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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The presumed number-one quarterback, Peter Lalich, is busted for underage possession of alcohol. Then one of the incoming starters on the offensive line, Will Barker, is among two UVa. players picked up for stealing beer from a nightclub on The Corner. And that was just last week’s news….
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Greater Augusta pediatrician Bob Gunther has been selected to participate in the 2008-2009 class of the Medical Society of Virginia Foundation’s Claude Moore Physician Leadership Institute.
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Analysis by Chris Graham [email protected] Tim Kaine is vice president, and Scott Sayre is your 24th District state senator. Think I’m reaching there? Let me take you where I am with this far-reaching scenario that’s been running through my head the past couple of days. Thinking things through, with Kaine as VP, Bill Bolling becomes…
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Analysis by Chris Graham [email protected] The talk about Tim Kaine being on Barack Obama’s VP short list is no accident. Just look at the timing. That’s what has Christopher Newport University political-science professor Quentin Kidd thinking there’s more to the firestorm of coverage on this short-list news than maybe meets the eye. “There are two…
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Item by Jim Bishop Eastern Mennonite University is among 25 schools in the Old Dominion taking part in Virginia Private College Week, July 28-Aug. 2, sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges in Virginia. Rising juniors and seniors in high school – and their families – may choose to visit just one or two colleges…
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Item by Denise Allen Membreno Kristalyn K. Gallagher graduated from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine with the degree of Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine on May 31. While at WVSOM, Dr. Gallagher was the treasurer of Emergency Medicine Club. She has a bachelor of science degree in Physiology from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater,…
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Op-Ed by Joe Russo I have never visited Virginia, even though I know their slogan is “Virginia is for Lovers.” I might convince my wife to take a vacation there with me now; I don’t know about the “Lover” part of it, but at least I’ll be in the company of “thinkers and doers.” Apparently,…
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Item by Jim Bishop Albert N. (Al) Keim, 71, professor emeritus of history at Eastern Mennonite University, died June 27, 2008 at University of Virginia Medical Center. He had a successful liver transplant in 2007, but his health had declined in recent months. Dr. Keim joined the EMU history department faculty in 1965 and retired…
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Item by Jim Bishop The directors of the Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir are doing more than leading local children in award-winning singing these days. They’re also directing and teaching choristers and music educators across the country.
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Column by Philip Day Chauncey Strong will tell you that he is fortunate, extremely fortunate, to be where he is today. In his position as the director of community services for the Phillips Programs, a nonprofit, private organization (www.phillipsprograms.org) that serves individuals with emotional and behavioral problems located in Annandale, Chauncey is in contact with…
