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Kickoff events for Campaign for 1,000 announced

Published date: July 5, 2013 | 10:54 am

Gov. Bob McDonnell announced this week the schedule of kickoff events across the Commonwealth for the “Virginia Adopts: Campaign for 1,000.” The campaign is an initiative to match 1,000 children currently in foster care with adoptive families. The governor launched the statewide campaign on May 17 from the steps of the Governor’s Mansion during Virginia’s Foster Care Month. The governor also announced today a social media campaign, “100 days, 100 kids,” which will feature the story of a Virginian foster child awaiting adoption each day for 100 days.

Andy Schmookler: Horses, not unicorns

AFP

Published date: July 3, 2013 | 12:24 am

In medicine there’s a saying, “When you hear hoof beats, think of horses not zebras.” Whatever’s going on is far more likely to be the usual than the extraordinary.

Are Hearing Loss and Dementia Connected?

AFP

Published date: July 1, 2013 | 3:15 pm

Researchers have offered several hypotheses to explain the connection between hearing loss and loss of cognitive capabilities.

Earth Talk: Barack Obama’s climate change initiative

Roddy Scheer

Published date: June 29, 2013 | 10:54 pm

Updated: July 19, 2025 | 6:38 pm

In what’s being billed as the greatest environmental initiative of his presidency, Barack Obama announced on June 25, 2013 that his administration is instituting stringent mandatory restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions by power plants, factories and other industrial sources. These sources combined account for roughly 40 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions across the U.S. The goal is to reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions nationally by four percent below 1990 levels within the next seven years.

Bob Goodlatte: Smarter solutions for students

Letters

Published date: June 28, 2013 | 10:05 pm

Updated: June 24, 2025 | 5:45 pm

Students at colleges and universities throughout the Sixth District and the rest of the country depend on student loans to finance their education each year. In fact, nearly 12 million students in the United States borrow annually to help cover education costs. But without congressional action, on July 1st interest rates for federally subsidized student loans are set to double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent.

Grant will allow Bridgewater College to build Hoop House

AFP

Published date: June 26, 2013 | 2:12 pm

Updated: June 7, 2024 | 11:27 am

Bridgewater College’s student- and faculty-maintained community garden will expand its growing and production season thanks to a $500 Thirty in 30 grant from Keep Virginia Beautiful (KVB).

Beware of food risks on the Fourth

AFP

Published date: June 25, 2013 | 12:24 am

Traffic accidents or burns from fireworks may not be the greatest risk you’ll face on the 4th of July. Your biggest enemy could be the food you consume if you don’t handle, prepare and store it safely. Warm weather is a contributing factor, and sanitation can be tricky away from your own kitchen.

Earth Talk: Cats and bird populations

Roddy Scheer

Published date: June 24, 2013 | 5:12 pm

Updated: July 19, 2025 | 6:38 pm

While it is true that habitat loss as a result of human encroachment is a primary threat to birds and wildlife of all kinds, outdoor cats are no doubt exacerbating the loss of biodiversity as their numbers swell and they carry on their instinctual business of hunting.

McDonnell urges reduction of marine debris, signs proclamation

AFP

Published date: June 22, 2013 | 10:13 pm

Encouraging all Virginians to take action to reduce trash and litter in the Commonwealth’s waterways, the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, Gov. Bob McDonnell signed a proclamation recognizing June 2013 as Marine Debris Reduction Month in Virginia.

Earth Talk: Organic is still just small slice of the pie

Roddy Scheer

Published date: June 21, 2013 | 10:02 am

Updated: July 19, 2025 | 6:38 pm

Organic production may still represent only a small fraction of agricultural sales in the U.S. and worldwide, but it as been growing rapidly over the last two decades.

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Kickoff events for Campaign for 1,000 announced

Andy Schmookler: Horses, not unicorns

Are Hearing Loss and Dementia Connected?

Earth Talk: Barack Obama’s climate change initiative

Bob Goodlatte: Smarter solutions for students

Grant will allow Bridgewater College to build Hoop House

Beware of food risks on the Fourth

Earth Talk: Cats and bird populations

McDonnell urges reduction of marine debris, signs proclamation

Earth Talk: Organic is still just small slice of the pie

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