Top News http://www.dnronline.com/rss_new.php en-us Wed, 04 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 Both candidates for sheriff had a similar strategy on what to do during Tuesday's election — they just started at different ends of the county. In the early morning hours Republican candidate for sheriff John Thomas was in Shenandoah, meeting and greeting voters going into the VFW post to vote. His Democratic opponent, Pete Montele http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42114&CHID=42 Wed, 04 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 ELKTON — G.I. Joes, witches, fairies and many strange and nameless creatures were among the costumes of children who crowded the streets of Elkton last Friday for the Elkton Downtown Revitalization Corporation’s annual Halloween HooDoo event — which this year also included a “trunk-or-treat experience on Warren Avenue cou http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42100&CHID=44 Fri, 06 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42181&CHID=33 Wed, 04 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 It was a long day of campaigning for both the candidates and voters of Page County. When the polls opened at 6 a.m., polling stations had groups waiting. With unofficial results in on Tuesday night, the Page County Board of Supervisors will see three new members take office in January. The Republican party saw a sweep of all thre http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42115&CHID=42 Wed, 04 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 More people in America suffer from epilepsy than from muscular dystrophy, yet so little is known about epilepsy that the mere mention of the disease can arouse fright. This Saturday, Nov. 7, an Elkton mother and daughter team, whose home is the site of the county’s new Epilepsy Foundation office, is preparing to fight back — http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42101&CHID=44 Thu, 05 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 When the average theatergoer thinks of opera, words such as "boring" or "hard to understand" may spring to mind. With the fall production of "Carmen," Don Rierson, director of the James Madison University Opera Theater, aims to change that. For starters, he's cut the opera's runtime from more than three hours down to two, and has transla http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42119&CHID=5 Wed, 04 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 While school absences seem to have leveled off, students are still waiting to receive H1N1 vaccinations, which local health officials are now saying will be administered later than expected. According to attendance reports from Oct. 26 to Oct. 30, about 7 percent of the 3,647 students currently enrolled at Page County Public Schools were http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42117&CHID=42 Wed, 04 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 The four men charged after an Easter Sunday cockfighting raid pled guilty to felony animal fighting in Page County Circuit Court. Vincent E. Shifflett, 56, of 2075 Fleeburg Rd., Shenandoah; Anthony S. Good, 42, of 6704 Dovel Rd., Elkton; Shannon W. Shifflett, 38, of 4276 Furnace Lane, Elkton; and Derek L. Wright, 22, of 336 Grindstone La http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42118&CHID=42 Thu, 05 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 The James Madison University Asian Student Union will host the 11th annual culture show "Traveling with Destiny" on Nov. 7 in Memorial Hall Auditorium. "The culture show is ASU's biggest event as well as a one-of-a-kind event on campus. In 2005, 5 percent of the student body consisted of students from Asian descent. Since then, the popul http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42120&CHID=5 Wed, 04 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 The Spotswood High School Marching Trilablazers band, undefeated in previous contests this fall, again blew away 17 competitors at the Parade of Champions at James Madison University two weekends ago to take a Superior rating in Class A bands and set itself up for another State Honor Band title. To achieve this additional accolade &mdash http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42102&CHID=44 Mon, 02 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 WASHINGTON MEMO TO DEMOCRATS: You will be defined by President Obama whether you like it or not, so you might as well embrace him for the benefits he can bring you. Memo to Republicans: Talk a right-wing game in your ideological magazines and at your tea parties if that http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42003&CHID=59 Tue, 03 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 LIKE CAPT. RENAULT in “Casablanca,” I am shocked, shocked to discover that access peddling is going on in the Obama White House. Perks for deep-pocketed donors? Presidential meetings for sale? The stale Chicago odor of pay-for-play wafting from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? Knock me over with a feather. Despite t http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42054&CHID=59 Wed, 04 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 WASHINGTON THE NEXT HEALTH care fight has already started. It’s the battle to define the bill that President Obama will eventually sign as a victory for consumers, taxpayers and the common good. You might say this view is premature. Legislation has yet to pas http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42076&CHID=59 Wed, 04 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 We entered November with a very nice, beautiful autumn day with the temperature almost reaching 60 degrees. My husband Joe took advantage of the weather and walked to the nearby woods where he will hunt deer this fall. Our children went with him to see where he will set up his pop-up tent. Shotgun season starts in two weeks and Joe is getting ex http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42081&CHID=24 Wed, 04 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 When I think about how we used to prepare meals and operate a household, I wonder how we managed to get all the work done!  We only went to the grocery store for the most basic necessities. Fresh fruits and vegetables were only available in season - mostly what you grew in your own garden and orchard. Things were canned or dried for wintert http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42082&CHID=26 Wed, 04 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 There's a disconnect between our fascination with celebrity chefs, cooking shows and gourmet kitchens and the way most of us cook. In fact, despite the Food Network, the restaurant-quality, eight-burner Vulcan and the coffee-table cookbooks, most of us don't cook. This problem perpetuates itself: the less we cook, the less likely we are http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42083&CHID=29 Wed, 04 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 Tofu - just the thought of it can make some people's lips curl in distaste. But this versatile soy product can assume the flavor of just about any seasoning, making it a perfect addition to just about any dish. Although tofu alone is about as flavorful as a Popsicle stick, it blends effortlessly with just about any other food, making it http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42084&CHID=40 Thu, 05 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 According to veteran and knowledgeable international correspondent Alan Hart, within his multi and well-sourced, “Zionism, The Real Enemy of the Jews,” “Zionism’s assertion that Israel’s Jews lived in constant danger of being ‘driven into the sea’ was http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42107&CHID=62 Thu, 05 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 How can you justify putting local fire victims as your lead article on the first page and putting the article about the health legislation on Page B6 and the flu vaccine article on Page B7 (Oct.27)? These affect practically every person in our country. http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42108&CHID=62 Thu, 05 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 First, it was the “government option.” Then to remove the government stigma, it became the “public option.” Now, Rep. Nancy Pelosi calls it the “consumer option.” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is calling it the “competitive option.” http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42109&CHID=62 Thu, 05 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 I do not want to rain on anyone’s corn flakes, but the article about the $200 million lottery winner was a bit misleading (“Town Resident Hits Mega Jackpot,” Oct. 19). http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42110&CHID=62 Thu, 05 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 Let us make this war, our war. Let us make the troops, our young people. Reinstitute the draft.   http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42111&CHID=62 Thu, 05 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 By Eugene C. Buie PERSONAL MANNERISMS CAN sometimes become a curiosity. Since he took office, I have watched President Obama speak several times and found his manner of speaking condescending and irritating. He reminded me of someone, but I couldn’t quite recall whom at the time. Then, unexpectedly http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42112&CHID=32 Thu, 05 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 Hand it to Bob McDonnell. He gave Creigh Deeds a pretty good shellacking, which likely will cause a few observers, http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42113&CHID=36 Wed, 04 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 LURAY, Nov. 3 —The long and bitter battle for Virginia's 15th District came to a relatively swift end Tuesday evening, with incumbent Todd Gilbert (R-Woodstock) re-elected for a third consecutive term to the House of Delegates. With unofficial returns from all 32 of the district's precincts reported by the Virginia State Board of E http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42116&CHID=42 Thu, 05 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 Music will fill the air at the 20th Annual Elkton Area United Services Musical Benefit in November. Drs. John Glick and Steve Phillips will headline the musical benefit for EAUS' programs. This year's benefit honors former Elkton Middle School Music Director Linda Irvin for her support of EAUS. The performance will begin at 7 p.m. on Nov. 14. http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42121&CHID=5 Fri, 06 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 Headline at The Washington Post Web site: “GOP faces ideological fissures: Reenergized party savors ‘renaissance,’ but soon will face questions over how to reclaim power.” http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42137&CHID=36 Fri, 06 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 Despite having elected two notable Republican governors — Tom Kean and Christie Todd Whitman — in the past 25 years, New Jersey has long been considered a staunchly Democratic, or “blue,” state. And, in the past decade, it has become even bluer, a dark shade of navy. http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42138&CHID=36 Fri, 06 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 A day is quickly approaching that many fail to remember as a very important day in the lives of millions of men and women in this country, Veteran’s Day. Unlike Memorial Day when we pay tribute to our war heroes who di http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42141&CHID=62 Fri, 06 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 I read these letters and sometimes it’s hard resisting the temptation to write. For weeks, I’ve seen Obama and his attempts compared with socialism, communism, fascism, totalitarianism. Racism seems a constant subject in the news. http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42142&CHID=62 Fri, 06 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 Jim Raines tells us that the Confederate flag is an American flag (“Don’t Suppress My Confederate Heritage,” Oct. 24). As it is obvio http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42143&CHID=62 Fri, 06 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 I am concerned about the Confederate battle flag being flown in our public schools. I was born and raised in Lexington, Va., and am very proud of my Southern roots. However, aren’t we losing sight of our heritage by di http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42144&CHID=62 Fri, 06 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 Can someone please refresh my memory? Has any other administration divided this country the way that this one has?   http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42145&CHID=62 Fri, 06 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 WASHINGTON A YEAR AFTER Barack Obama’s election stirred broad hopes for change among American voters, persistent high unemployment and continued gridlock in Washington threaten Democratic dominance of the political landscape. Tuesday’s defeats in gubernatori http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42146&CHID=59 Sat, 07 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 WASHINGTON SURE, ELECTION DAY 2009 will scare moderate Democrats and make passage of Obamacare more difficult. Sure, it makes it easier for resurgent Republicans to raise money and recruit candidates for 2010. But the most important effect of Tuesday’s elections is histor http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42147&CHID=59 Sat, 07 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 STEVE H. HANKE is a Professor of Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C., and writes frequently for Globe Asia and Forbes magazine. Professor Hanke starts off his “Hu versus Sarkozy” article (Globe Asia, November 2009) with a warning. Ther http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42148&CHID=59 Sat, 07 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 HERE IS ONE of the loudest messages of the 2009 off-off-year elections: Conservatives in America will no longer let their opponents define them as outside of the mainstream. They will not submit to Democrats. Or to the media. Or to Beltway Republican capitulationists. They will not “rebrand.” They will not sit down. http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42149&CHID=59 Sat, 07 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. TUESDAY'S ELECTIONS WERE a rebuke to the right wing and a warning to Democrats. They were also a timely reminder that President Obama needs to tune up his celebrated political organization and find a way to make Americans feel hopeful again. http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42151&CHID=59 Fri, 06 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 It had been decades since I'd attended a New York wedding. We arrived at 6 p.m. to a spectacle of characters making their way toward the red-carpeted entrance of Bellport Country Club. It was a balmy evening here on the south shore of Long Island and these arrivals were too good to miss. Everyone was already snapping pictures. Th http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42166&CHID=27 Fri, 06 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 Like most things involving the military, the Harrisonburg Veteran's Day Parade has its own set of traditions. For example, it's always held on the Sunday before the actual holiday, and marches north on Main Street, ending at the Rockingham County Administration Building. This year, the date's the same - the parade kicks off at 2 p.m. on Sunday, http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42168&CHID=41 Sat, 07 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever. Edmund Burke http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42174&CHID=36 Fri, 06 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 Make us laugh, keep it clean (this is a family paper), and keep it brief (brevity is the soul of wit). Mail the caption, along with the cartoon and your full name and city where you live to: Say What?Daily News-RecordP.O. Box 193 http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42175&CHID=60 Sat, 07 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 A post mortem on the recent election in Virginia revealed that the economy weighs heavily on the minds of Virginians, and concerns about jobs, taxes and the like helped fuel the landslide victory http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42176&CHID=36 Sat, 07 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 Property Transfers The following property transfers, for at least $150,000 each, were recorded Oct. 23-30. Rockingham County Oct. 23Lewis M. Driver to Silver Lake Farms, LLC, five lots in Ashby District, $937,762.16.Cathy E. Fitzgerald to Emily Ann Wishon, Phi http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42179&CHID=45 Fri, 06 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 SATURDAY »ALETHEIA CHURCH/ALETHEIA CAMPUS ORGANIZATION, 1586 S. Main St., will hold a pancake breakfast and silent auction from 8-11 a.m. Pancake breakfast is free with donations accepted at the door. Items in the auction include: one week timeshare in 2010, professional personal training, a sitting and 8-by-10 http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42180&CHID=14 Sat, 07 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 MOOREFIELD, W.Va. - Although police say they found detailed plans on how to carry out a murder at the home of a couple accused of killing a Rockingham County firefighter and his family, it appears those plans weren't followed, according to testimony during a preliminary hearing Thursday. Dennis "Chip" Taylor, 36, his wif http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42183&CHID=1 Sat, 07 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 HARRISONBURG - Former Virginia Gov. and U.S. Sen. George Allen couldn't help but take notice of the Republican victories in Virginia on Election Day. It is unclear whether anything he saw, though, will affect his consideration of seeking another run for the Senate in 2012. On Friday, during a visit with local Rep http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42184&CHID=1 Sat, 07 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 Money generated by the Rockingham County meals tax the first year will likely help fund the opening of East Rockingham High School, said Schools Superintendent Carol Fenn. During Tuesday's election, county voters approved a 4 percent tax on prepared food and beverages sold in the county. The measure passed with about 53 percent of the vo http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42185&CHID=1 Sat, 07 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 HARRISONBURG - University will dedicate its new $200,000 Veterans Memorial on Sunday afternoon. According to a release, the ceremony will take place following the Harrisonburg Veterans Day Parade, which starts at 2 p.m. The event will begin in the softball stadium at Memorial Hall. Both http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42186&CHID=2 Sat, 07 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 HARRISONBURG - Sunday's Veterans Day parade will have twice as many participants as last year. According to a release, 61 groups have registered for the event, 31 more than in November 2008. Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance, Dayton American Legion Post 27, the city of Harrisonburg and James Madison University organized http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42187&CHID=2 Sat, 07 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 HARRISONBURG - The case against two Harrisonburg men charged in connection with a drive-by shooting on Kelley Street has been continued until December. Alphonso Mason III, 22, is charged with three counts of felony malicious wounding, one felony count of assault and felony use of a firearm in commission of a felony. http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42188&CHID=2 Sat, 07 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 HARRISONBURG - A time of year that means glee for many gives gloom to others. And in latter cases, area churches are trying to ease the blues. During Thanksgiving and Christmas, people with nowhere to go for a filling meal and fellowship are finding both at holiday meals in various churches, say organizers of such gather http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42189&CHID=2 Sat, 07 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 HARRISONBURG - As the tempo quickened in a congressional campaign in New York, the printing orders for Harrisonburg businessman Mike Meredith's shop, The Printing Express, increased. By Election Day, Meredith, 53, of Elkton, estimated his business, The Printing Express of Harrisonburg, had produced nearly 250,000 campaig http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42190&CHID=2 Sat, 07 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 BRIDGEWATER - The Massanutten District championship showdown between Harrisonburg High School and Turner Ashby lived up to all of its hype for a full three quarters. It was a play early in the fourth that blew things open for the Blue Streaks, though, and left the Knights wondering what could have been. With appr http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42191&CHID=20 Sat, 07 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 PENN LAIRD - Spotswood High School senior Chad Williams had the quarterback's equivalent of a perfect game Friday night against Broadway. On his Senior Night, No. 10 was a spotless 10-for-10 for 118 yards and a pair of passing touchdowns. Though not called upon frequently, Williams converted on three crucial fourth down http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42192&CHID=20 Sat, 07 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 HARRISONBURG - Arthur Moats hasn't needed to dig for motivation this season.  Even late in games when James Madison's football team was losing, Moats has rushed opposing quarterback's like the national title was on the line. It's not. But even with JMU just 3-5 overall and 1-4 in the Colonial Athletic Association, a http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42193&CHID=3 Sat, 07 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 Today's Schedule CHEERLEADING High School Region III meet, 6 p.m., at Spotswood High School FIELD HOCKEY College CAA Tournament Semifinals at Drexel Hofstra vs. Drexel, noon http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42194&CHID=46 Sat, 07 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 HARRISONBURG - For Kirby Burkholder, it was all about relieving stress. On Friday, the Turner Ashby High School girls' basketball star verbally committed to play at Division I James Madison University in an effort to make her senior year at TA a little more relaxing. She cannot officially sign until Nov. 11, the http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42195&CHID=20 Sat, 07 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0600 HARRISONBURG - The Bridgewater College football team is injured - so injured, coach Michael Clark said wouldn't even say how injured. "It's classified," he said. The 15th-year coach then offered a poker analogy. "Sometimes, you've just got to try to win a hand with a pair of threes and a pair of fives," C http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=42196&CHID=3