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| Dispose of Household Hazardous Waste on September 11 |
The Loudoun County Department of Construction & Waste Management will host a Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) collection event from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 11, 2010, at Harmony Middle School, 38174 West Colonial Highway, Hamilton.
HHW includes items such as fluorescent bulbs, household batteries, oil-based paints/stains/varnishes, paint thinners, metal polishes, rust removers, wood preservatives, furniture polish, waxes, pesticides/insecticides/herbicides, pool chemicals, old fuels including gas/oil mixes, and many others. Latex or water-based paints are not a hazardous waste and can be dried or solidified and disposed of in your household garbage.
Used motor oil, antifreeze, automobile batteries, lead-acid batteries and propane tanks will not be accepted at any HHW collection events. They can be recycled year round at the Loudoun County Solid Waste Management Facility on 21101 Evergreen Mills Road in Leesburg.
| Loudoun County Animal Shelter Offers Summer Adoption Specials |
The Loudoun County Animal Shelter is making it even easier to bring a pet into your life with two great adoption specials now through Labor Day!
First, adopters are being encouraged to “pick a pair of pocket pets” to help our smallest residents find loving families. This means that when you adopt one small animal, you can adopt a second one for free. Many small animals like guinea pigs, rabbits, and parakeets, are social creatures who thrive in pairs. They often bond with each other and can keep each other company when their people are not home.
Small animals are often the perfect choice for adopters who are looking for the companionship and joy of pet ownership, but are not interested in walking a dog or playing with a cat. Small critters require daily attention, social interaction, and regular cage cleaning.
Another option is celebrating the “Cat” Days of Summer. Cats outrank dogs as America’s # 1 pet, and there are wonderful cats and kittens of all kinds looking for new, loving homes. During the “Cat” Days of Summer all cats adopted from the Loudoun County Animal Shelter will be spayed/neutered for free (if necessary). That means that kittens under 6 months of age will have a $40 adoption fee, all cats ages 6 months to 7 years will have be $20, and all cats over 7 years will only be $10.
View all adoptable animals online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at www.loudoun.gov/animals,
| Purcellville Awarded Byrne Justice Assistance Grant. |
On July 9, 2010 – Purcellville was been notified by the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services that the Purcellville Police Department’s “Byrne Justice Assistance Grant” application requesting $31,303.00 to establish a mobile In-Field Reporting System has been awarded. The Town is required to match the grant with $1,647.00 in local funds for a project total of $32,950.00
The U. S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants (JAG) are awarded on a competitive basis to facilitate the prevention and control of crime and improve law enforcement functionality.
The Purcellville Police Department will utilize the JAG funds to establish an In-Field Reporting System. The In-Field System will consist of six ruggedized notebook computers to be placed in six patrol vehicles and shall utilize a specific software system designed to facilitate field reporting. The department’s incumbent Incident Based Reporting software vendor DaPro will install their MobileFR software on the new notebooks and also the office server to permit the officers to generate and file incident, accident and other reports directly from their patrol vehicles through the use of a secure remote computer interface system. The system has a proven track record in Virginia and is currently in use in Amherst, Greene, Patrick, and Rockingham Counties and the City of Harrisonburg and Towns of Elkton, Broadway, Timberville, Grottoes and the James Madison University PD. The MobileFR System will seamlessly integrate with the department’s existing Incident Based Reporting software.
| Planning for College, It is never too early |
Recent research and studies have found that students are waiting until too late to start looking at colleges.Too often, graduating High School students find themselves behind the curve when it comes to college selection. Rising GPA's and SAT Scores have served to make Colleges more competitive than ever. High School students should start considering college admission requirements almost as soon as they enter High School. Some colleges require AP courses in order to enter various schools of study, and others require completion of certain course levels. There are minimum GPA and SAT requirements. If a High School student is not careful, they could find themselves off the necessary curriculum path required to reach the prerequisite courses of their college of choice.
The point at which attending college moves from a conceptual thought to a pending reality often occurs when the student starts doing research on the colleges themselves. Visiting the prospective college campus is highly recommended. Altogether, selecting and being accepted to a college can often be quite an ordeal. A great source for comparison of Virginia colleges is http://www.collegesofva.com. This site is designed as a quick and easy reference guide linking to both student reviews and Collegeboard.com profiles.
Another source that has proved invaluable to many college bound students is online at: www.princetonreview.com . This site offers free registration, and rates the colleges, offers attending student comments, and statistical reports on admission requirements as well as student life. This site also offers the 'Best of', and the 'Worst of' in hundreds of categories. Find out which college ranks 1st in the "DORMS LIKE DUNGEONS" category.
An additional online reference for colleges is: www.collegeboard.com. This site is brought to you by the SAT organization, and here you can register for the SAT's, get your scores, send them to colleges, and get facts about those colleges as well. Both websites offer search engines based on student preferences, and are free for students to use.
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