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The American Red Cross urges blood donors to give in the final weeks of summer to help prevent a blood shortage. Blood donations often decline in August as final summer vacations are planned and back-to-school activities ramp up.
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Every child has a hero. Some wear capes, some wear badges, and some hit home runs. Mine, he wears “alligator” polo-shirts (aka Lacoste), sports New Balance sneakers, has dirt under his fingernails, and smells like sawdust. He is my grandfather.
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Harrisonburg outfielder Shane Billings was voted the Valley League Most Valuable Player among league administrators and media representatives. Charlottesville’s Hayden McCutcheon was voted the Pitcher of the Year.
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Augusta Free Press is a sponsor of three local Walk to End Alzheimer’s events coming up this fall.
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The American Red Cross is facing a looming shortage of the blood types most needed by patients and is calling on eligible donors with O negative, B negative and A negative blood to give now to prevent an emergency situation.
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Jimmy Jackson has been named assistant coach and pitching coach for the James Madison baseball team, as announced by Head Coach Marlin Ikenberry on Tuesday afternoon.
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When Tyler Eshlemen took the helm of Eastern Mennonite University’s sputtering student-led Sustainable Food Initiative last year, his goals were modest: to return the weed-choked campus gardens to their former glory.
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Your hearing evaluation was an important first step on your path to better hearing. Your hearing loss is like any other important health-related issue. It should not be neglected, certainly. Even a mild hearing problem can cause you to retreat from the world around you.
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It’s official. According to a proclamation by Governor Terence R. McAuliffe, Aug. 2-8 is Farmers’ Market Week in Virginia. In the proclamation, Governor McAuliffe says that farmers’ market in Virginia have grown dramatically, from 88 markets in 2006 to nearly 250 in 2015.
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Sustainable agriculture is about conserving resources. Mike Phillips, a Rockingham County beef cattle farmer and field technician for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service, said he believes sustainable agriculture is not only about maintaining one’s resources, but also improving them—especially the soil.
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