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Did You Know

  • Buttermilk does not contain any butter.

  • Canada is an Indian word meaning Big Village.

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

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  • Each year there are more than 40,000 toilet related injuries in the United States.

  • All babies are color blind when they are born.

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

Quips

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

Filed Under: Signs


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


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

Filed Under: Church Notices


Fun Book Titles

  • School Meals
    - by R. E. Volting

  • Apologizing Made Simple
    - by Thayer Thorry

  • The Barber of Seville
    - by Aaron Floor

  • How to Feed Elephants
    - by P. Nutts

  • Peek-a-Boo!
    - by I. C. Hugh

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Good Question

  • You know that little indestructible black box that is used on planes. Why can't they make the whole plane out of the same material?

  • What will fall on the lawn first? An autumn leaf or a Christmas catalogue?

  • Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?

Filed Under: Good Question

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

  • Filed Under: → Politics


  • The 1st appearance of cholera happens in Edinburgh, Scotland.

    Monday February 6, 1832

  • Filed Under: → Medicine


  • The Beatles land at New York's JFK airport, for their 1st United States tour.

    Friday February 7, 1964

  • Filed Under: → Entertainment


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


  • When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
    - African Proverb

  • If you refuse to be made straight when you are wet, you will not be made straight when you are dry.
    - African Proverb

  • Indecision is like a stepchild. If he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water.
    - African Proverb

World Firsts

  • Joe DiMaggio becomes the 1st $100,000 a year baseball player. He plays for the New York Yankees.

    Monday February 7, 1949

  • Filed Under: → Sports


  • France recognizes the United States of America and signs a treaty of aid in Paris; it's the 1st U.S. treaty.

    Friday February 6, 1778

  • Filed Under: → War


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

    Monday February 7, 1301

  • Filed Under: → Miscellaneous


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Wise Words

  • If you refuse to be made straight when you are wet, you will not be made straight when you are dry.
    - African Proverb

  • Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf.
    - American Indian Proverb

  • It takes a village to raise a child.
    - African Proverb

Filed Under: Wise Words

Good Question

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

  • Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?

  • What will fall on the lawn first? An autumn leaf or a Christmas catalogue?

Filed Under: → Good Question