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A variety of diced chicken meat has been flagged after several illnesses were reported.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has recalled Rosemount brand fully-cooked diced chicken meat over the possibility of listeria contamination.

The variety in question is the 13 1/2 millimetre cooked diced chicken meat, with a package weight of 4.54 kilograms. The packaging indicates a pack date of January 21 of this year.

Seven reports of listeria have been reported so far, with five in Ontario and one each in British Columbia and Manitoba. If you have the product, either throw it away or return it to the store it was purchased from for a refund.

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Francis and Rosemary Klonts from Plumas Lake, California will have their 68th wedding anniversary next month.  And for the 67 years they’ve been together, they’ve worn MATCHING OUTFITS every single day.  Of their lives.

They met in junior high school in Auburn, Washington . . . got married when they were 19 . . . and now they’re both 87.

So how did the matching clothes thing start?  Rosemary says, quote, “My mother got us matching shirts when we were in high school, well I picked them out . . . and we’ve been matching ever since.”

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ENTERTAINMENT

Alex Rodriguez says he has a “burner” Instagram account to follow his daughters because they don’t like him in their business.  But they always call HIM out when he posts something that embarrasses THEM.  He talked about it on a podcast

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NBC is turning on the lights and opening up the bar again for a “St. Elmo’s Fire” TV series remake. The 1985 coming-of-age classic cemented stars Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy and Demi Moore as core members of the ’80s “Brat Pack.” The original film chronicled the trials and tribulations of a group of close friends after their graduation from Georgetown University. NBC is adapting the story to modern day, which won’t be too much of an issue, as the original film dealt with fairly timeless themes of adjusting to adulthood, struggling with career choices, and unrequited love.

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TODAY IS……………….

• “Senior Citizens Day”, to recognize and show appreciation for the value and contribution of elders to home, family, and society.  So, make sure you call Grandma and Grandpa today.  Or take them out for dinner…at 4 o’clock!

2004 [15] American swimmer Michael Phelps wins his 8th medal of the 2004 Athens Olympics, tying him with Soviet gymnast Aleksandr Dityatin for most medals in a single Olympics

(he eventually becomes the most decorated athlete in Olympic history with a total of 28 medals, including 23 golds)

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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE

“The Devil Went Down To Georgia” brought The Charlie Daniels Band the only gold single of its career in 1979.

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RANDOM REPORT

1. The Tyrannosaurus rex could run slightly faster than a human being. The average person can sprint at about 17.7 miles per hour . . . the T-Rex sprinted at 17.9 miles per hour.

2. Humans and chimps have about the same amount of hair . . . a lot of ours is just super fine and virtually invisible.

3. YouTube is the second largest search engine, right after Google. It’s bigger than Bing, Yahoo!, and Ask combined.
4. Kit Kats are made by both Hershey’s and Nestle.  Hershey’s has the rights to make them in the U.S., Nestle makes them everywhere else.

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GOOD NEWS

There’s a three-year-old kid near Boston named Quinn Waters who recently had surgery to remove a brain tumor.  Then he had a stem cell transplant and went through chemo, which destroyed his immune system.

So he has to stay indoors, and can’t go outside for a while.  But his town has been rallying around him to make sure he doesn’t get too bored.

People in his community have been showing up at his house just to entertain him through his front WINDOW.

He’s seen everything from jugglers and musicians, to a huge group of bikers who recently rode by on their Harleys.

He also got to meet SUPERMAN last month.  And another guy showed up just to let Quinn throw water balloons at him.

Quinn’s mom is a cop, so lots of police cars have also been driving by with their sirens on.  And there’s a pretty great video of it all on YouTube.

His doctors say he should be able to go outside again in a few weeks.  And they’ll know if his treatments are working in another month or two.

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BIRTHDAYS

[81] Kenny Rogers, country singer

[46] Sergey Brin, computer wiz who co-founded Google with Larry Page in 1998/personal net worth estimated at $52.9 billion

[33] Usain Bolt, retired world’s fastest sprinter (8 Olympic gold medals; 11 World Championship golds)/world 100-meter record (9.58) & 200-meter record (19.19)

[31] Kacey Musgraves, country singer

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WILD DONKEYS MAKE A MESS IN CALIFORNIA NEIGHBORHOOD

A woman in Monero Valley California, caught footage of a group of wild donkeys gathered in a neighbor’s driveway, raiding the trash. She wrote, “We have a big problem in our area with wild donkeys. Today, after getting my son from daycare, I looked a few houses down and the herd had tipped over a trash can. They were digging and throwing trash everywhere and eating it.”

Florida Vacation Home Overrun by Vomiting, Pooping Vultures

A New York couple’s vacation house in Florida has been taken over by dozens of vultures, and the birds are vomiting and defecating everywhere.

They bought the three-bedroom, $702,000 home on a golf course in April. However, four months later, they  claim they’re no longer able to visit because a neighbor is feeding the wildlife. They described the smell from the birds as “like a thousand rotting corpses,”.

One nearby resident says she’s been dealing with it for months because an elderly woman is said to be feeding the vultures. Neighborhood association president said officials are limited in what they can do because the vultures, as migratory birds, are protected by federal law.

NEW YORK PARK POSTS SIGNS AFTER SERIES OF SQUIRREL ATTACKS

Squirrels are getting aggressive in one New York City park. The Battery Park City Authority posted signs in Rockefeller Park warning visitors not to feed the squirrels after a series of biting and scratching incidents. The New York City Parks Department warns that feeding squirrels makes them less afraid of humans– luckily no squirrels in the city have tested positive for rabies.

SNAKE ON A BED

Imagine coming back home after a tiring day and a large python is just casually lying on your bed. This actually happened in Queensland, Australia.

A Facebook post shared by a snake catcher talks about how a large python was resting on a light fitting in the ceiling of a home in Australia. The light could not handle the weight of the snake and gave away resulting in the python dropping on the bed.

Luckily, there was nobody on the bed at that time.

The post also had pictures of the snakes just casually lying on the bed.

SNAKE AT THE DOOR

A Virginia woman had quite the surprise visitor when she got a notification on her phone that there was movement outside her front door.

She received a notification that there was motion on her front door on Friday and she opened her phone app to see a snake slithering across her door.

RACCOON RESCUED FROM INSIDE VENDING MACHINE AT FLORIDA SCHOOL

Authorities in Florida were called to a high school after a raccoon was spotted behind the glass of a vending machine. Police shared photos of the incident along with the caption, “This gentleman was apprehended today while committing a burglary of a vending machine at Pine Ridge High School.” Animal Control officers and police wheeled the vending machine outside so the raccoon could make its escape.

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STUDY: MILLENNIALS SPENT $453 MILLION ON AVOCADOS LAST YEAR

Millennials are stereotyped as loving avocados… but they really do.

A new study by the Hass Avocado Board (HAB) estimates that millennials spent $453 million on avocados in 2018, more than any other generation.

For this study, millennial households were defined as households in which the head of the household was born between 1981 and 1996. The average millennial was found to spend $24.99 on avocados– five percent higher than non-millennial households.

Millennials also purchased avocados more frequently, with about 80 percent buying avocados more than once in 2018, compared to 77 percent of non-millennials who did the same. Still, avocado purchases were up among all generations.

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Back Sleepers Fall Asleep the Fastest, but Side Sleepers Sleep the Most

A new poll looked into which position works best, and people who sleep on their back fall asleep the FASTEST.  But side sleepers get the MOST sleep.  Here’s what they found out about each position . . .

1. “Back sleepers” take an average of 20 minutes and 6 seconds to fall asleep.  But they only average 5 hours and 17 minutes of sleep a night.  They’re more likely than anyone else to describe themselves as “early birds.”  But they also sleepwalk and talk in their sleep the most.  And they have the most nightmares.

2. “Side sleepers” take 23 minutes and 53 seconds to fall asleep.  So almost four minutes longer.  But they get 5 hours and 47 minutes of sleep a night . . . an extra 30 minutes.  And they’re the most likely to describe themselves as “night owls.”

3. “Stomach sleepers” take 22 minutes and 31 seconds to fall asleep . . . get 5 hours and 39 minutes a night . . . and they’re less likely to be an early bird OR a night owl.

The survey also found the three most frustrating parts of sleeping with a spouse are when they get up in the middle of the night . . . when they toss and turn . . . and snoring.

And married couples who spoon have fewer issues with their marriage than couples who sleep back-to-back.

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WEDNESDAY AUGUST 21^ST                                            

1. MLB

LA Dodgers         16           Toronto                3

Houston               6              Detroit                  3

2. TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

[81] Kenny Rogers, country singer

Happy Birthday to music legend Kenny Rogers!  He’s 81 today.  Here’s a montage of his biggest hits, including duets with Sheena Easton and Dolly Parton. 

He announced his retirement tour in 2015 and performed his final concert in Nashville on October 25, 2017. 

[46] Sergey Brin,  computer wiz who co-founded Google with Larry Page in 1998/personal net worth estimated at $52.9 billion

[33] Usain Bolt, retired world’s fastest sprinter (8 Olympic gold medals; 11 World Championship golds)/world 100-meter record (9.58) & 200-meter record (19.19)

[31] Kacey Musgraves, country singer

3. A 16-year-old boy was surfing in Hawaii when he saw a fin sticking out of the water.  He climbed on his board and pulled all his limbs up, but the shark darted toward him, taking a large bite out of his board, inches away from his feet, and knocked him into the water.  He said his “fight or flight” instinct kicked in and he swam to the shore, unharmed.  (Note:  He was interviewed over Skype, so the audio quality isn’t the best.)

4. Comedian Gina Brillion says women don’t need sleep because they stay up and watch their guys sleep.

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CARRIE UNDERWOOD TAPS JOAN JETT FOR NEW ‘SNF’ SHOW OPEN

NBC’s Sunday Night Football returns this fall with an all-new show open featuring Carrie Underwood for the seventh year in a row. This year’s theme is a nod to the first-ever NBC SNF open in 2006 featuring a new rendition of the original “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night” music pairing Carrie with Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Joan Jett. The show open was adapted from Joan’s 1988 Top 10 hit “I Hate Myself for Loving You.”

Carrie invited Joan to join her in the show open, which will also feature several NFL stars.

FAST FACTS

Carrie previously teamed up with Joan to perform a few songs during CMA Fest in Nashville back in June.

For the first time in the series’ 14 seasons, the SNF show open was filmed inside an NFL stadium, with Mercedes-Benz Stadium, home of the Atlanta Falcons, serving as the “stage.”

JAKE OWEN PROVIDES POSITIVE SOUNDTRACKS TO PEOPLE’S LIVES – (08/20/2019)

Jake Owen is rarely seen without a big smile on his face and a contagious energy that he hope brings smiles to the faces of those around him. When it comes to music, he’s looking for the same thing — a song that makes people happy, as he tells us: [“I’ve always just really tried to be a positive person, but because I always try to be so positive I can be negative as hell, too, because I get so mad that things aren’t more positive, right? So with music I’ve always liked songs that seem to empower happiness. I just felt like by providing people with those types of, I guess, soundtracks to their day-to-day life that can be happy is a lot more fun than providing them with sadness, right? There’s enough of that going on in the world.”]

FAST FACTS

Jake only has a few tour dates left this year, wrapping things up on October 27th in Uncasville, CT.

He decided to devote much of this summer to staying home with his infant daughter, Paris, who was born in April.

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CHRIS YOUNG IS ‘PUMPED’ ABOUT ADDING NEW DATES TO TOUR

Chris Young is savoring every minute out on his first major headlining Raised On Country Tour. The crowds are showing up in droves for every date, and Chris tells us that recently getting to add 19 shows to meet the demand on the second leg of the tour is a dream come true. [“Just the fact that this is something that started as, for me, the biggest tour that I was gonna do, and we’ve gone through the summer and just broken records for me and now getting to extend it further into the fall, so I’m so pumped there’s gonna be dates going all the way through to the end of the year for the Raised On Country Tour.”]

The Raised On Country Tour runs through mid-September with special guest Chris Janson. The second leg will feature Eli Young Band and newcomer Matt Stell.

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This post was written by Dave Palmer