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Bethel Daily Briefing: Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Autism study, Curb documents, Service Project for Youth and a little bit of history.

TODAY IS WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 1, 2012

 

WEDNESDAY'S WEATHER from the National Weather Forecast

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Wednesday: Showers likely, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 58. West wind between 7 and 11 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

 

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Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 30. West wind between 4 and 7 mph becoming calm.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Mothers with Infants Invited to Participate in Two Autism Studies

Researchers at the University of Connecticut are looking for pregnant mothers and mothers with infants to participate in two research initiatives that will follow the development of infant siblings of children with autism over the first two years of life. Click for more information.

Youth Volunteers Needed for a 3-Month Long Service Program

Click for more information.

Registration for Spring Sports is on Wednesday, Feb 1, from 6:30 pm-8:00 pm. Mail and drop off registrations could be subject to a waiting list. Contact Parks and Recreation for more dates, times and details. 203-794-8531

Willy Wonka, the musical, will run Fri, Sat and Sun, Feb 3, 4, and 5. Fri and Sat at 7 pm, Sun matinee at 2 pm. at Bethel High School. Keep your eyes open all week for fun photos, videos and stories about the show.

 

MUNICIPAL MEETINGS:

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

Visit http://www.bethelct.org/ to download documents.

 

GARDENING HINTS from Old Farmer's Almanac

Start some annual flowers this month. Good picks include marigolds, sweet peas, stattice, impatiens, petunias, and snapdragons. Choose some perennials to start now from seed. Delphinium, Shasta daisy, carnation, digitalis, and armeria are good choices.

TODAY IN HISTORY from On This Day 

1788 - Isaac Briggs and William Longstreet patented the steamboat.

 1790 - The U.S. Supreme Court convened for the first time in New York City.

 1861 - Texas voted to secede from the Union.

 1862 - "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," by Julia Ward Howe was first published in the "Atlantic Monthly."

 1867 - In the U.S., bricklayers start working 8-hour days.

 1884 - The first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was published.

 1893 - Thomas A. Edison completed work on the world's first motion picture studio in West Orange, NJ.

 1896 - Puccini's opera "La Boheme" premiered in Turin.

 1898 - The Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford, CT, issued the first automobile insurance policy. Dr. Truman Martin of Buffalo, NY, paid $11.25 for the policy, which gave him $5,000 in liability coverage.

 1900 - Eastman Kodak Co. introduced the $1 Brownie box camera.

 1913 - Grand Central Terminal (also known as Grand Central Station) opened in New York City, NY. It was the largest train station in the world.

 1919 - The first Miss America was crowned in New York City.

 1920 - The first armored car was introduced.

 1951 - The first telecast of an atomic explosion took place.

 1951 - The first X-ray moving picture process was demonstrated.

 1957 - P.H. Young became the first black pilot on a scheduled passenger airline.

 1960 - Four black college students began a sit-in protest at a lunch counter in Greensboro, NC. They had been refused service.

 1968 - During the Vietnam War, South Vietnamese National Police Chief Brig. Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan executed a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head. The scene was captured in a news photograph.

 1976 - "Sonny and Cher" resumed on TV despite a real life divorce.

 1979 - Patty Hearst was released from prison after serving 22 months of a seven-year sentence for bank robbery. Her sentence had been commuted by U.S. President Carter.

 1987 - Terry Williams won the largest slot machine payoff, at the time, when won $4.9 million after getting four lucky 7s on a machine in Reno, NV.

 1991 - A USAir jetliner crashed atop a commuter plane at Los Angeles International Airport. 35 people were killed.

 1996 - Visa and Mastercard announced security measures that would make it safe to shop on the Internet.

 1998 - Stuart Whitman received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

 2003 - NASA's space shuttle Columbia exploded while re-entering the Earth's atmosphere. All seven astronauts on board were killed.

 

 

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