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Best Seat in the House column by Chris Graham [email protected] I was about to write a column giving some bigtime praise to UVa. point guard Sean Singletary for his gallant effort Wednesday night in College Park … When an e-mail jolted me back to reality. “Every aspect of this team’s game (with one obvious exception)…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Count me as being among those in the Virginia punditry who thinks that the main reason the Commonwealth is in play politically these days is because of Mark Warner. That having been established as a baseline, I’ve been interested, to say the least, at the thought of what people like…
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Story by Jim Bishop Crossroads magazine at Eastern Mennonite University won a major award this year from the southeast district of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. Competing against dozens of magazines produced by larger institutions, Crossroads received a “special merit award” in the category of “magazine publishing improvement.” The other winners…
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Best Seat in the House column by Chris Graham [email protected] I’m going to go ahead and answer that one there. “Chris, Bill Roth for you …” was the message from down the hall. I knew right away what it was about.
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General Assembly Report column by Del. Ben Cline If you have visited Richmond before, you may have taken a tour of Virginia’s Capitol building. The stately building, built by Thomas Jefferson in 1788 and renovated last year, is where the House and Senate hold their legislative sessions each day at noon. The building has the…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Jim Gilmore is a solid Republican – but he’s willing to break with party leaders, and even President Bush, when he feels it necessary. “We don’t want to necessarily carry the power in Iraq strictly on the backs of the military. We’re very proud of those men and women, we…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Don’t underestimate the value of this bit of news. Megan Williamson certainly isn’t. “I have to stress that this is big news. I agree with that completely. We were very excited,” the Waynesboro economic-development director said in an interview for today’s “Augusta Free Press Show,” talking about the announcement on…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Listen to today’s “SportsDominion Show,” featuring interviews with UVa. basketball coach Dave Leitao and Virginia Tech basketball coach Seth Greenberg. Jeff Allen who? “I can’t say enough about J.T. Thompson – how hard he played, and how active he was and how resilient he was in terms of playing against…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Listen to today’s “SportsDominion Show,” featuring interviews with UVa. basketball coach Dave Leitao and Virginia Tech basketball coach Seth Greenberg. Injuries have decimated Virginia’s already thin front line. That’s why we’re seeing more of freshman forward Mike Scott. “It’s a little unfair for him, it’s a little unfair obviously for…
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Column by Philp Day When you hear the word “mentor,” what do you think of? Maybe a parent, teacher, sibling, boss, Sunday-school teacher, priest, rabbi, coach … yes, the list is long as to who may qualify to you as a “mentor.”
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