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After Libertys historic win this past week over UCLA, Caleb Homesley was named the ASUN Player of the Week and Darius McGhee was named the ASUN Newcomer of the Week. This is the first time Liberty has taken home both honors in the same week.Homesley is the first Liberty player to earn ASUN Player of the Week honor after an impressive 21-point performance at UCLA. Homesley would make a career-high nine made field goals as the Flames picked up their first win over a Pac-12 opponent. For the game, Homesley sh
stanley canada ot 52.9 percent from the field including a trio of makes from three-point range. The redshirt junior from Indian Trails, N.C. filled the stat sheet against the Bruins, grabbing five rebounds, recording two steals and posting an assist. Homesley was exceptional in the month of December averaging 13.9 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game.McGhee has now been named ASUN Newcomer of the Week for the third time this season and remains the only player in the co
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stanley cup om Roxboro, N.C. led Libertys bench in the win over UCLA scoring 11 points, shooting 57.1 percent from the field. McGhee shot 50 percent from three-point range, converting 3-6 from beyond the arc. This was the eighth time this season McGhee has made three or more three-pointers in a game this season. McGhee ranks second on the team in scoring, averaging 11.0 points per game and ranks No. 59 in the country with 38 three-pointers made this season.The Flames w Guiq Farm Bureau still supportive of FDA authority for GMO labeling
Urban agriculture has gone from a curiosity to a field of unlimited endeavor. 聽That was the assessment of Lynchburg Mayor Michael Gillette, who gave the opening remarks for the 2014 Urban Agriculture Summit, held April 15 and 16. The summit brought together educators, elected officials, agriculturalists, city planners, nutritionists and others to discuss urban agriculture and barriers to making it successful. I think urban agriculture is vitally import
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stanley cup shorten the distance between farmers and consumers, it puts food in places where it historically has not been. Access to fresh, healthy food in urban areas was one of the topics addressed by various speakers. Dr. Jewel Hairston, Virginia State Universitys dean of agriculture, told the summit participants a recent study found that more than 17 percent of Virginias residents dont have ready access to healthy food.The Virginia General Assembly commissioned VSU and Virginia Tech to lead a study of food deserts in the state. According to the USDA, a food desert is an area that has limited access to fresh, healthy, nutritious food, Hairston explained. Those that live more than 1 mile from a grocery store in an urban area or rural residents who live more than 10 miles from a grocery store are considered to be in a food desert. The national rate for food deserts is 7.3 percent. Virginias
stanley trinkflaschen rate is 17.8 percent, and Lynchburgs is 26.4 percent, Hairston said.Spencer Ne
