Young Life Leaders Engage East Rockingham Students
JMU students work with East Rockingham High School and area youths in Young Life, a relational ministry with 75 leaders across Rockingham County. Leaders meet students before and after school, highlighting club outreach and inclusion for diverse groups. The program runs annual camps at Lake Champion New York and hosts a ninth annual 5K at Bridgewater College to fund trips.
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Buchanan
Kayla Patterson
Jesus
Young Life
Rockingham County
Harrisonburg
Karen Buchanan
Elkton
Montevideo
ERHS
Spotswood High School
Powell
JMU
East Rockingham
Buchanan's
Lake Champion
N.Y
Bridgewater College
Elkton Economic Development Committee Eyes Town Strategy
The Elkton Economic Development Committee met to plan a town wide strategy for the forthcoming shopping center at Re sort Drive and U.S. 33 in McGaheysville. Led by Chair Rick Workman the group will use local businesspeople and community input to shape the plan while noting insulation and window upgrades funded by a 22000 grant to improve energy efficiency at town hall. They discussed sign ordinance differences and finding a balance for businesses. The committee meets on the fourth Thursday each month at the Elkton Area Community Center.
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Elkton
Elkton Area
Kevin Fauber
Ted Hayes
Sand Kettle and Sand House Preserve Chesapeake Western Era
Photographs by Jack Hensley depict the Chesapeake Western Shop south of Elkton and the sand kettle used to improve locomotive traction. Prentice Gooden recalls the sand kettle heated in a sand hopper, with sand sifted and loaded onto engines via a crane. Gooden served 32 years before a buyout, then returned briefly, retiring for good Sept 10 1987. His son David works for Norfolk Southern and Greg for CSX in Charlottesville.
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Jack Hensley
Chesapeake Western Shop
Sth Street
Elkton
Chesapeake Western
5Th Street
Chesapeake Western Railway
Prentice Gooden
Gooden
Staunton
Mount Jackson
David
Norfolk Southern
Elkton Sewer Plant Sees Less Rainwater Infiltration
At the March 19 council meeting Elkton reported reduced rainwater seeping into the sewer network and less overloading of the wastewater plant. Councilor Jay Dean cited monthly plant reports and noted ongoing pipe replacement to address years of neglect.
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Elkton
Jay Dean
Dean
Ted Hayes
Sign ordinance misidentified speaker at council session
The Valley Banner corrects an error from last week noting that the speaker at the council session was Stephanie Dean of O.D. & Company, not the previously published name.
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the Valley Banner
O.D. & Company
Stephanie Dean
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Young
Economic Development Committee
Casey Billhimer
Elkton High School
Raymond Buzzard
Barry Simmerman
Lantz Hensley
Gene Brill
Milton Meadows
Billy Graves
Gene Guiseppe
Nelson Morris
Theodore Pence
Leroy Rogers
Billy Richards
William “Red” Herring
Bill Crump
Council
Rockingham Fairgrounds
Ockingham Fairgrounds
South Valley Pike
Rockinghamcountyfair.com
Smith’s Furniture
du Tns
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