- 150 Jobs Coming To Page County
Luray Technology Business To Build New Facility On Goodrich Road
Luray - For the second time in a week, a crowd gathered to hear good economic development news for the county.
On behalf of Gov. Tim Kaine, Deputy Secretary of Commerce and Trade David Smith announced that Premier Technical Services of Luray will invest $16.5...
- Chili Cooks To Return To Elkton
ELKTON — Something tasty is coming back on May 31. It’s Elkton’s second annual chili cookoff, which this year is an official Elkton Centennial event. It is slated to include local and professional chili cookers, an auto cruise-in, artisan and crafters exhibits, live music, food vendors, and, hopefully, record crowds on West Spo...
- Strasburg Mayfest Opens May 16
STRASBURG - From the driveway, there is unusual or extraordinary about the Fosters’ unassuming home in the country. The owners – a country boy from Rappahannock County and a city girl from Baltimore – look to be deep in love after 14 years of being together.
Even as you come onto the porch, the only thing that may be sl...
- Hope, Change, Fresh Ideas
- Local Pastor Arrested For Armed Robbery
A Luray man has been arrested in connection with a May 8 armed robbery in Woodstock.
Hobert Wayne Bryant, 55, of North Marye Lane, Luray, entered the Dollar General store in the Woodstock Shopping Center wearing a blue coat, dark knit hat and sunglasses on the day of the robbery, according to police. He approached a store clerk, police s...
- Recycling Facility Announces $4 Million Investment, 60 New Jobs
Alma - The crowd gathered at River’s Bend Ranch last week applauded as the official announcement was made:Shenandoah Waste Services will create 60 local jobs and invest $4 million to convert the old Alma poultry processing plant into a recycling facility.
“The welcome we’ve been given in Page County is overw...
- Wrongful Death Suit Filed Against Montvue
Luray - A wrongful death lawsuit seeking $10 million in damages has been filed against MontVue Nursing Home by the family of a woman who died last year after living at the home for three months.
Luray attorney Jason Spitler filed the lawsuit in Page County Circuit Court last week on behalf of his client Joyce Smith, the daughter of 85-ye...
- Say What?
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Mail the caption, along with the cartoon and your full name and city where you live to:
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- New Budget A Priority For Elkton Council
ELKTON — At an informal meeting last week, two town council members, the mayor and vice-mayor, two department heads, town staff and members of the public aired their views on both cost-cutting and rate-increasing approaches to the town’s current fiscal situation.
A budget must be written for the next fiscal year, which begins...
- Shenandoah Plans For Memorial Day Weekend
SHENANDOAH — On the weeked of May 24-25, set aside across the country to honor American servicemen and servicewomen, the Town of Shenandoah will hold its annual Memorial Day Festival highlighted by a 9 a.m. service on Saturday at Avis O. Comer VFW Post 8613.
This solemn event, led again by Mayor Clinton O. Lucas Jr., will fea...
- Upbeat Smith Takes The Helm For Shenandoah
SHENANDOAH — Memories of the old and a glimpse of the new will greet fans when they watch the Shenandoah Indians open the 2008 Rockingham County Baseball League season Sunday night at Elkton.
The Indians, who went 4-24 in the regular season for the fourth consecutive season last summer and lost to eventual champion Clover Hill in t...
- Four Months Later, Three Youths Are Charged
STRASBURG - Charges have now been brought against three area men who were involved in a drive-by shooting earlier this year. On January 18, the Strasburg Police Department received a call about shots being fired on Christianson Drive.
According to a press release issued on Monday by Chief of Police Tim Sutherly, a vehicle parked in a dri...
- The Sun:
We opened this series with a discussion of the proposed commercial wind power generation in the Shenandoah Valley and are heartened by the enthusiastic response that article elicited. This week, we will explore the ultimate alternate energy source, the sun, which holds great potential for our area.
The Oxford Dictionary defines “al...
- A Kids-Eye View
In the 15 years since he helped establish James Madison University's Children's Playshop, Bill Buck has watched the summer stock theater come full circle. "I've seen children who came the first year now going to college," said Buck, director of JMU's School of Theatre and Dance. "Entire families of kids have grown up with the show."
Perf...
- Auction Sniper Aids eBay Success
As promised at the end of last week's column about sites that I find useful, here is another one to use with eBay.com. Now, before some of you get mad at me, I will say that I don't use this all the time. However, I do use it when I have bid on an item several times and then get tired of being beaten on an item - two, three or more times in a ro...
- Broadening Their Horizons, One Sip At A Time
Renee Canell used to drink the same kinds of wine all the time.
For instance, when her son told her Australian wines were good, she started drinking only Australian wines.
Then, three years ago for a Christmas gift, her boss bought her a membership in a wine club. The world opened up to her.
"I love it," says Canell, a 50...
- Try This Recipe For A Tart, Tangy Rhubarb Juice
Seems there are a lot of birthdays around here right now. Today is Jacob and Emma's son Benjamin's sixth birthday, and he was really looking forward to it. Also, May 10 was sister Susan's birthday. We were there in honor of her birthday last night and enjoyed a delicious supper of pizza, lettuce salad, veggies and dip, ice cream cake and homemad...
- Better Not Gamble With Cholesterol
Once upon a time Las Vegas was where folks had to go to gamble. Today everyone is doing it at home. One out of every three or four of us is rolling the dice by eating too much saturated fat that is found in meat, cheese and eggs, explaining away the bulge around our middle, and spending too much time in the easy chair and at the desk. We're flir...
- Pineapple Slicer Takes The Work Out Of Summer Treat
During the warm days of spring and summer, chilled fruit is the perfect low-fat snack or dessert. Fresh pineapple is one of my favorite fruits. I first discovered my love for pineapple when I moved to Hawaii years ago. Many people don't purchase this savory sweet because it is difficult to slice. Some say it's just too much work.
The pin...
- Mock Obama, We're Busy Winning
By Deb Stevens Fitzgerald
AH, ELITISM. WELCOME BACK. The Daily News-Record's lead editorial about Barack Obama on Monday (...
- Valley Fest Returns With 10 Wineries, Music, Kids' Activities
Valley Fest 2008, the Shenandoah Valley's eighth annual Beer and Wine Festival, returns May 24 to kick off the Memorial Day weekend.
Sponsored by the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce and NewBridge Bank, this celebration of Virginia wines and microbrews runs from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on May 24 at Massanutten Resort.
Nearly...
- Comic Ballet Back By Popular Demand
After a five-year hiatus, Rockingham Ballet Theatre has revived its production of "Coppélia." The ballet, a comic tale of mistaken identities, presents the heroine, Swanhilda, with a dilemma: What to do when her fiancé falls in love with a living doll?
On the eve of their wedding, Franz, Swanhilda's fiancé, sees a ne...
- Two Parties In Trouble
No question about it, Republicans are on a roll — a roll of losses. On Tuesday, the GOP, for the third time this spring, surrendered a House seat widely considered safe, this one in Mississippi. Earlier, the party dropped seats in Louisiana and Illinois, the latter vacated when for...
- ... For Democrats, The Specter Of Race
Compared to the myriad problems facing Republicans, the Democratic Party, flush with cash and momentum nationally, is sitting pretty. But then, there is that presidential mess. At least, the GOP appears united behind a candidate....
- Quotable
If [Franklin Roosevelt] became convinced ... that coming out for cannibalism would get him the votes he sorely needs, he would begin fattening a missionary in the White House backyard.H.L. Mencken...
- Americans? Obama Doesn't Get Them
WASHINGTON
"A FULL-BLOODED AMERICAN." That's how 24-year-old Josh Fry of West Virginia described his preference for John McCain over Barack Obama. His feelings are...
- Green Parenting
The Savedge home in Luray is small.
Inside, the downstairs is open, light and sparsely but comfortably furnished.
On weekday mornings, Jenn Savedge can be found packing lunches for her husband and daughter. She packs sandwiches into plastic boxes, pours juice into drink containers and tucks cloth napkins into lunchboxes....
- Think Twice About Modern Life's Conveniences
Thursday morning I awoke and peered over the covers, but the old LCD clock radio was dark.
No electricity.
Gee, how can I write my column? I thought.
How dependent mankind has become in the 100 years since we began using electric power in our homes. Thank goodness for my gas cookstove. I'll not go without my morning coffe...
- Permits and Transfers
Property Transfers
The following property transfers, for at least $150,000 each, were recorded April 30-May 6.
Rockingham County
April 30Cosner Construction Inc. to Paul A. Coates, Barbara A. Barden and Margaret A. Barden, 3160 Valor Court, Plains District, $200,000...
- Candidates Now Fear The 'Republican Brand'
WASHINGTON
SEN. BOB CORKER, a Republican elected in the face of the 2006 Democratic sweep, understands the panic that took hold in his party this week following it...
- Government Meddling Causes Most Woes
MOST OF THE GREAT problems we face are caused by politicians creating solutions to problems they created in the first place. Politicians and a large percentage of the public lose sight of the unavoidable fact that for every created benefit, there's also a created cost or, as...
- Beyoncé Pushing 'Little Girls Gone Wild'
IF YOU THOUGHT the soft-porn image of Disney teen queen Miley Cyrus — wearing nothing but ruby-stained lips and a bedsheet — in Vanity Fair magazine was disturbing, you ain't seen nothing yet....
- Prayer Park Offers Outside Sanctuary
SHENANDOAH-At Redeeming Love Fellowship, the word "sanctuary" has a new meaning.
People who come to Redeeming Love need no longer limit themselves to pews on Sunday in order to feel moved, say leaders of the northern Page County congregation. Outside the two-story wooden chapel on U.S. 340 lies a different kind of sanctu...
- Religion Calendar
SATURDAY
»BENEFIT CONCERT will be held at 5 p.m. at Sangerville-Towers Ruritan building, 38 Emmanuel Church Road, Mount Solon. Music will be provided by Heartland, Daphne Creek and Mountain Hollow. Doors will open at 4 p.m. Food and drinks available. A freewill offering will be received to benefit medical expenses...
- La Raza Speech Bad For McCain
Some angry conservatives will tell you they have a good reason to call the Republican presidential candidate "Juan" McCain. He has alienated many conservative vot...
- Obiter Dicta
Time magazine ran a short piece this week about Sen. John McCain's age under the title, "How Healthy Is John McCain." The piece discussed the excision of a Stage 2 melanoma from McCain's temple in 2000, then goes o...
- Reading Rockstar
You wouldn't know it from his unassuming expression and modest gait, but Bailey Baker is a star.
"Children call him by name in the hallways ... they know him," says Linda McCormick, Waterman Elementary School assistant principal. "They all know him like he attends here."
Sure enough, a minor ruckus breaks out when Deniece Frye's...
- Riding The Stand-Up Roller Coaster In Jurassic Park
To be loved, to be loved,
Oh, what a feeling,
To be loved ...
The late Jackie Wilson
If things improve with age, then you've just about reached perfection.
This was one of the more encouraging messages received a year ago amid a larger number of birthday greeting reminders of my having taken up perma...
- Valley Human Resources Chapter Wins Recognition
HARRISONBURG - The Society for Human Resource Management, based in Alexandria, has recognized its Shenandoah Valley chapter for supporting the mission of the organization in 2007.
SHRM awarded the Superior Merit Chapter designation to Valley chapter, which serves more than 170 human resource professionals from Rockingham, Augusta, Page a...
- Jenkel Almost Perfect Again
HARRISONBURG - Jaime Jenkel and her violent, stop-and-go, quick, jerky windup were six innings and one out into what was almost her second straight perfect game against the Spotswood High School softball team.
Jenkel, a senior right-hander from Broadway, perfect-gamed the Trailblazers on May 6. Friday, in the Massanutten...
- TA: One Down
HARRISONBURG - Eight games.
That's how many games Craig Miller told his Turner Ashby High School softball team he would keep coaching after the regular season.
Miller, who plans to retire at the end of the year after 17 seasons, figured that is the number of games it will take to win a Group AA title. After Frida...
- Luray Wins Playoff
BRIDGEWATER - Johnny VanWyck's white baseball pants were smothered with more dirt than usual Friday night. And that alone says a lot for the speedy, hustle-prone center fielder.
"If they're not dirty at the end of the game," the Luray High School junior said, "I know I didn't do my best."
This time, his best was...
- Bucks Stay On Auto-Pilot
For a moment, Mike Martin jokingly tried to convince a reporter that he has problems, just like any other Rockingham County Baseball League manager.
"We probably won't even be able to field a team," the Clover Hill Bucks' manager said when asked who he had coming back.
Yeah, right Mike.
"I guess the ‘woe is me' clic...
- Local Scores and Schedule
Saturday, May 17, 2008
BASEBALL
College
James Madison at Northeastern, noon
High School
Massanutten District Semifinals at Broadway
Turner Ashby vs. Harrisonburg, 4:30 p.m.
Spotswood vs. Broadway, 7:30 p.m....
- Taste Of Things To Come
CROSS KEYS - Rockingham County's only winery is set to debut Memorial Day weekend.
But CrossKeys Vineyards owners Bob and Nikoo Bakhtiar opened the doors to neighbors Thursday and to an invitation-only gathering Friday for tours and taste-testing.
Sited on 125 acres of rolli...
- County Outlines Suspension Plan
HARRISONBURG - Effective immediately, county employees - including teachers - will be suspended from their jobs without pay if they are charged with a crime.
On Wednesday, the county's governing body, the Board of Supervisors, approved the suspension policy, which will be inserted into the emplo...
- March Bus Crash Focus Of Meeting
HARRISONBURG - On Friday, city officials met with concerned parent and local lawyer Steve Blatt to discuss the botched response to a school bus crash in March.
City Schools Superintendent Donald Ford, School Board member Tim Lacey, City Manager Kurt Hodgen, Councilman Ted Byrd, City Fire Chief L...
- A Goal Of Friendship
BROADWAY - The average soccer team includes 11 players. So one soccer ball has the potential of brightening the day of at least 22 people at a time.
That's what faculty and students at J. Frank Hillyard Middle School had in mind when they began collecting money in December to purchase soccer bal...
- Wilson Sworn In As Circuit Judge
HARRISONBURG - By the time of the ceremonial swearing-in Friday afternoon as a circuit court judge in the 26th Judicial District, Judge Thomas J. Wilson IV already had heard his first cases at the Rockingham County Courthouse.
Wilson, who previously served as a substitute General District judge, took on his new mantle in...
- Suspect's Wife Disappeared Before Officer Training
HARRISONBURG - Virginia State Police arrested a man on Friday for murder in connection with a 13-year-old cold case in Caroline County.
Police arrested Lawrence Peter Gaudenzi, 44, of Timberville, and charged him with the murder of his wife, Lisa Kathy Gaudenzi - a crime police say took place on or about Jan. 25, 1995....
- Drought Not Over Despite Wet Days
HARRISONBURG - Although it's been drippy and dreary over the last couple of weeks, the recent rains haven't alleviated concerns of water shortages.
About three weeks ago, the Virginia Drought Monitoring Task Force released a report confirming again the continuing drought conditions in the Valley.
But that was thr...