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  • City Briefs for Aug. 4, 2011

    Business opportunities

    Greater Bowie Chamber of Commerce and the city of Bowie present Local Business Opportunities Tuesday, Aug. 16, from 8 to 11 a.m. at the Kenhill Center, 2614 Kenhill Drive.

    The National Children’s Museum is a 150,000-square-foot project to be located at 300 American Way at National Harbor, a $2 billion, 300-acre, mixed-use, waterfront development in Oxon Hill.

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  • Scout News for Aug. 4, 2011

    Venture Crew

    Venture Crew is a co-ed, high adventure, Scout troop for men and women ages 14-20. The group provides opportunities for hiking, backpacking, rock climbing, rappelling, water sports, kayaking/canoeing, camping and caving, as well as community service and local social activities.

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  • 5.9 quake rocks Bowie

    According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a nearly 6.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the east coast from Virginia to Toronto, Canada, Tuesday afternoon.

    Airport control towers were evacuated, as well as courthouses and other office buildings. According to Reuters, the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol were also evacuated.

    Full coverage of the quake's aftermath affecting Bowie, Mitchellville and Glenn Dale will appear in this week's Blade-News.

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  • Lively Arts for Aug. 4, 2011

    EDITOR’S NOTE: Articles for Lively Arts must be submitted in writing to the Bowie Blade-News, 2000 Capital Drive, Annapolis, MD 21401, or by email to bkoepper@bladenews.com at least two weeks before publication date. Items should include the time, date and place of the meeting or activity, information on the program to be presented and a daytime telephone number. Late or incomplete items may not be used.

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    ‘Can-Can’

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  • Worth Noting for Aug. 4, 2011

    EDITOR’S NOTE: Articles for Worth Noting must be submitted in writing to the Bowie Blade-News, 2000 Capital Drive, Annapolis, MD 21401, or email to bkoepper@bladenews.com at least two weeks before publication date and need not be resubmitted. Items should include the date, time and place of the local event, pertinent information and a daytime telephone number.

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    Ranger visits

    The city has planned the following events with Bowie rangers:

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  • Business Briefs for Aug. 4, 2011

    Edward Jones financial adviser Rochelle Brown and branch office administrator Brenda Rice in Bowie, recently were ranked within the top 25 percent of the country for excellence in client service at Edward Jones.

    This honor was bestowed based upon the results of a survey in which random clients were asked to rank the service they received from the staffs of their local Edward Jones branch offices.

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  • Belair Briefs

    Bowie’s early days

    Did you grow up in Huntington City? Play sandlot ball there, or watch movies at the Oddfellows Hall? Were you among the first settlers who made the trek to Belair at Bowie via the two narrow lanes of Route 197? Do you remember "The Turtle," the "Pink Paper," new clothes from The Colony Shop and Peebles?

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  • Calendar for Aug. 4, 2011

    FRIDAY

    "LIGHTS OF THE NIGHT"with Bowie rangers, 8 p.m., Whitemarsh Park. 301-809-2397.

    "COMPANY," by St. George’s Players, 8 p.m., St. George’s Church, 7010 Glenn Dale Road, Glenn Dale. 301-262-3285.

    FISH/CHICKEN FRY/BBQ RIB DINNERS, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Bowie New Life Assembly Church, 17214 Queen Anne Road, Upper Marlboro. 301-249-3500.

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  • Support Groups

    EDITOR’S NOTE: Articles for Support Groups must be submitted in writing to the Bowie Blade-News, 2000 Capital Drive, Annapolis, MD 21401, or email to bkoepper@bladenews.com.

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    Abuse support

    Healing Hope Abuse Recovery Group meets every other week at Grace Baptist Church, 7210 Race Track Road. Find confidential hope and healing from emotional, physical or sexual abuse. Call Laura Gore, 410-733-4109, or email lgore@acep.org.

    Addiction recovery

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  • Remembering 9/11

    As the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, looms, the Blade-News wishes to thank each member of the military who fights for our freedom overseas and within our borders. Also not to be forgotten are the first responders on the home front, such as police, fire, EMS and the security professionals and volunteers who assist in keeping the United States safe, from borders and within.

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