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The RMH Women’s Center will host its annual Women’s Weekend Away retreat Sept. 9-11 at Horizons Retreat and Conference Center, just five miles north of Harrisonburg. “This spa-like retreat will feature time for relaxation and rest, and time to renew or create new friendships,” said Julie Alderfer-Stauffer, RN, clinical educator, RMH Women’s Center. “Guests will…
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The Augusta County Democratic Committee hereby announces that it will hold an assembled caucus at 6:30 PM on August 22, 2011 in the Smith Transfer West Room at the Augusta County Government Center in Verona, Virginia for the purpose of nominating candidates for the County Board of Supervisor for each Magisterial Districts of Augusta County….
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Andrelton Simmons had a career night, driving in seven RBIs, and led the Hillcats to an 11-6 win over the Kinston Indians Monday night. Lynchburg has now won five of their last six games as they begin the final month of the season. The Indians scored first in the top of the second. Tyler Cannon…
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Chris George tossed seven solid innings Friday night at Harbor Park, and the Norfolk Tides made it two in a row against the Rochester Red Wings with a 4-1 win in front of 6,187 fans. George (5-4, 4.24) picked up his first win at Harbor Park since May 7 by allowing just one run on…
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This game couldn’t have happened on a better day. And what a birthday present. My cousin Jim calls me at 2pm on June 13th and asks if I want to go to the final baseball game of the Virginia Super Regional against UC Irvine with the winner going to Omaha. Was he serious? Since it…
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The expectations game. Seniors Kris Burd and Chase Minnifield expect the 2011 UVa. football team to go bowling at the end of the season. The news media doesn’t expect as much, slotting Virginia fifth in the six-team ACC Coastal Division. Coach Mike London has his own expectations. Year two going into it, you’re looking for…
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The Potomac Nationals supported a solid start from Cameron Selik with six runs on eleven hits on Sunday night in Winston-Salem to salvage the series finale 6-3. Jeff Kobernus and Destin Hood contributed three hits apiece, Steven Souza drove in a pair of runs and a pair of bullpen arms shut down the Dash to…
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Lynchburg scored first and last, but the Red Sox rallied for enough offense in between to emerge victorious for the third straight night, garnering a 6-4 triumph in front of a season-high crowd of 5,544 at LewisGale Field on Friday night. Five different Sox drove in runs for Salem in a pair of three-run innings,…
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Outside it was beautiful. It was one of those clear sunny days in summer. Tourists were on every street corner. From my table I could see yachts slowly moving into the Washington Channel to go sailing out on to the Potomac River and maybe down to the Chesapeake Bay. Our Nation’s Capital never looked better….
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Brian Peacock’s pinch-hit double in the ninth inning broke a 9-9 tie, capped a stirring comeback and put the Nationals ahead for the first time in a game they once trailed 8-1 and eventually held on to win 11-10 on Monday night in Lynchburg. In the end, Destin Hood’s sacrifice fly later in the ninth…
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