Hey Greenwich! Did You Know ... Plenty To Do for Mother's Day Weekend?

Today is Tuesday, May 8, 2012 and it's National Empanada Day.

This Day in History:

In 1945, Great Britain and the United States celebrated Victory in Europe Day marking the defeat of the Hitler's Nazi war machine.

In 1963, the movie Dr. No was released setting the stage for the super-spy James Bond (code name: 007), the immortal character created by Ian Fleming in a series of novels. The movie catapulted the unknown Scottish actor Sean Connery to instant fame.

Can't believe that it's two years ago already—that in 2010, the then-88-year-old  actress Betty White, became the oldest person to host the television show “Saturday Night Live.”

Distinguished Teachers Fete

The Greenwich Distinguished Teachers Awards Committee will formally fete the 2012 Distinguished Teachers at a ceremony at Western Middle School on today at 4 p.m. A fitting tribute on National Teacher Appreciation Day.

• Christine Begole  Eastern Middle School, Advanced Learning/English,
• Andrew Bramante, Greenwich High School, science,
• Richard Kurtzman, Greenwich High School, mathematics,
• Elizabeth Manning, North Street School, kindergarten,
• Barbara Brennan Oxer, Old Greenwich School, Grade 4,
• Cynthia Sherwin, North Street School, Grade 5.

Mark the calendar, there are plenty of Mother's Day weekend activities:

In conjunction with National Police Week, there will be Police Day at the Greenwich Public Safety Complex—AKA, the Greenwich Police headquarters on Bruce Place, from 9 am. to noon, Saturday, May 12.

Department personnel will be giving demonstrations of how various units operate including the K-9 and Special Response teams. There will be tours of equipment and vehicles as well as the headquarters. (The tours will be held every half-hour throughout the day.)

Other activities include a flag workshop with the Boys Scouts, the GPD Police Cadets and the GPD honor guard. There will be activities for kids including a 'bouncy castle" and free hot dogs.

Greenwich Safe Cycling is celebrating Mother's Day and National Bike Month with its 10th Annual Ride for Greenwich on Sunday, May 13. It begins at 8:30 a.m. at the Eastern Greenwich Civic Center, 90 Harding Rd. in Old Greenwich.

The ride is open to all levels of ability. There's a 1.5-mile ride for beginners, and a 7-mile route that includes a loop around Tod's Point. Also planned are kids games and prizes including a bike raffle, bike specialists and a free T-shirt for the first 100 kids under the age of 12.

Applications are available at , , Greenwich Bicycle, , , River Cycle, all locations, and online at www.greenwichsafecycling.org. Helmets are required, and will be provided by the Greenwich Police Silver Shield Association for those in need.

If you're in the spring cleaning mode, the town's annual Household Hazardous Waste Day will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Greenwich High School parking lot, 10 Hillside Rd. For a complete list of what materials that will be accepted, please see PDF document at right.

Meetings today at Greenwich Town Hall:

If you prefer the clicker instead of being there, there's Greenwich Community Television (GCTV) on either Fios Channel 24 or Cablevision's Channel 79.

And if you prefer movie entertainment, here's the schedule for:

*Sources: history.com