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Grateful

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By: Coach Gary Edwards Gary Edwards is a Virginia Beach native who began his coaching career as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Virginia Wesleyan College. In his 38 years on the sidelines, Edwards has coached on all NCAA levels, Division I, Division II and Division III. His career record stands at 581-429 and his teams have won numerous championships and awards. Edwards began writing weekly columns for Florence Morning News when he moved back to South Carolina to take over the coaching reigns at Francis Marion University. My Francis Marion University men’s basketball team lost its home opener last week to Newberry College. I’m always down after a loss, but this one hit me especially hard. I talked with my assistants after the game searching for a...

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Come Back to Beauty… Come Back to the Arts

Art & Culture

Chrysler Museum Received Grants The Chrysler Museum of Art has been awarded a $200,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation and has been approved for a $65,000 Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Both will support the upcoming exhibition Alma W. Thomas: A Creative Life. Scheduled to open in July 2021, the traveling show is co-organized by the Chrysler Museum of Art and The Columbus Museum in Georgia and includes stops at The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. and The Frist Art Museum in Nashville, Tenn. before closing at The Columbus Museum in 2022. The exhibition will provide a comprehensive overview of Thomas’ long life (1891–1978) with approximately 100 works, including her rarely seen theatrical designs and beloved abstract paintings. It will ...

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Senior Care

Community

With all the medications that many seniors are on, it turns out that laughter might be the best medicine. When we laugh, our spirits are lifted, our heart is happy and we just feel good. For seniors, laughing has an even greater impact – it provides a variety of age-related health benefits. Reduces Stress, Anxiety & Depression That good feeling, we get when we laugh, stays with us even after the immediate laughter subsides. It relaxes the entire body, releasing physical tension in our muscles for up to 45 minutes. Laughing also increases our levels of dopamine, which helps to naturally reduce stress, anxiety and depression. Boosts the Immune System Laughter increases immune cells and infection-fighting antibodies, such as T-cells and salivary immunoglobulin A. This gives ou...

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2020 General Assembly

Politics

Delagate Jason Miyares The honor of my life is representing the citizens of Virginia Beach in the Virginia House of Delegates. In 1965, my mother Miriam Miyares fled Cuba as a scared, penniless 19-year old girl, leaving a country where the government has no consent of the governed to almost fifty years to the day in 2015 being able to vote for her son to represent her in one of the oldest democracies in the world. This is truly an example of the American Miracle. 2019 is the 400th Anniversary of the founding of the oldest continuous democratic body in the Western Hemisphere, the Virginia General Assembly. Virginia has come a long way since the first meeting of the legislative body in a Jamestown church on a hot July 30th, 1619. However, the same du...

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2020 General Assembly

Politics

Senator Bill DeSteph Elected to the Senate of Virginia in 2015 and 2019, Senator Bill DeSteph is a veteran, entrepreneur, leader, and father whose chosen pursuit is to serve and protect our nation’s citizens. Senator DeSteph represents the 8th District in the Senate of Virginia. The 8th District includes portions of the city of Virginia Beach. As the 2020 General Assembly session ended its first full week of business, Virginia’s Capitol was surrounded by 6-foot-high chain-link fencing. This followed the historic ban on weapons in the General Assembly imposed by the Joint Rules Committee. We have not had such restrictions imposed at the Capitol in anyone’s memory, but the new majority implemented changes in advance of Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, which has long been the bus...

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The Northern Virginia Power Grab and the Loss of Hampton Roads’ Influence in the Commonwealth

Politics

By Bruce Meyer - Publisher There is an old saying: “Elections have consequences”. 2019’s Legislative Elections are a prime example of that saying. Believe it or not, the results of this election were not about partisanship, but rather regionalism and the “Power Grab” by Northern Virginia. Prior to the 2019 General Assembly Elections, Hampton Roads held two of the most important House of Delegates committee chairmanships for our region: Appropriations and Transportation. Those two committee Chairmen – Delegate David Yancey of Newport News and Delegate Chris Jones of Suffolk were our primary champions in the House for all of our transportation projects. After the 2019 Elections, the House flipped and the Democrats took control for the first time in 20 ...

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Regionalism Not Partisanship

Politics

Hampton Roads Weekly had the opportunity to discuss the impact of changes in committee assignments in our House of Delegates and Senate with Hampton Roads Chamber President and CEO, Bryan K.Stephens. HRW: As we all know, a historic shift has occurred in the Virginia General Assembly as a result of our last elections. Democrats are now the majority party in both the House and the Senate. When new committee assignments were announced recently by our new Democrat Speaker of the House Filler-Corn and Majority Leader of the Senate Saslaw, both of whom are from Northern Virginia, Hampton Roads Delegates and Senators were removed from and left out of many influential committees. Leadership and committee assignments for the most powerful committees in the General ...

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Wave Leadership College

Community

"Wave Leadership College was founded with a vision to combine the best of practical ministry training and academic excellence. I believe that Christian leaders are truly equipped for life and leadership when they experience the rigor of college level academics, comprehend the truth of God’s Word, and have the opportunity to apply what they are learning in a real-life scenario. We are proud to provide this type of education, equipping our students to succeed in their God given purpose." -Pastor Steve Kelly, President of Wave Leadership College A New Year brings with it all new possibilities and a wonderful chance for self-discovery. What better way to begin 2020 than through education? Wave Leadership College is located in the heart of Virginia Beach on Great Neck R...

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Live Like Freddie… Always Root for the Underdog

Community

By Connie Meyer It was one of those cold, clear, Sunday afternoons of winter when I was in junior high school. Football season was in full swing and my grandmother, Nana Anna; my sister; my dad, Freddie; and our beagle, Freckles were all in our special spots in our family room ready to watch the game. Our team, the Washington Redskins, were to play the first game of the day so there was no question who we’d “root for”. In those days it seemed they either came out of the gate strong and dominated their opponents, or totally behaved like the underdogs even though they were full of talented players. For the second game of the afternoon, we’d ask my dad the same question every Sunday of the season, right before the kickoff. “Dad, who’s the underdog in this matc...

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Experience Hampton Roads

Events

VBnightlife.com Calendar of Events. Visit events.vbnightlife.com or the “Experience VB” mobile app for additional events Feb 7, 6 to 11 pm at The Cavalier Hotel A Night To Dream - Achievable Dream Fundraiser Event features live music, a silent auction, open bars, heavy hors d’oeuvres and a special program. Visit nighttodream.org for tickets and sponsorship opportunities Feb 12, 11:30 am to 1:15 pm at Broad Bay Country Club Beach Suburban Republican Women’s Club meeting Lunch meeting with special guest speaker Virginia Beach City Council woman Jessica Abbott. You must reserve your space by Feb 7. $20 for members and associate members, $25 for non-members RSVP [email protected] Feb 15, 6 to 8 pm at Stravitz Sculpture and Fine Art Gallery (1217 Laskin Rd...