Too Human plays Custin Jazz Series

Chris Graham

Boenel Records recording artists, Too Human, will return to WTA’s Gateway as part of the Custin Jazz Series. The trio has played across the United States since their last performance in Waynesboro. They will share their jazz repertory to the Wayne Theatre Alliance’s Gateway at 329 West Main in Downtown Waynesboro on Friday, October 26 at 8:00 pm.

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Walk in the Woods to serve as One Book One Community selection

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After a month-long vote, the community has spoken. With over 360 ballots cast in person at area libraries and online, the clear winner for 2013’s One Book One Community selection is Bill Bryson’s A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail. Bryson’s book brought in 33% of the votes and edged out four others to become the 2013 selection.

Transcending (and transforming?) politics on Election Day

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“Real power – the power to save, transform, change – rests not in political parties, presidents, or protests, but in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.” This was just one of the many banners on the Facebook page of Election Day Communion (EDC), a movement which has been grabbing the attention of individuals, congregations, schools, and groups across the United States since August of this year.

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Disaster preparedness program sees increased interest

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September marked the ninth annual National Preparedness Month, a concentrated awareness and disaster preparation campaign sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission (CSPDC) used the month to showcase the Valley’s regional disaster preparedness and mitigation program, Shenandoah Valley Project Impact (SVPI).

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Harrisonburg, Rockingham celebrate International Walk to School Week

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Twelve area schools will join others from around the world Oct. 1-5 to celebrate International Walk to School Week. Students from Waterman, Keister, Spotswood, Stone Spring, Cub Run, Ottobine, South River, John C. Myers and Pleasant Valley Elementary Schools; Thomas Harrison and Skyline Middle Schools; and Turner Ashby High School will be walking and rolling to school during the first week of October

General, pastor help FMS with Blessing of the Colors

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Brig. Gen. Flora Darpino admits to being “vertically challenged,” and that as a result she isn’t always among the best competitors in running events or on the obstacle course. “But I will tell you, every time I’m out there, I am absolutely the best I can be. I am the best I can be individually, and that’s what you should strive to be,” said Darpino, the commander of the Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School, who served as the keynote speaker at Fishburne Military School’s Blessing of the Colors ceremony on Wednesday.

Fishburne taps Morrison for superintendent position

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The new superintendent at Fishburne Military School is a familiar face in the FMS community. Gary R. Morrison, a 1981 graduate of Fishburne who also served on the faculty and later as the director of admissions, was named to the top administrative position at the school at a meeting of the Fishburne-Hudgins Educational Foundation Board of Trustees.