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HAPPY

VALENTINE’S

DAY

Today is Valentine’s Day and we’ve got some special wishes going out to Stanley Zimmerman, a resident of Eagle Ridge, on his 89th birthday; Joe Moore Jr. of Orviston on his birthday, Joe Mauck, on his birthday, and Bobbie and Jane McKivison of Beech Creek who were married on Valentine’s Day 55 years ago. May you all celebrate with love surrounding you.

VALENTINE’S DAY TRIVIA

About 1 billion Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged in US each year. That’s the largest seasonal card-sending occasion of the year, next to Christmas.

About 3% of pet owners will give Valentine’s Day gifts to their pets.

History’s first valentine was written in perhaps one of the most unromantic places conceivable: a prison. Charles, Duke of Orleans wrote the love letter to his second wife at the age of 21 while captured at the Battle of Agincourt. As a prisoner for more than 20 years, he would never see his valentine’s reaction to the poem he penned to her in the early 15th century.

The chubby baby with wings and a bow and arrow that we call Cupid has been associated with Valentine’s Day for centuries. However, before he was renamed Cupid, he was known to the ancient Greeks as Eros, the god of love. Eros, the son of Greek goddess Aphrodite, would use two sets of arrows–one for love and another for hate–to play with the emotions of his targets. It wasn’t until stories of his mischief were told by Romans that he adopted the childlike appearance that we recognize today.

Conversation hearts, truffles galore and heart-shaped boxes of chocolates–these are the symbols of Valentine’s Day for many lovers around the world. While the roots of Valentine’s Day go all the way back to Roman times, candy gift giving is a much more recent development.

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WEDNESDAY

Day

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