News Update: Friday, Feb. 12
- Candidate set to announce for Ward C seat
- Bridgewater College prof elected president of the Virginia Psychological Association
Edited by Chris Graham
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Candidate set to announce for Ward C seat: A press conference has been scheduled for noon today in the Council Chambers at the Charles T. Yancey Municipal Building to announce Jeff Freeman as a candidate for the Ward C seat on Waynesboro City Council, AugustaFreePress.com has learned.
The AFP will be there for the press conference and will be reporting back later today.
The Ward C seat is currently held by Nancy Dowdy. Dowdy has said that she will not pursue a third term on City Council in the May elections. Dowdy was elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2006. Read more
UVa. women win one on road in OT
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Paulisha Kellum (Upper Marlboro, Md.) scored 10 points in overtime to lead No. 21 Virginia to a 69-63 road victory at Miami Thursday night. Monica Wright (Woodbridge, Va.) finished with 24 points as the Cavaliers’ high scorer.
It was UVa’s first overtime game of the 2009-10 season, and its record improved to 18-6 overall and 7-3 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. With the loss, Miami’s record went to 16-8 overall and 3-6 in the ACC.
Kellum finished with 14 points and also had five rebounds. Wright, meanwhile, contributed six rebounds and three steals in addition to her 24 points. Read more
The AFP Show | Some politics, some good writing
Hosted by Chris Graham
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The AFP Show with Chris Graham is back with interviews featuring two authors with politics on their minds.
The guests:
- Cole Scrogham, an Augusta County-based writer whose first work of fiction, Blue, is available online.
- David McCleary, the author of Leaving Prisons: Release Your Trapped Value, joins us to talk about leadership and organizational structure in the context of the development of the Tea Party movement. Read more
Bloodmobile at the Waynesboro YMCA
Story by Chris Graham
www.waynesboroymca.com
The weather is affecting all of our schedules. It’s also affecting the ability of local hospitals to keep up with blood-donation needs.
“We are not ready to claim a crisis or emergency situation, but we are feeling the effects of the weather,” said Brian Chandler with Virginia Blood Services, which is partnering with the Waynesboro YMCA on a bloodmobile drive set for Monday, Feb. 15, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The recent run of back-to-back-to-back snowstorms have forced the cancellation of more than 50 Virginia Blood Services blood drives in the past two weeks, equating to the loss of 1,000 blood donations. Read more
Poll: Goode could shake up race in Fifth
Story by Chris Graham
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Democrat Tom Perriello faces a tough two- or three-way battle in his bid for re-election to the Fifth District congressional seat, according to a poll released Thursday by Public Policy Polling.
Perriello runs even with Republican nomination frontrunner Robert Hurt in a two-way race, with both at 44 percent in a hypothetical matchup. Hurt, a Southside state senator, is one of seven candidates currently in the running for the GOP nomination in the Fifth.
The possibly entree of former Republican congressman Virgil Goode into the race would at the moment sink a potential Hurt candidacy while also still pushing Perriello. The PPP numbers for a Perriello-Goode-Hurt three-way has Perriello and Goode at 41 percent each and Hurt well back in third at 12 percent. Read more
Free H1N1 flu shots at the Y
Story by Chris Graham
www.waynesboroymca.com
The Waynesboro Health Department and the Waynesboro YMCA are teaming up to offer free H1N1 flu shots on Saturday, Feb. 13.
The flu shots will be done in the Lucy Coyner Gymnasium at the YMCA from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The relative silence on H1N1 in recent weeks isn’t a sign that we’re out of the woods as far as the possible spread of the flu virus.
“The flu isn’t over with yet. It’s still going around. It’s tapered off, but we still highly recommend that people get vaccinated,” said Melissa Donahue, the Medical Reserve Corps coordinator for the Central Shenandoah Health District.
People receiving the free vaccines will be asked to fill out an information form before they can get their vaccines.
Donahue estimates the time for the whole process, from signup to receiving the vaccine, at about two minutes per person.
Workplace heists
Column by Nan Russell
www.nanrussell.com
Seated in the courtyard of a sports bar during a playoff game in the home city of one of the teams, it was an energetic crowd that Sunday. While we’d come for a quick bite to eat, we caught a glimpse of a play now and then as home-team enthusiasts roared their approval during the first half.
When a man sat down next to us with two friends, ordered a pitcher of beer and maneuvered around to glimpse the game, we barely noticed. But when he hassled the waitress every few minutes trying to intimidate her into getting him a table closer to the TV where none existed, his rudeness and her apparent discomfort, drew our attention. Read more
Funds to expand broadband access
Column by Mark Warner
www.warner.senate.gov
Earlier this week, U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra, Congressman Tom Perriello and I announced that Virginia will receive over $21.5 million to expand broadband and high-speed Internet access throughout Central and Southside Virginia.
The funding – awarded by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Broadband Technology Opportunities Program from funding available through the economic stimulus package – will go toward projects that will expand broadband networks to rural and underserved areas of Virginia.
The Mid-Atlantic Broadband Cooperative will receive $16 million to add 465 miles of new fiber to connect 121 elementary and high schools in 12 counties to an existing 800-mile high-speed network and will lead to affordable high-speed Internet service to local consumers in the surrounding areas. Read more
How to save your Saturdays!
Column by Marla Cilley
www.flylady.net
Our whole lives, we have played “Catch Up on the Weekends”!
This put a sense of dread into our daily life. We no longer looked forward to a wonderful weekend filled with fun with our friends and family. This all started when we were children. It is how our mothers did it! We would have to spend all day Saturday cleaning house or we were banished to our rooms for the evening. I truly believe this is why we despise cleaning house. It has always been a punishment for us. I want you to have a reward for your Home Blessing Efforts! A Saturday to play is a great gift for you! Read more
Weekend Watchdog | Speed, from sea to shining sea
Column by Mike Judge
WeekendWatchdog.blogspot.com
This weekend in Florida, you’ve got NASCAR’s best racing around the speedway.
And across the continent, the world’s best will be racing on snow and ice.
If you like your speed in fast cars on asphalt, Daytona is for you. After Thursday afternoon’s Twin 125s, the flag drops on the Super Bowl of racing, the Daytona 500 Sunday at 1 p.m. Boogity, boogity, boogity, let’s go racing boys.
The racing excitement includes the Nationwide Series opener Saturday. Danica Patrick joins the good ol’ boys on the track.
The Winter Olympics begin Friday with the opening ceremonies on NBC. Since it’s in Vancouver, there will be live medal events in the afternoon (2 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday) and in prime-time. Read more
Time to ban this health threat: Leaf blowers
Column by Shepherd Bliss
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‘‘Avoid using leaf blowers and other dust-producing equipment to cut down particulate matter,” recommends the California Air Resources Board. Why?
Simply put, leaf blowers kill. “Approximately 65,000 premature deaths from cardiopulmonary causes may be attributable to particulate air pollution each year,” according to the Natural Resources Defense Council. That’s only people. Leaf blowers also kill bees, butterflies, insects, plants and wildlife. They are hazardous to human health and to the ground itself.
Also known as debris blowers, these industrial machines explode and then fire up at more than 100 mph hour and kick up chemicals, fungi, spores, animal fecal matter, molds, diesel soot, allergens and other toxic substances. They combine to compose deadly particulate matter. Read more
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Observations on the Waynesboro school-redistricting proposal
Posted on February 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Video by Terry Short
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The Waynesboro School Board is considering realigning the city’s four elementary schools to have two serve as bases for PreK-2 elementary education and to have two serve as the bases for education in grades 3-5.
The PowerPoint is embedded below. Read more
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