Photocast: Jungle fever

Photos by Mike Hodge It’s a jungle out there at Willow Oak Plaza in Downtown Waynesboro. Willow Oak is playing host to a Jungle Safari that will run through the weekend. Visitors to the safari can get pictures taken holding a real lion cub, watch monkeys at play, pet and feed the llama and other animals, ride…

Exchange Club wants … you

Crystal Graham

Item by Crystal Graham [email protected] The Waynesboro Exchange Club is opening its doors – inviting business leaders to join them in making the country a better for place for all. As part of the nation’s most established service organization, Exchange Club members are business and professional leaders working with families and fellow citizens to improve…

You’re paying more than you should be

Chris Graham

Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] I’d like to get all worked up about how great it is that Waynesboro City Council figured out a way to save stormwater despite the pressure from the ultraconservatives to delay things another year, but … I have to say that I’m disappointed. I’m sure…

Photocast: Womanless beauty pageant raises money for charity

Chris Graham

Photos by Chris Graham [email protected] The second annual Miss Vector Womanless Beauty Pageant was held Saturday night at Kate Collins Middle School. Nineteen contestants took part in the pageant, which raised money for the Waynesboro-based Vector Industries, a nonprofit that provides employment opportunities for area residents with mental and physical disabilities and others.

Photocast: XtremeFest ’08

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Photos by Chris Graham [email protected] XtremeFest ’08 was a popular destination on Saturday. Hundreds of residents from Waynesboro and across the Shenandoah Valley and Central Virginia took part in events at Ridgeview Park ranging from kayaking the South River to rock climbing to extreme biking and skateboarding to a rollicking pull-up competition and more. XtremeFest…