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Column by Jim Gordon Submit guest columns: [email protected] I don’t know who will be named CAA Coach of the Year for the 2009-2010 season, but our vote goes to Waynesboro’s own Kenny Brooks, who guided his JMU Dukes to their first conference tournament championship Sunday by thrashing perennial power Old Dominion by 15 points…
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Column by David Reynolds Submit guest columns: [email protected] Does anyone out there in paradise care about anybody besides themselves? If not, then we have lost a community. We have lost paradise. Over 700 area residents attended the SRO public hearing held last week at the Rockbridge County High School to hear comments on the…
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Special Report by Chris Graham [email protected] It would seem to stand to reason that the breadbasket of Virginia could probably provide at least something in the way of homegrown food for schoolchildren. And then you think about it for a second, and it occurs to you that, you know, maybe it makes sense that…
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] Virginia Tech did itself no favor in going one-and-done in Greensboro, no doubt. But is that why the Hokies are NIT-bound? Can’t say that with any authority. Wake Forest and Clemson both lost on Thursday and got bids. Both played Virginia Tech once in the 2009-2010 regular season. Both…
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Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com Down five runs with one out in the ninth inning Saturday night, the Virginia baseball team staged an incredible rally and scored six times to shock Florida State, 9-8, at Dick Howser Stadium in Tallahassee, Fla. Keith Werman (So., Vienna, Va.) supplied the eventual game-winning hit – a two-out,…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Sammy Zeglinski scored 21 points and was 5-of-10 from three-point range to lead Virginia to a surprising 68-62 win over Boston College in the opening round of the 2010 ACC Tournament on Thursday. UVa. (15-15) entered the tournament on a nine-game losing streak and had lost its leading scorer,…
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] Sylven Learning Center It’s all speculation, but the speculation is that second-team All-ACC forward Sylven Landesberg may have played his last game for Virginia. The idea that Landesberg is at all ready for the NBA is almost laughable. The 6-6 swingman is a solid college player, but I don’t…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Gov. Bob McDonnell today issued an executive directive clarifying his administration’s position on employment discrimination that makes it clear that discrimination “based on factors such as one’s sexual orientation or parental status” will not be tolerated. “Discrimination based on factors such as one’s sexual orientation or parental status violates…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It makes sense that there might be low morale in VDOT offices around the state. If you’re among the people in danger of being downsized, the reason for your low morale is pretty obvious. Not as obvious, but just as demoralizing, is seeing the person who has been sitting…
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– K. Rashid Nuri: Making the case for urban agriculture – Hunter Mabry: Tell McDonnell to commute Paul Powell’s death sentence – Haresh Daswani: Of walks and meditation K. Rashid Nuri: Making the case for urban agriculture In his State of the Union address, President Obama enumerated ongoing problems requiring his attention: health care,…
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