Bethel Daily Briefing: Thursday, March 15, 2012

Good morning!

TODAY IS THURSDAY, MARCH 15

WEATHER from The National Weather Service 

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 55. Calm wind becoming east between 5 and 8 mph. 

Thursday Night: A chance of showers, mainly after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. East wind between 3 and 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

QUOTE OF THE DAY from Brainy Quotes 

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.
Josh Billings


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ANNOUNCEMENTS

St Patrick's Day: There will be a Flag Raising on St Patricks Day at Barnum Square. The St Patricks Day Parade will take place in Danbury on March 25 at 2:00 pm. The parade will begin at the War Memorial and will end at the Irish Cultural Center on West Street.

 The Bethel Winterguard Program is holding  its annual Friends and Family night this Friday, March 16th at 7pm at the middle school gym.  This evening is free and is always a wonderful event for the three guard teams.  This year the teams consist of the Jr. Guard at the Johnson School level and their theme is an Italian Restaurant, the middle school/JV guard which is performing "Kinetic Energy" and the Varsity guard at BHS performing "Save Me".  All three shows are sure to engage everyone that attends that evening.  We have traditionally held a bake sale, coffee and sell pizza (this year donated coffee from Redding Roasters and pizza from Sal's Pizza). 

We have many different, attractive baskets that everyone loves to purchase raffle tickets for in hoping to win a basket.  This affords us to not charge an admission to the evening's show.  It has been a wonderful fundraiser for our program that always is in need of funds. 

Eye On Bethel,  David Scribner March 21st and 22nd  David Scribner, State Representative, 107th District will be featured guest on Wednesday, March 21st, at 7:30 pm and on March 22nd at 11:30 am on Comcast Community Access, Channel 23.  The show is hosted by Paul Szatkowski and is sponsored by the Bethel Republican Town Committee.  Mr Scribner wil be discussing the new term in the State Legislature and reapportionment.

Eye on Bethel, Lisa Wilson-Foley March 28th and March 29th  Lisa Wilson-Foley, candidate for the House of Representatives, 5th District seat will be the featured guest on Wednesday, March 28th at 7:30 pm and on Thursday,March 29 at 11:30 am on Comcast Community Access, Channel 23.  The show is hosted by Paul Szatkowski and is sponsored by the Bethel Republican Town Committee. Lisa Wilson-Foley will be discussing her candidacy for the Congressional seat.

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MUNICIPAL MEETINGS:

Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman today announced that they will hold an education town hall meeting in Bethel on Thursday, March 15. 

The event will be held at Bethel High School (300 Whittlesey Drive) and will run from 7:00-8:00 p.m., and doors will open at 6:15. The event will be the sixth stop on the Governor’s Education Reform Tour. 

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GARDENING HINTS from Old Farmers Almanac.com

Prune dormant fruit trees; the fruit will be larger if it has more room to grow.

TODAY IN HISTORY from On This Day

44 BC - Roman Emperor Julius Caesar was assassinated by high ranking Roman Senators. The day is known as the "Ides of March." 

1493 - Christopher Columbus returned to Spain after his first New World voyage. 

1781 - During the American Revolution, the Battle of Guilford Courthouse took place in North Carolina. British General Cornwallis' 1,900 soldiers defeated an American force of 4,400. 

1820 - Maine was admitted as the 23rd state of the Union. 

1862 - General John Hunt Morgan began four days of raids near the city of Gallatin, TN. 

1864 - Red River Campaign began as the Union forces reach Alexandria, LA. 

 1869: Col.George Custer, and his troops will discover two Cheyenne villages, with over 250 lodges, on Sweetwater Creek near the Texas-Oklahoma boundary. TheCheyenne had been ordered to report to their reservation. Custer captures four Chiefs. He threatens to hang the Chief unless the Cheyenne surrender. Both of the villages decide to give up. http://americanindian.net/March.html

1875 - The Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York, John McCloskey, was named the first American cardinal. 

1892 - New York State unveiled the new automatic ballot voting machine. 

1892 - Jesse W. Reno patented the Reno Inclined Elevator. It was the first escalator. 

1900 - In Paris, Sarah Bernhardt starred in the premiere of Edmond Rostand's "L'Aiglon." 

1902 - In Boston, MA, 10,000 freight handlers went back to work after a weeklong strike. 

1903 - The British conquest of Nigeria was completed. 500,000 square miles were now controlled by the U.K. 

1916 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sent 12,000 troops, under General Pershing, over the border of Mexico to pursue bandit Pancho Villa. The mission failed. 

1919 - The American Legion was founded in Paris. 

1934 - Henry Ford restored the $5 a day wage. 

1935 - Joseph Goebbels, German Minister of Propaganda banned four Berlin newspapers. 

1937 - In Chicago, IL, the first blood bank to preserve blood for transfusion by refrigeration was established at the Cook County Hospital. 

1938 - Oil was discovered in Saudi Arabia. 

1948 - Sir Laurence Olivier was on the cover of "LIFE" magazine for his starring role in Shakespeare’s "Hamlet." 

1949 - Clothes rationing in Great Britain ended nearly four years after the end of World War II. 

1954 - CBS television debuted its "Morning Show." 

1955 - The U.S. Air Force unveiled a self-guided missile. 

1956 - The musical "My Fair Lady" opened on Broadway. 

1960 - Ten nations met in Geneva to discuss disarmament. 

1960 - The first underwater park was established as Key Largo Coral Reef Preserve. 

1964 - In Montreal, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor were married. 

1968 - The U.S. mint halted the practice of buying and selling gold. 

1971 - CBS television announced it was going to drop "The Ed Sullivan Show." 

1977 - The first episode of "Eight is Enough" was aired on ABC-TV. 

1979 - Pope John Paul II published his first encyclical "Redemptor Hominis." In the work he warned of the growing gap between the rich and poor. 

1989 - The U.S. Food and Drug administration decided to impound all fruit imported from Chili after two cyanide-tainted grapes were found in Philadelphia, PA. 

1989 - The U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs became the 14th Department in the President's Cabinet. 

1990 - The Ford Explorer was introduced to the public. 

1991 - Four Los Angeles police officers were indicted in the beating of Rodney King on March 3, 1991

1994 - U.S. President Clinton extended the moratorium on nuclear testing until September of 1995. 

1998 - CBS' "60 Minutes" aired an interview with former White House employee Kathleen Willey. Wiley said U.S. President Clinton made unwelcome sexual advances toward her in the Oval Office in 1993. 

2002 - In the U.S., Burger King began selling a veggie burger. The event was billed as the first veggie burger to be sold nationally by a fast food chain. 

2002 - U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell told the Associated Press that the U.S. would stand by a 24-year pledge not to use nuclear arms against states that don't have them. 

2004 - Clive Woodall's novel "One for Sorrow: Two for Joy" was published. Two days later Woodall sold the film rights to Walt Disney Co. for $1 million. 

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