It’s hard to think that you’re going to get a scholarship to play college basketball in the States when you’re based half a world away in Germany. That was the situation for Marcel Simon, who viewed his postgrad year at Fishburne as an opportunity to showcase himself to American coaches. “This is what I’ve been striving for my entire life. And it’s finally come true,” said Simon, a 6’6″ guard who signed with Texas-Pan American to play for coach Ryan Marks next season.
Towson signee Walter Foster (6’8″ forward, Atlanta, Ga.) was all smiles after signing his letter of intent to attend Towson next year. “Today is really important. I’ll be spending four years at Towson,” said Foster, who plans to major in accounting at Towson. Foster is another top recruit for head coach Pat Skerry, who has made a name for himself the past couple of years as one of the top recruiters among coaches at non-BCS schools. “I think we’re on a good rebuilding program. I think we’ll do well in the CAA,” Foster said.
The question isn’t, Would Mark Warner clean the floor with whichever Republican would be unfortunate enough to run against him in the 2013 governor’s race?
Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today the state is making significant headway toward the goal of reducing statewide homelessness. Citing data collected by local Continuum of Care groups across the Commonwealth, compiled by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development and the Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness, the governor announced that overall homelessness has declined 8 percent from 2010 to 2012 and for families the reduction has been even more pronounced, an 11 percent reduction. Additionally, there has been a drop of 36 percent in the number of people experiencing chronic homelessness in Virginia.
More than 150 Evangelical leaders today called on President Obama and Congress to begin working on broad immigration reform legislation that reflects American values, including human dignity, family unity and respects the rule of law. The evangelical leaders represent congregants from various denominations including the Assemblies of God and the Southern Baptist Convention which are increasingly Latino. Of the nation’s 52 million Latino population, almost 7 million belong to Evangelical churches, according to Pew Hispanic Center.
The Staunton City Council appointed Linda L. Little to the position of city clerk at its November 8, 2012 meeting. Ms. Little will assume the city clerk duties on January 1, 2013. She replaces Deborah A. Lane, who is retiring at the end of December after thirty years of service to the City, with twenty-two of those years as clerk.
The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced today that Virginia’s peanut yield is forecast to be 4,200 pounds per acre this year, up 200 pounds per acre from the previous month’s forecast. If realized, this would be a record yield. Production is estimated to be 84 million pounds, up 37 percent from last year. Producers are expected to harvest 20,000 acres in 2012.
Prices at the pump continued their decline for the fourth straight week, moving to their lowest level in more than 100 days. The national average price for a gallon of regular self-serve gasoline dropped to $3.46 Friday. This price is 4 cents less expensive than one week ago and 35 cents less expensive than one month ago.
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