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Aaron’s, a national leader in the sales and lease ownership and specialty retailing of residential and office furniture, consumer electronics, home appliances and accessories, has signed on as the title sponsor of New Year’s Chaos, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, Va.
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Here’s what’s going through Mike London’s head as the clock continued to tick in the closing moments in Lane Stadium Saturday. No way our offense can move the ball. And even if we move the ball, no way our kicker makes a kick. That’s why I tried that ridiculous fake field goal in the third quarter up a touchdown with the momentum going our way. Best thing we can do here is let the clock run down, hope he misses it, and then we go to overtime.
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It was a small sample size, admittedly, but through three games, two of them ugly losses, and a stretch that saw Virginia average 54 points per contest, it was looking like a lost season in the making for Coach Tony Bennett. Enter Teven Jones, a redshirt freshman from Fishburne Military School, who had to sit out the opener, a 63-59 loss to George Mason, for an undisclosed violation of team rules, then Virginia’s split of its first two games in the Preseason NIT with a pinched nerve that had threatened to put him on the shelf for an extended period of time.
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Talk about needing a win in the worst way. If it doesn’t happen this year for Virginia, it may never again be a rivalry.
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The Local Council for Staunton Senior Center met for its regular monthly meeting on Nov. 15.
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Clifford Garstang, author of “What the Zhang Boys Know” will discuss the literary form of the novel in stories.
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Let’s just start with what needs to be said. Mike London needs to clean house, or maybe his house will get cleaned for him.
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WTA’s Gateway will host a performance of Stanley Ann, a 70-minute one-woman show directed by Boomie Pedersen of the Hamner Theater and performed by Kate Adamson on Thursday, November 15.
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Six noted local authors and dozens of books will be featured at the Magical World of Books for Gifts on Saturday, Nov. 24 from noon until 3 p.m. at the R.R. Smith Center for History and Art. Authors will be reading short selections from their featured books and refreshments will be served. The event is being hosted by the Gallery Shop at the Smith Center and will be held in the History Gallery.
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A Michael Rocco-to-Jake McGee 9-yard pass with six seconds left completed a fourth-quarter Virginia rally as the Cavs upset Miami 41-40 on Saturday in Charlottesville.
