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		<title>Talk of the town column</title>
		<link>http://www.lamarthames.com/2009/05/the-value-of-music-education</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 19:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lamar Thames</dc:creator>
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl2am0Mur8g
By LAMAR THAMES
Tuesday, May 5, is my birthday, and while that doesn&#8217;t have anything directly to do with this story, I mention it as a way of telling you that the month leading up to the 65th celebration of my birth has been enormously satisfying — and possibly even life-changing. More about that later. Right [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s hope band&#8217;s idea catches on</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
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I see where the red-hot band The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus is planning a benefit concert to help raise money for band uniforms for Middleburg High School, which many of the group&#8217;s members attended.
 
This is an exciting idea on several levels. It benefits the school, it gives exposure to a worthy cause and it could be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idol chatter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, THAT was disappointing, wasn&#8217;t it?
I am talking, of course, about Jacksonville&#8217;s debut on &#8220;American Idol.&#8221; Not what I was hoping for. I have heard a few local singers and I know there are some out there who can do better than what we saw Tuesday night. 
The best part of the night was at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deeper cuts in school budgets</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Proposals to trim the Clay County, Fla., school budget for fiscal year 2009-2010 could cause wholesale disruption of both the educational and extracurricular programs in the district, including athletics.
Superintendent Ben Wortham presented School Board members and a room full of concerned educators a list of proposed cuts that would reduce expenses by more than $27 [...]]]></description>
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