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Bulletin Board
Thursday/Aug. 16 CARD Virginia School will host open house 6:30-8:30 p.m. for families of children ages 3-12 with autism spectrum disorders. CARD (Center for Autism and Related Disorders) offers a program with a one-to-one student-teacher ratio and 215 days of instruction per year. At 5400 Shawnee Rd. Suite 208. Visit http://virginia.centerforautism.com or call 855-345-2273.
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Quarterback Henderson Set to Excel at Lake Braddock
Former West Potomac coaches join Bruins’ staff.
After a strong sophomore year at West Potomac, quarterback Caleb Henderson enters his junior season as a member of the Lake Braddock football team.
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Westminster Awards $20,155 in Grants
Westminster Presbyterian Church, a North Ridge landmark church founded in 1940 with a commitment to local mission work, announced the awarding of $20,155 in new grants to five Alexandria charitable organizations: Alexandria Neighborhood Health Services (ANHSI), the Alexandria Seaport Foundation, United Community Ministries (UCM), Computer CORE, and Space of Her Own (SOHO).
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Become an Election Officer
Residents are invited to become a part of history by serving as an election officer for the City of Alexandria during the Nov. 6, Presidential Election. The Alexandria Electoral Board is looking for civic-minded individuals with basic computer user skills who are interested in the election process and are available to help on Nov. 6.
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Ireton Looking To Match, Eclipse Last Year’s Success
Cardinals’ 2011 season ended in heartbreaking fashion.
The Bishop Ireton football team looks to maintain its winning ways.
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Stewart a Humble Star for Yorktown Football Team
Patriots enter 2012 with talent at skill positions, strong defense.
The Yorktown football team has many weapons on offense.
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Cheti Aids Students in Tanzania
Arlington-based charity focuses on education.
Cheti, a new charity based in Arlington, is an educational development program that strives to aid the impoverished people of Tanzania, Africa by providing funds to local schools and aiding students in acquiring a higher level of education.
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Column: A Pill a Day…
Hopefully will keep the cancer at bay. (I’d say “away,” but let’s be realistic, three and a half years past a NSCLC diagnosis, there is no way, generally speaking, that stage IV lung cancer disappears into the ether; it’s classified as stage IV for a reason.
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Shim, Weiss Lead Churchill Field Hockey in 2012
Bulldogs looking to build on 2011 region runner-up finish.
The Churchill field hockey team looks reached the 4A West Region championship game last season.
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Arlington Voters to Determine Fate of Capital-Improvement Projects This November
From a new aquatics center to paving roads, bond initiatives tend to be popular.
It’s been more than 20 years since a bond referendum failed in Arlington, an indication of how popular the spending items are with voters in the county.
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Artists Pay Tribute to Margaret’s Garden
ArtSpace exhibit features inspiration from local gardener.
Almost 50 years ago, Margaret Thomas moved to Herndon, and after the death of her husband in 1974, she began using her five-acre farm to grow irises, selling them by the bunch for 75 cents each. Since then, the gardens surrounding her house became a haven for local artists and floral enthusiasts alike, open until sundown to anyone that wanted to take a look.
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Reston Youth Cheer Kicks Off Season
Youth cheerleading group performs at competitions, RYC football games.
Reston Youth Cheer, an organization that allows girls to learn how to become cheerleaders, has kicked off their latest season, with summer practices beginning Tuesday, Aug. 7. The group, which features cheerleaders as young as kindergarten age, practices at Langston Hughes Middle School.
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Triathletes Swim, Bike and Run in Reston
Second annual youth triathlon raises scholarship funds.
Two hundred and fifty children spent their Sunday morning swimming, biking and running around Langston Hughes Middle School and South Lakes High School on Aug. 12 as part of the second annual Reston Children’s Triathlon, hosted by the YMCA, Fairfax County, Reston and the Reston Association.
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Langley Fork Master Plan Delayed
Park authority to conduct additional studies of 54-acre park.
The Fairfax County Park Authority has announced a delay in the master planning process for Langley Fork Park, a 54-acre site located just north of the intersection of Georgetown Pike and Dolley Madison Boulevard. The park, which contains two diamond fields, two rectangle fields, basketball courts and a fitness trail, is owned by the National Park Service.
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Local Students Become Scientists in Training
George Mason University hosts science summer camp.
About 50 local students spent part of the summer transforming water into oxygen and trying to create a self-sustaining colony on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn at a two-week summer camp.
