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Column by Jim Bishop Submit guest columns: [email protected] It might even strike some as morose at first blush: asking friends to build your casket. But this poignant experience provided a tangible way for a group of church members to express a deep level of caring for the Wayne and Shannon Sneary family of Harrisonburg….
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Longtime New Market Rebels hitting coach Mo Weber has retired. Weber, who turned 87 yesterday, stated that the “time was simply right.” “What an honor it has been for the New Market Rebels to have had Mo Weber in the dugout for 17 seasons,” said Rebels President and General…
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Column by Ken Plum www.kenplum.com We had a wind-up Victrola at home when I was growing up. It was a handed-down piece of furniture rather than a serious music-making machine. A few cranks on the handle on the side, lift the arm and put the needle in the beginning track on the 78 rpm…
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Column by Jim Bishop Submit guest columns: [email protected] Like the late Jimmy Dean’s No. 1 song in 1961 declared, “At the bottom of this mine lies a big, big man . . . Big John.” He wasn’t a coal miner, even though he lived in West Virginia, but his life was cut short early….
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Special Report by Chris Graham [email protected] You might remember all the hubbub over what they were planning to do with Interstate 81. They were going to pave over the Valley! That was what people were saying, anyway, looking at the monstrosities of plans that we knew as the Star Solutions proposal and the Fluor…
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Column by Daza Craig Submit guest columns: [email protected] In these tough economic times, everyone is looking for ways to save and make the money stretch further. Clipping coupons, eating out less, growing your own vegetables are all excellent ways to economize. But many people overlook one the best ways to save hundreds of dollars…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Burke Bender of Waynesboro was one of 10 players recently selected to play for the Cave Spring 12U Nationals Team in Roanoke. Only four players were invited from outside Roanoke; others are from Beckley, W.Va., Princeton, W.Va., and Radford. Bender and his teammates had their first training camp over…
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We’ve been at this for 10 years now. Maybe in another 10 years Waynesboro will develop some common sense and realize what the Wayne Theatre project is. It’s called economic development, folks. Just like they did over in Staunton with Blackfriars. Hell, just like we did here in Waynesboro at the Town Center, and before…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Ed Clark has been in the wildlife business long enough to remember when his help was wanted after the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill. The deskbound experts running the show in the wake of the still-ongoing spill in the Gulf of Mexico have made it clear that they think they…
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A Dad’s Point of View column by Bruce Sallan www.brucesallan.com Father’s Day for me is now a melancholy experience. I certainly appreciate the attention that I get from my two boys and my wife. My younger son tends to make an artistic gift for me, since he’s the artist of the family, while my…
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