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My images of Thanksgiving and the holiday season are like a Norman Rockwell tableau: happy, smiling faces giving thanks and taking time to list the big things: health, family, security. During the holidays I feel especially thankful and proud to live in a country where few have to walk miles to get water, or pray…
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Word is, the congressional supercommittee may fail in its quest for $1.5 trillion dollars in federal spending cuts. I don’t know why we are so pessimistic. After all, the task before the Committee of Twelve is actually miniscule. By statute, it must reduce $1.5 trillion in existing and projected deficits over the next 10 years. …
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The role of Augusta County’s landscape in the creation of villages and industries throughout its history will be the topic of the second program in the “This Place Augusta” series being held over the next few months. In the talk, Virginia Military Institute history professor Ken Koons will explore Augusta’s settlement at the Augusta County…
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With hunting season well underway, officials at The Wildlife Center of Virginia are urging hunters to take steps to curb lead poisoning of Virginia wildlife. The Center’s effort comes just days after the death of a Bald Eagle – an adult female – admitted to the Center with high lead levels. Each year the Center…
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The November Mojo Saturday Night is ready to groove with some real deep blues on Saturday, Nov. 19th. Fourteen-year-old Emma Leigh will perform her first blues show accompanied by John Hoy and some of the Li’l Bill Band. Barb Martin will bring her soulful blues to the stage and The Li’l Bill Band returns “post-graduation” from…
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The face of hunger is forlorn, often frantic, at times unflinching. It is also increasingly familiar. Three years after the onset of a crippling economic crisis, 1 in 6 people in America is struggling with hunger, forced to go without food for several meals or even several days. And the problem is no longer confined…
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Kyle Theirmann, a 21-year-old professional surfer with a passion to affect change through short films on current issues, will speak on Wednesday, Nov. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College. The program, sponsored by the W. Harold Row Endowed Lecture Series, is free and open to the public. Combining surfing with producing…
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Compared to the group of recent would-be Republican presidential candidates, the little monster depicted in Clint Eastwood’s new film, “J. Edgar,” could qualify as just another power-mad nutcase. But even though Eastwood low-balled the seedier aspects of the little guy’s life, you’ve got to give Hoover credit for collecting dirt and sweeping through Washington, D.C.,…
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Bridgewater College tipped off its season Saturday evening with a 95-52 loss at Division I High Point University. The Panthers jumped out to a quick 16-4 lead and pushed the margin to 19 points before a 10-0 run by the Eagles cut the margin to nine. High Point closed the first half with a 12-3…
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A new law is in effect in Virginia that gives qualified people a brief break when they are faced with having electricity or water shut off for late payments. It applies only when someone in the household has a serious medical condition. Christie Marra, an attorney with the Virginia Poverty Law Center, worked with utility…
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