Area residents rally for cancer research events in 2011
Eastern Rockingham county hosts multiple fund raisers for cancer research with the 16th annual Relay for Life at Rockingham County Fairgrounds May 6 with 12 hours of activities. The Kemper family plans a full day Ride for a Cure April 2 at Kemper Knoll Farm Goods Mill Road. East Rockingham High School held an afterschool carnival, and community manager Annika Dean encourages teams from schools churches workplaces and friends to join in varied fund raising ideas.
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American Cancer Society
Rockingham County Fairgrounds
Kemper
Kemper Knoll
Goods Mill Road
East Rockingham High School
Annika Dean
Elkton
Harrisonburg-Rockingham County
Dean
Elkton council weighs higher electric rate to 12.9 percent
The Elkton Town Council disclosed that the electric rate increase from 10.3 to 12.9 percent proposed by Virginia Municipal Electric Corp. will likely be implemented. Interim chair Randell Snow noted the town will not absorb the extra cost, and a second reading is planned at the April 18 meeting. The council also approved vacating a 100 foot section of a narrow alley for utility access with conditions on public access and brush clearance.
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Elkton
Virginia Municipal Electric Corp
VEMA
Reid Wodicka
Randell Snow
Roy Davis
Margaretta Isom
Harry Armbruster
Theo Pence
Snow
Jay Dean
Rick Workman
Dean
Patricia G. Grieser
Town Council
Planning Commission
Lauri Sigler
Hillsman wins Collins Center Champion for Children award
Marvin C. Hillsman Jr., longtime Harrisonburg Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court jurist and Elkton resident, received the Collins Center first Champion for Children award at CrossKeys Vineyard. The honor highlighted his 23 years guiding a five county juvenile court system and his enduring sympathy for youth, from 1986 as a substitute lawyer to 1998 as full judge and through 2009 retirement.
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Marvin C. Hillsman Jr
Elkton
Harrisonburg
George Washington
Washington
Hillsman
Collins Center of
Child Advocacy Center of
Rockingham County
CrossKeys Vineyard
Angie Strite
Local Girl Scout Hosts Baby Shower For EAUS
Seventeen year old Jessica Blackshaw of Elkton Girl Scout Troop 938 delivered a Baby Shower to Elkton Area United Services. She collected and donated items for low income mothers including wipes, onesies, blankets, pacifiers, rattles, washcloths, bibs, body wash and powder with help from six other troops. Blackshaw began in Brownies at eight and became an adult Scout with lifetime membership in September.
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Elkton
Blackshaw
Spotswood
Brownie Scouts
Ted Hayes
Bus surveillance seen as aid by officials in Virginia
Virginia State Police coordinate with weather cameras along I 81 in Harrisonburg to detect cars and license plates. Merchants at Harrisonburg Crossing report monitoring entrants and a suspect in a local private investigator murder. Elkton Area Community Center plans indoor and outdoor cameras. Downtown Elkton already has several outdoor cameras, though locations are often undisclosed. The value of surveillance varies by speaker, from police to school officials.
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Harrisonburg
Harrisonburg Crossing
Elkton Area
Elkton
Washington, D.C
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EAUS
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Maynard E. Breeden
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McGaheysville
Cleda
Rhodes
Waynesboro
Sybil K. Shank
Kathy A. Shifflett
Elkton E
Cora C. Thornberry
James B. Wilberger
Port Republic
Casey Billhimer
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