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Homes Tour in River Oaks on Dec. 6

A ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 6, will kick off the McLean Woman’s Club’s 46th annual Holiday Homes Tour at the first tour house, 616 Live Oak Drive, in the River Oaks section of McLean.

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Brief: Running in Vienna’s Turkey Trot

Brief: On Sunday, Nov. 18, members of the Churchill Road Ready to Run program participated in Vienna's 10K Turkey Trot.

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Brief: ‘Christmas Eve at the Nutcracker Club’ Returns

Brief: The School of Theatrical Dance (SOTD) and its performing wing, Great Falls Dance Theatre, present the seventh annual performance of their original production of Christmas Eve at the Nutcracker Club, a fanciful yet reverent sketch of Christmas Eve, set in a 1940s USO Hall, in the imaginary town of Rockwell.

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Brief: Something New at Grandmother's Back Room

Special custom woodwork rocker for holiday season.

Brief: Grandmother's Back Room in The Great Falls Village Center has announced a new handcrafted gift item for this holiday season.

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Making Wishes Come True

The Wish List Project relies on generosity of Great Falls community.

Great Falls is a community that proves there is strength in numbers when it comes to helping those in need. Ginger Mahon agrees.

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Brief: Winter Art Exhibit Opens At Great Falls Library

New show highlights work of 33 Great Falls artists; reception Dec. 10.

Brief: An art exhibition featuring over 60 paintings, photographs, ceramics, jewelry and other new works by Great Falls artists opened Nov. 2 and will be displayed through the end of December at the main conference room of the Great Falls Community Library.

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Westfield Wins VTA Competition

School’s first victory in statewide acting contest.

The local community knows how talented Westfield High’s theater students are; now, so do people in the rest of the state. The young thespians won the school’s first-ever Virginia Theatre Association (VTA) competition, beating out 44 other schools statewide.

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Boy Scout Food Drive Successful

The annual, Boy Scout “Scouting for Food” Drive was Saturday, Nov. 10.

Centre View Roundups: Nov. 21, 2012

What happens in Centre View this week.

40 Years Prison for Centreville Murder

Man killed his ex-girlfriend’s sister.

Despite the fact that Man Ha Park left his wife and daughter to run off with another woman, they both testified on his behalf before he was sentenced for murdering that woman’s sister. But neither their pleas nor tears could save him from being sentenced to 40 years in prison for a killing so brutal that the prosecutor called the crime scene “a blood bath — worse than in many horror movies.”

Remembering Bonnie Huneke

Virginia Run Turkey Trot to be run in her honor.

Each year, the Virginia Run Turkey Trot is run in honor of a community resident who’s died of cancer, and this year’s Thanksgiving Day event is in memory of Bonnie Huneke. She died Oct. 27, 2011 of breast cancer at age 50.

Centre View Bulletin Board: Nov. 21, 2012

Upcoming events

Brief: Gingerbread Activities at Deer Park Elementary

The Gingerbread Man will help K-2 students at Deer Park Elementary learn about school geography and the staff members when local author Laura Murray comes to share her book, “The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School,” Dec. 12, at 9 a.m.

Brief: CVHS Students Named Top Achievers

The following Centreville High School students have been recognized as top achievers in the 2013 National Merit Scholarship Program.

Handling ‘Everything under the Sun’

Animal Control officer talks about his job.

Andy Sanderson has been a police officer for 20 years and an animal control officer for 15, and he recently shared his knowledge and expertise with members of the Sully District Station’s Citizens Advisory Committee.