Videocast: AFP News reports on Obama rally in Harrisonburg
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A video report from Augusta Free Press News on the Barack Obama rally in Harrisonburg on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008. Length: 3:18.
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Harrisonburg: Laughter and lamentation
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Story by Jim Bishop When we allow ourselves to laugh, the possibility opens up to experience and accept God’s grace. Local actor-playwright Theodore K. (Ted) Swartz will build on this precept through “comedic exegesis” as resource person for fall spiritual life week at Eastern Mennonite University. Swartz will introduce the theme for the week, “Laughter…
Harrisonburg: Obama to rally Valley on eve of historic election
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Why in the world, you’re asking yourself, is Barack Obama spending half his day on Tuesday in the Central Shenandoah Valley that went 70 percent for George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004? A better question, given a look at the ’08 poll numbers, might be, Why in…
Harrisonburg: Obama to headline rally at JMU
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama will be in Harrisonburg on Tuesday for a Change We Need Rally on the campus of James Madison University. The rally will be held at the Convocation Center at JMU and will begin at 5:15 p.m. Doors will open at 3:15 p.m. The event…
Harrisonburg: Attorney honored for advocacy work
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Staff Report Harrisonburg attorney Tom Domonoske was recently named as one of the first two recipients of the John Kent Shumate Jr. Advocate of the Year Award given out by the Virginia Poverty Law Center. Domonoske, a nationally-recognized lawyer in auto-sales fraud cases, was honored for his work with Blue Ridge Legal Services. Domonoske has…
Harrisonburg: EMU goes trayless
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Story by Andrea Schrock Wenger Eastern Mennonite University’s dining hall went trayless beginning Wednesday, Oct. 22, joining hundreds of other colleges across the country eliminating wasted water, energy, food and time. “This is not new,” says Pioneer Catering director Bruce Emmerson. “It’s a trend that has been happening across the country for years. EMU students…
Harrisonburg: GMU professor to lead health-care forum
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Story by Jim Bishop Advances in medical technology, from antibiotics and chemotherapy to dialysis and ventilators, have changed not just how we live, but, often, how we die. Providers and patients confront decisions that never existed before. Mimi Mahon, associate professor in the School of Nursing at George Mason University, Fairfax, will speak on the…
Harrisonburg: Gen. Clark talks up Obama on national security
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The approach of the Bush administration to foreign policy is a solution looking for a problem. Wesley Clark learned that on a visit to the Pentagon in the days following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. A former colleague who had worked with the retired general told him in late…
Harrisonburg: Gen. Clark to campaign for Obama Wednesday
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Staff Report Retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark will headline a town-hall meeting in Harrisonburg on Wednesday that will discuss Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama’s plans to restore America’s leadership in the world. Clark was the Supreme Allied Commander of Europe and NATO and commanded Operation Allies forces in Kosovo from 1997-2000. He ran for…
Harrisonburg: Sustainable agriculture focus of EMU seminar
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Story by Jim Bishop A leading spokesperson for sustainable agricultural systems will address the next Suter Science Seminar at Eastern Mennonite University. John Jeavons, Willits, Calif., will speak on “Food and Our Future: Hope and Solutions through Biointensive Farming” 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in EMU’s Lehman Auditorium. Jeavons has directed Ecology Action’s Mini-Farming program since 1972….
