News Thats Used

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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Canada is an Indian word meaning Big Village.

An earthquake on December 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.

Buttermilk does not contain any butter.

Quips

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

Filed Under: Church Notices

This afternoon there will be a meeting in the South and North ends of the church. Children will be baptized at both ends.

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Weight Watchers will meet at 7.30 pm at the Presbyterian Church. Please use the large double doors at the side entrance.

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Fun Book Titles

Neck Exercises
- by G. Rarff

All Aboard!
- by Abel Seamann

Falling from a Window
- by Eileen Dowt

Apologizing Made Simple
- by Thayer Thorry

School Meals
- by R. E. Volting

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Good Question

How come it takes so little time for a child who is afraid of the dark to become a teenager who wants to stay out all night?

If love is blind, why is Lingerie so popular?

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

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World Firsts

Jean-Bertrand Aristide is sworn in as Haiti's 1st elected President.

Thursday February 7, 1991

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John Ames Sherman of Massachusetts, United States, patents the 1st envelope folding and gumming machine.

Tuesday February 8, 1898

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"Stars & Stripes Weekly", the United States Armed Forces newspaper is first published.

Friday February 8, 1918

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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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