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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen I met Joseph Greco, writer/director of the 2006 film “Canvas,” at a regional conference of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. He showed clips of this remarkable movie and spoke about his own growing up with a mother suffering from schizophrenia. The film is one of the…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Rising food and fuel prices are pushing more people to food banks and food pantries. Food distribution in the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Network was up 25 percent in March over the same period last year. And through the end of the first quarter of 2008, the local food…
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Column by Bob Goodlatte Currently, more than 47 million Americans are without health insurance, and millions more are underinsured. These statistics are simply unacceptable. It is time for real health-care reform which focuses on strategies that help Americans obtain the best-quality health care at the least cost.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] When we think the words attorney general, we think crime and justice. We don’t think about the role that an attorney general plays in how government runs on a day-to-day basis. Just because we don’t think about it doesn’t mean that it’s not an important part of the job.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Chris Long is OK with the pomp and circumstance that goes with being a projected top-two or top-three pick in the NFL Draft. I say that, and then I think, you know, that maybe he’s not. “The only thing that’s taxing or annoying about it is that I’m not really…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Branden Albert was barely on Al Groh’s radar screen – and he wasn’t on many other ones. Now a projected top-five NFL draft pick, Albert didn’t even play high-school football until he transferred from his native Rochester, N.Y., to Baltimore, and went out for football as a junior at the…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham [email protected] I’ve got a face made for radio, er, podcasting. The good news for you guys – I’m not in HD. “You have to be really careful about what you’re doing each and every day. Because imperfections show up a lot more in high-definition. It’s a lot less…
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Column by Bob Goodlatte In a letter written by Benjamin Franklin to Jean-Baptiste Leroy, Franklin said: “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Taxes may be a certainty for every American, but high taxes shouldn’t be. As you know, lower taxes put more money in the hands of…
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Story by Faryal Zubair For someone who has never been to a concert before, the thrill of this night was beyond any expectation. James Madison University’s Convocation Center, screaming fans, and lots of energy are some of the few things that T-Pain’s concert had to offer. The biggest attention-grabber was of course, T-Pain.
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen What a relief! Imagine a movie where people talk about their problems rather than just shooting each others’ brains out! If such a premise sounds kinda new and appealing to you, don’t miss “Smart People,” coming soon to the Visualite in Downtown Staunton.
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