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Virginia Tech head football coach Frank Beamer announced more changes to his staff Wednesday, elevating Jim Cavanaugh to the administrative position of director of recruiting and high school relations. Beamer also announced that former Tech All-American and Tech Sports Hall of Fame member Cornell Brown would assume Cavanaugh’s spot on the coaching staff to work…
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Make no mistake about it – the peaceful Egyptian revolution was brought about by the workers and small business owners of that country protesting together. They want economic opportunity for all and a democratically elected government that puts its peoples’ interests above the interests of the financially powerful, well-connected oligarchy. There is a lesson here…
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Life is full of little, ordinary bits of beauty which frequently go unnoticed and unappreciated. Using her cameras and editing software, photographer and artist Deb Booth of Waynesboro gets up-close and personal with blossoms and blooms, tweaking and crafting her images to bring out something hidden from first glance – oft-times completely changing the dominant…
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The February issue of The New Dominion Magazine is on the streets at locations in Waynesboro, Staunton and Harrisonburg – and is also posted online at TheNewDominion.com. This month’s features: Women at work: Two women share their experiences climbing the corporate ladder Profiles of new Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce president…
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Virginia Tech head football coach Frank Beamer announced Monday that longtime assistant Billy Hite has been elevated to a new administrative position as assistant to the head coach and senior advisor, and that Shane Beamer will join the Tech coaching staff and assume Hite’s on-field duties as running backs coach. “Over the years, I’ve had…
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Next week, President Obama will release his budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2012. It is my hope that the proposal will reflect the clear message sent by the people on Election Day, that in order to create jobs and grow the economy we must get our fiscal house in order. Unfortunately, the Administration’s initial suggestions…
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A Christian hip-hop artist is one of two things: “a corny guy trying to be gangster, or a gangster not understanding that Jesus doesn’t want to have any part of hip-hop.” Liberty University graduate student Jason Lewis, better known these days as Humble T.I.P. (To Increase Praise), who will headline a concert at the Waynesboro…
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I just attended my third funeral locally since the start of the year – with a fourth coming up on the weekend – somewhat disconcerting in itself. Stop it, people! You loved life with a passion, so did you leave us this way, I think frequently as pay my respects to the families of these…
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Employees at McKee Foods have spent the last 50 years perfecting the recipes for Little Debbie snacks. And employees and the McKee family want to share some of their favorite family recipes with you. To help commemorate the 50th anniversary of the brand in 2010, McKee Foods asked employees company-wide to submit their favorite family…
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Bruised knees, sore muscles, strawberries (a form of floor burn that occurs when your body slides across a gymnasium floor), a sprained ankle for Mariah Taylor last year, and a broken nose for MaryKate Sullivan just last week. The two senior players on the Wilson Memorial High School girls’ basketball team have experienced all the…
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