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Featuring: Randy Forbes, Tom Perriello, Robert Hurt, Kaye Kory Randy Forbes: National Dialogue www.forbes.house.gov Ask a teacher, and they will most likely tell you that one of the quickest ways to kill classroom discussion is for one strong-willed student to monopolize the conversation. A long-winded or uncomfortably impassioned monologue inevitably polarizes viewpoints. Conversation shuts down,…
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Column by Chris DeWald Submit guest columns: [email protected] I would venture to say many of us have issues with spasticity or tone. What is this, what does it mean, and what is the difference? My, oh, my, I was confused when they would mention these two different terms, and then I decided to dig….
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How soon should it take to get the roads passable? Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It can be hard, to say the least, to manage expectations with regard to cleaning streets and roadways after snowstorms. Which is to say, it can be hard to manage the high level of expectations that we have following storms,…
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– School Board meeting moved back – Bridgewater College receives $124K scholarship grant – EMU students win counseling ethics competition – Farm, rural business profitability focus of upcoming forum Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] School Board meeting moved back: The Waynesboro Public Schools will postpone the Tuesday, Feb. 9, Waynesboro School Board Meeting. The meeting…
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Featured: Sen. Creigh Deeds, Sen. Mark Obenshain Creigh Deeds: Weekly Update www.creighdeeds.com The third full week of the General Assembly session ended in unusual fashion. For the first time in recent memory, the General Assembly took a snow day. Granted we have had difficult weather this winter, beginning with the snow storm in the middle…
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Opener against Boise State moved to Labor Day Night Staff Report Virginia Tech sports: www.hokiesports.com ESPN, along with the Virginia Tech Athletics Department, officially announced Wednesday that Tech’s football game against Boise State at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., has been moved to Labor Day (Monday, Sept. 6) to open the 2010 season. Kickoff for…
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Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com Senior guard Monica Wright (Woodbridge, Va.) moved into fifth place on the ACC’s all-time scoring list and No. 24 Virginia defeated visiting Clemson, 82-60, Thursday night at John Paul Jones Arena. With the victory, Virginia improved to 16-6 overall and 5-3 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Clemson’s record fell…
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Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com COACH LONDON: When I got here, there were 13 that were already committed, and it was to the great accomplishments of Anthony Poindexter and Bob Price to keep these commitments alive and made sure those young men stayed committed to the University. We lost one, but I was able…
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Column by Jim Gordon Submit guest columns: [email protected] Growing up in Columbus, Ohio, a young man who is a big sports enthusiast usually becomes an Ohio State football fan. I was no different and since my dad was a graduate of the OSU Law School, he was able to get tickets to the Buckeye…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] New regulations requiring private group health insurance plans to offer benefits for treatment of substance abuse disorders that are comparable to benefits for other illnesses will help remove a barrier to treatment for millions of Americans, National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Gil Kerlikowske said today. The rules, issued…
