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Educator takes teaching Japanese to a new level
julieg@herald-mail.comAyako Shiga knows how difficult it can be to learn a foreign language. When she was growing up in Tokyo, she failed her first semester of English in middle school. During a break that semester, she went to visit her father in Australia and couldn’...Tags: Japan, Schools, Apple iPad, Travel, China Earthquake (2010)
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Trailblazer dies at age 88
davem@herald-mail.comLois Smith Harrison was a woman who blazed trails in more ways than one, becoming a pioneer for higher education in Washington County, making her own way through a college education in the 1940s that was rare for women at that time and juggling home...Tags: Human Interest, Christianity, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, World War II (1939-1945)
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Lois Smith Harrison
Lois Smith Harrison, a selfless, community-minded woman whose smile was full of love and faith and whose heart gave without limit, joined the Lord’s choir invisible Dec. 15, 2012. Lois adored her late husband, Richard Lee Harrison, with whom she...
Tags: Board of Directors, Human Interest, Colleges and Universities, Christianity, Music
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Geraldine E. Irving, 83
Geraldine Elizabeth Buchanan Irving, 83, of 18309 College Road in Hagerstown, Md., went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, at her home. Born Oct. 1, 1929, in Charlton, Md., she was the daughter of the late Joseph Raymond and Alice...
Tags: Medical Specialization, Colleges and Universities, Habitat for Humanity International, Graduation, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia)
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Neighbor leaves cherished memories
My friend Mildred "Neale" Baltz died last month, just weeks shy of her 103rd birthday. Despite our 40-year age difference, we shared a lot in the nearly two decades that we were next-door neighbors. I wrote a story about Neale in 2005 — its...Tags: Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, University of Virginia, Dance, Entertainment Events
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Letters to the Editor: Nov. 1
Travis Poole understands school issues To the editor: Of all the elections coming up next week, none is more important that the choices we make for the four open positions on the Washington County Board of Education. I have known and worked with Travis...Tags: Jay Carney, Real Estate, Services and Shopping, Lifestyle and Leisure, Federal Housing Administration
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Mildred Baltz, 102
Mildred “Neale” Baltz died Saturday, Oct. 6, at age 102. Neale was born on a dairy farm in Bealeton, Va., one of nine children of Wayland Dunaway Neale and Mary Virginia James Neale, on Oct. 23, 1909. The Neale children drove a horse-...
Tags: Loudoun County, Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Virginia), Colleges and Universities, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), Coral Gables
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Comedian Steve Hofstetter targets the 'thinking man'
Special to The Herald-MailIt's no joke: Steve Hofstetter never planned on becoming a comedian. But today he has appearances on programs like the "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (host Ferguson called him "delightfully funny") and Showtime's "White Boyz in the Hood" under...Tags: The New York Times, Jerry Seinfeld, Comedy (genre), Dave Barry, Queens (New York City)
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Dorothy B. Campbell, 88
Dorothy Byron (Lane) Campbell, 88, daughter of the late Gov. William Preston Lane Jr. and Dorothy (Byron) Lane, died Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, at The Sylvestery in McLean, Va. Born March 12, 1924, in Hagerstown, Md., she was married for more than 50...
Tags: Anglicanism, Christianity, Human Interest, France, New York City
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Allan Powell: Frances Perkins - America's Iron Lady
Honesty requires the admission of neglect for the deserved recognition of many progressive women who have contributed so much to our nation. I was inspired to read the life of Frances Perkins as a result of getting so many thrilling bits and pieces from...Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Government, Feminism, Regional Authority, Labor Legislation
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6th District congressional candidate wants to share job-creating success
andrews@herald-mail.comEditor's note: This is one in an occasional series of profiles about candidates running for election in the 6th Congressional District. John Delaney said he has a proven record of creating jobs — more than 1,000 of them in Montgomery County, Md....Tags: Alex X Mooney, Roscoe G Bartlett, Robert J. Garagiola, Montgomery County (Maryland), Georgetown
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John Delaney - 6th District Candidates Q&A
Date of birth: April 16, 1963 Address: 8921 Durham Drive Hometown: Potomac Education: bachelor’s degree in biology and English from Columbia University in 1985; law degree from Georgetown Law School in 1988 Occupation: entrepreneur; has...Tags: Conservation, Iran, Barack Obama, Globalization, Iran's Nuclear Program
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