Chris DeWald: Stroke and emotional changes

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Hello, my friends and also my religious enemies. What a way to start an article besides with friends. Seems I made some religious enemies from my article on melanoma, and my immediate reaction was not favorable. That shall be revealed later, but is relevant to how we as stroke survivors deal with complex emotions. According…

UVa. football: Bowl or bust

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The goal for Virginia football in 2011: a bowl game. And it seems in reach. The preseason preview mags seem to have the Cavs in the right place, at a projected six to seven wins, to be in bowl contention. For a program that hasn’t been to the postseason since 2007-2008, no bowl game can…

FMS to showcase education mission

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Small class sizes, loads more one-on-one instruction, discipline to set a course for a lifetime. That’s what Fishburne Military School offers, and what the Waynesboro-based private school will be showcasing in a series of upcoming open houses. Fishburne will be hosting Open House events on Saturdays beginning this weekend and running through Aug. 20. Parents…

Mud Hens complete sweep of Norfolk

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Brian Matusz couldn’t stop the Toledo Mud Hens Thursday afternoon at Harbor Park, and the Norfolk Tides were swept with an 11-3 defeat in front of 5,656 fans. Matusz (0-3, 4.72) lasted just 3.2 innings, his shortest outing of the year after allowing eight runs (seven earned) on eight hits. The former first round draft…

Poll: Obama in trouble?

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Remember the old Bill Clinton campaign mantra – it’s the economy, stupid? Yeah. “There’s a very good chance Barack Obama would lose if he had to stand for reelection today,” said Dean Debnam, president of Public Policy Polling. “This is his worst poll standing in a long time, and he really needs the economy to…

Nan Russell: Dueling frames

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Like dueling pianos competing for attention at Jellyrolls, a fun piano bar on the Boardwalk at Walt Disney World, the digital frames in my office are competing as well. To my right sits a frame all about “the girls.” Random granddaughter pictures culled from the last four years since my elevation to Nana status: babyhood,…

State announces $311M surplus

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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today that the state ended the 2011 fiscal year with a $311 million general-fund surplus. A key to the fiscal picture – state revenues were up 5.8 percent over fiscal-year 2010, well ahead of the 3.5 percent revenue growth that had been projected. The state ended fiscal-year 2010 with a $228…

DCCU shows growth in second quarter

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DuPont Community Credit Union saw growth at the end of the second quarter of 2011 for total lending. The credit union also showed growth in real estate loans for the second quarter. The Waynesboro-headquartered credit union, which operates nine branches in the Central Shenandoah Valley region, reported a 0.6 percent increase in total loans outstanding over the…