Former State Fair youth livestock and FFA competitions still scheduled for Rockingham County in October

Chris Graham

The new State Fair of Virginia, scheduled this fall from Sept. 28 through Oct. 7, will not interfere with the newly formed Virginia Junior Livestock Expo scheduled for the Rockingham County Fairgrounds in Harrisonburg Oct. 11-14 according to Greg Hicks, communications director of Virginia Farm Bureau

Karen Kwiatkowski: Can we get a little freedom from statism?

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Christian prayer and invocations preceding the Roanoke County Supervisor Meetings have been targeted by the Freedom from Religion Foundation. This is not news. Their perennial complaint is this: prayers given in publicly funded facilities and at publicly funded activities like government meetings and public school graduations imply state establishment of religion

Deborah Conner: What’s the matter with making a profit?

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Had interesting conversation at the Darjeeling Café last week. Was a sort of grilling by a stranger, really. “What’s wrong with making a profit?” he kept repeating. I’d mentioned that multinational companies like Exxon Mobil’s XTO are selling U.S. liquid natural gas overseas, reaping five to six times the domestic price doing it

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Lynchburg wins in extras

Chris Graham

The second of the three games between the ‘Cats and Dash went to extras tonight in Lynchburg. This time the Hillcats came out victorious thanks to David Rohm’s double in the bottom of the 13th to score Bobby Stevens and give the ‘Cats a 3-2 win. The game was the longest of the season for Lynchburg both time and innings-wise

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Shenandoah Valley Art Center: July 2012 Schedule

The Shenandoah Valley Art Center, during the month of July, is exhibiting the works of artist, Lois Schlachter, versatile painter for the past forty years. This Spring Mount, Pa., artist is as comfortable honing her skills with realism in oils as with abstracts painted in acrylics. The exhibit features a series of Abstract Expressionist-style acrylic paintings, rich in color and dynamic in composition