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Story by Jim Bishop Economic woes apparently took a back seat to spectacular weather that helped draw an enthusiastic crowd of nearly 10,000 to the 42nd annual Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale held Oct. 3-4 at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds. This year’s sale raised approximately $307,638 in total receipts for Mennonite Central Committee. This does not…
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] Dinah Gottschalk is a volunteer in the Waynesboro Democratic Committee. She’s a committed Democrat, a lifelong Democrat, and she’s been working hard this campaign season at the local Waynesboro Dems election headquarters in Willow Oak Plaza with me and dozens of other Waynesboro and Augusta County Democrats. She was, to…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Michael Woodard always enjoyed a challenge, his father, Mario, said. So he would probably get a kick out of seeing Dad take on the challenge that he has out in front of him next week. “The whole idea for this ride was to plant a seed in Michael’s name through…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Two new polls have Democrat Barack Obama opening a double-digit lead in Virginia as the campaign enters the final month. A SurveyUSA poll released this morning has Obama leading Republican John McCain by a 53 percent-to-43 percent margin. A new Suffolk poll released today has Obama ahead of McCain by…
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] Duke 31, UVa. 3. UVa. 31, Maryland 0. Up is down, cats and dogs are playin’ together, John McCain and Barack Obama are … well, they’re slinging mud. But none of the rest of it makes any sense. “We took a little step forward here tonight,” Virginia coach Al Groh…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Today is the last day for Virginia residents to vote in the Nov. 4 general election, which includes contests for president, the United States Senate and Congress. Applications must be in your local voter-registration office by 5 p.m. or postmarked today. Download a voter-registration application online. Check your registration status…
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Moderated by Chris Graham [email protected] Join The Augusta Free Press today for our College Football Saturday live blog. We’ll be discussing throughout the day the Virginia Tech-Western Kentucky, James Madison-Hofstra and Virginia-Maryland games. AFP editor Chris Graham will be in the press box in Scott Stadium for the 7 p.m. ‘Hoos-Terps game. (Yes, you can…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] And just like that, we had ourselves a bailout rescue. The House voted 263-171 today to pass a compromise $850 billion plan to buy up securities from Wall Street lenders to take pressure off the financial and credit markets, just four days after a vote on a similar legislative proposal…
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Staff Report The Waynesboro-based DuPont Community Credit Union has won three community service awards in competitions sponsored by the Virginia Credit Union League and the Credit Union National Association. DCCU earned a first-place award in the Desjardins Youth Financial Education Awards, which honor credit unions for their commitment to teaching personal finance basics to young…
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] HOKIES GET BREATHER AFTER TRIO OF GRITTY WINS: Frank Beamer remembers when Western Kentucky was a big game. “We were both in the western part of Kentucky, and that was a big game back then,” said Beamer, who coached at Murray State before returning to his alma mater at Virginia…
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