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posted 12 Jul 2020, 16:08 by Mersey Bells
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Fire destroys roof of 249-year-old California church
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Historic Black church on West Main gets boost for much-needed repairs
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Kelly Schramm
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NORFOLK — Memorial services for Kelly A. Schramm, 57, Madison, will be at 6 ... She died Thursday, July 9, 2020, at Clarkson Community Care Center. ... NORFOLK — Services for Bobbie S. Bell, 45, Norfolk, will be at 10:30 a.m. ... will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 16, at St. Boniface Church in Elgin.
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Family of security guard killed in Lavish Lounge shooting host vigil, funeral this weekend
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Berthoud firefighter Josh Macdonald laid to rest Saturday in Fort Collins
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Kate Smith
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Deaths published Sunday, July 12, 2020
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Closing stanza: Sunday's service to be First Presbyterian's last
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'Community's church:' Amid gentrifying Charleston peninsula, historic Mt. Zion AME thrives
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Massive fire at historic San Gabriel Mission destroys roof and much of the interior
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PHLPost pays tribute to COVID-19 frontliners with new stamps
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Bill hiking State doctors' entry level pay from P59,000 to P85,000 filed
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Customs Governance Culture Code launched
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Norman J. Bell, Sr.
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Mali president dissolves constitutional court after unrest
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Mannequins do double duty in a chic restaurant in virus-hit Montreal
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Churches ring bells to show support for ABS-CBN
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IMF and World Bank to hold fall meetings virtually
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Disney World reopens as US virus death toll surges
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Caraga region tallies 14 new COVID-19 cases
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Celebration of the Feast of Our Lady Rosa Mystica
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SpaceX delays launch of mini-satellites
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Churches ring bells to show support for ABS-CBN
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LPA east of Luzon may intensify, become 'Carina' – PAGASA
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Palawan town cop chief, driver survive ambush
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Priest hopes wedding bells will ring again in Limerick village
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Require HUCs to have own quarantine facilities, DILG urged
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Rick Steves' Europe: York Minster: England's most amazing church
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William 'Bill' Eugene Wilson
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Bygone Muncie: Delaware County's Black Civil War veterans
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Bells at Nevern's St Brynach church set to ring again by end of year
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Bells at Nevern's St Brynach church set to ring again by end of year
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First socially distanced service at Peterborough Cathedral 'feels like coming home'
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Mother of 2, killed at Lavish Lounge, laid to rest
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Bells at Nevern's St Brynach church set to ring again by end of year
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Palace: Duterte 88% healthy, just like any other man his age
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In Loving Memory: Obituaries Of The Week July 12, 2020
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Merseybells daily news digest
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posted 8 Jul 2020, 16:08 by Mersey Bells
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James Scott "Jim" Crane
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Church services resume in King's Lynn
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President’s Blog #13
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Last Friday was definitely a low point. There was much swearing in Moseley, Worcester and Wrotham when an ever-so-polite email dropped in from the Church of England Recovery Group asking us not to ring that Sunday after all. Then my computer crashed just to add to the misery. The next morning, we had a call with Mark and Brendan but it was clear that they wanted us to change our guidance and wait a bit longer.
I am not sure what percentage of churches did actually hold services in England on Super Sunday. There weren’t many in my home Diocese of Birmingham and I have heard of some particularly rural areas where there is no sign of churches opening for some time. Across the world the picture varies – ANZAB reporting 20 out of 64 towers open again, while in North America I understand a little ringing has happened at Orleans, Honolulu and Kent School. The Channel Islands and Isle of Man are relishing their Coronavirus-free isolation!
The prospect of ringing three for services caused Ann Davies to recall the words of the Serbian Orthodox priest in charge of the ring of three at Bournville in Birmingham (pictured) when three ringers (suspects include Messrs Pickford and Jones) asked if they could have ‘a little tinkle’. The custodian of the ultra-ungettable tower said “we ring for ze purpose and not for ze tinkle!!”
As work starts on the next stage of guidance it is difficult to see how things are going to change materially without infection levels dropping. However there are lots of factors to consider, including that not all ringing environments are the same. We’re also getting a group together representing prolific peal organisers to pool our thoughts on when and how we can move towards ringing’s longer form.
Now to some good news. The Churches Conservation Trust has launched its ‘Champing’ offer – 20% discount for ringers booking before 31st July (use the discount code BELLS20). Champing is like glamping but kipping down inside one of their churches for a slightly surreal night’s sleep. Note that most of these churches do not come with showers so those booking for more than a few days will be thanked for not going within 2m of anyone else. Team Linford has booked to stay in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Warminghurst so we can visit Charlie’s adopted sloth, Flash, at Drusillas Wildlife Park.
If you are looking for more YouTube viewing after watching all 40 entries in the June YouTube competition, Steve Farmer has put together a superb series of videos on how to use a simulator. Search YouTube for “Practical Simulator Sessions” and you will find these, excellently produced in his garage (which to be honest needs a good lockdown clearout…)
Chris Ridley has been confirmed as the new leader of the Historical & Archive Workgroup. Chris has had a long association with the Council Library and other initiatives and is looking forward to developing this Workgroup so that our history and archives are able to inform and support other areas of the Council’s work. For instance, it has already been shown that the study of genealogy can get descendants of ringers wanting to learn and follow in ancestors’ footsteps.
The first peal on Ringing Room has been rung. Is it surprising that it has taken so long, or that it has been done at all? I cannot say too much as I was in it, and this is not a forum for me to blow my own trumpet. Oh go on, maybe just a bit – Parp parp!
We have launched a consultation on ‘Registered Smaller Societies’ which is a proposed change to the Council Rules to enable bell ringing societies that don’t have the 75 members needed for full affiliation, but which want to be part of the Council. Not all ringers and ringing are covered by territorial societies, and to be truly representative the Council should embrace smaller emerging groups. More details can be found in the Governance section of the website.
Booking some more holidays. Sign of the times that when we would have been heading off to the Far East for a tour of Vietnam and Thailand, we have booked a boat on the Llangollen Canal and made sure that it has three decent handbell chairs. Twin holiday focus of Latin vocab and Kent Minor.
Matt Lawrence from Lilleshall has joined V&L and taken on a “Recruitment and Retention” brief. Matt masterminded the R&R workshop at the ART Conference on behalf of V&L. There is also a new Facebook group called Bell Ringing Recruitment and Retention – some people have actually managed to recruit people into ringing via Ringing Room and will be looking forward to converting them into tower bell ringers. Just shows what’s possible if you try.
The second of my three favourite ringing days of the year didn’t happen, following on from the 12 bell final. The RWNYC would have seen hundreds of young ringers gather in York for this annual festival of youthful skill and coloured team shirts but alas we will need to wait another year.
Patrick Deakin has started the latest of his Facebook competitions where people vote for their favourite ring of bells in a particular category, starting off with 32 and deciding each round on a knockout basis. Following victories for York Minster in the Heavyweight 12 bout, and Inveraray in the Cruiserweight 10 bout, he is now pitching ton-plus eights against each other in the Super Middleweight category. Will it be one of the Somerset classics (i.e Chewton Mendip) or a young pretender? Watch the drama unfold over coming weeks.
Finally some sad news. The Black Bull at Frosterley, home to a ring of 12 with a tenor of 0-2-21 by Matthew Higby, has closed permanently. Hopefully a new home will be found for the bells, on which seven peals have been rung (but not one by me so I am still keen).
Simon Linford
President CCCBR
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July 08, 2020 at 12:58AM
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Northbrook and Glenview celebrate Fourth of July — at a distance
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Bennington Rotary marks Fourth with bell ringing
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Audrey A. Morgan
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Meon Valley Memories: Turning fact into fiction
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Georgetown priest departs
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Prince George Will Miss This Royal Birthday Tradition by a Matter of Days
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Confederate Statues Being Toppled in Richmond
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Fannie Bell Webb
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Gen. Robert E. Lee is the only Confederate icon still standing on a Richmond avenue forever ...
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Warehorne, Kent
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Sutton St James, Lincolnshire
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Stoke St Milborough, Shropshire
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Radway, Warwickshire
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Margaretting, Essex
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Manston, Dorset
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Liverpool, Municipal Buildings, Merseyside
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Liss, S Peter, Hampshire
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Lichfield Cath, Staffordshire
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Kettering, Northamptonshire
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Headcorn, Kent
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Gosberton, Lincolnshire
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Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire
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Gedney Hill, Lincolnshire
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Gedney, Lincolnshire
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Deeping St Nicholas, Lincolnshire
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Crowland, Lincolnshire
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Child Okeford, Dorset
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Bradoc, Cornwall
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Bicker, Lincolnshire
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Merseybells daily news digest
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posted 4 Jul 2020, 16:08 by Mersey Bells
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In Loving Memory: Obituaries Of The Week July 2, 2020
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'Created Equal,' which explores 1776 through eyes of enslaved people, centerpiece of Colonial ...
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The Word of God still heard weekly in the Wellsford Church
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Richmond's Stonewall Jackson Statue Removal Has the Public Weighing In
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Lohmann: Confederate soldiers almost used this Richmond bell for munitions; Wednesday it rang ...
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RELIGION NOTES: July 4-12
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Special Silence: St. Joseph's Parish stops ringing bells as Saskatchewan hits final stages of re ...
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Some 4th Of July Celebrations Still On In Massachusetts
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Staffordshire church to stay quiet due to bell delay
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Zoom
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Zoom’s origins are from 2012 when the initial audio-visual (AV) platform was launched. When we fast forward to March 2020, there was a significant need for online AV platforms for the many people in Covid lockdown who needed to work, visit family and . . . . ring. Zoom was a popular choice for two main reasons. Firstly, it was easy to use. Secondly, the entry level service was free with small groups, and inexpensive for medium sized groups.
Security Issues
In the rapid growth of Zoom in the spring of 2020, some security concerns surfaced. The need to address these security issues was exacerbated by Zoom’s phenomenal growth (between December 2019 and March 2020, Zoom’s use increased 20-fold to 200 million daily users). As this application became more popular, the hackers, trolls and bombers came out. The security onslaught was so severe that some corporate users delisted Zoom from their acceptable tools set. The Zoom team sprang into action and began fixing security holes, developing work arounds, beefing up the encryption and adding user tools to allow users to manage the security issues.
One of the most visible security problems was allowed by a convenience feature: the host sets up a meeting, creates a link, and publicizes the link to the invitees. When these links and credentials were posted on social media, the unwanted Zoom-bombers collected them and became unwanted attendees. There were reports worldwide of very, very bad behavior by these bombers. Zoom added passwords as a default, and also included a choice to use randomly generated meeting id’s and finally a ‘waiting room’ where all who desired to enter could be vetted. These randomly generated id’s would reduce the chance that a meeting id that had been posted on social media would be of much use to a zoom bomber. Zoom added end-to-end encryption that was enabled when all users in a meeting installed and used the client. Zoom continues to increase the encryption level and allows corporate clients to manage where the zoom calls are routed. For paid clients, breakout rooms were available making possible to host ringing festivals and manage (by compartmentalization) larger groups. To boost credibility, Zoom created a security blog to track their security improvements.
Tips, Tricks and Meeting Protocol
A recommended way to securely host a zoom meeting is to schedule a meeting, using a randomly generated meeting ID and a randomly generated password. The host should plan to use the (default) waiting room and ask all the participants to use the Zoom client on their devices to guarantee end-to-end encryption.
During the meeting, it is not possible to hear two voices at once, so it is possible to vocally ‘step’ on each other. Watch others and when you jump in, be wary of that limitation. In the paid versions of Zoom, there is a ‘raise hand’ feature.
Use of Zoom by Ringers
One caveat is that if you are using an online ringing platform (e.g. Ringing Room), in order to reduce echo between the speakers and microphones two between Zoom and the platform you need to either mute your microphone before commencing ringing OR use headphones, which will limit the sound’s travel and effectively eliminate the echo. Note this virtually requires that the leader/host/conductor have a headset, because if the conductor is muted then conducting becomes more difficult. If using Ringing Room, bobs and singles can be “called” using the keyboard, but putting people right is not possible. It is possible to temporarily unmute oneself by holding down the spacebar with Zoom but, since the spacebar is also used to ring bells in Ringing Room, this isn’t of much use during ringing.
Allen Nunley
CMWG
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Tim Stanley: Ex-WWII prisoner of war was quiet about his service but clear about opposition to war
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July 5: Feast of Saint Anthony Mary Zachariah
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Staffordshire church to stay quiet due to bell delay
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Norwich Cathedral to resume public worship
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Little Clodagh rings bell against cancer
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Descendants of Declaration signers to tap Liberty Bell 13 times, followed by military flyover
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The fascinating history of nine Norfolk hospitals
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Leighton-Linslade pubs gear up for reopening tomorrow
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What could have been at The Championships, Wimbledon
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Protests mark July Fourth in Philly; Art Museum debuts a novel 'Liberty Bell' exhibit on its steps ...
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Watch Middlebush Reformed Church Independence Day Tribute
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Merseybells daily news digest
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posted 3 Jul 2020, 16:08 by Mersey Bells
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More strengthening needed, to secure Carillon's 74 bells
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Wellington's Carillon tower bell on beam at risk of buckling
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The Sounds of Summer: OU's Carillon Concert Series returns July 10
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Francis Xavier Berlin
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Astoria honors local preservation projects
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William Louis Bell, Cherry Valley, Ohio
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July 4 activities still planned in Racine, Waterford, Union Grove, Burlington
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'What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?'
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Confederate soldiers almost used this Richmond bell for bullets; Wednesday it rang in a new era ...
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Confederate soldiers almost used this Richmond bell for bullets; Wednesday it rang in a new era ...
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Gone!
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Wellington's Carillon tower in worse condition than before
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Carillon: was “sound as a bell,” but now it's “very high risk”
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Villagers leap at rare chance to jump over Barrowby church weathervane
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Mary Bell Jackson
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Obituary: Frances 'Fran' Watts, JULY 18, 1933 — JUNE 29, 2020
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Private family services for Frances "Fran" Watts, 86, formally of Eldon, ... for Southwestern Bell until her retirement in 1987 after 32 years of service.
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Runoff early voting continues in Bell, Coryell County through July 10
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Plans for homes opposite Coalpit Heath cemetery approved
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London 12-Bell Competition 2020
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Flyers' Lindblom completes treatment for rare bone cancer
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Wedding bells to ring as Norfolk couple to say I do on July 4
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Stacey M. Markley
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Corrections - RW 3 Jul
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No bells, no singing – Staffordshire couple ready for post-lockdown wedding
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Lohmann: Confederate soldiers almost used this Richmond bell for bullets; Wednesday it rang in a ...
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Tokoroa's oldest school is no more
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Restoring history: Carbondale church turns to community to save it
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Lohmann: Confederate soldiers almost used this Richmond bell for bullets; Wednesday it rang in a ...
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Celebrate Jefferson, Adams on July 4
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Bells will be ringing at St. Thomas Church -- despite the pandemic
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Celebrate anti-racism, religious freedom, and women's rights this July 4th with your own virtual ...
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Fourth of July facts
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William L. Bell
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Restoring history: Carbondale church turns to community to save it
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Fourth of July facts
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Merseybells daily news digest
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