Share your views of Virginia

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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Scenic Virginia is sponsoring its first-ever Viewshed Photo Competition to coincide with its celebration of its 10th anniversary. “We are looking for the best of the best,” Scenic Virginia president Eugenia Anderson-Ellis said. “We challenge all photographers to send us their favorite images of Virginia’s most scenic landscapes.”

Puppies on parade

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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The Successful Women’s Alliance Network, SWAN, is sponsoring the Puppy Parade at the Sweet Dreams Festival in Stuarts Draft scheduled for July 26. Registration for the event at the Stuarts Draft Park begins at 9 a.m. The cost to register is $10 per puppy. For an application, call VIcki Davis…

Waynesboro Symphony gearing up for ’08-’09 season

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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The Waynesboro Symphony Orchestra will kick off its 12th concert season on Oct. 25 with Vivaldi ‘s “Four Seasons” and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, “The Pastorale.” Other concerts on the schedule for the 2008-2009 year include “A Salute to the Presidency” Feb. 7-8 that will include Copland’s “Lincoln Portrait,” and…

We Are All Hokies: Vigil to remember those who lost their lives on 4/16

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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s hard to believe that it’s been a year. Tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of the tragic shootings at Virginia Tech that claimed 33 lives. Augusta Free Press Publishing is sponsoring a community vigil Wednesday morning in Downtown Waynesboro to remember the victims. We Are All Hokies: A Community Vigil…

Views from Life

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Film offers a glimpse into life and ideas and culture. And a chance to spread understanding and a sense of community. The organizers of the upcoming Staunton Jewish Film Festival hope the April 11-17 event can create a bridge between a local Jewish congregation and the Staunton and Central Shenandoah…

Changing perspectives on bloodsports focus of book by UVa. professor

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It didn’t use to be the case that dogfighting was considered barbaric or anything like it. Indeed, it was a popular sport for Queen Elizabeth I and her circle back in the late 15th and early 16th centuries – and remained a favorite pasttime of British elites well into the…