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Karen Bess couldn’t move her left arm, was having trouble swallowing, having trouble speaking, though she didn’t realize that at first. “I thought I sounded fine,” said Bess, a stroke survivor now four years into her recovery. Bess had to relearn the basics of daily living, as basic as bathing, dressing and brushing her teeth….
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QUESTION: Coach we talked about after the game your offense and your defense combined played probably was the best we’ve seen all season. Can you talk about how things are starting to come together for you guys and how you go forward from here? COACH GROH: We’ve seen, I would say, two and a half…
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Think about your favorite basketball team being down big in a big game. I can easily think this way, as an alum of the University of Virginia. (Bada bing!) So my ‘Hoos are down, say, 15 points to Maryland in the second half. It’s ACC basketball, so UVa. makes a run, cuts the lead to…
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The parcel sat in a corner of my office, taking up valuable space and collecting dust. But, for some reason, I simply ignored it. Then, two weekends ago, again for reasons unknown (well, actually, the pouring rain had spoiled my plans to work outside Saturday afternoon), I finally opened it and could scarcely believe my…
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It’s not a warning. Just a concession to reality, really. Newspapers and magazines can’t afford for too much longer to give away the content they produce for free. AFP editor Chris Graham breaks down the future of the media industry in today’s Daily Rant. AFP Video. Length: 1:52.
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Friday, Oct. 9 MR. GIBBS: All right. I don’t have a week ahead yet, but we will put it in the guidance that will go out a little bit later on this afternoon, so we’ll get a chance to do that then. Take us away. Q On the Nobel Prize, did anyone in the White…
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DuPont Community Credit Union reported growth in total loans outstanding in the third quarter of 2009. The Waynesboro-headquartered credit union, which operates nine branches in the Central Shenandoah Valley region, reported a 2.2 percent increase in total loans outstanding over the previous quarter and a 13.2 percent increase over third quarter 2008.
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Local paper puts content behind pay wall Valley newspaper publishers are watching with great interest how the Daily News-Record in Harrisonburg fares with its recent move to put its online content entirely behind a pay wall. “That’s a pretty bold move. It will be interesting to see how it works out. I think publishers everywhere…
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Film lovers have known for some time that the early November forecast in Charlottesville was calling for some serious Funny Business. On Thursday, at a press conference at the University of Virginia Art Museum, new Virginia Film Festival Director Jody Kielbasa explained why. The 22nd annual Virginia Film Festival, set for Nov. 5-8 at venues…
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A diverse group of musicians came together for the first time 20 years ago because James R. (Jim) Krabill, an Eastern Mennonite University alumnus, had an irrepressible urge to “do music.” Krabill had just returned stateside after 14 years of mission work with wife Jeanette Neff Krabill, a 1973 EMU alumna, in Europe and West…
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