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Weichert Arlington Office Honors Top Sellers Barbara Stone, branch manager of Weichert, Realtors’ Arlington Office, recently announced that Chairman’s Club member Sheila Fisher led the Weichert region, which consists of 18 offices in Virginia and D.C., in new home dollar value. David Lloyd, Jr. led the region in resale listings. In 2007, Lloyd ranked in the top ten for dollar volume, combined units, resale revenue units and resale dollar volume in the entire D.C. area. For more information, call the Arlington office at 703-5273300. Author Philip Pullman to Visit Tysons Corner Award winning children’s author Philip Pullman will
May 29 - June 4, 2008
speak at the Tysons Corner Barnes & Noble (7851 Tysons Corner Center, McLean) on June 8 at 2 p.m. Pullman is the author of more than 18 books, including “The Golden Compass.” Following his discussion, Pullman will sign his newest release, “Once Upon a Time in the North,” and “The Golden Compass.” For more information, contact the store at 703-506-2937. Oakcrest School Class of 2008 Graduates Twenty-six students will graduate from Oakcrest School on May 31. There will be a Baccalaureate Mass at the school, celebrated by Oakcrest School chaplain Fr. Ron Gillis, on May 30 at 7:30 p.m. Immaculée Ilibagiza, a survivor of the 1994 Rwandan
NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN gather at the Upper Poplar Street block party on May 25. Of about 120 neighbors that came, many were kids who rode bicycles and scooters to the event. (PHOTO: COURTESY EVELYNE HOROVITZ)
genocide and author of “Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust” will be the commencement speaker. Student speakers will be valedictorian Nicole Elizabeth Birrer and salutatorian Mary Cameron Gasser. Local Graduates Providence College Arlington resident Michael Warin received a Bachelor of Science in Management from Providence College in Providence, R.I.. Volunteers Needed for Clean the Bay Day The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is looking for volunteers to participate in Clean the Bay Day, an annual
shoreline litter clean-up. Clean the Bay Day will occur on June 7. Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment, the Arlington-Fairfax Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America, the Reston Association and Leesylvania State Park are offering opportunities to help in Thrifton Hill Park (2814 N. 23rd St., Arlington), Leesylvania State Park (2001 Daniel K Ludwig Dr., Woodbridge, Va.), Mason Neck State Park (7301 High Point Rd., Lorton, Va.), Lake Audubon (Lake Audubon Dr., Reston, Va.), Lake Thoreau (Halyard La., Reston, Va.) and Lake Anne (Waters Edge La., Reston, Va.). This is Clean the Bay Day’s 20th anniversary. Over the last two decades, more than 87,500 Clean the Bay Day volunteers have removed more than four
million pounds of trash from the Commonwealth’s waterways. For more information or to pre-register for Clean the Bay Day, visit www. cbf.org/clean or call 1-800SAVEBAY. French Cocktail Hour The French Wine Society, in partnership with the Park at Fourteenth, Sopexa USA, Maison de la France and the French Ministry of Agriculture, is hosting the fifth annual French Cocktail Hour Celebration on June 6 at the Park at Fourteenth (920 14th St. NW, D.C.). The event begins with a VIP Preview at 6:30 p.m. and opens to the general public at 7:30 p.m. There will be French wine and a specialty cocktails open bar for a $20 admission fee. Win a trip for two with
NEIGHBORS GATHERED IN A MARSHALL STREET living room in Falls Church last week to discuss how to respond to recent post-storm power surges that have destroyed household appliances, including TVs and computers, in dozens of neighborhood homes. The surges were caused by power lines knocked down by sagging trees or limbs. See story elsewhere this issue. (PHOTO: NEWS-PRESS)