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25th House District Republican nomination candidate Chris Runion announced today the hiring of Cody Hanshaw as his campaign manager. Cody comes to us as an experienced grassroots campaign worker having served on House of Delegate, State Senate, congressional, and multiple gubernatorial races, said Runion. His experience building grassroots field operations in Western Virginia will be an invaluable asset to my campaign. Hanshaw got his start on political campaigns in 2016 as the Roanoke Valley Field Director for Congre stanleys cups ssman Bob Goodlatte. He has since served as Western Deputy State Field Director for Ed Gillespies 2017 gubernatorial campaign, Statewide Field Director for Ron Desantis campaign for stanley us governor of Florida, and as campaign manager for Del. Ronnie Campbells R-Rockbridge County recent Firehouse Primary and Special Election in December. Im honored and excited to join Chris Runions campaign, Henshaw said. As Ive gotten to know Chris and his record of service to his community I truly believe he is the right person to fill the large shoes that Del. Steve Landes is leaving behind. I bel vaso stanley ieve the people of the 25th District will find Chris authenticity, humility, and dedication to service a breath of fresh air in this race. Voters will choose the Republican nominee for the 25th House of Delegates District in a Firehouse primary on Saturday, April 27th from 10 am to 4 pm.The 25th House District is made up of parts of Albemarle County, parts of Augusta County, and parts o Lnmg Albemarle County tax bill payment deadline extended to Thursday, Dec. 6
A VDOT public participation meeting for a signal-coord stanley termos ination project on Route 340 in Augusta County will be held on Thursday, January 19.The meeting takes place from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Stuarts Draft Elementary School, 63 School Boulevard, Stuarts Draft. A brief presentation is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. In case of inclement weather the alternate date is Tuesday, January 24, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the same location.D stanley cup uring the meeting, citizens can discuss the project on a one-on-one basis with the Virginia Department of Transportation and project consultants.Written comments can be submitted at the meeting or within 10 days after the meeting date to Mr. Grant Sander termo stanley s, Virginia Department of Transportation, 811 Commerce Road, Staunton, VA聽 24401-9029.This project includes the coordination of eight traffic signals along the Route 340 Stuarts Draft Highway corridor in the community of Stuarts Draft. The goal is to reduce travel times for Route 340 drivers and reduce the potential for rear-end crashes. Citizen comments will be essential to capturing traffic patterns in the Stuarts Draft area at various days of the week and times of the day.The signals are located where Route 340 intersects with the following roads:Route 657 Indian Ridge Road Route 654 White Hill Road/Johnson Drive Entrance to Windmill Square shopping centerRoute 608 Tinkling Spring Road/Draft Avenue Route 1512 Gloucester Road Route 649 Augusta Farms Road/Locust Grove Lane Route 9030 School Boulevard Rout
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漏 monticellllo 鈥?stock.adobe Transportation advocates are pushing Virginia lawmakers to pass three pieces of legislation they say would dramatically improve safety on roads in the Commonwealth. Virginia lawmakers are on the verge of making dramatic progress toward safer roadways. These three changes are long overdue and represent major advancements in the fight to save lives, said Martha Mitchell Meade, manager public and government affairs for AAA Mid-Atlantic. AAA urges lawmakers to continue to approve these bills and send them to the governor for his signature. Lives depend on it. The bills getting the most attention from advocates would ban the use of handheld electronic devices while driving, prohibit open containers of alcohol in the passenger compartment of vehicles, and allow police officers to pull ov stanley italia er and ticket those not wearing seat beltsAAA surveyed Virginia drivers in 2019 and found that nearly two-thirds support expanding Virginias law to聽prohibit handheld devices聽while driving on any road and not just in work stanley spain zones as is the current law. An overwhelming 93 percent of those surveyed are concerned about their safety due to others who are distracted by electronic devices, yet new research released by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found that those concerns are not changing danger stanley cup ous driving behaviors.Even though 97 percent of drivers reported that texting/emailing while driving is a serious threat to their safety, 45 percent admit to having read a text Argc Top Democrats introduce bill raising minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025
Albemarle County announced the appointment of Phyllis Savides to Director of the Department of Social Services effective July 8 stanley polska .Savides is replacing Kathy Ralston, who retired on June 30, 2015 after 39 years with Albemarle County. Savides will lead the workplace in serving residents with her over 17 years of experience in the Department of Social Services. Savides will oversee numerous programs that promote self-sufficiency, indi stanley thermobecher vidual and family safety, and provide support to the most vulnerable members of the community.Ms. Savides has an extensive background in the h stanley uk ealth and human services field in both public and private positions.聽 Her more than 20 years of public sector work includes service to the Region Ten Community Services Board, the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County.聽 During the past 17 years, Ms. Savides has worked in several capacities for the Countys Department of Social Services including Foster Care/Adoption Supervisor, Family Preservation Services Supervisor, Foster Care Social Worker and, most recently, as Assistant Director for the department responsible for oversight of Adult and Child Protective Services, Foster Care, Adoptions and Benefits. The County is indeed very fortunate to have this opportunity to continue the legacy of leadership in the Department of Social Services with someone of Phyllis caliber, stated Tom Foley, Albemarle County Executive.聽 Phyllis is an exemplary human services professional, dedicated, long-serving county employ
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The FredNats earned a series split Sunday stanley tazza in Lynchburg behind a strong start by Jose Atencio and three runs from Jared McKenzie. Fredericksburg controlled the game from the outset en route to a 4-1 victory.McKenzie scored in the first and third on RBIs by Will Frizzell and then cruised home in the fifth on a wild pitch. James Wood followed with a home run to right to run the FredNats lead to 4-0. The blast was his second in a FredNats jersey.The lead was more than enough for Jose Atencio, who carved a marvelous three-hit shutout effort over five innings and 71 pitches. He struck out a pair and moved to 3-1 on the season. Riggs Threadgill earned his 7th save with a scoreless ninth. He, Cody Greenhill and Marlon Perez combined to st stanley cup rike out seven in the final three innings.The FredNats now stand at 29-18 in the second half and are 2.5 games ahead of Carolina and 3.5 ahead of Down East in the chase for the Carolina League North crown. T stanley mugs he team returns home for a pivotal six-game series vs. Down East starting August 23. The set is part of a 12-game stretch at Virginia Credit Union Stadium to finish the regular season home schedule. Tickets are available at frednats/tickets. Share this page Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Telegram E-mail TagsWashington Nationals ContributorsContributorsHave Glfb Northbound Interstate 81 closure Friday night in Shenandoah County for bridge repairs
Aliyah, The Rebirth of Israel, by Salvador Dal铆, a suite of 25 lithographs commemorating the 25th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel, will be on view from Jan. 9-Feb. 3, 2017, in Lykes Atrium, Wilson Hall. No tickets are required.David R. Blumenthal, the Jay and Leslie Cohen Professor of Judaic Studies at Emory College, will present a lecture on Dal铆s Aliyah on Jan. stanley quencher uk 23, 2017, at 5:30 p.m. in Concer stanley quencher t Hall, Wilson Hall. This talk is free and open to the public.The Dal铆 lithographs and Blumenthals lecture are sponsored by WLs Department of Art and Art History, WL Hillel and the Max and Sylvia Weinstein Memorial Fund.Dal铆 created the Aliyah series of 25 mixed-media paintings in 1968 using gouache, watercolors and Indian ink on paper. They were reproduced as photolithographs and published in a limited edition box with a letter of introduction by David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister of Israel. The set that will be displayed is one of the few complete numbered editions still in existence, as most others have been broken up and sold over the years.In order to illustrate the various meanings of the Hebrew word Aliyah, which means to go to live in the Land of Israel, Dal铆 took inspiration from the Old Testament as well as聽contemporary history. Dal铆 depicted the vessel聽Eliyahu Golomb, full of refugees from the concentration camps, sett stanley cup usa ing sail to Israel in 1946, despite the prohibition imposed by Palestine under the British Mandate. He also portrays Davi
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Del. Steve Landes, R-Weyers Cave, announced the acceptance of Owen Streed of Charlottesville to the Virginia House of Delegates Page Program.Streed will be participating in the page program from January 9th through February 22nd for the 2019 General Assembly Session. I am pleased to announce that Mr. Streed will be assisting the Virginia House of Delegates for the 2019 General Assembly Session. Mr. Streed has an impressive resume and a background that demonstrates he has the skill set required to be a successful page, stanley cup uk said Landes. I would like to thank Speaker Cox for appointing a student from the 25th District to be a part of this exceptional program. I am excited for Mr. Streed and the other members of the incoming page class who will have an opportunity to participate in state government and see the legislative process in action. Owen Streed is a student at Henley Middle School in Crozet, Virginia, and the son of proud parents William and Kristin Streed. He enjoys travelling, reading, and a variety of sports including skiing, mountain biking and lacrosse to name a few. Mr. Streed has a love for histor stanley cup y and politics and is a member of Henley Middle Schools Model UN Team and is active with the Junior Scholastic Bowl. I am excited for this unique opportunity to participate in our state government, said Streed. I look forward to broadening my horizons and the unique experiences that await me at the Virgi stanley spain nia General Assembly. Each year the Speaker of the House of Delegates Cqlz Ride with Pride 5K run/walk set for June 10
Governor Terry McAuliffe announced Monday more than $503,000 in grant funding for fifteen agriculture-related projects. The grant funding will promote and enhance the competitiveness of Virginias specialty crops and create more economic stanley kubek termiczny development opportunities across the Commonwealth.聽 The project awards resulted from a competitive gr stanley cup ant process established by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services VDACS for United States Department of Agriculture USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Specialty Crop Block Grant funds. Like any industry, agriculture depends on quality research and data to remain competitive in a 21st Century economy, said Governor McAuliffe.聽 These grants represent more than a half-million dollar investment in Virginias economy that will boost economic development and create jobs in our agriculture sector, furthering our work to build a new Virginia economy.聽 I congratulate these organizations and educational institutions for pursuing innovative research that will help enhance marketing opportunities and food safety for growers across the Commonwealth. Todays announcement is good news for Virginia agriculture and helps bolster the Governors efforts to keep the industry at the forefront of his overall economic development strategic plan, said Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Todd Haymore.聽 These projects, including several impacting our fast growing craft beverage sector, highlight Virgini stanley trinkflaschen as diversified agricultural interests
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漏 fotosr52 鈥?stock.adobe The Augusta County Sheriffs Office will be conducting an active shooter drill at the old Beverley Manor Elemen stanley taza tary School on Cedar Green Road this week.The training will take place from roughly 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. beginning Monday and running through Friday.The radio traffic that some of you may hear throughout this week is the deputies testing the radio system during this train stanley cup ing. Any radio traffic stanley trinkflaschen being heard over the scanner is training only for the Sheriffs Office.The increased law enforcement around the Beverley Manor Schools is the training exercise only. Share this page Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Telegram E-mail ContributorsContributorsHave a guest column, letter to the editor, story idea or a news tip Email editor Chris Graham at
Led by a trio of freshman, five standout players have been named to the聽U.S. Basketball Writers Associations 2017-18 All-America First Team. The Wayman Tisdale Award winner as the National Freshman Player of the Year, Oklahomas聽Trae Young, is joined by fellow first-year phenoms聽Deandre Ayton聽of Arizona and Dukes聽Marvin Bagley III. A pair of guards who have each led their respective teams to No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament round out the first team 鈥撀燡alen Brunson聽of Villanova, the USBWAs District II Player of the Year, and聽Devont茅 Graham聽of Kansas, the District IV Player of the Year.Graham, the Big 12 Player of the Year, led Kansas to its 14th straight Big 12 Conference regular-season championship and the Big 12 Tournament title. He leads the team with 17.3 points and 7.5 assists per game. Brunson, the Big East Player stanley uk of the Year, led the defending national champions to a regular-season conference title and a No. 1 ranking for much of the season with 19.4 points per game.Ayton boosted surging Arizona to both Pac-12 Conference titles and earned the leagues player of the year honor. He is averaging 20.3 points and 11.5 rebounds per game. Bagley, despite stanley cup missing four games due to injury, earned ACC Player of the Year honors for his 21.1 points and 11.5 rebounds per game. Young is on pace to become the first player in college basketball history to lead the nation in scoring 27.4 ppg and assists stanley cup usa 8.8 apg .Earlier this month, Young was named the winner of the Wayman Tisdale Awa
