
Honey Bear to give free hugs in Downtown Staunton
Honey Bear, the Staunton Parks and Recreation Department mascot, will be giving free hugs on Wednesday, 12.12.12 at the Statler Tribute Stools on the Wharf parking lot in Downtown Staunton.

Honey Bear, the Staunton Parks and Recreation Department mascot, will be giving free hugs on Wednesday, 12.12.12 at the Statler Tribute Stools on the Wharf parking lot in Downtown Staunton.

The Blues Buskers, Kat and Doug and J3 provide holiday music for blues lovers.

Four new services have been added to the already extensive electronic resources Waynesboro Public Library offers. CareerTransitions, Freading, Atomic Training, and Liteati are not found on the World Wide Web. They are offered through the library’s website to WPL cardholders.

Want four free tickets to New Year’s Chaos, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, Va.? Simple … tell us how bad you want to be there!

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.

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.

Indeed, some 31 million American kids participating in the federally supported National School Lunch Program have been getting more whole grains, beans, fruits and vegetables in their diets—whether they like it or not. The change is due to new school meal standards unveiled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) last January, per the order of 2010’s Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. The new standards are based on the Institute of Medicine’s science-based recommendations, and are the first upgrade to nutritional standards for school meals since 1995 when low- and no-fat foods were all the rage.

A voice that good, they always want more! Even after their incredible opening set at the Waynesboro Chili, Blues and Brews Festival in September was completed, the crowd did not want her to stop… Erin Lunsford and the Smokey Bandits will bring that energy to their debut on Mojo Saturday Night on Saturday, November 17 at WTA’s Gateway in downtown Waynesboro. Joining them will be Emma Leigh and Buddy Thomas. The performance begins at 8 pm with the doors opening at 7:30 pm.

Where some see empty office spaces in Downtown Harrisonburg, Sherrie Gordon sees untapped potential. Gordon is the organizer of a one-night downtown shopping extravaganza titled Rocktown Divas, set for Friday, Nov. 9, from 6-9 p.m. at The Hostetter Building and Oasis Art Gallery, 103 S. Main St., Downtown Harrisonburg.

A 50/50 bingo at the Verona Moose Lodge on Sunday, Nov. 11, from 2-5 p.m will be held to benefit Ride With Pride, a therapeutic horseback riding program for children and adults with special needs.
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