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Darien Morning Briefing: 2.6.12, Monday

Local information, events and reminders to start your day.

Today is Monday, Feb. 3, 2012.

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MORNING EVENT:

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Frontline Documentary: "Remote Control": 10 a.m., part of the Monday Matinees for Parents series at the Darien Library. " The average American child spends over 40 hours per week consuming media, the equivalent of a full-time job.  Remote Control offers a fascinating look at the centrality of media in our lives, revealing far-reaching effects that we are only beginning to understand.  39 minutes. An encore screening will be held on Monday, February 27 at 10 a.m."—from the announcement on the library website

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HEADLINES:

  • Sports:

 EVENTS & REMINDERS

Adults:

  • Frontline Documentary: "Remote Control": 10 a.m., part of the Monday Matinees for Parents series at the Darien Library. " The average American child spends over 40 hours per week consuming media, the equivalent of a full-time job.  Remote Control offers a fascinating look at the centrality of media in our lives, revealing far-reaching effects that we are only beginning to understand.  39 minutes. An encore screening will be held on Monday, February 27 at 10 a.m."—from the announcement on the library website
  • Divorce Support Seminar: 7:15 p.m. at Noroton Presbyterian Church. "DivorceCare is a confidential weekly seminar for people who are separated or divorced.  It is a safe environment for learning valuable information about healing from the hurt of divorce."—from the on Darien Patch.
  • TUESDAY: Meet Chris Meek, candidate for Congress: The Republican candidate "will be holding a coffee at the in Darien Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 10 a.m.
  • Get Free Tickets Now for USAF Falconaires Jazz Concert: The U.S. Air Force Academy Jazz Ensemble will perform a free concert at 7:30 p.m., March 3 at Darien High School, but tickets, which are free, must be reserved in advance, so get them now, while they last. You can get a maximum of four. For more details, se the Darien Patch .

Kids:

  • Register for Leapin' Lizards: Cost: $532, 9:30 to 11:45 p.m., Mondays or Thursdays, starting Feb. 27 at : An "'animals in motion' inspired class" for 3- and 4-year-olds.—from the on Darien Patch. 
  •  Meet South American Animals: Stamford Museum & Nature Center: 6 to 6:45 pm (Ages 3 - 6) 7 - 8 pm (Ages 6 & older) "Join Chris Evers, director & founder of Animal Embassy, for this exciting look at the incredible and varied wildlife of South America. Meet a variety of South American Animal Ambassadors."— on Darien Patch 
  • Two free swiming classes at the YMCA: "For two weeks in February (February 6 - 10 and Feb 13 - 17) the YMCA's aquatic department will be offering complimentary parent/child swim classes on weekday mornings."— on Darien Patch.
  • 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 for an "B" day: 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5
  • Monday Movies: 3 to 4 p.m., with snacks, in the Teen Lounge at Darien Library—from the library announcement.
  • February Doings at the Depot (calendar)
  • WRITING COMPETITION: For this third annual event sponsored by library, there is "$100 for the winner in each age group and category, You will also have the opportunity to meet with published authors and have your work printed and read by a large audience. And can you imagine putting this on your college applications?" Poetry, fiction and nonfiction are all accepted. If you have any questions, call Erica at 669-5225. [...] To enter email your entry along with the application form to teenstaff@darienlibrary.org beginning on Jan. 1.  Participants have until Feb. 28 to enter for a chance to win cash prizes.  An awards ceremony will conclude the competition on Saturday, March 31."—from the Darien Library website.
  • VIDEO COMPETITION: Create a video about a book you like, and enter it in the StoryTubes competition to win a prize. This week, the 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.

DARIEN PLAYHOUSE SHOWTIMES

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

All meetings take place in , 2 Renshaw Rd., unless otherwise noted. Since Darien town government provides no reliable, centralized list of town government meetings, and there is not enough time in the day to go searching for them, this list may well be incomplete:

  • Board of Selectmen budget meeting, 7:45 p.m., Room 206 (not listed on the town government website Home page, but the meeting can be found here.) Agenda: Presentations from all three Darien volunteer fire departments and Darien EMS-Post 53.

FORECAST as of 9:33 p.m., Sunday (update)

  • Monday: "Sunny, with a high near 48. West wind between 9 and 15 mph."
  • Monday Night: "Mostly clear, with a low around 35. West wind between 9 and 13 mph."

INTERSTATE 95 TRAFFIC CAMS

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

TIDES & TIMES

  • Sunrise: 7:00 a.m.
  • Sunset: 5:16 p.m.
  • Low tide: 3:58 a.m. (0.1') 
  • High tide: 10:02 a.m. (7.5')
  • Low tide: 4:31 p.m. (-0.5')
  • High tide: 10:31 p.m. (7.1')

HOW TO USE PATCH:

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


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