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Twenty-two years ago this month, the people of Liberia suffered the devastating effects of of civil war. The country’s economic, political, and social systems were decimated. The United Nations estimates that 250,000 people were killed and one million displaced. Children suffered the most; tens of thousands were abandoned or orphaned. Most were powerless against exploitation…
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Bob Goodlatte sent a grossly misleading email to Sixth District voters following the Supreme Court’s decision upholding the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
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The Saturday, July 21 Mojo Saturday Night at WTA’s Gateway is lining up to be an awesome night of blues as well as a preview of things to come! A special “Two Feature Show”, Bob Driver and his Blues Trio will perform with The Li’l Bill Band. It’ll be a hot night of Mojo, just in time for the middle of summer
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Waynesboro Public Library invites kids of all ages to enjoy comedian and ventriloquist, Uncle Ty-Rone on Saturday, July 14 at noon. Ty-Rone’s show of self-produced hip-hop music and clean comedy is high energy with lots of audience participation geared to youth and families. “I have a passion for children. They need guidance,” Ty-Rone says
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The president is getting strong backing from his party. His election opponent is mainly getting the support of people who don’t like the president. The challenger is a Massachusetts liberal with a record of flip-flopping on key issues. Is it 2012 … or 2004
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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
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Although a child of the ’70s, my parents did not subject me to the music revolution of the ’60s. God love them, but hippies they are not. Rather than Janis Joplin, I listened to Karen Carpenter. In lieu of The Beatles, I listened to the Statler Brothers
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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
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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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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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