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1. Local YouTube Video Passes Million View Mark 2009-12-17 HARRISONBURG - It was early last Friday morning that the incongruously named video "Legend of Zelda Medley in String Quartet Form" tallied its 1 millionth view on YouTube - a milestone that arranger and cellist Chad Schwartz never dreamed of when he posted the video a few years ago. 2. Eye To The Skies 2009-07-25 The weather station outside the Shiflet home in Clover Hill isn't that much to look at, a few alarm clock-sized gadgets and a sort of plastic weathervane contraption mounted on a pole in the back yard. 3. Not Your Garden-Variety Garden 2009-07-11 BROADWAY - The Knupp garden needs rain, but even so, Alda Knupp doesn't want rain, yet. A bushel or two of bush beans are in dire need of picking, and tromping through a wet garden will compact and harden the soil, which won't do at all. 4. ‘There's No Money In Horseshoes' 2009-07-09 The thing with serious horseshoes is the same thing with pretty much any pastime taken to competitive extremes (e.g. ping-pong, darts, spelling bees): there's way more going on than the casual fan could ever imagine. 5. Bach Festival Concert Featured Obama Inaugural Piece 2009-06-18 "I assure you, this is live," says clarinetist Les Nicholas while introducing John Williams' "Air and Simple Gifts." 6. It's A Ringer! 2009-06-18 7. Baroque Is Back (Yet Again) 2009-06-12 Johan Sebastian Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 (in G Major) is 8. Rockingham County, By Boat 2009-06-11 Spring rain has been abundant this year, meaning that for another while, at least, some of the county's rivers will be high enough for a few hours, or an entire day, of canoeing. 9. Fruits Vs. Veggies 2009-06-03 The tricky thing, when it comes to discussing fruits and vegetables, is that they're sort of like apples and oranges. Hard to compare. 10. A Big Piece Of The Pie 2009-06-01 HARRISONBURG - After his 1981 graduation from James Madison University and a brief, unsatisfactory stint at a bank back home in Richmond, Dave Melton took a job as a manager-in-training for Domino's, a new pizza chain he'd never heard of before, answering a help-wanted ad. 11. Trail Blazers 2009-04-24 Though hiking trails - several-foot wide dirt corridors winding through the woods - don't always look like much, these don't appear or remain by accident. 12. To Rent Or To Sell No Easy Decision 2009-03-10 HARRISONBURG - Should an owner who's had a home on the market for longer than expected consider trying to lease, rather than sell, the property? There's no one-size-fits-all answer. 13. Growing Rentals Lower Rents 2009-03-10 HARRISONBURG - For months now, news of slow home sales and falling prices have been the dominant theme of the national recession's real estate picture. 14. Crunch Time For ‘Oklahoma!' 2009-02-27 There's an air of urgency in the Spotswood High School auditorium, two weeks before the curtain goes up on this year's production of the musical "Oklahoma!," as director Kathleen Milligan tries to resolve last-minute technical issues before the first (worryingly late) run-through. 15. A Truly Sweet Endeavor 2009-02-24 HARRISONBURG - The important stuff happens in the back of Chocolate Occasions, past the glass display cases filled with truffles and other sweet temptations, in a kitchen kept on the cool side of comfortable. 16. Buried And Forgotten 2009-02-21 People don't seem to notice you when you're stomping around down in Blacks Run. They don't stare, they don't express concern for your health or sanity, they don't accuse you of trespassing. They don't even see you, period. 17. Many Artful Expressions 2009-02-20 This all began a little more than a year ago, on a chilly fall day, when Mike Trocchia first read 18. How Would You Like Your Egg Denatured? 2009-02-18 The main thing with an egg ... you can't rush [it], 19. Exercise In Obscurity 2009-02-14 Wrestling's a simple thing, really. No ball, no sticks or bats or nets. Just a singlet, ear pads and shoes (Asics and Adidas dominate). 20. Harrisonburg's Mighty Metro 2009-02-12 HARRISONBURG - A rosy message was served with quiche and coffee at Wednesday's (belated) Groundhog Day Breakfast sponsored by the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce. 21. Harrisonburg Metro, State Unemployment Rises In December 2009-02-06 HARRISONBURG - The Harrisonburg metro area's jobless rate rose to 4.3 percent in December, according to figures just released by the Virginia Employment Commission. 22. Harrisonburg Sledding: A Field Manual 2009-02-06 On Tuesday, Jan. 27, some snow actually fell from the sky and piled up an inch or two - enough generally to paralyze the Harrisonburg metro area for a day or two and put the city's sledding hills back into business (briefly, very briefly). 23. Baking Outside The Mold 2009-01-07 Beside the old flour standards (pastry, bread, whole wheat, etc.) on the shelves at Grandma's Pantry in the Shenandoah Heritage Farmers Market sits a diverse contingent of more exotic milled grains: spelt, rye, oat, millet, barley, flaxseed and a dozen or so more. 24. Here's To Toasting 2008-12-31 There are toasts, and then there are toasts. Bess Jones, a bartender at The Pub, usually hears the former when she's at work - the generic 25. DN-R Takes Walk Down Memory Lane, Circa 1958 2008-12-27 On Wednesday, Dec. 24, 1958, the Daily News-Record published its Christmas Eve edition, leading with a story entitled "Costs Of Living In New Gain" and a fuzzy stand-alone picture of President Eisenhower holding a tape of a message he recorded for transmission back to earth from an Atlas satellite. 26. Turkey Day: A Primer 2008-11-26 One of Thanksgiving's potentially unpleasant side effects, of particular concern for the uncouth, is the awkward silence - that moment sometime before the turkey platter makes its second pass 'round the table, when conversation fades, replaced by chewing and throat-clearing and clinking silverware. 27. Walnut Hulling: 30 Million Pounds, Ice Cream and ‘Keeping Out Of Meanness' 2008-11-05 The walnut tree outside Sjaan Armentrout's home north of Harrisonburg let fall a bumper crop two years ago. She and her family gathered, delivered and sold them to a man in Montezuma who ran a hulling station for the Missouri-based Hammons Products Company, the world's largest supplier of wild black walnuts. 28. ‘The Grim Darkness Of The Far Future' 2008-09-18 Paul Harmon lines his eight-tank force along one side of the game board, which resembles a 4-foot by 6-foot post-apocalyptic model railroad set, scattered with miniature trees, a few mesas and a couple scale-model burnt-out shells of destroyed buildings. 29. Bluegrass Thursdays Begins Ninth Season At Court Square Theater 2008-09-11 The ninth annual Bluegrass Thursdays Concert Series at Court Square Theater in downtown Harrisonburg begins Sept. 18 with a 7:30 p.m. show by the Asheville-based Steep Canyon Rangers.