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Newspaper
The Valley Banner
Location
Elkton, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 2011
Page
5
Wayne Printz of Elkton argues that the town is the people and condemns irresponsible spending. he notes an electric rate hike, a $100,000 truck purchase, and a flood that destroyed a community bridge. He pledges $500 for a properly engineered replacement.
Reader questions why an illegally parked vehicle on Old Spotswood Trail beside C&S Diner went uncited while two Rockingham County deputies and a K-9 officer sat inside, then left for lunch. The note wonders about jurisdiction, interagency cooperation, and overall law enforcement practices.
Community bridge behind Elkton Area Community Center now sits sideways under the U S 340 overpass beside a 7 11. The structure appears to be a monument to local officials alleged to have misjudged flood risk and liability, with photographer reports and letters to the editor predicting such outcomes. Councilman Lee Dearing attempted to intervene.
Elkton Welcome Center announces Heidi Findlay as executive director. She will work with the board to pursue nonprofit status, recruit volunteers for summer, and appoint a board treasurer while promoting Elkton history, local education, town business, and arts. Findlay, JMU matching gifts manager, holds a management degree and pursues nonprofit studies.
Stanford University psychiatrist Dr Elias Aboujaoude, who led a large study on Internet addiction, will lecture at Bridgewater College Cole Hall at 8 p m on Thursday April 28. Admission is free.
May 1922 recollection closes a Confederate History month series. The Daily News-Record recounts Union General Banks entering Harrisonburg along Valley Turnpike on Friday May 9 1862. It describes dust, rails used as fuel, crowds yelling and soldiers misriding, horses falling, and wounded men and horses taken to a blacksmith shop for treatment as locals watched.
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