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Try 'Gift Giving by the Stars'

Local astrologer offers a way of choosing presents that please.

Try 'Gift Giving by the Stars'

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Long Day's Journey into Light

Relay's success rests on early preparation.

Long Day's Journey into Light

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Going to Works Sunday

Hundreds from various local faith communities volunteer for projects to help the less fortunate.

Going to Works Sunday

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Summer Luncheon Celebrates 30 Years

Thelma’s lunch crew has grown into a 30-year tradition, drawing guests from across the country.

Summer Luncheon Celebrates 30 Years

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City School Board Gets New Member

Mayor and City Council composition remains the same after May 4 election.

City School Board Gets New Member

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People

People

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Gala Extraordinaire

Former State Del. Marian Van Landingham honored by Senior Services of Alexandria

Gala Extraordinaire

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Save the Trees

Sycamores cleared on Springvale serve as a reminder to preserve trees.

Save the Trees

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Don't Feed Geese

Civic associations come together to ban the feeding of geese.

Don't Feed Geese

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Save the Trees

Sycamores cleared on Springvale serve as a reminder to preserve trees.

Save the Trees

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New Teachers Welcomed to Alexandria

121 new teachers prepare for the upcoming school year.

New Teachers Welcomed to Alexandria

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New Teachers Welcomed to Alexandria

121 new teachers prepare for the upcoming school year.

New Teachers Welcomed to Alexandria

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Week in Great Falls

Things happening in Great Falls.

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Salata Named Ravensworth Principal

Roxanne Salata, 41, has a motto she likes to use: People first and paper second.

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Teen Theater Explores ‘Responses’

Dodgeball Theater’s “Respond” addresses teens’ need for connections, dangers of isolation.

How do teens respond to the changes in their lives? Dodgeball Theater’s Teen Ensemble explores this in their latest production “Respond,” which addresses teens’ need for connections with others and the dangers of isolation. “People often marginalize the artistic vision of young people,” says Haley Murphy of Great Falls, co-director of Teen Ensemble. “We really want to maximize it.” Each year the ensemble, now in its fifth year, develops and performs an original work that combines monologues, movement pieces, scenes and other theatrical elements, including film.

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Touching For Sure, But Not Always

Usually, but not always, when I show for my scheduled post-chemotherapy/post-scan appointment with my oncologist, I am physically examined (touching, feeling). Recently, due to some enhanced computer and facility upgrades, I was shown the actual scans, digitized. However, on more than one occasion over the last 18 months or so, after we discussed the results of my most recent CT Scan – and lab work, no physical exam was performed. Apparently, as I later learned, the good results from my scan sort of trumps any need to feel for physical manifestations.

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Solar Decathlon Creator Preaches Solar Energy

Solar Decathlon Creator Preaches Solar Energy

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Everybody Cuts Footloose at Bullis

Everybody Cuts Footloose at Bullis

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Column: “Less Fluid, Most Nodules Stable, Minimal Growth.”

Given how I feel now, three-plus years later, and considering the results of this most recent scan, the future may simply be what it is: not now, but later. At least, that’s the way I see it, subjectively speaking. (Now whether “subjectively speaking” is just a euphemism for “unrealistic” is likely a topic for a “future” column.)