<sh>Fallen Tree Stops Traffic
<bt>A tree that fell on an SUV Friday afternoon stopped traffic in both directions on Dolley Madison Boulevard, said Officer Bud Walker of the Fairfax County Police Department. The driver of the vehicle was Medivac-ed to a local hospital and treated for minor injuries. Dolley Madison Boulevard was blocked from Waverly Way to Buchanan Drive from 4:40 p.m. until shortly after 9 p.m. on Friday, when the tree was removed.
<sh>Anti-Terrorism Rally
<bt>On Saturday, May 14, several groups of Arabs, Iranians, Kurds, Assyrians, Lebanese, Palestinians, Syrians, Sudanese, Muslims, Christians and Jews will converge on the nation's capital for a rally against terrorism and to support freedom and democracy in the Middle East and the Muslim world. This will be the first rally of its kind in Washington, D.C. that is led by Muslims and Middle Easterners. All endorsers are welcome. To sponsor this rally, e-mail the Free Muslims Against Terrorism at president@freemuslims.org.
The rally will take place at Freedom Plaza on Pennsylvania Avenue between 13th and 14th Streets, NW, from 1-5 p.m. Call 202-776-7190 or visit www.freemuslims.org.
<sh>School Board Speakers' List Sign-Up Now Online
<bt>The Fairfax County School Board has initiated a pilot procedure to allow citizens to sign up electronically to address the Board at regular business meetings and public hearings. Although citizens may continue to call the School Board Office at 703-246-3646 to sign up to speak, they may now also sign up electronically by accessing www.fcps.edu/schlbd/requestspeak.htm and completing the required form.
Specific information regarding future Board meetings is available at www.fcps.edu/schlbd/calendar.htm, and guidelines for addressing the Board are available at www.fcps.edu/schlbd/info.htm#mtg.
<sh>Free Summer Sunday Concert Series
<bt>Supervisor Joan DuBois, the McLean Community Center and Friends of McLean Central Park announce the Summer Sunday Concert Series at McLean Central Park. All concerts begin at 3 p.m. and are free and open to the public.
The lineup includes Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer on June 26, the Attaca Steel Band on July 3, the German band Die Alte Kameraden on July 10, the Fairfax Symphony Brass Quintet on July 17, the U.S. Navy Commodores on July 24 and Country Current on July 31.
The park is located at the corner of Old Dominion Drive and Dolley Madison Boulevard. For more information on the series, call 703-790-0123.
<sh>Difficult Run Work Gets Underway
<bt>The Fairfax County Park Authority will begin improvements to a portion of the Difficult Run Stream Valley Park in May. This project continues efforts to complete the Cross County Trail, which will eventually travel from the Occoquan River in the south to Great Falls in the north.
The work will include improving a section of the Cross County Trail, and stream and bank stabilization. Site improvements will require closing an existing parking lot that is used for trail access within Difficult Run Stream Valley Park. The parking lot is located on the south side of Georgetown Pike across from Great Falls Park. The parking lot will be closed during construction, completion of which is anticipated in August.
Funding for this project is provided through the park bond program. Contact Project Manager Jim Duncan at 703-324-8747.
<sh>Langley Requests Help with All-Night Grad Party
<bt>Langley High School is asking for help in making its June 21 Alcohol-Free and Drug-Free All-Night Graduation Party a success. The school is seeking tax-deductible donations in the form of gift certificates, specialty items for use as door prizes and game prizes, donations of services, food, decorations or cash contributions. The All-Night Graduation Party is organized, supervised and financed without tax dollars by parents of graduating seniors in the hope that the availability of a fun, alcohol/drug-free atmosphere will reduce teen drinking and drug use on graduation night and save the lives of teens and other drivers. Donation forms are available so as to enable Langley to properly acknowledge and publicize contributions. Arrangements can be made to pick up donations, or checks or gift certificates can be sent directly to Langley High School, 6520 Georgetown Pike, McLean, VA 22101, Attention ANGP (Kathy Johnson). Checks should be made out to LHS-ANGP 2005. For more information call 703-287-2700.