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I always thought that the deal was – the men and women in our nation’s military put their lives on hold and on the line to protect ours, so when they return from the battlefield, no matter what their situation was, we got their back
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On the week that Bill Goldberg welcomed 67 people from 27 countries to the first session of the 2012 Summer Peacebuilding Institute, he pondered the changes he has seen since his arrival at Eastern Mennonite University 14 years ago
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The Sorensen Institute today unveiled a new program designed to instruct and prepare Virginians who wish to continue their service to the Commonwealth. The new Emerging Leaders Program was developed in partnership between the governor’s office and the Sorensen Institute during the spring of 2012. The pilot program will train public policy and political leaders…
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The Richard Adams Variety Show will give cat lovers a turn on the Friday, May 11th performance. Besides a full list of musicians, Richard will hold his first “You Can Sound Like a Cat” competition. Like his “You Can Sound Like a Dog” competition, contestants will mount the WTA’s Gateway stage and mew, purr, or…
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The Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salem has launched a campaign using social media to reach Veterans and their families. To date, the Salem VAMC Facebook page has 491 likes and the Twitter account has 94 followers. The VAMC expects the program to enhance the relationship Veterans have with the medical center, and provide them…
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Complaints are rampant about the draft 2012 federal Farm Bill. Farm subsidy recipients are enraged about proposed cuts, even as the same benefits would flow to them through direct payments and insurance offsets. Sustainable small farm and local food efforts complain that they are getting short shrift, and corporate agriculture is busily lobbying for its…
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George Mason posted two unearned runs in the eighth inning on an infield single and a wild pitch to rally past James Madison 6-5 to clinch the Colonial Athletic Association baseball series Sunday afternoon at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. GMU improved to 30-17 overall and 15-9 in the CAA while winning its sixth…
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Sophomore Conner Brown (Richmond, Va./Godwin) had three hits with two triples and James Madison’s freshman tandem of Michael Howerton (Chesterfield, Va./Matoaca) and Aaron Hoover (Centreville, Va./Westfield) combined to limit George Mason to one earned run in a 5-2 win in the second game of a Colonial Athletic Association baseball series on Saturday night at Eagle…
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George Mason scored unearned runs in the fifth and eighth and overcame being limited to two hits in the game to defeat James Madison 3-2 in the opener of a Colonial Athletic Association baseball series on Friday night at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. GMU improved to 29-16 overall and 14-8 in the CAA…
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The Waynesboro Cultural Commission announced the finalists of the 2012 Waynesboro Short Film Festival occurring on Saturday, May 5. The festival is open to all free of charge. At 1 p.m. the short films will be screened at The Gateway located at 329 W. Main Street in Downtown Waynesboro. The festival features the finalist films…
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