Beamer announces additional staff changes

Chris Graham

Virginia Tech head football coach Frank Beamer announced more changes to his staff Wednesday, elevating Jim Cavanaugh to the administrative position of director of recruiting and high school relations. Beamer also announced that former Tech All-American and Tech Sports Hall of Fame member Cornell Brown would assume Cavanaugh’s spot on the coaching staff to work…

Mark Warner: Fixing what’s broken at Arlington National Cemetery

Chris Graham

I would like to share some very positive news on our continuing efforts to fix what’s broken at Arlington National Cemetery. It was last June when many of us first heard about Arlington’s reliance on paper records and maps, and the systemic disorganization and shameful errors that inevitably resulted. I think all of us were…

Richmond announces 17-member signing class for 2011

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Richmond football head coach Latrell Scott announced Wednesday the signing of 17 student-athletes, who have submitted their intent to attend the University of Richmond and play for the Spiders next season. The class features one local standout, nine linemen, and 10 from the Commonwealth of Virginia. This marks the first class entirely recruited by Coach…

Waynesboro Police honor Officer of the Year

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The Waynesboro Police Department held its fourth-quarter awards presentation on Friday, Jan. 21. Chief Douglas L Davis presented four awards, including naming of the 2010 Officer of the Year. Sgt. Rebecca M. Moran was honored as the Officer of the Year. She is a 20-year veteran of the department who is assigned as the investigations…

Senior outreach

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The Department of Veterans Affairs office at the Salem Medical Center will hold an outreach event at the Waynesboro Senior Center, 325 Pine Ave., Waynesboro, on Thursday, Feb. 24, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. The purpose of this event is to share information about VA health services, resources, VA Health Care enrollment and eligibility,…

Tom Perriello: My final report to the people of the Fifth

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Last week, I left the U.S. Congress after a final legislative act – unanimous passage of my bill to make sure that no American soldier is welcomed home from duty with a foreclosure notice. For the next two years, our heroes in uniform will be protected from foreclosure for at least 9 months after a…

Retired auto exec challenges Dems to reclaim small-town values

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Retired Ford executive Bob Terrell was reminded of his childhood while working with a U.S. soldier returning from Afghanistan struggling to get back on his feet. “In 2001, we sent our young men and women to war to die and be wounded and maimed, and here at home 98 percent of us have gone on…