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Newspaper
The Valley Banner
Location
Elkton, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 30, 2013
Page
2
A retirement reception is planned for librarian Martha Taylor teacher Kitty Cline and guidance counselor Jo Ellen Perry at 5 p.m. Monday June 38 in the Elkton Middle School cafeteria.
The East Rockingham High School girls soccer team will hold a yard sale from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday June 1 at 151 Mount Hermon Road in Elkton. Donations are appreciated and can be arranged by calling Sandy King at 820 1670.
A free Health Expo will be held at the Elkton Area Community Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday June 2. The event offers blood pressure checks chair massages eye exams food tasting cooking demonstrations health age analysis and more sponsored by Elkton Seventh-day Adventist Church Hartland Lifestyle Center Hartland College and Food Lion.
The W F and Sarah Dean reunion will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday June 9 in the Junior Order building at Blue Ridge Park Elkton. Attendees are asked to bring a covered dish and drink to share.
East Rockingham High School seniors will gather for a baccalaureate service at 6 p.m. Sunday June 2 in the ERHS auditorium. Arthur Mitchell will deliver the address with music by the ERHS Choir and the Churchill Family.
The Elkton Recreation Dance Program presents Cirque de la Danse at East Rockingham High School. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday June 14 and 15 and 2:30 p.m. Sunday June 16. Artistic Director Mary Liz Humphrey with Associate Directors Nanny Glick and John Wittenborn lead a community cast. tickets are $10 for ages 16 and up.
The East Rockingham SK 10K Trail Running Series begins Sunday July 7 behind Elkton Area Community Center. Five races on Sundays at 8:30 am include 5K and 10K formats at Kite House on U.S. 33 east of Elkton Middle School. Entry is $15 per race or $60 for the series with a T-shirt guaranteed for postmarked entries. race-day registration runs 6:30 to 7:45 am at EACC.
Obituaries record the deaths of Edwin W. Davis 76 of Elkton and Koontz 84 of Elkton with service details. Davis retired from DuPont and helped found the Elkton Emergency Squad while Koontz taught in Page County schools and farmed in Naked Creek. both highlights include survivors and funeral arrangements.
A hymn sing is set for 7 p m Sunday June 2 at Beldor Mennonite Church. Jerusalem Ridge provides music. The church stands about seven miles southeast of Elkton on Beldor Road. For details call 574 2465 or 298 9314. Charleen Shifflett 77 of Grottoes died May 21 2013. She was born May 26 1935 in Port Republic daughter of James Edward Rankin and Myrtle Virginia Murray. She retired from K Mart Harrisonburg. Survived by daughter Kathy Garrison and three sons, twin sister Kathleen Morris, sister Lavon McDonaldson, brothers Prentice Rankin and Alvin Rankin, eight grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren. Funeral May 25 at Johnson Funeral Service Grottoes Brian Lamond officiating. Burial Port Republic Mutual Cemetery. Memorials to Sentara RMH Hospice. Sharon Ann Lehman 54 of Harrisonburg died May 20 2013. Born Sept 29 1958 in Harrisonburg daughter of Carroll and Sandra Sacra. EMCC graduate 1981, stay at home mom, school bus driver, church secretary at Harrisonburg Mennonite Church. Married Michael Lehman June 27 1987, survived by children Ashley Amy and Chad Lehman, sisters Laurie Hartman and Mary Morris, brother David Sacra. Memorial May 23 2013 at Harrisonburg Mennonite Church. Burial private. Memorials to Harrisonburg Mennonite Church Missions.
East Point United Methodist Church will observe Senior Citizens Sunday during the 11 15 a m service on June 2. Special music by Jolene Cline Farrar precedes a covered dish meal. The church sits at 3209 East Point Road, west of Elkton, with Lay Leader Harold L Smith reachable at 298 9509 for details.
A hymn sing with Shelton Dean and friends is set for 7 30 p.m. Friday May 31 at Hensley United Methodist Church seven miles east of Elkton on Thoroughfare Road. Call 298-1888 for details.
The Elkton Area Community Center offers Pilates with nanny supervision twice weekly at 10 a.m. on Tuesday and Thursday. Cost is seven dollars per class, and the first class is free. Call 298 8730 for details.
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