http://augustafreepress.com Independent news source for Augusta County, Staunton and Waynesboro, Va. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:34:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en - UVa. sports: #1 'Hoos open ACC play at #2 Florida State - Liberty sports: Brown named first-team All-Big South - EMU sports: Royals jump on Nittany Lions   Edited by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net   UVa. sports: #1 'Hoos open ACC play at #2 Florida State The Virginia baseball team opens ACC play this weekend with ... http://augustafreepress.com/2010/03/11/sports-roundup-7/ - Waynesboro: Hotcakes for Haiti - Waynesboro: Taste of the Town - Harrisonburg: Historical Society releases new book     Edited by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net   Waynesboro: Hotcakes for Haiti The Waynesboro elementary-school communities are coming together for a pancake-breakfast fundraiser to benefit victims of the February Haiti earthquake. Hotcakes for Haiti is set for Saturday from 7:30-11:30 ... http://augustafreepress.com/2010/03/11/news-updates-4/ Video Essay by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net    No need to extract another pound of flesh. Bob McDonnell did what the civil-rights community asked him to do. Sexual orientation is now among the classes for protection from employment discrimination in state government. So why don't we just say, Thanks, Bob, and move on?   The Rant: ... http://augustafreepress.com/2010/03/11/the-rant-thanks-bob/ Story by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net   Sammy Zeglinski scored 21 points and was 5-of-10 from three-point range to lead Virginia to a surprising 68-62 win over Boston College in the opening round of the 2010 ACC Tournament on Thursday. UVa. (15-15) entered the tournament on a nine-game losing streak and had lost its leading ... http://augustafreepress.com/2010/03/11/uva-wins-acc-tourney-opener/ Column by Mike Judge WeekendWatchdog.blogspot.com    There's plenty of college basketball this weekend, but everyone is looking forward to 6 p.m. Sunday - the announcement of the 65-team NCAA tournament field. While waiting for the last one in and the last one out, the major conferences hold their tournaments. The ACC begins its 57th ... http://augustafreepress.com/2010/03/11/weekend-watchdog-and-the-field-is/ Column by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net   Sylven Learning Center It's all speculation, but the speculation is that second-team All-ACC forward Sylven Landesberg may have played his last game for Virginia. The idea that Landesberg is at all ready for the NBA is almost laughable. The 6-6 swingman is a solid college player, but I ... http://augustafreepress.com/2010/03/10/chris-graham-landesberg-hokies-really-on-the-bubble/ - EMU sports: Get on the bus with the Runnin Royals - JMU sports: Stetson knocks off Dukes on diamond - UVa. sports: Men's lax dispatches Keydets - Bridgewater sports: Baseball loses to Adrian College   Edited by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net   EMU sports: Get on the bus with the Runnin Royals The Runnin Royals will continue ... http://augustafreepress.com/2010/03/10/sports-updates-2/ - Local Events: Harmony for Hayley - Waynesboro: Free shipping for Soap Box car orders by March 15 - Augusta County: Local program assistant honored   Edited by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net   Local Events: Harmony for Hayley ShenanArts is hosting "Harmony For Hayley" a benefit concert for Hayley Kudro from Waynesboro on Sunday, March 14. Hayley is ... http://augustafreepress.com/2010/03/10/news-updates-3/ Edited by Chris Graham AFPBusiness.com    News updates from AFPBusiness.com:    Editors’ Business Blog: A foreclosure perfect storm The worst housing crisis and economic crash since the Great Depression have created a dangerous financial storm that threatens to destroy thousands of Shared Ownership Communities (condos, co-ops and HOAs) throughout the United States. The danger is ... http://augustafreepress.com/2010/03/10/afpbusinesscom-foreclosures-health-care-eda-meeting/ Story by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net    Gov. Bob McDonnell today issued an executive directive clarifying his administration's position on employment discrimination that makes it clear that discrimination "based on factors such as one's sexual orientation or parental status" will not be tolerated. "Discrimination based on factors such as one’s sexual orientation or parental status ... http://augustafreepress.com/2010/03/10/new-employment-discrimination-is-prohibited/