<sh>Update on Ashley
<bt>Ashley Dubey, the 5-year-old Centreville girl struck by a hit-and-run driver, May 2, on Old Centreville Road, remains in critical condition at Inova Fairfax Hospital. A kindergartner at Bull Run Elementary, she sustained a severe head injury in the accident.
<sh>New Bank Gets OK
<bt>If all goes well, Chevy Chase Bank will build a new bank in Centreville. It received a green light, last week, from the Fairfax County Planning Commission and goes before the county Board of Supervisors on June 17.
Chevy Chase's plan calls for a bank with drive-through window and two, drive-through ATM bays. It would be constructed on the northwest corner of the Burger King lot at Route 28 and Old Centreville Road in Centreville.
No tube system is planned for the drive-throughs, just ATM machines. The ATM bays would be on the building's southern end, between the bank and the Burger King. Bank hours would be Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; and Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
The bank's entrance would face Westview Drive, with customers accessing it off Old Centreville Road. And the bank would improve Westview Drive, itself, into a higher-quality road. Chevy Chase needs the county's approval for a special-exception permit for the drive-throughs. It got a step closer, last Wednesday, May 15, with the thumbs-up from the Planning Commission.
<sh>CCF to Meet
<bt>The next meeting of the Centreville Community Foundation (CCF) will be Tuesday, May 28, at 7 p.m. in Supervisor Michael R. Frey's (R-Sully) conference room. It's in the Fort Hill Building at 5900 Centreville Road in Centreville.
<sh>Fair Lakes Interchange
<bt>Talk is beginning about the possibility of an interchange at the intersection of the Fairfax County and Fair Lakes parkways. The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) will hold a citizen-participation and information meeting, Tuesday, June 4, from 5-8 p.m. at Chantilly High.
The interchange is in the county's Comprehensive Plan and, at 6 p.m., VDOT representatives will offer information about preliminary concepts for the proposed structure. Anyone requiring special assistance to attend and participate in the meeting should call 703-383-2433.
<sh>WFCM Personnel Needs
<bt>The Western Fairfax Christian Ministries (WFCM) has several volunteer positions available.
* It needs a client coordinator to make follow-up calls to members of the community who have recently received assistance. This person would also cross-reference recipients with other WFCM services (food and clothing ministry). It would be a good job for someone who has to stay close to home.
* On-call volunteers are also needed. After receiving training, they'll monitor requests for help, coming from the local community, via a telephone mailbox. There's a social worker on staff, plus an extensive network of support to help and encourage people in self-sufficiency.
* WFCM's food pantry needs volunteers to work Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., and Saturdays, noon-2 p.m. To volunteer for any of these positions. or for more information, call 703-378-3045 and leave a message on box 7.
<sh>Food Pantry Needs
<bt>The Western Fairfax Christian Ministries (WFCM) food pantry is in need of several items. They are: Jelly, coffee, tea, juice boxes, syrup, oil, sugar, cereal, crackers, soap, shampoo, toothpaste, paper towels, toilet paper, cleaning products and diapers larger than infant and newborn.
The food pantry also needs volunteers, Thursdays, from noon-2 p.m. Needed, as well, are: Volunteers with trucks to help move heavy items, a volunteer handy-person good with phones, copy machines, faxes and thermostats, a volunteer to wash the Shepherd Center glass front entrance, artwork suitable for display in pantry waiting area, a vacuum, newer-model frost-free refrigerators and a laptop computer.
<sh>Blood Still Needed
<bt>The Inova Blood Donor Center in the Centremed I Building on Route 29 in Centreville (across from the Centreville Multiplex Cinemas) is in urgent need of blood donations — especially O positive or negative. They are accepted Tuesday-Friday, noon-8 p.m., and Saturday, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. To make an appointment to give blood, call (703) 322-1970, or just drop in at your own convenience.
<sh>WFCM Needs Drivers
<bt>The Western Fairfax Christian Ministries is in need of drivers to take elderly people to medical appointments. Call (703) 378-3045 and press 7 to volunteer for this or any other WFCM ministry.
<sh>Meals on Wheels
<bt>The Clifton Meals on Wheels program urgently needs a volunteer to coordinate the delivery of meals to frail, elderly residents. Call the Fairfax Area Agency on Aging at (703) 324-5406.