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Author: Potomac Local News
At Woodbridge Pediatrics, getting books from the doctor is a routine part of regular pediatric checkups. Doctors and nurses have been implementing the Reach Out and Read program in Woodbridge since 2009. We are pleased to announce that Balint Charities, a local Springfield based non-profit organization, has decided to “adopt” Woodbridge Pediatrics and will be providing the clinic with new and gently used books. We are very excited for this new partnership and how it will continue to promote early childhood literacy in the region.
Reach Out and Read Virginia is an evidence-based, statewide nonprofit organization that prepares Virginia’s youngest children to succeed in school by partnering with doctors to prescribe books and encourage families to read together. The end goal of Reach Out and Read is to prepare all children to enter kindergarten ready to read, learn, and succeed. The Reach Out and Read model is endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the program has one of the strongest records of research support of any primary care intervention. This year, Reach Out and Read Virginia’s volunteer medical providers will distribute over 205,000 new books to more than 118,000 children at 155 healthcare locations across the state.
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William Burton Overholt, 76, passed away Thursday, July 11, 2013 at the home of his daughter, Abbie Hale. He was the husband of the late Ingrid Wagner Overholt.
Born June 17, 1937 in Kalamazoo, MI, he was the son of the late William Burton Overholt and Evelyn Ryerson Locke. Mr. Overholt was retired from the U.S. Army, where he honorably served his country during the Vietnam War.
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The road to sending children in our area to camp began at a “celebrity” event, and so far has raised $24,000.
In early March the Prince William County / Manassas Boys & Girls Clubs kicked of their annual “Send a Kid to Camp” campaign with a celebrity bartending event. The special evening was spearheaded by the Campaign Chair Heather Mergler, C.E.O. of Advanced Title & Settlements, and Prince William County Potomac District Supervisor Maureen Caddigan.
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BRISTOW, Va. — The driver of a tanker truck that overturned carrying 8,500 gallons of fuel last week has been charged.
James Burless, of Leesburg, is charged with reckless driving, said Prince William police spokesman Jonathan Perok.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Police in Prince William County today reported the arrests of two men suspected in two separate incidents of indecent liberties with a child.
More in an unedited police report:
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Mom on the Run
My family and I are at dinner with John, our retired minister, and Mary, his wife. We’ve had a day-long community service project and are collected around the big table in Panera, eating and resting and telling funny stories and catching up.
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Monday, July 15
Update 11 a.m.
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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A police officer responding to a call for a pedestrian walking in the middle of a roadway collided with a woman who was walking in traffic on U.S. 1 in Woodbridge, and the woman later died.
Here’s more from an unedited police report:
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — The body of a 27-year-old man was found late Sunday night by someone walking their dog.
Police said the body was found in the 12700 Block of Ridgefield Village Drive, near a Harris Teeter grocery store on Hoadly Road, at 8:40 p.m.