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Saturday October 16th 8:30am - 2:30pm 1500 Blairs Ferry Road, Hiawatha

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Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church Friday Oct. 15 7:00 am - 6:00 pm Saturday Oct. 16 8:00 am-3 pm 720 Edgewood Road N.W. Cedar Rapids Holiday and All-occasion. Great Gift Items Bake Shoppe; Enjoy fresh cinnamon rolls & coffee Free Admission and Plenty of Parking

Annual Bazaar and Soup Luncheon

Buffalo United Methodist Church 4009 Blairs Ferry Road NE (behind Casey's) October 16 8:00am - 3:00pm Featuring homemade chili or chicken noodle soup, ham sandwich, cinnamon roll and beverage; Adults - $6, Children 12 and under $2.50. There will also be a bake sale, crafts and white elephant items for sale.

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Saturday October 16th 8am - 2pm 2736 Bowling St. SW, Cedar Rapids

Please join us to shop our many vendors, stop by our bake sale for lots of delicious treats and stay for a home made lunch.

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October 21st &22nd 8am - 5pm 5200 18th Ave. SW Cedar Rapids, IA (Behind Cassill Motors) We will have several holiday items and winter clothing among other things. Sokol is still trying to get out from under all the flood.

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• Texas leads the United States in the number of beef cattle, while Wisconsin is the leader in dairy cattle. The country with the most cattle is India, where the cow is considered sacred.

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We feed the homeless and those in need. Currently we are in the Jane Boyd Community House 943 14th Ave. Se, Cedar Rapids, IA We could also use help with people who have a drivers license and can drive for us. In addition to these weekly positions, we have our Thanksgiving and Christmas events coming up and are accepting volunteers for each of those events. Please call Henry at: 319-329-8841

• The average dairy cow gives about 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime. That’s an annual output of about 1,600 gallons per cow. • Although we in North America drink mostly cow’s milk, worldwide, more people drink goat’s milk than cow’s. • Do you speak “chicken?” These feathered creatures have been the inspiration for all kinds of idioms in our language, such as “chickenhearted” and “chicken-livered” to denote cowardliness. We “walk on eggshells” when we proceed cautiously. Our “nest egg” is money saved for the future. An “egghead” is overly intellectual, and a person is seen as a “good egg” or a “bad egg.” If you’ve done something that made you look foolish, you have “egg on your face.” We’ve all “run around like a chicken with its head cut off,” “counted our chickens before they’re hatched,” and been advised not to “put all our eggs in one basket.” Many offices have a “pecking order,” and some men claim to have been “hen-pecked” by a “biddy.” • There are more chickens in the world than any other bird. That little red growth that hangs beneath a chicken’s beak is called a wattle. It’s red because it has a rich supply of blood. • A female chicken less than a year old is known as a pullet, while a very young male is a cockerel. When a cockerel is 8 to 12 weeks old and weighs 2 or 3 pounds, he is referred to as a broiler.

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• The average baby pig weighs in at about 2.5 pounds (.93 kg), doubling its weight during its first week of life. Adult males can reach about 500 pounds (186 kg), with sows at 450 (168 kg). Most hogs are off to market at about seven months old. • Let’s not waste anything! A pig’s fat, skin, hair and glands are all used in manufacturing and included in products such as soap, shaving cream, explosives, fertilizer, glue and medicine, including insulin.

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What is the definition of a goose? An animal that grows down as it grows up!

• According to folklore, when sheep run back and forth, jump up and down, and fight as they frolic, it means a change of weather is on the way. Legend further maintains that if oxen are licking their forefeet, hens are taking dust baths, or frogs are croaking more than usual, rain is forthcoming. A chicken standing on one leg denotes impending cold weather. • Roquefort cheese is made from the milk of the French Larzac, or Roquefort, sheep. The fat content in sheep’s milk is much higher than that of cow’s milk. • What’s for dinner? If you’re having moussaka, you’re eating a dish of lamb and eggplant. Kibbe on the menu denotes ground lamb.

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● It was Maurice Sendak, the writer and illustrator of such beloved children’s books as “Where the Wild Things Are,” who made the following sage observation: “Childhood is a tricky business. Usually, something goes wrong.”

• Although most folks eat turkey in November, the month of June has been dubbed National Turkey Lovers’ Month. September is National Chicken Month, May is National Egg Month, and October is National Pork Month. For those non-meat lovers, October is also Vegetarian Awareness Month, and November is Peanut Butter Lovers’ Month. • Although we think of turkeys as gobblers, only the male toms actually gobble. The female hens make a clicking noise. A mature turkey will have about 3,500 feathers. • A horse’s teeth take up more space in its head than its brain. While a male horse will have 40 teeth, the female’s mouth contains only 36. • We generally mount a horse on its left side. This practice has been around since the days of ancient Greeks, when the soldiers carried their weapons on their left side, making it difficult to mount on the horse’s right side. • How fast are farm animals? The maximum speed a pig can run is about 11 miles per hour, while a chicken struts along at 9 miles per hour. A wild turkey can reach a ground speed of 25 miles per hour as well as fly for short distances up to 55 mph. Compare these with the world’s fastest animal, the cheetah, whose speed is about 70 mph.

● You have to wonder what citizens were thinking when they adopted town names like Cranky Corner, Rabbit Hash and Idiotville. Yes, those are, indeed, real town names; you can find them in Louisiana, Kentucky and Oregon, respectively. ● Morbid tidbit of the week: Human bodies suitable for research are valuable commodities; some hospitals and schools will pay $220,000 for a single cadaver. ● You’ve heard of dogs performing heroic acts -- they’ve even been mentioned in this column from time to time. But what about cats? As it turns out, there are feline heroes, too. Take Winnie, for instance: In March of this year, the Indiana cat alerted her family, the Keeslings, when poisonous carbon monoxide entered their house due to a broken water pump. ● Think your kids are spoiled? Consider this: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s new baby, Shiloh, was reported given a diamond-encrusted pacifier valued at $17,000. *** (c) 2007 King Features Synd., Inc.

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