Cheers for Elkton elects praise town leaders and endeavors
A letter congratulates new Elkton officials and thanks Mayor Dr. Bompiani for keeping his word. It lauds Town Manager Reid Wodicka and James Madison University interns for bringing fresh ideas, notes potential movie theater restoration, and praises local staff, police, emergency and fire departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bompiani
Elkton
Reid Wodicka
James Madison University
Bompiani
Charlotte Shifflett
Teen leads church playground project to finish milestone
Zimmerman, then 18, coordinated a $40,000 church playground on Christ UMC property with 30 volunteers and many donors. He served as contractor treasurer and organizer, overseeing purchase records and 72 pages of project documentation plus 35 pages of progress photos before wrapping up on his 19th birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zimmerman
Don Zimmerman
Florida
Page County High School
Phi Secrist
Denny Price
Christ Umc
Shenandoah
David Stepp
East Point Road
Miracle Recreation Equipment
Doug
Ian Rudolph
Performance brings smiles at Upper Room visit
The 15 minute late performance drew tears and smiles from nearly two dozen residents. Pastor Hensley moved through the group offering encouragement with Scriptural passages as Erica Kuger praised the Upper Room for providing a kind and loving service to residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hensley
Erica Kuger
Family portrait identified in Fading Images column update
Readers help pinpoint the C J Dyche family from Elkton near East Point, with Florence Dyche and Mildred Dyche among those pictured. The report notes C J Dyche’s farming life and banker role, plus lineage details of Rev Charles P Dyche and Nancy J Dyche, all tying to local cemeteries and later family ownership of the homestead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Valley Banner
F.P. Hammers
Charlie J
C.J.) Dyche
Charlie
Florence R. Jones-Dyche
Mildred Dyche
Nancy
C.J. Dyche
Florist
East Point Road
East Point
Elkton
Dyche
Chester C. Housh
Charles P. Dyche
Nancy J. Dyche
Mount Zion Church
East Point Church
Poppy
Bank of Elkton
Florence
East Point School
Mildred
Gordon K. Lough
Lough Motor Company
Elk Run
Nancy Catherine
Sedrel Dixon
Charles Dixon
Sedrel
Sidney H. Snapp
State Teachers College
JMU
Rockingham County
Washington, D.C
Nancy Snapp
Sunnyside
Harrisonburg
Elkton Council Head Resigns After Noted Achievements
Wodicka cites Virginia Municipal League award as high point while council praises him for rapid response to a contaminated spring and sewer upgrades. DEQ progress and a new well project reduced boil water notices, with water and sewer rate increases funding a 2.4 million line of credit. Controllers note pending infra work and a town trash truck and water survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
Department of Environmental Quality
Wodicka
Pentecostal Hill
U.S. 340
General Fund
Washington, D.C
Virginia
James Webb
Mark Warner
Elkton
James Madison University
Virginia Municipal League
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Wanda Lohman
SCOUT
Ebenezer Scrooge
Casey Billhimer
Frank P
Hammers
VML Award
Rick Workman
Gene Kite
Reid
Kite
Newcomer Lane
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