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‘Wise choices’ guide overweight, obese back on the right track Chris Libby feels like he could run forever. “If you get on a Stairmaster for an hour, I can match you step for step,” said Libby, a fit and trim 173 pounds, after a midweek workout at the RMH Wellness Center. Not that long ago,…
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Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009 Q Hey, Robert, some of the moderates in the Senate – moderate Democrats – are really balking at the health care plan that Senator Reid announced. What’s the President going to do to try to help him line up the support he’ll need to get that through the Senate? MR. GIBBS:…
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Once a fixer-upper, Staunton’s Newtown now shining light in Queen City Story by Chris Graham [email protected] People thought Michael Organ was crazy. That old home in Newtown was jaw-dropping beautiful, sure, but who in their right mind would stay at a bed-and-breakfast where you were as likely to get your hubcaps stolen or run into…
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Marrow, Curren face steep hills to climb Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A candidate for public office needs to shake as many hands and slap as many backs as possible. A Democratic Party candidate in the bright-red Shenandoah Valley has to work twice as hard to have a shot on Election Day. “You’ve got to…
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That Richard Adams fellow does it all Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s hard to imagine Richard Adams stifled. Or without a gig. But Adams, who you can see several nights a week in Staunton and Waynesboro playing Shenandoah Pizza or the “River City Radio Hour” or doing local community theater, felt stifled by what was…
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Should airline pilots be on food stamps? Skittish flyer Chris Graham doesn’t think so, but the low pay for pilots for some regional and national carriers has food stamps and second jobs among the realities of life for more in the ranks of pilots than we should be comfortable with. AFP Video. Length: 2:24.
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Monday, Oct. 26 THE MODERATOR: Unless Coach has an opening comment, we can start with questions. COACH GROH: Well, the subject was brought up last evening, we had a complete flip here in one respect. We’re getting ready for a team that has passed the ball more and has used the pass more effectively than…
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Monday, Oct. 26, 2009 MR. GIBBS: Neatly assembled, very nice. How’s everyone today? Q Good. MR. GIBBS: Fire away. Q Afghanistan. Is the President getting any new options beyond the ones that General McChrystal offered a while back? MR. GIBBS: I haven’t gotten a long download of today’s meeting. I know it ran a little…
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You’re Pierce Homer, the Secretary of Transportation in Virginia. For five years, you’ve been overseeing reforms at the Virginia Department of Transportation that have six in seven projects completed on time and on budget, nearly three times the rate of efficiency that we saw out of VDOT from the Allen and Gilmore administrations. You’ve seen…
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Staunton City Council got a bit of a fiscal reality check on Thursday from James Reginbal from the Richmond consulting firm Fiscal Analytics. “Nobody in Virginia has really felt the effects of this recession yet. Localities are behind the state because the state has been able to shield localities from the worst effects so far,”…
