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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen Do you miss those wonderful old screwball comedies from the 1930s? Well, now’s your chance to carpe diem – seize the day – and return to those jolly times of yesteryear. You’re in for a real treat watching “Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day” currently playing at…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] I’d heard so much about the guy from Scotland who makes his way to the Valley every year for the Book ‘Em book festival – but other than a passing hello, I had never spoken with Dirk Robertson until, as luck would have it, we were seated beside each other…
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen I was born and raised in a Southern California beach town well before, if you can imagine that far back in prehistory, surfing got to be a big thing. So I have always thought of it as being just something stoners do instead of looking for a…
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen I’m not a snob. I love the glitter, the production values, and the big-star casts of major Hollywood productions as much as any other movie-obsessed slob. But in 2006, Hollywood let me down.
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Story by Chris Graham Angela Tincher has always been able to bring it – but as the Virginia Tech sophomore has learned the part of the game that Yogi Berra figured was somewhere in the area of 45 percent mental, she’s become virtually unhittable. “The more I pitch, the more the scouting reports get out…
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Compiled by Chris Graham Tim Spears was surveying the damage wrought by the South River on his downtown-Waynesboro music store Friday afternoon. “It could’ve been a lot worse,” said Spears, owner of Tim Spears’ Music City – which is located just a city block away from the South River. Spears estimated the damage to his…
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Story by Chris Graham Depending on whom you believe, Hurricane Isabel is either going to enter and then leave Western Virginia like a lion – or like a lamb. Weather forecasters are offering predictions that rainfall amounts in the Shenandoah Valley associated with the powerful storm – which is on track to make landfall in…
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