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THE TOP STORY: Dirty tricks? INSIDE ... Is the energy bill the answer to what ails us? By Chris Graham/AFP Critics of the energy bill currently up for review in the United States Senate stake their position on the notion that the legislation will do little to lower prices at the gas pump either in the short term or the long term. Sixth District Rep. Bob Goodlatte has a ready reply for those who offer that argument. "Not to do this because it won't have an effect on gas prices today will only make the problem worse down the road ..." IN FOCUS: Mum's the word on concert-choir trip By Chris Graham/AFP The newspaper headlines and television-news soundbites have focused on what Waynesboro school superintendent Lowell Lemons won't share publicly regarding the status of the investigation of the activities of two Waynesboro High School employees on a recent trip with the school's concert choir to New York City. What gets buried in those reports is why Lemons can't do more than acknowledge that the investigation is continuing. NOTES FROM THE PRESS: Evaluation season By Chris Graham/AFP The Virginia Hunting Dog Owners' Association last week released its endorsements in several key statewide primary races. The sportsmen's association gave the nod to former attorney general Jerry Kilgore in his race with Warrenton mayor George Fitch for the Republican Party gubernatorial nomination. Also on the GOP side of the ledger, the association endorsed Mechanicsville Sen. Bill Bolling ... EYE ON VIRGINIA: Petersen, rivals discuss tax relief By Chris Graham/AFP Chap Petersen is trying to get a leg up on his rivals for the Democratic Party lieutenant-governor nomination. "Taxes will be the big issue in this primary and in the general election. Working within the Virginia tradition of fiscally conservative government and a fair and equal tax system is absolutely critical," the Fairfax delegate told The Augusta Free Press on Thursday, hours after unveiling his tax-relief plan ... EYE ON THE VALLEY: Staunton honored for water-quality efforts By Chris Graham/AFP You turn the tap, and the water comes out. You're happy. And you don't give a nanosecond of consideration to how the water got into your house. That's Chris Dewald's job. "We come in and do our jobs every day. We have two shifts of people coming in here 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. This is a nice recognition for all the hard work that the people who work here ..." FACT OR FICTION: What's going on with I-81?  By Chris Graham/AFP The draft environmental-impact statement that is to serve as a guide for possible future improvements to Interstate 81 in Western Virginia was supposed to be ready for release in the spring of 2005. Ahem. It's the spring of 2005, and now the word from the Virginia Department of Transportation is that it could be the fall before the statement is ready for public review. THE AGENDA: Lexington School Board meeting By Chris Graham/AFP The Lexington School Board is meeting today at 6 p.m. at Lylburn Downing Middle School. The public is invited and encouraged to attend. The agenda for the meeting includes ... THE AGENDA: Waynesboro City Council meeting tonight By Chris Graham/AFP Waynesboro City Council will meet tonight at 7 p.m. in the city-council chambers of the Charles T. Yancey Municipal Building. The public is invited and encouraged to attend. The agenda for the meeting includes ... THE NOTEBOOK: Rockbridge, Staunton meetings today By Chris Graham/AFP The Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors will meet today at 9 a.m. in the Rockbridge County Administration Building in Lexington; and the Staunton School Board will meet tonight at 7 p.m. in the school-board conference room on the second floor of City Hall.
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Embedded, aided and abetted Kevin Sites, a cameraman with the NBC television network, embedded with the United States Marines, recorded footage of a marine who shot an Iraqi terrorist in a mosque. Fortunately, the Marine won't face charges. Unfortunately, one can only guess as to how many Coalition forces will die in the future due to a hesitancy to react to terrorists' threats as a result of the notoriety of this officious and intrusive embedded baggage. As many have predicted, embedded media completes the enemy encirclement of our coalition forces, aiding and abetting the terrorists while remaining protected by the heavy armor of immunity. - Armond Simmons, Pell City, Ala.
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