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Shenandoah Valley Art Center: August 2013 schedule

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The Shenandoah Valley Art Center, during the month of August, is exhibiting works of art by the Beverley Street Studio School artists. Located in historic Downtown Staunton, the school of art has adopted as its mission “providing the community and region with a variety of opportunities to explore the world of the visual arts through practice, professional instruction, and contact with practicing artists.”

Chris Graham: My All-Valley League vote wasn’t counted

Chris Graham

The litmus test for voters for the All-Valley League teams selected by a panel of team representatives and members of the news media covering the VBL to have their ballots counted this year was simple: the number of Harrisonburg Turks included on your ballot. In my case, it was zero. And because of that, my ballot wasn’t counted.

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How to get more people to see your Facebook posts

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We had the same Facebook dilemma that you do. Posts from our Augusta Free Press news site to our AFP Facebook page were getting little if any traction. Most had literally less than 30 views per post. This for a Facebook page with more than 1,500 likes, and a website with traffic of more than 3,500 unique visitors a day. We made a tweak to the way we post items to the page mid-week last week, and the views on our Facebook posts have increased tenfold.