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Monday, May 20, 2013
Congressman Bob Goodlatte introduces the Republican ticket.
The Republican ticket of Ken Cuccinelli for governor, E. W. Jackson for lieutenant governor and Sen. Mark Obenshain for attorney general started barnstorming the state the day after Saturday’s convention. They touched down Monday morning in Roanoke at Landmark Aviation.
It’s all about keeping the momentum going from Saturday’s exhaustive energetic convention and coalescing around the nominees.
Many of the 80 supporters wore E. W. Jackson hats. Jackson’s four-round nomination was a coup for the Roanoke Tea Party. Though thrilled he is the nominee his Tea Party supporters expressed surprise in his nomination.
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Monday, November 19, 2012
Everybody loves a parade: The local Christmas holiday season kicked off in earnest last week – ahead of this weekend’s “Black Friday,” or Black Thursday even, with some stores set to reopen Thanksgiving night. The annual Grandin Village Christmas parade brought out thousands of spectators, and seemingly just as many parade participants. Marchers included local schools, marching bands, merchants from the Grandin Village area like the Grandin Theatre, Local Roots, Viva La Cupcake and the Natural Foods Co-op.
There were Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts, church groups, bagpipers, ragtag bands, Vikings and, of course, Roanoke City Mayor David Bowers. He was last seen headed to a local pub with a bunch of those rowdy-looking Vikings. Grandin Village merchants and eateries like the annual parade since it attracts many that might not frequent the area otherwise. The Christmas parade ended as it always does, with Santa Claus waving to the crowd from atop a Roanoke City fire department truck. (Gene Marrano)
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