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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Listen to today’s “SportsDominion Show” to learn more about Reality Rumble 2008. Show Length: 10:17. On one side of the ring will be Jonny Fairplay, the “Survivor” cast member who famously lied about his grandmother having just died to try to get ahead on the reality-TV game show. On the…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Hurry up and wait. That’s life on TV. Students in two AP government classes at Stuarts Draft High School know that all too well. “It was exciting. National television, that was pretty cool. But it was nervewracking at the same time,” said Akash Patel, a senior at SDHS, a few…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s hard offering community theater that appeals to the whole family. “One thing we were discussing with the board was having a family show. Not a children’s show, but a family show. And they’re not easy to find,” said Suzanne Roberts, the director of the upcoming Waynesboro Players production of…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham [email protected] I just finished reading To Kill A Mockingbird, and lemme tell ya … It’s a cryin’ shame that my high-school English teacher had us watch the movie instead. I understand why. Harper Lee was true to 1935 Alabama in her language, and it included an uncomfortable, to…
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Story by Faryal Zubair The colors seem brighter, the words seem bigger, and the laughter is louder. Why is it that it is all seems more interesting when you’re younger? Isn’t it strange that the books that once compelled you to write stories of your own now sound obnoxious and repetitive? Dr. Seuss is one…
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General Assembly Report column by Del. Ben Cline The adjournment of the 2008 General Assembly session came five days later than planned, but like all good things, it was worth waiting for. As I wrote last week, the session was extended by a few days to give our negotiators a little more time to work out the differences…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It was coming up on spring, and you could sense the vitality in the air. And then, suddenly, you could hear it. At 10:30 p.m. the night of March 14, 1908, a loud noise thundered through the streets of Harrisonburg. It was enough to get dozens of people to pick…
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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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General Assembly Report column by Del. Ben Cline Under Article 4 of the Constitution of Virginia, “no regular session of the General Assembly convened in an even-numbered year shall continue longer than sixty days.” That means that the 2008 session should have adjourned for the year on Saturday, March 8. However, as the hours passed last Saturday,…
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General Assembly Report by Rob Bell The Virginia General Assembly has finished the majority of its work. Bills that passed both the Virginia House of Delegates and the Virginia Senate have now been sent to Gov. Tim Kaine for consideration. The more significant legislation from the 2008 session includes: • The most sweeping overhaul of…
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