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Story by Jim Bishop Economic woes apparently took a back seat to spectacular weather that helped draw an enthusiastic crowd of nearly 10,000 to the 42nd annual Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale held Oct. 3-4 at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds. This year’s sale raised approximately $307,638 in total receipts for Mennonite Central Committee. This does not…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s bad enough that it gets the facts of Tom Perriello’s record wrong. That happens every minute of every day anywhere in America where political ads run on TV. But you have to cast the net out far and wide to find a campaign that puts a white candidate in…
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Story by Andrea Schrock Wenger Bibb lettuce that traveled about 10 miles from Marlan Showalter’s farm to the table formed the base of a veggie wrap that was among the fare served at Eastern Mennonite University dining hall’s first “harvest meal” of locally-grown food, held Oct. 1. “The meal was amazing,” said Leah Risser, a…
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Column by Jim Bishop The five o’clock traffic jam whistle has sounded – yabba dabba doooooo! – time to shut down the computer, turn off lights, lock up the office and welcome the weekend. Suddenly, I noticed the white ring around the fourth finger of my left hand where my wedding band should be. What…
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Staff Report Five Bridgewater College athletics standouts will be inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame in a ceremony on Friday night in the Kline Campus Center as part of BC’s Homecoming Weekend.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Democrats have been asking questions about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s readiness to serve as vice president since her name was called by John McCain last month. Now some Republicans in the walkup to Thursday’s vice-presidential debate are asking similar questions, and providing a surprising answer. “Palin’s recent interviews with Charles…
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Staff Report The Blacksburg-based Spirit FM is teaming up with God’s Pit Crew in Danville to collect items for victims of the devastating Hurricane Ike on Friday in front of Foster’s Grille in Martin’s Plaza in Waynesboro. Collections will be taken from noon-7 p.m. Friday. Those wishing to donate are encouraged to drop off bottled…
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Column by W.R. Marshall “A screaming comes across the sky. It has happened before, but there is nothing to compare it to now.” – Thomas Pynchon Why Pynchon? Because he appeals to the intellect. And because it’s literal. There is a screaming across the sky, a constant shrill chorus filling the air. And it has…
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Barack Obama addresses the news media on the proposed $700 billion Wall Street bailout and the U.S. economy on Tuesday in Clearwater, Fla. Length: 6:16 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okJuQwsKYG0]
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Provocative headline, yes, and no, there’s not much more than conjecture behind it. But this is among the things being talked about in local politics circles. It came up most recently with me in a conversation with a local elected official yesterday when I mentioned that I was hearing that…
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