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Column by David Cox “Support our troops!” If we learned anything from Vietnam, it’s that, regardless of what one thinks of a war, one can, should, and must support the men and women who fight it. And, let me add, their families. Those men and women, and their families, are going to need a lot…
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Story by Theresa Curry AGratefulSeason.com Every year about this time, the men and women of the Waynesboro Church of the Brethren fire up their ovens and disappear into a whirlwind of flour and sugar. They’re getting ready for the Church’s annual Craft and Cookie Bazaar Saturday, now in its fourteenth year. The event has become…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham [email protected] We hear a lot of talk about common-sense government – but then we don’t see anything close to that being put into practice, by those who espouse the idea or otherwise. Here, to me, is common-sense government at work.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] I’d heard so much about the guy from Scotland who makes his way to the Valley every year for the Book ‘Em book festival – but other than a passing hello, I had never spoken with Dirk Robertson until, as luck would have it, we were seated beside each other…
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Mad About U: Four Decades of Basketball at University Hall By Chris Graham and Patrick Hite The following is an excerpt from Mad About U: Four Decades of Basketball at University Hall, a book on the history of University of Virginia basketball at University Hall, which closed in 2006. The book was published in 2006…
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Column by David Cox Amid the ruckus over abusive driver fees, a budget shortfall, mental health care in light of the Tech murders, and other issues of the moment, larger questions get overlooked. Yet these are often the questions that underlie the issues that elections turn on.
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Story by Chris Graham Breast cancer will always be a part of Rita Handley’s life. She acknowledges that readily. “But it’s not my life,” said Handley, a Stuarts Draft woman who was diagnosed with breast cancer 10 years ago and is still dealing with its aftereffects.
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Item by Chris Graham The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Network was recognized this week for getting the job done. America’s Second Harvest – The Nation’s Food Bank Network awarded the Verona-based nonprofit two awards for operational efficiency, in the areas of Best On-Time Pickups and Best On-Time Receipts. The local food bank singled out…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Five Bridgewater College alums will be inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday.
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Story by Chris Graham Nobody wants to talk about it, much less admit that it is something that any community of people would need to address. But child sexual abuse is a fact of life – and acknowledging that fact is the first step to doing what is necessary to protect children from being victims….
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