Has there been an incident on your street? Have you had solicitors knock on your door asking for your business? While you’re driving to work or on your way to do errands, have you noticed something unusual? If the answer is yes to any of these questions, you can learn what to do by coming to the monthly CAC meeting.

The 3rd Wednesday of every month, you have the opportunity to meet with your police force. At 6:30 pm in the Helen Wilson Community Room (Franconia Government Center, 6121 Franconia Road), Officer Jim Reid has arranged for various members of the Fairfax County Police Department to speak on topics relevant to all of us. On May 16th, the presenter will be Detective Doug Comfort. Detective Comfort is an excellent speaker who will be talking about tactical community policing and homeland security.

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By Richard Byrd Library Branch Manager Sandy Freund

Every year, the Fairfax County Public Library runs a Summer Reading Program for children up through rising twelfth grade. The purpose is to encourage children to continue reading during vacation and thus to maintain or improve their skills. Participants may sign up at any library branch or online at the library’s website beginning June 15. Readers can sign up at any time during the summer. However, they must return their completed reading log by Saturday, September 1st in order to receive a booklet with coupons from various local businesses. Although there is a limit of one booklet per child, we do encourage children to keep reading and fill out “I Kept Reading” logs.

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Our April 17 meeting featured three local real estate panelists: Janice Buckley from Long and Foster, Mike Anastasia from Keller Williams, and Anthony Carr from Debbie Doğrul Associates. In a round robin discussion, we heard their expert opinions on a variety of topics.

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Spring break is a time of fun and relaxation for students across the country, with family vacations or many fun camps to choose from. Unfortunately for some Springfield youth, their parents can’t afford vacations or camps or don’t have transportation or time to get them to parks. The Springfield Civic Association changed that for one lucky student by funding a scholarship to Lake Accotink and TrailsforYouth.Org’s (TYO) week long Adventure Race Camp.

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Don’t miss your chance! The 3rd Wednesday of each month, you have the opportunity to go behind the scenes with your police force. At 6:30 pm in the Helen Wilson Community Room (Franconia Govt. Center, 6121 Franconia Road), you can hear presentations on a variety of police work, including topics such as identity theft, home security, substance abuse, cold cases, and code compliance.

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Lake Accotink was one of three lakefront parks which were de-staffed this winter from Jan. 23 to mid-March! Did you know that? Were you asked to share your concerns and thoughts before the decision was made and implemented? No! Surrounding communities and park users, who are impacted the most, were not given the opportunity for input before this decision was made.

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Like the coming season, things are germinating around us. The mall will commence in the June timeframe, while other properties are springing up (e.g., the Chik fil-A, two Hilton-family hotels, and new office buildings) or are in the planning stages (Boston Properties near the metro and the Metro Police sub-station). The SCA also took an active role in changing the course of events at Lake Accotink Park which was slated to be completely de-staffed until mid-March.

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This annual seedling sale makes low-cost native shrub and tree seedlings available to residents. Seedling packages are available for pick-up in mid-April. Whilst we have discussed Parkinson’s and the aspect of men who cheapest levitra continue reading over here need these tablets. Initially men would rely on buy tadalafil new.castillodeprincesas.com natural treatments, topical creams, alternate therapies and ineffective medicines which would either take ages to impart results or would have no significant effects on the personal life of the people. In fact, this cialis doctor is often the way the drugs are used. However the drug measure should only be cialis discount overnight implemented after consulting with the physician. Trees and shrubs help cleanse water, prevent soil erosion, provide habitat, cool our climate and clean our air. See http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/nvswcd/seedlingsale.htm.

In February, we had a great example of our Neighborhood Watch working the way it’s designed to! A neighbor called to say that a man was at her front door asking if she needed any work done. She did not feel comfortable opening the door to speak with him. He left and proceeded to another house on the street. What would you do? Call the police non-emergency number – 703-691-2131!

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