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Did You Know

  • An earthquake on December 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.

  • A person infected with the SARS virus has a 95% - 98% chance of recovery.

  • During World War II, Uncle Bens was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.

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  • A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.

  • All babies are color blind when they are born.

  • Canada is an Indian word meaning Big Village.

Quips

The Senior Choir invites any member of the congregation who enjoys sinning, to join the Choir.

Filed Under: Church Notices


Weight Watchers will meet at 7.30 pm at the Presbyterian Church. Please use the large double doors at the side entrance.

Filed Under: Church Notices


Sign seen at a Hair Salon: We curl up and dye for you.

Filed Under: Signs


Fun Book Titles

  • How to Feed Elephants
    - by P. Nutts

  • All Aboard!
    - by Abel Seamann

  • Apologizing Made Simple
    - by Thayer Thorry

  • Neck Exercises
    - by G. Rarff

  • School Meals
    - by R. E. Volting

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Good Question

  • If there are 52 weeks in a year, how many weeks are there in a light year?

  • Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?

  • Why do you need a drivers license to buy liquor when you can't drink and drive?

Filed Under: Good Question

World Firsts

  • The 1st wireless message sent from a moving train to a station is received.

    Sunday February 7, 1915

  • Filed Under: → Travel Section


  • Joe DiMaggio becomes the 1st $100,000 a year baseball player. He plays for the New York Yankees.

    Monday February 7, 1949

  • Filed Under: → Sports


  • 1st meeting of the Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America.

    Wednesday February 6, 1861

  • Filed Under: → Politics


Events

  • The man known as the 'Crocodile Hunter' died after his chest was punctured by a stingray barb while diving off Australia's northeast coast. The 44 year-old colourful personality was filming a documentary about the Great Barrier Reef when tragedy struck.

    According to friend and colleague, John Stainton, Steve Irwin swam too close to the ray while he was diving off his boat "Croc One" near Batt Reef, northeast of Port Douglas.

    Monday September 4, 2006

  • Filed Under: → Deaths


  • Relatives of a 91-year-old Ohio woman who died this week are giving her the last word with a sassy, occasionally profane obituary that starts with the basics, "I was born. I lived. I died.", and instructs people to "Wait the appropriate amount of time" before trying to claim her stuff.

    They wrote it in Jean Oddi's perspective, recapping the people important to her, adventures she had and her favorite activities, including playing cards and teaching her granddaughter "dirty songs".

    Thursday February 23, 2017

  • Filed Under: → Deaths


  • A father and son in Alabama were killed when they crashed into each other in a head-on collision. Jeffrey Morris Brasher and his son Austin Blaine Brasher of Bankston, Alabama, died early Saturday morning.

    Jeffrey Brasher was driving a 2006 Ford pickup and his son was driving a 2004 Chevrolet truck when they collided on a highway head-on, said Alabama State Trooper Jonathon Appling.

    Saturday February 18, 2017

  • Filed Under: → Deaths


  • It takes a village to raise a child.
    - African Proverb

  • Not to know is bad, not to wish to know is worse.
    - African Proverb

  • Where there is no shame, there is no honor.
    - African Proverb

World Firsts

  • The 1st appearance of cholera happens in Edinburgh, Scotland.

    Monday February 6, 1832

  • Filed Under: → Medicine


  • The United States swears in its 1st female Secretary of Transportation, namely Elizabeth Dole.

    Monday February 7, 1983

  • Filed Under: → Travel Section


  • John Ames Sherman of Massachusetts, United States, patents the 1st envelope folding and gumming machine.

    Tuesday February 8, 1898

  • Filed Under: → Business & Industry


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Wise Words

  • Indecision is like a stepchild. If he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water.
    - African Proverb

  • Where there is no shame, there is no honor.
    - African Proverb

  • Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
    - African Proverb

Filed Under: Wise Words

Good Question

  • Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?

  • Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?

  • If there are 52 weeks in a year, how many weeks are there in a light year?

Filed Under: → Good Question