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Tuesday September 16, 2003

The people in a remote Italian village walled up their local Priest in the parish church to prevent him from leaving. Fr. Emilio Succhiella became a 'prisoner of love' after Capuchin Franciscans decided to withdraw from Trasacco, in the mountainous Abruzzo region near Rome, after 428 years of service.

Protesting villagers took the unusual step after they had unsuccessfully appealed to the Order ...

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

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

About twenty-five percent of the population will sneeze when they are exposed to light.

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

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

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The Vicar is on vacation. Massages can be given to the Church Secretary.

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Fun Book Titles

Falling from a Window
- by Eileen Dowt

Apologizing Made Simple
- by Thayer Thorry

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

School Meals
- by R. E. Volting

How to Feed Elephants
- by P. Nutts

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Good Question

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

Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?

If a fly has no wings would you call him a walk?

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

Friday February 8, 1918

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

Tuesday February 7, 1984

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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

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

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

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

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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

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

Tuesday February 8, 1887

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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

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

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

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Good Question

How much deeper would the ocean be without sponges?

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?

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?

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