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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] WINNER: I got free ice cream Kline’s Dairy Bar celebrated its grand opening in Downtown Waynesboro this afternoon. For whatever reason, I was there. OK, it was for the free ice cream. Ethics issue – I’m sure the free ice cream was meant at least in part to entice people…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Things are moving forward on the West End fire station project. What happens when the station is ready to open for business is another question. “We were already behind when the deputy fire marshal and deputy fire chief were cut from the budget last year. So even when we got…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] “Where did you get that I work for Reo?” Small towns being what they are, you run into people. At the grand opening for the new Kline’s Dairy Bar downtown today, I ran into Tom Reider, the guy who John Lawrence told me was among…
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Column by Crystal Graham [email protected] At first glance, walking into a meeting of the Successful Women’s Alliance Network, or SWAN, might give you the feel of a BNI-type atmosphere. The group passes business cards, gives a 60-second elevator speech, and members work to help each other through a referral process – all routine parts of…
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Fear and Loathing column by Chris Graham [email protected] The gander I took at today’s News Virginian, which featured a story on campaign contributions listed in last week’s local city-council finance reports, reminded me that I hadn’t done my own survey of big-money donors. Keep in mind that this list isn’t exhaustive. For example, names don’t…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] A pair of Waynesboro Generals were among five Valley League players honored as players of the week Tuesday. Tennessee Tech lefty Adam Liberatore picked up two wins in two starts last week – giving up no runs and six hits in 13 1/3 innings and posting 18 strikeouts. Liberatore is…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] Maybe this is an attempt on my part to prove that I do my homework, most of the time, on the stories that I write. I’ll warn you about that up front. I’ve been communicating with another beef-export expert about the status of activities related…
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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] WINNER: Waynesboro Mayor Tom Reynolds goes out on a high note Nice tribute from Waynesboro City Council members to the outgoing mayor, Tom Reynolds, last night. Big ups to Tim Williams for sharing a personal story that broke through the tensions that we’ve been feeling here in the ‘Boro in…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] Stewart Hall wasn’t around for the end of the now-infamous interview of John Lawrence that was conducted late last year by a group of self-styled business conservatives for their informal nomination to run for city council’s Ward B seat. According to Lawrence, Hall got upset…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] “The market is closed.” That’s the quick rendering from Gregg Doud, the chief economist at the Washington, D.C.,-based National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, regarding the access that U.S. beef producers currently have to the China market. Which is to say, none. This would seem to shed…
