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Chris Fordney: Ewoks mess up the news

One of the biggest headlines in newspaper these days is: "The end is near for newspapers."

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Bob Wooten: Facebook follies can haunt you

Got that second cup of coffee yet? Good, now settle down and work with me on a little mental exercise.

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Chris Fordney: Sun set to shine at Avtex

Twenty years ago this month, the stinking, rotting, smoking and leaking symbol of industrial decay and folly that was Avtex Fibers in Front Royal was finally forced to shut down, leaving behind a toxic mess that has taken all of that time and a projected $150 million to clean up -- with much of that cost borne by FMC Corp., a former owner of the plant.

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Bob Wooten: Wolves that live among us

We're told to love thy neighbor, and that's always seemed like good advice. In fact, it's been pretty easy counsel to follow. No matter where I've lived over the years, I've been lucky to have wonderful people living just across the fence.

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Glasses fast out of style

When the receptionist picked up the phone, she was laughing at some joke with a co-worker and took several seconds to compose herself before acknowledging the customer at the other end of the line.

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Bob Wooten: Protesters may take out anger on ballots

If tradition holds, sometime this evening my wife and I will dim the lights at our house, settle in with some popcorn and watch a Halloween favorite.

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Chris Fordney: Murder lurks in the attic

It will soon be Halloween, a time to venture into the attic of the old house, preferably late at night when there are no sounds except perhaps the scraping of a branch against the roof or the low moan of the wind in the trees outside.

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Bob Wooten: Protest provides food for thought

Getting a hundred people together on Court Square in Woodstock for anything that doesn't involve a parade, food or free music is a pretty tall order.

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Falcon's flight: The fix was in

Everyone loves a happy ending. Lassie rescues Timmy from the bottom of the mine shaft. Alice wakes up, no worse for wear, on the right side of the looking glass. Dorothy and Toto miss their balloon ride but still make it home safely from Oz.

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Chris Fordney: Troubles dog key project

In viewing the adventures of developer Denver E. Quinnelly, it has been possible to be just a rubbernecker even as a few local icons have gone down.

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Chris Fordney: Tearing up streets and more

Winchester seems kind of torn up these days.

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Bob Wooten: Scanner chatter is cheap

No newsroom would seem right without a police scanner providing the background music.

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Bob Wooten: Manners forgotten by some politicos

It's too bad Alma Porter isn't in charge of Congress. Mrs. Porter, God rest her soul, was my 11th-grade algebra teacher, and she ruled her class with an iron fist.

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Chris Fordney: Feels like the close of an era

With the death of Ted Kennedy and the passing of our last immediate link to Camelot, this year is shaping up as a big one for prominent deaths.

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Bob Wooten: Ex-sheriff, QB facing music for bad deeds

On the surface, two men couldn't have less in common than Michael Vick and Danny Presgraves.

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Chris Fordney: The junk is all in the label

A few hours into every copy-editing shift here at The Daily Miracle, I'm faced with the same decision.

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Bob Wooten: Murder is not a fair response to youth

Being young and foolish is far too often a fatal combination.

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Bob Wooten: Town halls prompting sympathy for senator

A few times lately, I have clicked on the TV, turned to a cable news channel and actually felt sorry for a member of Congress.

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Chris Fordney: Interstate outrages continue

Remember the "Highway of Death" from the Gulf War of 1991, the stretch of road littered with burned-out Iraqi vehicles?

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Bob Wooten: 'Clunkers' no help for responsible

If the "Grey Ghost" gives up the ghost tomorrow, I won't mourn. I'll just leave my old friend by the side of the road and walk away satisfied. The Ghost, my 1993 Nissan pickup, is the single best automotive investment of my life.

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Chris Fordney: One father located, two lost

How far will we go to plumb our roots? Cindy and I got off the highway at this central Michigan town and drove through block after block of shuttered factories, boarded-up shopping centers and streets where every third or fourth house has been abandoned.

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Bob Wooten: Sales tax holiday a relief for the weary

If the recession has you counting pennies, I have good news. You can count on saving a nickel on every dollar spent next weekend for school clothes and supplies.

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Chris Fordney: Readers get break with odd animals

Sometimes it's good for editors at newspapers, even those who only work part time on the copy and design desks, to tell readers a little about how The Daily Miracle is put together and to explain our decisions about the selection and placement of stories and photographs.

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Bob Wooten: Festival weathers anything

A chilly gust of wind swept down from the mountainside, and I knew we were about to get wet.

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Chris Fordney: Awesome is cooler than cool

Every generation has its special words. When my generation's parents would say something was "super," or "neat," we would say it was "cool," mainly because we wanted to sound cooler than our parents.

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Bob Wooten: As paper business lives, so shall we

The timing for the group photo was just right -- everyone was full of beer and burgers, and the band had taken a break.

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Chris Fordney: Parents become Hokies

Ah, college days. I had thought they were over.

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Chris Fordney: Guests join trip to park

The people up at Shenandoah National Park are encouraging everyone to go camping this summer, so we took them up on it.

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Bob Wooten: Funding cuts spell danger on highways

I was driving home last Sunday from a trip out of town when a huge gator showed me his teeth and then put the bite on me.

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November 14, 2009

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Got that second cup of coffee yet? Good, now settle down and work with me on a little mental exercise.

November 9, 2009

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Twenty years ago this month, the stinking, rotting, smoking and leaking symbol of industrial decay and folly that was Avtex Fibers in Front Royal was finally forced to shut down, leaving behind a toxic mess that has taken all of that time and a projected $150 million to clean up -- with much of that cost borne by FMC Corp., a former owner of the plant.

November 7, 2009

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We're told to love thy neighbor, and that's always seemed like good advice. In fact, it's been pretty easy counsel to follow. No matter where I've lived over the years, I've been lucky to have wonderful people living just across the fence.

November 2, 2009

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When the receptionist picked up the phone, she was laughing at some joke with a co-worker and took several seconds to compose herself before acknowledging the customer at the other end of the line.

October 31, 2009

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If tradition holds, sometime this evening my wife and I will dim the lights at our house, settle in with some popcorn and watch a Halloween favorite.

October 26, 2009

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It will soon be Halloween, a time to venture into the attic of the old house, preferably late at night when there are no sounds except perhaps the scraping of a branch against the roof or the low moan of the wind in the trees outside.

October 24, 2009

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Getting a hundred people together on Court Square in Woodstock for anything that doesn't involve a parade, food or free music is a pretty tall order.









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