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Item by Chris Graham The Virginia Fall Foliage Festival Art Show has announced the judges for the 2007 show. Homer L. Springer Jr. and Trudi Van Dyke will serve as judges for the 36th annual show – set for Oct. 13 and Oct. 14 in Downtown Waynesboro. Springer has taught art for 40 years, the…
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Story by Chris Graham Bob Johnson will never forget what he saw when he returned to his native New York for the first time following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. “It was overwhelming,” said Johnson, who made the trek to NYC after answering a call from the International Conference of Police Chaplains, of which…
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Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham LOSER: Mohawk Industries Nice PR department they must have there. The Georgia company first tells The News Virginian that it was not going to be laying off employees at its Waynesboro plant as part of a companywide restructuring, then goes ahead and lays off employees at its Waynesboro…
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Item by Chris Graham Auditions for an upcoming Waynesboro Players production of a play based on the 1950s television series “Father Knows Best” are scheduled for Friday and Saturday. Auditions for adult roles will be held Friday night at 7 p.m. at the Waynesboro Players Warehouse on East Main Street. Auditions for the child roles…
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Item by Chris Graham It’s official – Emmett Hanger has received the formal endorsement of local Republican Party leaders in Staunton, Waynesboro and Augusta County in his bid for re-election in the 24th Senate District this November. “We would like to congratulate you on your victory in the primary this past June. As the Republican…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham Dickie Bell hears the question more than you would think. “I get asked quite a bit – why don’t you have your elections in November?” the Staunton City Council member said, and he admits that he doesn’t have a ready answer. Bell is among a group of members of…
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Item by Chris Graham A concert at Wayne Hills Baptist Church in Waynesboro this week will benefit the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank. Young Harmony and Ginger Jarrells will perform live at Wayne Hills – with doors open at 6 p.m. and the concert beginning at 7 p.m. A freewill offering will be taken –…
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Column by Chris Graham Coaches in American football aren’t so much coaches as they are field generals – who devise twin attacks, one by ground, another by air, with the basic intent of penetrating an opponent’s defenses and otherwise neutralizing their offensive capabilities to the point of being able to achieve ultimate victory. And as…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham I never, ever, drive Interstate 81. I go out of my way to avoid it. And of course, this costs me to no end.
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Item by Chris Graham Waynesboro High School has a new girls’ basketball coach – and she knows the game at the highest levels. Secrett Stubblefield comes to WHS from two years of Euoleague basketball in Poland and Austria. The James W. Robinson High School (Fairfax) grad played at Okaloosa-Walton Community College (Niceville, Fla.) and in…
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