Pateros is extending its annual citywide yard sales and cleanup to a second weekend this year, giving residents a chance to get their homes and properties in shape before winter.
The event will be Oct. 6-7. Dumpsters will be located downtown to collect yard waste, and call city hall at 923-2571 before that weekend to get on the yard sales map.
Survivors, come forward
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and NCW Media, the parent company of the Herald, is asking survivors to submit their photos and a short bio to the paper for our annual breast cancer survivor section. Look on page A8 of this week's paper for the form that will tell you all you'll need to know to participate. The deadline is Sept. 26, and the section will appear in the Oct. 4 edition.
Remembering heroes
On Tuesday this week, Americans observed a grim anniversary. Vice President Joe Biden visited the memorial in Shanksville, Penn., where the passengers of Flight 93 brought down their plane and thwarted a third terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001. Here's an excerpt from Biden's speech to the family and friends of those who sacrificed their lives:
"I also hope it continues to give you some solace knowing that this nation, all these people gathered here today, who are not family members, all your neighbors, that they've not forgotten. They've not forgotten the heroism of your husbands, wives, sons, daughters, mothers, fathers. And that what they did for this country is still etched in the minds of not only you, but millions of Americans, forever. That's why it's so important that this memorial be preserved and go on for our children and our grandchildren, and our great-grandchildren, and our great-great-grandchildren - because it is what makes it so exceptional. And I think they all appreciate, as I do, more than they can tell you, the incredible bravery your family members showed on that day."
This day in history - Sept. 13
1788: The Constitutional Convention decided that the first federal election was to be held on Wednesday the following February. On that day George Washington was elected as the first president of the United States. In addition, New York City was named the temporary national capital.
1789: The United States government took out its first loan.
1814: Francis Scott Key penned a poem which was later set to music and in 1931 became America's national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner." The poem, originally titled "The Defence of Fort McHenry," was written after Key witnessed the Maryland fort being bombarded by the British during the War of 1812.
1898: Hannibal Williston Goodwin patented celluloid photographic film, which is used to make movies.
1948: Republican Margaret Chase Smith of Maine was elected to the U.S. Senate, becoming the first woman to have served in both houses of Congress.
1977: The first diesel automobiles were introduced by General Motors.
2001: U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell named Osama bin Laden as the prime suspect in the terror attacks on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001. Limited commercial flights resumed in the U.S. for the first time in two days.
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