Local student runs marathon in honor of late brother

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Submitted Item News tips: [email protected] Thomas Sheffer, a Mount Sidney resident and graduate student at Virginia Tech, will run in the National Marathon in Washington, D.C., March 20, to raise money for the nonprofit organization Active Minds Inc. His run will be made in honor of his brother, Daniel, who passed away in December 2008….

Cuccinelli: ‘We gotta have proof’ that Obama is U.S. citizen

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected]   Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, fresh off the controversy that he generated with his letter to Virginia public colleges and universities earlier this month advising them against going too far in policies protecting gays and lesbians from discrimination on campus, is back in the hot seat again, this time over…

David Reynolds: Paradise lost

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Column by David Reynolds Submit guest columns: [email protected]   Does anyone out there in paradise care about anybody besides themselves? If not, then we have lost a community. We have lost paradise. Over 700 area residents attended the SRO public hearing held last week at the Rockbridge County High School to hear comments on the…

Bourne Again Christian invades the ‘Green Zone’

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Column by Carl Larsen Submit guest columns: [email protected]   Nothing gets my dander up quicker than a healthy dose of good old American Righteous Indignation. And believe me, Matt Damon is so full of it in “Green Zone,” currently playing at the Regal Staunton Mall Cinema, that this erstwhile star of “The Bourne Identity,” “The…

Brown jumper sends Liberty to NCAA Tournament

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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected]   A Devon Brown jumper with 4.2 seconds left sent Liberty to the NCAA Tournament with a 68-66 win over Gardner-Webb in the championship game of the Big South Tournament on Sunday. Brown, a 2008 Waynesboro High School grad, led all players with 24 points and was named the Big…

No question: Tech got snubbed

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Column by Chris Graham [email protected]    Virginia Tech did itself no favor in going one-and-done in Greensboro, no doubt. But is that why the Hokies are NIT-bound? Can’t say that with any authority. Wake Forest and Clemson both lost on Thursday and got bids. Both played Virginia Tech once in the 2009-2010 regular season. Both…

Jim Bishop: ‘Come and see’ where Jesus walked

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Column by Jim Bishop Submit guest columns: [email protected]   Can anything good come from Nazareth? A rhetorical question? Not really. In John 1:46, Nathaniel made that inquiry, and Jesus’ disciple Philip answered, “Come and see . . .” Since the year 2000, people have come to the heart of Nazareth, Israel, traveling back in time…

#1 ‘Hoos stage dramatic rally to knock off #2 FSU

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Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com   Down five runs with one out in the ninth inning Saturday night, the Virginia baseball team staged an incredible rally and scored six times to shock Florida State, 9-8, at Dick Howser Stadium in Tallahassee, Fla. Keith Werman (So., Vienna, Va.) supplied the eventual game-winning hit – a two-out,…