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The Royals snapped a three-game losing skid Saturday, taking a walk-off win from Emory & Henry in the first game of an ODAC doubleheader in Harrisonburg. The men had to settle for a split, however, as EHC stole the decision in the nightcap. EMU 5, Emory & Henry 4 Game one was all about…
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The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton transportation district during the coming weeks. The Staunton district is comprised of 11 counties, Alleghany, Bath, Rockbridge, Augusta, Highland, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Frederick, Page, Warren and Clarke. Work scheduled is subject to change due to inclement weather and material supplies. Motorists…
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The Strong Families/Great Youth Coalition has been awarded a Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant. The $121,150 grant is to be used by the Health Education and Awareness program, part of RMH Community Health, to focus on decreasing alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes in Rockingham County among 15-24 year olds.
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The Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center Foundation elected new officers and board members at a recent meeting. Officers for 2012 include Emmett Toms Jr. of Waynesboro as president, Thomas Jorgensen of Greenwood as vice-president, Kathy Jencks of Fishersville as treasurer, Charles Frank Hilton of Harrisonburg as secretary, and Hiawatha Nicely Jr. of Daleville as past-president.
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The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton transportation district during the coming weeks. The Staunton district is comprised of 11 counties, Alleghany, Bath, Rockbridge, Augusta, Highland, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Frederick, Page, Warren and Clarke. Work scheduled is subject to change due to inclement weather and material supplies. Motorists…
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RMH will present a free seminar, “Keep Your Colon Healthy,” from 6-8 p.m. March 21 in the hospital’s lower level conference rooms. RMH medical experts will address colon health and colon cancer prevention, particularly the importance of a colonoscopy screening.
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Why don’t you take a stab at it? That’s all it took, a leading question, to set Lowell Sheets on a 12-years-and-counting trek to figure out what happened on April 11, 1967, the night that Carolyn Perry and Connie Hevener were gunned down at the High’s Ice Cream on Terry Court in Staunton. And yes,…
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The Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth has awarded a $178,770 grant to the Strong Families/Great Youth Coalition’s Toward No Tobacco program to support and expand tobacco prevention classes for middle school students. TNT is a two-week evidence-based tobacco prevention class taught to seventh-graders in Harrisonburg, Rockingham County and Augusta County by RMH respiratory therapist Ron…
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James Madison sent its senior class out with a 63-44 win over Old Dominion in the Dukes’ final home game of the season in Colonial Athletic Association women’s basketball Sunday afternoon at the JMU Convocation Center. JMU improved to 22-6 overall and 13-4 in CAA play. ODU dropped to 9-20 overall and 6-11 in the…
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It was a cold and windy day Saturday, but the bats were hot as the Eastern Mennonite baseball men swept a doubleheader from Southern Vermont in Harrisonburg. The two will play one more game Sunday afternoon.
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