Quips

Bertha Belch, a missionary from Africa, will be speaking tonight at Calvary Methodist. Come hear Bertha Belch all the way from Africa.

Filed Under: Church Notices

Thursday night is Potluck Supper. Prayer and medication to follow.

Filed Under: Church Notices

Sign seen in a bar: "Those drinking to forget, please pay in advance."

Filed Under: Signs

Good Question

• If love is blind, why is Lingerie so popular?

• How much deeper would the ocean be without sponges?

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

World Firsts

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

  Tuesday February 7, 1956

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• Bruce McCandless of the United States, makes the 1st untethered space walk.
  

  Tuesday February 7, 1984

Filed Under: → Travel Section

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• The 1st successful United States educational magazine "Academician", starts publishing in New York City.
  

  Saturday February 7, 1818

Filed Under: → Education

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Events

• 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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• 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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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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