Winners and Losers: July 31, 2008

Chris Graham

Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] ‘CELEB’ DEATHMATCH: John McCain takes yet another shot at Barack Obama OK, I’ll bite. Who at the McCain HQ thinks Paris Hilton and Britney Spears are still international celebrities? What, are we running for president in 2004 now? Seriously, the message in the latest McCain backwater offering, “Celeb,” is not…

Cranked up about flurocarbon

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Bass Patterns column by Boyd Duckett If you respool your reels as much as I do, I hope you stocked up on some extra fluorocarbon line recently, because it’s summer, and you’re going to need it. Summertime fishing conditions are different from any other time of the year. Much of this centers around water clarity….

Alumni Choir concert at BC

Chris Graham

Item by Mary K. Heatwole The Bridgewater College Alumni Choir will present a concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, at the Bridgewater Church of the Brethren. The Alumni Choir was co-founded by Dr. Jesse Hopkins, the Edwin L. Turner Distinguished Professor of Music at Bridgewater College, and Jonathan Emmons, a 2005 graduate. Emmons will…

Dayton 5K to serve as fundraiser for Historical Society

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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The second annual Heritage5K Run/Walk sponsored by the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society is set for Saturday, Aug. 23, at 8 a.m. in Dayton. The race will begin at Wilbur Pence Middle School in Dayton and end up at the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society Heritage Center Museum at 382 High St. Register by…

Local student graduates from med school

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Item by Denise Allen Membreno Kristalyn K. Gallagher graduated from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine with the degree of Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine on May 31. While at WVSOM, Dr. Gallagher was the treasurer of Emergency Medicine Club. She has a bachelor of science degree in Physiology from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater,…

This is another fine mess you’ve gotten me out of

Jim Bishop

Column by Jim Bishop This is a long-overdue fanfare for the uncommon people – those who quietly go about their business repairing other peoples’ messes, often literally. Yet, their valiant efforts are too seldom recognized and appreciated. There’s no question where to begin – with a group of men who came to the rescue at…