Shenandoah Memorial Day Service Honors Fallen Service Members
A Shenandoah tribute at Avis O. Comet VFW Post 8613 featured Mayor Clinton Lucas in combat boots leading songs and flag ceremonies. The event included a flag presentation to Brian "Bucky" Anderson’s mother, a second flag to the oldest serviceman James Good, prayers by Pastor Robert W. Smith, a solo by Monica Brewer, Town Vice Mayor Billy Kite singing, and Lt. Col. Phillip M. Secrist delivering the keynote. Anderson, killed in Afghanistan on June 12, 2010, was honored with a large color photo on display during the service.
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James Good
Avis O. Comer
VFW
Shenandoah
Ted Hayes
America
Avis O. Comet
Clinton O. Lucas Jr
Brian “Bucky Anderson
Lucas
Elkton
Robert W. Smith
Monica Brewer
Billy Kite
Phillip M
Memorial Day Parade Draws Large Shenandoah Crowd
A huge Memorial Day parade in Shenandoah featured motorcycles, street rods, and a lead by the Page County High School Band with over 100 floats cars and twirlers. Candidates Amity Mulder and Penny Gray rode in the procession while Lt Col Flip Secrist served as grand marshal with family. The event included tractors trucks horses and a parade of school teams and churches with hundreds of spectators and sunny skies.
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Shenandoah
KVK
U.S. 340
Maryland Avenue
Page County
Amity Mulder
Penny Gray
Phillip M
Flip” Secrist
Lavonda
Sharon
Christian Tucker
Milly McVilly
Princess Buttercup
Maryland Avenue Corner
Rade
Dave Hinkle
Page County Sheriff's Department
Shenandoah Police Department
Shenandoah Elementary School
Elkton Elementary Trout in the Classroom ends with creek release
Elkton Elementary fourth graders in Ben Markel's Trout Club ended a four month project by releasing 28 students and 10 adults at Naked Creek. The group toured to Virgil and Betty Cunningham's land, released 28 trout from a 55 gallon aquarium, and split into teams to collect macro invertebrates and test water chemistry as part of the learning activity.
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Elkton
Ben Markel
Naked Creek
Blue Ridge
Virgil
Betty Cunningham
Texas
Markel
Casey Freeze
Tony Freeze Jr
Barry Ecroyd
Brad Lewis
Glenn Kisling
John Yates
Jeff Moubray
Robert Dean
Ted Hayes
Wood wins DNR Leadership Award at ERHS ceremony
CT Tucker Wood an 18 year old graduating senior at East Rockingham High School is named the Daily News Record Leadership Award winner for ERHS. Wood receives the scholarship from DNR Editor R Cort Kirkwood at last Friday's honors ceremony in the school gym. The award honors one senior from each county high school for leadership qualities shown during graduation readiness and community involvement.
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Tucker Wood
East Rockingham High School
Daily News Record
ERHS
Wood
DNR
R.cort Kirkwood
Harrisonburg High School
Inside This Week Victims Named In Local Notices
The week’s notices include Frank A. Petrillo 66 of Elkton Anna L. Price 66 of Timberville Michael S. Sharp 42 of Martinsburg and Terence J. Smith 88 of Harrisonburg.
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Frank A. Petrillo
Elkton
Anna L. Price
Timberville
Michael S. Sharp
Martinsburg
Terence J. Smith
Harrisonburg
Dansey Named New Principal of Elkton Elementary School
Rod Dansey, assistant principal at East Rockingham High School, is announced as Elkton Elementary School's new principal, succeeding retiring Ed Powell who led the school. Dansey praised Powell and stressed collaboration with teachers, students, and parents, noting Powell’s Elvis impersonations during Reading Month.
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Elkton
Ed Powell
Rod Dansey
East Rockingham
Dansey
EES
Elvis
Powell
Elvis Presley
New Elkton
Rad Dansey
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Richard W. Morris
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Culpeper
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