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Apiarists Seek To Expand

Number of drones on the increase.

The honeybee has been around for 100 million years, a fact proved by the nearly perfect Burmese specimen found encased in amber.

Flourishing After 55

Arlington senior centers: Aurora Hills, 735 S. 18th St.; Walter Reed, 2909 S. 16th St.; Culpepper Garden, 4435 N. Pershing Dr.; Langston-Brown, 2121 N. Culpeper St.; Lee, 5722 Lee Hwy.; Arlington Mill at Fairlington, 3308 S. Stafford St.; also Madison Community Center, 3829 N. Stafford St.; TJ Comm. Center, 3501 S. 2nd St.

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Meeting. 6:30 p.m. at La Cote d’Or, 6876 Lee Highway. The Arlington Rotary Club Installation Dinner. Visit www.arlingtonrotaryclub.org.

Military Notes

Military Notes

Grant To Funds Recess Program

Arlington Public Schools has received an $18,000 grant to fund Active Recess Programs in coordination with Arlington County and Marymount University.

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‘Unplugged’ Concert Series. Thursdays, June through August from 6-8 p.m. at Market Common Clarendon, 2700 Clarendon Blvd. Enjoy free performances of live acoustic music. Visit www.marketcommonclarendon.net or 703-785-5634.

Soccer Clinic for Adults

Arlington County is offering a summer soccer clinic for adults — for total novices who would like to learn to play, and beginning / low intermediate players who want to improve their soccer skills. The six-week clinics will teach basic skills in dribbling, passing, shooting, and defense.

Arlington Crime Report

ARMED ROBBERY, 2400 block of S. Eads Street. At 12:30 a.m. on June 17, a suspect robbed two victims at gunpoint as they were walking to their car.

Arlington Calendar

Food Truck Thursdays. In the surface parking lot at the corner of Crystal Drive and 18th Street.

“Flourishing After 55”

“Flourishing After 55” from Arlington’s Office of Senior Adult Programs for July 8-12.

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Arlington Urban Agriculture Task Force Chickens Out

Panel members fail to reach consensus; submit three separate reports.

The Urban Agriculture Task Force laid an egg.

Rising to Boys & Girls Clubs ‘Youth of the Year’

With help of Boys & Girls Clubs, local immigrant student receives full college scholarship.

Today, Henry Lopez has a bright future, complete with a full scholarship to college. It wasn’t always that way, however, and he remembers being a preschool student in a foreign country, unfamiliar with the language and culture, fighting to learn, to fit in, to avoid falling into a gang.

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Summer Classes Return Registrations now open for children and teen summer classes at the Arlington Arts Center. Join AAC for classes covering all subjects and mediums. This summer will offer classes from previous semesters and new classes like Developing Nature and Drawing, a class for teens rooted in the principals of drawing and AAC's summer exhibition Green Acres.