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The calendar of events at Stone Soup Books and Cafe. 908 W. Main St., Downtown Waynesboro, for September 2009. Friday, Sept. 11 – MARK CAMPBELL. Waynesboro’s native son and acclaimed Old-time Virginia Master Fiddler. Mark is dedicated to preserving and passing down the old fiddle and banjo tunes of this Appalachian region. Music begins at…
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A Harrisonburg man is in custody on murder charges following a Monday-night shooting in Grottoes that left a woman dead. John Franklin Myers, 44, of 3210 S. Main St., is being charged with first-degree murder and two related charges in the shooting death of Virginia Lynn Ware, 30, of 9712 Cloverdale Lane, Grottoes.
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You’ve seen the placards at health-care town halls depicting Barack Obama with a Hitler mustache. Pretty extreme, right? Not to Steve Landes. “When you’ve got a White House that’s keeping names of people that don’t agree with them, that reminds me of what went on the Soviet Union and in Nazi Germany,” Landes told a…
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Attorney-general candidate Steve Shannon today launched a website providing parents with tips to protect their children from sexual predators, including learning the secret codes that kids use when speaking to those predators on the Internet. The website, www.ProtectVAKids.com, follows his announcement last month of a comprehensive plan to keep Virginia’s children safe online.
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Creigh Deeds’ campaign for governor released a new TV ad Tuesday morning that is currently airing on broadcast television in Northern Virginia. The ad, “September,” highlights Deeds’ plans to protect Virginia school funding, improve educational accountability and create 70,000 new degrees over then next 10 years.
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He donated or sold 12,000 or more books to Eastern Mennonite University and contributed in numerous other ways to the school over a 60-year period. Irvin B. Horst, 94, currently resides at Oak Lea at Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community. The Anabaptist scholar’s professional career took him to several European countries and lengthy teaching stints in…
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Wednesday, Sept. 9 – State News: Kaine proclaims Sept. 11 as Day of Service and Remembrance Tuesday, Sept. 8 – Local News: Church sponsors free oil change, safety checks for single moms – Local News: Accident damages Waynesboro gas station – Local News: Local VDOT road-work update Monday, Sept. 7 – State News: Virginia wins…
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The 2009 fall campaign got its unofficial official kickoff down the Blue Ridge Parkway in Buena Vista at the Valley city’s annual Labor Day Parade Monday morning. “This is home,” Democratic Party gubernatorial nominee Creigh Deeds answered a Washington Post reporter about why he feels he will do well in the Valley in the elections…
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Democratic Party gubernatorial nominee Creigh Deeds and Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine take questions from the news media at the Labor Day parade in Buena Vista on Monday, Sept. 7, 2009. Facebook Video. Length: 3:53.
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Facebook Video shot by AFP editor Chris Graham of Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine playing harmonica on a bluegrass tune at the Labor Day parade in Buena Vista on Monday, Sept. 7, 2009. Length: 0:22.
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