January 31 - February 6, 2008
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30 – 9 p.m. Those interested should contact Sadira at sdahear@homestretch-inc.org or call 703-237-2035 ext. 101. Local Educator Honored As “Hometown Hero” Founder and executive director of the Child and Family Network Centers (CFNC) Barbara Mason will be the focus of a month-long WETA “Hometown Heroes” profile airing Monday, Feb. 4 at 8 p.m. Mason ensures needy children receive high-quality education from CFNC with her self-created teaching program modeled after the High Scope Curriculum. For more information, visit www. weta.org/heroes. Superbowl Party at Beach Shack Clare and Don’s Beach Shack (3014 Wilson Blvd., Arlington) will be throwing a Superbowl Party on Sunday, Feb. 3 at 5 p.m. The party will be featuring delicious food honor-
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ing the regions of the two opponents, such as New England clam chowder and Nathan’s hotdogs. Advanced tickets are on sale for $40 and may be purchased at the restaurant. For more information, call 703-532-9283. Arlington Resident Enters Peace Corps Helen Rortvedt, a 25-yearold resident of Arlington, has been accepted into the Peace Corps and will be departing for Bolivia on Jan. 28 to begin preservice training as an environmental education Peace Corps Volunteer. Upon graduation from training in April, Rortvedt will be working in schools and with youth groups to develop an ethic of environmental stewardship. Rortvedt, a graduate of St. Olaf College, will be living with a host family for her first three months in Bolivia and will serve for two years in the country. FC Gardeners Unite The Falls Church Garden
DAVID BELL, Clerk of the Arlington Circuit Court since 1971 until his retirement on January 1, was honored with a special reception and proclamation signed by Falls Church Mayor Robin Gardner (right) Monday night. Falls Church has been served by the Arlington Circuit Court since 1988. Bell was Arlington County’s longest-serving elected official. (PHOTO: NEWS-PRESS)
Club will be having their first meeting of the year on Tuesday, Feb. 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the Falls Church Community Center (223 Little Falls St., Falls Church). Featured speaker Henry Zoller, a reference librarian at the US Geological Survey, will talk about musthave books and magazines for your collection. Refreshments will be served. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, call 703698-5081.
community, with a portion of each sale of Political Dog Biscuits to be donated to the
Washington Humane Society. For more information, call 703931-5241.
Let Your Pup Get Political At Doggy Kitchen Organic Doggy Kitchen (Falls Church) and Nature’s Nibbles ( 2601 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria) are jointly hosting the Virginia Doggy Primary on Saturday, Feb. 2 from noon – 3 p.m. at Nature’s Nibbles. Organic Doggy Kitchen’s new Political Dog Biscuits, shaped as elephants and donkeys for the two parties, will be offered as free samples to any dog who visits Nature’s Nibbles during the event. They will keep a scoreboard to see which “party animal” is more popular among the Northern Virginia canine
OVER 40 PERSONS attended the Falls Church Faith Community Forum on Preventing and Ending Homelessness held at the Dulin United Methodist Church Saturday. The event was sponsored by the Friends of the F.C. Winter Homeless Shelter, Homestretch and the F.C. Community Service Council. A new implementation plan aims to end homelessness in the region in 10 years. Presenters including Kerrie Wilson of Reston Interfaith, Pam Michel of New Hope Housing, Jim Brigl of FACETS and Michelle Krocker of the Northern Virginia Affordable Housing Alliance. (PHOTO: NEWS-PRESS)
A KICK-OFF EVENT to organize for the annual Relay For Life rally in Falls Church in May was held at George Mason High School Saturday. The American Cancer Society sponsored Relay For Life rallies all across the U.S. to inspire hope and raise money for cancer research. Here, some cancer survivors and their loved ones walked a symbolic relay as others watched. The May 31 event will be held at the GMHS football field, starting at dusk and going all night with teams organized to carry on a relay race the entire time. (PHOTO: NEWS-PRESS)