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Surrounded by legislators and education policy leaders, Gov. Bob McDonnell ceremonially signed today landmark K-12 education reform legislation. McDonnell signed HB2084/SB1175: The Teach for America Act (Cox/Ruff), SB1324: Opportunity Educational Institution (McDougle) and HB1999/SB1207: A-F School Grading (Greason/Stanley).
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The Shenandoah Valley Art Center, during the month of July, is exhibiting the oil paintings of Joe Garber. Garber’s theme, Summer of 2013 & the Fourth of July, 1776, shows his interests in historical research about the first twenty-five years in the founding of Jamestown.
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The SWAG Writers (Staunton, Waynesboro, and Augusta Group of the Virginia Writers Club) Reading Series continues with a reading by contributors to The Blue Ridge Anthology 2013.
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Audiences at WTA’s Gateway on Saturday, June 29, will listen to the winners from the last six Gateway Talent Nights and crown the winner in the grand finale. Hosted by Lorie Strother, the Dreaded Blues Lady, the performance will feature eight performers who were selected by Gateway audiences as the best performers in the monthly Talent Nights. The winner of the final round will receive a cash prize, a professional video and a paid gig at WTA’s Gateway in the Fall.
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When two voices join to make music, we celebrate. When a mother and daughter join to sing jazz, we rejoice. When it is Stephanie Nakasian and her daughter Veronica O’Brien, we are over the moon. The dynamic duo with Bob Hallahan on piano will serve up a magical evening as part of the Custin Jazz Series at WTA’s Gateway on Friday, May 31 at 8 pm.
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The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank announced on Monday the promotion of Michael McKee to chief executive officer as well as the appointment of three new officers on the Board of Directors.
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The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank received more than 192,000 pounds of food during Stamp Out Hunger on May 11. That will provide more than 160,000 meals to families in the Blue Ridge region during the first few weeks of summer.
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This Saturday, May 11, letter carriers across the nation and region will be participating in the country’s largest, single-day food drive – Stamp Out Hunger. Mail carriers will pick up non-perishable food donations left at the mailbox by residents as they deliver the mail.
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WVPT’s Spring Auction is back! Featuring hundreds of donated items, the online auction—to benefit WVPT Public Television—will be held May 2-14.
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The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank and two of its members (or partner agencies) are competing for a total of $85,000 in grant funding through Walmart’s nationwide Fighting Hunger Together campaign. The two Food Bank members competing for the grant include Hope Distributed, a food pantry in Harrisonburg, and Campus Kitchens, a food distribution program in Lexington. All of the grant funding will support their child hunger-relief programs.
