Darien Morning Briefing, Sept. 30

Today is Friday, Sept. 30, the 273rd day of 2011.

HEADLINES

EVENTS & REMINDERS

• Mom's Morning In: The 's Mom's Morning In series continues today at 10 a.m. with Fall Craft Day. The cost is $10 per child per event or $150 for a full-year pass. For details on the series, visit here.
• The Beaver: At 7:30 p.m., the library hosts a free screening of The Beaver. The 2011 film stars Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, and Anton Yelchin. Refreshments will be served.
• We've Got Game: Ages 7 and up can come by the library from 4:15 to 5:45 p.m. for a chance to play Nintendo Wii on the big screen. Kids are encouraged to bring their own handhelds.
• Children of the Desert: From now until Oct. 29, the  hosts "Bana Ba Motlhaba: Children of the Desert," featuring photographs by Dave Hamman and Botswanan crafts. The center is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays.

DARIEN PLAYHOUSE SHOWTIMES

• Dolphin Tale: 7:00 p.m., 9:15 p.m. (1 hr. 52 min.)
• Contagion: 7:30 p.m., 9:45 p.m. (1 hr. 45 min.)

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

• None scheduled

FORECAST

• Friday: Increasing clouds, with a high near 75. South wind between 6 and 10 mph. 
• Friday night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. 
  

TIDES & TIMES

• High tide: 1:46 a.m. (8.1)
• Sunrise: 6:49 a.m.
• Low tide: 8:01 a.m. (-0.4')
• High tide: 2:06 p.m. (8.9')
• Sunset: 6:38 p.m.
• Low tide: 8:45 p.m. (-0.6')

TODAY IN HISTORY

• 1927: Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
• 1935: The Hoover Dam, astride the border between Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
• 1938: Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, allowing Germany to occupy the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
• 1955: Film star James Dean dies in a road accident aged 24.
• 1962: James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying segregation.
• 1968: The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time at the Boeing Everett Factory.
• 2005: Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.

Forecast obtained from the National Weather Service; tide information obtained from saltwatertides.com (calibrated to Long Neck Point); 'Today in History' items compiled from Wikipedia and other sources.