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Story by Jim Bishop Eastern Mennonite University has named a Hagerstown, Md., couple its 2007 recipient of the Margaret Martin Gehman “philanthropist of the year” award in recognition of their generous support of EMU. Lewis M. Cross and Mary Coss were recognized at an Oct. 12 donor appreciation banquet on campus “for exemplifying the spirit…
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Story by Chris Graham Breast cancer will always be a part of Rita Handley’s life. She acknowledges that readily. “But it’s not my life,” said Handley, a Stuarts Draft woman who was diagnosed with breast cancer 10 years ago and is still dealing with its aftereffects.
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Story by Chris Graham Gov. Tim Kaine is solidly behind the campaign of 27th Senate District Democratic nominee Karen Schultz. Kaine appeared with Schultz at Shenandoah University in Winchester on Thursday to discuss their ideas on devising and implementing innovative education plans aimed at moving Virginia forward. Schultz is a professor at SU in the…
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Item by Chris Graham Author and educator Chris Mercogliano will speak at the Harrisonburg Unitarian Universalist Church next week. Mercogliano is the author of In Defense of Childhood: Protecting Kids’ Inner Wildness. Mercogliano was a staff member at the Albany Free School in Albany, N.Y., for 35 years and is an advocate of noncontrolling education…
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Story by Jim Bishop Four persons from Lebanon and Laos will reflect on the reality and tragic effects of cluster bombs on their families, communities and countries in a story tour coming to Eastern Mennonite University.
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Story by Chris Graham Brent Finnegan is on the immigration issue where many of us are. “It’s a mess,” said Finnegan, the director and producer of “Virginia Reports: The Latino Underground,” a documentary that will air on WVPT-Virginia’s Public Television beginning Oct. 22. “There are conflicting solutions,” said Finnegan, who spent a year putting together…
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Op-Ed by Seth Thatcher As of late, my mailbox has been filled with political mailings from state-senate candidates Democrat Karen Schultz and Republican Jill Vogel. As is her style, Jill Vogel is running a positive campaign based on important issues that face the 27th District. Jill Vogel stands up for protecting life, keeping taxes low,…
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Story by Jim Bishop Spencer L. Cowles, chair of the department of business and economics at Eastern Mennonite University, feels like he had the best of all possible worlds during his recent sabbatical. Prior to teaching at EMU, Cowles worked in commercial banking at a major New England bank, where he developed skills in financial…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham The 27th Senate District promised to be a wide-open affair even before moderate Republican Sen. Russ Potts announced his retirement plans. But now with Potts out of the picture, the battle between his successor as the Republican standard-bearer in the district that stretches from Winchester in the Shenandoah Valley…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham He had to fend off perhaps the fight of his political life in June with a party-primary challenge from Rockbridge County businessman Scott Sayre. With the change of seasons from summer to fall, 24th District Republican Sen. Emmett Hanger would seem to have if not the second-biggest fight of…
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