
Amelia Earhart ‘Comes to Life’ in Presentation
Several Staunton Senior Center members and staff gathered in the conference room to hear from Tamara Funk, who is CEO of LightCastle Technical Consulting in Staunton.

Several Staunton Senior Center members and staff gathered in the conference room to hear from Tamara Funk, who is CEO of LightCastle Technical Consulting in Staunton.

State Sen. Ralph Northam’s lieutenant-governor campaign is highlighting his support for mass transit and his commitment to improving Virginia’s transportation network. This year, Northam voted for the bipartisan transportation package, which invests in intercity passenger rail and supports the Rail to Dulles Silver Line Project. Northam understands the need to upgrade the Commonwealth’s transportation system and will make transportation a top priority as Lieutenant Governor.

Fans and players of Eastern Mennonite soccer and field hockey will be greeted by a very noticeable change this fall – a set of bleachers more than doubling the seating capacity at home games. The bleachers were purchased from James Madison University earlier this summer and will place 1,000 fans right on top of the field.

Noise-induced hearing loss, or NIHL, is a very real concern, and accounts for a large percentage of hearing disabilities in today’s world. NIHL can be caused by two forms of noise – sustained high noise levels (for example heavy machinery sounds), and transient sounds at high volumes (for example gunfire or explosions)

I grew up in my early years in a racially segregated Virginia. The State Constitution had a provision stating, “Mixed schools prohibited. White and colored children shall not be taught in the same school.”

Chris Dillow of Waynesboro, Va., weighed a five-bass limit totaling 15 pounds, 5 ounces Saturday to win the Walmart Bass Fishing League Shenandoah Division event on the James River. For his victory, Dillow earned $6,046.

Cruising through seven innings, Henry Owens’ was proven human in an abrupt eighth that saw the Potomac Nationals score six times, enough to shock the Salem Sox in the stunning series opener at LewisGale Field.

The last Summer Studio session starts in less than a week, so register soon. This Staunton Augusta Art Center art day camp meets 10am-noon, August 5-9, in the R.R. Smith for History and Art conveniently located across from the public parking garage on South New Street in historic Downtown Staunton.

U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.) read messages on the Senate floor on Thurday from several Virginia constituents impacted by sequester cuts and federal employee furloughs, and urged his colleagues to work together to resolve a budget impasse before the fiscal year ends on September 30th.

Season tickets for 2013-14 Virginia men’s basketball home games are on sale beginning Monday, July 29 at 9 a.m. Season tickets are available at four price levels and include a reserved seat to UVa’s 17 home men’s basketball games.
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