Sports: Doring ready to take Richards down for the 1-2-3
Story by Chris Graham
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Danny Doring and Stevie Richards were both ECW Originals, so you’d probably assume that their paths had crossed somewhat regularly back in the glory days of E-C-Dub. And you’d be wrong.
“We probably only crossed paths in the ring two, three times, which isn’t a lot in 10 years,” said Doring, who will square off with Richards in the main event of Night of the Superstars VI at Waynesboro High School on Nov. 8.
The card is a fundraiser for the UVa. Children’s Hospital. General-admission tickets are available for $10 and are on sale now at the WHS athletics office, at 7-Eleven in Fishersville and Stuarts Draft, and at Crossroads Music in Waynesboro and Staunton.
Doring, a former ECW tag-team champion with his longtime partner, Roadkill, has been doing well for himself on the independent circuit since the demise of ECW in 2001 and his release from WWE in 2006. “I’m actually busier now than I’ve been in years,” said Doring, who is also working into his busy wrestling schedule work toward a certification in physical therapy. “I figure I broke or injured every bone in my body, so I pretty much know the anatomy pretty well. So it would be a natural progression,” Doring said. “Plus it’s kind of like police work. There’s always going to be demand for people who are injured or are criminals, so they’re the best two fields with the economy being the way it is.”
Waynesboro: Fishburne Color Guard to present colors at JMU-Delaware football game
Story by Chris Graham
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The Fishburne Color Guard has the honor of presenting the colors before the James Madison-Delaware football game on Saturday.
The game will be the Homecoming game for JMU, which is ranked #1 nationally in I-AA football.
“We are thrilled that our Color Guard has the chance to take part in this special event at JMU,” Color Guard Advisor First Sgt. Jim Hensley said. “Thanks to their hard work and dedication, this group never fails to inspire with their performances.”
Members of the Color Guard involved in the presentation include Justin Knuth, Color Guard Commander, FMS junior, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Zimmerman of Stafford; Alexander Macavoy-Gomez, Battalion Commander, senior, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Gomez of La Grande, Ore.; Justin Ford, sophomore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Ray Ford Jr., Miramar, Fla.; Jordan Chambers-Blair, junior, son of Ms. Letisha Blair, of Charlotte, N.C.; Matthew Tisdelle, Junior, son of Dr. and Mrs. Michael Tisdelle, of Fishersville; and Tzu-Han “Evan” Pai, Senior, nephew of Mrs. Eugenia Henry of Sparks, Md., originally from Taipei, Taiwan.
Charlottesville: New Mexico governor to host town hall for Obama
Staff Report
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson will be in Charlottesville Friday morning to participate in a town hall with voters on behalf of the Barack Obama presidential campaign.
The event will be held at the Martin Luther King Performing Arts Center at 1400 Melbourne Road and will begin at 10:15 a.m.
The town hall is free and open to the public.
Waynesboro: Traveling museum on Bush years to stop downtown
Story by Chris Graham
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A museum on wheels dedicated to the legacy, such that it is, of the George W. Bush years will be in Waynesboro on Friday.
The Bush Legacy Bus will make a stop at the Democratic Committee Election Headquarters in Willow Oak Plaza from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The 45-foot, 28-ton bus features several interactive exhibits providing information on the failed policies of the Bush administration and its allies in Congress.
The Washington, D.C.,-based progressive advocacy group Americans United for Change has taken the traveling museum on a 40-state, 20,000-mile journey across the United States since it left the nation’s capital on June 24.
More information on the tour is available online at www.bushlegacytour.com.
College Football: Can Cavs keep momentum going forward?
Story by Chris Graham
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You hate to think that getting the doors blown off by the perennial league doormat was something that had to happen to get you where you are today. But when you’re Virginia, and you’ve run the table since losing 31-3 at Duke a month ago and are now sitting in first place in the ACC Coastal, you have to think, you know, maybe, just maybe …
“It was probably a more sense of players lacking confidence in themselves. I mean, there were some players who had never been in games before and no matter what any of us did for the first time, we were waiting for the first success. We are all reinforced by the first success. And when it comes, we feel a little bit better about the next time we attempt it,” UVa. coach Al Groh said of his Cavaliers (5-3, 3-1 ACC), who had been outscored by an average of 42-7 by its first three I-A opponents before its current four-game winning streak against two ranked teams that has seen the ‘Hoos outpacing opponents by a roughly 27-13 clip.
Kathryn McMillan: How to have a stress-free holiday
Posted October 30, 2008
Column by Kathryn McMillan
Yes! You can have dinner parties and enjoy your guests! You can make time to go to the mall and enjoy your shopping without rushing! You can enjoy decorating your home without the stress or spending too much money!
How? Follow these tips and enjoy the holidays!
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