Museum and Gallery Walk this weekend
The Arts Council of the Valley is pleased to announce the fall 2009 Museum and Gallery Walk, a biannual event that brings downtown Harrisonburg to life with art, music, dance, and more! This event begins the First Fridays Downtown season in April and concludes the season in October. The event will be from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 2, and everyone is invited. Read more
Yoder to be featured at Waynesboro Public Library
Waynesboro Public Library is commemorating the art of long-time Waynesboro resident Ray Yoder with a special program and art exhibit. The program takes place on Saturday, Oct. 3 at 1 p.m. and will be given by Yoder’s son, judge Ronnie Yoder.
The art exhibit, encompassing his career of 65 years, is on display for the whole month of October with works on both floors of the library. He painted primarily in watercolors. Read more
BRCC program offers glimpse into underage drinking, drug use
Life on the streets takes on a whole new meaning when you’re a firefighter/paramedic. The streets are where the crashes occur…where poor choices have played out…where teamwork is a must…where split seconds can save a life.
It’s these kinds of life-changing experiences that create the backdrop for a dramatic, gripping program called Street Smart that will be presented to students on Monday, Oct. 5 from 5:15-6:15 p.m. at Blue Ridge Community College in the Plecker Center Auditorium. Street Smart takes teens into the real-life drama experienced by firefighter/paramedics as they work to save the lives of youth who have made poor choices when it comes to underage drinking or using illegal drugs. Read more
New facility to guide Civil War visitors through Valley
From Stonewall Jackson’s 1862 Valley Campaign to Union Gen. Philip Sheridan’s final destruction of the Valley in 1864, the central Shenandoah Valley’s compelling Civil War history will be told in a new orientation center for the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District. Read more
VDOT roads report
The latest on ongoing local roads projects from the Virginia Department of Transportation.
Rockbridge County
Interstate 64
* Mile marker 41 to 57, eastbound and westbound – Litter and debris removal. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
* Various locations – Ditch cleaning, Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Read more
David Reynolds | Why not lawyers?
To everyone in this land of equal-opportunity bashing who has been following the great health-care debate, why hasn’t the obvious question been raised? Our doctors (and insurance execs) sure have been taking their licks. Why not the lawyers? Why not subject lawyers to the same punitive rules and regulations that Washington keeps dreaming up for our friends in white coats? Read more
Haresh Daswani | The importance of going environmental
There has been some important discussions on the past on the ecological cost of any action. What is just as urgent is the climatic effect of inaction.
Countless surveys have presented that we are all more than aware about our environment, and countless surveys have also presented that we are willing to do something. Read more
Monday Night Football | WHS at R.E. Lee
It’s a special edition of “Friday Night Lights” – “Monday Night Football”-style. AugustaFreePress.com and the Waynesboro Generals bring you tonight’s Waynesboro-R.E. Lee Southern Valley District showdown. AFP editor Chris Graham and Waynesboro Generals owner Jerry Carter bring you all the action beginning at 5:45 p.m. with a pregame show and then play-by-play beginning at 6 p.m.
You can access the live streaming webcast by clicking on the Listen link under the Stretch Internet logo on the front page of AugustaFreePress.com.
AFP InDepth | Synthetic-turf field of dreams
If you build it, they will come.
“Imagine what this would do for kids in Waynesboro,” Waynesboro High School football coach Steve Isaacs tells me, going into detail on his vision for a new synthetic-turf athletic field at the city high school.
“Kids would grow up wanting to play on that field,” Isaacs said. “Football, soccer, whatever. It would be something that kids across the area would talk about. It would put Waynesboro on the map.” Read more
Dukes scorch Flames late, 24-10
Sophomore tailback Corwin Acker (Landover, Md./Blake) ran for a career-high 147 yards and two second-half touchdowns to lead James Madison to a 24-10 non-conference football victory at Liberty Saturday.
Acker scored on a 65-yard run to break a 10-10 tie early during the final quarter and later had a 13-yard scoring carry to all but seal the victory for the Dukes. Read more
Daily Rant | Grow Up, Waynesboro
The reaction on local news blogs to the news that a former Waynesboro City Council member is facing attempted-rape allegations has exposed something about the River City. Not only are people anonymously attacking the alleged perpetrator, but the accuser herself is fodder for the gristmill. AFP editor Chris Graham wonders aloud where we’ve come to in today’s Daily Rant. Facebook Video. Length: 3:43. Read more
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Tom Perriello | Fifth District Report
Posted on September 28, 2009 · Leave a Comment
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