News

Dino Days
Date:  Friday, June 3, 2011
Time:  11:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location:  Visitor Center
Description:  Walk in the footsteps of the dinosaurs! Come to the Visitor Center to excavate fossils, try to out run a T-Rex, and design your own dinosaur. Fee is $2/person, $6/family

Kids Fishing Tournament
Date:  Saturday June 4, 2011
Time:  9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Location:  Marina in lot #1
Description:  Join us in our kids fishing tournament and see what you can catch. There is some fishing equipment that participants can borrow, but we encourage folks to bring their own. There are several volunteers on hand to give participants help. Sponsored by the Friends of Leesylvania State Park.

The United States is about to unveil a new cyber strategy that will treat cyberspace as another domain of warfare, similar to land, sea and air.  As first reported in The Wall Street Journal on May 31, the U.S. will draw upon all the elements of national power to respond to a cyber attack.

As first reported in The Wall Street Journal on May 31, the US will draw upon all the elements of national power to respond to a cyber attack.  This is an important step in the evolution of our cyber doctrine.is an important step in the evolution of our cyber doctrine.  When strategists first began to deal with how we would respond to a cyber attack, many assumed we would do so within the cyber realm.  The new strategy indicates that the U.S. would not hesitate to “take the gloves off” by broadening our response options to such an attack.

By Kristina Schnack Kotlus
Schools and Events Writer

Sitting in my preschooler’s parent-teacher conference, I was reminded that all things in education are connected.  Attitudes, preferences, home life, they all contribute to achievement.  As I reflected on last week’s education news, I was reminded that all policy changes tend to be connected, too.