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Snapshots: Fun news you need to know from Wyoming and Kentwood

By WKTV Staff

victoria@wktv.org

 

Quote of the Day

"It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course."

~ Hank Aaron

 

And we hardly knew ye…

Buh-bye, fatty

 

After 10 hearty seasons, 12,000 brave challengers and nearly 58 million gut-busting calories, the Fifth Third Burger is officially retiring on Saturday, Sept. 1. Get ’em while they’re still hot.

 

Remembering the People’s Princess

A class act

In honor of the anniversary of the death of Princess Diana, WKTV 25 will be airing a special half hour memorial tribute “Princess Diana: A Tribute To England’s Rose.”

 

The show will air Monday, Aug. 27, at 9:30 a.m.; Tuesday, Aug. 28, at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30 at 5 p.m. and Friday, Aug. 31 at 2 and 7:30 p.m.

 

Save a place on your
dance card for Kate Daniel

Gladys Ewing’s dance card, circa 1912

The husband-and-wife team behind the New York Times bestselling Kate Daniels series will be visiting Schuler books & Music at the end of August. The couple is touring for the release of Magic Triumphs book 10  and the final book in the Kate Daniel series. They will be at Schuler Books & Music, 2660 28th St., at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 30.

 

 

Fun fact:

In 1518, a “dancing plague” took
over the town of Strasbourg, France.

One woman started it, and others joined her. Within a month, there were 400 people involved. Many died from pure exhaustion.