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Column by Chris Graham Scott Sayre will need to get the backing of grassroots conservatives for his bid to unseat 24th District state senator Emmett Hanger to be successful. He picked up the endorsement of the cash- and member-rich Virginia Conservative Action PAC today – leading to the obvious question. Should Sen. Hanger be worried?
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Column by Chris Graham I’ve been taking in the speculation about Mark Warner’s next political step – and the notion that Democrats are courting him to run for the United States Senate in 2008. My take on this is that we’re being a little premature in analyzing that one – given what I think is…
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Story by Chris Graham Dick Vitale thinks the ACC got a “raw deal” only getting four teams into the Big Dance last March Madness. The ESPN analyst and 2007 Basketball Hall of Fame nominee thinks the conference is going to get seven or maybe eight teams into the NCAA Tournament this year.
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham Beep, beep … The guy behind us in the white luxury car was obviously heading to a fire. Had to be – he was driving 85, 90, easy. My wife had been trying to pass a semi on the mountain on the way to Charlottesville – innocently as…
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen The name of novelist Katherine Paterson may draw a blank from many of us adults, but her novels are among the favorites of America’s tween-age girls. The film adaptation of her beautiful and moving Bridge to Terabithia bridges that generation gap.
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham I gotta admit something here that’s going to be difficult for me. See, I’m a Southern Gentleman, a real-life Virginia Cavalier, if you will. Which is why I think it’s high time that we get rid of that CavMan mascot at my alma mater, the University of Virginia….
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Story by Chris Graham Scott Sayre wants to take his conservative values to Richmond. He also wants to take the high road from the Shenandoah Valley to the State Capitol. “This is going to be a very, very positive campaign,” said Sayre, who announced today that he will be challenging the three-term incumbent in the…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham I’m waiting … and waiting … And waiting … I’m at the stoplight in downtown Waynesboro at the corner of Main and Wayne.
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Golf Things Considered column by John Rogers [email protected] In a subtle, pleated-pants way, golf has potential for those transcendent moments when we feel larger than life, when we go beyond our personal limits. It’s very rare, though, that achievements on the golf course rise to heroic. In my mind there was only Ben Hogan…
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Story by Chris Graham Charlottesville Commonwealth’s attorney Warner D. Chapman said today that he will not recommend that charges be brought against supporters of Sen. George Allen who confronted a liberal blogger asking questions of the senator at an event at the Omni Hotel last month. “While several individuals could be charged with one or…
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