2017 Nauck Civic and Community Pride Day
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2017 Nauck Civic and Community Pride Day

Ed Whitehead is barbecuing "about 20 racks of ribs" at the 2017 Nauck Civic and Community Pride Day at Drew Model Elementary School and Community Center on Saturday, Sept. 16. Whitehead said he has to let the bone protrude, and then flip the ribs over for about another half hour. He is cooking ribs and chicken for Restaurant Depot.

Ed Whitehead is barbecuing "about 20 racks of ribs" at the 2017 Nauck Civic and Community Pride Day at Drew Model Elementary School and Community Center on Saturday, Sept. 16. Whitehead said he has to let the bone protrude, and then flip the ribs over for about another half hour. He is cooking ribs and chicken for Restaurant Depot. Photo by Shirley Ruhe.

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

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Photo by Shirley Ruhe

Sumayya Iracks traces Elmer's glue on a picture of a cinnamon stick. She sprinkles it with fresh cinnamon. The back of her card has a recipe for how to use cinnamon. Jennifer Abel, Senior Virginia Cooperative Extension Agent, says their booth at Nauck Civic and Community Pride Day is to illustrate healthy alternatives to salt. Virginia Cooperative Extension works through Virginia's land grant universities. They engage local communities to apply scientific information to improve economic, environmental and social well-being.

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Photo by Shirley Ruhe

A young volunteer helps man the Nauck Civic Association food truck where they offer free hot dogs, popcorn and cotton candy for children. Nauck, located in South Arlington, is the oldest African-American community in Arlington with a history dating back to the Civil War. Each year in the fall they hold a community event featuring a day of outside activities like the OSP Band, Keano the Rapper, a variety of food booths and representatives of the community such as AFAC and the Arlington County Child and Family Services. Inside activities held in the Community Center included Dr. Alfred Taylor on Nauck History, Ticara Smith on Electric Eating and Lachaka Treakle on Extreme Couponing Tips.

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Photo by Shirley Ruhe

The Nauck Civic Association is selling raffle tickets to support three $500 scholarship awards to residents of the Nauck Community. To qualify a student must have been, or be, attending an accredited two- or four-year college, university, technical or higher education institution. Local merchants donated the prizes.

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