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Hot Topics for October 2012

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Other Interesting Tidbits ...

Commission on Presidential Debates
Find a Flu Shot
Flu.gov What to do about the flu
Homemade Halloween Costumes
Influenza Information
The Nobel Prize awards are presented in early October
One Book For Nebraska Kids 2013, Aliens on Vacation by Clete Barrett Smith
One Book For Nebraska Teens 2013, Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
One Book, One Nebraska, 2013, O Pioneers by Willa Cather
Pumpkin/Apple/Autumn Recipes
Pumpkins and More Varieties, including nutritional value, facts and history, growing tips.

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September 30-October 6 Banned Books Week
October 1 Model T Introduced in 1908
October 4-7 - Nebraska Cowboy Poetry Gathering and Old West Days Valentine
October 5 - November 18 Fall Chrysanthemum Show Omaha
October 7 Race for the Cure Omaha
October 7 Chicago Marathon
October 12 Columbus Day
October 12 World Egg Day (always the second Friday in October)
October 14-20 National Wildlife Refuge Week
October 14-20 Nebraska Country Music Festival
October 14-20 Teen Read Week (celebrated the third full week in October)
October 16 Dictionary Day The birthday of Noah Webster
October 17-19 MPLA/NLA/NEMA Tri-Conference
October 19 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
October 19-21 Hot Air Balloon Festival Wakefield
October 20 Stuttering Awareness Day
October 21-27 National Friends of Libraries Week
October 24 World Series begins
October 26-30 Boo at the Zoo Lincoln
October 27 Make a Difference Day , National Day of Doing Good (fourth Saturday in October)
October 30 National Candy Corn Day
October 30 Talk Like Jane Austen Day
October 31 Car Talk National Radio Premier Anniversary
October 31 Halloween Facts for Features from the U.S. Census Bureau
October 31 Halloween

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