Let it ‘Shine’

Chris Graham

Seminary student releases CD with Christian message Story by Laura Lehman Amstutz EMU news: www.emu.edu Along with writing papers and reading books, first-year Eastern Mennonite Seminary student Jessica Crawford has been busy producing a recording. Her first solo CD, “Shine,” is a mix of acoustic rock and folk with a Christian message. “Just before entering…

President Obama remarks on the economy

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   Speech by President Barack Obama www.whitehouse.gov I’ve just finished a candid and productive meeting with the CEOs of 12 of our nation’s largest financial institutions. I asked them to come to Washington today – at the end of this difficult year for their industry, but also for the economy – to discuss where we’ve…

Patchwork Pantry ministers to body and soul

Jim Bishop

   Column by Jim Bishop Submit guest columns and letters: [email protected] Sheri Hartzler is a human dynamo who gets many things done in a fairly low-key, unassuming manner – at her workplace at Third Way Media in Harrisonburg, handling bookings for Ted & Company Theaterworks or orchestrating the Patchwork Pantry food program. Patchwork Pantry, located…

Fifth District Report

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   Column by Tom Perriello www.perriello.house.gov Last week, I held a conference call with Chambers of Commerce and other business leaders from across the Fifth District to gain their ideas on job creation and how to create new competitive advantage in Central and Southern Virginia. Supporting small businesses is one of the best ways we…

EMU students detail South Africa excursion

Jim Bishop

   Story by Jim Bishop EMU news: www.emu.edu The atmosphere was electric, and the audience got caught up in the enthusiasm exuded by the 24 Eastern Mennonite University students who shared highlights of their fall semester cross-cultural seminar in South Africa in a university chapel program Wednesday, Dec. 8. The group, led by Harlan de…

Focus | Going green to save green

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    Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Going green isn’t about making a climate scientist in England or a bunch of bureaucrats in Copenhagen happy. It’s about the bottom line in places like the Town of Grottoes, where the new home for Wellness Concepts, a long-term care pharmacy, is being built with green-building principles foremost…

Transcript: President Obama on job creation

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  Speech at The Brookings Institution www.whitehouse.gov Almost exactly one year ago, on a frigid winter’s day, I met with my new economic team at the headquarters of my presidential transition offices in Chicago. And over the course of four hours, my advisors presented an analysis of where the economy at that time stood, accompanied…

BC falls late, 63-60

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  Staff Report Bridgewater sports: www.bridgewater.edu Randolph College erased a double-digit deficit in the final eight minutes Saturday afternoon to defeat Bridgewater College, 63-60, in ODAC action at Nininger Hall. Bridgewater led by nine points at the break, 35-26, and after a sluggish opening five minutes in the second half, the Eagles led by 10…

Randolph-Macon rallies for win over BC women

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  Staff Report Bridgewater sports: www.bridgewater.edu Bridgewater jumped out to an early 21-4 lead over defending ODAC champion Randolph-Macon, but the Yellow Jackets were able to chip away at the lead and take control in the second half to post an 81-72 win at Nininger Hall Saturday. Bridgewater native Jordan Burkholder led the Eagles (2-3,…

Virginia Beach weekend proves Advent-tageous

Jim Bishop

  Column by Jim Bishop Columns, letters: [email protected] I thought several times, including aloud more than once, “What are we doing in Virginia Beach the last weekend in November?” Each answer was a variation on the same theme: “We’re having a ball. Why didn’t we do this sooner? What an incredible way to celebrate Thanksgiving…