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Shenandoah Steps Up Efforts To Rebuild Veterans Stadium
By Ted Hayes
SHENANDOAH — The fire that destroyed Shenandoah’s Veterans Memorial Stadium in 1987 put a hole in the town’s facilities inventory and an even larger hole in the hearts of hundreds of Shenandoah residents who attended, or played in games, at the ballpark over a 30-year period.
The former stadium was home to the Valley Baseball League’s Shenandoah Indians, among others.
Without the stadium in town, the current version of the Indians who play in the amateur Apple Valley Baseball League has had to play at Page County High School. Shenandoah Recreation League Cal Ripken baseball and Babe Ruth softball teams now play their games on two diamonds located at the site of the former ballpark.
But the fire, ruled an arson, did not erase memories of the old stadium, and these memories are now burning brighter than ever as the kids of the 1970s and 1980s, now adults, want a piece of their childhood returned.
Shenandoah Mayor Clinton O. Lucas Jr. is among them.
“As kids we enjoyed sitting in the bleachers along the first base fence,” he has written on the “rebuild our stadium” Web site memory page at www.rebuildingourstadium.com. “The players would stop by and talk with the fans, and there was a concession stand with little-sized Coke bottles and hot dogs. Boy were they good!”
Delores Lackovitch also has warm memories.
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Mcgaheysville Lawn Party Kicks Off Thursday
By Ted Hayes
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Council Sets Hearings On Possible Cigarette Tax, Eliminating Car Decals
By Ted Hayes
ELKTON — Town Council on Monday set dates for five public hearings to be held on two separate evenings.
At 6:45 p.m. Monday, Aug. 16, the council will hold hearings on its proposed motor vehicle tax and proposed cigarette tax. The hearings will precede the regular council meeting, w...[MORE]
Tours Provide First Look At East Rockingham High
By Ted Hayes
ELKTON — It’s a ten-strike. There is no other way to describe the East Rockingham High School with its 77 classrooms, an academic wing running the length of a football field, a library with over 1,000 volumes, three basketball courts, smartboards in every teaching room, a state-of-the...[MORE]
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