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Newspaper
The Valley Banner
Location
Elkton, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 2014
Page
2
Elkton Recreation Department and Hurricane FC offer an indoor league for ages 5 to 10 this winter. Games run 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays starting February 1. Registration closes January 27. Fee is 25 dollars per player. Register at Elkton Area Community Center on Blue and Gold Drive. Phone 298-8730 for details.
Shenandoah Recreation League announces registration for Cal Ripken Baseball Babe Ruth Softball and tee ball sessions. Signups run Saturdays 9 am to noon from Jan 18 to Feb 22 at Town Hall and Tuesdays 6 to 8 pm from Jan 21 to Feb 25 at Shenandoah Elementary. Fees 40 ball 59 youth ages 8 0 120. 30 family discount. 20 late fee after Feb 25. Birth certificate required for new players. Contact League President Jamey Hensley at 607 6463.
The Crush 80 softball team hosts a Longaberger Scentsy and Thirty-One bingo fundraiser at 7 p.m. Friday February 7 at the Elkton Volunteer Fire Company Activities Building. Doors open at 6 p.m. Presale is 10 per card or four for 25. at the door 10 per card or three for 25. Presale raffle includes a Coach purse with door prizes and baked goods. tickets from Crystal Jones and Clairen Sipe.
The Lady Warriors 100 travel softball team will hold tryouts from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday January 19 at Grove Hill Elementary. Call Megan Gordon at 435 7780 for further details.
A benefit cornhole tournament will be held Friday January 31 at 6 pm at East Rockingham Batting Clinic 155 Gibbons Ave Elkton to raise funds for Mickey Hutton’s pancreatic cancer medical expenses. Entry is 15 per person with teams drawn after registration. A cash prize 50 50 raffle and long toss contest. hot dogs drinks and snacks available. Call Jarrett Shifflett 405 1902 Kevin Dofflemyer 830 3969 or Jeremy Comer 908 5592 for details.
Three local obituaries report the deaths of Emmett E Haynes Jr 60 of Elkton Kenneth Wayne Humphries 69 of Grottoes and Dorothy Ann Reedy 65 of Fulks Run. Haynes died Jan 6 2014 at Life Care Center of New Market following a hip fracture with services held Jan 10 at Kyger Funeral Home Elkton. Humphries died Jan 10 2014 at Sentara RMH Medical Center after a career at Shrockhise Nursery and U S Army service with funeral Jan 13 at Johnson Funeral Service Grottoes. Reedy died Jan 8 2014 at Sentara RMH Medical Center and was a Mountain Grove Church of the Brethren member with funeral Jan 11 at Mountain Grove Church. Burials followed at Eastlawn Memorial Gardens and Mountain Grove Cemetery. Condolences may be made online.
Gerrie Lawless Brown 75 of Harrisonburg died Jan 6 2014 at Sentara RMH after an extended illness. She taught art in Shenandoah Valley, founding Shenandoah Valley Watercolor Society and exhibited widely. Survived by husband Richard T. Brown three daughters and two grandchildren. Service Jan 17 at First Presbyterian Church Harrisonburg. Shirley Ann Michael 71 of Mount Solon died Jan 9 2014. Born March 14 1942 in Harrisonburg she worked at several local firms, married Jerry R. Michael in 1960, who died 1998. Survived by three children and six grandchildren. Graveside service Jan 13 at Emmanuel Church Cemetery. Michael Lackovitch Jr 73 of Shenandoah died Jan 10 2014. Navy veteran photographer for Cuban Missile Crisis era, lifelong member of Saint Peter's Lutheran Church. Survived by wife Dolores and three children. Celebration of Life Jan 18 at Saint Peter's Lutheran Church with viewing Jan 16 at Kyger Funeral Home. Memorials to Saint Peter's Lutheran or PKD Foundation.
A genealogy workshop will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday January 18 at the Shenandoah Computer Center on Second Street. It is the second of ten workshops, with a $10 per person fee. For registration and details call 652-8773.
The Massanutten Charge Youth host a Pasta Night at 6 30 p m Friday Jan 17 at East Point United Methodist Church on East Point Road northwest of Elkton Proceeds go to support the youth group For details call Melissa Allen at 908 9600
Evangelical United Methodist Church starts a new sermon series titled Resolved New Life in the New Year. Worship sessions run at 10 a.m. each Sunday with Jump Right In on Jan. 19 and Don't Give Up on Jan. 26 at 513 East Spotswood Ave Elkton. Call 298-1767 or visit the church site for details.
Mary Susie Huffman Flick 89 of Elkton died January 8 at ical Center Harrisonburg. Born December 31, 1924 in Harrisonburg to George Huffman and Josephine Nieswander, she was preceded in death by husband Joseph V. Flick Jr., four brothers Roy and Leroy Huffman twins, George, John, three sisters, and son in law Randy Mowbray. Survived by children Joseph II and Jean Flick, Doronda Flick, Donna Mowbray, brother Walter Huffman, four grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Memorial service January 11 at Evangelical United Methodist Church Elkton with private burial at Elk Run Cemetery. Memorials to Elkton Rescue Squad, EUMC Anniversary Fund, or Elkton Family and Children’s Medical Clinic. Online condolences at kygers.com.
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