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EDITION #1305 This issue 5ยข
This is day 26 of 2026

Did You Know

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

  • Buttermilk does not contain any butter.

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

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  • Before toilet paper was invented, French royalty wiped their bottoms with fine linen.

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

  • Canada is an Indian word meaning Big Village.

Quips

At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be "What is Hell?".
Come early and listen to the choir practice.

Filed Under: Church Notices


The Senior Choir invites any member of the congregation who enjoys sinning, to join the Choir.

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


Fun Book Titles

  • Neck Exercises
    - by G. Rarff

  • Apologizing Made Simple
    - by Thayer Thorry

  • How to Feed Elephants
    - by P. Nutts

  • School Meals
    - by R. E. Volting

  • Falling from a Window
    - by Eileen Dowt

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Good Question

  • You know how most packages say "Open here". What is the protocol if the package says, "Open somewhere else"?

  • If fire fighters fight fire and crime fighters fight crime, what do freedom fighters fight?

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

Filed Under: Good Question

World Firsts

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

    Monday February 7, 1301

  • Filed Under: → Miscellaneous


  • 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


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

    Monday February 6, 1832

  • Filed Under: → Medicine


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


  • 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


  • 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


  • Until lions have their own historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter.
    - African Proverb

  • Where there is no shame, there is no honor.
    - African Proverb

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

World Firsts

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

    Tuesday February 7, 1956

  • Filed Under: → Education


  • The 1st recorded race meet in England happens at Roodee Fields, Chester.

    Friday February 9, 1540

  • Filed Under: → Sports


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

    Sunday February 7, 1915

  • Filed Under: → Travel Section


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Wise Words

  • Where there is no shame, there is no honor.
    - African Proverb

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

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Good Question

  • How come wrong numbers are never busy?

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

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

Filed Under: → Good Question