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Win a Classic Mustang Convertible

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

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Special Guest Contributor: Karey Starnes, LB Resident and President of Rotary Club of Baileys Crossroads

You could be the Raffle Winner of the car pictured below.

This Car Could be Yours

For the past 25 years the Rotary Club of Baileys Crossroads has held a raffle of a CLASSIC MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE. This year’s car is a beautiful Arcadian Blue 1966 Mustang Convertible with 70,000 actual miles.

The raffle will be held on September 25, 2010 at the annual Mason District Park Festival in Annandale. Three winning tickets will be drawn at 2:00PM – the first ticket drawn will be the winner of the Mustang while the ticket holders of the next two tickets drawn will each win $500 cash.

Raffle Tickets are $25 each or 5 Tickets for $100. To purchase a raffle ticket, see one of the many Rotarians who reside in Lake Barcroft, or go to the club’s website www.bxrrotary.org/raffle to purchase tickets online or by mail.
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Funds raised from the raffle go to support many worthwhile organizations in our community such as Outstanding Teacher Awards, scholarships to graduating JEB Stuart High School Seniors, Essay and Speech Contests at JEB Stuart HS and Glasgow MS, grade level dictionaries to all third grade classes in our local elementary schools, food and clothing for the food and clothing banks at Bailey’s Elementary School, ACCA Food Bank, the Volunteer Fire Department, Bethany House that provides financial support, food and clothing to battered spouses and children, the Bailey’s Crossroads Community Shelter; senior citizens; literacy, and much-much more.

Buy your Raffle Ticket today to show your support for The Bailey’s Crossroads Rotary Club and enter for a chance to WIN a Classic Mustang Convertible.

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One of our own: Connie Lawn, Senior White House Correspondent

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

By JillAnderson

Long time Lake resident Connie Lawn (aka “The Skiing White House Reporter”) tells us she is now the senior most White House Correspondent. She was second (having started her career in 1968) to Helen Thomas, but now that Helen has stepped down this moves Connie to the most senior position.

Connie told me that “Helen will always keep the title of Dean and the coveted front row seat should go to Fox News or Bloomberg”.

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Connie has written a third update of her book, “You Wake Me Each Morning” in which she talks about events such as one of the last interviews with Bobby Kennedy, meetings with Nelson Mandela and other leaders, a brief kidnapping in Lebanon, and whatever funny, inspiring stories she can remember.

You can purchase her book online at Amazon or even better, Connie has a few discounted autographed copies at her home on Stanford Circle. You can reach her via email at ConnieLawn(at)AOL.com.

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Impromptu Dancing at Beach 5

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

By JillAnderson

Photo credits: Alice Lima-Whitney

The Golden Rays Dance group enjoying themselves at Beach 5:

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Alice forwarded me these photos that she captured while out kayaking one day about a week ago. I love these photos! On Alice’s suggestion I emailed Bonnie Blyth to find out just who were/are the Golden Rays as I had never heard of them.

Here’s Bonnie’s Reply:
“The Golden Rays are a group of approximately thirty over-55 ladies and one gentleman (all mostly way over 55) who perform Tap Dances at nursing and assisted living facilities, churches, malls, etc. all over Fairfax County.”

“Shan Farzan, who is a LB resident and an assistant leader of the group, gave a thank-you picnic this year on beach 5. (All the guests were so impressed with the Community Garden!) We couldn’t resist an impromptu tap dance on the grass and sand while listening to the music of “42nd Street”. We normally practice at the Little River Glen Senior Center. I have been dancing with the group for about 6 months (I used to dance with a group called the Rickety Rockettes in AZ before moving here), but most of the members have been dancing together for a decade or more.”

What fun! Thank you Bonnie for sharing your story and big thank you to Alice for capturing the moment.

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Reduced Library Hours beginning on July 1st

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010

By JillAnderson

The Fairfax County Budget FY2011 has been finalized and now we’re going to start feeling the effects of those cuts.

Starting on July 1st our area libraries will have reduced hours of operations. You can see the full list of hours of operations HERE

Woodrow Wilson Library Hours (effective July 1st):

  • Monday 10 am – 6 pm
  • Tuesday 1 pm – 9 pm
  • Wednesday 10 am – 6 pm
  • Thursday 1 pm – 9 pm
  • Friday 10 am – 6 pm
  • Saturday 10 am – 5 pm
  • Sunday – closed
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Baileys Crossroads Land Use Community Meeting

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

By JillAnderson

Mark your calendars for April 15th as your taxes will (hopefully) be completed and you have the opportunity to see a presentation on the preferred land use concept for a portion of the Baileys Crossroads Community Business Center (CBC).

The concept will be presented at the Goodwin House Auditorium, 3440 South Jefferson Street, Falls Church on April 15th from 7-9 pm. Parking is available in the visitors lot.

The concept is intended to stimulate revitalization of this area, as well as take advantage of the proposed streetcar route to run between the CBC and Pentagon City. It features more mixed-used development; easier pedestrian, bicycle and transit rider access; and increase green spaces.

It is envisioned that the densest development will be focused in the area near the future streetcar stop along South Jefferson Street on the north side of Leesburg Pike. This urban-style downtown will incorporate mixed-use buildings with ground-floor retail, a tree-lined grid of streets and a new arts center. A greenway will connect the north and south sides of Leesburg Pike.

The land use concept specifically covers the area to the south and east of the interchange of Leesburg Pike (Route 7) and Columbia Pike (Route 244) in the Baileys Crossroads Community Business Center area.

For more information, visit the Baileys Crossroads Planning Study Web pages, contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-324-1380, TTY 711, or e-mail DPZBaileys@fairfaxcounty.gov.

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Soccer Players Clear the Snow

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

By JillAnderson

I looked out my back door late afternoon on Friday and couldn’t believe my eyes.

There were approximately 30 guys out on the soccer field next to Bailey’s Elementary School. They were shoveling the snow off of the field and were well equipped with shovels, tarps and at least one wheel-barrel.

Now that’s dedication and true love for the sport of soccer!

It was too cold at 35 degrees with winds blowing around 10 mph for me to even go over to the park and take up close photos. So I must apologize for the distance of the photos that I took off of my bedroom balcony.

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Can you see the beautiful GREEN turf? Wow.

They came back again on Saturday and now the field has been cleared and the soccer games have resumed. Nice job guys!

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Tick Tock – Deadlines Approaching

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

By JillAnderson

Just a quick reminder about some upcoming deadlines:

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I posted earlier this week about how you might be able to get your kids in on The White House Egg Roll. The lottery registration ends tomorrow, Feb 28th at 11:59 pm EST.

And, as I posted in late December, Monday, March 1st is the deadline to submit paperwork for your child to be included in the lottery to attend Bailey’s Elementary School Magnet program.

On Tuesday, March 2nd, there will be a special election to pick our new Fairfax County School Board member; recently vacated by Kaye Kory. Choose Sandy Evans or Samantha Rucker – just be sure to vote. The polls will be open from 6 am until 7 pm.

As a bonus, a quick productivity tip.

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Devastating Budget Cuts

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

By JillAnderson

It’s been a big week of discussions related to the proposed Fairfax County FY2011 Budget and the potential cuts to programs.

My friend, Ellie wrote an update on her blog (Around Annandale) regarding the Proposed Library cuts in Fairfax County. The proposed cuts are indeed devastating. You can read it about it HERE.

And more disturbing news: – According to the Fairfax County Taxpayers Alliance blog posting School Board Urges Higher Taxes to Pay for Pensions:

While attending the Fairfax County Budget Forum at Marshall High School on Feb 20th:

The FCTA asked why the school board is urging the supervisors to raise taxes by $81.9M although only $9M is needed to pay for next year’s expected increase in student enrollment.

The school superintendent acknowledged that the reason is the increased cost in employee benefits, especially pensions. According to the schools’ proposed FY2011 budget, employee benefits costs are increasing by $98M, of which $71M is for pensions and another $15M is for retiree medical benefits.

(Side Bar: I have no affiliation with the Fairfax County Taxpayers Alliance nor do I know if their numbers are correct. You’re on your own here).

More on Fairfax County (proposed) Budget Cuts:

Today’s Washington Post has an article “Fairfax County budget proposes tax increase, cut in school funding” – read it HERE.

The Washington Post 2/22/10 – Demonstrators Urge Lawmakers to “save our schools“

Watch this Youtube video of County Executive Anthony Griffin talk about the FY2011 Proposed Budget explaining the funding for schools.

Fairfax County Taxpayers Alliance FY2011 Budget Notes with download-able spreadsheets.

It’s going to be an interesting Spring as the budget gets marked up (April 20) and approved (April 27). If you’re interested in having YOUR voice heard then plan on attending one of the Budget Public Forums on April 6th, 7th & 8th. You can Sign up HERE

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Blood Donations Greatly Needed

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

By JillAnderson

Due to the extreme weather in our area, blood drives were canceled over the weekend and throughout the last few weeks. Inova Blood Donor Services is especially in need of replenishing low inventory of O+, O- & B- blood types and platelets.

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I have O+ blood type and just scheduled an appointment for 3:30 pm today.

They make it easy to schedule appointments online. Won’t you schedule an appointment too?

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A Fabulous Sledding Hill

Monday, February 15th, 2010

By JillAnderson

Have you been looking for a really great sledding hill in our area?

We believe we found the perfect hill — check out this short video of four Lake Barcroft Families taken yesterday, Feb 14, 2010:

It’s over near Long Branch Nature Center off of S. Carlin Springs Rd.

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