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Did You Know

  • Canada is an Indian word meaning Big Village.

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

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

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  • About twenty-five percent of the population will sneeze when they are exposed to light.

  • A one ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine.

  • All babies are color blind when they are born.

Quips

For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs.

Filed Under: Church Notices


The 1991 Spring Council Retreat will be hell May 10 and 11.

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Our next song is: "Angels We Have Heard Get High."

Filed Under: Church Notices


Fun Book Titles

  • All Aboard!
    - by Abel Seamann

  • School Meals
    - by R. E. Volting

  • Neck Exercises
    - by G. Rarff

  • How to Feed Elephants
    - by P. Nutts

  • The Barber of Seville
    - by Aaron Floor

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Good Question

  • How come wrong numbers are never busy?

  • Why does an inspiring sight like a sunrise always have to take place at such an inconvenient time?

  • Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo. How come nobody will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down?

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World Firsts

  • The 1st indoor 15' pole vault, completed by Cornelius Warmerdam, achieving 15 feet 3/8 inches.

    Saturday February 7, 1942

  • Filed Under: → Sports


  • The Beatles land at New York's JFK airport, for their 1st United States tour.

    Friday February 7, 1964

  • Filed Under: → Entertainment


  • Richard Johnson is the 1st Vice President chosen by the United States Senate. It happened during the Van Buren administration.

    Wednesday February 8, 1837

  • 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


  • If you refuse to be made straight when you are wet, you will not be made straight when you are dry.
    - African Proverb

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

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

World Firsts

  • Autherine Lucy, the 1st black student admitted to University of Alabama, is expelled.

    Tuesday February 7, 1956

  • Filed Under: → Education


  • The first storm warnings for ships was issued by English Admiral, Robert Ritzroy.

    Wednesday February 6, 1861

  • Filed Under: → Travel Section


  • The Beatles land at New York's JFK airport, for their 1st United States tour.

    Friday February 7, 1964

  • Filed Under: → Entertainment


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Wise Words

  • When you have given nothing, ask for nothing.
    - Albanian Proverb

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

  • Until lions have their own historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter.
    - African Proverb

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Good Question

  • Why are cigarettes sold at gas stations when smoking is prohibited there?

  • How come wrong numbers are never busy?

  • How long will a floating point operation float?

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