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IN MEMORIAL

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Some Thoughts on the Passing of a Great President – George H.W. Bush By Bruce Meyer With the recent passing of President George H.W. Bush, I began to think about the time of his Presidency and his impact on my life as well as the Republican Party. When George Bush Sr. was elected to office, it was 1988. I was Chairman of the Old Dominion University College Republicans. This was the “Eighties” and the era of Ronald Reagan. The baton was going to be handed over to a new leader. These were exciting times! The Republican Party in Virginia was a very different animal than it is today. Back then, the Party was organized and motivated, preparing for our future growth. Sure we had our share of interfamily squabbling; however, at the end of the day, we would all come together an...

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VIRGINIA WOMEN’S MONUMENT

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Virginia Women’s Monument Unveiling Newly Completed Granite Plaza and Revealing Names on Wall of Honor Fundraising campaign enters final phase for remaining eight statues Richmond, VA - The Virginia Capitol Foundation announced that the granite plaza foundation for Voices from the Garden: The Virginia Women’s Monument is completed and soon will be open for viewing by the public. In addition, the 230 Virginia women whose names are inscribed on the monument’s glass Wall of Honor were revealed*. Announcements were made at a special event at the monument’s location on Capitol Square. Attendees included elected officials, members of the Women’s Monument Commission, corporate executives, major donors and other key stakeholders. The Virginia Women’s Monument is the nation’s first monument...

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LIFE AFTER CONGRESS

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Our Venerable Congressman Bill Whitehurst What is life like after Congress? As Members retire, they often ask themselves what life will be like, especially if they have served a long time. In my case, it was eighteen years. For others, much longer. In any event, it depends on what you make of it. For some that means returning to a law firm, for others to be a lobbyist, as several of my colleagues on the House Armed Services did, representing defense contractors. I headed back to academe, thanks to the late George Kaufman. It happened like this: Early in 1985, I announced my retirement and one evening, my late wife, Janie, and I dined with George and Linda Kaufman. George asked Janie what I would like to do now that I was going to leave Congress. Janie replied, “Bill would love to go bac...

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Manny’s Movies

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As a kid growing up in Miami, I was fortunate to be introduced to Star Trek by my father. Although the original series was already in syndication, each week our family would sit in front of the TV in the den and watch the exploits of Captain Kirk (William Shatner), Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy), Dr. Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelley ) and the crew of the Starship Enterprise. I was hooked! I became a Trekkie. I also attended my first Star Trek Convention at the Miami Space Transit Planetarium. They would show some of the classic episodes in the planetarium itself. You have not seen Star Trek until you have seen it play on the big screen the size of the sky. Fast forward and after many spinoffs and sequels, Star Trek is back on the small screen. Star Trek Discovery – only available via CBS...

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ENTERTAINING MATTERS

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The Biological Impact of the Quintessential Christmas Cookie: How Warming Your Oven Will Warm Hearts. by Dr. Kara Coe No matter your ethnic lineage – baking holiday cookies is in your blood. Mankind, from Africa to Antarctica, has been celebrating the winter solstice for eons, marking the change of season and possible first frost with preparation, fermented drinks, and sweet eats that often could not be grown during winter. Back then, cookies were made with drops of grain paste baked on hot stones around a fire. Enter the Persian Empire of the 7th Century that stretched across Eurasia, discovering sugar in South East Asia and combining it with dried fruits in an unleavened sweet bread. By the later centuries of the Middle Ages (8th-14th), Christianity swept present-day Europe a...

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While Religion Protects our Soul, Guns Can Protect our Ability to Worship

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Forty two years in journalism made me a compulsive note taker. I take notes when I’m on the phone, sometimes when I’m watching TV and any time I’m at a public meeting. About the only place I don’t take notes is in church. Pity, too, because I wish I could tell you exactly what Fr. Steve DeLeon told Star of the Sea parishioners in Virginia Beach on the first weekend of December. During his homily the priest surprised the congregation when he announced that he’d hired a moonlighting police officer to guard the church during services. In fact, the uniformed officer was posted in the lobby at that very moment. Heads spun around to the back of the church. I hadn’t noticed the cop when I slunk in, late - as usual - for the 8 a.m. Mass. But on the way out there he was, holding open the door ...

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Manny’s Movies

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This column will be dedicated to my late Father – Manny Meyer. He was a devout movie buff. When we moved up to Virginia Beach from Florida when I was 13, one of the first things my Father discovered was the Naro Cinema. My Father and I used to trek to the Naro Cinema on Colley Avenue in Norfolk almost every week to see either a film Noir or foreign film that was playing. In fact, he was such a film buff that he and some of his friends formed the Tidewater Film Society. A group of 20 – 40 “interesting” people would get together in an old building off Granby Street and would show old silent films. I was introduced to the works of Buster Keaton, W.C. Fields, Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd and many others. That lasted for just a couple of years; but it was certainly an education. Up until the t...

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We Have Arrived

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We are Hampton Roads Weekly and I am Bruce Meyer, the publisher of the game-changing publication named Hampton Roads Weekly (HRW). Over the years we have seen our news media spiral into either a daily crime sheet or a stream of negative political stories. At one time the media was about reporting the news and educating the public about what is happening in their respective communities. We at Hampton Roads Weekly get it! We decided to put together a team of professionals to create a new and refreshing publication that will provide an entertaining and unbiased outlook for the greater Hampton Roads Market in the areas of politics, news, business, culture, lifestyle, fashion and entertainment. Hampton Roads Weekly is a free publication distributed throughout Hampton Roads via prin...

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ARTS AND CULTURE AT THE CHRYSLER

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NOW SHOWING AT THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART IN NORFOLK, VA FROM SEP 28, 2018. - JAN 27, 2019. Henri Farré documented the birth of military aviation with unusual panache. Born in France, Henri Farré (1871-1934) trained in Paris and was a successful portrait painter in Buenos Aires before returning home in 1914 to serve his country by painting the Air Force. He flew almost every day and devised dramatic new compositions of airfields, aircraft, and the unprecedented aerial combat of the time. The Chrysler Museum marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War with Henri Farré and the Birth of Combat Aviation. The Chrysler is pleased to collaborate with the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach, which owns nearly half of Farré’s combat paintings.

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Why is Virginia Beach…

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Why is Virginia Beach among Nation’s Best Large Cities to Live in? The answer could be our thriving local business community On July 23, 2018, Virginia Beach was given a figurative silver medal by WalletHub, who placed it as number two on the list of Best Large Cities to live in, behind only Seattle. Our strongest distinction from our competition was affordability. But what makes a large city affordable? In determining a city’s affordability, WalletHub’s methodology assigned the greatest weight to its cost of living, that is: the expenses residents can expect to incur when meeting their basic needs in the region. To put it simply, in a city with a low cost of living each dollar we earn goes further. One reason for this is the availability of alternatives when the cost of a c...