Darien Morning Briefing: 1.19.12, Thursday

Today is Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012.

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According to the forecast, snow is likely to fall overnight, perhaps starting at 9 p.m., and likely to stick (less than an inch). Got your shovel and salt handy?

Darien Library is open late tonight, till 10:30, but do you want your kids to be on the streets that late with newly fallen snow?

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HEADLINES

EVENTS & REMINDERS

Adults:

• Holly Pond Preschool Lottery: "The Holly Pond Preschool Lottery begins on Wednesday, January 18th. Draw your lottery ticket on 1/18 - 1/19. The ticket will give you a specific time to come and register."—from the announcement on Patch. 
• "Reversing Chronic Disease Through Functional Medicine": Lecture, 7 p.m., Darien Library, by Dr. Henri Roca, Medical Director at Greenwich Hospital’s Integrative Medicine Program. "Often, individuals believe that once a diagnosis is made and a medication given, there will always be the need to continue that medication. Yet chronic disease can be reversed, often with straightforward modifications to the way we live."—from on Darien Patch.
• FRIDAY Film: "Cave of Forgotten Dreams," 7:30 p.m., Darien Library, documentary, (90 min.), not rated; directed by Werner Herzog—IMDb—trailer—Rotten Tomatoes—A documentary following an expedition into Chauvet Cave in France, "home to the most ancient visual art known to have been created by man," according to the library website, which adds that the movie "provides a unique glimpse of pristine artwork dating back to human hands over 30,000 years ago—almost twice as old as any previous discovery."

Kids:

• Drop In: Baby Laptime: 9:30 to 10 a.m., Darien Library. "Pre-walking babies and caregivers participate in a lapsit storytime."—library website.
• Darien Little League Major League Tryouts: "All 10, 11 and 12-year olds (based on player's age as of 4/30/2012) who previously played in the Minors or AAA or are new this year and wish to tryout for the Majors should attend" a tryout, according to the . Mark your calendars: The "Primary Session" is on Jan. 22.
• Create a video about a book you like, and enter it in the StoryTubes competition to win a prize. This week, Darien Library will have video equipment available for kids and teens from 5 to 18 years old to create their video, which can be entered into a competition from Jan. 20 to Feb. 20. The video equipment is available today from 1 to 6 p.m.

TEENS

• Darien High School Schedule: Midterm exams 5 (8 a.m. to 10 p.m.) and 6 (10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.) are held today.
• Darien Library will stay open late: until 10:30 p.m. tonight. According to the library's announcement: "Also, as we did last year, we'll be offering study breaks in the Teen Lounge on the evenings of Monday the 16th and Wednesday the 18th. We will be stocked with lots of goodies, plus cupcakes for you to decorate and then devour. And you can also grab a few rounds of Wii Sports to blow off steam while you're at it."
• SATURDAY: Band Night: 7 p.m., The Depot. Admission: $10. Featuring Pampalibros and Meg Richter, according to the calendar at the Depot website.
• January Doings at the Depot: the Darien Depot's online calendar

DARIEN PLAYHOUSE SHOWTIMES

• We Bought a Zoo: 7 p.m., (2 hrs. 4 min.)—IMDb—trailer—HD trailer—Rotten Tomatoes
• War Horse: 7 p.m. (2 hrs., 26 min.)—IMDb—trailer—Rotten Tomatoes

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

All meetings take place in , 2 Renshaw Rd., unless otherwise noted.

No government meetings are scheduled today.

FORECAST as of 7:28 a.m., Thursday (update)

• Thursday: "Increasing clouds, with a high near 35. Northeast wind 6 to 10 mph becoming south."
• Thursday Night: "Snow likely, mainly between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m. Cloudy, with a low around 30. South wind 11 to 14 mph becoming west. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible."

INTERSTATE 95 TRAFFIC CAMS

See also Darien Patch's "Traffic & Gas Prices" page.

• Stamford: southbound, Exit 8 - Elm St.

• Stamford: northbound, south of Exit 9 - Lockwood Ave.

• Darien southbound, north of Exit 9 - Darien Service Plaza

• Darien northbound Exit 12 - Tokeneke Rd.

• Darien northbound, south of Exit 13 - Darien Service Plaza

• Darien southbound, Exit 13 - Rt. 1 (Boston Post Rd.)

• Norwalk southbound, Exit 15 - Stuart Ave.

• Norwalk Rt 7 south of Exit 1 - Connecticut Ave.

• Norwalk northbound, Exit 15 - Rt. 7

TIDES & TIMES

• Sunrise: 7:15 a.m.
• Sunset: 4:54 p.m.

• Low tide: 1:23 a.m. (0.1')
• High tide: 7:31 a.m. (7.7')
• Low tide: 2:12 p.m. (-0.3')
• High tide: 8:08 p.m. (6.6')

HOW TO USE PATCH:

Forecast obtained from the National Weather Service; tide information obtained from saltwatertides.com (calibrated to Long Neck Point).

Updated Thursday, 8:04 a.m.