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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Barack Obama is not welcome in Southwest Virginia. That was the rather curious, to me, anyway, message today from the presidential campaign that has said that it will tone down the partisan rhetoric and even reach out across the aisle to welcome Democrats into its reform-minded administration if…
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Column by David Reynolds We all have roots. Some have local ones. They’re RB&B folks, Rockbridge Born & Bred. Others, like myself, have roots that were planted elsewhere. Last week lightning struck a man whose roots I proudly share. You may have caught this man’s name in the news over the past few days. I…
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Story by Jim Bishop Partly-cloudy skies and pleasant temperatures provided a near-ideal backdrop Sunday for Eastern Mennonite University’s annual commencement exercises. More than 3,500 family members and friends filled the front lawn of campus to celebrate the achievements of the 411 members of the EMU class of 2008. President Loren Swartzendruber awarded 291 undergraduate, 89…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Film offers a glimpse into life and ideas and culture. And a chance to spread understanding and a sense of community. The organizers of the upcoming Staunton Jewish Film Festival hope the April 11-17 event can create a bridge between a local Jewish congregation and the Staunton and Central Shenandoah…
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Column by David Cox Some things are downright immoral. In my book, and, I’ll suggest momentarily, the Good Book, payday lending is one.
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen You must have seen the surprisingly good movie “The Bridges of Madison County” back in 1995, the one based on the surprisingly sappy novel by Robert James Waller. Well, I’ve just seen the Young Persons version of the same simple tale, ablaze with unrequited love and melancholy…
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Story by Jim Bishop Two undergraduate students are getting intensive, practical experience in molecular biological research this summer at Eastern Mennonite University with the help of a National Science Foundation grant.
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Column by Nancy Dowdy What do you think? Comment below Here is the list of the projects to be funded by the Capital Improvement Bond Issuance. I will attempt to explain each project included in the $10,495,249 and its importance as well as what I have heard from my constituents.
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen It was one of those gloomy, grey, depressing midwinter days. I needed sunshine and laughter. Maybe a movie, maybe a light romantic comedy. I check the newspaper. How about “Because I Said So?” Mandy Moore, Diane Keaton. Sounds like just the thing to lift up my sagging…
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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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