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27, working for the greater good of their communities. 6 million people expected to volunteer, that adds up to a lot of good. Miss America 2002 Katie Harman kicked off the day Many toiled with the victims of Sept. That's why USA WEEKEND Magazine and the Points of Light Foundation, creators of the day, added another way to make a difference this year. The new Make A Difference Day Scholarship Fund will give decades of help to dependents of Sept.

Over a century, the calendar and the seasons would depart by about 24 days, so that the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere would shift from March 20 to April 13. To synchronize the calendar and tropical years, leap days are periodically added to the calendar, forming leap years. If a leap day is added every fourth year, the average length of the calendar year is 365. This was the basis of the Julian calendar, introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 B. In this case the calendar year is longer than the tropical year by about 0. We listened to the war news and carols until about 9 o'clock, then separated and made our way home and to bed because Monday was another school day. . Pearl Harbor Day in Beckley - A Sunday 40 Years Ago Pearl Harbor Day in Beckley - A Sunday 40 Years Ago This column appeared in the (Beckley, W. By JIM WOOD Editor, the Raleigh Register This is the way it was. The weather forecast called for a fair and moderately cold day.

	." That greeting will be said and heard for at least the first couple of weeks as a new year gets under way. But the day celebrated as New Year's Day in modern America was not always January 1. ANCIENT NEW YEARS The celebration of the new year is the oldest of all holidays. It was first observed in ancient Babylon about 4000 years ago.

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