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Story by Chris Graham Brent Finnegan is on the immigration issue where many of us are. “It’s a mess,” said Finnegan, the director and producer of “Virginia Reports: The Latino Underground,” a documentary that will air on WVPT-Virginia’s Public Television beginning Oct. 22. “There are conflicting solutions,” said Finnegan, who spent a year putting together…
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Story by Laura Lehman Amstutz The dream of building a prayer labyrinth on the campus of Eastern Mennonite University began 15 years ago with professor of spiritual formation Wendy Miller. On Oct. 13, that dream came true as Miller and others dedicated the prayer labyrinth on the hill northwest of the seminary building.
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Item by Chris Graham It’s ba-a-a-ack – the Buckhorn Inn, that is. The Churchville landmark reopened in March after an eight-year hiatus under the ownership of Garlan and Sylvia Yoder – who purchased the historic Valley inn initially with the idea of focusing on the bed and breakfast. “We had looked at B&Bs as possibility…
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Column by Jim Bishop This weakly EML (English as a Maltreated Language) experimentation generates considerable reader response, and I’m grateful.
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Item by Chris Graham 24th Senate District Libertarian Party nominee Arin Sime has released his campaign schedule for the weeks of Oct. 8 and Oct. 15. Oct. 8: Meeting with the editorial board of The News Leader, 2 p.m.; Fraternal Order of Police Candidate Forum, Michie Tavern Lane, Albemarle County, 7 p.m. Oct. 9: PureWater…
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Story by Chris Graham General Assembly candidates from up and down the Shenandoah Valley will meet in Harrisonburg and Woodstock to discuss environmental concerns including fish kills in the Shenandoah River and other water-quality issues.
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Op-Ed by Pat Hostetter Martin I met with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, last Wednesday (Sept. 26) in New York City. Why would I be part of ongoing efforts at “dialogue” with people and institutions that some Americans view as the “enemy”? The branch of Christianity in which I am rooted, Anabaptist-Mennonite, holds that…
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Story by Chris Graham The housing market in the Shenandoah Valley and Central Virginia continues to see downward momentum.
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Item by Chris Graham A documentary on immigration in Virginia will debut on WVPT on Oct. 22 – with a free public preview scheduled for Oct. 18 at Court Square Theater in Harrisonburg. “Virginia Reports: The Latino Underground” was directed and produced by former WVPT staffer Brent Finnegan – who will appear this week on…
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Column by Jim Bishop Why was I spared having a serious accident? A fraction of a second made all the difference between a major “oh, deer” incident and passing the buck, as it were.
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