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Moderated by Chris Graham [email protected] The AFP and ACCVirginia.com will be reporting live from tonight’s UVa.-Florida State ACC men’s basketball game. The game is scheduled for a 7 p.m. tip. It is being broadcast on ESPNU. Virginia is 14-9 overall and 5-5 in the ACC. Florida State is 18-7 overall and 6-5 in the…
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Sprint triathlon will challenge participants Story by Chris Graham www.waynesboroymca.com Call it the Waynesboro Ironman. The Tri for the Y, scheduled for Saturday, June 6, features a 400-meter swim, a challenging 15-mile bike ride, then finishes up with a 5K run along the South River. Sounds like fun, doesn’t it? “We didn’t exactly shy away…
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Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com No. 21 Virginia defeated No. 20 North Carolina, 82-78, in double overtime on Monday night at John Paul Jones Arena. Monica Wright (Woodbridge, Va.) led all scorers with 33 points, while Telia McCall (Marietta, Ga.) hauled down 20 rebounds for the Cavaliers. Virginia improved to 19-6 overall and 8-3…
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Column by Jay Speer Submit guest columns: [email protected] It is astonishing that the payday lenders could get caught thumbing their noses at our state legislators last year and now try to claim they have some sort of “right” to do their loophole loans. The 2008 General Assembly enacted several changes to the Virginia payday…
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Column by David Cox Submit guest columns: [email protected] God forbid, next winter I slip on the ice, bang my head, and sustain major injury. Our rescue squad right away gets me to Stonewall Jackson Hospital which provides immediate initial care. But the damage is too great for SJH to handle. They transfer me ASAP…
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SMAC coach burns both ends of the candle Story by Chris Graham www.waynesboroymca.com People can’t believe that Doug Wharam is at the YMCA by 5:15 every morning, but to Wharam, his daily routine is nothing extraordinary. “The kids are here, and they work hard, and I love what I do. That makes it easy,” said…
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Augusta County native returns to his roots with Blue Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Cole Scrogham was on top of the world. Being on top of the world isn’t everything it’s cracked up to be. “The time constraints are enormous. A hundred-hour week is not uncommon. And travel is extensive,” said Scrogham, who after building…
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Featured: Mary Margaret Whipple, Rob Bell Sen. Mary Margaret Whipple: Crossover www.vasenatedems.com Tomorrow is “crossover day” down here in Richmond, meaning each chamber must act on all pending legislation if they want it considered by the other. Consequently, your Senate Democratic Caucus is working hard to pass our priority legislation and send it to our…
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‘Radio Hour’, Children’s Hour, It’s All About the Kids (And Parents, Of Course) Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The ‘River City Radio Hour’ combats the winter blues: The “River City Radio Hour” is bringing up the temperature with its Friday, Feb. 19 performances. The ever-popular Boogie Kings headed by Richard Adams with William Hayes on…
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Column by David Reynolds Submit guest columns: [email protected] Conservatives have been a little rough on all the spending out of Washington. They somehow think it is excess. That’s because they are still living in the dark ages of the 20th Century when budgets were in billions and not trillions. And they don’t seem to…
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