Darien Morning Briefing: 3.9.12, Friday

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Today is Thursday, March 8, 2012.

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HEADLINES:

EVENTS & REMINDERS

Adults

• Play: "Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean": 8 p.m., Darien Arts Center. $25 for adults; $20 for seniors and students. "In a small town dime store in West Texas, the "Disciples of James Dean" gather for their twentieth reunion. Now middle-aged women, they were teenagers when Dean filmed Giant two decades ago in nearby Marfa. One of them, an extra in the film, has a child whom she says was conceived with Dean during the shoot."—from the on Darien Patch
• Teacher/Parent conferences for elementary school students run from Wednesday through Friday this week. 
• One Book, One Community 2012: "Visit us now to check out your copy of 97 Orchard [for adult] or The Inquisitor's Apprentice [for young readers]. Then, join us in March and April as we host a slew of discussions, workshops, lectures, film screenings, and events that support the books’ themes. There will be programs for adults, teens, and children. Help build a better community!"

Kids:

• "Hugo" Matinee: 2 p.m., Darien Library.—from the library's announcement.
• Friday Night Feature Event: "Being Elmo: A Pupeteer's Journey": 7:30 p.m., Darien Library, a documentary screening of Being Elmo. " Corinne LaPook (Producer) will join us along with Tau Bennett, a young puppeteer featured in the film, to introduce Being Elmo and engage in a Q & A session afterward."—from the announcement by Darien Library.
• "The Lorax" 4 p.m. Matinee: "The Darien High School Orchestra is hosting a special fundraising viewing of "The Lorax" at the Darien Playhouse on Friday, March 9 at 4 p.m.  All proceeds go toward supporting the Orchestra's upcoming trip to Disney World as performers in the Magic Music Days. A limited number of tickets are available.  To order tickets, please contact Jane Minnis at 203-655-3981, ext. 2287 or JMinnis@darienps.org."—from the Darien Patch .

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)
• Darien High Student Wear Cart starts today with $5 items: "Friday, March 9th during all lunch waves, DHS Student Wear will launch the school cart. All items on the cart will be $5.00 but quantities are limited. Check out the New Blue Wave Mints. Is it a friend's birthday, do you need a thank you card, or maybe just a small gift. All items on the cart are $5.00 with the exception of the Eco Club water bottles which are $8.00. Other sale dates will be March 16th during period 3 and March 21st during the lunch wave."—from an announcement on the DHS 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
• 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 is out.
• Vote in the DMV Teen Safe Driving Video Contest for 2012: See the video attached to this article. The Connecticut DMV and Travelers Insurance are "sponsoring a challenge to communities – in Connecticut and outside the state — to view these videos and rally behind one,  as shown by the number of views it gets,  that best supports a community safety message.  Please help us promote this challenge. [...] Schools ranking in the Top 10 [...] can be viewed at: http://www.youtube.com/teensafedriving12 "—from The Depot website
• Darien Depot March Calendar
  

DARIEN PLAYHOUSE SHOWTIMES

• The Artist: 4 and 7 p.m., P.G.-13 (1 hr., 40 min.)—IMDb—trailer—Rotten Tomatoes
  
• The Lorax: 4 and 7 p.m., PG-13 (1 hr. 26 min.)—IMDb—trailer—Rotten Tomatoes

• Lorax Matinee on Friday: "The Darien High School Orchestra is hosting a special fundraising viewing of "The Lorax" at the Darien Playhouse on Friday, March 9 at 4 p.m.  All proceeds go toward supporting the Orchestra's upcoming trip to Disney World as performers in the Magic Music Days. A limited number of tickets are available.  To order tickets, please contact Jane Minnis at 203-655-3981, ext. 2287 or JMinnis@darienps.org."—from the Darien Patch .

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 12:26 a.m. Friday (update)

• Friday: "Mostly sunny, with a high near 49. Northwest wind between 10 and 15 mph."
• Friday Night: "Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. North wind between 11 and 16 mph."

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: 6:14 a.m.
• Sunset: 5:54 p.m.

• Low tide: 5:53 a.m. (-1.1')
• High tide: 11:52 a.m. (8.1') 
• Low tide: 6:11 a.m. (-0.9)

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