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A long-time friend in the local media who covered the Tim Kaine visit to Staunton last week with me for the News Virginian felt, shall we say, slighted at the treatment accorded him by the Kaine traveling party, and called me to get my input on what had transpired. The media folks on hand, including…
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25th District candidates Steve Landes and Greg Marrow will meet for a debate this morning at 10 a.m. on WSVA-550AM. The debate will be the second debate available over the media airwaves between the candidates. Landes and Marrow met for a debate sponsored by the News Virginian and NBC29 on Sept. 24.
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Thirty-three new students have entered programs at Eastern Mennonite Seminary the fall semester of 2009. The unique aspect: over half of this group has begun programs not on the main campus of EMS in Harrisonburg. While enrollment on the Harrisonburg campus of EMS remains steady with 15 newly-enrolled students, there has been a significant increase…
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COACH GROH: Congratulations to Anthony (Poindexter), well deserved. He is one of the all-time great players here. I thought they were retiring my jersey once, too, between games 9 and 10 but I found out that somebody stole it so I had to change numbers. That’s about the closest that I came to envisioning something…
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Miami senior offensive tackle Jason Fox and Wake Forest senior quarterback Riley Skinner headline this week’s eight Atlantic Coast Conference Players of the Week. Fox helped the Hurricane offense defeat eighth-ranked Oklahoma, 21-20, in front of a national television audience on ESPN’s Saturday Night Football, while Skinner set a career-high in passing yards for the…
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Renowned artist Sherry Morgan, who for the past 30 years has appeared on Main Street during the Virginia Fall Foliage Festival Art Show, will this year appear inside of Valley Framing Studio and Gallery in Downtown Waynesboro. Morgan will be exhibiting over 60 pieces of work. These include many new framed originals plus framed limited-edition…
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A question about 20th District Democrat Erik Curren’s religious beliefs was a highlight of the debate between Curren and Republican Dickie Bell on WSVA-550 Monday morning. The question came from a caller to the live 11 a.m. interview who said he wanted to know what Curren’s “religious persuasion” is. A similar issue was raised earlier…
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Citing her strong record of fiscal management, Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor Jody Wagner today released her first television advertisement of the general election campaign. The 30-second advertisement, “Best,” will run on stations in the Norfolk, Richmond and Roanoke media markets.
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As Congress continues to work on health-care reform, I am focused on making sure the voices of Central and Southern Virginians are represented in the debate. I know Virginians are deeply concerned about getting health care costs under control, securing the insurance people already have, and taking care of our seniors. Getting my constituents’ feedback…
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Monday, Oct. 5 MR. GIBBS: Since we didn’t have a chance to do this at the end of last week, let me do a brief week ahead on a couple of scheduling items. I think some of you may know, but tomorrow the President will visit the National Counterterrorism Center in Washington, D.C., where he…
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