‘The Little Girl with the Big Voice’: Emily Henline balances budding music career, being a teen
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Emily Henline could very well be the next Taylor Swift. But first things first – she has to do her homework.
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AFP leads Chamber seminar on social media, web design
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Are you getting the best bang for your web-marketing bucks? Chris Graham of Augusta Free Press LLC will help you figure out how to best position yourself on the web – from the basics of web design to advanced approaches to integrating your business site into Facebook and Twitter. Come prepared with questions specific to…
Bruce Sallan: A young artist, and a parent’s lesson
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All parents hope to nurture their kid’s talents, but usually they hope it’s a talent they share or one they’d always dreamed of for themselves. This is often a first test for a parent. It sure was for me. I expected with two boys, I’d be coaching them in all the intricacies of every sport…
Bruce Sallan: My wife talks back
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No, I’m not writing about my wife talking back to me, but rather giving her a chance to speak her mind after all these columns in which I’ve spoken for her. To be fair (to me), I always run any column about her, by her, before publication. That doesn’t mean I make any changes, but…
Jim Bishop: Technology anxiety and the Luddite Mennonite
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“Don’t know much about technology, Don’t know much about a Blackberry . . .” – from “Wonderful World,” (1960), with apologies to the late Sam Cooke It appears to be a phenomenon emerging at more and more meetings, conferences and other group proceedings. I gaze around the room, and virtually every participant is staring into…
Win two tickets to the John Prine concert
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AugustaFreePress.com is giving away two tickets to the John Prine concert at the Charlottesville Pavilion Saturday night at 7 p.m. To win, post a comment on the Augusta Free Press on Facebook giving us in 25 words or less a reason for us to give you the tickets. The deadline to enter the contest is…
Nan Russell: It’s personal
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Off to dinner the night before I was the keynote speaker at a regional conference, I wanted something good, but casual; calming but moderately swift. So, my husband and I selected an interesting looking place within walking distant of our hotel. By every want I originally articulated, the restaurant exceeded expectations. Yet at the end…
Staunton ready to jam
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Staunton Jams are once again about to take over Downtown Staunton. Right outside of the Baja Bean, located at 9 W. Beverley St., on Saturday, Sept. 4, will be a stage with performances beginning with the Steal This Band as the opening act, and ending with the Findells who will begin their performance at 8…
Drinks to green
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Green Drinks reaches out to people interested in the green movement, which includes preservation of energy, buying local and recycling among other things. Kate Guenther, who has been to a few of the meetings, and was at the most recent one, held on Thursday in Staunton, looks at the green movement and has this thought:…
Bruce Sallan: You always get more when you give
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I’ve learned repeatedly in my life that whenever I give to the world, whether by direct action or donations, I get back so much more than the effort or money involved. This is a life lesson that our kids should learn as so many of them, here in America, are living the “easy life” with…
