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Column by Shepherd Bliss Submit guest columns and letters: [email protected] First, some background: This November a City Council member in our small Northern California town of Sebastopol proposed a ban on leaf blowers, which the community and Council are currently discussing. Bans have been passed in many cities around the United States and proposed…
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UVa. gets tough test after layoff with UNCW Story by Chris Graham [email protected] After playing seven games in an 18-day stretch, then having a week in between games with Penn State and Auburn, the UVa. men’s basketball team had a 12-day break before its next scheduled game with UNC-Wilmington on Saturday. It’s not anything new…
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Video Essay by Chris Graham [email protected] Limabaugh, Hannity, Beck, Boehner, DeMint, Chris Graham is calling you out. You want health care to be Obama’s “Waterloo”? You guys must really hate America, not to mention us Americans who have been shouldering the burden of rising health-care costs as your buddies make a mint at our…
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Seminary student releases CD with Christian message Story by Laura Lehman Amstutz EMU news: www.emu.edu Along with writing papers and reading books, first-year Eastern Mennonite Seminary student Jessica Crawford has been busy producing a recording. Her first solo CD, “Shine,” is a mix of acoustic rock and folk with a Christian message. “Just before entering…
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Column by Krysti Mayers Submit columns and letters: [email protected] It has been dubbed “The Christmas Wars.” In our politically correct world, the words “Merry Christmas” have turned into “Happy Holidays.” Because of this, there also seems to be a movement for many Christians to begin protesting over the term “Happy Holidays.” “Let’s put Christ…
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Column by Susan Shaer Submit columns and letters: [email protected] A flu pandemic is nasty, brutish, and a global danger. All U.S. senators and other leaders agree, and leap to keep everyone safe and healthy. Another nasty, brutish and global danger, which additionally is outrageously expensive and out of synch with today’s defense needs, is…
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Sporting News puts Williams on third team; Grimm earns third-team AP honors Staff Report Virginia Tech sports: www.hokiesports.com Virginia Tech freshman tailback Ryan Williams has been named a third-team All-American by Sporting News, and senior linebacker Cody Grimm was named a third-team All-American by the Associated Press, in voting announced on Tuesday. Williams, from Manassas,…
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Column by Jim Bishop Submit guest columns and letters: [email protected] Sheri Hartzler is a human dynamo who gets many things done in a fairly low-key, unassuming manner – at her workplace at Third Way Media in Harrisonburg, handling bookings for Ted & Company Theaterworks or orchestrating the Patchwork Pantry food program. Patchwork Pantry, located…
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Column by Tom Perriello www.perriello.house.gov Last week, I held a conference call with Chambers of Commerce and other business leaders from across the Fifth District to gain their ideas on job creation and how to create new competitive advantage in Central and Southern Virginia. Supporting small businesses is one of the best ways we…
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Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com The No. 2 Virginia men’s soccer team captured its sixth NCAA Championship, and first since 1994, with a 3-2 penalty kick shootout win over No. 1 Akron following a 0-0 draw in the NCAA Championship final at WakeMed Soccer Park. The Cavaliers (19-3-3) ended the season on a 16-game…
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