January 2009
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By Staff Reports on 30 January 2009
Governor Timothy M. Kaine today announced appointments to the following boards and commissions:
Posted in News, Political News | Tagged County Board of Supervisors, Henrico County, Newport News Virginia, Prince William County Virginia
By Staff Reports on 30 January 2009
Today, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki praised President Barack Obama’s intent to nominate W. Scott Gould as next Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Posted in Veterans | Tagged Barack Obama, Eric Shinseki, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Affairs Department, White House Chief of Staff
By Staff Reports on 30 January 2009
As reported in Wednesday’s New York Times, immigrant detainees in Farmville’s Piedmont Regional Jail have come forward to expose conditions of medical neglect that contributed to death of Guido Newborough in November of last year.
Posted in Farmville News, News | Tagged Charlottesville Virginia, Mexico
By Staff Reports on 30 January 2009
Motorists should be alert to road and/or lane closures and possible delays as crews under contract to the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) perform regularly-scheduled safety inspections at the following locations during February, weather permitting:
Posted in Advisories, Travel | Tagged Virginia Department of Transportation
By Betty McKinney on 30 January 2009
Lynchburg College will host an information session for prospective graduate students on Tuesday, February 3, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Alumni House Lounge. Lynchburg College offers course work leading to the M.A., the M.Ed., and the M.B.A. degrees.
Posted in School News | Tagged Education, Lynchburg College
By Staff Reports on 30 January 2009
Veterans and small business might benefit from this conference, 25 March 2009 at the Natural Bridge Inn and Conference Center in Natural Bridge, Virginia from 8:00 am to 1:30 pm. This meeting is sponsored and produced by the Procurement Technical Assistance Center in conjunction with the DLA and Southwest Virginia Community College, U.S. Department of Defense and Defense Logistics Age.
Posted in News, Veterans | Tagged Business, Government, United States Department of Defense, United States Department of Veterans Affairs
By Staff Reports on 30 January 2009
On January 28, Congressman Tom Perriello voted in favor of H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. He released the following statement:
Posted in Financial, News, Political News, Tom Perriello | Tagged Congress, Food Stamp Program, Great Depression, Middle class, Unemployment benefits, Wall Street
By Betty McKinney on 30 January 2009
The Jefferson Choral Society will present Love Me Tender, a pops concert featuring great love songs of the 20th century, Feb. 13 at 6:30 p.m. and Feb.15 at 4 p.m. in the Joy and Lynch Christian Warehouse Theater at the Academy of Fine Arts.
Posted in Arts, Music | Tagged Arts and Entertainment, Entertainment
By Staff Reports on 28 January 2009
As a child imprisoned in Auschwitz, Eva Mozes Kor was a victim of medical experimentation performed on twins by Nazi doctor Josef Mengele. She will share her story in Lynchburg on Feb. 5, first with students at E.C. Glass High School and then with the public at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Ballroom in Hall Campus Center at Lynchburg College. A book signing will follow.
Posted in Lectures, School News | Tagged Auschwitz concentration camp, Holocaust, Josef Mengele, Lynchburg College
By Pamela Matlack Klein on 28 January 2009
On Friday afternoon the first sign of spring showed its pretty little head and most welcome it was too. No, it wasn’t a flock of hungry robins feasting on earthworms or anything in bloom. It was the arrival of spring gardening stuff at the Farmville Voldemart (A.K.A. WalMart)!
Posted in Columns, Living Along the Appomattox | Tagged Christmas, Wal-Mart
By Bill Klein on 28 January 2009
By the time you read this, our new US President is on the job and probably wondering why he went through all that trouble to get it. Let’s face it, the guy has his work cut out for him. Being President of the US is not some cushy walk in the park job like, say, civilian squadron communications officer. That’s my job, by the way, and no, I’m not giving the money back.
Posted in Columns, Homesick Blues | Tagged Al Gore, Aretha Franklin, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Homesick Blues, President of the United States
By Ronnie D. Lankford on 28 January 2009
Kids seem to hate, at least when looking back years later, piano lessons, and they hold those lessons against parents for the rest of their lives. While other kids were doing all kinds of fun things in the afternoon – riding bikes, playing Nintendo, and committing minor felonies – you were trying to learn a passage from Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata. But even at a young age Brenda Barringer, better known to fans of her music as Broda, was different.
Posted in Features | Tagged Broda, Lessons and Instruction, music, Star Wars
By Staff Reports on 27 January 2009
The “Virginia is for Lovers” logo turns 40 in 2009. Join in the fun and win one of 40 free trips.
Posted in Video | Tagged Virginia, Virginia is for Lovers
