EMU-Macon game to be webcast

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  Staff Report EMU sports: www.emu.edu Wednesday’s titanic clash between No. 18 Eastern Mennonite and No. 1 Randolph-Macon will be featured by the Old Dominion Athletic Conference as a video webcast. The ODAC will run the video for the game with audio supplied by R-MC’s radio team. Game time is 7 p.m. in Harrisonburg, and…

JMU women get another CAA win

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   Staff Report JMU sports: www.jmusports.com Junior forward Jalissa Taylor (Chesterfield, Va./L.C. Bird) recorded her first double-double of the season as James Madison (2-1, 12-2) defeated George Mason (0-3, 7-7) 62-50 in Colonial Athletic Association women’s basketball Sunday afternoon at the JMU Convocation Center. Taylor had 11 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, while junior guard…

On knowing when to ‘say when’ in 2010

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   Column by Jim Bishop Submit guest columns: [email protected] Wonder if I can write anything substantive while riding shotgun in our 2001 Alero on the Pennsylvania Turnpike on a bitterly cold Sunday morning while returning to Harrisonburg? Stay tuned and see . . . I was hoping to start a column draft during three glorious…

JMU women even CAA record

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Evans leads Dukes with 26 points Staff Report JMU sports: www.jmusports.com Junior guard Dawn Evans (Clarksville, Tenn./Northeast) scored 26 points to lead three Dukes in double figures as James Madison (1-1, 11-2) took down Georgia State (1-1, 10-3) 68-60 in Colonial Athletic Association women’s basketball Thursday evening at the JMU Convocation Center. Freshman guard Tarik…

Clutter Conversions leads decluttering project at Valley Mission

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   Staff Report News Tips: [email protected] Kathryn McMillan of Clutter Conversions LLC in Staunton is teaming up with Jim Maust, owner of Venture Builders, and Deb Mitchell, owner of the The Design Group of Harrisonburg, in a project to declutter and organize three areas at The Valley Mission. The work will take place on Friday,…

EMU women knock off Bridgewater

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  Staff Report EMU sports: www.emu.edu Bridgewater had a three-game winning streak over EMU. The Royal women were 8-0 on the season with the best start in school history. Something had to give. As it turned out, Eastern Mennonite decided to take, as the women grabbed the lead early and took a double digit win…

The Queen has left the throne, Long Live the Queen

Jim Bishop

  Column by Jim Bishop Submit guest columns: [email protected] A ceramic pitcher with a Stangl design, sketched by my brother, J. Eric Bishop, appeared on the cover of the memorial service program above the Scripture verse, “Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her” (Prov. 31:29). The image…

JMU women advance to tournament title game

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No. 25 Dukes will play Western Michigan in JMU Invitational Staff Report JMU sports: www.jmusports.com No. 25 James Madison (9-1) defeated Lafayette (2-10) 86-54 and Western Michigan (5-7) downed North Carolina Asheville (3-8) 60-53 in the opening round of the JMU Invitational Women’s Basketball Tournament Tuesday evening at the JMU Convocation Center. JMU and Western…

Midlife couple declares: ‘Why knot?’

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   Column by Jim Bishop Submit guest columns: [email protected] Rose Stoltzfus Shenk, 41, of Harrisonburg, is a widow with four boys between 5 and 11 years old. Bruce Buckwalter, 40, of Harrisonburg, is single and never been married. Credit an Internet computer program for bringing the two together. Rose spent her early years in East…