Wednesday’s Events
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Here is a list of events ongoing today in the Central Shenandoah Valley and Central Virginia. For a complete rundown of what is on the local events schedule, go to our Calendar of Events.
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Sanford D. Horn | Kaine’s prison plan should be handcuffed
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So Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine is interested in letting a few “good” prisoners out of the gray bar hotel 90 days early as a cost-cutting measure claiming they are “nonviolent offenders who have been model inmates” and were due for a 30-day early dismissal, according to an article written by Anthony Barkow of New York.
Lisa Schirch | The right to self-defense is not a strategy for peace
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From an Israeli perspective, the cost in international outrage and Palestinian civilian lives of the current attacks on Gaza is worth the price of crushing Hamas’s firepower. The goal is seductive, and Israel will likely succeed in slowing the development of rockets by Hamas in the short term. But just like Israel’s siege of Lebanon…
Jim Bishop | Going full circle: Parent-child roles are reversed
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Day by day, we are all on the same journey of aging, with certain events and experiences providing stark reminders of this reality. Here we were, my wife Anna and I visiting my mom, Ann Dayton Bishop, at Rockhill Mennonite Community near Sellersville, Pa., over the Christmas-New Years holidays. It’s been her home for about…
Author explores forced relocation of mountain families in ’30s
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The Shenandoah National Park is breathtaking with its wide vistas and rolling scenery that comes to life in an instant for the millions of visitors who take in our natural wonder every year. But there’s another side to the story of the park that is overlooked even by locals who probably don’t know how the…
Money and the influence it has
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“People should know money does not influence our business,” Staunton Republican State Del. Chris Saxman said yesterday, talking up his proposed bill that would ban state lawmakers and statewide officials from attending fundraising events sponsored by a political party, lobbyist or campaign contributors during the annual Virginia General Assembly session.
Karen Kallay | Car-title loans are no quick fix for the poor
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Phil Kent, communications director for Fast Auto Loans, made several pertinent and interesting points in his Dec. 18 (Fredericksburg) Free Lance-Star op-ed, especially noting the value of car-pawn loans in these credit-strapped times.
‘Pop, Mom passed’
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I’ve done a lot of things in my life that you could classify as tough. None compared to having to stand in the living room at my grandparents’ house Sunday night. “Pop, Mom passed.” It took my aunt Bonnie a few times repeating it for the news to sink in. My grandfather has been deteriorating…
Trying to make sense of the ’09 Dem governor’s race
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The race for the Democratic Party nomination to run for governor has come to look an awful lot like the race for the Dem nomination to run for the White House that resulted in Barack Obama’s historic victory in November. It started early – when Valley native son Creigh Deeds declared his candidacy for the…
Inauguration Day events in Waynesboro, Staunton
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The Augusta Free Press and the Waynesboro Democratic Committee are teaming up to bring Inauguration Day to the Valley. Inauguration ’09 will be held at the new Residence Inn by Marriott in Waynesboro on Inauguration Day, Tuesday, Jan. 20, beginning at 11 a.m. The swearing-in ceremony is set to begin at 12 noon, with remarks…
