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Column by Sarah van Gelder Columns, letters: [email protected] As the Copenhagen Climate Summit approaches, some world leaders predict there will be either no deal or one so weak that it will be virtually worthless. Little wonder. Climate change could be one of the toughest issues the world has ever faced, less because of the…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] The following is a schedule of events at the Waynesboro Public Library, 600 S. Wayne Ave., Waynesboro. Note: The library will be closed at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 24 through Saturday, December 26.
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Before we get to the next UVA Football coach topic, I have a commentary on a point raised in Daily Progress sports editor Jerry Ratcliffe’s column on the sacking of Al Groh. Ratcliffe wrote that it was “bush league” for the athletics department to have informed the news media of Groh’s dismissal before he could…
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House Speaker weighs in Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The Kaine administration is hard at work putting together a proposed two-year budget for state lawmakers to review in the upcoming 2010 General Assembly session. Anybody see what might be wrong with this picture? The big thing is that Tim Kaine won’t be governor next year,…
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Column by Chris DeWald Columns, letters: [email protected] A person who has suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) or cerebral vascular accident (CVA) may often experience difficulties with balance, spatial orientation, coordination, cognitive function, and speech. In most cases, a referral for visual consultation only occurs if there’s an injury to an eye or if…
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Column by Tom Perriello www.perriello.house.gov As we enter the holiday season, we take the time to give thanks for our blessings, and to remember those less fortunate and how we can help our neighbors who are struggling to feed their families during this economic downturn. The need for help at our local food banks this…
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Column by Chris Graham I’m not buying it for a second, though I guess that makes me the butthead. “When I visited the guy in the glass,” Groh said after reading the last line in the poem “The Man in the Glass” at what turned out to be his final press conference as the head…
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Waynesboro man spearheads effort to breathe life into Marine Corps War Memorial Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It started, appropriately enough, with Jim Donovan’s concern over the tattered flag flying over the Marine Corps War Memorial. The effort to restore glory to the Old Glory looking down at the scene harkening back to the historic…
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Column by Chris Graham It’s come down to this – win or lose on Saturday against archrival Virginia Tech, Al Groh is done at Virginia. We all know that going in. Interesting that his players even seem to have bought into the notion as well. Senior quarterback Jameel Sewell, talking with reporters on Tuesday, said…
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Column by David Cox Some old-timers will remember Emily Penick Pearse, a doyenne among other things among Lee Chapel docents. As such, she once met a monk named David Steindl-Rast who happened to be a noted author on matters spiritual. One of his books was called, Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer. His explanation indicated to…
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