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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The local March of Dimes is hosting the 2008 Augusta County March for Babies this weekend in Staunton. Funds raised in conjunction with the event will be contributed to the worldwide March of Dimes event to prevent birth defects in newborns. The fund-raiser will be held at the Gypsy Hill…
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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…
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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…
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Story by Jim Bishop By popular demand, Eastern Mennonite University will offer its online course on “Basics of Parish Nursing” again the second semester in 2008. The course is running the fall semester through EMU’s Adult Degree Completion Program, which is sponsoring the course.
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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…
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Story by Chris Graham Golf can teach life lessons – and the younger you start, the more you can learn. Students in grades K-8 in Charlottesville city schools will be able to find that out for themselves. The city school system is participating in The First Tee National School Program. The Charlottesville-based SNL Financial is…
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Item by Chris Graham People interested in becoming a foster parent or adopting can learn more about both at an informational meeting scheduled in Staunton next month. The Shenandoah Office of Lutheran Family Services is sponsoring the Oct. 18 meeting – which will be held in the board of directors room at the Staunton Public…
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Story by Chris Graham Score one for the underdogs – nTelos Wireless is now the exclusive wireless provider of Virginia Tech football. “We are pleased to partner with nTelos for our upcoming football season – and we are looking forward to the co-promotional opportunities the sponsorship includes, and to endorsing the nTelos brand,” Virginia Tech…
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Story by Chris Graham Independent Russ Potts may have only one chance left to qualify for an Oct. 9 televised gubernatorial-candidate debate. Three organizations – Mason-Dixon, Rasmussen Reports and The Washington Post – have been regularly polling Virginia voters as to their preferences for governor in the 2005 elections. Only one of those three, the…
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