Morning Notes

by ARLnow.com March 5, 2013 at 9:00 am 8 Comments

Wakefield Falls in State Semis — The Wakefield Warriors basketball team lost to John Marshall in the semifinal round of the state AAA tournament last night in Richmond. Wakefield fell 66-46, finishing the season with a 25-6 record. [Washington Post]

Lawmakers Name Biggest 2013 Achievement — Asked to name their biggest achievement in this past legislative session, the state lawmakers who represent Arlington cited an expansion of Medicaid, the new transportation funding plan, and affordable housing funding. [Sun Gazette]

Arlington Students Win at Science Fair — Two Arlington high school students won the “Best in Fair Grand Prize” at the Northern Virginia Regional Science and Engineering Fair over the weekend. They will now go on to compete at the International Science and Engineering Fair in May. [Arlington Public Schools]

Flickr pool photo by J.D. Moore

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Great Season Warriors. You all have made the Wakefield Community and a lot of Arlington very proud of you.
Josh S

Yorktown students. Naturally.

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What a thrill for them, their families, and their teachers. Well done all around.
Wayne Kubicki

Let see – the Gazette story has Sen. Ebbin saying that 400,000 additional folks will be eligible for Medicaid, resulting in 30,000 new health care jobs.

One new health care job is created for every 13 new Medicaid recipients? Does that sound remotely possible?
- drax
  
  FYI, here’s the source of that number so you can judge for yourself:
  
  http://www.vhha.com/medicaideconomicimpact.html
  
  After a quick scan, it looks like it’s about more than just the new enrollees.
SomeGuy

High Frequency Resonant Transformer? Mapping Phosphorylation Sites Necessary for Large T-antigen Stability through PCR-based Mutagenesis??

Come on! Where’s the entry for “Paper Mache Volcano Spewing Vinegar/Baking Soda Lava?!”
- Josh S
  
  Probably down at the 5th grade science fair these days…..
helen

Great job Warriors! See you next year in the finals.
YorktownStudent

Yorktown dominating at the Science Fair!

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