Madeline Ostrander: Protect America’s coasts and waterways

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Column by Madeline Ostrander Submit guest columns: [email protected]   Dave Rauschkolb took on the oil industry when it got personal—it threatened his beach and his business. Rauschkolb is not an environmental lawyer or professional Sierra Club-type. He’s an avid surfer and owns a pizza bar on the northwest coast of Florida, within range of the…

Christopher G. Miller: Choosing clean water in Virginia

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Column by Christopher G. Miller Submit guest columns: [email protected]   Over the past 50 years, the cities, towns, and suburban neighborhoods of Virginia have grown dramatically, adding millions of new people, new shopping malls, and the roads and parking lots that go with them. The storm sewers and other facilities we have were not built…

Turnovers mar EMU in loss at Bridgewater

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   Staff Report EMU sports: www.emu.edu Still trying to find a consistent offensive flow, the Eastern Mennonite women took on rival Bridgewater on the road Tuesday night. The Royals controlled the game for a spell in the second half, but then couldn’t convert on their chances and lost 51-48 to the Eagles. Both teams struggled…

Bridgewater knocks off #7 EMU

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   Staff Report Bridgewater College sports: www.bridgewater.edu Bridgewater College senior Dominic Trawick scored a career-high 36 points Saturday night to help lead the Eagles to an 89-83 victory over seventh-ranked Eastern Mennonite in front of a packed house at Nininger Hall. Both teams were forced to dodge foul trouble throughout the contest as a total…

EMU women knock off Bridgewater

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  Staff Report EMU sports: www.emu.edu Bridgewater had a three-game winning streak over EMU. The Royal women were 8-0 on the season with the best start in school history. Something had to give. As it turned out, Eastern Mennonite decided to take, as the women grabbed the lead early and took a double digit win…

VMI adds water polo to women’s sports

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  Staff Report VMI sports: www.vmikeydets.com Virginia Military Institute athletics director Donny White announced Monday that the Institute’s intercollegiate athletic program will add water polo to sports sponsored for women’s athletics. Plans will proceed to hire a coach by July 1, 2010 with competition to begin during the 2011-12 academic year. The addition of Water…

Bridgewater College Equestrians host ‘Horses’ Christmas’

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  Staff Report News Tips: [email protected] The Equestrian Club of Bridgewater College will host the eighth annual “Horses’ Christmas” at the Bridgewater College Equestrian Center in Weyers Cave, on Sunday, Dec. 6, at 1 p.m. The BCEC is located off of U.S. 11 on Burketown Road, between Weyers Cave and Mount Crawford. This year’s theme…