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March 19, 2010

Stonewall Jackson's Juan Flores-Beserra, left, and Clarke County's Benjamin Marshall both try to leap and head the ball during Thursday's game in Quicksburg. Dennis Grundman/Daily (Read more)
Stonewall Jackson's Juan Luna Guerrero passes in front of Clarke County's Marty Dors. Dennis Grundman/Daily (Read more)
Stonewall Jackson's Patrick Bain and Clarke County's Timothy Walraven try to outrun each other to gain control of the ball. Dennis Grundman/Daily (Read more)
Stonewall Jackson's Juan Flores-Beserra and Clarke County's Matthew Moyer tangle up trying to head the ball. Dennis Grundman/Daily (Read more)


Mercury Paper will invest $21.2 million in its facility on Radio Station Road in Strasburg to relocate its North American headquarters, creating 150 jobs. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)
Mercury Paper will invest $21.2 million in its facility on Radio Station Road in Strasburg to relocate its North American headquarters, creating 150 jobs. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)


Sherando's Kaleb Nguyen returns a shot during a match last season. The junior is expected to lead the team this year. Dennis Grundman/Daily file (Read more)


Frederick County Public Schools is considering a proposal to turn over three buildings near the old Stephens City school, right, to the Board of Supervisors. Dennis Grundman/Daily (Read more)


A worker is silhouetted against steel roofing framework on top of the former Safeway building in the Woodstock Shopping Center. The Department of Social Services, the Health Department and Northwestern Community Services will relocate there. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)


March 18, 2010

Handley's Eduardo Santiago, left, heads the ball in front of Turner Ashby's Dillon Bland during Wednesday's game in Winchester. The Judges won, 3-2. (Read more)
Turner Ashby goalkeeper Chris Pence, right, makes a save before Handley's David Ko gets to the ball during Wednesday's game in Winchester. Dennis Grundman/Daily (Read more)
Handley's Deni Deyanov gets kicked while trying to control the ball. Dennis Grundman/Daily (Read more)
Handley's Donovan Varney tries to head a ball but is out jumped by an Ashby Turner player. Dennis Grundman/Daily (Read more)


A Front Royal altercation during a poker game has prompted questions of whether it is legal in Virginia to play the game at a private residence. Photo illustration by Rich Cooley (Read more)


Warren County pitcher Nicole King, left, and catcher Taylor Bass should form one of the area's top batteries in softball for the Wildcats this season. Dennis Grundman/Daily file (Read more)


Debbie Carman, of Strasburg, shows how high the water reached inside the basement of her home off Coal Mine Road during the weekend flooding. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)
Carman's son-in-law, Phillip Smith, kneels by the running water that flooded their home this weekend. Carman's insurance will not cover the damages because the source of the water originated from outside the home. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)
Debbie Carman, of Strasburg, watches as water runs from the floor of her basement into her sump pump inside her home off Coal Mine Road on Monday as a result of the weekend flooding. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)


Jasmine flowers bloom along a wall on a section of North Main Street in Woodstock as Jessi Sfarnas, 7, left, her twin sister Jamie, and their mother, Maurina, take a walk on a spring-like day. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)


March 17, 2010

Handley players lift Katie Gordon up in the air as they celebrate winning their third consecutive state title on June 6. The Judges will look to extend their 67-match winning streak this season with three starters from last year returning. Daily file (Read more)


Stephens City Town Manager Mike Kehoe sits inside a former classroom where a window frame is being repaired at the old Stephens City school. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)
A sign marking the Stephens City Elementary School hangs inside a stairwell. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)
Stephens City Town Manager Mike Kehoe walks outside the front steps of the former Stephens City Elementary School. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)
Old school desks are scattered inside a former classroom at the old Stephens City Elementary School. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)
Desks are lined up in this room framed by a broken door inside the old Stephens City school. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)


State Del. Matt Lohr, R-Harrisonburg, right, is seen talking with Del. Todd Gilbert, R-Woodstock, during a House session in Richmond in 2006. Daily file (Read more)


March 16, 2010

Peter Muhlenberg Middle School's Krista Heres received the regional library media specialist of the year award recently from the Virginia Educational Media Association and will go on as a candidate for the state honor. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)


March 15, 2010

Josette and Paul Miller stand inside Woods Chapel Independent Bible Church in New Market, where they are members. The couple are planning to start a Rock of Ages prison ministry in Shenandoah County for juvenile first offenders. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)
Miller holds a copy of the Bible at his church. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)


A Deer Rapids resident crosses over the footbridge to get to her vehicle as floodwaters flow over the low-water bridge that crosses the North Fork of the Shenandoah River along Deer Rapids Road near Strasburg on Saturday. Andrew Thayer/Daily (Read more)
A pile of debris and a sign are the only indication of a low-water bridge that crosses the flooded Cedar Creek along Bowmans Mill Road near Strasburg on Saturday. Andrew Thayer/Daily (Read more)
Happy Creek overflows its banks in Front Royal on Saturday. Andrew Thayer/Daily (Read more)
The view from the foot bridge shows a pile of debris caught on the low-water bridge that crosses the North Fork of the Shenandoah River along Deer Rapids Road near Strasburg on Saturday. In the distance are the parked vehicles of Deer Rapids residents and construction equipment working on a new bridge. Andrew Thayer/Daily (Read more)
Flood waters from Happy Creek flow over East 8th Street in Front Royal on Saturday. Andrew Thayer/Daily (Read more)
A pile of debris is caught on the low-water bridge that crosses the North Fork of the Shenandoah River along Deer Rapids Road near Strasburg on Saturday. Andrew Thayer/Daily (Read more)
A high water sign lets people know that East 8th Street is closed due to the flooding waters from Happy Creek in Front Royal on Saturday. Andrew Thayer/Daily (Read more)


Jamie, a 5-year-old sheltie, leaps over an obstacle to finish his run on the standard agility course at the spring competition hosted by the Blue Ridge Dog Training Club at the Sportsplex in Winchester on Saturday. Andrew Thayer/Daily (Read more)
Goldie, left, and MG relax with their owners, Shellie and Burton Goldstein, of Gaithersburg, Md., during the spring competition hosted by the Blue Ridge Dog Training Club at the Sportsplex in Winchester on Saturday. Andrew Thayer/Daily (Read more)
Paddy, an english cocker spaniel, jumps over the final obstacle during his run on the standard agility course at the spring competition hosted by the Blue Ridge Dog Training Club held at the Sportplex in Winchester on Saturday. Andrew Thayer/Daily (Read more)
A canine competitor jumps through a ring on the standard agility course at the spring competition hosted by the Blue Ridge Dog Training Club held at the Sportplex in Winchester on Saturday. Andrew Thayer/Daily (Read more)
Torrem, a sheltie, greets Kenzie, a great swiss mountain dog, in between runs on the agility course at the spring competition hosted by the Blue Ridge Dog Training Club held at the Sportplex in Winchester on Saturday. Andrew Thayer/Daily (Read more)
Miss Lili, an italian greyhound, gets a massage from Kimberlee Bennett, a canine and equine massage therapist. The dogs owner, Penny Lang, right, of Leesburg, looks on and says the massage helps Miss Lili stay loose and ready for competition. Andrew Thayer/Daily (Read more)


March 13, 2010

Free Spin machines are shown at Love's Travel Stops in Toms Brook in June. Rich Cooley/Daily file (Read more)


Millbrook's Alisha Mobley (34) looks for a pass during a Group AA, Division 3 state quarterfinal game against Warhill on Feb. 6 in Harrisonburg. Rich Cooley/Daily file (Read more)


Sherando's Tre Porter pitches against James Wood during a Northwestern District baseball game last season. Dennis Grundman/Daily file (Read more)







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