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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] As much as many of us can’t stand the TV show “American Idol,” there’s a reason to thank Simon and Paula and Randy and Ryan and the crooners. The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Network announced yesterday that it has received a $100,000 grant to fight child hunger in the…
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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] THE PALIN CALL STILL BOTHERS ME: But what do I know? If they’d vetted her as well as they had the others, and then the ethics investigation and the Bridge to Nowhere line that doesn’t make sense given that she took the money and ran anyway and the, ahem, family…
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Best Seat in the House column by Chris Graham [email protected] Of course I wanted to hear about the Notre Dame game and the Penn State game a week later that turned things around for UVa. in that 1989 season. And the Clemson game that we could have won if Shawn Moore hadn’t gotten hurt in…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Chris Saxman stuck his neck out there last year when he stepped up to the plate to become the Virginia chair of the John McCain campaign at a time when even Republicans were writing the Arizona senator off for dead politically. Now Saxman, a Republican member of the Virginia House…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] A play on the history of Augusta County created to mark the county’s commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the settlement of Virginia has won recognition from the National Association of Counties. Spirit of Augusta was honored at the annual NACo conference held in Kansas City. The award was given…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] “Rebuilding a Culture of Life” is the focus of a program being hosted by the Valley Family Forum at Cornerstone Church on Lake Shenandoah east of Harrisonburg Friday night at 7 p.m. The panel includes Dr. John Seeds, an OB/GYN physician and chairman of the OB/GYN Department at the Medical…
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Op-ed by Jessica O’Brien As an independent health- and life-insurance broker in Williamsburg, I deal with people looking for health-insurance coverage on a daily basis. It is very satisfying to be able to help folks find affordable, comprehensive coverage that offers them security in the event of a medical problem, and many of the health-insurance…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Democrats have been doing well in Virginia in recent years, and it’s no secret why. They’ve been balancing budgets and building the economy. And while national Democrats are using a “more of the same” theme to link GOP presidential nominee John McCain to the failed presidency of George…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Frank Beamer last week: “We went by the action on the field, and the action on the field is both quarterbacks did some good things. Both do some things that give you an opportunity to win.” Frank Beamer this week: “You kind of know situations, and I think it became apparent….
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Column by David Reynolds … then I must have breakfast in Buena Vista. But where? Up the hill at the high school or down in town at the American Legion Hall. With the Dems or with the Republicans? My usual choice is to breakfast downtown and hear what the elephants have to say. But as…
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