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The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced today that Virginia’s corn yields are expected to be 145 bushels per acre, up 42 bushels per acre from last year. Production is estimated at 46.4 million bushels, up 29 percent from 2012. Harvested acres are estimated at 320,000.
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Fishburne football improved from two wins in 2011 in Coach Dan Baranik’s first year to four wins in 2012 in year two. Baranik has high hopes for his third team at FMS.
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The 2012 Fishburne Military School cross-country team was one of the best in school history, finishing ninth at the state meet. But a senior class led by three-time all-state runner Colin Turnnidge has graduated, and Coach Mike Anson has set realistic expectations for the squad for 2013.
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There are still people who think and say that Shawn Michaels is working us when he talks about being a born-again Christian. There are still people who think and say that Shawn Michaels is working us when he talks about being a born-again Christian. “I don’t even know if you can work that. Can you?” Michaels said in addressing the issue in a 2012 interview with the Miami Herald. That Michaels, a three-time WWE champion and WWE Hall of Famer, made his name in pro wrestling is a big part of the criticism, obviously. What is pro wrestling if it isn’t a work, after all. But for Michaels, his walk as a Christian is sincere.
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I attended a candidates’ forum sponsored by four chambers of commerce in the Northern Virginia area. Despite multiple major newspapers calling for my inclusion in debates, I was not invited to participate, and Virginia voters missed an opportunity to have a truly useful forum where real solutions were discussed.
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U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) released the following statement today upon reports that the Pentagon will reduce federal employee furloughs from 11 days to six days:
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The Lynchburg Hillcats dropped a lopsided affair 11-2 to the Wilmington Blue Rocks tonight. Coming off nearly an eight-hour bus ride through the night, the Hillcats lost a sloppy opening game in Wilmington.
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I have never had more fun being part of something than my experience this summer with the Waynesboro Generals, the 2013 Valley League Champions. There are lessons – life lessons, business lessons, all – in this.
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Corey Armentrout wanted the ball. That was the building block of the game plan that brought Waynesboro its fifth Valley League Championship.
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Kevin Fagan (freshman, Stetson) picked a good time to go deep for the first time in 2013. Fagan homered in the fifth inning of the Waynesboro Generals’ 6-3 win over Strasburg that clinched the 2013 Valley League title for Waynesboro.
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