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Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
Contact: Merni Fitzgerald, Director of Public Affairs
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Nov. 17, 2006
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to Recognize Residents and Staff, Issue a Proclamation and Adopt Resolutions
Note to editor: A downloadable photo and synopsis of each presentation will be posted on the county’s Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/opa/presentations.htm on Monday, Nov. 20. These photos will remain on the Web site until the next board meeting with presentations on Monday, Dec. 4.
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, at its meeting on Monday, Nov. 20, scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m., will recognize the following residents and staff for their service to Fairfax County, issue a proclamation and adopt resolutions. For more information, call 703-324-3187, TTY 711.
Public Response Fills the Boot
The Board of Supervisors will recognize the Fairfax County Fire and
Rescue Department, the International Association of Firefighters Local
2068, the Muscular Dystrophy Association and Sun Trust Bank for their
effort and support in the 2006 Fill the Boot Campaign to aid the fight
against muscular dystrophy. Residents contributed more than $357,000 to
this year’s campaign.
Initiative and Dedication of Terraset Elementary Teachers Yields
Grant Funding
The Board of Supervisors will recognize MaryAnne Capets and Margie
Henry, teachers at Terraset Elementary School, Reston, for their
initiative and dedication to secure grants of more than $35,000 for the
students of the school. The grants fund the reading project “Parents as
Readers: K-3 Reading Program,” computers, digital cameras, projectors and
online resources.
Stellar Paradigm of Public Service Retires
The Board of Supervisors will adopt a resolution to commend Margo
Kiely of Fairfax on the occasion of her retirement and for her commitment
and service to the residents of Fairfax County. Kiely, employed as the
founding director of the Department of Systems Management for Human
Services in 1995, was instrumental in revamping the efforts for the
prevention of homelessness, day laborer coordination efforts and gang
prevention services, as well as countless landmark research and survey
projects. A stellar paradigm of a public servant, Kiely has received a
Fairfax County Managerial Excellence Award, an O. Heath Onthank Award and
a Northern Virginia Chapter of the American Society of Public
Administrators Public Service Award.
Nancy Taxson to Be Recognized
The Board of Supervisors will recognize Nancy Taxson of Falls Church
for 16 years of leadership as the executive director of Homestretch, a
respected provider of transitional housing in Northern Virginia.
Raves for Taves
The Board of Supervisors will recognize J. Patrick Taves of Fairfax
Station for 26 years of service to Fairfax County as an attorney in the
Office of the County Attorney. During that time, Taves advised the Board
of Supervisors and agencies of Fairfax County in addition to representing
them in state and federal courts.
AIDS Awareness Day
The Board of Supervisors will designate Dec. 1 as AIDS Awareness Day
in Fairfax County. Worldwide, there are 40 million people who live with
HIV/AIDS. An estimated 40,000 Americans become infected with HIV each
year. More than 17,800 Virginians live with HIV/AIDS, and 34 percent of
them are between the ages of 13 and 29. One-third of all Virginians with
HIV/AIDS live in Northern Virginia.
Stay Tuned
The Board of Supervisors will recognize Fairfax County Government
Channel 16 for its selection by the Alliance for Community Media as the
best government access cable television station in the nation for the
second consecutive year. The award was given for Channel 16’s spectrum in
programming of government meetings, public service announcements and
informational programs about government services. It is the fourth time
the county has won the award in the Overall Excellence of Governmental
Access category, with previous awards given in 1996, 1999 and 2005.
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