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Entertainment AARP CHAPTER 2210 ATLANTIC CITY TRIP AARP Chapter 2210 has planned a trip to Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City from November 7-9. The Tour includes 2 nights accommodations, 2 meal credits (up to $20 value each) & $20 slot play. Bus pickup from the Exit 19 Park & Ride on Hopkins Hill Road at 7AM, return time is approximately 6PM. Cost is $299/person (double occupancy), $279/person (triple occupancy) or $399/person (single occupancy). For more information call Maureen at 828-5188. Final payment due by September 21. JULY CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS AT HOPE LIBRARY Hope Library, 374 North Road, Hope is offering the following Programs: Game & Craft Time! July 11, 18 & 25 at 2PM. Family Movies! July 10, 17, 24 & 31 at 2PM. Games Day on July 12 at 11AM (ages 5-12). Engineering Day on July 19 at 11AM (ages 5-12). Music Day on July 26 at 11AM (ages 5-12). Please call 821-7910 to register.

RECREATION BUS TRIPS AND TOURS by SB BOISY LLC

ATLANTIC CITY BUS TRIP TO Caesar’s 40 passengers needed to Entertainment Casino prevent cancellation of this trip. Full payment is needed by July 25th. August 28th-30th Reservation and half payment (Monday - Wednesday)

due July 10th.

3 days/ 2 nights Per person rates include bus, room, tax, nightly fees and baggage handling. Motor coach driver and escort gratuities are not included. Guests over 21 receive $50 comp – $25 slot play and $25 food. Maximum bedding per room = 2 double beds Single Rate $372.00 — Double Rate Per Person $245.00 Triple Rate Per Person $211.00 — Quad Rate Per Person $210.00 Call SB Boisy LLC 401-263-1341to register Sandra Boisvert, 6 Belfield Drive, Johnston, RI 02919

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• The largest volcano in the solar system is Olympus Mons, on Mars, standing at an impressive 13.6 miles high with a diameter of approximately 370 miles. That’s nearly three times the height of Mt. Everest. • During World War II, a U.S. naval destroyer won a battle against a Japanese submarine by throwing — wait for it — potatoes at them. The Japanese thought they were grenades. • Lettuce is a member of the sunflower family. • Gennaro Pelliccia, a taster for Costa Coffee, had his tongue insured for $22 million. • To leave a party without telling anyone is called, in English, a “French exit.” And in French? Appropriately enough, it’s known as a “partir a l’an glaise,” or, to leave like the English. • The rotund Buddha so commonly depicted in statues and pictures isn’t at all an accurate representation. Instead, his real-life counterpart was actually quite thin, due to self-deprivation. • GPS may be free to use, but it still costs $2 million per day to operate. The funds are supplied by American tax revenue. • No, the color red doesn’t make bulls angry — they’re colorblind. • One of the World Trade Center towers was purposely built to a height of 1,776 feet to reference the year the Declaration of Independence was signed. • Want to generate electricity from mud? Crazy as the concept may sound, it is indeed possible, thanks to geobacter sulfurreducens, which belongs to a group of organisms known as electrogenic bacteria that are able to transfer electrons from organic matter to metals or other conductive materials. • According to a study done by French researchers, if you listen to loud music, you are more likely to drink more in less time. *** Thought for the Day: “Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.” — Rabindranath Tagore

Strange but True! By Lucie Winborne

• The largest volcano in the solar system is Olympus Mons, on Mars, standing at an impressive 13.6 miles high with a diameter of approximately 370 miles. That’s nearly three times the height of Mt. Everest. • During World War II, a U.S. naval destroyer won a battle against a Japanese submarine by throwing — wait for it — potatoes at them. The Japanese thought they were grenades. • Lettuce is a member of the sunflower family. • Gennaro Pelliccia, a taster for Costa Coffee, had his tongue insured for $22 million. • To leave a party without telling anyone is called, in English, a “French exit.” And in French? Appropriately enough, it’s known as a “partir a l’anglaise,” or, to leave like the English. • The rotund Buddha so commonly depicted in statues and pictures isn’t at all an accurate representation. Instead, his real-life counterpart was actually quite thin, due to self-deprivation. • GPS may be free to use, but it still costs $2 million per day to operate. The funds are supplied by American tax revenue. • No, the color red doesn’t make bulls angry — they’re colorblind. • One of the World Trade Center towers was purposely built to a height of 1,776 feet to reference the year the Declaration of Independence was signed. • Want to generate electricity from mud? Crazy as the concept may sound, it is indeed possible, thanks to geobacter sulfurreducens, which belongs to a group of organisms known as electrogenic bacteria that are able to trans-