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Column by Jim Bishop I’m thinking a lot these days about my dad, J. Vernon Bishop of Doylestown, Pa.: * Maybe it’s because we just marked the 10th anniversary of his death. On Feb. 26, 1998, at 8:45 a.m., Dad took a series of quick, deep breaths and departed this life peacefully at home with…
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Story by Jim Bishop Herbert G. (Herb) Weaver Jr. sees his artwork as “an exclamation against boredom.” “I create art because I’m addicted to the process – the unexplainable surge of inspiration, the development of an idea, the construction process and intimacy with the material and finally the presentation,” the former Harrisonburg resident says. Weaver,…
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Best Seat in the House column by Chris Graham [email protected] I have a vote on who gets named to the All-ACC teams. Wanna help me fill out my ballots? We have to do the women’s ballots first. That one’s due Sunday night at 9. I have to tell you up front – I’m leaning toward…
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Story by Laura Lehman Amstutz Many people prefer to avoid hospitals and nursing homes, but many Eastern Mennonite Seminary graduates have chosen these places to do ministry. About a dozen recent EMS graduates are pursuing chaplaincy roles as their ministry field, partially due to the Clinical Pastoral Education program at EMS. CPE gives students opportunity…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Jeff Ryman got the buzz. Carnegie Hall was on the line. Could he take the call? He knew what it had to be about. And he knew it was going to be amazing news. “I was alone in the choral suite, nobody around. And I sort of felt like I…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham [email protected] Ever call a wrong number and then have somebody call you right back and give you hell? “You just called my phone number. What the #$%^ did you want?” And you want to say – “I was trying to call my wife/sister/best friend/chiropractor/somebody else important, but, you…
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Column by Philip Day Mentee. It’s a strange word. The word is sometimes confused with those sea creatures known as “manatees.” Wikipedia defines a manatee as “large, fully aquatic marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows. The name comes from the Spanish manatí, which itself comes from a Carib word meaning ‘beast.’ ” No, a…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A 4,200-seat stadium, a $20 million estimated construction cost. A projected $27 million annual economic impact. And you wonder why they want to build a minor-league baseball stadium? They, in this case, being Charles County, Maryland, which on May 2 will open Regency Stadium as the home to the Southern…
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Column by Steve Landes In last week’s column, I mentioned how many bills we had to process before the midpoint of the General Assembly session, commonly referred to as “crossover,” on Feb. 12. In just one day, Monday, Feb. 11, the House considered more than 200 bills. In order to complete this task, we began…
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Best Seat in the House column by Chris Graham [email protected] Life sure ain’t fair. Nope, not at all. This was supposed to be Dean Keener’s year, and heck, it had to be if he wanted to finish out his contract at JMU. Keener had gone just 18-68 in three seasons in Harrisonburg, and despite racking…
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