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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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Canada is an Indian word meaning Big Village.

All babies are color blind when they are born.

Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were both epileptic.

Quips

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

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Don't let worry kill you. Let the Church help.

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

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Fun Book Titles

Neck Exercises
- by G. Rarff

How to Feed Elephants
- by P. Nutts

School Meals
- by R. E. Volting

The Barber of Seville
- by Aaron Floor

Apologizing Made Simple
- by Thayer Thorry

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Good Question

Why is it that when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment but when you transport something by ship it's called cargo?

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

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

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World Firsts

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

Wednesday February 8, 1837

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The 1st wireless message sent from a moving train to a station is received.

Sunday February 7, 1915

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The 1st solo England to Australia flight takes off piloted by Bert Hinkler.

Tuesday February 7, 1928

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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

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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

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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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