Students vote open lunch ruling. year round school rejected
A mock election shows 242 students in favor of open lunch with 19 against while 38 support year round school and 223 oppose. The plan proposed August start, July end with October and April one week breaks and a three week December break. Election official Gooden used the mock vote to prepare students for real voting and similar drives were held at Turner Ashby and Broadway high schools. Voter registration closes at 5 p.m. October 14 for the November 4 election.
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Gooden
Turner Ashby
Broadway
Dean Named Manager For Local Baseball Team
Matt Dean to manage the Fishersville Cardinals with help from Darryl Irvine Bob Hensley and Phillip Powell. The team will play at Shifflett Field Mountain View Park, with current roster commitments from Grottoes and Elkton area.
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Augusta County
RCBL
Fishersville Cardinals
Wilson Memorial High School
Diamond Club
Burtner
Harriston
Washington
Grottoes
Elkton
Matt Dean
Darryl Irvine
Bob Hensley
Phillip Powell
Cardinals
Shifflett Field
Mountain View Park
Deputy hurtless shootout and gun trial in Shenandoah case
Deputy uninjured, Williams fired at the officer during a confrontation near Shenandoah Park. Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney urged a 23 year sentence, while Williams's family urged leniency. Williams, who denies guilt, was later found with minor arm injuries and jailed. he faces firearm charges and a November circuit court trial.
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Clark Ritchie
Albertson
Pultz
Williams
Shenandoah National Park
Sentara Rmh Medical Center
Fire Destroys Home at Massanutten Resort
A Sunday evening fire at a mountaintop Massanutten home on Wilson Way damaged a two story house with 50 to 75 feet of roof loss. The blaze, likely from a kitchen grease fire, required McGaheysville Elkton Shenandoah and county crews to contain it in about 40 minutes. A man and a dog escaped unharmed. Red Cross to assist displaced residents.
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Massanutten Mountain
Wilson Way
Jeremy Holloway
Rockingham
Holloway
McGaheysville
Elkton
Shenandoah
Rockingham County
Elkton offers dance classes for ages three to four
Dance classes for children ages 3 to 4 begin this Friday at the Elkton Recreation Center after Elkton Elementary School. Creative movement ballet rhythm and imagination are taught in 60 minute sessions with a $20 registration and $48 monthly for four classes plus a snack. For info call Mary-Liz Humphrey at 298-2163.
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Elkton Recreation Center
Elkton Elementary School
Mary-Liz Humphrey
Valley Banner mountain hikes find beauty in Shenandoah Park
A Valley Banner reporter shares mountain travel notes from Shenandoah National Park. He recalls Blackrock Summit Hawksbill Trail and Lewis Falls with westward vistas, mentions Skyland and Big Meadows, and urges readers to enjoy autumn foliage and cooler weather while spotting wildlife like black bears.
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Skyland Resort
Georgia
Shenandoah National Park
Blackrock Summit
Dundo
Hawksbill Summit
Hawksbill
Lewis Falls
Big Meadows
Skyline Drive
Pocosin Mission
Lewis Mountain
Comcast Restores WHSV Channel for Page County Customers
Comcast plans to add WHSV TV3 the ABC affiliate in Harrisonburg to Page County customers by Oct 29 following a public outcry. DIRECTV had announced it would add the station by Jan 9. Gray Television chair Tracey Jones and Rep. Bob Goodlatte press noted meetings with DIRECTV while Comcast reduction earlier replaced WHSV with WJLA.
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ABC
Harrisonburg
Page County
U.S
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Comcast
WHSV
Directv
Tracey Jones
Jones
Kevin Latek
Gray Television
Goodlatte
Comcast Representa
Tive
Washington, DC
Dish Network
Englewood, Colo
Gray
Washington, D.C
Fox
CBS
Surprise catch ties Lexington teen to Staunton burglaries
Taylor Myers nineteen of Lexington faced January charges of breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony and grand larceny after silverware theft tied to items recovered from the Shenandoah River near Grand Caverns. Charges were nofile pressed in June and could be refiled. Myers was linked to Weeks who confessed to nine Staunton burglaries and two in Augusta County.
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Taylor Myers
Lexington
Staunton
Jeremy Campbell
South Fork
Shenandoah River
Grand Caverns
Campbell
Myers
Michael Alton Weeks
Verona
Weeks
Augusta County
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