BC professor writes about the unexplained
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Story by Chris Graham The tale of the legendary origins of a mysterious marine-research institute is the focus of a new novel by Bridgewater College professor Ed Huffstetler.
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Seminary interns spreading themselves across Valley
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Story by Laura Lehman Amstutz As second-year Eastern Mennonite University students anticipate the start of the new school year, they usually think about one thing – the internship. Seventeen second-year seminary students began internships this fall. The internship is part of the “Formation in Ministry” course, required for students in the three-year master of divinity…
Inside the Beverley Manor supervisors race
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The Top Story by Chris Graham The torch is being passed in the Beverley Manor District in Augusta County – where the man who has represented the district on the county board of supervisors for the past five-plus years, Jim Bailey, a Republican, is retiring from local politics at the end of the current year….
Charlottesville taxpayers, Staunton taxpayers, UVa. football
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Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham PUSH: Charlottesville looks at stormwater-system improvements This probably sounds familiar to Waynesboro residents. The city has an aging stormwater-system infrastructure, and is looking at ways it can come up with dollars to pay for improvements. And among those ways – assessing fees on residents and on businesses. Count…
BC launches multimillion-dollar fund-raising campaign
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Item by Chris Graham Bridgewater College has begun a public campaign to raise millions of dollars for endowed scholarships, academic enhancement, facilities improvements, laboratories and more. Harrisonburg lawyer Nathan H. Miller is serving as the chair of the $40 million capital campaign. Miller is a 1965 alum of Bridgewater College. “This campaign is a wonderful…
EMU, Harrisonburg schools teaming up on music program
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Story by Jim Bishop The (Shenandoah) hills will be alive with the sound of (string) music as a cooperative program between Harrisonburg City Schools and Eastern Mennonite University begins this fall. The city school system is funding a strings instruction program through EMU’s Preparatory Music Program, part of the university’s music department. It will begin…
Thanks, guys, for the memories
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Best Seat in the House column by Chris Graham I had Dwight Clark on the other line, and what I wanted to know most was … “The Catch.” Tell me all about “The Catch.” “Amazingly, it happened just the way we practiced it,” said Clark, the former San Francisco 49er tight end who was the receiver…
God is focus of debate at BC
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Item by Chris Graham Bridgewater College will serve as the host for a debate on the topic of “Does God Exist?” on Sept. 26. Douglas Geivett, professor of philosophy of religion and ethics at Biola University, and Michael Shermer, a columnist for Scientific American, will serve as the debaters. Geivett is the author of Evil…
It’s ‘Howdy Doody’ time at BC
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Item by Chris Graham An exhibit featuring artifacts from a popular 1950s children’s television show will be on display at Bridgewater College beginning Sept. 12. The display commemorating “The Howdy Doody Show” – “Remembering An American Icon: Howdy Doody, 1947-2007,” a collection of memorabilia of former BC theater professor Ralph McPhail Jr. – will be…
Will Waynesboro voters be heard?
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Story by Chris Graham A fall referendum on several capital-improvements projects is close to being on the ballot in Waynesboro. As much rancor as there has been in the River City regarding government spending in recent months, city-council member Lorie Smith thinks the autumnal discussions could be quite beneficial.
