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While most of us are willing to roll up our sleeves and help build that yellow brick road when Barack Obama takes office next year, right at the moment there’s a strange silence. The phone’s not ringing. I’m not getting six to eight robo-calls a day, suggesting I vote for Fred Featherbottom or Mortimer Snerd….
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Betty Curry, 67, of Harrisonburg believes that “there are angels among us.” One such celestial visitor came to her rescue along busy Interstate 95 as she and good friends Jodi Wirth and Janelle Jordan were returning from a vacation in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
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Staff Report The following is a list of highway work projects that might affect traffic in the Staunton Transportation District during the coming weeks. Work scheduled is subject to change due to inclement weather and material supplies. Motorists are advised to watch for slow-moving tractors during mowing operations. Also, when traveling through a work zone,…
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Staff Report The following is a list of highway work projects that might affect traffic in the Staunton Transportation District during the coming weeks. Work scheduled is subject to change due to inclement weather and material supplies. Motorists are advised to watch for slow-moving tractors during mowing operations. Also, when traveling through a work zone,…
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen Sometimes watching a lousy movie can lead you down an interesting primrose path. Like the other day, I was in the mood for a musical, and noticed one I had never seen was playing on cable. I TiVoed it, and later sat down to watch what turned…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] They don’t play football at Turner Ashby to go 5-5. Much less to go 5-5 in back-to-back seasons. The ’08 Knights don’t look like a 5-5 team. Tanner Croy threw for three touchdowns, and Cole Hart and Jamie Fellers each ran for 100-plus as TA rolled to a 56-14 win…
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen Now that the summer blockbusters have begun falling about our ears (some with surprising accuracy), let us quickly retreat to our bomb shelter and plan our forthcoming Cineplex excursions with care. In other words: Now that Indy Jones has landed, is there anything left to see besides…
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen “Write a movie review about Mother’s Day,” growled my editor. “But Mother’s Day will be over by the time it’s published on Monday!” I exclaimed logically. My editor growled, spat out his nasty old cigar, and bit the head off a live chicken. I got the idea….
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Item by Mike Zucconi Eastern Mennonite University recognized the achievements of student athletes during the 2007-08 school year during its annual athletic awards banquet on April 15. “Rookie of the Year” honors went to Kacie Ruark (Baltimore, Md./Western) of women’s soccer and George Johnson (Richmond, Va./Miller School) of men’s basketball. Ruark is an Old Dominion…
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen Am I the last movie fan in the universe to discover “The History Boys?” No matter – it’s one of those movies you just stumble across by accident, and suddenly remember why you love cinema. And if you are enamored of character development, crazy about the clever…
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