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Newspaper
The Valley Banner
Location
Elkton, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 2011
Page
5
The Friends of the 9 11 Memorial report phase II of the memorial walkway will start when pavers arrive and weather allows. Volunteers with relevant expertise or willingness to help are invited to contact Rick Workman at 908 6071 for updates. Brick pavers can still be ordered in honor of or in memory of a first responder through committee members.
Expert advice from Fairfax notes Elkton seeks a manager with specialized expertise beyond general experience. Quoted remarks stress need for candidates with knowledge of bridge siting and construction, flood plain concepts, and basic fluid dynamics after April floods.
Cole and Butler led performers in My Mother's House on page 1 as the choir delivered strong applause. The program included Tres Cantos Nativos with Rain Forest sounds and indigenous utterances. Laura Cole directed middle school performers and ERHS band while Butler led the ERHS chorus. Mary Kait Fisher from James Madison University mentored Winter Guard dancers. Piano duty went to Tuwana Haarer for the middle school choir and Alaina Erbaugh for the ERHS choir.
The East Rockingham Senior Center launches Therapy Week starting May 16 at the Elkton Area Community Center. Libby Custer speaks on Laughter Therapy May 16, followed by a United Way Day of Caring May 18, Hands On Craft Therapy with Clint Robertson, Massage Therapy by Odessa Dean, and a Garden Therapy salad bowl workshop on May 19. Registration has a fee. call 383-7006 or visit eastrockinghamseniorcenter.org.
The Valley Telephone Company began service in 1895 with about 150 telephones in Harrisonburg. By 1897 the Rockingham Mutual Telephone System connected Rockingham and Pendleton counties, and in 1898 the Rockingham Mutual Telephone and Telegraph Company was incorporated. In 1899 the two firms merged, the consolidated business known as the Company. A long distance line linked Harrisonburg to Staunton in 1901, and the firm incorporated in 1902. By the 1910s exchanges operated in Dayton, Goods Mill, McGaheysville and Timberville, with a 1934 photo showing operator Mrs. Malone at McGaheysville.
Dr. David Armstrong in Harrisonburg Virginia prescribes bioptic telescopic glasses to aid reading TV distance and driving for patients with low vision from diseases such as macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy Laura Stanley and Michael Callison report improved reading distance and TV clarity and renewed driving ability costs range 350 to 2000 with a free phone consult at 1 866 321 2030
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