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Dream Big, Hornets Told

More than 500 graduate from Herndon High.

Herndon High School’s Class of 2014 received their diplomas at George Mason’s Patriot Center on June 23.

A Message of Taste and Beauty

Karin’s Florist wins National All-Star Floral Design Competition.

Vienna floral designer Bryan Swann of Karin's Florist recently took home the title of All-Stars Champion in VaseOff!, a nationwide design competition hosted by the Society of American Florists (SAF).

Anni McNulty and Hub Blankenship Married

Anni McNulty of Fairfax Station, daughter of Paul and Brenda McNulty, recently married Hub Blankenship, son of Hub and Brenda Blankenship of Spartanburg, S.C. The bride is a 2007 graduate of Robinson Secondary School and 2011 graduate of University of South Carolina, in Columbia.

Celebrating the ‘Age of Elegance’

Long-time Kings Park West resident Debbi Miller has reigned for the past year as Ms. Virginia Senior America 2013.

South County Girls’ Lacrosse Team Wins Championship

Colts score tie breaking goal with one minute left.

It was anyone’s game on Sunday, June 8, at Great Falls Nike Park in Herndon. The South County Athletic Association and the Prince William Royals lacrosse G5/6 teams, girls in grades 5 and 6, were both undefeated coming into this championship game.

CFTC Offers Children’s Summer Theater Camp

The City of Fairfax Theatre Company (CFTC) hopes to replace children’s summertime blues with a chance to not only learn about acting, but perform onstage.

National Championship for Fairfax High School

Robotics team captures first place in Mini-Urban Challenge.

Fairfax High School is a national champion. On June 14, at the Emerald Coast Conference Center in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., its robotics team won a national competition called the Mini-Urban Challenge.

Marching Bands, Music, Fireworks and a Parade

City of Fairfax plans rip-roarin,’ rousing Fourth of July celebration.

For fun, music, fireworks and a rousing parade, the City of Fairfax is the place to spend the Fourth of July. The festivities begin at 10 a.m. with a parade through the downtown Fairfax Historic District, continue with open houses and a firefighters’ competition and culminate with rock music and colorful fireworks at Fairfax High.

Club Names 2014 Arlington Garden of the Year

A yard filled with waterfalls and a koi pond, native plants, and vegetables grown in wooden pallets next to busy Washington Boulevard won the Rock Spring Garden Club’s 2014 Arlington Garden of the Year.

Summer With Books

Burke Centre Library kicks off summer reading program.

Burke Centre Library started their summer reading program on June 20. This year each branch of the Fairfax County Public Library created its own suggested reading lists. There are reading programs for adults, as well as children.

‘Your Character Will Lead You to Success’

Westfield High graduates nearly 700 students on June 18.

Turning their tassels and tossing their caps into the air, nearly 700 Westfield High students graduated on Wednesday, June 18, in GMU’s Patriot Center.

What’s Offensive about Redskins Pride?

Absolutely nothing, if you’re state Sen. Chap Petersen.

A lifelong Redskins fan, Fairfax state Sen. Chap Petersen (D-34) has had it up to here with all the talk about the need to change the name of his beloved football team. He vented his frustration and indignation on his blog — Ox Road South — but said he was leery of tackling what he deemed the forces of political correctness in the "War Against the Redskins" until June 18, when the Federal Patent Office blocked the team’s Redskins trademarks, declaring that the name was "disparaging" to Native Americans at the time the trademarks were registered — as far back as 1967. That action pushed Petersen off the sidelines to lead an offensive attack.

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