
Waynesboro Generals to host Stuarts Draft Diamondbacks in May 29 exhibition game
It will be Valley League vs. Rockingham County League on Wednesday, May 29, when the Waynesboro Generals host the Stuarts Draft Diamondbacks at Kate Collins Field.

It will be Valley League vs. Rockingham County League on Wednesday, May 29, when the Waynesboro Generals host the Stuarts Draft Diamondbacks at Kate Collins Field.

The “Best of Virginia 2013” issue of Virginia Living has hit stands, and several Waynesboro businesses have walked away with titles for the Shenandoah Valley region again this year. More than 25,000 readers participated in the 2013 survey.

New Mexico State assistant baseball coach Robert Nordorf will be on the staff of Waynesboro Generals coach Mike Bocock this summer. Nordorf just finished his first year as a volunteer assistant coach at New Mexico State after a semester as a student manager in 2012.

The Waynesboro Senior Center is pleased to welcome Karen Hurt as the new WSC Center Director. Karen is a retired teacher looking for a new career that enables her to use her experience in administration and the arts while continuing to work in social services.

The Waynesboro Tourism Office and the Tourism Association of Greater Waynesboro have commissioned photographer Mark Miller to photograph the city’s attractions to be used for advertising.

Waynesboro Public Library (WPL) is one of 840 libraries and state humanities councils across the country selected to receive the Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA). The program aims to familiarize public audiences in the United States with the people, places, history, faith and cultures of Muslims in the United States and around the world.

Celicity McLain is learning how to play the guitar by practicing on “Ode to Joy” at the Valley Music Academy through a program sponsored by the Waynesboro YMCA and the Waynesboro Rotary Club. The guitars are provided courtesy of the Fender Foundation, which has supplied instruments for children enrolled in the YMCA’s childcare program to use in classes at the Valley Music Academy in Waynesboro.

The Waynesboro Cultural Commission is pleased to announce that unprecedented support by three of Waynesboro’s civic organizations to fund the publication of Waynesboro Writes. The Waynesboro and the Waynesboro- East Augusta Rotary Clubs and the Waynesboro Kiwanis have provided financial resources for the annual publication. “We are grateful to the three clubs for their aid. Without their support, the Commission could not have published the fourth in the series,” said Dr. Clair Myers, chair of the Waynesboro Cultural Commission.

Former James Madison University pitcher Larry Mitchell has been named pitching coach for the Waynesboro Generals for the upcoming 2013 season, head coach Mike Bocock has announced.

Jeff Conley from Alderson Broaddus College will return to the Generals this summer. Conley is a junior plays outfield and pitches for the Battlers program.
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