David Cox | Unscrewing up

+ I screwed up.” -Barack Obama, 2/3/09 after Tom Daschle withdrew as a cabinet appointee over unpaid taxes.
+ “I screwed up.” -John McCain, 10/16/08 to David Letterman after finking out on him to be interviewed instead by Katie Couric.
+ “To err is human.” -Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism, 1711 Read more

Sanford D. Horn | Obama announces surrender date

Moments ago, while speaking at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Barack Obama announced that on “Aug. 31, 2010, our combat mission in Iraq will end.” He further said that by that date in 2011 all troops will be gone from this troubled nation. Read more

Moving forward toward a solution to the Downtown Wall issue

The city appears to be closing in on an amicable resolution to the lingering dispute over the removal of a freestanding brick wall in a pedestrian mall in the heart of Doiwntown Waynesboro.
“We have a tentative plan in place, and the city is moving forward,” said Constance Paradiso, the owner of the 329 W. Main St. building adjacent to the pedestrian mall, which has been partially cordoned off since last spring after city work crews began and abruptly stopped work to remove the brick wall that has been attached to building since the early 1970s. Read more

Feb. 27-March 1

- Local Events: AFP has free tickets to Taste of the Town, Sunday, noon
- Local Events: Progress Augusta event set for Tuesday night, Sunday, noon
- Local Sports: EMU AD to speak to Shenandoah Valley Athletic Club, Sunday, noon
- Local News: EMU announces new provost, Friday, 3 p.m.
- Local News: VDOT to host local public meeting on proposed funding reductions, Friday, 11 a.m.
- Local News: Retired EMU prof to lead study for new research center, Friday, 11 a.m.
- Local Events: Hardesty-Higgins to host Textile Guild, Friday, 12:02 a.m.
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Shane Lam | A revolution of thought

“All great moves of God start with a man/woman being willing to be reshaped by God for a higher purpose.”
- Bishop Tony Miller
Many of us are willingly seeking answers about how we got to this place. Some are asking the age-old question – “Is church real and meaningful in times like these?” A better question would be, “Is what we call church really living up to the promises and power that is supposed to reside in the very essence of our God that calls us to represent him in this endeavor we call church?” Read more

Jim Bishop | Life throws you curves and then grades you on it

What an unexpected but most gladsome sound! About to enter my vehicle to leave for work, I heard and then spotted half a dozen fat robins in our front yard, serenading our Belmont neighborhood. Wasn’t this just mid-February? Read more

Nan Russell | They count

In second-day clothes after a canceled flight, we used the provided kits to brush our teeth and create some semblance of presentability for this unexpected stay. Working from a darkened hallway after room checkout, we waited for the evening shuttle to take us back to the airport, hoping for a positive outcome during this winter blast. Read more

Dinner Diva | Tuna casserole

In the scheme of things, there is nothing more important than knowing what’s for dinner. Well, maybe that’s a little hyperbolous (is there such a word?) but you get my drift, especially if those four little words send chills up your spine, “Mom, what’s for dinner?” Read more

A chance for us Dems to gain traction

The fight over the reassessments in Augusta County that I and many others here locally think are out of whack with economic reality isn’t about partisan politics. That’s what we keep hearing, anyway.
It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy, if you ask me. Because the reason this isn’t about partisan politics is that we Democrats aren’t doing anything to make this about partisan politics. Read more

Saving Gabe, Part II

Julie Irvine has been fighting for the Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents for the past several weeks. Now she’s facing another fight.
“I have no insurance at the end of the month,” said Irvine, whose 9-year-old son, Gabe, has been in and out of hospitals dating back to last summer for treatment for depression and pervasive development disorder, a form of autism, and who is now out of a job. Read more

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