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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Don’t underestimate the value of this bit of news. Megan Williamson certainly isn’t. “I have to stress that this is big news. I agree with that completely. We were very excited,” the Waynesboro economic-development director said in an interview for today’s “Augusta Free Press Show,” talking about the announcement on…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] You knew it as soon as the ball went out of bounds underneath the UNC-Asheville basket. There were 12.8 seconds on the clock. The Bulldogs were down one. Kenny George had sat the entire game – resting up after a tough week of games that included a win over South…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham [email protected] Sorry that I’m keeping this personal again this week. Those who read last week’s column know that my father, William Mark Graham, Billy, as he was known by most, Dad or Papa, by some of the others of us, passed away on Jan. 2. It was sudden…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The Michael Vick dogfighting case made us all take notice of the wide expanse of animal cruelty cast as sport. Count among those paying attention Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell. McDonnell included several bills on animal cruelty in his 2008 legislative agenda. The goal for McDonnell is effectively ending animal…
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Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham [email protected] PUSH: Waynesboro City Council still can’t decide what to do about stormwater It seems to me that the general fund is a bad place to get money for improvements to a service like this. That might be me, but … I understand that the chamber of commerce…
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Story by Bonnie P. Lofton When Lisa L. Schirch, professor of peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University, launched the 3D Security Initiative in November 2006, she had no way of knowing how long it might take for 3D to gain the attention of top decisionmakers in this country. Regardless of the months, years or even decades…
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William Mark “Billy” Graham, 54, of 30 Fishersville Station Road, Fishersville, died at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday (Jan. 2, 2008) at his home. He was born Sept. 14, 1953 in Deerfield, the son of the late John and Mary Adkins Graham. He was employed for 20 years at General Electric and Genicom in Waynesboro. He was also…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] VMI basketball coach Duggar Baucom does need to scout opponents, but not the same way other coaches do. “We scout personnel more than anything else,” said Baucom, whose Keydets press in the backcourt before dropping back into a variety of zone traps in the frontcourt that basically render opponents’ sets…
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Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham [email protected] WINNER: Virginia baseball wins College World Series It has to happen eventually, doesn’t it? Brian O’Connor has a pitching staff capable of shutting down anybody. This year he gets the offense to pick things up when the pitching has issues. ASCENDING: JMU men’s basketball, UR football HOLDING…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The subject isn’t evolution, and the barristers aren’t William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow. But the upcoming trial of a Staunton adult-video store owner on obscenity charges has some of that Scopes Monkey Trial flavor to it. Doesn’t it? I mean, on the one side, you have the fundamentalists who…
