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Things To Do Events for February 09, 2008 Children's Activity Puppet Show Story Time and Craft Community Festivals Book Swap Scrabble Saturdays Winter Carnival Party Music Canadian Old-Time Square Dancing Dance -Ballroom Barn Live on the Big Screen - The Metropolitan Opera Matt Andersen Valentine Ceilidh and CD Launch Sports UPEI Men's Basketball UPEI Men's Hockey UPEI Women's Basketball Valentine's Day Activity Children's Valentine Party Valentine Story Time and Craft Valentine's Day Valentine's Day Craft To search for upcoming events, visit our Festivals and Events page. You can also visit The Buzz Arts & Entertainment  Island Radio  Now Playing: » Listen Now » More information  What's New Recent updates to our website.  Factoid of the Day Russett Burbank, Superior and Yukon Gold are popular potato varieties.  Today in Island History On February 9 in Island history... 1833 Peter Fisher of Indian River does something unprecedented in the colony: he asks for a divorce from his wife, who has left him for another. The House of Assembly eventually establishes a court of divorce in 1836. We don't know if it ever granted one to Fisher. From the PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation  Aerial Photo of the Day Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown Click photo for full-size version. See our Aerial Photos section for more. Aerial photograph by Birds Eye View Photo  Island Place of the Day Oar River A river, Flows NW. into Gulf of Saint Lawrence. See Our Communities section for more.  The Moon Moon's Illumination for 02/09/2008 Calculated using software from Sky & Telescope  Sunrise and Sunset Information for: 2/9/2008 Sunrise: 07:26 Sunset: 17:28  Environment Tip of the Day Of all water on our planet Earth, 97% is salt water. Only 3% is fresh water, and most of that is frozen in the polar ice caps. Less than 1% of Earth's water is available for our use. From Environment & Energy.  Farm & Forestry Fact of the Day Information provided by the PEI Agriculture Awareness Committee A glass of chocolate milk contains as much sugar as a glass of orange juice. Visit the Agriculture and Forestry Information Centre