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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

All Genesee County Schools Canceled Thursday and Friday

Citing potential threats and the hype about Dec. 21 being the end of the world, Genesse and Lapeer County schools canceled classes and activities for the remainder of the week.

In a release from Genesee Intermediate School District, classes and all in-county activities for are canceled for all schools Dec. 20 and Dec. 21. A release from the ISD states: "It is clear that last Friday changed all of us. As educators, we acknowledge, and we believe our communities would agree, that schools are at the center of concern right now. As school district Superintendents we have been in constant communication with one another and there are too many unique factors that have influenced our unanimous decision to cancel school and all school activities for Thursday, December 20 and Friday, December 21" You can read more details about the Fenton area school threats on Fenton Patch. NBC25 reported Lapeer County schools also …

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

End of the World of 2012? Experts Respond

Find out what the experts are saying about the Dec. 21, 2012, Doomsday prophesies, the end of the Mayan calendar and their potential impact.

Don’t make any rash decisions: Experts say Dec. 21, 2012 is going to be just another typical winter solstice and not the end of the world. Killer solar flares aren’t expected. Another planet isn’t on a collision course with ours. And the Mayan “long count calendar” ending on this date has no real significance—they had to end it somewhere! What is All the Fuss About? There are a number of theories and predictions that call for earth’s demise on Dec. 21, 2012. They include: What are the Experts Saying? The intrigue created by multiple end-of-the-world predictions has made many scholars and even NASA stand up to make statements debunking the claims. From professors at Tampa Bay’s own New College to the scientific minds at NASA, they’re all …

Brenda Jones

12:09 pm on Tuesday, December 18, 2012

thats right nobody knows when it is going to happen only god knows when something like that is going to happen.... nobody on this earth knows when it is going to happen..   more ›

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