Spring is on its way..

We are looking out the window watching those orange colors slowly change back to the green we all know and love in the gorge. Although the groundhog let us all know winter was far from over and snow was on our windshields when we awoke Thursday morning yesterday reminded us all of what we have coming our way.

Today check out GORGE RADIO aside from the various items that local gorge visitors have contributed you can get one of four packages for nearly 1/2 price.

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Love is in the air....

Friday the 13th in Febuary? I don't no about you but the only chill I have is in response to the snow i am watching gracefully come down outside.

Did you know According to the Greeting Card Association, an estimated one billion valentine cards are sent each year, making Valentine's Day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year. (An estimated 2.6 billion cards are sent for Christmas.)

What is the history of Valentines Day? That would depend on who you asked..

One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men — his crop of potential soldiers. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine's actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death.

According to one legend, Valentine actually sent the first 'valentine' greeting himself. While in prison, it is believed that Valentine fell in love with a young girl — who may have been his jailor's daughter — who visited him during his confinement. Before his death, it is alleged that he wrote her a letter, which he signed 'From your Valentine,' an expression that is still in use today. Although the truth behind the Valentine legends is murky, the stories certainly emphasize his appeal as a sympathetic, heroic, and, most importantly, romantic figure. It's no surprise that by the Middle Ages, Valentine was one of the most popular saints in England and France.

Other stories suggest that Valentine may have been killed for attempting to help Christians escape harsh Roman prisons where they were often beaten and tortured.

Where ever it started, present time has graced the presence of the day with chocolates, cards and elaborate settings to entice a romantic glow to an evening otherwise wasted to routine.

A friend recently stated she wasent going to by in to the lemming tradition and my responce was in todays society at the rate we are all going when unless said to do so do we stop and let go and celebrate and enjoy those around us?