Veteran EMU professor passes away

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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…

The importance of connection

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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…

Eagles concert provides ‘Peaceful, Easy Feeling’

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Column by Jim Bishop The stage lights came up, applause and cheers erupted, and I stared down on music legends. The Eagles had landed. The incredibly popular band, formed in the early 1970s in Los Angeles, Calif., was in Charlottesville, Va., on its “Long Road Out of Eden” tour. Tickets, though outrageously priced, were available,…