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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….
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Item by Mary K. Heatwole A new book of essays that celebrates the 300th anniversary of the Church of the Brethren contains a foreword by Bridgewater College President Phillip C. Stone and was co-edited by Stephen L. Longenecker, professor of history at Bridgewater, who also contributed an essay to the book.
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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] WINNER: Jim Sacco at the NV is givin’ ’em hell at Fort I’m just adding my voice on this to the work that Jim Sacco has been doing to give the Fort Defiance High School administration hell for the way it handled the recent dismissal of beloved wrestling coach Terry…
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Item by Mary K. Heatwole Bridgewater College is the recipient of a $189,139 support grant from the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges. The 2008 year-end distribution grant will benefit the college’s operating budget, student scholarships, undergraduate research and other projects and programs on campus.
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] LOSER: President Bush lifts executive ban on offshore drilling No, I’m not making some sort of environmental statement here. More a political one. You mean all he had to do was sign a new executive order, and that’s it? Of course not. The law banning offshore drilling dates back to…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Nighttime paving on Interstate 81 in Rockingham County beginning tonight may cause delays for motorists traveling in the work zone. The paving operations will be in the northbound lanes from mile marker 236 near the Rockingham/Augusta line to mile marker 240 near the Bridgewater/Mount Crawford exit. The paving work will…
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