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Tranquility Day Spa Raffles $1300 Gift Card Package to Help Build Home for Zambian Orphans

 

Tranquility Day Spa and Salon of Haymarket, Va. is raffling off a $1300 gift card package to help raise funds to build a house for eight Zambian orphans. Tickets are being sold from now through July 30, 2011 and are $20 per ticket. The prize is a $1000 gift card to Tranquility Day Spa and Salon and a $300 gift card to Girasole or Panino, located in The Plains, Va., and Manassas, Va., respectively.  The raffle winner will be announced on Sat., July 30, when the spa will celebrate the building of the new orphanage and provide food, entertainment and prizes from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call 571-248-4150 or visit www.tranquilitydayspa.com.

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Report Ranks D.C., Maryland, Virginia On Adult Obesity Rates

Report Ranks D.C., Maryland, Virginia On Adult Obesity Rates

Washington, D.C. has the 2nd lowest rate of obese adults in the United States, trailing only Colorado, according to a report from Trust for America’s Heather and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

The report, entitled F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future 2011, investigates weight issues by state, as well as in the District. 

According to the report, 12 states have obesity rates of more than 30 percent.  D.C.’s rate of obese adults, however, is a reported 21%.

Maryland ‘s adult obesity rate is 27.1 percent according to the study, while Virginia’s is 25.9 percent, which ranks them as the 26th and 30th most obese states in the country respectively.

Motorcyclist Recovering After 22 Hours In Woods

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va.  (WUSA) - "I kicked my feet and waved my arms," said Justin Hipple.  He couldn't move after breaking his back, three vertebrae and most of his ribs when he crashed his brother's motorcycle on July 1 around 12 a.m.  

He had landed in some woods just 50 feet from a busy intersection.  But no one saw him.  And the next day, even though he could see tops of cars, no one saw him.

"We knew something was wrong," Tony Hipple talked about the day he realized something bad had happened to his brother Justin, 29, who had borrowed his motorcycle.

When he didn't come home Thursday night and didn't make it to work Friday, he and his sister hit the phones calling every hospital within a 100-mile radius.

He worried his brother had wrecked his motorcycle and was in a ditch somewhere.

That somewhere was within 50 feet of the busy intersection of Dumfries and Bristow Roads.

New Parent Portal Being Launched for 2011-12 School Year

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Manassas Burglary Suspect Arrested

MANASSAS, Va. (WUSA) -- Manassas City Police officers arrested a man they believe to be the "Old Town Manassas Burglar."

A spokesman says Edward Maurice Jones was charged on July 2 with grand larceny after an officer saw him moving copper from one container to another. 

Jones then became a "person of interest" in what a police press release describes as "rash of burglaries that recently plagued the Old Town area," and officers executed a search warrant at his home.

During the search on July 7, officers found property stolen June 23 from a business in the 9300 block of Church Street.  During that burglary, police say the suspect took a shower and shaved before leaving with an IBM ThinkPad and other items.

As a result of the search, Jones was charged with burglary, and officers say other charges are pending.

PWCS Congratulates the Valedictorians and Salutatorians of the Class of 2011

From Prince William County Public Schools:

Attaining valedictorian or salutatorian status is a great honor. A student can only realize this highly regarded status after years of dedication and many hours of studying. This spotlight is on Gar-Field High School’s Mehreen Shahid, Hallel Basco and Brittany Thomas and their accomplishments.

Va. Traffic Deaths Doubled 4th Of July Weekend

RICHMOND (WUSA) -- More people died in accidents in Virginia this Fourth of July weekend than the last Fourth Of July.

Thirteen people died during a period of four-days this holiday, according to Virginia State Police's preliminary report. Last year, six people died in traffic crashes statewide during the same period.

There were 11 fatal crashes this year. They occurred in the City of Portsmouth and the counties of Accomack, Albemarle, Alleghany, Campbell, Chesterfield, Fairfax, Henrico and Prince Edward. Both Alleghany and Henrico counties had two separate fatal crashes, according to Virginia State Police.

Virginia State Police say four of those fatal crashes were alcohol-related, and at least five of the crash victims were not wearing seat belts. Police say a Crozet man ridikng a motorcycle died in the Albemarle County crash.