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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen A couple of important religious holidays are popping up next week, so naturally the Hollywood floodgates will open and your TV will be inundated with spiritual films galore. Dozens of films have been made about the Jews’ exodus from Egypt, and just as many about the crucifixion…
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Bishop’s Mantle column by Jim Bishop Dave and Shari Smucker were stymied. Nearly three years had passed, and it didn’t appear hopeful that Aaron, now 3 years old, would ever join their family in Harrisonburg. The couple had made several visits to the youngster’s home in Guatemala, and each time, some technicality prevented them from…
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Column by Chris Graham Scott Sayre will need to get the backing of grassroots conservatives for his bid to unseat 24th District state senator Emmett Hanger to be successful. He picked up the endorsement of the cash- and member-rich Virginia Conservative Action PAC today – leading to the obvious question. Should Sen. Hanger be worried?
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Bishop’s Mantle column by Jim Bishop “My love is higher than a mission bell, Deeper than a wishing well, Stronger than a magic spell My love, for you . . .” – Donnie Brooks Don McLean’s 1971 anthem, “American Pie,” refers to Feb. 3, 1959 as “The Day the Music Died,” when young pop artists…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham Did you hear presumed Democratic Party presidential nomination frontrunner Hillary Clinton’s fake Southern drawl the other day during remarks made at a black church in Alabama for a commemoration of the 1965 Selma voting-rights march? I don’t know – it would have been one thing if it had…
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Bishop’s Mantle column by Jim Bishop “EMU – Bluffton baseball game cancelled.” This notice in small type on the calendar of the sports section of the Harrisonburg Daily News-Record might normally command a passing glance. But on this occasion, these few words jumped out at me like special effects in a 3-D movie, a jarring…
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Story by Chris Graham Dick Vitale thinks the ACC got a “raw deal” only getting four teams into the Big Dance last March Madness. The ESPN analyst and 2007 Basketball Hall of Fame nominee thinks the conference is going to get seven or maybe eight teams into the NCAA Tournament this year.
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham I gotta admit something here that’s going to be difficult for me. See, I’m a Southern Gentleman, a real-life Virginia Cavalier, if you will. Which is why I think it’s high time that we get rid of that CavMan mascot at my alma mater, the University of Virginia….
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen Why is “Music and Lyrics,” currently screening at the Colonial Mall in Staunton, so gosh-darn enjoyable? Reason One: My wife and I saw it on Valentine’s Day, a dark, snow-bound, gloomy old day here in Pittsburgh, and the movie added an unexpected dollop of Feel-Goodedness to our…
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Bishop’s Mantle column by Jim Bishop There are causes celebres like Super Bowl XLI that help make the COLT winter BEARable (sorry, couldn’t resist!), but such events pale alongside a Scrapplefest. If you don’t already know that, I commend such an activity to your mental and physical well-being. I just returned from one, so I…
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