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          <title>Waynesboro School Board changes meeting date</title>
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                    The Waynesboro School Board has rescheduled its August meeting for Wednesday, Aug. 13 at 7 p.m.

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          <title>Wilson Rehab Foundation elects new president</title>
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                    Hiawatha Nicely, Jr. of Daleville has been eleted president of the Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center Foundation.

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          <title>Second youth leadership conference set for area</title>
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                    During trips to school career fairs, Chanda McGuffin noticed that young people were not ready for the next step in their lives whether that move was to college or the workplace.

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          <title>Board discusses 4&#45;day school week</title>
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                    Higher fuel costs have spurred the Waynesboro School Board to talk about a four-day school week.
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          <title>New principal chosen to lead Wenonah</title>
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                    Longtime teacher and principal Rebecca Jarvis was named to lead Wenonah Elementary School Tuesday night by the Waynesboro School Board.
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          <title>FFA team awarded multiple honors</title>
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                    Members of the Fort Defiance High School Future Farmers of America team came away with six state titles and numerous individual honors during the State FFA Convention that took place earlier this week at Virginia Tech. 
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          <title>KCMS happy about early SOL news</title>
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                    Principal Carol Butler came to Kate Collins Middle School this past school year with a mission of raising test scores, and the preliminary results show she has succeeded.
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          <title>City School Board shortens work week</title>
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                    The Waynesboro Schools plan to close school buildings and administrative offices on Fridays for the next couple of months to save the school district the cost of escalating fuel prices.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:32:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Stuarts Draft graduates urged at ceremony to reflect, move forward</title>
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                    HARRISONBURG &#8212; Stuarts Draft High 2008 valedictorian Laura Louise Hershey didn&#8217;t want tears for her fellow graduates during Thursday&#8217;s commencement.

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          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:29:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Local child advocate retires: Wenonah librarian says goodbye after more than 20 years</title>
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                    Jean Morgan is more than just a staff member at Wenonah Elementary School.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:11:01 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>County library improvements pending further information</title>
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                    VERONA &#8212; Augusta County Supervisors cited difficult economic times Wednesday night in a split 3-3 vote that postponed architectural work on the next phase of a renovation at the Augusta County Public Library in Fishersville.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 22:49:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>83&#45;year&#45;old bugler still serving country with horn</title>
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                    At 83, Russell F. Wilson is more than three decades removed from his days as a Navy commander, but he&#8217;s still serving his country. 
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          <pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 23:20:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Psychiatrists offering free mental health service to troops</title>
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                    Thousands of private counselors are offering free services to troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with mental health problems, jumping in to help because the military is short on therapists. 
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          <pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 23:17:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Reflecting on war history to prevent future repetition</title>
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                    A wide-eyed young boy carefully examined a gleaming bayonet as its owner, Civil War re-enactor Waverly Adcock, watched with a smile. 

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          <pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 23:15:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Sheepskin prices increase</title>
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                    It will be a little more expensive next fall for full-time students to attend Blue Ridge Community College and the other 22 Virginia community colleges.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 22:27:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Fort Defiance wins state envirothon</title>
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                    Fort Defiance High School took first-place honors at the Virginia Envirothon earlier this week at James Madison Universty.
The team from Fort Defiance will now travel to Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Ariz. in July to compete in the Canon Envirothon.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 09:51:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Teacher in Staunton charged for bomb threats</title>
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                    Campus crime committed by teachers is rare. But bomb threats made by teachers &#8211; such as the notes allegedly planted around Shelburne Middle School in February by a special education instructor &#8211; are almost unheard of, experts say.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 21:37:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Former MBC student receives Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award</title>
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                    Following in the footsteps of her husband, Mary Beth Smyth, who graduated from Mary Baldwin College in 1947, received the school&#8217;s Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award in recognition of her service, character and spiritual qualities. 
&#8220;It was certainly something I never expected to receive,&#8221; Smyth said. &#8220;I was happy to receive it, and I&#8217;ll always think of it and enjoy it.&#8221;

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          <pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 10:08:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Speaker urges Mary Baldwin graduates to &#8216;become significant&#8217;</title>
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                    It wasn&#8217;t about to rain on their commencement.
Sandwiched in between light drizzles, 316 Mary Baldwin College students received degrees and honors during a two-hour graduation ceremony on the Barbara Kares Page Terrace. 

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          <title>Va. Tech says freshman deposits up</title>
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                    Virginia Tech officials say the school has received deposits from 5,601 freshmen for fall 2008, up from 5,215 deposits received last year.
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          <title>Fishburne holds graduation ceremony today</title>
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                    Fishburne Military School will celebrate its 129th commencement today at 11 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church, with alumnus John Thompson speaking.
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          <title>Fishburne celebrates 129th commencement</title>
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                    Fishburne Military School will celebrate its 129th commencement Saturday morning at First Presbyterian Church.
The ceremonies will start at 11 a.m.
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          <title>MBC&#8217;s Fox is the conductor</title>
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                    STAUNTON - Mary Baldwin College President Pamela Fox does not see herself as the centerpiece of the Mary Baldwin College story.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 21:46:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Waynesboro School Board announces appointments</title>
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                    The Waynesboro School Board has appointed two assistant principals for Waynesboro High School and an assistant principal for Kate Collins Middle School for next year.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 22:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Waynesboro Schools Teacher of the Year named</title>
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                    When Alycia Knicely wants to provide that extra dose of motivation for her students to read, she sponsors reading celebrations including a recent reading on the farm day.
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          <title>&#8216;Graphic, effective and gripping&#8217;</title>
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                    STAUNTON &#8212; The video starts with a young man on a playground who quickly disappears.


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          <title>Historian discusses Wilson contributions to White House</title>
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                    Staunton native and America&#8217;s 28th President Woodrow Wilson spent eight years in the White House, but he will not be remembered for the changes to the building while he was there, said noted White House historian William Seale.
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          <title>Augusta School Board names Draft principal</title>
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                    The interim principal of Stuarts Draft High School for the past four months was appointed the school&#8217;s permanent principal by the Augusta County School Board Thursday night.
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          <title>New principal likely to take helm at Waynesboro HS</title>
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                    If the Waynesboro School Board approves the change at its May 13 meeting, there will be a new principal at Waynesboro High School for the next school year.
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          <title>Back to class: Federal grant awarded for history teacher enrichment</title>
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                    A $455,145 federal grant will allow history teachers in the Waynesboro Schools and three other Virginia school districts to gain a deeper appreciation of pivotal moments in American history, educators said Tuesday.
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          <title>Beyer to speak at BRCC graduation</title>
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                    Megan Beyer will present the keynote address at this year's commencement of Blue Ridge Community College on May 10 on the BRCC campus.
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          <title>Buffalo Gap places eighth in state forensics competition</title>
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          <title>Kate Collins dedication set for May 4</title>
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                    The newly renovated Kate Collins Middle School in Waynesboro will be dedicated on Sunday, May 4.
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