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Seven tap dancers from Diane and Company of Staunton offered a 30-minute energetic performance for 23 East Rock Senior Center members and 16 guests on Nov. 3. This is the group’s second visit to the Center, and it was through a member of the dance troupe and former Ms. Virginia Senior America 2010, Linda Huntley…
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SSC Program Director Lori Pullin has received leader training for the “You Can! Live Well, Virginia!” Chronic Disease Self- Management Program (CDSMP) which will enable her to co-lead workshops at the Staunton Senior Center in the future. Free workshops are held 2.5 hours once a week for six weeks. These workshops involving active participation are…
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QUESTION: Teams tend to be more successful throwing the ball, as opposed to running, against your defense. Do you expect more of the same Saturday against Duke? COACH LONDON: You always go into the game and you try to see what teams do best. And as your game plan, what you try to do is…
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I saw a listing in the local paper called “Honor Our Veterans,” and I am hoping that I can honor my father and at few other local World War II vets that I know very well. First of all is my father, Chief Petty Officer James R. Belcher. He served in the U.S. Navy in…
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When Lynn Coffey moved to the tiny mountain hamlet of Love, in 1980, she immediately realized the Appalachian culture was slowly slipping away and needed to be preserved. Without any formal journalistic training, Coffey, who will sign copies of her book at Bookworks in Downtown Staunton on Saturday, Nov. 12, from 2-4 p.m., began talking…
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The Federal Emergency Management Administration has approved federal disaster assistance for individuals and business owners in Louisa County who experienced damage as a result of a 5.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Virginia on Aug. 23 and caused more than 40 aftershocks. Gov. Bob McDonnell had appealed FEMA’s initial decision to deny federal disaster aid to Louisa…
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Haven’t you had enough of that pollution coming out of an old river swamp that we call Washington, D.C.? I have. That’s why I moved to the Valley. One size doesn’t fit the entire country. It’s too big. So we carved it up by inventing federalism – state and local governments. Now we don’t always…
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia will provide legal assistance to a photographer who was arrested for trespassing while taking pictures of the police during the recent sweep of Occupy demonstrators encamped at Kanawha Plaza in Downtown Richmond. Ian Graham, a photographer for RVA Magazine in Richmond, was attempting to document the removal of…
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Today Gov. Bob McDonnell joined John T. Chambers, chairman and chief executive officer of Cisco and university presidents Alan Merten (George Mason University); Linwood Rose (James Madison University); Charles Steger (Virginia Tech) and Teresa Sullivan (University of Virginia) via Cisco TelePresence to discuss the progress of the 4-VA initiative and the pilot projects for instructional…
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The Waynesboro Police Department held its Third Quarter Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 3. Chief Michael Wilhelm awarded five Departmental Commendations and one Lifesaving Medal. In addition, five newly promoted supervisors were pinned during a promotion ceremony. The award recipients were as follows: Receiving the Life Saving Medal was Sgt. Brian Edwards for actions taken…
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