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For numerologists, astrologists, psychics, and others who are fascinated with the importance of dates and numbers, today is 12/12/12.
News reports of couples flocking to get marriage certificates in time to wed on this auspicious day report that the most often cited reason is that it’s a date neither groom nor bride is likely to forget.
While some may see a spiritual element in today’s date, others consider the day to be just another Wednesday. Whichever category you may fall in, one event today will make this a special date for thousands of victims of Hurricane Sandy.
The 12-12-12 Concert for Sandy Relief is slated to be the largest event in music history and will benefit the Robin Hood Relief Fund, which is funneling all donations to the Sandy relief efforts in the Northeast.
Touted as a global event, the concert will be broadcast on television, online streaming through YouTube, Hulu, and others, and on satellite radio. The musical lineup includes Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, Billy Joel, Dave Grohl, Alicia Keys, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Kanye West, Eddie Vedder, The Who, Paul McCartney and more, playing live or via satellite at New York’s Madison Square Gardens beginning at 7:30 p.m. today.
Donations will be accepted throughout the concert, which will benefit food banks, housing services and other charitable organizations in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut areas devastated by the storm.
So while 12/12/12 may or may not be of importance to you for its numerical alignment, the concert tonight is of tremendous importance to those who lost homes, cars, businesses, and loved ones in Hurricane Sandy. Consider tuning in and donating if you can to help those in need.
What We Think
It’s all in the numbers
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Historic day celebrated
On January 1, 1863, Pres. Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, announcing that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious areas are and henceforth shall be free.
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How this garden grew
A special-needs couple wanted a garden. A teacher not only wanted to teach gardening skills but she also wanted to instill a sense of community purpose within her young students.
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Happy Father’s Day
He beamed with pride on our birth. He understood worry upon our birth. He is the giant by which we would judge all men. He protected us. He provided for us. He often sacrificed time with us to provide for us. He spent time with us.
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Thumbs up
THUMBS UP: To Stevie Young of Valdosta. The owner of Artistic Taxidermy, Young won Best in the World, Turkey, in the 2013 World Taxidermy Championship. His eastern wild turkey display dominated the competition, earning him the distinction of best in the world. Another title for TitleTown!
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Canning preserves food, way of life
When the going gets tough, the tough getting canning. Valdosta-Lowndes County residents have this opportunity.
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PSST!: Round Two!
With tonight’s opening of “The Marvelous Wonderettes,” Peach State Summer Theatre presents its second show of the 2013 season.
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A responsible fix for pets
The photo and story in Sunday’s paper about the dog whose owners had left him tied up with an electrical cord elicited a tremendous response from readers, outraged at the dog’s treatment.
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A band-aid in a crisis?
The announcement Monday by the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities that a crisis stabilization center will be built in Lowndes County is good news for some, not so great for others.
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Slowing down for summer
Twenty-some years ago, it seemed Valdosta and South Georgia slowed down for the summer. School was out. Controversies seemed to dwindle. People seemed to work shorter hours despite the longer days.
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Storms: Of preparation and prayer
If you haven’t already, maybe this morning in church would be a good time to say a prayer of thanks that Tropical Storm Andrea blessed us with some much-needed rain while sparing us the overwhelming catastrophe that weather has wreaked upon the Midwest in recent weeks.
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Historic day celebrated
