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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Poll Question: What creature comforts could you do without for a year? OK, so I’m a wimp. I can’t imagine life without air conditioning and cable TV and the Internet. And I’m saying this, and I lived the first two years of my life in a house with…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] Nice, provocative lede to the “Can’t just blame it on the rain” story on Day One of The News Virginian’s Stormwater Strain series. “Trash, cigarette butts, oil and antifreeze assault Waynesboro’s stormwater system,” writes the NV’s Jimmy LaRoue, making us think that these are the…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] I’m sensing more fear than loathing regarding the upcoming News Virginian special report on stormwater issues. I’ve been getting e-mails the past couple of days from residents who assume that the NV is going to take a partisan rather than evenhanded approach to reporting on…
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Bass Strategies Column by Skeet Reese From the time the weather began to warm early this year until now, every lake in the country has seen the local angling population hammer the resident bass with every bait and presentation under the sun. And now, with the return of summer’s heat, long days and rising water…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] They didn’t teach this kind of stuff when I was in school. I’m referring specifically here to basic digital photography and photo editing, which will be the focus of a summer program for the arts sponsored by Bridgewater College July 7-11. The program, funded through a grant from the P….
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Dull Ache column by W.R. Marshall adullache.today.com Look, I’m the first to admit I tend to play the Apocalypse card now and then, but you have to admit, the End of Days is always good for laugh. There’s Cheney as Satan – or a close personal advisor. There’s a crackerjack conflict going on in the…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] Stewart Hall wasn’t around for the end of the now-infamous interview of John Lawrence that was conducted late last year by a group of self-styled business conservatives for their informal nomination to run for city council’s Ward B seat. According to Lawrence, Hall got upset…
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Op-Ed by Adam Sharp U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) decided last week to decline the $85 million available to him in taxpayer funds for the general election. I hope all candidates eventually do the same.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s not like it wasn’t used. The Waynesboro public-works department recorded 25,968 visits to the city’s bulk-refuse collection center last year. Those visits will take city residents halfway across the county to Jollivue beginning July 1 – that, or we’re going to see a lot more bulky garbage piling up…
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Formulas for Fishing Success column by Jay Yelas By this time of year, throughout many parts of the country, bass have seen a fair amount of fishing pressure. Common sense tells us that bass in this situation can become harder to catch and luring them to bite requires downsizing both line and bait. While this…
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