Share
SSC will participate in the National Memory Screening Day on Tuesday, Nov. 15. An initiative of the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA), National Memory Screening Day is part of the organization’s ongoing effort to promote early detection of memory problems, including Alzheimer’s disease. The effort also encourages the use of appropriate intervention, including medical treatments,…
Share
Award-winning author, speaker, coach and consultant Dr. Jarik Conrad will present “Hard Core Soft Skills: Transform Your Exceptional Potential into Extraordinary Performance” on Tuesday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College. The program, sponsored by the office of multicultural services, is free and open to the public. “Each person has tremendous…
Share
Tracy Pyles is frequently criticized for not being able to play well with others. That’s a fair observation. Also fair would be the observation that Pyles thinks the current majority on the Augusta County Board of Supervisors is taking the county in the wrong direction, and playing nice isn’t going to get things moving in…
Share
I’m one of those “job creators” members of Congress profess to admire so much. Thirty-two years ago, my partner and I started a small business with $300 worth of old records and a booth at the local farmers market. We’re now the biggest independent music store in St. Louis and employ 22 people. Our annual…
Share
The race for the Beverley Manor District seat on the Augusta County School Board has a second write-in candidate. Chris Foschini announced on Thursday that he has launched a write-in campaign for the seat. Roger Zirkle, who had represented the district on the School Board since 2003, died this week after a long battle with…
Share
Today Gov. Bob McDonnell joined John T. Chambers, chairman and chief executive officer of Cisco and university presidents Alan Merten (George Mason University); Linwood Rose (James Madison University); Charles Steger (Virginia Tech) and Teresa Sullivan (University of Virginia) via Cisco TelePresence to discuss the progress of the 4-VA initiative and the pilot projects for instructional…
Share
If a kid steals a cookie, does it make sense to give him another and then hope that he won’t do it again? An army of corporate lobbyists is trying to convince Congress that after stashing nearly $1.4 trillion offshore to avoid paying the U.S. taxes they owe, they should get a massive tax discount…
Share
On 31 October, the world’s population is projected to reach 7 billion. The 7 billionth person will be born into a world that is very different from when the United Nations was founded in 1945, when our numbers were only about a third of what they are today. We are living 30 per cent longer….
Share
School’s out for Russ Ingersoll. After over 30 years as a high school counselor, Ingersoll has opened a private counseling practice, Harbor Counseling Services in Downtown Waynesboro. The practice is focused on college, career, and personal development counseling. “Especially in today’s economy, college cannot be a time to extend adolescence without a serious purpose and…
Share
Extreme storm chaser Reed Timmer will speak at Bridgewater College on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Carter Center for Worship and Music. The program, sponsored by the Harold H. Hersch Endowed Lecture Series, is free and open to the public. Timmer’s storm chasing career began at the age of 12, when he…
We don’t take press releases or official statements as the final word. Digging in to get the whole story takes time and resources.