Anonymous gift saves Elkton Boys and Girls Club for 2010-11
An 11th hour donor provided 14000 dollars helping the Elkton unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County stay open for the 2010-11 school year. Total raised neared 38000 dollars with a later 2000 dollar donation bringing the sum to about 40000.
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Harrisonburg
Elkton
Rockingham County
Todd Bale
Bale
Pleasant Valley
Mountain View
Elkton Club
Club
Elkton Middle FFA Members Shine at Virginia FFA Convention
Elkton Middle School sent ten seventh and eighth graders to the Virginia Tech State FFA Convention June 21 24 with the theme Dare to Discover. Matthew Smith led in the junior dairy cattle judging and earned high individual honors while teaming with Lindsey Grubbs Gigi Hicks and Erin Shrout who placed second. Shrout Hicks and Smith also earned senior division recognition. Conley Lam Wilder and Shifflett placed well in small animal care and Smith also excelled in agriculture mechanics. Greta Houff coaches the teams.
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Elkton Middle School
FFA
Virginia Tech
Lindsey Grubbs
Gabby Conley
McKayla Lam
Jasmyn Wilder
Gigi Hicks
Greta Houff
Erin Shrout
Ryan Bosheers
Cody Fleisher
Matthew Smith
Katie Shifflett
Elkton
Elkton Ffa
Smith
Shrout
Hicks
Conley
Lam
Agriculture Mechanics
From Elkton to the Today Show Cardio expert Bogner profiles teen heart patient
Dr Roberta Camden Bogner a 45 year old cardiologist at the Texas Heart Institute is a national advocate for women's heart health. She interviews patients like Allyssa Smith who after a lengthy illness received a ventricular assist device and featured on MSNBC Today Show with Matt Lauer.
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Bobbi Camden
Monger Hill
Brown’s Pharmacy
Elkton Presbyterian Church
Ashby Avenue
Roberta Camden Bogner
Texas Heart Institute
Houston
Women’s Heart Health
People Magazine
Allyssa Smith
Bogaev
Smith
Bogner
MSNBC
Today Show
Matt Lauer
Heart Institute
Young at Heart group grows at Shenandoah church
Christ United Methodist in Shenandoah hosts the Young at Heart program led by Betty Secrist and Annie Pierce. From a dozen to about 50 seniors attend a monthly 90 minute gathering in the church social hall featuring prayer, lunch, crafts and fellowship before planning the next flea market.
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Christ United Methodist Group
Young At Heart
Betty Secrist
Annie Pierce
Shenandoah
Christ United Methodist Church
Pierce
Ted Hayes
TVB
Christ Umc
MillerCoors salutes vets with a July picnic
MillerCoors Veterans Group held its annual Fourth of July picnic on the west lawn, hosting about 250 veterans, family, and friends. Free dinner featured burgers and hot dogs with a large vat of barbecued chicken supplied by the Shenandoah VFW Post 8613 and Ladies Auxiliary. Rusty Johnson, former group commander, led the event with many helpers.
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MillerCoors Veterans Group
Avis O. Comer Vfw Post
Shenandoah
MillerCoors
Rusty Johnson
Ted Hayes
Maxwell named new assistant principal at ERHS
Julia King Maxwell a veteran educator and coach from Fishersville was named East Rockingham High School assistant principal effective Thursday. The county school board approved the appointment at its Tuesday meeting. Maxwell previously served as assistant principal and special education coordinator at Gordon Stewart Middle School in Fort Defiance and has held multiple administrative teaching and coaching roles across the commonwealth.
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Harrisonburg
Julia King Maxwell
Fishersville
East Rockingham High School
Maxwell
Jacki Nickel
River Bend
Gordon Stewart Middle School
Fort Defiance
Commonwealth
Fort Defiance High School
Mary Baldwin College
Shenandoah University
Carol Fenn
Julia
Rockingham County
Fenn
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Edinburg
Otis S. Dean
Walter L. Hodges Jr
Lisa J. Kirby-Fisher
Ruth L. Maye
Luray
Lucille M. Moneymaker
Massanutten
Lettie E. Shifflett
Joyce K. Sutherly
Port Republic
Ruth E. Triplett
Casey Billhimer
Shenandoah Indians
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