Archive for History
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October Dates and Facts
By Eloise Graham As a former Cub Scout den leader, kindergarten teacher’s aide, and elementary Sunday School teacher, I am well aware that October is known for Fire Safety & Prevention. But I didn’t know the history as to why it was observed in October. Now I know and will share with you! ...
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September Dates and Facts
By Eloise Graham September is… American Heritage Month, Baby Safety Month, Better Breakfast Month, Cable TV Month, Children’s Eye Health Month, Children’s Good Manners Month, Classical Music Month, Fall Hat Month, Ice Cream Month, Library Sign-Up Month, National Chicken Month, National Cour...
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Remembering 9/11
By Dee Deuth, CSA Weerts Funeral Home As we pause and reflect upon Patriot Day this year, we do so on the 10th anniversary of that awful day that forever altered American - indeed, world - history. In 2008, I took my family to New York to “pay our respects,” if you will, at Ground Zero. Fol...
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August Dates and Facts
By Eloise Graham The Month of August – some facts as to its origin As all of you probably remember from school, July and August are named for Julius Caesar and Augustus Caesar, respectively. The new names replaced Quintus, meaning the fifth month, and Sextillus, meaning the sixth month. The...
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Quilts: May all your ups and downs in life be with needle and thread.
By Nancy Stockwell Marketing Consultant Ridgecrest Village In a fast-paced world filled with ready-made conveniences, sometimes we overlook the hand-crafted beauty and simple functionality of something as common as quilts. A beautifully crafted quilt is truly a work of art. Certainly it could ...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By Eloise Graham I can not believe that it has been three years since Jim and I purchased 50+ Lifestyles, and two years since his untimely death. In honor of those anniversaries, the Publisher's Corner this month will be excerpts from the column that he wrote two years ago about his love of the F...
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Our Bix Lives!
By Deb Williams Oakdale Memorial Gardens Blaring Band: Our Bix Lives! These words were the headlines in The Times Democrat on Friday August 6, 1971. It was the 40th anniversary of the death of Leon Bismark “Bix” Beiderbecke – and the birth of the Bix Jazz Festival. The Times article ...
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July Dates and Facts – Taxes, War Dates and Wacky Celebrations
By Eloise Graham Taxes July 1, 1862 – President Abraham Lincoln signed the first income tax bill, levying a 3 percent income tax on annual incomes of $600 - $10,000 and a 5 percent tax on incomes over $10,000. This fact made me inquisitive about the history of taxation in America. The fir...
