A Secret Dream and the Search for Happiness
A reflective piece exploring patience and happiness through numerous quotes. It weaves ideas from Fenelon to Twain, Cowper to Schopenhauer, highlighting inner peace, freedom, love, friendship, and the nonmaterial joys found in nature and human kindness as substitutes for external riches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary W. Tilesson
Ann
J.E. Miller
Mark Twain
Funk & Wagnalls
Arthur Schopenhauer
William Cowper
Issas
Tucydides
Lew Brown
Buddy
George Gard
de Salve
Theodore Roetke
George Noel Gordon
Lord Byran
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Aristotle
Zeno
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Emerson
Twain
Samuel Clements
Things To Think About to Borrow Ellen Words and Courtesy
A reflective note on daily thoughts about saying thanks and kindness. The speaker compares politeness to holding a door for a child and to the slowing pace of life, noting a shift from haste to restraint as moments unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen
Raritans Funnel Cakes Add Sweet Flavor to Rockingham Fair
At the Rockingham County Fairgrounds Jim O Hear 76 enjoys funnel cakes from the Raritan Club which has sold them for 25 years. The 8 inch cakes are fried golden and dusted with sugar, drawing thousands of fairgoers each summer. The club also offers fried Oreos nicknamed critters and tops cakes with cherry or chocolate toppings.
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Harrisonburg
Rockingham County Fairgrounds
Jim O’hear
Sunnyside
O’hear
McGaheysville Raritan Club
Glenn Hawkins
Raritan Club
Pat Raynes
Hawkins
Raynes
In memory of Frances Gooden and Jewell Knight on Aug 27
Personal birthday remembrance for Frances H. Gooden and Jewell V. Knight. Sisters born ten years apart and beloved mothers to David, Craig, Martha, and Linda. Their strength lives in us and we miss them dearly on their birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances H. Gooden
Jewell V. Knight
David
Craig
Martha
Linda
James Shifflett
Juanita
Michael
Lisa
Wayne
Nathan
Shenandoah Rec League schedules Sept 7 meeting
Shenandoah Recreation League sets a Sept 7 meeting at 7 pm at the town office with officer and board nominations. Youth soccer for ages 3-5 and baseball camp for ages 8-12 have registrations on Aug 28 at the Shenandoah ballpark, fees listed. Calls for details provided to Samantha Amberger and Back or Lori.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Recreation League
Shenandoah
Recreation League
Samantha Amberger
Lori
Elkton Field Day Grand Parade Winners Named
The 2010 Elkton Field Day Grand Parade winners include McGaheysville Volunteer Fire Department Best Fire Company Shenandoah Rescue Squad Best Rescue Squad the Twirling Medallions Majorette group Dean Home Center Best Commercial Float Skyline Eagles Best Civic Entry Blue Ridge Independent Church Best Church Faith Alive Fellowship Best Church second place Gooden Brothers VFW Post 9292 Best Patriotic Entry and Elkton McDonald s Best Overall in the Parade.
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McGaheysville Volunteer Fire Department
Shenandoah Rescue Squad
The
Twirling Medallions
Dean Home Center
Skyline Eagles
Blue Ridge Independent Church
Faith Alive Fellowship
Gooden Brothers Vfw Post
Elkton McDonald's
Elkton recreation offers discounted Kings Dominion Busch Gardens tickets
The Elkton Recreation Department sells Kings Dominion tickets for 42 dollars at the Elkton Area Community Center with youth under 42 inches at 32 dollars. Busch Gardens one day passes are 47 dollars. Purchases at EACC on Blue and Gold Drive from weekdays 7 am to 9 pm and Saturday 9 am to 3 pm. Call 298-8730 for details. Find The Valley Banner on Facebook for photos.
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Daryl Fisher
Elkton
Bobby Shiflett
EACC
Kings Dominion
Busch Gardens
Blue and Gold Drive
Card Shower Planned for Jack Comer’s 80th Birthday
A card shower is planned for Jack Comer as he turns 80. Send cards and letters to 955 Comertown Road Shenandoah VA 22849.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Comer
Comertown Road
Shenandoah
Elkton Woman Attends Life Insurance Seminar
Ruth A. Hilliard of Elkton, a Modern Woodmen of America representative, completed a five day educational program at Modern Woodmen's Rock Island home office. The seminar covered Modern Woodmen life insurance plans annuities and fraternal member benefits for families.
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Ruth A. Hilliard
Elkton
Modern Woodmen of America
Modern Woodmen’s
Rock Island, Ill
Woodmen
Shenandoah Valley Century Ride Set for Sept 12
The 28th Shenandoah Valley Century bicycle ride will take place Sunday September 12 starting and finishing at Hillandale Park in Harrisonburg. Riders may choose 25 50 or 100 miles on back roads with rolling to hilly terrain. A $12 registration fee covers checkpoints drinks sag baked goods. Contact Art Fovargue or Marcia Lamphier or email century subcoalition.org for details.
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Shenandoah Valley
Subcoalition. Org
Beasley Davis reunion set for Sept 5 in Elkton
Descendants of William Henry and Louisa Catherine Beasley Davis plan a reunion at 1 p.m. Sunday September 5 in the EPIC Shelter at Stonewall Memorial Park Elkton. Utensils will be provided. Call 652-8854 or email blackovitch gmail com.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henry
Louisa Catherine Beasley Davis
Stonewall Memorial Park
Elkton
Blackovitch
Valley Greeters Host Newcomer Gathering September First
Valley Greeters will hold an informal gathering for newcomers to the area from 11 a.m. to noon on Wednesday September 1 in the Sunnyside Room. Call Betty Salisbury at 287-0914 or Donna Robinson at 442-6855 for directions or details about the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Greeters
Sunnyside Room
Betty Salisbury
Donna Robinson
Sunnyside
Valley Greeters Club
Valley Greeters Lunch Set for Sept. 15 at Wood Grill
The Valley Greeters will host a luncheon Wednesday September 15 at the Wood Grill Buffett in Harrisonburg. Hospitality starts at 11:30 a.m. and the program will cover Rockingham Memorial Hospital. The cost is 13 dollars. Reservations by noon September 6 via Karen Carpenter at 433-0700.
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the Valley
Wood Grill Buffett
Harrisonburg
New
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Karen Carpenter
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Bonnie Gardner Shifflett
Rockingham
Traci White
Byrd Newson
Rockingham County
Frances H. Gooden & Jewell
V. Knight
Facebook
Elkton’s
Hilliard
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