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At age 30, Andrea Jackson has seen a little bit of everything. “People who were wounded in action needed someone to comfort them, sit with them, just be there for them. That was my job,” said Jackson, who served as a chaplain’s assistant in the United States Army from 2002-2004, and deployed with the 2nd Armored Calvary Regiment in Baghdad at the start of the war in Iraq in 2003
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Six members of the 2012 Waynesboro Generals were selected for the Valley League All-Star Game, and Coach Derek McDaniel was named the head coach of the South All-Star team
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Waynesboro got home runs from Julian Ridings and Jacob Hoyle, and the Generals bullpen contributed three and a third innings of scoreless, hitless relief to push the South Division leaders to an 8-6 win at North Division leader Winchester Monday night
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The Old Dominion Cruiser Club held a poker run at Buffalo Wild Wings in Waynesboro on May 19 to help benefit Ride With Pride, a nonprofit organization that offers a therapeutic horsemanship program for children and adults with special needs
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Emmett Toms of Dominion Virginia Power presents a $10,000 donation to Waynesboro Downtown Development Inc.’s Executive Director Kimberly Watters and Center for Coldwaters Restoration intern Chelsea Swain
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Mike Knight is in the mist of his first year with the Waynesboro Generals, and loving it
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Rebel Park in New Market sustained serious damage as a result of Friday night’s storm when high winds lifted the third base grandstand into the air and crashing to the ground along the foul line. The grandstand appears to be a total loss
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Virginia is under a state of emergency following dangerous storms that left downed trees and power lines across an eight-state swath of the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic
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Other folks might throw a party … but we are the party! “Bigger and better. That’s the only way to describe this year’s event,” said Terry Short Jr., the organizer of the Virginia Chili, Blues n’ Brews Festival, which is back for a sixth year in Lumos Plaza in Downtown Waynesboro with a Saturday, Sept. 22 event
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Waynesboro got seven solid innings from starter Adam Curtis, and the bullpen made his effort stand up to give the Generals a 4-3 win at Staunton Wednesday night
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