Museum ready for its closeup
The Top Story by Chris Graham
You hear that they spent $2.3 million to get ready for this moment, so you’re expecting something big.
So you almost walk in expecting too much.
And then you enter the new Waynesboro Heritage Museum – and you catch yourself saying out loud, Wow! Read more
Justice, weight-conscious, global-warming alarmists, conventional wisdom
Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham
LOSER: Everybody
Did you hear about the case involving a woman in Charlottesville who was charged with obtaining money under false pretenses, was taken before a grand jury, was not indicted, and then was not released until her attorneys found out about the snafu a month later?
Yeah – this makes us all feel good about how our criminal-justice system works. Read more
Change in command
Item by Chris Graham
It’s all in the family – as far as the new hire in the Staunton District office of Sixth District Congressman Bob Goodlatte is concerned.
Debbie Garrett will serve as Goodlatte’s Staunton District representative, the congressman announced today.
Garrett most recently served as a legislative aide to Rockbridge Republican Del. Ben Cline, who served on Goodlatte’s staff before leaving Capitol Hill to run for the 24th District seat in the Virginia House of Delegates in 2002.
Garrett replaces Sheila Jennings, who served in Goodlatte’s Staunton office for three years.
“Sheila has been an invaluable asset to my office for the last few years, and we are sad to lose her,” Goodlatte said. “At the same time, I am excited to have Debbie Garrett join our team as my new Staunton District representative. I am confident that Debbie’s Virginia roots and past experiences will be a great asset to my staff and the citizens of Virginia’s Sixth Congressional District.”
Tee it up
Story by Chris Graham
Golf can teach life lessons – and the younger you start, the more you can learn.
Students in grades K-8 in Charlottesville city schools will be able to find that out for themselves.
The city school system is participating in The First Tee National School Program. The Charlottesville-based SNL Financial is sponsoring the effort with help from a grant from the World Golf Foundation. Read more
Friedearman
Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham
Global warming … sucks.
“Hey, man, how was the beach?” my friend Eli asked me when he saw me on Sunday.
I looked like a lobster after the boiling water, for the record.
And I hadn’t been to the beach – or anywhere near it.
“Just went to the football game. And sat in the upper deck. And, you know, got fried,” I replied. Read more
BC professor writes about the unexplained
Story by Chris Graham
The tale of the legendary origins of a mysterious marine-research institute is the focus of a new novel by Bridgewater College professor Ed Huffstetler. Read more
Seminary interns spreading themselves across Valley
Story by Laura Lehman Amstutz
As second-year Eastern Mennonite University students anticipate the start of the new school year, they usually think about one thing – the internship.
Seventeen second-year seminary students began internships this fall. The internship is part of the “Formation in Ministry” course, required for students in the three-year master of divinity and two-year master of arts in church leadership programs. Read more
