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Tuesday September 9, 2003

Criminal charges were filed by Federal Prosecutors against a man who had himself shipped by air in a crate from New York to Dallas to visit his parents. Charles D. McKinley was charged with stowing away on a cargo jet.

McKinley, a 25-year-old shipping clerk at a New York warehouse, journeyed overnight about 1,500 miles by truck, plane and delivery van before startling his parents by popping out ...

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

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

Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.

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

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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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Fun Book Titles

Neck Exercises
- by G. Rarff

All Aboard!
- by Abel Seamann

Falling from a Window
- by Eileen Dowt

The Barber of Seville
- by Aaron Floor

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

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When a doctor doctors a doctor does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as the doctor being doctored wants to be doctored, or does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as he wants to doctor?

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

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

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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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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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The 1st solo England to Australia flight takes off piloted by Bert Hinkler.

Tuesday February 7, 1928

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

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
- African Proverb

It takes a village to raise a child.
- 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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Aurora Ski Club of Red Wing, Minnesota became the 1st United States Ski Club.

Tuesday February 8, 1887

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The United States swears in its 1st female Secretary of Transportation, namely Elizabeth Dole.

Monday February 7, 1983

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Wise Words

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

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
- African Proverb

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Good Question

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

Does killing time damage eternity?

Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?

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