Quips

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

Filed Under: Signs

This afternoon there will be a meeting in the South and North ends of the church. Children will be baptized at both ends.

Filed Under: Church Notices

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

Filed Under: Church Notices

Good Question

• How much deeper would the ocean be without sponges?

• You know how most packages say "Open here". What is the protocol if the package says, "Open somewhere else"?

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

World Firsts

• "Monopoly" the board game goes on sale for the 1st time.
  

  Wednesday February 6, 1935

Filed Under: → Business & Industry

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• 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

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

  Tuesday February 7, 1956

Filed Under: → Education

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Events

• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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New Used News

• 25,000 Workers Died Building The Panama Canal

  Filed Under: Did you Know → Did you Know

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• The Most Expensive Domain Name

  Filed Under: Did you Know → Did you Know

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• Microsoft Windows 98

  Filed Under: Did you Know → Did you Know

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• Backward Flowing River

  Filed Under: Did you Know → Did you Know

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