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“Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.” Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. For high schoolers and seasoned professionals alike, there are boundless possibilities for higher education in Virginia. The choices go far beyond those you may be familiar with or the schools you typically read about on the sports pages….
Manassas Journal Messenger | Going off-road
It’s been nearly five years since county supervisors got serious with ATV and dirt bike riders by putting teeth in county no trespassing laws. At the time, residents were complaining about the bike races conducted south of Dumfries in a lot between the north and south bound lanes of U.S. 1. Discussions among county supervisors…
Paths Of Fury
It’s difficult to look at the paths hurricanes ripped across Florida the past 150 years and not realize the state is a magnet for storms. But people do – and yawn. Fighting complacency in a place like the Tampa Bay area is a major battle for emergency officials. People forget, officials say. Or newcomers never…
Lobbying groups spend less
BY TYLER WHITLEY Media General News Service sms Lobbying organizations pulled in their horns trying to influence legislation in the 2002 General Assembly session, reports filed with the secretary of the commonwealth’s office show. Although the final figures are not in, total spending on lobbying was well below the record total in 2001, the reports…
Royuela catches on quickly
By LACY LUSK [email protected] MANASSAS If she laughs too much or speaks in thinly veiled pop-culture references, Osbourn Park senior Carola Royuela can be excused. The native Bolivian did, after all, learn her English from “The Simpsons.” “I like Bart he’s my favorite of all the characters,” Royuela said. “And I like to watch movies….
Cabrera silences Cannons’ bats
KINSTON, N.C. It was a night of firsts for Kinston starter Fernando Cabrera. The 20-year-old Puerto Rican earned his first professional back-to-back wins in helping the Indians outlast Potomac, 3-1, Wednesday. Cabrera (6-8) turned in a mighty performance, giving up just three hits and one earned run and striking out seven, including four in the…