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Chris Fordney: Grilling: A simple pleasure

Like magic, Sunday was an hour longer than Saturday with the clock change. And with the sun climbing higher into the sky every day, the days will continue to become longer and warmer.

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Bob Wooten: A weird week of news all around

Whether you belong to the morning water cooler gang, the brown-bag lunch bunch or the afternoon coffee klatch, it's always good to bring a juicy "did ya hear" story.

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Chris Fordney: Bomber flies into the mist

One of the answers on "Jeopardy" last week had to do with a famous bombing mission over Germany during World War II. Contestants were expected to ask a question that would identify the plane flown by the crews.

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Bob Wooten: Tea Party politics hit close to home

The pot is coming to boil at the Front Royal Town Hall. The teapot, that is.

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Chris Fordney: Dogs let a lot out in rivers

For many years I chose not to clean up after my dogs when they went in the yard, believing that it helps the grass grow and that only wusses pick up dog poop.

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Bob Wooten: Arsonist did town a favor?

William Welebir will stand before a federal judge May 5 and get the second half of the bad news.

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Chris Fordney: Envy for an SUV at an end

As we looked out our front window at the two rusting hulks in our driveway one day recently, my wife and I decided it was time to buy a new car.

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Bob Wooten: Lottery serves a purpose

The midnight hour was fast approaching -- along with the newspaper's deadline -- and a handful of tired editors gathered on the back porch.

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Chris Fordney: Now we love all the tech

Last week was a time to appreciate technology. Our power was out for only five hours, but that was long enough for the outside chill to get in and numb our toes as we huddled under several layers next to our survival gear -- a flashlight, camp stove, two cans of tuna fish, three cans of soup, a jar of applesauce and a half-full can of Giant lightly salted party peanuts.

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Bob Wooten: Snow can bring out good, bad

There's nothing like adversity to bring out the best and the worst in people. And since late December, the skies have dumped more than 5 feet of adversity on the Northern Shenandoah Valley, including last weekend's 2-footer.

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Chris Fordney: There's life after football

There's always a letdown the day after the Super Bowl, no matter who wins. Part of it is that there will no more football to watch until next season. And part of it is facing the dreariest expanse of the calendar, the six weeks or so between now and when we'll begin to thaw out with warmer temperatures.

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Bob Wooten: Blame weather on Phil

It may have been cold and snowy, but the steam was pouring out of my ears when I finally set foot on my front porch Tuesday evening.

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Chris Fordney: Vogel's my new celebrity

Anyone who has lived in the Northern Shenandoah Valley for any time knows that we've made many strides in the past few years, with greatly expanded opportunities for education, shopping, cultural refinement, health care and fine dining -- although we still lack a Hooters restaurant.

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Bob Wooten: Election season heats up

Looks like the game is on. No, not the Super Bowl -- the 2010 town elections.

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Chris Fordney: Streams getting cleaner

The bat flicked back-and-forth along the rushing surface of Opequon Creek one afternoon last week as our pair of kayaks approached.

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Bob Wooten: Flying always a scare

More than half a century ago, the famous Cunard Line adopted a slogan that would inspire countless travelers to see the world.

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Chris Fordney: Council leans on charities

Who qualified as the greatest Scrooge of 2009? The Winchester City Council was right up there with the stingiest of the sticky-fingered as it cracked down on the poor, the elderly and recovering addicts and alcoholics.

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Bob Wooten: Sex story no news to seniors

Here's a chestnut you might have heard from your elders: "There may be snow on the roof, but there's still a fire in the wood stove."

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Chris Fordney: Weather refusing to let up

Forget about terrorists wearing Fruit of the Boom or coverage of the war in Afghanistan. Right now, it's all about the weather.

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Bob Wooten: Bag tax will hurt families

The word "trillion" rolls off the tongue with frightening ease in the nation's capital these days.

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Visiting a stuffed war hero

In a recent column I suggested that if you would like to see the horse that carried Philip Sheridan to victory in the Battle of Cedar Creek, you could view his stuffed remains (the horse's, not Sheridan's) at the Smithsonian's Museum of American History in Washington.

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Bob Wooten: Mayhem tops list for 2009

It's the second day of a brand new year, but I can't help taking one last look back at the old year.

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Chris Fordney: Overseas was hot time at holidays

It was the year the Christmas tree became airborne. This was in Bangkok, when I was a kid sprawled on the couch reading a comic book and a gust of furnace-hot Asiatic wind ripped through the living room, lifting the tree, tinsel wafting in its wake, and slamming it to the floor with a mighty crash.

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Bob Wooten: Decade's end brings 'twenty' questions

No doubt, the holiday debris field is still fresh.

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Chris Fordney: Gibson ends era in news

On those weekday evenings when my presence is not required at The Daily Miracle, you will find me in my kitchen as the hour approaches 6:30, pouring a drink and preparing to settle down with -- what else? -- the news.

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Bob Wooten: Snow falls as debate warms up

If the weather experts got it right, Old Man Winter came calling in the dead of night. And he's a few days early this year. By Friday afternoon, the forecasts called for a major storm system to pass through Virginia....

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Chris Fordney: A simple message this year

Every year right around this time, I ask my wife: "So, dear, how are we doing with Christmas?" And just to toy with me a little, Cindy will say: "What do you mean, we?" She has quietly done a lot...

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Bob Wooten: Bend the ear of the General Assembly

After 30 years in the newspaper business, I am still sometimes amazed by the common sense of our readers.

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Chris Fordney: Breathe easy in and out

The air was cleaner last week, both inside and outside. The state's ban on smoking in bars and restaurants that took effect Dec. 1 was big news, with some owners wondering how many customers they'll lose due to the new restrictions.

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Bob Wooten: Front and center for the show

The late, great comedian George Carlin compared life in the 21st century to a seedy icon of the 19th.

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Chris Fordney: Book has new look at battle

The Battle of Cedar Creek was a most unusual battle. It may have been the only time during the Civil War that both sides won smashing victories in the same day.

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Bob Wooten: If solar is the future, proceed carefully

Solar power is a good idea -- in theory. Alternative energy sources help keep the world green and make America less reliant on foreign oil.

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Chris Fordney: Big firms milking farmers?

A glass of milk is such a wholesome, healthy thing. And that makes it hard to associate it with such dark matters as anti-trust allegations, political intrigue and swollen executive compensation.

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Bob Wooten: An open door for oddballs

She wore a stocking cap, heavy boots and more coat than the weather called for.

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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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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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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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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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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: 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: 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: 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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Whether you belong to the morning water cooler gang, the brown-bag lunch bunch or the afternoon coffee klatch, it's always good to bring a juicy "did ya hear" story.

March 8, 2010

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One of the answers on "Jeopardy" last week had to do with a famous bombing mission over Germany during World War II. Contestants were expected to ask a question that would identify the plane flown by the crews.

March 6, 2010

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The pot is coming to boil at the Front Royal Town Hall. The teapot, that is.

March 1, 2010

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For many years I chose not to clean up after my dogs when they went in the yard, believing that it helps the grass grow and that only wusses pick up dog poop.

February 27, 2010

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William Welebir will stand before a federal judge May 5 and get the second half of the bad news.

February 22, 2010

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As we looked out our front window at the two rusting hulks in our driveway one day recently, my wife and I decided it was time to buy a new car.

February 20, 2010

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The midnight hour was fast approaching -- along with the newspaper's deadline -- and a handful of tired editors gathered on the back porch.









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