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To view previous postings click here Subject: The New Buzz is up and running The new Bridgewater Buzz is up and running at
http://bridgewaterva.com/newbuzz . --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding) Subject: new buzz I tried posting on the new buzz site and it said "you don't have a valid --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding)
Subject: The New Bridgewater Buzz: testers wanted Moderator Tom and I have been working on figuring out how to upgrade Bridgewater Buzz. We think we have a solution that will work well for everyone, as well as making moderation easier -- but we need to test it out. If you're willing to give it a try, please go to http://bridgewaterva.com/newbuzz and you'll find instructions at the right of the screen under New Buzz. The New Buzz will have a lot of advantages and, to be sure, a few drawbacks relative to what Tom did here on the old Buzz. However, Tom and I have become convinced that the moderation features, the search and subscription capabilities, and other nice things about the new Buzz will be worth it. So, by all means go have a look at the New Buzz -- and thanks to everyone who makes Bridgewater Buzz what it is. --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding) Subject: Drugs in school Okay, is it time to begin random drug testing of high school students? You --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding) Subject:
NASA Scientist to give a pre-Earth Day presentation You are invited to hear a Bridgewater College alumnus talk about his work with
satellite-based measurements of the Earth and how this information is being
used to understand the Earth’s climate. --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding) Subject: OTA I'm moving to town with my family. Curious about OTA TV signals and have found the buzz helpful. Wondering about pros/cons/contrasts between two antenna set-up recommended here and simply using one antenna with a rotor. All advice is welcomed. Thanks --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding)
Subject: Virginia Kate arrives in the Valley A little over a week ago, read about it here: --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding)
Subject: b'water yard sale My pregnant daughter is wondering about the date of the yard sale this year. --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding)
Subject: Pres.
Bush to visit Bridgewater April Fool!!! --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding)
Subject: young life runners just wanted to say that the folks participating in the young life 5k run today --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding) Subject: Old Stonewall Vet building I would love to find contact information on the old Stonewall Vet building on
Subject: Ring found 7 Bridges Park I found a ring in Seven Bridges Park. Call me to identify if you think it's --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding) Subject: The TV3 + more page The redesign of this website continues, with the newest addition a local TV page
called "TV3 + More." This page is for local TV fans. Check it out at --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding) Subject: Almost Summer Another sign, besides the robins, that spring and summer are on the way -- THE
RED FRONT HOTDOG STAND IS OPEN! This week it is manned by Rockingham 4-H. Come
get a hotdog and drink for only $1. with chili $1.25 --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding)
Subject: choral program at turner ashby i see in the paper that mr nolley is leaving turner ashbys choral program at the --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding) Subject:
Highland
Maple
Festival Glad the comment form has been fixed. Hadn't attempted to send any postings in past couple of weeks so didn't know it wasn't working. But wondered why there were no new postings. This form is certainly different but seems to be working. Went to the Highlands Maple Festival yesterday in both McDowell and Monterey. What crowds and traffic! Especially enjoyed the clogging event in Monterey. Does anyone know of any clogging events going on in or around Bridgewater? --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding) Subject: Problem with Comment form fixed Apparently since around March 6, the Comment form ceased functioning. I was wondering why no new Buzz postings were coming in. Your alert Webmaster caught this malfunction and has corrected it. Hurray for him! However, you will notice that the Comment form appears somewhat different. Don't let that throw you. First of all, as the form mentions, you need not put your actual email address on the form. You may substitute the "guest" email address provided on the from. Secondly, although the comments box seems small, you may type as long of a posting as you wish. The box will expand in length to accommodate your posting. We apologize for any frustrations this has caused you in trying to submit current postings or comments. --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding) Subject: Buffalo Gap How about those Buffalo Gap basketball girls -- great going! --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding) Subject: New software, new look coming Here's a little more background on upcoming site changes for regular readers of Bridgewater Buzz: Plain and simple, Microsoft FrontPage is dying. Microsoft isn't supporting it very well and the web hosts aren't supporting it very well. When the FrontPage Extensions on the server break, it's become harder to get them restored and working. So, I'm going to a different software package and I'll take the opportunity to do some upgraded content. Thanks to everyone who suggested software, including some posters to this board. Obviously I can't take everyone's suggestions, but I do value them all. Meanwhile, Bridgewater Buzz should be unaffected by the upgrade -- please continue to contribute here. Thanks to all from your webmaster. When the new www.bridgewaterva.com is complete, there will be new content and a new look. Unfortunately, the site will also load more slowly. (I always took pride in having a fast-loading site, even over dial-up.) The slower loading is inherent in the way that Web software is going -- based on retrieving content from little databases that store it all. There's no way that such an approach can match the speed of simple html code. Those of you with broadband connections will notice little difference. For those with dial-up service, www.bridgewaterva.com will load more slowly the first time -- but later, caching and other tricks by your browser and service provider will speed things up. --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding)
Subject: PEW report Read in the paper that the PEW Institute gave Virginia an A- rating for having a effective and efficient government. We tied with Utah and Washington state. This is the highest ratings in the nation. Guess the ol' government types aren't as bad as is assumed. --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding) Subject: Mexican restaurants I'm in a group of women (about 10) that gets together every other month on our lunch hour (Harrisonburg area). We meet at a restaurant - looking for variety, speed of service, ability to handle a large group/"privacy", and reasonable price. We've never done Mexican, but we all like it. I know that El Charro on Main will seat a larger group at lunch. They have numerous $5 lunch specials, good service and yummy free chips. Do any of you know anything about Guzman's, Jalisco, or any new restaurants that have recently opened? We meet Tuesday. THANKS! --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding)
Subject: Shoe Drive Turner Ashby is collecting shoes for children in Hati. Any size shoe is accepted. Tennis shoes, dress shoes, and any closed toed shoes will work. Please, no sandals or open toed shoes or high heels. Shoes can be gently worn or new. The children also like to play soccer, so old soccer shoes are nice to have and the children will appreciate them. Please bring any shoes you can to Turner Ashby High School until March 10th. --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding) Subject: Robins Saw a robin Saturday... anybody else? --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding)
Subject: What's up with North River Grill? Can someone please fill me in what was good/bad with the place and what would YOU like to see served there? --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding) Comment by Moderator: Readers might find previous discussion of North River Grill at north river grill alcohol sales relevant.
Subject: "South Pacific" at Turner Ashby I caught the Friday night performance of the musical "South Pacific" at Turner Ashby, and it was great. The cast, crew and musicians all showed a lot of energy and talent. This is one of my favorite shows, and my favorite song ("There is Nothing Like a Dame") came off extremely well. My own kids are long gone from Turner Ashby and it's great to see the enthusiasm, dedication and musical ability of those coming through now. Congratulations all around! (Historical note, for those who may not know this: The actual sailors and nurses who served in World War II were actually about the age of high school students today -- not far off. People grew up fast in that wartime.) --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding)
Subject: 81 I've just read some serious allegations of waste and fraud on the part of our public officials and employees. I might be more inclined to take such comments more seriously if some specific instances and examples were supplied. --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding)
Subject: gas tax i am no fan of higher taxes. but the proposed one cent increase in the gasoline tax for each of the next five years looks sensible to me. the gas tax is fair as taxes go. if you drive more and use the roads more you pay more for upkeep. if drive less you dont. is the general assembly so anti tax that it cant even enact a small and sensible gas tax increase. --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding)
Subject: Buzz
acting up again Just received an email from one of you readers stating that his copy of Buzz looked strange on a his new Vista system and was showing the first posting on his Foxfire browser as being an old one about the snow predictions. I double checked in on Internet Explorer and Foxfire and found the same old listings. So the Comcast server as acting up again!!!!! :( :( :( Buzz appeared all right when I checked it out on several different types of browsers after posting the Joe Downs posting below. Apparently the Comcast sever went back to posting an old set of posts in the interim. Thanks for letting me know. Will keep a close watch on the site from now on whether or not any new postings come in. --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding) Subject: Joe Downs Looks like Joe has landed at WVIR. --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding)
Subject: election I have to decide whether to vote (primary) for Huckabee or Obama. I am waiting to see the dust settle a bit around Huckabee first. I have spent a lot of time on all of the candidates websites and Huckabee more closely represents me but he just hasn't had the media coverage needed. I do not want Hillary at all. --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding)
Subject: Virginia primary Who are you voting for in next week's Virginia primaries? It looks as though it might actually matter, especially on the Democratic side. --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding)
Subject: The Bridgewater Bypass I noticed that the latest town newsletter, the Current, has an article about the proposed bypass around Bridgewater. The article seemed to imply that getting roads approved is hard, and that the anti-road building forces have the natural advantage. As I look around our area, though, I see the opposite: seems to me the road builders and developers will get their way, possibly with a delay, but get their way all the same. Am I wrong about that? --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding) Note: See previous discussion of this topic below at: Bridgewater Bypass
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Buzz's appearance When I opened up Buzz this morning I discovered it was gibberish again with the headings for your posts juxtaposition all over the place. That has been occurring lately and I am at a loss to explain it. Sometimes it takes an inordinate amount of time to upload a new message to the buzz. But I check the final product against several types of internet browsers after uploading it and it always looks all right. But later the gibberish shows up again when I go to the internet site to look at it. Then, when I upload a fresh copy of Buzz to the Comcast website, it returns to looking as it is supposed to look. Possibly it is related to current difficulties in uploading your posts to the Buzz site. I don't know. At any rate, please accept my apologies' for the sometimes horrible appearance of Buzz when you open it. All I can say is try again later when this happens and it may look OK then (because I will have seen it in the mean time and "re-uploaded" it). Well, I can hear our cat meowing to get out. He still hasn't gotten the idea the deck is covered with ice and he will slide all over the place trying to get his footing. At 17 years he definitely has a short memory. --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding) Subject: our favorite pro football team like many of my neighbors i am a fan of the washington redskins. so i ask the question what is going on with trying to hire a new coach. coach williams seemed all ready to step in where coach gibbs had finally begun to get things going. and now theyre going to bring in a hotshot with all new assistant coaches or so it seems. i dont get it. --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding)
Subject: A Snowy Surprise What a beautiful sight for sore eyes! Only regret is we didn't have this on Christmas day. I have a shih-tzu dog and when I let him out to potty (I shoveled a path for him) he ignored all my hard work and dove straight in...:))) guess children aren't the only ones who like the snow...it was so deep he had to "paw" his way back out!! Soo funny! --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding)
Subject: Weather Hey did anybody notice its snowing? --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding)
Subject: Bridgewater
Bypass There will be an open forum regarding the proposed Bridgewater Bypass solutions
on Wednesday, January 16 at Turner Ashby High School from 4-7 p.m. The
following website gives a wealth of information about both projects, including a
No Build option, in addition to the proposed A and B options. It's 26 pages
in all, but worth glancing at - VDOT has done their research well. If
the above link doesn't open, type the following into your browser
minus the quotes: "http://www.virginiadot.org/VDOT/Projects/Staunton/Staunton/asset_upload_file534_18331.pdf" If the above link doesn't open, type the following into your browser minus the quotes:"http://www.virginiadot.org/projects/staunton/bridgewater_bypass_location_study.asp" --Click to Make Comment-- (please copy subject heading to which you are responding)
In terms of traffic,
certainly a lot of traffic pressure would be taken off the West end of
Bridgewater at the intersection of Dinkel and route 42. I was at
the meeting mentioned above at TAHS and it seems that where Rt. 42
enters Bridgewater from the East could not be broadened to 4 lanes at
the intersection with Oakwood Drive. Therefore, the traffic
(especially trucks) would bottleneck there and make traffic at that end
of town more congested. But it would keep more truck traffic off
the main drag and away from the college, which has been a major concern
of citizens at that end of town. By contrast, the people at the
East end of town would be subject to the traffic noises from the bypass
passing close to their neighborhoods, not to mention the sight of the
bypass destroying their bucolic view of the farms and rolling hills in
that area.
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Subject: Analog
TV Converter Box In
404
days
as
of
today,
TV
stations
are
scheduled
to
only
broadcast
in
digital
TV.
That
means
any
non-digital
TV
will
not
be
able
to
receive
programs
in
digital
TV.
Possibly
cable
companies
will
have
built
in
converters
built
into
their
box
tops
(Tivo
or
DVRs,
for
example)
that
would
allow
you
to
continue
to
receive
on
an
analog
set.
However,
if
you
want
to
receive
digital
on
your
analog
set
using an outside antenna
(or
possibly
even
with
a
cable
set
up)
you
will
need
a
converter
box.
You
can
obtain
up
to
two
coupons
from
the
government
in
the
amount
of
$40
each
towards
the
cost
of a
converter
box.
Simply
go
to https://www.mydtv2009.gov/Default.aspx
There
you
can
fill
out
a
form
that
allows
the
coupon(s)
to
be
sent
through
the
mail
or
it
gives
a
phone
number
for
you
to
call.
But
as I
understand
it,
this
is a
one-time
deal
and
when
the
government
runs
out
of
their
limited
supply
of
coupons,
the
deal
closes.
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Subject: Analog/Digital Tv Here is a FCC link for a little better understanding of the new Digital signal issue: --Click
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Subject: Analog/Digital
Tv All
good
advice.
Another
frustrating
element
facing
people
shopping
for
a
new
TV
is
the
difference
between
a
regular
digital
TV (DTV)
that
has
the
standard
TV
4:3
screen
ratio
and
the
16:9
screen
ratio
of
the
HDTV,
the
latter
of
which
lends
itself
to
all
the
new
wide
screen
programs
on
TV.
A
very
detailed
explanation
of
the
differences
between
analog
TV,
DTV,
and
HDTV
can
be
found
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Subject: analog to digital tv The converter box won't "do it all" for some of us. IF YOU CANNOT GET THE UHF SIGNALS OFF THE PRESENT TOWERS YOU CANNOT GET THE DIGITAL SIGNAL. That's right, if you are using an antenna to get free TV and you cannot presently get any channels above 13 - you are out of luck. I know. Someone knowledgeable about this event let me borrow a converter box and try it with my present (new in 2005) antenna and digital capable TV. Since I'm unable to catch the UHF signals from the present tower on Massanutten, I can't receive the digital signal. So, what do I do if I don't want to start paying for satelite? My options are: 1) raise my antenna. I'll have to pay a pro to come out and test to see how high I have to go - 10, 20, 30 feet? Neighbors will love that. 2) Stop watching TV altogether. --Click
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Subject: analog/digital tv Isn't it all a pain in the tush! We should all go on a cable strike like the writers in Hollywood. Then maybe the cable companies will stop jerking us all around! They want us to go out and buy new TVs so they can charge us more $ for high def. cable. Now they have everyone so confused that no one knows if their TV will work after the "big switch" or not. --Click
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Subject: Analog TV Converter Box The DTV conversion applies ONLY to Full Power TV which in our area means Channels 3, 51, (& 29 if you get it on channel 29). If you get TV on channels other than 5, 9, 18, 29, you're probably
receiving LPTV, low power TV which has NOT been mandated to convert to Digital. So, if you are buyng a set-top box to get Digital, and want to continue getting those channels be sure your converter box has analog pass-through capability. reference <http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/DTVandLPTV.html>. --Click
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Subject: North River Grill Alcohol Sales whats up with the north river grills alcohol sales. i saw an abc notice on the door but was not close enough to read it. next to the abc notice was a hand lettered sign that said theyre not currently selling any alcoholic beverages. anybody know whats going on. i was not curious enough to get out of the car and go right up to the door.
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Subject: North River Grill Alcohol Sales It's hearsay but here's what I heard: One of the co-owners--the youngster--neglected to obtain a "license to sell alcohol" permit. So, until that license is obtained, they can't sell the stuff. Can only sell food. If anyone knows more, I'd be interested to know as well. --Click
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Subject Heading) usually when there's a notice from the abc guys and they're not selling alcohol it means they sold to a minor; for a first time offense they usually make you temporarily stop selling alcohol. but i don't know if this is the case with them. however, i can't think of any other reason why a business would stop selling alcohol, especially a business like this, as alcohol sales are very popular and bring in the dough. let's just hope my instincts are wrong. --Click
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Subject: North River Grill Alcohol
Sale The person responsible for maintaining the license did not re-new in time so the process HAS to start over. It is a 3-8 week time table depending on the backlog of work for the ABC Staunton branch. 2 ads in the paper plus a 30 day sign in the window and the interview process. Thankfully there were NO violations pertaining to underage or after hours or anything else. --Click
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Subject: Delegate Lohr's agri-tourism initiative I see in the news that Delegate Lohr would like for the state to hire an agri-tourism director to promote things such as his (!) pumpkin patch. Does Delegate Lohr truly believe in the "limited government" principles that he claims at election time? A limited government doesn't going around using tax money to favor one sector or another. Instead it limits its activities to those necessary to maintaining order and justice. We can have plenty of order and justice if the agri-tourism supporters fund their own promotion.
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Subject: Del. Lohr I agree wholeheartedly. As a conservative Republican, I am very much in favor of limited
government. This is just another example of unnecessary government activities. There are a
certain few things that the government should be doing (post office, providing for the common defense, roads, etc.). However, we have no one to blame but ourselves, the general public's response to any unpleasantness, generally is "the government should do something about that". We have come to expect the government to be all things to all people, cradle to grave. We did it to ourselves. --Click
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Subject: Lohr Here, here, Let
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Subject: dismissal in clerks office i was sorry to see that there had been an apparently political dismissal of an employee of the circuit court clerks office. its a shame that it happened. and yet. given that the dismissed employee had been running a hard campaign against the new boss. and that some of her fellow employees had worked against her election. it seems that it might have been best for her to look for a new job somewhere else even if she hadnt been dismissed. and i would also add that i am an outsider and i dont know what goes on in that office and i am sure i dont know half of the real story. and finally. i have heard that the individual involved is a talented and hard working person and i hope she will get a good job somewhere else.
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