Easter, which celebrates Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the dead, is Christianity’s most important holiday. It has been called a moveable feast because it doesn’t fall on a set date every year, as most holidays do.

Just in case you haven’t noticed, the seasons are all out of whack this year. We had one of the warmest winters on record.
For the first time in my lifetime, we had no snow to speak of and very few frigid nights. By mid-February, when they should have been shivering in below freezing overnight temps, spring peepers were already peeping in 70-degree weather.

Popular Spring blooms include tulips, hyacinths, daffodils, iris, daisies, and lilies.
Often though, the first bloom to be seen is a dandelion. Dandelions first came from Asia, and now call the entire world home. They can be used both as a food and a medicine, and the seeds provide an important food to many small birds.

Juliette Gordon Low organized the first Girl Scout Troop on March 12, 1912, in Savannah, Georgia. This month marks the centennial anniversary of the foundation of the Girl Scouts.

The leap year is a contrivance so that the calendar year, which is approximately 365 days in length, matches the solar or astronomical year.

Black History Month, or National African American History Month, is an annual celebration of achievements by black Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of African Americans in U.S. history. The event grew out of “Negro History Week,” the brainchild of noted historian Carter G. Woodson and other prominent African Americans. Since 1976, every U.S. president has officially designated the month of February as Black History Month. Other countries around the world, including Canada and the United Kingdom, also devote a month to celebrating black history.

It should come as no surprise that February, a month during which we celebrate love and romantic matters of the heart, has been designated American Heart Month.

Valentine’s Day is a holiday during February that commemorates love and romance and also the patron Saint Valentine. The history of St. Valentine is shrouded somewhat in mystery, and there are beliefs that many different people went by the name St. Valentine. One such individual was a holy priest who served in Rome, Italy. Some historians surmise that he was jailed for defiance during the reign of Claudius II, sentenced to death, and became a religious martyr. Pope Gelasius marked February14 as a celebration in honor of his martyrdom in 496 A.D. Today, the Catholic church recognizes at least three different martyred saints named Valentine or Valentius.

COUNTY — The Alive at 25 program curriculum, which at its core is a young driver intervention program, has been available in South Carolina since 2007.

Know how to recognize an emergency. Many water-related emergencies can happen quickly and silently. Can you tell if a swimmer is in distress or is drowning? A distressed swimmer or drowning victim needs help immediately!