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Column by Jim Bishop Submit guest columns: [email protected] I hardly recognized the place. But then, it was Laurelville Camp with a Rt. 2, Mt. Pleasant, Pa., address when I had my main associations as acamper, staff member for two summers and a counselor. Today, it’s Laurelville Mennonite Church Center to reflect the broader range…
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Column by Jim Bishop Submit guest columns: [email protected] Oh, you’re still awake, actually contemplating these insightful(?) words from one who has jockeyed the litter-strewn obstacle course of life for nearly 65 years, wishing that such counsel had been bestowed on me at my own high school and college commencements eons ago.
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Tournament MVP Wright ties school record with 10 steals Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com Marriott Cavalier Classic Most Valuable Player Monica Wright (Woodbridge, Va.) scored 19 points and tied a school-record with 10 steals to lead the Virginia women’s basketball team to the tournament title with a 63-54 win over in-state foe Liberty Tuesday night….
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Column by Bruce Sallan Sometimes there are many ideas fighting for attention in my mind, covering all the subjects I tend to write a column about, but each isn’t worthy of its own full-length coverage. Consequently, I collect them. So, in no particular order, here are my current random musings. * A great feel-good dad…
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Tuesday, Oct. 27 Frank Spaziani – Boston College Opening statement: Obviously, we are disappointed (in the loss to Notre Dame) but we hope to put it behind us fast because we have a heck of a football team coming in on Saturday. On his thoughts from Notre Dame: It’s the same in losses as in…
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COACH GROH: Congratulations to Anthony (Poindexter), well deserved. He is one of the all-time great players here. I thought they were retiring my jersey once, too, between games 9 and 10 but I found out that somebody stole it so I had to change numbers. That’s about the closest that I came to envisioning something…
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Thursday, Oct. 1 MR. GIBBS: Good afternoon. Let me give you a couple quick announcements before we start. The President will make some remarks at approximately 3:05 p.m. this afternoon about the recently concluded meeting with the P5-plus-1 dealing with Iran. That again, 3:05 p.m. this afternoon. And then I wanted to just go through…
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Below is an updated list of events taking place in Lexington and Rockbridge County in Sept.. Sept. 11-13 · Virginia Quarter Horse Association Breeder’s Futurity. Virginia Horse Center. 540-464-2950 Sept. 11 · Monthly Wines and Wags. Stroll the vineyard w/ your pet while enjoying wine. Lexington Valley Vineyard. 4-7pm. 540-462-2974 · VMI Full Dress Cadet…
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Wednesday, Sept. 9 Remarks by President Obama at service for Walter Cronkite THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you very much. To Chip, Kathy, and Nancy, who graciously shared your father with a nation that loved him; to Walter’s friends, colleagues, protégés, and all who considered him a hero; to the men of the Intrepid; to…
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The pen may be mightier than the sword, but at this Saturday’s “Be the Writer” workshop in Staunton, local entrepreneurs are the driving force behind a local writing workshop. Award-winning author Heather Hummel (Gracefully and Through Hazel Eyes) and author/editor Tanya Brockett (The Loan Solution: Nine Steps to Community Express) will bring their knowledge and…
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