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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] I’ve played my fair share of sets on the tennis courts at Ridgeview Park over the years, and so I’m familiar with the notion that it has long since been past time for something to be done about their condition. That big check that you see in the picture to…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The pundits want to paint Virginia blue, or at the least purple. Creigh Deeds isn’t convinced that a new crayola is necessary just yet. “People that say that Virginia is blue, or Virginia is purple, haven’t spent too much time campaigning in Augusta County. You know what I’m saying? Or…
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen There’s a unique and particular view of the world that seems to take over anyone making a movie about anything vaguely Irish. So seeing that it’s St. Patrick’s Day, let’s take a look at this “emerald weltanschauung” also at the best films about all things Irish while…
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Story by Laura Lehman Amstutz “The world is hungry for the kinds of things taught in our Mennonite schools,” said Daryl Byler, a 1979 graduate of Eastern Mennonite University and 1985 graduate of Eastern Mennonite Seminary. Byler and his wife, Cindy, administer programs in Iraq, Iran, Israel/Palestine and Jordan for Mennonite Central Committee. The Bylers…
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] It was much ado about … nothing, really. I mean, seriously, what did five days of overtime get us as far as the tax dollars that we had to spend ironically to get a budget out of our legislators are concerned? Well, we got $1.5 million for Alicia’s Law. That’s…
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Column by Jim Bishop Jenny Hummel of Weyers Cave, our daughter, won’t forget the time and place when she was told for certain – son Jacob, our grandson, has autism. She and husband Dallas knew for some time that “something was wrong” with their youngest son. He had difficulty responding to voices, seldom maintained eye…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham [email protected] Want to know what life’s like on the campaign trail? We made 10 gallons of fruit salsa Monday night. Dished it out Tuesday night. Still have a gallon in the fridge. You know how much a gallon of fruit salsa really is? Half the fridge is fruit…
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Best Seat in the House column by Chris Graham [email protected] I hate to agree with Jimmy Dykes, because that puts me in the category of a third-tier ESPN analyst, but he’s right about Sean Singletary. Double-S doesn’t play enough D to make me think that he’s going to be on an NBA roster next year….
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Listen to today’s “SportsDominion Show,” featuring interviews with Indy Racing League drivers Justin Wilson and Graham Rahal. Show Length: 7:45. It was good news for race fans – the IndyRacing League and the Champ Car Series are finally one. But the good news for fans meant a scramble for Champ…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Aaron McGowan was a computer whiz. “A story that I often tell is when he was 14 years old, I walked into his bedroom, and on the computer screen, it said, Official Site of NASA: Access Granted. And I was like, Aaron, what are you doing? You want the FBI…
