SMAC races at Smith Mountain Lake
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The Waynesboro Family Y Swim Team started the 2012/13 season off with an open water competition at Smith Mountain Lake on Sept 29 and 30.
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David Reynolds: Romney’s Lexington Campaign
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The campaign was short. About two hours on a chilled fall morning with the fog rolling in – along with a small army of VIPs and the press. The army was not led by a Civil War general named Hunter, for the barracks across the Virginia Military Institute’s Parade Grounds were left intact. It was led by a very civil civilian who is advocating for more generals, strange as that may sound. His reasoning: “The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it.” Those words came from VMI alum, General George C. Marshall. (Disclosure: All outside speakers at VMI must refer to Gen. Marshall.)
Poll: Kaine up seven in Senate race
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The latest Public Policy Polling survey of Virginia voters backs a run of recent polls that show Democrat Tim Kaine surging into the lead in what has been a tight U.S. Senate race with Republican George Allen.
Bolling to speak at SWAC Breakfast on Saturday
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Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling will speak at the monthly SWAC Breakfast on Saturady, Oct. 13, at 8:30 a.m. at Golden Corral in Waynesboro.
Romney on foreign policy: ‘Hope is not a strategy’
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Mitt Romney looks at the world today and sees it as a more dangerous place than it was four years ago. That was the theme of a foreign-policy speech delivered by the Republican presidential nominee at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington on Monday.
Georgia Tech fires former UVa. coach Al Groh
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Al Groh once said his goal before each game was to game-plan a way to score more points than the other team. His horrid defense at Georgia Tech didn’t allow coach Paul Johnson to game-plan enough points from his prolific triple-option attack to win, so he decided Monday to let Groh go.
Press Conference: Mike London
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UVa. coach Mike London talks with the news media about his team’s four-game losing streak and more heading into a home game this weekend against ACC rival Maryland.
Kaine, Allen reach out to voters with new TV spots
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Democratic Senate nominee Tim Kaine is on the air Monday with a new TV spot touting his work with former governor and current U.S. Sen. Mark Warner to move Virginia forward. Repubilcan rival George Allen is also on the air with a new spot that asks the question, Will you still have a job if Washington fails to do its job?
Holocaust survivor to speak at Waynesboro Public Library
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Mark Strauss is not only a Holocaust survivor. He is also an artist and author. His presentation at Waynesboro Public Library on Thursday, October 11 will connect these two avocations to his poignant story of survival and hope as a child in Nazi-occupied Poland. The evening’s presentation, in cooperation with the Foundation for Holocaust Education Projects, starts at 6 p.m. with a segment for children and will be followed by one for adults at 7:30 p.m.
Lecture on the Battle of Waynesborough at the Gateway
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WTA’s Gateway and the Waynesboro Heritage Foundation will present it second local history lecture at 7 pm on Thursday, Oct. 18. Brig. General Bill Alexander will trace the final organized resistance in the Shenandoah Valley. The lecture is free but donations are gratefully accepted. Doors open at 6:30 with open seating.
