Observations on the bike race
I’d love to see the folks who put on Sunday’s Waynesboro Grand Prix bike races come back in August as planned, but it would take some modifications to have me comfortably on board.
I spent a good part of the day walking the course and talking with cyclists and the handful of city residents who made it out for the day of exciting racing. The racing certainly was something worth getting excited about, with a series of close finishes sparked by the challenging 1-mile course that organizer Tony Bilotta mapped out utilizing the brutal hill on West Main Street that runs in front of the Augusta Free Press Publishing office and then the speedy descent down 11th Street that had the competitors almost flying down toward the old City Hall on Wayne Avenue.
Issues that came to mind for me during my day at the races: Read more
Tailbacks shine in JMU spring game
Rising sophomore tailbacks Scott Noble (Baltimore, Md./Franklin) and Corwin Acker (Landover, Md./Blake) ran for touchdowns to highlight James Madison’s spring football game at Bridgeforth Stadium/Zane Showker Field Saturday.
Noble, who sat out the 2008 season as a redshirt after playing as a true freshman in 2007, scored on a one-yard carry on the game’s first series. Acker, who played mostly on special teams during a true-freshman season in 2008, had a five-yard scoring run during the opening series of the game’s second half. Read more
David Reynolds | Taxing issues
Question: What is this nation’s largest industry? If you live in river city north of here, you might say it is the federal government, along with GM, Government Motors. (Are they not one?) Or if you travel along any ugly commercial strip, you may think that it is the fast food industry. No need to guess agriculture, steel, coal, timber, or any of those worthwhile industries which improve our lives. Those were last century’s answers. Read more
Carly at the Movies | Feeling lonely at ‘The Soloist’
Even though “The Soloist” is playing at every theater in the universe, you’re likely to feel a bit lonely if you choose to see it.
Everyone, it seems, has read the negative reviews. The more thoughtful critics seem to have sniffed this one out, and word of mouth is sending potential viewers thundering back to their TV sets for another endless hour of “American Idle” or an additional frustrating sixty minutes being hopelessly “Lost.” Read more
In the News
- State News: Governor prepares Virginia for swine flu, posted Monday, 9 p.m.
- State News: Ordinance banning panhandlers pulled off table in Richmond, posted Monday, 9 p.m.
- Event: Yoga, human rights focus of one-woman show in Charlottesville, posted Monday, 11 a.m.
- Event: Friday Night Lights in Downtown Lexington this week, posted Monday, 11 a.m.
- Event: Wintergreen Resort Golf Academy set for Aug. 1-5, posted Monday, 11 a.m. Read more
Photo Essay | The Waynesboro Omnium
The Waynesboro Omnium bike race took over the streets of Downtown Waynesboro. AFP editor Chris Graham walked the course to talk with fans and participants and take photos from different vantagepoints along the course. Read more
Photo Essay | The Dolly Parton Library Launch
The United Way of Greater Augusta and the Augusta County Library marked the launch of the new Dolly Parton Imagination Library at the Churchville Library on Saturday, April 25. The Dolly Parton Imagination Library sends a new book every month to families with children from birth to age 5 in Churchville, Craigsville, Deerfield, West Augusta, Swoope and Goshen. AFP publisher Crystal Graham snapped photos at the launch event. Read more
Photo Essay | Riverfest
Riverfest brought environmental education for children of all ages to Downtown Waynesboro on Saturday, April 25. AFP editor Chris Graham was on hand to get a few snapshots from the programs and seminars on the agenda for the day.
Jim Bishop | A key that unlocked an educational legacy
I thought: What an exemplary gesture in honor of one whose life touched and influenced so many, including a relative of mine who never met this man, the late C. Henry Smith, in person.
Smith (1875-1948), was an outstanding American historian and educator. The Metamora, Ill., native married Laura Loder in 1908, but they had no children. Nevertheless, he influenced generations of young people through his long years of teaching – at Goshen (Ind.) College, 1903-1905 and 1908-1913, and at Bluffton (Ohio) College, now University, until his death in 1948. Read more
Chief of Staff | The only game in town
“I’ve heard more about the Waynesboro Generals the last couple of months than I’d heard about them the last 10 years,” a friend said to me, confirming to me that our scheming to that end is working.
And we’ve got more in the works with our upcoming Wednesday, April 29, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., ribbon-cutting at Kate Collins Field, complete with a pitching contest where you can test yourself against a radar gun and a home-run-hitting contest where you get to take a few swings at former Major Leaguer Reggie Harris. Read more
VMI assistant named manager of Covington Lumberjacks
VMI assistant baseball coach James Conrad has been named the head coach of the Covington (Va.) Lumberjacks of the Valley Baseball League for the upcoming season.
Conrad is in his first season with the Keydets, where he coaches first base and works primarily with the outfielders. A 2007 graduate of Lafayette, Conrad was a three-time All-Patriot League player for the Leopards and was named the conference’s Scholar Athlete of the Year as a senior. In 2007, Conrad ranked third in the nation with 49 stolen bases and led the Leopards to a League Championship and a berth in the Charlottesville Regional, where the center fielder was named to the All-Regional Team. Read more
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Tom Perriello | Fifth District Report
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