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November 28, 2008
| Happy Thanksgiving |
Thanksgiving marks start of holiday season
By Bill Highlander
Editor
The holiday season began with Thanksgiving Day. The tradition of giving thanks for those things in our life that are important, usually centering around our family, our faith, and celebration.
While festive occasions for giving thanks are cited in history as early as the 16th century, Americans generally look to the event in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1621 The Pilgrims observed their first harvest.
George Washington declared days during his presidency/ President Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day in 1863. In 1943, Congress required that
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They could have danced
all night
Doris Davis, resident of Silver Creek Valley Country Club and Don Fernandez of The Villages were two of the dancing stars at the recent Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Center’s benefit gala.
“Dancing With Our Stars” was a resounding success. Four hundred people came out for dinner, dancing and live and silent auctions at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose on November 1.
The gala honored the JCC’s past board presidents and chairs, with a theme inspired by the television reality show Dancing with the Stars. Seven past presidents - Cookie Addison, Ron Cohn, Doris Davis, Don Fernandez, Virginia Hess, Sylvia Metz and Gordon Levin - performed in a dance Read
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