Winthrop Smith, son of one of Merill Lynch’s founders & author of "Catching Lightning in a Bottle: How Merrill Lynch Revolutionized the Financial World"; CT's Department of Correction’s K9 Unit received 9 bullet and stab protective vests from Vested Interest in K9s, Inc; a Mount Holyoke Alum is responsible for the tradition of Valentine's Cards; A visit to Simsbury's Int'l Skating Ctr of CT