Presbyterian dominates OT, gets win over VMI

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   Staff Report VMI basketball: www.vmikeydets.com Presbyterian College outscored VMI in overtime 20-6 and snapped a ten-game losing streak with a 89-75 Big South win over the Keydets Saturday night at Templeton Arena. VMI appeared well on its way to securing its first road win of the year at the outset, but squandered 17-point leads…

Royals run to wild victory over Roanoke

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   Staff Report EMU sports: www.emu.edu After a defensive shutdown in Wednesday’s win over Washington & Lee, Eastern Mennonite’s men returned home Saturday looking to show off their offense. Roanoke College was the victim, as the Runnin’ Royals broke a school record with 69 points in the first half on their way to a 119-91…

The Rant | Process, process, process

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   Video Essay by Chris Graham [email protected] Loyalty to a process, or loyalty to the people who elected you? That’s the issue facing the Waynesboro School Board, which is opting for process over the people – and common sense. Editor Chris Graham points out in today’s Rant that it’s not hard to amend processes, but…

School Board: Let’s stay the course

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Controversial redistricting plan still on table for 2010-2011 Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A proposal from Waynesboro School Board Chairman Jeremy Taylor to table consideration of a controversial school-redistricting plan to the fall failed to win the approval of a majority of Board members tonight. School Board members Brian Edwards, Jonathan Lovelady and Doug Norcross…

AFP editor Chris Graham on WINA’s ‘Charlottesville-Right Now!’

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   ‘Charlottesville-Right Now!’ www.wina.com AFP.com editor Chris Graham joins Coy Barefoot on WINA-1070AM’s “Charlottesville-Right Now!” Chris and Coy discuss the top news stories in Augusta County, Staunton and Waynesboro in 2009. A link to the podcast courtesy the Charlottesville Podcast Network – http://bit.ly/8fkVH5.

Winthrop rolls to easy win over VMI

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  Staff Report VMI sports: www.vmikeydets.com The Winthrop Eagles snapped a five-game losing streak and rolled to a 96-63 Big South Conference win over VMI Thursday night at Winthrop Coliseum in Rock Hill, S.C. The Keydets remained winless on the road this year and dropped their fifth straight game while suffering their worst setback at…

A switch in time?

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School Board chairman to talk redistricting at tonight’s meeting Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Tonight’s Waynesboro School Board meeting could lead to an interesting turn in the discussions of a controversial proposal to overhaul elementary education in the River City. I talked this morning with School Board Chairman Jeremy Taylor, who told me that he…

The Rant | Slow down

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   Video Essay by Chris Graham [email protected] The Waynesboro School Board appears to be on the path to getting it right on the proposed paradigm shift in elementary education. Here’s what getting it right means – putting the proposal on the table for the 2010-2011 school year. The prescription for getting it right, editor Chris…

EMU dominates W&L, 83-48

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   Staff Report EMU sports: www.emu.edu The high-scoring Runnin Royals took their show on the road Wednesday and tangled with the best defense in the conference, Washington & Lee. Eastern Mennonite, which entered the game as the top offense in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference, showed it could play some defense as well, smothering the…