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Wednesday June 6, 2007

Polish railway worker Jan Grzebski lost consciousness in 1988 after being struck by a train. He suffered horrific injuries when his head was trapped between two carriages. He didn't come out of his coma until Sunday June 3, 2007 when he opened his eyes to see his devoted wife Gertruda's face looking at him. She cared for him all through his coma. Mr. Grzebski was given only about two years to live ...

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

Canada is an Indian word meaning Big Village.

Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were both epileptic.

Quips

Eight new choir robes are currently needed, due to the addition of several new members and the deterioration of some of the older ones.

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

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

Filed Under: Church Notices

Fun Book Titles

The Barber of Seville
- by Aaron Floor

Falling from a Window
- by Eileen Dowt

Neck Exercises
- by G. Rarff

All Aboard!
- by Abel Seamann

How to Feed Elephants
- by P. Nutts

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Good Question

Why is it that at class reunions you feel younger than everyone else looks?

If a fly has no wings would you call him a walk?

How come it takes so little time for a child who is afraid of the dark to become a teenager who wants to stay out all night?

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World Firsts

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

Wednesday February 6, 1861

Filed Under: → Travel Section

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

Wednesday February 6, 1935

Filed Under: → Business & Industry

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