Dr. Rita Munley Gallagher is the American Public Health Association (APHA), Public Health Nursing Section, 2012 winner of the prestigious Ruth B. Freeman Award. The award was given on October 30 in San Francisco, CA during the American Public Health Association’s 140thAnnual Meeting. Each year the APHA honors an individual […]
Highlights of Monthly PSA 105 Meeting
October 18, 2012, 7-8:30 P.M., Potomac Place, 800 4th St. SW Participants : Sgt. Michael Architzel (substituting for Lt. Nicholas Gallucci) and Officer Vogel, PSA 105; Sgt. Woodland (PSA 102 – in training); Naomi Monk and Irv Gamza, PSA 105 meeting coordinators/facilitators and John McGrath, recorder; Carolyn Smith, 1D Outreach; […]
Aviation Careers Presented at Amidon-Bowen
Armed with model airplane kits, VFR navigational charts, air traffic control maps and hands on activities designed to show the general overview of aviation careers, US Department of Transportation (DOT) Mentors presented an exciting experience to Amidon-Bowen 4th and 5th graders. Lift, gravity, drag, wing, fuselage, nose and tail – […]
Notes on the Nats: On the Cusp of Something Greater
Prior to the start of 2012, and prior to the Nationals adding Gio Gonzalez and Edwin Jackson to their pitching rotation, it was the generally accepted opinion that the Nats were a year or so from seriously challenging the National League East’s perennial leaders: Philadelphia and Atlanta. But then came Cy […]