On the streets and online: The New Dominion Magazine
The February issue of The New Dominion Magazine is on the streets at locations in Waynesboro, Staunton and Harrisonburg – and is also posted online at
TheNewDominion.com.
This month’s features:
Women at work: Two women share their experiences climbing the corporate ladder
Profiles of new Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce president Linda Hershey and new Mathers Team president Teresa Gauldin.
Lens crafters: Local club learning art of making movies the hands-on way
Inside the 2011 Waynesboro Short Film Competition – with a local filmmaking club that will be entering a film in the competition.
Arizona aftermath: Shootings force rethinking on interactions between politicians, citizens
The New Dominion talks with local elected leaders and security experts to make sense of what can be done to keep people safe when dealing with local government.
Market niche: Music teacher meets need with strings business
The strings teachers at Eastern Mennonite University had a problem. One of the teachers figured out a way to solve the problem – and started a business in the process.
Dynamic duo: Comic-book fans put up a shingle in Staunton
When they first broached the topic a year and a half ago, it wasn’t anything even remotely serious. A comic-book shop? Sure. Every little boy who gets hooked on his first Superman or Mad dreams of opening a comic-book shop.
Keeping it real: Charlottesville acting, modeling school pushes self-esteem
The curriculum at Cville Performing Arts includes a range of acting and modeling classes for children, teens and adults.
The New Dominion goes tourist
The New Dominion Magazine is spinning off a new print product highlighting local and regional tourism with its March 2011 issue.
Stories, photos and information items will focus on hot tourist spots and things to do in the spring and summer in the Valley and Central Virginia.
The award-winning staff of Crystal Graham, Chris Graham and photographer Mark Miller will be scouring the region for what’s going on to share with New Dominion readers.
The special issue will be distributed for free to more than 50 locations in Staunton, Waynesboro and Harrisonburg.
The advertising deadline for the Spring/Summer Tourism Issue is Feb. 23. The tourism-focused magazine will be available the first week of March.
A second tourism-focused issue is planned for September 2011 focusing on fall and winter activities in the region.
For more information on advertising or to share story ideas or calendar of events entries, call 540.949.6574 or e-mail freepress@ntelos.net.
For more information on The New Dominion Magazine, visit www.thenewdominion.com.
AFP among honorees at Mental Health America of Augusta dinner
Mental Health America of Augusta presented awards to area agencies and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to those with mental illness or addictions at its annual dinner on Nov. 19.
The prestigious J. Lewis Gibbs Award, the highest award given by MHAA, was presented to Charles T. Collins, esq. for his dedicated service for 22 years promoting the cause of human rights through the Virginia Office of Human Rights as a Regional Advocate for seven Community Services Boards, Western State Hospital, Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents, five in-patient psychiatric units in community hospitals, and over 100 private licensed organizations.
The Mental Health America of Augusta, MHAA is an affiliate of Mental Health America, the nation’s leading nonprofit dedicated to helping all people live mentally healthier lives.
Other awards presented were:
- Distinguished Service Award: William J. Tuell, MSN, for long time dedicated service to Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents as executive director.
- Clyde F. Hoy Jr. Consumer Advocate Award: Janet Morris, for overcoming mental health obstacles in her life through her involvement in mental health consumer activities on the local and state level and starting a Double Trouble Recovery Support Group.
- Dr. & Mrs. C. Lennart Sandquist Prevention Award: Augusta Health Foundation/Mental Health Coalition, for bringing together mental health professionals, law enforcement, and advocates from mental health venues to look at the mental health needs of Staunton, Waynesboro, and Augusta County. At the end of this meeting, a Mental Health Coalition was deemed necessary to moving forth in a positive direction. A mental health stigma sub committee was formed and created the Reducing the Stigma of Mental Illness video,Commendation Award –James Spurgeon, MA, NCC for establishing and coordinating the Blue Ridge Crisis Intervention Training in this area.
- Media Award: The New Dominion Magazine/AugustaFreePress.com for mental health coverage in the June/July issue of the print magazine and online.
- Bell Award: Hal I. Meyers for his overwhelming support of MHA-A programs and services.
- Volunteer Award: Judy Hatcher, for her volunteerism in this community serving on boards and the Mental Health Coalition, playing the piano at Augusta Health and nursing homes, and for telling her story of living with a mental illness.
- Service Awards: Dorothy T. Vailes White, CRS 25 years.
The awards were presented at the association’s 56th Annual Meeting and Silent Auction at the Holiday Inn Golf and Conference Center in Staunton. The guest speaker was Amie Trinca Recreation Therapist, Crossroads, Augusta Health. Her topic was working together to tear down the walls of prejudice and misunderstanding that surrounds mental illness in order to help build a stronger and more supportive community.
The MHAA also elected officers at the meeting. Elected were: President — Doug Cochran; Vice President of Ways and Means — Dorothy T. Vailes White, CRS; Vice President of Programs and Services — The Rev. Dr. Russell G. Waldrop; Secretary—Kathleen D. Anstine, LPC; Treasurer — John Brown; and Member at Large—Jane A. Desper. Newly elected board members are Molly E. Pallavicini and Lorie M. Smith.
Edited by Chris Graham. Chris can be reached at freepress2@ntelos.net.
The June/July 2010 New Dominion Magazine is online
Edited by Chris Graham
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The June/July 2010 issue of The New Dominion Magazine – our annual Health and Wellness Issue – is available in print in Staunton, Waynesboro and Harrisonburg and is now also online.
Stories in the issue include:
- Follow the signs: Easy decisions to improving your health http://thenewdominion.com/2010/06/15/follow-the-signs-easy-decisions-to-improving-your-health/
- Brighter days: Mental and spiritual fitness is key to a healthy lifestyle http://thenewdominion.com/2010/06/15/brighter-days-mental-and-spiritual-fitness-is-key-to-a-healthy-lifestyle/
- Trading spaces: New RMH opens on June 22 http://thenewdominion.com/2010/06/15/hospital-for-the-next-100-years-new-rmh-opens-on-june-22/
- Well-oiled machine: The making of ‘The Good Parts’ http://thenewdominion.com/2010/06/15/buddy-movie-collaboration-builds-on-set-of-local-film-project/
- Hoops dreams: Basketball program at Fishburne is a winner on and off the court http://thenewdominion.com/2010/06/15/hoops-dreams-basketball-program-at-fishburne-is-a-winner-on-and-off-the-court/
- One-stop volunteer shop: United Way, Mary Baldwin College launch the Greater Augusta Volunteer Center http://thenewdominion.com/2010/06/15/one-stop-volunteer-shop-united-way-mary-baldwin-college-launch-the-greater-augusta-volunteer-center/
- June-July Calendar http://thenewdominion.com/2010/06/15/june-july-calendar/
Locations where the magazine is available include …
Staunton: Downtown Visitor Center, Sacred Circle, Staunton Augusta Art Center, Mugshots, George Bowers Grocery, Frontier Culture Museum.
Waynesboro: YMCA, Waynesboro Public Library, Chickpeas, Stone Soup Books, Tailgate Grill, Scotto’s, El Puerto, Big Apple Bagel, Giovanni’s.
Augusta County: Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport.
Harrisonburg: Massanutten Regional Library.
Sneak Preview: The April-May New Dominion Magazine
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The New Dominion Magazine wins two VPA awards
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The New Dominion Magazine won two awards in the 2009 News Contest sponsored by the Virginia Press Association. The awards were presented Saturday night in Roanoke at the VPA’s News Conference and Annual Meeting.
The New Dominion Magazine competes in the crowded specialty-publications division, which includes a total of 38 publications with circulation bases ranging from a few thousand to several hundred thousand per issue.
The ND won a second-place award among specialty publications in the special-sections category for its real-estate section. The spotlight award for the magazine was the third place in design and presentation, a category encompassing the editorial content, the quality of the photography and the design and layout of the magazine. Continue reading “The New Dominion Magazine wins two VPA awards” »
Chris Graham: The rest of the story
Column by Chris Graham
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Congratulations are in order to Phil and Ellen Winter, whose persistence in their search for information about the workings of the city treasurer office in Waynesboro led to their collection of dozens of pages of e-mails, memos and audit reports, an investigative report in The New Dominion Magazine, more reporting on the matter in the News Virginian, the defeat of Sandee Dixon in her bid for re-election as city treasurer, and recognition for their efforts from the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Continue reading “Chris Graham: The rest of the story” »
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Experience is the emphasis at 29
Story by Chris Graham
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Bureau chief is a sexy job title, but being the bureau chief means you end up doing things like spending the morning at a middle school making sure the station can do live web-streaming of a House of Delegates debate scheduled for the next night.
WVIR-NBC29 veteran Ken Slack eventually got around to doing some reporting work, setting up an interview with Augusta County Board of Supervisors Chairman Larry Howdyshell to discuss county emergency services, and editing an interview with another Board of Supervisors member, Nancy Sorrells, for a report for the news at noon. Continue reading “Experience is the emphasis at 29” »
‘A true community’
Once a fixer-upper, Staunton’s Newtown
now shining light in Queen City
Story by Chris Graham
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People thought Michael Organ was crazy. That old home in Newtown was jaw-dropping beautiful, sure, but who in their right mind would stay at a bed-and-breakfast where you were as likely to get your hubcaps stolen or run into a prostitute or drug dealer as you were to enjoy the sunrise over Betsy Bell and Mary Gray?
“Gutsy” is the word Organ uses to describe his idea of the popular view of his move in 1982 to develop what has become the Belle Grae Inn, which encompasses the bed-and-breakfast, apartments designed for longer-stay corporate guests and an 80-seat restaurant. Continue reading “‘A true community’” »
Democrats aim high
Marrow, Curren face steep hills to climb
Story by Chris Graham
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A candidate for public office needs to shake as many hands and slap as many backs as possible. A Democratic Party candidate in the bright-red Shenandoah Valley has to work twice as hard to have a shot on Election Day.
“You’ve got to beat the streets, pound the pavement,” 25th District Democratic Party candidate Greg Marrow said before a meet-and-greet with voters in Waynesboro earlier this month. “I’ve gone through two pairs of shoes already. You’re hot, sweaty, tired. You want to go home and play with your children. But you just know that it’s worth it. You have to believe that it’s going to happen.” Continue reading “Democrats aim high” »
Editors’ Blog: Thursday, April 14
Posted by afp on April 15, 2010 · 2 Comments
Moderated by Chris Graham
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Today is delivery day for the April-May edition of The New Dominion Magazine.
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