Darien Morning Briefing: 3.30.12, Friday

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LAST CHANCE:

TEENS: Register for dodgeball: "Are you the best dodgeball player at DHS? Prove it! Come to Darien High School's first Dodgeball Tournament on Monday, April 2nd. Grab a team of 5-7 people and pick up a sign up sheet in the Math LC or during your lunch shift. Teams and money must be turned in by [TODAY] at 2:30 p.m. Winning team gets tickets to AViCii live! See you there.—Darien High School website

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Today is Friday, March 30, 2012.

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HEADLINES:

• ("You Said It" column)

EVENTS & REMINDERS

Adults

• FILM:"Mr. Blandings Builds His Dreamhouse": 2 p.m. (1 hr. 35 mins.), Free. Darien Community Association. "Remember how great the olden days were?  The DCA celebrates nostalgia with their new Movie Classics at the DCA program."—from the on Darien Patch. IMDb—trailer—Rotten Tomatoes
• FILM: "A Better Life": 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. (1 hr. 37 mins.) Darien Library. (2011) Rated PG-13. English subtitles. "Carlos Galindo always dreamed of a better life for his family when he crossed the border into the U.S. After years of hard work and trying to set an example for his son, he finds himself drifting apart from Luis, who has become an impressionable American teen."—library announcement—IMDb—New York Times review—trailer—Rotten Tomatoes
• : 10 a.m. at the picnic tables. "Please bring your coffee, kids and dogs to discuss the maintenance and future of our favorite in-town park!"

Saturday:

• : $190. The Loading Dock in Stamford. 7 p.m. until midnight. "Guests will be treated to a festive cocktail hour, dancing, gourmet dinner, and both a live and silent auction. Celebrity DJ Frank Delour will entertain the crowd and hip auctioneer CK Swett, recently profiled in The New York Times, will moderate the live auction."
• $250. Woodway Country Club. 6 to 9:30 p.m. 
• : "Please join us at the for a night of dinner, dancing and Karaoke. Doors will open at 6:00 p.m., for the long anticipated dance. The evening will start off with a full meal starting at 7:15 at a cost of $25.00 per person.—from the event listing on Patch.

Kids:

• Preschool Time: 9:30 to 10 a.m. Storytime Room, Darien Library. "Storytime for preschoolers ages 3 to 5. Includes stories, songs, and act-outs."—library announcement
  
• We've Got Game: 4:15 to 5:45 p.m., Darien Library. "Come into the Children's Library for an afternoon of gaming. Ages 7 to 12."—library announcement

Teens:

• Darien High School schedule: "B" Day. Periods: 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7
• LAST CHANCE: Register for dodgeball: "Are you the best dodgeball player at DHS? Prove it! Come to Darien High School's first Dodgeball Tournament on Monday, April 2nd. Grab a team of 5-7 people and pick up a sign up sheet in the Math LC or during your lunch shift. Teams and money must be turned in by [TODAY] at 2:30 p.m. Winning team gets tickets to AViCii live! See you there."—announcement on Darien High website."—Darien High School website
• "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
• Depot March Calendar 
• Depot April Calendar

DARIEN PLAYHOUSE SHOWTIMES

• The Lorax: 7 and 9:30 p.m., PG-13 (1 hr. 26 mins.)—IMDb—trailer—Rotten Tomatoes
• The Hunger Games: 7 and 10 p.m., PG-13 (2 hrs. 22 mins.)—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:

• No known meetings
  

FORECAST as of 9:57 p.m. Thursday (update)

• Friday: "Mostly sunny, with a high near 51. Northwest wind between 7 and 10 mph."
• Friday Night: "Rain likely, mainly after midnight. Cloudy, with a low around 39. South wind 6 to 9 mph becoming east. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an 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: 6:39 a.m.
• Sunset: 7:17 p.m.

• High tide: 5:15 a.m. (6.6') 
• Low tide: 11:54 a.m. (0.8')
• High tide: 5:59 p.m. (6.2')
  
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Forecast obtained from the National Weather Service; tide information obtained from saltwatertides.com (calibrated to Long Neck Point).