
Jim Critzer, Linco to be a big part of the Waynesboro Generals team in 2013
Long-time Waynesboro Generals owner Jim Critzer and his business, Linco Inc., are back on board with the Generals as major sponsors for the 2013 summer season.

Long-time Waynesboro Generals owner Jim Critzer and his business, Linco Inc., are back on board with the Generals as major sponsors for the 2013 summer season.

The popular Building the Machine web and marketing business series from Augusta Free Press is being offered in Downtown Waynesboro in June. The Building the Machine curriculum is aimed at small business and nonprofits looking to build a marketing, social media and public relations strategy.

The Waynesboro Generals and WSVA-550AM are teaming up to bring fans an exciting Generals Game of the Week package this summer. WSVA will broadcast nine Generals home games, beginning opening weekend, Sunday, June 2, when Waynesboro hosts the New Market Rebels 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.
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