Food bank gets national honor

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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…

Congress – and wrestling – on steroids

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Best Seat in the House column by Chris Graham A congressional subcomittee made headlines last week by announcing its plans to investigate the use and abuse of steroids in professional wrestling. But is it possible that subcommittee members – including Virginia Democrat Rick Boucher – will miss seeing the forest for all the trees? Virginia-based…

Protecting our children: Abuse, neglect is reality for thousands of Virginia children

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The Top Story by Chris Graham More than 7,000 Virginia children were found to have been abused or neglected last year. Another 14,000 incidents of abuse and neglect never made it to the authorities for assessment or investigation. Not that you would know any of this from reading the papers or watching the evening news.

Violence and our kids

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The Top Story by Chris Graham Ours is a violent culture – and we’re not talking about the mean streets of South Central Los Angeles or New York City or some other urban enclave. Violence is in your living room – not to mention your child’s CD player or iPod or Xbox or Playstation2. From…