatest Brigade" and "Stealing Lincoln's Body", in the Upstairs Gallery at Molten Java.
Monday March 26th, 7:00 p.m.: Byrd's Books will host Joseph Farris as he discuses his book," A Soldier's Sketchbook" in Molten Java's main room, with a book signing upstairs in the Upstairs Gallery to follow.
Since space is limited, registration for the author talks is required- by calling: (203) 730-2973 or by email:events@ByrdsBooks.com.
Connecticut Foundation for Dental Outreach (CDFO) in collaboration with the Connecticut State Dental Association (CSDA) is providing a free dental clinic for underserved and uninsured in Connecticut - The Connecticut Mission of Mercy is affectionately referred to as CTMOM. The two day clinic provides free dental care to the underserved and uninsured in Connecticut – those that would otherwise go without dental care. Oral health is inseparable from general health and can affect a person’s self-esteem, compromise their ability to work, attend school and lead a normal life.
CTMOM 2012 Information: March 23- 24 Clinic opens at 6 a.m. O'Neill Center Western Connecticut State University West Side Campus 43 Lake Ave. Ext. Danbury, CT 06811 For additional information Patient Information
WCSU Events
MAR. 17 EQUINE AND PET EVENT: WCSU will host the Agriventures Agway Equine and Pet Event from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Feldman Arena at the William O’Neill Athletic and Convocation Center on the university’s Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury. The public is invited. Tickets will be $5; children under 12 will be admitted free. For more information, visit http://agwayct.com/events.
MAR. 17 PLANETARIUM SHOW AND TELESCOPE VIEWING: WCSU will host a 7 p.m. planetarium show, followed by telescope viewing of the sky from 8 to 10 p.m., at the Westside Observatory and Planetarium on the university’s Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury. The event will be free and open to the public. For more information, call (203) 837-8672 or visit www.wcsu.edu/starwatch.
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:
No Meetings.
GARDENING HINTS from Old Farmers Almanac.com
Continue providing food and water for the birds and other wildlife.
Move potted plants to containers that are about 2 inches larger in diameter than their current pot.
TODAY IN HISTORY from On This Day
1190 - The Crusaders began the massacre of Jews in York, England.
1521 - Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Philippines. He was killed the next month by natives.
1621 - Samoset walked into the settlement of Plymouth Colony, later Plymouth, MA. Samoset was a native from the Monhegan tribe in Maine who spoke English. He greeted the Pilgrims by saying, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset."
1802 - The U.S. Congress established the West Point Military Academy in New York.
1836 - The Republic of Texas approved a constitution.
1850 - The novel "The Scarlet Letter," by Nathaniel Hawthorne, was published for the first time.
1871 - The State of Delaware enacted the first fertilizer law.
1882 - The U.S. Senate approved a treaty allowing the United States to join the Red Cross.
1883 - Susan Hayhurst graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. She was the first woman pharmacy graduate.
1913 - The 15,000-ton battleship Pennsylvania was launched at Newport News, VA.
1915 - The Federal Trade Commission began operation.
1918 - Tallulah Bankhead made her New York acting debut with a role in "The Squab Farm."
1926 - Physicist Robert H. Goddard launched the first liquid-fuel rocket.
1928 - The U.S. planned to send 1,000 more Marines to Nicaragua.
1950 - Congress voted to remove federal taxes on oleomargarine.
1964 - Paul Hornung and Alex Karras were reinstated to the NFLU.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson submitted a $1 billion war on poverty program to Congress.
1968 - U.S. troops in Vietnam destroyed a village consisting mostly of women and children. The event is known as the My-Lai massacre.
1984 - William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Beirut, was kidnapped by gunmen. He died while in captivity.
1985 - "A Chorus Line" played its 4,000 performance.
1985 - Terry Anderson, an Associated Press newsman, was taken hostage in Beirut. He was released in December 4, 1991.
1987 - "Bostonia" magazine printed an English translation of Albert Einstein’s last high school report card.
1988 - Indictments were issued for Lt. Colonel Oliver North, Vice Admiral John Poindexter of the National Security Council, and two others for their involvement in the Iran-Contra affair.
1988 - Mickey Thompson and his wife Trudy were shot to death in their driveway. Thompson, known as the "Speed King," set nearly 500 auto speed endurance records including being the first person to travel more than 400 mph on land.
1993 - In France, ostrich meat was officially declared fit for human consumption.
1994 - Tonya Harding pled guilty in Portland, OR, to conspiracy to hinder prosecution for covering up the attack on her skating rival Nancy Kerrigan. She was fined $100,000. She was also banned from amateur figure skating.
1995 - NASA astronaut Norman Thagard became the first American to visit the Russian space station Mir.
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