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Flourishing After 55

From Arlington's Office of Senior Adult Programs June 17-22

Arlington senior centers: Aurora Hills, 735 S. 18th St.; Walter Reed, 2909 S. 16th St.; Culpepper Garden, 4435 N. Pershing Dr.; Langston-Brown, 2121 N. Culpeper St.; Lee, 5722 Lee Hwy.; Arlington Mill at Fairlington, 3308 S. Stafford St.; also Madison Community Center, 3829 N. Stafford St.; TJ Comm. Center, 3501 S. 2nd St

Viewpoints

How is new technology impacting community life?

Individuals talk about how technology effects their everyday routines.

Potomac School Notes

Information on students from Potomac.

Obituary: Evan Michael Rosenstock

Evan Michael Rosenstock of Potomac died on Monday, May 20, 2013. He was 16.

Potomac’s Debi Dreyfuss To Compete in Air Race Classic

National competition challenges female pilots.

Debi Dreyfuss has wanted to fly since she was 6 years old when her uncle took her for a ride in his Cessna 172.

Arlington School Notes

Information on students from Arlington.

Couple Produces ‘Environmental Read of the Summer’

Publisher cites importance of “environmental literacy.”

Arlington County educators Sharon Gaston and Richard Halttunen are a husband-wife children’s book writing team whose first brainchild together, “Turtle without A Home,” has been sweeping up literary accolades. Creative Minds Publications, a publishing company specifically for classroom-oriented literature, released the book in 2012.

Hen-Pecked Arlington Officials to Consider New Rules for Urban Agriculture

Should neighbors have to consent to backyard chickens?

Arlington County Board members are about to either lay an egg or be considered chicken.

Viewpoints: What Inspires Your Work?

The Reston Arts Show 2013 brings new artists and fresh perspectives from across America.

Artists share what inspires them in their work.

Bake Sale for Oklahoma

Several sixth graders in Reston wanted to do something to help families affected by the tornadoes in Oklahoma, and thought a bake sale would be a good way to do it.

Maplewood Grill Continues the Fine Dining Tradition

Father and son keep local restaurant part of community.

The years that Chef Paul Kuchler spent at the sides of the classical chefs who worked his father’s kitchen at Le Canard paid off. Kuchler now is co-owner and head chef of Maplewood Grill, designing the menu, perpetuating some of Le Canard’s traditional recipes, refining new signature dishes and overseeing the kitchen details of Maplewood Grill. It was Marcel Kuchler’s idea to reinvent his French restaurant as one with a contemporary American spin and his son Paul took off with the concept.

Animals Blessed in Vienna

Antioch Christian Church holds its third annual blessing for family pets.

Antioch Christian Church, the quaint white clapboard church on Beulah Road, hosted its third annual pet blessing on June 2 and pet parents came from throughout the area to have their pets blessed by Antioch’s pastor, Randy Beeman. Any family pet, of any species, was welcome.

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