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		<title>This City is Not Very Good at New Year&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our city’s reputation for somewhat slipshod urban planning is as much a part of its character, for better or for worse, as is government corruption in Chicago, gridlock in Los Angeles, and chili with spaghetti in Cincinnati. The city particularly seems to lose its grip around New Year’s: :: In 1994 at the Artemis Nightclub, the oversized mechanical silver apple and full moon contraptions, which are traditionally raised to the top of their housing at midnight on New Year’s Eve, somehow became entangled with one another, stalling halfway up the main shaft and making a calamitous grinding noise while the gears tried to work loose. Workmen finally fixed the problem at 1:33am, but by then, everyone had gone home. :: Icy roads and a higher-than-usual number of highway accidents in 2003 led to a citywide shortage of champagne, and a number of bars and clubs resorted to handing out 40-ounce bottles of malt liquor to their patrons on New Year’s Eve. :: In 1981, City Hall, using state-of-the-art satellite TV technology, intended to let the public in on a simultaneous New Year’s Eve celebration with Maracaibo, Venezuela, one of our former sister cities. Unfortunately, no one seemed to be aware [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Facts: End of Year Closeout Special</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2007/12/21/friday-facts-end-of-year-closeout-special/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[:: With Christmas Day and New Year’s Day both falling on a Tuesday this season, please note that all city services will be open and functioning on Monday, Dec.24 and Monday, Dec. 31, with the exception of the Mayor’s Office, which will be closed at 2pm on Friday, Dec. 21, and reopen Wednesday, Jan. 2, so that Mayor Wilders can attend the Urban Environmentalism Awareness Conference in Aruba. :: Founder&#8217;s Pier will once again host &#8220;A Taste of Nog&#8221; Sunday, Dec. 23. Fans of the festive holiday drink can purchase tickets to sample some of the finest nogs the city has to offer. Favorites from last year included Traditional Egg Nog (The Legacy Diner), Quail Egg Nog (Le Cafe Brulee), Root Beer Nog (Felix&#8217;s Frankfurters), and the Triple Bourbon Nog (Grinning Kinsky&#8217;s). Tickets are 5 for $7.50 for non-alcoholic nogs, and 5 for $17.50 for adult nogs (Limit 10). :: St. Albert’s Cathedral on Algonquin Avenue issued a public correction to an item published in their most recent newsletter. The choir concert featuring Handel’s “Messiah” will take place Sunday, Dec. 23 rather than the listed date of Tuesday, Jan. 8. Also, the Parents without Partners ‘Elvis Night’ dance will take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Facts: Burning leaves, weeping sausage</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2007/11/02/friday-facts-burning-leaves-weeping-sausage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[:: The city is home to no less than seven junior and community colleges, one of which (Sparrow Valley Community College, on Cedar Ave and S.Sparrow Valley Dr.) boasts a Zagat-rated three-star cafeteria. :: The large outdoor clock above the main entrance of the City Hall Annex was accidentally set to Standard Time last weekend. On Monday morning approximately 12 employees and visitors were seen waiting outside the building one hour before official opening time. :: Amount of leaves a City resident is allowed to burn per week (by volume): 7 cubic feet :: Distance from freestanding structures (doghouses and meat-smoking lodges excepted, starting in 1989) burning City leaf piles must be: 25 feet :: Times City Code stipulates a resident must wave arms and &#8220;clearly and directly&#8221; state &#8220;I am burning leaves&#8221; before setting leaves aflame, to notify any deaf or blind children who might be playing nearby: 5 :: Times a resident of one of the city&#8217;s six unincorporated areas must &#8220;thoroughly and purposefully&#8221; probe leaf piles with a lawn implement to ensure no children or squirrels have burrowed into the leaf piles before burning: 1 :: An elaborate new storefront window display was unveiled for the struggling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Facts: Eggs, Monodirevr, Stripper Parkas</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2007/03/30/friday-facts-eggs-monodirevr-stripper-parkas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[:: This Saturday is the 34th annual Last Year&#8217;s Easter Egg Hunt at Whittinger&#8217;s Park. The Greek Gardening Consortium insists that they hid more than 12 eggs and that if the rest aren&#8217;t found there will be no 35th annual Easter Egg Hunt at Whittinger&#8217;s Park. :: Acts of violence committed against actors dressed as “Ronald McDonald” since 1980: 17 :: Acts of violence committed against actors dressed as “The Hamburglar” since 1980: 12 :: Acts of violence committed against actors dressed as “Birdy the Early Bird” since 1980: 30 :: Apples are the third most popular fruit currently sold at Haspiel&#8217;s Produce. :: When asked, in a 2006 Evening Press poll, which insect they’d be most willing to eat “if worse came to worse,” the majority of the respondents preferred “crickets.” :: Jumbo, P.T. Barnum’s famous elephant, visited the city seven times before he was killed in a locomotive accident in 1885, and once after. :: Exotic dancers are required to wear jackets during the Winter season, according to a 2002 city ordinance, as part of a concerted effort to reduce instances of cold and flu. :: A regionally-produced version of the popular board game Monopoly incorrectly spelled “Moondriver [...]]]></description>
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