News Thats Used

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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All babies are color blind when they are born.

Buttermilk does not contain any butter.

Another name for a Microsoft Windows 98 tutorial was Crash Course!

Quips

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

Filed Under: Church Notices

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

Filed Under: Church Notices

Eight new choir robes are currently needed, due to the addition of several new members and the deterioration of some of the older ones.

Filed Under: Church Notices

Fun Book Titles

School Meals
- by R. E. Volting

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

The Barber of Seville
- by Aaron Floor

Falling from a Window
- by Eileen Dowt

Apologizing Made Simple
- by Thayer Thorry

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Good Question

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

Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?

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

Filed Under: Good Question

World Firsts

France recognizes the United States of America and signs a treaty of aid in Paris; it's the 1st U.S. treaty.

Friday February 6, 1778

Filed Under: → War

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

Monday February 6, 1832

Filed Under: → Medicine

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

Tuesday February 7, 1984

Filed Under: → Travel Section

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

Filed Under: → Deaths

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

Filed Under: → Deaths

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

Filed Under: → Deaths