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Newspaper
The Valley Banner
Location
Elkton, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 2012
Page
1
Crowds flocked to Elkton Autumn Days and Junior Order Fall Festival near Elkton Elementary School. Vendors reported strong sales and favorable weather. Organizers credited crowd turnout and steady business, saying it was better than last year. See page 5.
Six candidates compete for three Elkton council seats in the November 6 town election. Incumbents Randell Snow and Margaretta Dean Isom run again alongside former mayor Wayne Printz, planning commission member Jason Blose, former town economic development director Jim Berg, and current Bridgewater College student Joshua Gooden. The mayoral contest pits incumbent Roy E. Davis against former mayor M. Lee Dearing as Philip Workman declines re election. Snow has 44 years in Elkton and 25 years on council, chairing the finance committee and serving as vice mayor. Isom, a 2006 council member, chairs the electric committee and works on lighting projects and planning issues.
East Rockingham High School Marching Eagles and Spotswood High School Marching Trailblazers competed at James Madison University Bridgeforth Stadium in the Parade of Champions. Forty four bands attended. both schools entered Class A. The Trailblazers finished third and the Eagles eighth in Class A.
Eight students and teacher at Elkton Elementary earned a lunch ride in a stretch limo with Principal Rod Dansey after leading the schools Race for Education fundraiser. Pledges totaled 18,600 dollars supporting track improvements, white boards, and loudspeaker equipment for the school.
SoLace Studios owner Barb Palin and employee Sam Bittle pose with large LOVE letters placed outside SoLace and near The Hair Gallery in Elkton. The display uses Virginia is for Lovers imagery created by Montevideo Middle School, East Rockingham High School, and SoLace staff, with O’s flowers from Elkton Area United Service. They stay until Nov 4 then return to the schools, and will be reassembled for the town Christmas parade in early December.
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