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The gifts they keep on giving
Looking to score some free NASCAR tickets? Get elected to state government. Passes to auto-racing events and football games, free dinners and gift boxes regularly fall into the hands of those serving in Richmond, according to annual statements of economic interests filed by legislators in January. The largest gifts in 2001 were $235 Washington Redskins…
Manassas Journal Messenger | VHSL pushes back football playoffs
By LACY LUSK [email protected] Another football season, another one-week extension on the Virginia High School League state playoffs. For the second consecutive year, the six VHSL state finals have been pushed back a week. The season after a sniper scare led to a mid-December day of championships, the aftereffects of Hurricane Isabel have done the…
Manassas Journal Messenger | Record-setting flight departs from Manassas
World record-breaking helicopter pilot Jennifer Murray took off Thursday from Manassas attempting a journey that no one has ever completed before — to fly a helicopter 32,000 miles around the world through the South and North poles. It is flying to the extremes of the planet that carries with it “the big adventure, the big…
Filling all sorts of roles
An inning here, a batter there: That’s the fluid nature of Mike Matthews’ profession. As a relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, Matthews doesn’t have a fixed role like closer Jason Isringhausen or setup man Mike Timlin. Instead, the job is more free-flowing and often brings little notice. On June 20 against Anaheim, when…
BPAA award winners announced
By TED GRUSZKOWSKI [email protected] Cathy Cooper, Hazel McLeary and Kerm Helmer were named 2003 Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America Bowling Industry Service winners at the recent BPAA Board of Directors meeting held in Chandler, Ariz. Cooper, Anderson, Ind., president of the Young American Bowling Alliance and USA Bowling and one of the BPAA’s representatives to…
Juvenile charged with arson
A 17-year-old who lives at Youth for Tomorrow was charged with starting a fire Saturday evening at the residential group home for at-risk teenage boys, said Battalion Chief C. Hadden Culp, Prince William Fire and Rescue spokesman. “A resident was charged with arson in connection with that fire and he’s being held at the Juvenile…