Soft sand

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  Column by Randy Forbes www.forbes.house.gov If you haven’t personally experienced the situation yourself, you have surely witnessed it at the beach or perhaps in the middle of a snow storm – those people who think their truck or SUV certainly must have more than enough gusto to make it through that batch of soft…

Midlife couple declares: ‘Why knot?’

Jim Bishop

   Column by Jim Bishop Submit guest columns: [email protected] Rose Stoltzfus Shenk, 41, of Harrisonburg, is a widow with four boys between 5 and 11 years old. Bruce Buckwalter, 40, of Harrisonburg, is single and never been married. Credit an Internet computer program for bringing the two together. Rose spent her early years in East…

UVa. advances to NCAA soccer title game

Chris Graham

   Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com Brian Ownby’s (Glen Allen, Va.) golden goal in the 93rd minute lifted the No. 2 Virginia men’s soccer team to a 2-1 overtime victory over No. 3 Wake Forest in the first semifinal of the 2009 College Cup at the WakeMed Soccer Park. The victory sent the Cavaliers (18-3-3)…

‘Hoos face Wake Forest in College Cup

Chris Graham

   Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com The UVa men’s soccer team faces Wake Forest in the 2009 NCAA College Cup Friday at 5 p.m. The game will be televised nationally by ESPN2, with J.P. Dellacamera and Kyle Martino calling the action. Live statistics are available at VirginiaSports.com. Virginia (17-3-3) extended its unbeaten streak to 14…

VT’s Williams among ACC players of the week

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  Staff Report ACC sports: www.theacc.com Virginia Tech freshman running back Ryan Williams—this week’s Atlantic Coast Conference Rookie of the Week—scored four touchdowns against Virginia to tie the ACC single-season record for rushing touchdowns and set the ACC freshman record for scores, while Wake Forest senior quarterback Riley Skinner had a career day in his…

ACC players of the week

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Clemson senior running back C.J. Spiller racked up a career-high and ACC season-best 312 all-purpose yards en route to being named this week’s Atlantic Coast Conference Offensive Back of the Week, announced today. The honor is Spiller’s first Offensive Back of the Week selection, but third overall this season, as he was named Specialist of…

JMU: ‘One of toughest’ baseball schedules on tap for ’10

Chris Graham

A four-team tournament in Myrtle Beach, an extended trip to Florida, a home-and-away series with Virginia, 12 games against 2009 NCAA Tournament teams, and home night games for the first time in program history highlight the 2010 James Madison baseball schedule released Tuesday. “It’s one of the toughest schedules we’ve had at JMU,” commented head…

Earth Talk | Butt, seriously

Roddy Scheer

Dear EarthTalk: Has anyone ever studied the environmental impact of discarded cigarettes? I’m constantly appalled at the number of drivers I see pitching their butts out their car windows? – Ned Jordan, via e-mail It’s true that littered cigarette butts are a public nuisance, and not just for aesthetic reasons. The filters on cigarettes—four fifths…