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– Guns, guns, guns! – Transparency Guns, guns, guns! Letter from Linda Bartlett, Farnham Have Virginia lawmakers gone crazy? Where were they when Virginia Tech students were slaughtered? Guns, guns, guns! I am so tired of being in a state that approves gun laws that were prevalent in the old west. We took…
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Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com The #2 Virginia baseball team opened the 2010 season strong with a 6-2 victory over #11 East Carolina Friday afternoon in front of 5,012 fans at Clark-LeClair Stadium in Greenville, N.C. After falling behind 2-0 in the first inning, the Cavaliers rallied by scoring six unanswered runs over the…
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] Leave it to people who call themselves conservatives to in one breath put school breakfast and lunch programs in the “not government’s responsibility” category and in the next bemoan the transfer responsibility from the public sector to the private the operation of a facility that happens to be in…
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Cavs have hit the wall in back-to-back blowout losses Column by Chris Graham [email protected] Yeah, I’m Master of the Obvious for pointing this out, I know, but somebody’s gotta say it. Three games in five nights, two on the road, all against teams trying to build their resumes for NCAA Tournament bids. Yeah, you’re going…
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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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