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WVPT has entered its last month of fundraising through TALENT WAR$ with more than $1,800 donated through more than 40 competing talent videos. The station’s first ever interactive, online, video talent contest and fundraiser, TALENT WAR$ is offering $6,000 in cash prizes. Viewers can vote for their favorite video by donating to WVPT until Jan….
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Gov. Bob McDonnell today announced the Virginia Tourism Corporation will award $635,000 in matching grant funds to 35 local tourism initiatives as part of the VTC Marketing Leverage Grant program. Among the initiatives winning grants were four originating in our local area. – SVTA Outdoor Recreation and Family Travel Marketing Campaign (New Market, Staunton, Harrisonburg,…
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WVPT congratulates Kevin Camden of Charlottesville as the winner of its Fender Telecaster electric guitar giveaway. Kevin Camden, an IT specialist at the University of Virginia, was automatically entered in the guitar drawing after he signed up as a contestant in TALENTWAR$, the station’s first online video talent contest and fundraiser. TALENTWAR$, offering $6,000 in…
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Was it Mother Nature’s idea of improvisation? Participants in the Anabaptist Communicator’s annual conference sat around tables in Martin Chapel at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, mesmerized by actor-playwright Ted Swartz’s reflections on what he believes makes a “good Mennonite actor,” while outside, snow began to cover the EMU campus. It was Oct. 28, too early for frozen…
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The Tourism Association of Greater Waynesboro, in collaboration with the Waynesboro Tourism Office, is pleased to announce a Tourism Tradeshow in support of the area’s travel industry. The event will take place on Monday, October 3 from noon – 6 p.m. at the Best Western PLUS Waynesboro Conference Center. The vision of this event is…
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Nathan Everett, author of The Gutenberg Rubric, will appear at a book signing on Saturday, Sept. 17, 11 a.m., at Bookworks in Staunton. The Gutenberg Rubric is a literary thriller that follows unlikely heroes across two continents in a race against time, terrorists, and Homeland Security. Rare book specialists Madeline Zayne and Keith Drucker discover…
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In the fast moving world of the Internet and social media, quilters are gathering in bees and guilds as they did more than two hundred years ago to stitch, chat, be inspired by one another’s work. Oh, they also gather on the Internet, sharing information in blogs and social websites. “Unity in Diversity – A…
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Every day our office receives hundreds of phone calls, e-mails, faxes, and letters from people across the 5th District regarding the pressing issues that affect Central and Southside Virginians and all Americans. Hearing from and listening to constituents on a daily basis is a constant reminder that our top priority in Washington is to serve…
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Waynesboro is in the running for a statewide tourism promotion that will bring a giant LOVE artwork to one town in Virginia. As part of the “Bring LOVE to Your Town” event, the Virginia Tourism Corporation will hold a Facebook vote on August 17 and 18 to determine which town will display the artwork. The…
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The goal for Virginia football in 2011: a bowl game. And it seems in reach. The preseason preview mags seem to have the Cavs in the right place, at a projected six to seven wins, to be in bowl contention. For a program that hasn’t been to the postseason since 2007-2008, no bowl game can…
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