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Plastic Horses Sold for Charitable Purposes

Inspired by Potomac artists nearly 10 years ago, plastic horses were painted and sold for charitable purposes. Above is the only one that was sent to greener pastures.

Summer Fun: Music in the Air

The Motor Driven Band (Dan Dimmick, Art Fox, Paul Stagnitto, and Tom Ross) plays at the Concerts in the Courtyard series at Potomac Place Shopping Center on Saturday, May 24.

Glen Echo Park began in 1891 as a National Chautauqua Assembly, which taught the sciences, arts, languages, and literature. By the early 1900s Glen Echo Park had become an amusement park, serving the Washington area until 1968.

TACT Presents “Judgment at Nuremberg”

Courtroom drama is based on the Holocaust and Nuremberg trials.

The American Century Theater will present the courtroom drama, “Judgment at Nuremberg,” from May 30-June 28 at Gunston Arts Center, Theatre Two, in Arlington. The play, written by Abby Mann, dealing with the Holocaust and complexities of the Nuremberg trials is based on the 1961 Academy Award-winning film starring Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland, William Shatner, and Montgomery Clift.

Behind the School Board Vote

Report ordered before next year’s budget.

Under a motion made by school board member Emma Violand-Sanchez, the board voted 4 to 1 on May 22, to use more than $271,000 of one-time funding to maintain the seven aide positions at the county’s secondary autism programs with about 60 students at the middle and high school grade levels. “We have different students with different needs and assistants can provide valuable services in the classroom,” said Sanchez.

Honored for Contribution To Local History

Carolyn Cornwell Miller receives 2014 Jean Tibbetts History Award.

Carolyn Cornwell Miller is the recipient of the 2014 Jean Tibbetts History Award, presented at the Great Falls Historical Society’s Annual Tibbetts Award Banquet and Annual Meeting on Wednesday, May 14 at The Old Brogue.

Scholarship Money Awarded to Wakefield High School Scholars

The Wakefield High School Education Foundation has awarded $145,500 in scholarship money to the class of 2014. This brings the total awarded by the Foundation to $1,668,669 to help 321 scholars. The following students attending four-year schools, received scholarships that will be paid out each semester for four years:

McLaughlin Receives ‘Super Teacher’ Award

Joshua McLaughlin of Barrett Elementary School was presented the 2014 Virginia Lottery Super Teacher award last month. He received the award in a surprise presentation at the school in front of students, faculty and special guests. The award, sponsored by the Virginia Lottery, the Virginia PTA and Virginia-based The Supply Room Companies, consists of a $2,000 cash prize and an additional $2,000 classroom credit from The Supply Room Companies.

Kinney Inducted Into Business Hall of Fame

Jonathan Kinney of Bean, Kinney & Korman has been inducted into the Arlington Business Hall of Fame by the Arlington Chamber of Commerce. Each year, the Arlington Chamber inducts outstanding business leaders into the Arlington Hall of Fame. The inductees are chosen for their extensive involvement in both the business community and the broader community.

Doud Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Richard V. Doud, IOM, president of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce, was presented the "Lifetime Achievement Award" by the Virginia Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives at the Virginia Chamber's 90th Anniversary Celebration & Legislative Awards Dinner held on May 15 in Arlington at the Ritz Carlton - Pentagon City.

Letter: Let’s Transform Congress

To the Editor: I believe that, at this critical time, Patrick Hope is the best man for the job. Hope is an accomplished legislator, having served as Arlington’s 47th District delegate in the General Assembly for five years. He has served with distinction, founder of the Assembly’s Progressive Caucus, focusing on critical issues like health care, human services, jobs, and education — the issues that matter to most Virginians, particularly those who go without.

CEO Pleads Guilty in Hacking

The president and chief executive officer of Virginia-based Symplicity Corporation pleaded guilty last week to conspiring to hack into the computer systems of two competitors to improve his company’s software development and sales strategy.

Arlington Detective Honored

An Auto Theft Unit detective from Arlington County Police Department was recognized by the Virginia State Police in the 2013 LEO Award competition at a ceremony during the annual meeting of the Virginia Chapter of the International Association of Special Investigation Units in Richmond on May 15.

Reflecting on Integration

Book features stories of 21 African-American Wakefield students.

Today, there are more blacks than whites at Wakefield High School, but 60 years ago, Wakefield was a segregated high school without any black students. According to Arlington Public Schools’ statistics as of Oct. 30, 2013, white students make up only 16.6 percent of the total student body while black students account for 23.9 percent.

Seaport Foundation Without a Seaport?

Waterfront plan leaves nonprofit homeless, for now.

A sense of uneasiness fills Randall Smith when he starts talking about the future of the Seaport Foundation, the nonprofit that taught him how to build boats. One recent afternoon found him scarfing a board so that it has the right ratio to be part of a kit that the nonprofit sells for people to make a kind of boat known as a Bevin's Skiff. By this time next year, the nonprofit will have to move out of this building, which will be demolished as part of the waterfront plan.

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