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Saturday February 25, 2017

A good news newspaper called Good News was founded because its American proprietors believed people were tired of reading bad news. The bi-weekly paper refused to publish any bad news and only printed the good news.

After just 16 months in operation the paper closed down. But it stuck to its guns of publishing only good news to the bitter end and refused to announce its own failure - this would ...

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

Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined.

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

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

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

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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

The Barber of Seville
- by Aaron Floor

School Meals
- by R. E. Volting

Neck Exercises
- by G. Rarff

How to Feed Elephants
- by P. Nutts

Peek-a-Boo!
- by I. C. Hugh

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Good Question

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

Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?

Why do you need a drivers license to buy liquor when you can't drink and drive?

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World Firsts

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

Monday February 7, 1301

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Bruce McCandless of the United States, makes the 1st untethered space walk.

Tuesday February 7, 1984

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

Monday February 6, 1832

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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

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

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

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

When the mouth stumbles, it is worse than the foot.
- African Proverb

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World Firsts

Bruce McCandless of the United States, makes the 1st untethered space walk.

Tuesday February 7, 1984

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

Friday February 9, 1540

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New Jersey issues its 1st U.S. railroad charter. The proprietors included the famous inventor John Stevens.

Monday February 6, 1815

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Wise Words

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

When elephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.
- African Proverb

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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?

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

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

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