New Salem and other area news – March 15, 2023
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By WYVETTA DAVIS
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or 217-320-8438
Remember to pray daily for others
“It’s not how big the house is…it’s how happy the home.” Prayer Requests (if there are any names to add or delete on here, please let me know): Miracles to all branches of government to turn back to God, Healing answers for cancer, and the coronavirus to totally stop. And for these individuals: Anne Hopkins, Bonnie Prudoehl, Brian Jacques, Brian Bradshaw, Charla Prior, Danny K. Guthrie, Elinor Waddell, Erma Garner, Frances Davis, Gary Dice, Greg and Shari Ketterman, Heather Shafer, Jerry Garner, Janet Bonnett, Joe Yackley, Josh Bennett, Judy Dockhorn, Karen DeWitt, Les Garner, Leonard and Sharon Dice, Michael Miller, Mike Miller, Norman Shaw, Nic Carter, Peggy Piper, Rick Blackstun, Roger Bonnett, Sharon Straus, Susan Shaw, and unspoken prayer requests.
Sympathy is extended to the Seth and Katie Myers family as their baby boy Samuel went to his heavenly home, Sunday, March 12.
March 15 – 21 birthdays and anniversaries: March 15, Scott Miller, Lila and Brian Martin, March 16, Clay Gosnell, March 17, Dona Hibbard, James Francis, Tom Sims, Greg and Sheri Ketterman, March 18, Judy Robbins, Micah Rudd, March 19, Brad Conkright, Kathy and Jerry Dougherty, Patty and Rusty Ruble, March 21, Marco Cooper.
Trivia Answers from Last Week:
1. What country has the oldest parliament in the world? (Iceland)
2. How many days had Jesus fasted in the desert when Satan tempted Him to turn stones into bread? (40 days)
3. Before devoting his life to philosophy, what was Socrates’ profession? (mason or stone cutter)
Trivia Questions for This Week
1. What is the world’s oldest currency still in use?
2. What disaster caused Jacob to send his sons from Canaan to Egypt?
3. What country was the first to introduce old age pensions?
Holidays for This Week: March 15, National Peanut Lovers Day, March 16, National Artichoke Day March 17, St. Patrick’s Day, March 18, National Sloppy Joe Day, March 19, International Read To Me DayMarch 20, International Day of Happiness, March 21, National Common Courtesy DayGray Cemetery clean-up day is April 1. Any articles that need to be saved, need to be removed by that date.
“If you didn’t hear it with your own ears or see it with your own eyes, don’t invent it with your small mind and share it with your big mouth.”