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Newspaper
The Valley Banner
Location
Elkton, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 2012
Page
2
EAUS hosts its 10th annual Open Your Heart chili and bake sale at Elkton Area Community Center on Blue and Gold Drive from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday March 10. Adults pay $8, children 10 and under $4. carryout meals available.
East Rockingham High School National Honor Society and Student Council will sponsor a blood drive from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 13. Community members are welcome to donate. call ERH at 298 7450 for details.
A surf and turf dinner will be held at 6 p.m. on Saturday March 10 at the Avis O. Comer VFW Post 8613 in Shenandoah. Menu includes steak shrimp baked potato and salad and the dinner is open to the public.
Shenandoah Recreation League hosts a baseball and softball clinic at the town ball park on Saturday March 24. Coaches from the Shenandoah Valley Baseball and Softball Academy lead sessions for players aged 7 to 13 across four time blocks with preregistration required. Cost is 10 per session if registered by March 17, 15 after.
Elkton area religious groups host four Wednesday evening sessions on role models of faith with a light soup and sandwich meal at 6 15 p.m. and program at 7 p.m. March 7 at Bethel United Church of Christ March 14 at Evangelical Presbyterian Church March 21 and 28 by Father Larry Mullaney and several pastors. final two locations not announced. Also obituaries for Frances L. Hoover 72 of Brandywine WV died Feb 27 2012 and James Olen Armstrong 55 of Bridgewater died March 1 2012 with services noted.
Ruth Kurtz Hobbs 87 of Dayton died Feb 28 2012 at Rockingham Memorial Hospital Born Sept 29 1924 in Harrisonburg she taught in Kentucky Pennsylvania and Virginia and wrote for Christian Light Publications Surviving are six children and 26 grandchildren Graveside services were held at Pike Mennonite Cemetery and a memorial followed at Pike Mennonite Church Inquiries to Christian Light Publications Inc Robert Harold Koch 55 of McGaheysville died Feb 28 2012 in New York Born July 16 1956 in Sumter DC he drove for Shenandoah Recycling and belonged to the Woodstock Moose Lodge A memorial service will be scheduled later and the funeral home site is listed for notices
Skyline CAP Head Start invites applications for the 2012 13 school year eligible families must have children at least three by Sept 30 2012 and income based admission is free Special needs children are encouraged to apply Call Tina Comer at 244 4543 for details Also in Harrisonburg obituary Lucy M Stiteler 91 long time resident of White Birch Estates passed away March 1 2012 Born March 3 1920 in Charlottesville she was a Lane High School graduate married Warren W Stiteler in 1938 survived by son Warren L Stiteler and six grandchildren plus great grandchildren Funeral 6 pm March 8 at Harrisonburg Baptist Church with visitation afterward Memorials RMH Hospice or Harrisonburg Baptist Church Operation In As Much Cancer Society Relay for Life fundraiser at Furnace United Methodist Church near Elkton 6 pm March 10 info Beverly Dean 298 9972
Multiple obituaries list Iris C Christenberry McCarthy of Harrisonburg born October 5 1923 died March 5 2012 with wartime service at Port of Embarkation Newport News and lifelong crafts weaving and quilting. Other notices memorialize Perry H Baugher 83 of Verona Charles Henry C Garrison 72 of Elkton Viola S Pulliam 96 of Harrisonburg and Viola Hoover also of Harrisonburg, detailing families churches and funeral arrangements.
The Page Memorial Hospital Auxiliary holds its annual golf tournament on Wednesday May 16 at Sheavalee Golf Resort. To register call Wanda Foltz at 743-4811 or Janet Tate at 743-4250.
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