--- a/documents/genericScrapers.py
+++ b/documents/genericScrapers.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 	def getDate(self, content, entry, doc):
 		date = ''.join(content.stripped_strings).strip()
 		(a,b,c) = date.partition("(")
-		date = a.replace("Octber","October")
+		date = self.remove_control_chars(a.replace("Octber","October"))
 		print date
 		edate = parse(date, dayfirst=True, fuzzy=True).strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
 		print edate
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 					columns = row.find_all('td')
 					if len(columns) == self.getColumnCount():
 						(id, date, title, description, notes) = self.getColumns(columns)
-						print ''.join(id.stripped_strings).encode('ascii', 'ignore')
+						print self.remove_control_chars(''.join(id.stripped_strings))
 						if id.string == None:
 							hash = scrape.mkhash(self.remove_control_chars(url+(''.join(date.stripped_strings))))
 						else: