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		<title>Nice Work If You Can Get It: The Love Cats That Dare Not Speak Its Name</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An occasional survey of jobs both unusual and extraordinary, and the people who make them happen. The national debate on gay marriage has challenged a number of institutions in 21st century America, from churches to municipal governments, from caterers to wedding photographers. Also affected is the business of Lonnie &#8220;Luv&#8221; Campbell, a 33-year old &#8220;Pet Matchmaker&#8221; in the Southside&#8217;s Miller Well district. &#8220;I think we all thrive on different kinds of love,&#8221; opines the blonde and blue-eyed Campbell , &#8220;Parental love, love of siblings, the love of close friends. But we all need romantic love in our lives, and our pets are no different.&#8221; Since 2003, Campbell has played cupid for fidos and fifis around the city. Her services are available by private consultation, but she doesn&#8217;t limit herself to what she calls &#8220;just Doggy Dating.&#8221; &#8220;I don&#8217;t discriminate,&#8221; adds Campbell, &#8220;I match cats, hamsters, canaries, iguanas, even spiders and snakes.&#8221; Campbell also doesn&#8217;t discriminate against a pet&#8217;s, er, preferences. &#8220;When animals are kept as pets, their environment is shaped by the people around them. They eat human food, they keep human hours, they live in human homes and sometimes they learn to love the way that humans do.&#8221; Campbell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Facts: I Have Two Orange Triangles</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[:: The 33rd Gourd Festival this weekend will include gourd carving, a gourd/squash bake off, gourd costume contest and prize for largest gourd (last year&#8217;s winner, with a 4lb, 3oz gourd received $25 TGI Friday&#8217;s gift card). :: The first incarnation of the Gourd Festival was held in 1943. Pumpkins were in short supply due to the war effort (Pumpkin seed oil being vital for making incendiary explosives), so the annual Pumpkin Days Octoberfestival was changed to Gourd Days. :: The Gourd Festival was revived in 1974 during the Great Pumpkin Blight. Over 4,500 people showed up (as opposed to 1973&#8242;s anemic Pumpkin Palace Carve-Off, which featured only three contestants). The festival has been celebrated ever since. :: In 1996, the festival was boycotted by local Indian tribes and the ACLU, who objected to the &#8220;Chief Gourd Head&#8221; character, who is represented with peace pipe, headdress and frighteningly oversized papier-mâché gourd head. This did nothing to deter visitors- in fact, 1996 was the most popular year to date. The Chief remains a popular attraction, well known for his gourd war cries and &#8220;red-man gourd chop.&#8221; :: Tons of copper stolen from air-conditioning units, construction sites, and electrical conduits annually: 12 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Facts: Spaghetti, Mad Beats, Otto-Mans</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2007/04/20/friday-facts-spaghetti-mad-beats-otto-mans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[:: The Knights of Pythias annual spaghetti dinner in support of Special Olympics has been canceled this year due to a decline in membership from three to one. Group spokesman, 101 year-old Charlie Cassidy, apologized for the cancellation, citing his difficulty distinguishing the numbers on the stove dials, and his inability to lift a full kettle of water by himself following the passing of his son, Charlie Jr., from natural causes at age 82. :: Number of posters, flyers and informational brochures (combined total) printed up for this Sunday&#8217;s Earth Day festival/concert at Baxter Park: 31,000 :: Number of Sanitation Department overtime hours estimated for the post-festival/concert cleanup: 150 :: Most popular dog food flavors sold regionally in 2006, according to Champ Brand Dog Food manufacturers, 1711 E.Blind St: Lamb, lamb and rice, beef, beef and rice. Least popular: Milk, “Dog Food.” :: The last blacksmith shop in the city, John Schmidt’s 1890 Village Smithy, closed in 1979, although it operated as a curiosity, tourist site and gift shop for most of its last five decades. The last blacksmith shop to actually support itself strictly with ‘blacksmithing’ was Clark’s Harness &#38; Metal Works, which closed in 1937. :: Paper cuts [...]]]></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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