Winners and Losers – 2007 Year in Review

Chris Graham

Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham [email protected] WINNER: Virginia Tech sports The men’s basketball team qualifies for the NCAA Tournament. Men’s soccer goes to the Final Four. The football team ends the part of the season that matters ranked #3 in the BCS. The first two are probably the most important. Tech is not…

Groups file suit to block 81 widening

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A lawsuit is not a great option when your goal is to get government to reconsider what it’s doing relative to a road project. But the group that filed suit in federal court in Charlottesville on Monday to block further movement toward a massive reconstruction of Interstate 81 in Western…

Binding hidden wounds

David Cox

Column by David Cox “Support our troops!” If we learned anything from Vietnam, it’s that, regardless of what one thinks of a war, one can, should, and must support the men and women who fight it. And, let me add, their families. Those men and women, and their families, are going to need a lot…

Allies in the fight for freedom

Chris Graham

Column by Bob Goodlatte Last week, newly elected French President Nicolas Sarkozy addressed a Joint Session of Congress during his first official visit to Washington. Upon his election in May of this year, President Sarkozy immediately reached out to the United States, signaling his desire to end the tension that has existed between our two…

48-nil, Tyrod Rulez!, ‘Skins fade … again, OT madness

Chris Graham

Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham [email protected] WINNER: 48-nil Was Virginia really 0-15 in the state of Florida before last Saturday night? That’s some way to get off the schneid. Next up – the schneid that has the ‘Hoos losing seven of their last eight to the Colossus from Blacksburg. WINNER: Tyrod Rulez! OK,…

Almost Famous

Chris Graham

Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham [email protected] Last week it was Sports Illustrated linking to a story that we did on Venus Williams visiting Staunton. This week it’s The Washington Post linking on a blog to a column that I wrote on the local elections. Almost Famous, indeed. “But you didn’t actually make it…

Children’s choir releases 11th CD, Renowned environmental authority to speak at EMU, EMU expert part of collaborative effort on Civil War pacifism

Jim Bishop

Items by Jim Bishop Children’s choir releases 11th CD The splendor of brass, pipe organ and 150 children’s voices combine as the Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir (SVCC) of Harrisonburg, Va., heralds its 16th season with the release of its 11th recording, “Christmas Joy.” This is the second collaborative effort that includes members of the Washington…