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Thursday February 23, 2017

Dancing in public is now legal throughout Henryetta, Oklahoma. City leaders voted Tuesday to abolish an ordinance on dancing. The dance ordinance, with a penalty of $25, prohibited dance halls within 500 feet of a church or public school.

In February, resident Joni Insabella decided to host a dance above her store, which is within 500 feet of a church. The city's Chamber of Commerce posted abou ...

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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.

Another name for a Microsoft Windows 98 tutorial was Crash Course!

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

Quips

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."

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

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Fun Book Titles

My Years in a Lunatic Asylum
- by I. M. Nutty

How to Feed Elephants
- by P. Nutts

All Aboard!
- by Abel Seamann

Apologizing Made Simple
- by Thayer Thorry

The Barber of Seville
- by Aaron Floor

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Good Question

Does killing time damage eternity?

Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?

If CON is the opposite of PRO, is congress the opposite of progress?

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World Firsts

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

Wednesday February 6, 1861

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Astronomical Society of Pacific holds its 1st meeting in San Francisco.

Thursday February 7, 1889

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Edward of Caernarion, later Edward II, becomes the 1st Prince of Wales.

Monday February 7, 1301

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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

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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

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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

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