Online Poll for 8-6-2001

No other cases of bacterial meningitis have been reported to the Prince William County school division since a Woodbridge Senior High School student was hospitalized for the disease Friday. “Hopefully, it’s an isolated incident and it’s been caught,” said Bonny Fahy, Prince William County Schools spokeswoman. The teenage boy, who has not been publicly identified,…

By KIPP HANLEY [email protected] NOKESVILLE Brentsville senior Dustin Whitlow has lived all over the world but has finally found a home for cross country this fall. An avid runner who had been competing for a Department of Defense school in England, Whitlow walked into Brentsville for the first time and noticed a huge framed photo…

By KEITH McMILLAN [email protected] MANASSAS When Erin Myers first made the jump from middle school basketball to Osbourn Park, she said she could only shoot layups and couldn’t play defense at all. But she made the varsity team as a ninth-grader because coaches saw extraordinary athletic ability in her. Now, in her junior season, Myers’…

MANASSAS — For the last three years, Judy A. Hays, 59, has served as one of six members of the Manassas City Council. In Manassas’ 130-year history, Hays, a Republican, is the fourth woman to hold a seat on the council. It is a title she would like to keep: Hays is the first member…

MANASSAS — Osbourn head coach Jason Lucey knew his boys team would toss him in the Freedom Center pool if the Eagles won the inaugural Cedar Run Swimming Championships on Friday night. He came with a swimsuit under his pants and a change of clothes. If Osbourn Park’s Heather McManus expected her girls to do…

When Heather Lukes looked back on 75 years of family pictures and memories, she dreamt of a way to preserve them for the next generation. Not content with letting the pictures fade away into obscurity, Lukes decided to create a family scrapbook. Three years, a few scrapbooks and some planning later, Lukes, along with friends…