EMU drops to #16 in D3 poll

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   Staff Report EMU sports: www.emu.edu A 1-2 week dropped Eastern Mennonite to #16 in this week’s D3hoops.com national poll. After a win over Southern Virginia coupled with a pair of ODAC losses in the past 10 days, the men dropped five spots in the most recent poll. The ODAC remains a strong presence on…

Nuclear ‘renaissance’ or ‘retreat’? France is not the example

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   Column by Linda Gunter Submit guest columns: [email protected] It is perhaps no accident that the nuclear power industry chose a French word – “renaissance” – to promote its alleged comeback. Attached to this misapplied moniker are a series of fallacious suggestions that nuclear energy is “clean,” “safe” and even “renewable.” And, in keeping with…

Tea, anyone?

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   Column by David Reynolds Submit guest columns: [email protected] Or should that be, “Tea, everyone?” A few million of my closest friends are having a party. Please join. But I must warn you, there are long lines forming from both the political right – and the left! Still, the bandwagon won’t leave without you. Surprised?…

Butler: Life lessons, and some football

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Former UVa. standout, NFL veteran talks politics, civic engagement at WHS Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Without football pads, wearing dress slacks and a light blue Oxford, no tie, Brad Butler could have passed for the high-school government teacher that he basically was for an hour at Waynesboro High School Thursday afternoon. Which isn’t to…

Democrats: Where do you go from here?

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   Story by Chris Graham [email protected] You talk to one Democrat, and the party definitely, no question, needs to restrategize toward the middle. The blowback from voters in Massachusetts is an obvious clear signal. The nation isn’t comfortable with the direction things had been headed on health care and the stimulus. Time to pull things…

The whole truth, and nothing but the truth

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A review of Jim Hardy’s The Plane Truth for Golfers Column by John Rogers www.golfthingsconsidered.net One of the many funny things about golfers is that we tend to bring religious conviction to our swing techniques. “Thou shalt not let thine elbow fly!” and a million other rules come down from the mountaintops of golf wisdom….

Augusta County Board agenda for Wednesday night

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  Staff Report News tips: [email protected] The Augusta County Board of Supervisors is holding a business meeting on Wednesday at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Augusta County Goverment Center in Verona. The agenda for the meeting includes: 7 p.m. PUBLIC HEARINGS: 1-33 OVERLOOK LAND COMPANY, LC – REZONING Consider a request…

EMU falls to #11 in poll

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   Staff Report EMU sports: www.emu.edu Saturday, Eastern Mennonite suffered its first loss to a D-III school. Monday night, the Royals slipped four spots in the D3hoops.com men’s basketball national poll, landing at No. 11. EMU is one of four Old Dominion Athletic Conference teams ranked in the poll, all in the top 11 spots….

Over the banks

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But Waynesboro sidesteps flood disaster   Story, photos and video by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro dodged potential disastrous flooding associated with heavy rain that overswept the Shenandoah Valley Sunday and into Monday morning. The river had been projected to crest at 1 p.m. Monday at 10.5 feet, a foot over the 9.5-foot flood stage, according to the Waynesboro…

Bill to ease absentee voting passes Senate

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   Staff Report News tips: [email protected] The State Senate on Monday passed legislation expanding access to absentee ballots and making it easier for all Virginians to participate in the electoral process. Sponsored by Sen. Janet Howell (D-Fairfax), the bill, SB 83, will allow any qualified voter to cast an absentee ballot in person without providing…