Bethel Daily Briefing: Wednesday, March 7, 2012

TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2012

WEATHER from The National Weather Service

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 55. Southwest wind between 7 and 14 mph.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. Southwest wind around 9 mph.

QUOTE OF THE DAY from Brainy Quotes

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.  Mignon McLaughlin

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Official Ribbon Cutting and GRAND OPENING LUAU for Molten Java and Byrd's Books is March 24th. Festivities begin at 11am. Everybody LIMBO!

Jazz Jam, Molten Java, 213 Greenwood Ave, Come and enjoy some great jazz, amazing coffee and good food. OR, better yet, bring your instrument and sit in with the band!

Cooking Classes for Kids! Click Here:

Do you have a 6-10 year old who loves to cook (or eat)? Chef Robin Grubard leads this six-week cooking class for aspiring young chefs. Kids will get fun, hands-on cooking time that's more than just delicious - it's great reinforcement for math, science, problem solving and reading skills, too. Learning has never been so much fun!

Each class will prepare a creative and healthy dish with a focus on balanced nutrition. $25 per class, or all 6 sessions for $120 (includes all the food, so come hungry!) Space limited to 10 students. Please register by the Monday before each class. First class is Wednesday, February 15th.

Bethel Health Care's AADE Certified Diabetes Education Self-Management Workshop Series

Bethel Health Care is again hosting a series of four workshops in their popular on-going series of the AADE's 7 Self-Care Behaviors accredited diabetes education program.

The proram whose goal is the effective self-management of diabetes is open to all people who have been diagnosed with diabetes, their significant others and care partners.

Class format allows for open discussion to include valuable information on proper blood sugar monitoring and administration of medication, preparation of healthy and nutritious meals, the importance of a regular exercise program, and problem solving and coping skills to better self-manage the disease.

The next series of workshops begins on Wednesday, March 7, and runs for four consecutive Wednesdays. Seating is limited. For details and reservations, contact Kim Tobe at 203-830-4411 ext. 3076 or e-mail Kim at kimberlyt@bethelhealthcare.com Insurance reimbursement may apply.

Fusion Kid's Club After-School Program

Free after-school kid's club at the Bethel United Methodist Church!  The mid-week after school kids club is for children in grades 2 through 6 and runs directly after school until 5:30pm. This club is open to the community, free of charge. Fun weekly activities include fun games, crafts, special guests and much more!  To find out more, click the link above.

WCSU events

MAR. 8 COFFEEHOUSE: WCSU will present the Midtown Coffeehouse at 8 p.m. in Alumni Hall on the university’s Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury. The coffeehouse will include open mic performers at 8 p.m., followed by the featured act, illusionist Joel Myers, at 9 p.m. Admission will be free and the public is invited. Donations to sustain the Coffeehouse will be accepted. Call (203) 837-9700 or visit www.wcsu.edu/stuaffairs/Coffeehouse.asp for more information.

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:

Economic Development Commission, 6pm Meeting Room A, Municipal Center

Public Site and Building Commission, 7:30 pm, Meeting Room B, Municipal Center

Parks & Recreation Commission 7:30 pm, Municpal Center

GARDENING HINTS from Old Farmers Almanac.com

Water newly started seedlings carefully. A pitcher may let the water out too forcefully. A mist sprayer is gentle but can take a long time. Try using a meat basting syringe, which will dispense the water effectively without causing too much soil disruption.

TODAY IN HISTORY from On This Day

0322 BC - Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, died.

1774 - The British closed the port of Boston to all commerce.

1848 - In Hawaii, the Great Mahele was signed.

1854 - Charles Miller received a patent for the sewing machine.

1876 - Alexander Graham Bell received a patent (U.S. Patent No. 174,465) for his telephone.

1901 - It was announced that blacks had been found enslaved in parts of South Carolina.

1904 - In Springfield, OH, a mob broke into a jail and shot a black man accused of murder.

1906 - Finland granted women the right to vote.

1908 - Cincinnati's mayor, Mark Breith announced before the city council that, "Women are not physically fit to operate automobiles."

1911 - Willis Farnworth patented the coin-operated locker.

1927 - A Texas law that banned Negroes from voting was ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.

1933 - CBS radio debuted "Marie The Little French Princess." It was the first daytime radio serial.

1933 - The board game Monopoly was invented.

1955 - "Peter Pan" was presented as a television special for the first time.

1955 - Baseball commissioner Ford Frick said that he was in favor of legalizing the spitball.

1955 - Phyllis Diller made her debut at the Purple Onion in San Francisco, CA.

1959 - Melvin C. Garlow became the first pilot to fly over a million miles in jet airplanes.

1965 - State troopers and a sheriff's posse broke up a march by civil rights demonstrators in Selma, AL.

1968 - The Battle of Saigon came to an end.

1971 - A thousand U.S. planes bombed Cambodia and Laos.

1975 - The U.S. Senate revised the filibuster rule. The new rule allowed 60 senators to limit debate instead of the previous two-thirds.

1981 - Anti-government guerrillas in Colombia executed the kidnapped American Bible translator Chester Allen Bitterman. The guerrillas accused Bitterman of being a CIA agent.

1983 - TNN (The Nashville Network) began broadcasting.

1985 - "Commonwealth" magazine ceased publication after five decades.

1985 - The first AIDS antibody test, an ELISA-type test, was released.

1987 - Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight titleholder when he beat James Smith in a decision during a 12-round fight in Las Vegas, NV.

1989 - Poland accused the Soviet Union of a World War II massacre in Katyn.

1994 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that parodies that poke fun at an original work can be considered "fair use" that does not require permission from the copyright holder.

2002 - A federal judge awarded Anna Nicole Smith more than $88 million in damages. The ruling was the latest in a legal battle over the estate of Smith's late husband, J. Howard Marshall II.

2003 - Scientists at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center announced that they had transferred 6.7 gigabytes of uncompressed data from Sunnvale, CA, to Amsterdam, Netherlands, in 58 seconds. The data was sent via fiber-optic cables and traveled 6,800 miles.

2009 - NASA's Kepler Mission, a space photometer for searching for extrasolar planets in the Milky Way galaxy, was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

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