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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] TODAY’S HOT OR NOT: Manny, O, Manny I’ve always been a fan of the quirky Manny Ramirez, dating back to his days in Cleveland, when I’m not sure he could actually speak English, since he seemed to communicate so rarely to really anybody. The guy seemed to come out of…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Three bushmen show up at the U.S. consulate in Lagos, Nigeria, after having been recruited to come to America to help the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton build authentic mud huts for a 1700s-era West African compound that will help the museum tell the story of the colonial African slave…
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Item by Jim Bishop Among the gifts offered to those attending the 16th annual Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival were visible enthusiasm among participating musicians as they re-created and interpreted selections by some of the world’s most beloved composers. Guest guitar artist Michael Partington stated: “I’m able to play what I want to play, and I…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] Two million jobs lost in the past decade. A quarter of a trillion dollar trade deficit just last year. And now we in Waynesboro are supposed to be jumping up and down happy about how Reo Hatfield wants to help China take more of our…
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Item by Jim Bishop A 2008 Eastern Mennonite University honors graduate has received a major fellowship award for graduate study. Donovan E. Tann, an English major with minor in church music from East Petersburg, Pa., was one of 15 students nationwide accepted into the Lilly Graduate Fellows Program operated by Valparaiso (Ind.) University. He was…
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Column by Jim Bishop “Ridin’ along in my automobile … my baby beside me at the wheel …” reminding me that our vehicle is running on “empty.” “I’m well aware of that,” I reply. “Problem is, we can’t afford to fill the tank. I’m just praying we’ll make it home.” Chuck Berrily we roll along,…
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Item by Jim Bishop Eastern Mennonite University will culminate activities marking its 90th anniversary year with its annual commencement exercises to be held 1 p.m. Sunday on the front lawn of campus, weather permitting. President Loren Swartzendruber will confer 411 degrees – 291 undergraduate, 89 graduate, 17 associate degrees, 7 graduate certificates and 7 Study…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A 25,000-seat stadium in I-AA football – sorry, but I refuse to go with that stupid new nomenclature that divides college football’s Division I into a Bowl Subdivision and a Championship Subdivision, and really, you should, too … Ahem. Sorry. I allowed myself to get off track there. What I…
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Column by Jim Bishop When I was a child, I thought as a child. When I became an adult, well … This adult, a senior citizen still reliving his second childhood, often reflects upon that early, formative period of life. Recently, in the church small group I belong to, we spent time responding to a…
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen Do you miss those wonderful old screwball comedies from the 1930s? Well, now’s your chance to carpe diem – seize the day – and return to those jolly times of yesteryear. You’re in for a real treat watching “Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day” currently playing at…
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