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230 M 25
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Lyndon B. Johnson born, 1908
March on Washington " I have a dream, " 1963
First African American, Guion Bluford, travels
to space, 1983
sunrise sunset
Aug. 3 - sun rises 6:25; sun sets 20:26; length of day 14h 1m
Aug. 10 - sun rises 6:31; sun sets 20:19; length of day 13h 47m
Aug. 17 - sun rises 6:37; sun sets 20:10; length of day 13h 33m
Aug. 24 - sun rises 6:43; sun sets 20:01; length of day 13h 18m
Aug. 31 - sun rises 6:49; sun sets 19:51; length of day 13h 2m
President Richard Nixon resigned, 1974
Record high 113 degrees F, Perryville, TN, 1930
Herbert Hoover born, 1874
IBM introduces home PC, 1981
Appalachian Trail completed, 1937
Woodstock, 1969
Meriwether Lewis born, 1774
Bill Clinton born, 1946
Hurricane Camille, 1969
Benjamin Harrison born, 1833
Record high 112 degrees, Greenville, GA, 1983
Hawaii becomes 50th state, 1959
Record high 110 degrees F, Fayetteville, NC, 1983
White House burns, 1814
National Park Service established, 1916
LOUDERMILK BOARDING HOUSE MUSEUM FACEBOOK
skywatch
 New moon - 23rd
) First quarter - 31st
 Full moon - 9th
( Last quarter - 16th
August's first full moon is the Sturgeon Moon.
Gardening Fun
If you need an instant table for tea
service, look no farther than your
collection of clay pots and saucers.
Just flip a good-sized pot over, and
top it off with a large saucer. And
when you've had your share of tea,
fill the saucer with water, and your
" table " is now a birdbath.
We're having a garden dance party.
Lettuce turnip the beet.
What's that you said?
Hillbilly Wisdom: Most of the stuff
people worry about ain't never
gonna happen anyway.
After eating, do amphibians have to
wait one hour before getting out of
the water?
If you're sitting in public and a
stranger takes the seat next to you,
just stare straight ahead and say,
" Did you bring the money? "
In the Kitchen
Tired of the fixing the same old thing for supper?
You can always cook up some insects.
* Crickets-remove legs and dry roast. They
can also be fried or stir fried.
* Cicadas are considered the shrimp of the
land. Deep fry them and season with salt,
chili powder or honey mustard.
* Mealworms can be substituted for nuts in
cookies. Roast in oven then stir into cookie
batter.
* Pill bugs are in the same family as lobsters
and shrimp. They are best sauteed in butter.
EVENTS
July 27-3, Grassy Creek Mineral & Gem Show,
Spruce Pine, NC, grassycreekgemshow.org
July 29-Aug 2, Pickin' in Parsons Bluegrass Festival,
Parsons, WV, fiverivercampground.com
1-3, Corn Festival, Stanton, KY, cornfestivalky.com
Early Aug, Old Fiddlers' Convention, Galax, VA,
oldfiddlersconvention.com
15-23, Georgia Mountain Fair, Hiawassee, GA,
georgiamountainfairgrounds.com
22-23, Spring Water Festival, Williamston, SC,
springwaterfestival.com
31, Big Kahuna Wing Festival, Knoxville, TN, bkwfestival.com
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Did you know?
The Blue Ridge Parkway provides
critical habitat for over 50 threatened
and endangered plant species.
One ton of recycled cardboard saves
46 gallons of oil.
The tiny plastic table placed in the
middle of a pizza box is called a box
tent.
Regional Notes
Love Me Tender, Love Me Too Much!
Are over 30,000 Elvis-related items
too many for one museum? If you
think not, then you will enjoy a trip
to the Loudermilk Boarding House
in Cornelia, GA, where you will find
an Elvis wart and possibly an Elvis
toenail stashed among the excess in
the third floor museum. There's even
an Elvis impersonation extravaganza
hosted on the first Saturday in
August. The experience just might
leave you All Shook Up!
SIGNIFICA
Francis Scott Key born, 1779
Christopher Columbus leaves Spain, 1492
Louis Armstrong born, 1901
Barack Obama born, 1961
First person finishes hiking entire AT, 1948
Voting Rights Act signed, 1965
Weather Aphorisms
When windows won't open and the
salt clogs the shaker,
The weather will favor the umbrella
maker!
If chickens molt in August, expect a
bad winter.
Heat! It was so dreadful that I found
there was nothing for it except to
take off my flesh and sit in my bones.
-Sydney Smith
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http://www.grassycreekgemshow.org http://www.fiverivercampground.com http://www.cornfestivalky.com http://www.oldfiddlersconvention.com http://www.georgiamountainfairgrounds.com http://www.springwaterfestival.com http://www.bkwfestival.com
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