Darien Morning Briefing: 3.13.12, Tuesday

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Today is Tuesday, March 13, 2012.

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HEADLINES:

• Darien DTC elects officers for the 2012-2014 term

EVENTS & REMINDERS

Adults

•  Hearts of Hope Women’s Reception on March 21: Hosted by the The Bridgeport Rescue Mission at the . "The Bridgeport Rescue Mission provides food, shelter, clothing, education, job training, and residential discipleship for the urban poor and addicted in Fairfield County.  The Hearts of Hope Women’s Reception benefits the Mission's long-term recovery program and emergency shelter for women in our area.  The reception features guest speaker author Ellie Lafaro, whose humorous and heartfelt literary work have appeared in several periodicals as well as in five books including Spaghetti for the Soul and From Battle Scars to Beauty Marks."—from  

Parents:

• Panel Discussion: Smart Aps, Sound Screen Time: 9:30 a.m., Community Room, Darien Library. "[H]ow touch screen technology and apps have changed the way even very young children interact with media, books and each other.  How much screentime is too much? Where do parents draw the line between healthy does of technology and oversaturation? How can parents find great, educational apps for different age groups?"—from the library announcement

Kids:

• Toddler Tales: 10:30 to 11 a.m., Darien Library. "Walkers up to 36 months and caregiver."—library announcement
• Sleepytime: 6 to 6:30 p.m. Darien Library. "2 to 6-year-olds family storytime"—library announcement

Teens:

• Darien High School schedule: CAPT followed by a Modified "E" Day: Classes begin at 10:35 a.m. Periods: 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 (CAPT Week AP Review sessions schedule here)
• "Hunger Games Trivia Contest": 5:30 p.m. Community Room, Darien Library. "Teens between the ages of 12-18 are cordially invited to form teams and challenge opponents in this battle to the "death". Think you know the Hunger Games? This is the Hunger Games like you've never seen them before. All trivia questions are based on the first book of the trilogy so you need not have read the the last two books to partake in the festivities."—from the library announcement
• SUNDAY:
• "Interested in being a part of the DHS-China Exchange next year? Applications are now available. Submit completed applications by April 4th. Contact Mrs. Armiger with questions."—Darien High School website
• AP test registration: "Students who wish to take an AP test must register the week of March 12-16, in the cafeteria during lunch periods.  The registration fee is $95 per test; cash is accepted or a check can be made out to Darien High School.  The registration form should be downloaded, completed and brought with your registration fee.  Any registrations submitted after March 16th should be brought to Guidance and will have a $50 late fee, per test, added.  Please see your counselor or your AP teacher if you have any questions."—Darien High School website
• The March edition of Neirad
• Darien Depot March Calendar
  

DARIEN PLAYHOUSE SHOWTIMES

• John Carter: 7:15 p.m., PG-13 (2 hr. 19 min.)—IMDb—trailer—trailer—Rotten Tomatoes
• The Lorax: 4 and 7 p.m., PG-13 (1 hr. 26 min.)—IMDb—trailer—Rotten Tomatoes

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:

• Monuments & Ceremonies Commission, 3:30 p.m., Room 206
  

• Board of Finance, meeting to vote on police contract, 7 p.m., public hearing on the town budget, 7:30 p.m., both meetings in the Auditorium
  

• Planning & Zoning Commission, 8 p.m., 27 Tokeneke Trail (see attached map)
  

FORECAST as of 1:04 a.m. Monday (update)

• Tuesday: "Showers likely, mainly before 9 a.m. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 64. Southwest wind between 7 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible."
• Tuesday Night: "A slight chance of showers before 11 p.m. Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. West wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent."

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: 7:08 a.m.
• Sunset: 6:57 p.m.

• High tide: 3:44 a.m. (8.4')
  
• Low tide: 10:22 a.m. (-0.4')
• High tide: 3:23 p.m. (7.0') 
• Low tide: 9:40 p.m. (0.1)

HOW TO USE PATCH:

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