Mountain View 4-H Club Tour and Upcoming Activities
Twenty members of the Mountain View 4-H Club toured Route 11 Potato Chips in Mount Jackson on May 20 learning chip production and local sourcing. The club highlighted awards, volunteer cleanups, a June 24 chicken barbecue, a June 21 Turks game, and a June 13 Share-a-Pet program at Mountain View Fellowship Church with contact Joann Hensley.
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Mountain View
4-H Club
Mount Jackson
John Coffman
Harrisonburg
Catherine Funkhouser
Katie Funkhouser
Veterans Memorial Park
Mountain View Fellowship Church
Joann Hensley
Blue Ridge Garden Club May Meeting Highlights and Awards
The Blue Ridge Garden Club met May 16 at The Church of Salsburg with a moss and sculpture demonstration by Michelle Melnyk of The Vintage Owl's Nest Elkton. News covered a June 10 Virginia Herb Festival trip, May 21 Heart Flame Garden open day and future dates, plus National Garden Week June 4–10. Award winners included Ann Comer Kay Shiflett Barbara Luck and Alice Wilson in Horticulture and Gayle Harper in Artistic. Garden of the Month went to Karla Berry and Janice Dinges of Elkton 413 Virginia Ave. Nominations for Garden of the Month may be called in to Kay Shifflett. The next meeting is June 20 at Ann and Jerry Comer's Shenandoah home for a garden tour.
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Blue Ridge Garden Club
Church of Salsburg
Michelle Melnyk
Elkton
Gayle Harper
Middletown
Rockingham
Heartflamegarden.com
Joan Hitt
Alice Wilson
Ann Comer
Barbara Luck
Kay Shiflett
Karla Berry
Janice Dinges
Virginia Ave
Kay Shifflett
Ann
Jerry Comer
Shenandoah
Second Fireball Dash and Splash set for Elkton July 1
The second annual Fireball Dash and Splash will start at 10 a.m. Saturday July 1 in Elkton with a 1 mile dash from 4th Street to Riverside Park Merck Shelter. Participants pay 25 dollars with proceeds to the Epilepsy Foundation of Virginia and Hurricane FC.
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Elkton
4Th Street
Riverside Park
Merck Shelter
Shenandoah River
Epilepsy Foundation of Virginia
Hurricane FC
Elkton Area
Woody Campbell
Morgan Dean
Ethan Morris
Raceentry
Woody
Hurricanetrte
Gmail.com
Gina Washington
Gmai216
Comcast
Elkton Area Community Center
Mark Pedersen
Doug Gooden
Swift Water Rescue
Elkton Troop 46 Attends Moose Camp 28th Year
Over the weekend Elkton Boy Scout Troop 46 joined about 675 scouts from Virginia and West Virginia at Covington Moose Lodge for Moose Camp. Eleven Scouts and three adults represented the local troop, earning nine merit badges and four rank advancements despite rainy weather. Four scouts and one adult from Troop 46 joined the Order of the Arrow, and the group earned third place in the Gate Way knotting event during the camp.
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Elkton Boy Scout
Covington
Moose Camp
Moose Lodge
Virginia
West Virginia
Fairfax
Virginia Beach
Troop
Troop 46
Order of the Arrow
Honor Society of
Scouting
Rockingham County Names Teachers of the Year
Rockingham County Public Schools announced its teachers of the year, one from each division school. The Rockingham Educational Foundation honored the winners at a reception at James Madison University with $54,000 in educational grants and $74,000 in scholarships awarded.
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Rockingham County Public Schools
Rockingham Educational Foundation
James Madison University
Card shower for Marshall H. Shifflett on 100th birthday
A card shower is planned for Marshall H. Shifflett who will celebrate his 100th birthday on Wednesday June 7. Birthday wishes may be sent to him at 18312 Spotswood Trail Elkton VA 22827.
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Marshall H. Shifflett
Spotswood Trail
Elkton
Reunion for W F and Sarah Dean on June 11 at Elkton
The annual WF and Sarah Dean reunion will be held Sunday June 11 from 2 to 6 p m at a new location the Junior Order building in Blue Ridge Park Elkton.
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Sarah Dean
Junior Order
Blue Ridge Park
Elkton
Page County Relay For Life set June 16 at Luray High
The American Cancer Society event in Page County will begin Friday June 16 at Luray High School with a Survivor and Caregiver Banquet at 5 p.m. followed by opening ceremony and laps at 6 p.m. A luminary ceremony is planned for 9 p.m. and a Fight Back ceremony at 4 a.m. closing at 5 30 a.m. Saturday. Activities include health fairs kid corner Mr Relay silent auction dare wheel decades laps tri cycle races lip sync battles and more. Learn more at relayforlife org pageva.
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American Cancer Society
Page County
Luray High School
Valley Health
Thank you Ruth Life for 90th birthday cards
Thank you Ruth Life for the beautiful cards from relatives and friends on my 90th birthday. May God bless each of you as He has blessed me.
Elkton dance program stages Dancing on the Big Screen
Elkton Recreation Dance Program presents Dancing on the Big Screen at East Rockingham High School. Shows run 7 30 p m Friday and Saturday June 16 18 with a 3 p m Sunday performance. Artistic Director Mary Liz Humphrey and Associate Directors Nanny Glick and John Wittenborn lead. Tickets at the door 10 adults 7 seniors free for ages 15 and under.
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Elkton Recreation
East Rockingham High School
ERHS
Mary- Liz Humphrey
Nanny Glick
John Wittenborn
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