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Story by Jim Bishop Crossroads magazine at Eastern Mennonite University won a major award this year from the southeast district of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. Competing against dozens of magazines produced by larger institutions, Crossroads received a “special merit award” in the category of “magazine publishing improvement.” The other winners…
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Op-Ed by Harvey Yoder I want to thank payday-lending institutions for all of their recent newspaper and other ads. They have enlightened me so much about why we should not compare their rate of interest, over 350 percent as computed on an annual basis, with the typical amount of interest charged, which they insist is…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Jim Gilmore is a solid Republican – but he’s willing to break with party leaders, and even President Bush, when he feels it necessary. “We don’t want to necessarily carry the power in Iraq strictly on the backs of the military. We’re very proud of those men and women, we…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Listen to today’s “SportsDominion Show,” featuring an interview with sports psychologist John F. Murray. New England is a prohibitive favorite to win Super Bowl XLII, but there seems to be a movement afoot – led by Sports Illustrated football guru Paul “Dr. Z” Zimmerman and others – to get people…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Don’t underestimate the value of this bit of news. Megan Williamson certainly isn’t. “I have to stress that this is big news. I agree with that completely. We were very excited,” the Waynesboro economic-development director said in an interview for today’s “Augusta Free Press Show,” talking about the announcement on…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Listen to today’s “SportsDominion Show,” featuring interviews with UVa. basketball coach Dave Leitao and Virginia Tech basketball coach Seth Greenberg. Jeff Allen who? “I can’t say enough about J.T. Thompson – how hard he played, and how active he was and how resilient he was in terms of playing against…
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen If the Academy Awards are telecast at all this year, you’re bound to see plenty of “Blood.” “There Will Be Blood,” that is. The film is nominated for eight Oscars, and is one of the frontrunners for Best Picture. Furthermore, star Daniel Day-Lewis seems to be a…
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Column by Bob Goodlatte Nothing is more important to our future than ensuring a high-quality education for our nation’s children. Decisions concerning education should be made at the local level first by parents, and then by teachers and local communities. We also need to measure how much our students are learning in fundamental subjects like…
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Story by Scott German Georgia Tech’s Matt Causey scored all 18 of his points after halftime, including 12 in overtime, to lead the Yellow Jackets past the suddenly reeling Virginia Cavaliers 92-82 in John Paul Jones Arena Sunday afternoon. The Yellow Jackets (10-9, 3-3 ACC), who were dead-last in the conference two weeks ago with…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A big deal was made about Hillary Clinton crying the day before the New Hampshire primary that she had appeared at the time destined to lose to Barack Obama. Former vice-presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro thinks it was way, way too much a big deal. “I have to tell you how…
