Bethel Daily Briefing: Tuesday, February 14, 2012

TODAY IS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2012

WEATHER from National Weather Service

Tuesday: Cloudy, with a high near 42. Calm wind becoming west between 5 and 8 mph.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow before 8pm, then a slight chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 27. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent.

DEEP THOUGHTS

"Do all the good you can,

By all the means you can,

In all the ways you can,

In all the places you can,

At all the times you can

To all the people you can

As long as ever you can!"

John Wesley, the father of the Methodist Movement 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sarah Benson the daughter of Diana Benson of Bethel was among 98 student-athletes inducted into The Skidmore College Athletics Department's Thoroughbred Honor Society in a Feb. 7 ceremony on campus.

The Bethel Winter Guard Association and Musical Arts Conference are holding a Winter Guard and Percussion Show at Bethel High School (CT). Color Guards and Percussion groups are coming from all over the area to compete in the MAC Competition. Save the Date!!!  Saturday, February 25, 2012
 3:00pm until 8:30pm

Eye on Bethel, February 15 & February 16   Lisa Wilson-Foley, candidate for the House of Representative, 5th District seat will be the featured guest on Wednesday, February 15th at 7:30 pm and on Thursday, February 16th 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.

Bethel Today, a local cable television show hosted by Dave Olson and sponsored by the Bethel Democratic Town Committee, will feature as its guest, Richard Straiton, Selectman of the Town of Bethel.  Mr. Straiton discusses and answers questions concerning  some of the Town’s activities and plans including the road plan, the pending open space purchase of the Franc property, and, upcoming plans for the Teen Center to name a few.  The show will be broadcast on Tuesday, February 14 at 8:00 PM; and, on Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 10:30 AM on Comcast Community Access, Channel 23. 

Casting Call: Do you have a friend/family member suffering from a strange addiction? It's hard to watch someone you love struggle with an addiction, especially when that
 addiction seems strange, unusual and completely unstoppable.
 A major documentary series would like to offer professional assistance
to anyone struggling with uncommon and uncontrollable compulsions and addictions. To see more: 

For more information: http://www.20west.tv/ and click on Press & News

New Business? Planning an event? Send in your announcements and we will let the world know!

MUNICIPAL MEETINGS:

Board of Finance, 7 pm, Meeting Room "A", Clifford J. Hurgin Municipal Center, 1 School St.

GARDENING HINTS from Old Farmer's Almanac

Houseplants will be sensitive to overfeeding at this time of year. Provide lots of sunlight, fresh air, and frequent bathing for plants that seem a little worse for the winter.

TODAY IN HISTORY from On This Day

1778 - The Stars and Stripes was carried to a foreign port, in France, for the first time. It was aboard the American ship Ranger.

1803 - Moses Coats received a patent on the apple parer.

1859 - Oregon became the 33rd member of the Union.

1876 - Alexander Graham Bell filed an application for a patent for the telephone. It was officially issued on March 7, 1876.

1889 - In Los Angeles, CA, oranges began their first trip to the east.

1895 - Oscar Wilde's final play, "The Importance of Being Earnest," opened at the St. James' Theatre in London.

1899 - The U.S. Congress approved voting machines for use in federal elections.

1912 - Arizona was admitted as the 48th U.S. state.

1918 - The motion picture "Tarzan of the Apes" was released.

1920 - The League of Women Voters was founded in Chicago. The first president of the organization was Maude Wood Park.

1929 - The "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" took place in Chicago, IL. Seven gangsters who were rivals of Al Capone were killed.

1940 - The first porpoise born in captivity arrived at Marineland in Florida.

1962 - U.S. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy gave a tour of the White House on television.

1966 - Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia 76ers set a National Basketball Association (NBA) record as he reached a career high of 20,884 points after seven seasons.

1967 - Aretha Franklin recorded her song "Respect" in New York.

1979 - Twenty-year-old rookie, Don Maloney, of the New York Rangers, scored his first goal in the National Hockey League. It came on his first NHL shot.

1983 - A 6-year-old boy became the first person to receive a heart and liver transplants in the same operation.

1984 - Elton John and Renata Blauel were married. The marriage lasted for four years.

1986 - Frank Zappa appeared on "Miami Vice" playing a crime boss named "Mr. Frankie."

1985 - Cable News Network (CNN) reporter Jeremy Levin was freed. He had been being held in Lebanon by extremists.

1989 - The first satellite of the Global Positioning System was placed into orbit around Earth.

2003 - In Madrid, Spain, a ceramic plate with a bullfighting motif painted by Pablo Picasso in 1949 was stolen from an art show. The plate was on sale for $12,400.

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