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Newspaper
The Valley Banner
Location
Elkton, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 2011
Page
2
The Jess and Rosa Dean Hammer reunion is planned for Sunday June 26 at 2 p.m. at Stonewall Memorial Park in Elkton. Attendees should bring a covered dish to share.
The Elkton High School Class of 1951 will hold its 60th reunion from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, June 24, at Traditions Restaurant in Harrisonburg. Call Joyce M. Surratt at 540-885-5392 for more information.
The Col. D.H. Lee Martz Camp 10 Sons of Confederate Veterans will host a Civil War program on the Battle of New Market at 7 p.m. Monday June 27 at the Rockingham County Administration Center Har risonburg. Former Valley Banner reporter Charlie Knight author of Valley Thunder will present and sign copies afterward. Call Casey Billhimer at 578-3046 or email historyed msn.com for details.
The Augusta Driving School will offer a driver improvement class with instructor Tommy Butler from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, August 6, at the Elkton Area Community Center. The cost is $65. Classes are court approved and DMV certified. Call Butler at 820 3616 or email tommybutler comcast dot net for details.
The Elkton Area Community Center will host AARP Driver Safety programs for ages 55 and older from 9 am to 1 pm on Wednesday and Thursday June 29 30. The cost is 12 for AARP members and 14 for nonmembers. A certificate will be awarded at the end. No test required. Class sizes are limited. Call 298 8730 for registration or details.
The Elkton Recreation Department will offer tennis lessons this summer. Call 271-7730 for more details and registration information.
The Rockingham Memorial Hospital Adult Diabetes Support Group will meet from 7 to 8 30 p m Monday July 11. The topic is Whats Your Number Benefits to Monitoring. The meeting is coordinated by the AMH Patient Education Department.
Our Community Place hosts its 8th annual Summer Lawn Jam from noon to dark on Saturday June 25 at 17 E Johnson St Harrisonburg across from the Little Grill Collective. Featured bands include the Dish Dogs Clymer Kurtz Band Nick Melas and Friends Scott Murray Joel Delgado Tom Weaver and the Doug Mason Reggae Group. Also activities include food games tie-dye face painting volleyball horseshoe tournaments a raffle and a live auction. Admission is free and donations are welcome.
Stephen W Liskey a Landisville Pa engineer at PPL Electric dies June 11 2011 in New Jersey. Survived by wife Darlene and children. memorial June 16 at Kyger Funeral Home Harrisonburg. Bob Reed Mount Sidney dies June 18 2011. service June 22 at Johnson Funeral Grottoes. Tony Lopacinski Harrisonburg area dies June 15 2011 after cancer battle. private burial at Eastlawn Gardens. Virginia service June 27 at Massanutten Presbyterian Church. Memorials to Hospice Shenandoah First Presbyterian Massanutten Presbyterian or Dr Jordan Berlin fund.
Grace Fellowship Church opens its Vacation Bible School from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday June 26 and 7 30 to 9 p.m. nightly June 27 30 with the Fruits of The Spirit theme. Programs include Bible lessons games puppet show food and refreshments for all ages. Transportation is available by several local numbers. The church sits at 205 N Fourth St Shenandoah. Call Pastor Wayne Comer for details. Janice M Pettit, 87, of Stanley, dies June 14 2011 in Luray. funeral at Stanley Baptist Church June 17 2011. Burial Graves Chapel Cemetery Stanley.
Battlecreek Pentecostal Church hosts a hymn song featuring The Easter Family at 7 p.m. Saturday June 25 with Pastor Ethel Painter speaking Sunday July 3. A covered dish picnic follows the service at the church on Battlecreek Drive in Stanley.
Obituaries for Robert Dennis Adkins 66 of Shenandoah and Margaret Berry Bartley 85 of Grottoes filed with service details. Adkins veteran and mechanic died June 17 2011 at Veterans Medical Center Washington DC with funeral June 22 Elkton Church of God. Bartley survived by three daughters and five sons among others. funeral June 20 at Johnson Funeral Service Grottoes followed by burial at St Pauls Weyers Cave. Also notes community events including hymn sing June 24 and Mercy Seat Church Vacation Bible School June 26 29 with contact numbers.
Grove Hill United Methodist Church will host an indoor yard sale and bake sale in the social hall from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday June 24 and 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday June 25. Food will be served from the church kitchen.
Massanutten Regional Library offers Free Friday events for kids and teens with MRL cards. Free entry for ages 18 and under to Harrisonburg Turks game on June 24, then 9 to 5 on July 1 at Grand Caverns, 1 to 7 p.m. July 8 at Valley Lanes, 7:30 to 10 p.m. July 15 at Funky’s Skate Center, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 22 at Luray Zoo. Details at www.mrlib.org.
The annual Stanley Homecoming will run Wednesday through Saturday, June 29 to July 2. Carnival rides, food, and games are planned. Music by Mountain Hollow Band on Wednesday, Full Throttle on Thursday, and Cedar Creek on Friday and Saturday.
The Miller-Kite House Museum at 310 EB Rockingham St Elkton opens Sundays 1 to 5 p.m. through Sept 4. Admission is free with donations appreciated. Call Casey Billhimer at 5783046 or visit elktonhistoricalsociety.com for details.
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