Column: A Pill a Day…
Hopefully will keep the cancer at bay. (I’d say “away,” but let’s be realistic, three and a half years past a NSCLC diagnosis, there is no way, generally speaking, that stage IV lung cancer disappears into the ether; it’s classified as stage IV for a reason.
Shim, Weiss Lead Churchill Field Hockey in 2012
Bulldogs looking to build on 2011 region runner-up finish.
The Churchill field hockey team looks reached the 4A West Region championship game last season.
Arlington Voters to Determine Fate of Capital-Improvement Projects This November
From a new aquatics center to paving roads, bond initiatives tend to be popular.
It’s been more than 20 years since a bond referendum failed in Arlington, an indication of how popular the spending items are with voters in the county.
Artists Pay Tribute to Margaret’s Garden
ArtSpace exhibit features inspiration from local gardener.
Almost 50 years ago, Margaret Thomas moved to Herndon, and after the death of her husband in 1974, she began using her five-acre farm to grow irises, selling them by the bunch for 75 cents each. Since then, the gardens surrounding her house became a haven for local artists and floral enthusiasts alike, open until sundown to anyone that wanted to take a look.
Reston Youth Cheer Kicks Off Season
Youth cheerleading group performs at competitions, RYC football games.
Reston Youth Cheer, an organization that allows girls to learn how to become cheerleaders, has kicked off their latest season, with summer practices beginning Tuesday, Aug. 7. The group, which features cheerleaders as young as kindergarten age, practices at Langston Hughes Middle School.
Triathletes Swim, Bike and Run in Reston
Second annual youth triathlon raises scholarship funds.
Two hundred and fifty children spent their Sunday morning swimming, biking and running around Langston Hughes Middle School and South Lakes High School on Aug. 12 as part of the second annual Reston Children’s Triathlon, hosted by the YMCA, Fairfax County, Reston and the Reston Association.
Langley Fork Master Plan Delayed
Park authority to conduct additional studies of 54-acre park.
The Fairfax County Park Authority has announced a delay in the master planning process for Langley Fork Park, a 54-acre site located just north of the intersection of Georgetown Pike and Dolley Madison Boulevard. The park, which contains two diamond fields, two rectangle fields, basketball courts and a fitness trail, is owned by the National Park Service.
Local Students Become Scientists in Training
George Mason University hosts science summer camp.
About 50 local students spent part of the summer transforming water into oxygen and trying to create a self-sustaining colony on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn at a two-week summer camp.
Letter: No Enemies on TJ Admissions Front
To the Editor:
FCPS is not being honest, straightforward or holding itself accountable for the fact that too few of these disadvantaged kids are achieving as well as others relative to their populations and too few are fostered appropriately so they can be identified for and take advantage of advanced curricula, including advanced academic programs (AAP) and thence TJ and high school honors, AP and IB programs. The leaders in this system have had years to figure out how to make serious improvements, but they have hidden and spun or not even bothered to gather data and have excluded individuals and groups that could be partners in resolving this situation. Thus, we have a segregated system, as the data show.
Friendship Firehouse Marks 238th Birthday
The 100 block of S. Alfred Street was blocked off on Saturday, Aug. 5 for the annual Friendship Firehouse birthday celebration.
In With the Old
Vintage Mirage celebrates new location.
After serving Alexandria for eight years at 210 N. Lee St., Elinor Coleman's Vintage Mirage celebrated its recent relocation with a wine and cheese reception July 26 at the new location on South Columbus Street.
Oh, What A Night!
National Night Out promotes police-community partnerships.
The enthusiasm was infectious across Alexandria as dozens of neighborhoods came together Aug. 7 to celebrate National Night Out, a program designed to promote neighborhood spirit and law enforcement-community partnerships in the fight against crime.
He’s Legionnaire of the Year
Jim Glassman, Vietnam veteran, first to win award in history of Post 24.
Jim Glassman walked into Alexandria's American Legion Post 24 on July 25 expecting the Executive Committee meeting he was attending to be routine. But his fellow officers and board members knew otherwise.
Letter: Irony of Tissue Comment
I note the irony in Ms. Lee Perkins’ letter of July 26 in which she likens the McDonnell administration’s attitude toward women as “disposable as Kleenex.”
Obituary: Ruth Delones Seaton
Ruth Delones Seaton, 82, of Stuart, Fla. died on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012 at Treasure Coast Hospice in Stuart.
Celebrating Obama’s Birthday in Old Town
Hawaii Islanders and Obama supporters celebrated President Barack Obama’s birthday at Hunting Point on the Potomac in Alexandria Saturday, Aug. 4, with a barbeque, birthday cake, and music.
Covert Matters
Hot Day at Polls and No Food
I found the way to Cora Kelly Rec Center about midday Saturday. Took several turns, wrong ones of course, down Commonwealth Avenue, Mount Vernon Avenue then on to Dewitt and Hume. Eventually I got the nerve to stop to ask for directions.
‘Who You Gonna Call?’
Past President, Senior Services of Alexandria
"Mom's in the hospital following a fall and surgery. Just this morning the social worker called to say they are discharging her to a rehabilitation facility tomorrow and I need to approve of the placement! But I don't know anything about this place or what to expect!"
First Day Out
The summer sailing camp at the Washington Sailing Marina on Daingerfield Island is in full till as the students take to boats and try their hands at navigating the wind to the sails.
Letter: Must Work with Republicans
Thoughts on political/party compromise.