Bethel Daily Briefing: Friday, April 6, 2012

Today  Friday,  April 6, 2012

TODAY'S WEATHER from the National Weather Forecast

 
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 55. North wind between 6 and 14 mph. 

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 26. North wind between 6 and 10 mph.

GARDEN HINTS 

I am interested in planting day lilies. What time of year should I plant them?

Spring or summer planting is fine. Plants must be watered deeply and kept well watered for a couple of weeks. Dig the soil deeply, adding well-rotted manure, leafmold, peat moss, or compost.

QUOTE OF THE DAY from Brainy Quotes

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

Oscar Wilde

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Bethel Health Care's Easter Egg Hunt

Today, April 6, 2012, 3:00 pm  13 Park Lawn Dr, Bethel, CT

Join the fun at Bethel Health Care's Easter Egg Hunt.  Festivities include Face Painting, Bake Sale, Easter Baskets Raffle and Jelly Bean Contest.  This Free Event benefits Bethel Health Care's Relay for Life Team.

The Park & Rec Camp information can be downloaded from our gallery.  Registration begins April 24.

Second Company Governor's Horse Guard Annual Pleasure Ride

Trail ride & Judged Obstacle Course, Sponsored by the Friends of 2GHG 501(c)

Saturday May 5 9:00AM - 12:00PM, Rain Date Sat May 12, 4 Wildlife Drive, Newtown CT 06470,  $30 per ride pre-registered/ $35 day  For ?'s call 203-558-4749

Registration forms available for download on our website www.thehorseguard.org  For more information visit our FB page

www.facebook.com/2GHGFriends

Riders under 18 must have their parents or guardian sign their registration form.

 **You  MUST have negative Coggins & rabies certificate for each horse**

Please join us at Byrd's Books for Story Hour With Jessie as she reads, "Bertha and the Frog Choir" Tuesday April 10th, 10:00 a.m., free, no registration required. In the Upstairs Gallery at Molten Java.  For questions or information please call: Alice Hutchinson, Byrd's Books, 213 Greenwood Ave., 2nd floor

The Bethel Public Library Board of Directors is offering a one-year $500

Scholarship to a high school senior who is a resident of the Town of Bethel, and who plans to attend an accredited degree-granting institution.

Application forms are available in the Library, at the Guidance Office of area high schools, and online at www.bethellibrary.org. Applications must be accompanied by a 250- word essay, high school transcripts, two recommendations, and FAFSA report if needed. All materials must be submitted no later than 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday April 25, 2012 at the Bethel Public Library.

Please join us as Byrd's Books hosts Bethel author Colleen Plimpton as she joins us on Earth Day, Sunday April 22nd, to discuss and sign her book, "Mentors In the Garden of Life" at 1:00 p.m. in the Upstairs Gallery at Molten Java (across the hall from Byrd's Books)

Registration required: (203)730-2973 or Events@ByrdsBooks.com

Byrd's Books, 213 Greenwood Ave., 2nd floor, Bethel, CT 06801

A World of Flavors (for kids 6 - 10 years old) Mondays, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 6 Classes run for 7 weeks (4/9, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7 & 5/14) Note: There will NOT be class on Monday, 4/16.

Back by popular demand! Emphasis will once again be on food from different nations. Chef Robin will introduce your children to dishes from Mexico, China, Italy, France and more. Kids will work in a professional kitchen preparing their own dinner (and extras to take home for the family to sample).

$25 each class $130 if you purchase 6 in advance

Cooking Together (for kids 3 - 5 years old... and parents too) Thursdays, 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM Classes run for 6 weeks (4/12, 4/19, 4/26, 5/3 & 5/10)

Cooking is a great skill for children of any age. You’re never too young to have fun in the kitchen! In these classes Chef Robin will work with you and your children to create delicious meals. Emphasis will be on introducing kids to healthy, new foods. It’s amazing what they’ll taste when they prepare it themselves!

$20 each class. $110 if you purchase all 6 in advance.

APR. 7 STRIKE OUT CANCER EVENT: The WCSU Softball Team will host a Strike Out Cancer event at noon and 2 p.m. during the team’s double-header game against Plymouth State on the softball field on the university’s Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury. Supporters are encouraged to make a monetary pledge for each strikeout thrown by a WCSU pitcher or a lump-sum cash donation during the games that will be donated to a local cancer charity. The public is invited. For more information, email heller022@connect.wcsu.edu.

At most kids’ chess tournaments, the parents are relegated to waiting in hallways or parking lots while the children compete. At last Saturday’s second annual “Mini Me” Charity Chess Tournament, sponsored by the Chess Club of Fairfield County (CCFC), parents were plucked from the sidelines to play as a team with their child.  To read more about kids chess in Fairfield County, click here. http://www.fairfieldcountychess.com/scholastic.html

 Youth for Understanding, one of the oldest and largest exchange programs in the world, is seeking loving families to host foreign exchange High School Students for the 2012-2013 academic year.  For families interested in learning about other countries and backgrounds, hosting a foreign exchange student is an excellent introduction into a new culture, and a priceless experience for you as well as the international student.

We are a private, non-profit educational program dedicated to preparing young people for their responsibilities and opportunities in a changing, interdependent world.  For more information,

School Date Reminders

 April 6th – Schools are closed

April 10 – Conference Day – Early Dismissal – JS & BMS

April 11 – Conference Day – Early Dismissal – JS & BMS

April 12 – Conference Day – Early Dismissal – JS

April 12 – Professional Development Day – Early Dismissal – BMS & BHS

April 16-20 – Spring Recess

TODAY IN HISTORY from On This Day

 1830 - Joseph Smith and five others organized the Mormon Church in Seneca, NY. 

 1830 - Relations between the Texans and Mexico reached a new low when Mexico would not allow further emigration into Texas by settlers from the U.S. 

 1862 - The American Civil War Battle of Shiloh began in Tennessee. 

 1865 - At the Battle of Sayler's Creek, a third of Lee's army was cut off by Union troops pursuing him to Appomattox. 

 1875 - Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for the multiple telegraph, which sent two signals at the same time. 

 1916 - Charlie Chaplin became the highest-paid film star in the world when he signed a contract with Mutual Film Corporation for $675,000 a year. He was 26 years old. 

 1917 - The U.S. Congress approved a declaration of war on Germany and entered World War I on the Allied side. 

 1945 - "This is Your FBI" debuted on ABC radio. 

 1957 - Trolley cars in New York City completed their final runs. 

 1983 - The U.S. Veteran's Administration announced it would give free medical care for conditions traceable to radiation exposure to more than 220,000 veterans who participated in nuclear tests from 1945 to 1962. 

 1998 - The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 9,000 points for the first time. 

1999 - Carmen Electra filed for a divorce from Dennis Rodman. They had only been married six months. 

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