Rockingham: BC adds new VP

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Item by Mary K. Heatwole Beverly S. Butterfield of New Market has accepted the position of vice president for institutional advancement at Bridgewater College, effective Oct. 1. Butterfield, a 1979 graduate of Bridgewater College, has held a faculty position with the Virginia Tech Extension Service since 1979. Most recently, she served as the director of…

The silence is deafening

Chris Graham

Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham [email protected] The first thing that caught my attention regarding the news of the tragic shootings at Northern Illinois University yesterday – how quiet the media seemed to be about the whole thing. Remember the wall-to-wall coverage of the shootings at Virginia Tech that commenced pretty much as the…

Frank challenging convention in 26th

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham Carolyn Frank recognizes that she is facing an uphill battle. But win or lose, her campaign for the 26th House District seat “sends a message to Richmond that people are not satisfied with the status quo.” “They want different things coming out of Richmond. They want the issues solved,” said Frank,…

Stacking the deck: Summer-league teams employ different strategies to get around scheduling issues

Chris Graham

Column by Chris Graham The late end to the Division I college baseball season impacts everybody in the summer-baseball world – except for Bruce Alger. “We won the championship in 2002 with basically Division II players. Sixty percent of our roster was Division II players. We’ve made the final round three of the last four…