Local volunteers aid EAUS Thanksgiving effort in Camden Building
Volunteers from Miller Coors and Elkton Area United Service assisted EAUS at the Camden Building on Friday morning to hand out Thanksgiving turkeys and more. The scene showed a long line of EAUS clients hours before the 10 am pickup, with volunteers loading turkeys from a tractor trailer and organizing food boxes for distribution. Photos credit Marsha Deavers and Travis Long.
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Miller Coors
Elkton Area
United Service
Camden
Rudy Fields
Kathy Bloom
Beth Locker
Alisa Cook
Harold Johnson
Carl Cook
Donna Fields
Sue Guidroz
Rachel Jackson
David King
Rod Little
Rob Jacobson
Brett Sleicher
EAUS
Sleicher
Marsha Deavers
Mike Smith
Alice Davis
Travis Long
Smart Beginnings seeks business help for east Rockingham preschool
Diar Kaussler, director of Shenandoah Valley Smart Beginnings, calls for business leaders in eastern Rockingham and Page counties to support a preschool initiative. She notes early education yields high returns, with public-private partners drawing on volunteers, health care, educators, and community groups to boost access and outcomes for children ages zero to five.
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Diar Kaussler
Rockingham
Page
Kaussler
Sweden
Shenandoah Valley
Smart Beginnings
Sentara Rmh Medical Center
Grove Hill
Caleb M. Soptelean
Health of SNPs deer herd discussed in Elkton meeting
Twenty five residents attended a Elkton Area Community Center session on CWD management for local deer. Officials note CWD has reached near Stephens City, about 12 miles from Shenandoah National Park, with proposals suggesting up to 500 deer could be culled over five years, though 200 to 300 is more likely.
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Elkton
Stephens City
Shenandoah National Park
Elkton Area Community Center
First National to buy six Bank of America branches in Virginia
Elkton and other Virginia towns including Staunton Waynesboro Woodstock Dillwyn and Farmville will see Bank of America branches sold to Strasburg based First Bank, a unit of First National Corp. The April transition aims to keep Elkton employees and mirrors similar moves in Mount Jackson and Stephens City.
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Elkton
Strasburg
Bank of America
First National Corp
First Bank
Staunton
Waynesboro
Woodstock
Dillwyn
Farmville
Scott Harvard
Virginia
Harvard
Mount Jackson
Stephens City
Pilot project expands device use in Rockingham schools
Rockingham County Public Schools runs a five year wireless pilot in eastern Rockingham with eight middle school teachers receiving iPads laptops or Chrome books. Elkton Middle School and Montevideo Middle School staff were competitively chosen after proposals and review. Seventh grade biology teacher Anita Wayland says her class uses MacBook Air laptops in daily study.
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Elkton
Rockingham County
Elkton Middle School
Montevideo Middle School
Carol Fenn
Anita Wayland
Montevideo
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EES
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Sally Brown
Aidan Rexrode
Deanna
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Susie E. Baugher
Sharon D. Davis
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Madison Dixon
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Melvin R. Shifflett
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