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Monday June 18, 2007

A Tibetan terrier named Arnie who went missing for nearly two years made his way home to his delighted family. Eleven-year-old Arnie, named after movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger, disappeared from the garden of his home near Bantry, County Cork, Ireland, 21 months ago.

His owner Gillian Singleton believed he was stolen for breeding purposes. She said her "happy, beautifully groomed dog" had bee ...

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A dime has 118 ridges around the edge, a quarter has 119.

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

Buttermilk does not contain any butter.

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Thursday night is Potluck Supper. Prayer and medication to follow.

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

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Fun Book Titles

The Barber of Seville
- by Aaron Floor

Neck Exercises
- by G. Rarff

Falling from a Window
- by Eileen Dowt

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

My Years in a Lunatic Asylum
- by I. M. Nutty

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Good Question

Why are cigarettes sold at gas stations when smoking is prohibited there?

Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo. How come nobody will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down?

How much deeper would the ocean be without sponges?

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World Firsts

1st meeting of the Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America.

Wednesday February 6, 1861

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

Tuesday February 7, 1956

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Astronomical Society of Pacific holds its 1st meeting in San Francisco.

Thursday February 7, 1889

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

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

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

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World Firsts

Aurora Ski Club of Red Wing, Minnesota became the 1st United States Ski Club.

Tuesday February 8, 1887

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

Monday February 7, 1301

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

Monday February 7, 1949

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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

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

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

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Good Question

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

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?

If CON is the opposite of PRO, is congress the opposite of progress?

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