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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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Crayola is a French word that means Oily chalk.

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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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

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

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Our next song is: "Angels We Have Heard Get High."

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Fun Book Titles

Falling from a Window
- by Eileen Dowt

How to Feed Elephants
- by P. Nutts

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

All Aboard!
- by Abel Seamann

The Barber of Seville
- by Aaron Floor

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Good Question

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

Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?

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

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

Tuesday February 8, 1898

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

Monday February 6, 1832

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

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
- African Proverb

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

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25,000 Workers Died Building The Panama Canal
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World Firsts

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

Friday February 9, 1540

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

Friday February 8, 1918

Filed Under: → War

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Wise Words

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
- 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 CON is the opposite of PRO, is congress the opposite of progress?

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?

How long will a floating point operation float?

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