Tag: pools
Community pool reps joining forces
The Edsall Park Pool. We might be having wintry November weather, but leaders of local community swimming pools are already thinking about next summer. The newly formed Mason District Pool Management Group, sponsored by the Mason District Council of Community Associations, is bringing together local pool reps to share ideas about improving management and best … Continued
Victory Lane Aquatic Club has a new coach
The Victory Lane Aquatic Club (VLAC) is continuing under a new coach, Shawn Mansfield. The swimming program was founded in 2008 by Clayton Joyner of Annandale, who died in May at the age of 29. Joyner had been a champion swimmer on the Falls Church High School swim team and was a coach for the … Continued
Window company helps fix up local pools
The snack bar at the Annandale Swim and Tennis Club has a new operable window. Community pools in our neck of the woods seems to be struggling to make ends meet every summer, as it’s getting harder to replace members who move away or feel they don’t enjoy a pool as much after their children … Continued
One community pool helps another
Parklawn Pool [Photo by Daren Shumate] Two years after the derecho, when the area was hit by widespread storm damage and power outages, the Parklawn Recreation Club was able to stay open with a generator and invited members of the closed Dowden Terrace Pool to use their facilities for swim team practice. When the Parklawn … Continued
Clayton Joyner Scholarship awarded to FCHS swim captain James Sturges
Joyner (left) and Sturges The first Clayton Joyner Scholarship was awarded to Falls Church High School senior James Sturges. The award honors FCHS swim coach and FCHS alum Clayton Joyner, who died May 5. Known as Coach CJ, Joyner also coached the swim team at Holmes Run Pool. Sturges is an outstanding scholar and athlete. … Continued
Jump in: the pools are open!
Kids in the water at the Annandale Swim & Tennis Club. The opening of community pools on the Saturday before Memorial Day means it’s officially summer in the Annandale/Mason area. An invigorating jump into the Broyhill Crest Pool. [Photo by Elaine Wiggins.] After spending the last few weekends fixing up bathhouses and sprucing up the … Continued
Court affirms zoning board’s rejection of Parklawn cell tower
The 19th Judicial Circuit Court of Virginia on May 7 affirmed a decision by the Fairfax Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) last July to reject a proposal for a cell tower on land owned by the Parklawn Recreation Association. “We are appreciative of the court’s thorough review of the case and its decision to uphold … Continued
Local swimmers mourn loss of popular coach Clayton Joyner
Coach CJ with the Holmes Run swim team. More than 200 people, many of them members of the Falls Church High School and Holmes Run swim teams, gathered at the Holmes Run pool May 6 for a candlelight vigil to honor and remember swim coach Clayton Joyner. Joyner, just 29 years old, died May 5 … Continued
Board of Supervisors approves Parklawn cell tower
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution Sept. 24 to approve a special exception permitting the construction of a 128-foot cell tower on property owned by the Parklawn Recreation Association. That action follows a BoS hearing Sept. 10 during which more than three dozen residents presented strong, passionate feelings on both sides … Continued
Board of Supervisors delays decision on Parklawn cell tower
AT&T representative Ed Donohue testifies before the Board of Supervisors. Following a Fairfax County Board of Supervisors hearing on the Parklawn cell tower Sept. 10 in which 34 people testified, the board approved a motion by Mason Supervisor Penny Gross to postpone a decision until Sept. 24. Gross noted the “unusual situation” with regard to … Continued
Public invited to end-of-summer party at Edsall Park Pool
The Edsall Park pool. The Edsall Park Swim Club is having a big end-of-summer Pool Party Blast Aug. 31, and you’re all invited. There will be a whole day full of fun activities, including a pancake breakfast at 10:30 a.m., a cardboard regatta at 2 p.m., and a barbecue and chili cook-off 5 p.m.-8 p.m. … Continued
Board of Zoning Appeals delays decision on Parklawn cell tower
A cell tower in Gilbert’s Corner, Va., with a graduated paint scheme like the one proposed for the Parklawn pool. The Fairfax County Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) heard the rezoning request to allow construction of a cell tower on property owned by the Parklawn Recreation Association (PRA) July 17 but deferred a decision until … Continued
Enjoy a snow cone and help a child raise money for cancer research
Grace’s snowcone stand last summer. The public is invited to the second annual Race with Grace Snow Cone Lemonade Stand Saturday, July 13, 9 a.m.-noon, at the Broyhill Crest Pool, 7212 Early St., Annandale. Grace Sprano, a 5-year-old cancer survivor will be selling snow cones to raise money for the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, an … Continued
Mason land use committee supports Parklawn cell tower
A full house at the May 28 Mason District Land Use Committee meeting. The Mason District Land Use Committee (MDLUC) voted 3-2 May 28 to recommend the Fairfax County Planning Commission approve AT&T’s proposal for a cell tower on property owned by the Parklawn Recreation Association (PRA). The recommendation is for a “mono-pole” with a … Continued
Cold water greets swimmers on the opening day of area pools
Adrianna Romano, a student at Poe Middle School, dives into the Annandale Swim & Tennis Club pool. It felt more like March than Memorial Day weekend on the opening day for community swimming pools May 25, but that didn’t stop a few brave souls from taking the plunge. Despite a dearth of actual swimmers, local … Continued