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field INSIDE ... Kilgore proposes getting serious on domestic violence By Chris Graham/AFP Barbara Shifflett-Fridley doesn't need to be told that Virginia's domestic-violence laws aren't worth the paper that they're printed on when the legal system fails to stand behind them. "In my case, I felt like I lacked a lot of response from the magistrate and the judge," said Shifflett-Fridley, whose ex-boyfriend, Daniel Lee Zirkle, violated four protective orders in a 21-day period in 1999 before murdering her daughters ... IN FOCUS: Local Telamon office to close its doors By Chris Graham/AFP The Waynesboro regional office of the Telamon Corp. will be closing its doors effective April 30. Telamon Corp. Virginia state director Sharon Saldarriaga made the announcement in a letter to local supporters of the migrant farmworker-assistance program last week. The move does not affect Telamon programs in 10 other Virginia localities ... NOTES FROM THE PRESS: A busy day on the politics beat By Chris Graham/AFP The reference to the Marshall Plan that brought Western Europe back from the dead in the 1940s is of course not coincidental. Republican Party attorney-general nomination candidate Steve Baril wants to do the same thing with the transportation infrastructure in the Old Dominion. "The only way to solve Virginia's transportation problem is with a sustained 10-year commitment of $1 billion per year ..." EYE ON THE VALLEY: To go public, or not to public?  By Chris Graham/AFP On the one hand, you have Waynesboro City Council moving to protect the privacy rights of the candidates who have or are about to express an interest in being appointed to the open at-large seat. On the other hand, you have two men who have already thrown their hats into the ring - former councilman DuBose Egleston and Augusta Free Press columnist Stephen Winslow - who wonder aloud why city leaders are so worried about their privacy. EYE ON THE VALLEY: Work continues on regional bike plan  By Chris Graham/AFP The Central Shenandoah Valley could soon be home to bike lanes on rural roadways and bike-only boulevards in cities and suburban areas. Bike lanes and bike boulevards are among the recommendations to come out of the work being done by the Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission to create a regional bicycle plan. THE AGENDA: Augusta County Board meeting tonight By Chris Graham/AFP The Augusta County Board of Supervisors will meet tonight at 7 p.m. at the Augusta County Government Center in Verona. The public is invited and encouraged to attend. The agenda for tonight's meeting includes ... THE AGENDA: Rockingham Supervisors meeting today, tonight By Chris Graham/AFP The Rockingham County Board of Supervisors is meeting today at 2 p.m. at Turner Ashby High School in Bridgewater. The public is invited and encouraged to attend. The agenda for the meeting includes ... OBITUARIES: April 13, 2005 Anthony Wayne "Tony" Potter, 37 MOUSE TRAILS: Bits and bytes?  By Ron Doyle Questions that I get quite often have to do with the sizes and numbers that are used concerning computers. For instance, "How many floppy disks will a CD hold?" or "What is a bit or a byte?" We are going to take a look at many of them and try to relate them to everyday computer-life. Get ready, because we will be looking at many, many numbers.
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A question for the ages En route to Rome aboard Air Force One, former presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush recalled their disagreements with the pope over the Gulf War and social issues. Bill opined, "He's like all of us. He may have a mixed legacy." Did the pope have an intern? - Armond Simmons, Pell City, Ala.
An acknowledgement? A photograph of the original pledge of allegiance to the flag of the USA was banned in a sale on eBay. As explanation for the ban of America's heritage, eBay cited its policy against items related to Nazism. The eye-popping photo and the eBay letter are at http://rexcurry.net/pledgeban.html. Questions raised by eBay's actions include the following (and any answers are not clear from Ebay's letter): - Is eBay acknowledging that the USA's original pledge of allegiance (which used a straight-arm salute) was the origin of the Nazi salute? That historic discovery has already been exposed (http://rexcurry.net/pledgesalute.html). Additional photos are at http://rexcurry.net/pledge2.html - Does eBay believe that historic photographs of America's original pledge violate laws in countries that ban Nazi depictions? (Selling or displaying Nazi artifacts is illegal in France. Germany is similar. In other words, is the U.S. pledge a Nazi artifact? Is it illegal to display or sell historic photographs of the original USA pledge in France and/or Germany?) - Rex Curry, Tampa, Fla.
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