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Putting on a display of defensive tenacity that those in attendance will not likely forget, the USA U19 squad never stopped coming in waves at the Russians (1-2) Saturday night as the U.S. quickly forced Russia into submission and posted a dominating 115-47 victory to cap FIBA U19 World Championship first-round play in Prague, Czech Republic.
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Evan Sites isn’t worried that he might throw one out of the strike zone. The crowd will be bigger than he’s used to playing in front of in his Little League games, but still, Sites, 9, is a pitcher. “Not really at all,” Sites told WSVA-550AM “Late Afternoons” host Mike Schikman on Thursday. On Sunday, before the WSVA Waynesboro Generals Game of the Week, Sites will throw out the ceremonial first pitch.
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Imagine your 90-year-old mother has Alzheimer’s disease and is near death. But before she became mentally incompetent, she gave you power of attorney to sign a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order so medical personnel would honor her wishes to die peacefully, without aggressive medical interventions in her final days.
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Students at colleges and universities throughout the Sixth District and the rest of the country depend on student loans to finance their education each year. In fact, nearly 12 million students in the United States borrow annually to help cover education costs. But without congressional action, on July 1st interest rates for federally subsidized student loans are set to double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent.
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A defense that chased China (1-1) into 32 turnovers and an inside game that saw the Americans command 30 offensive boards and outrebound their opponents 50 to 14, combined to lead the USA Men’s U19 World Championship Team (2-0) to its second consecutive 56 point-plus victory as the USA recorded a dominating 113-57 win in preliminary round play at the FIBA U19 World Championship in Prague, Czech Republic.
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The Shenandoah Valley Art Center, during the month of July, is exhibiting the oil paintings of Joe Garber. Garber’s theme, Summer of 2013 & the Fourth of July, 1776, shows his interests in historical research about the first twenty-five years in the founding of Jamestown.
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After outscoring Ivory Coast (0-1) 34-10 over the game’s first 10 minutes, the suspense about the USA’s opening game of the 2013 FIBA U19 World Championship for Men in Prague, Czech Republic, was over quickly as a balanced scoring effort helped pace the Americans to an 88-29 win Thursday night.
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Newly released findings from a study by the National Dairy Council suggests that the elimination of flavored milk in school systems results in students drinking less milk. Additionally, food costs increased as school systems tried to replace the nutrients found in a glass of milk.
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It’s back to the drawing board for the 2013 Farm Bill. Legislation approved by the Senate earlier this year was defeated last week in the House.
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On Thursday, June 27 at 7 p.m., Virginia Organizing will hold a forum on the history and current state of immigration in the Shenandoah Valley at the Staunton Public Library.
