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The Rocktown Rollers are now formally working their way into big-time roller derby. On July 1, the Rollers, based in Harrisonburg, were accepted into the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association’s apprentice program. The apprenticeship is a year-long program dedicated to helping new teams become full members of the WFTDA league. “These are really good teams….
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“This is a book about killing.” That’s the opening descriptive line in Eastern Mennonite Seminary grad Rob Arner’s new book. Arner, of Holland, a village in Bucks County, Pa., is a 2007 master of arts in religion graduate of the seminary. His recently-published “Consistently Pro-Life: The Ethics of Bloodshed in Ancient Christianity” is an extension…
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The Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce is taking applications for its 2010 Community Leadership Program through Aug. 13. The program is designed as an avenue for the development of tomorrow’s community leaders. Since its inception in 1979, the program has graduated more than 800 community leaders. Each year, individuals from all business sectors, identified as having…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] James Madison baseball head coach Spanky McFarland has received a contract extension through the 2014 season, it was announced Thursday by director of athletics Jeff Bourne. McFarland was named the CAA Co-Coach of the Year after leading the Diamond Dukes to a 30-23 overall mark in 2010. JMU went…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The Verona-based Shenandoah Resource Conservation and Development Council has received a three-year partnership agreement worth $720,000 annually to help farmers with conservation practices. The funds were provided through the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative. Shenandoah RC&D Chairman John Eckman said funds “present a real opportunity…
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Isabel wanted to create an impression on her visit to Washington, so she had members of the group there to lobby Sen. Mark Warner for support for the DREAM Act to wear their graduation caps. “We weren’t sure if we would actually be able to meet with him one-on-one,” she said. But the senator was…
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Column by Jenny Hypes [email protected] At the end of the school year, all I could think about was how this was my last summer as a college student. Next year I graduate and will be out in the big bad world trying to fend for myself, so I thought to myself, This better be…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] DuPont Community Credit Union’s 2010 Corporate Charity “Cause for Paws” Employee Team is sponsoring a Prize-A-Day Drawing for the month of August to raise money for area SPCAs and animal shelters. Drawing tickets are being sold by team members at various businesses on weekends and available at DCCU offices…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Four Generals will represent Waynesboro in the 2010 Valley League All-Star Game set for Sunday night in Harrisonburg. Austin Peay freshman Cody Hudson, Western Carolina freshman Taylor Sandefur, Patrick Henry Community College sophomore Terrell Thompson and Akron junior Andrew Turocy were selected for the game, the league announced on…
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Column by Jim Bishop Submit guest columns: [email protected] It might even strike some as morose at first blush: asking friends to build your casket. But this poignant experience provided a tangible way for a group of church members to express a deep level of caring for the Wayne and Shannon Sneary family of Harrisonburg….
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