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Newspaper
The Valley Banner
Location
Elkton, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 2011
Page
2
The Elkton Emergency Squad will host its third annual car show from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday May 7 across from the Elkton library at the old Elkton Fire Co. location. Hamburgers hot dogs and drinks will be sold. Music door prizes and awards will be offered. Admission is 10 per car and proceeds benefit the squad.
The Shenandoah Recreation League will host a basket bingo event Sunday May 15 at Avis O Comer VFW Post 8613 Shenandoah. Doors open 2 pm bingo starts 3 pm. More than 20 baskets as prizes. Presale four cards 15 dollars. at the door three cards 15 dollars or five dollars each. Call 652-4357 by 6 pm Friday May 13 for presale.
The East Rockingham High School choir and band and the Elkton Middle School choir and band will perform at 6 30 p m on Wednesday May 4 in the ERHS auditorium.
Elkton Area Community Center lists Kings Dominion Spring Savings Day tickets at 32 dollars valid on weekend days in May and Busch Gardens Fun Cards at 62 dollars unlimited visits plus Busch Gardens Discount Days tickets at 47 dollars. Call 298 8730 for details.
A pool tournament will be held at 5 30 p m Friday May 6 at the Elkton Area Community Center on Blue and Gold Drive. Registration is at the center. Entry is five dollars per player. Call 298 8730 for details.
Todd Merica of From My Hand Photography will offer a two hour digital photography class at the Elkton Area Community Center. The cost is 25 dollars and participants need their own camera. Call 298 8730 for class times.
A benefit hymn sing is set for 6 p.m. on Saturday May 14 at Lighthouse Gospel Church 137 Mattie View Drive Stanley. Several choirs and soloists will perform with refreshments after. Proceeds aid Pastor Elmo Lantz of Fort Valley who is battling cancer. Call Pastor Earl Painter at 778-3024 for details.
Evangelist Jerry McGee of Freedom Crusade Ministries International in Winston Salem N C will headline services beginning 11 a m Sunday May 8. He will also address worship sessions at 7 p m Monday through Wednesday May 9 11. Call pastors Leroy and Iris Harvey at 652 8156 for more details.
Multiple notices report deaths in 2011 from Elkton and nearby towns including Stanley and Harrisonburg. Names include Stanley L McCloud Linda Cole Colt Nichole John R McCloud Jr Jeffrey McCloud Pam Aldrich Cheryl Stockstad Jennifer Huckaby Henry Caton Davis Reba Manning Lily of the Valley Church fundraiser William Irving Bill Jackson Sharon Janelle Reedy with memorials to cancer centers Habitat for Humanity and local fire and rescue charities. Cremation and graveside services noted along with burial expenses and condolences guidance.
Obituary notices for Margaret D Dennis Gooden 73 of Elkton who died April 29 2011 and Stephen Hoover Keyser 54 of Stanley who died April 27 2011. Details cover birthplaces marriages church affiliations and survivors. The notices note service dates and burial at Elk Run Cemetery and St Luke Lutheran Church with memorials to local churches and community groups.
Faith Alive Fellowship will join the 60th National Day of Prayer observance with a 7 to 8 pm service on Thursday May 5 at 800 Shenandoah Ave Shen Elk Plaza Elkton. Exhortations and communal prayer will focus on the nation schools and churches. Call 298 8030 or visit faithalivefellowship com. deadline for free church news is noon Mondays.
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