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Newspaper
The Valley Banner
Location
Elkton, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 2013
Page
5
Leah Belcher of Elkton Family Pharmacy outlines daily calcium needs for different ages, sources of calcium, and absorption considerations. She notes adolescents require about 1300 mg daily, adults around 1000 mg, and older adults 1200 mg, with vitamin D enhancing absorption.
Elkton business news: Blue Ridge Outdoor Supply opens by appointment at 100 Shenandoah Ave with six day operation planned from October. Owner Scott Painter, a professional hunter from Elkton, sells small animal traps and pelts, notes non weapons policy, and offers Internet and catalog sales from McGaheysville origin. Call 298-7227 or visit the website for details.
Top finishers earned starting positions in a field expected to include 75 riders. Races ranged 35 to 70 miles depending on class from novice to pro. Bicycles feature carbon frames, 22 gears, and on bike computer tracking watts heart rate and grade. Time trials are set for July 27 in Luray with another Shenandoah event planned that month.
Confederate veteran Private John Q A Lewis of Elkton Rockingham County died from a chest wound at the Wilderness May 5 1864. His body was later exhumed and interred at Elk Run Cemetery February 16 1866 with family grave nearby. Lewis and Jacob Boyer died at the same time and place both from the 10th Virginia Infantry.
Dr. Emmett F. Bittinger will address the Shenandoah Valley Civil War Round Table at 7:30 p.m. on Monday May 13 at the Rockingham County Administration Center Harrisonburg. The ordained Brethren minister and former Bridgewater College professor will discuss The Unionist Project and Harrisonburg citizens in the Civil War. The program, titled Not All of One Mind, is free and open to the public.
Yoga classes run Thursdays 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Elkton Recreation Center on B Street beside Elkton Elementary. price 11. Mommy and Me sessions for ages 2 1/2 to 4 run Thursdays 11 a.m. to noon, 44 for four weeks, through June 6. For details call Mary-Liz Humphrey at 298-2163.
The Valley Banner is a weekly Elkton Virginia newspaper published by The Valley Banner Publishing Co. It notes periodicals postage paid at Elkton VA and additional mailing offices and provides a mail address change to P O Box 126 Elkton VA 22827.
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