Sunday, April 14, 2013
The young students were extended a special invitation by Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus at the Patriot Center.
Young students from Appletree School in Fairfax got a real treat Thursday when the staff from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus invited them to the Patriot Center for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to paint with an elephant. Ringling Bros. partnered with Young Rembrandts to host the painting party, featuring Ringling’s star elephant, Kelly Ann. The students joined a cast of clowns on the arena floor for the party and, prior to painting, Kelly Ann showed off her athleticism by dunking a basketball, catching a football and kicking a soccer ball, in addition to playing the harmonica. The students then watched the artistic elephant produce her own masterpiece before painting their own circus-inspired works of art. Young …
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Monday, January 14, 2013
Fairfax City, County departments learn skills they can use in the event of widespread shooting.
How would local law enforcement handle a mass shooting spree at George Mason University? A team of City of Fairfax firefighters, City of Fairfax police, Fairfax County police and Sheriff's Department deputies practiced that scenario Saturday, learning techniques that could help them handle an active shooter on Mason's campus or elsewhere in the region. About 15 volunteers drew placards describing their injuries. Acting as victims, they lay throughout the Patriot Center as an officer acting as the shooter ran about the concession loop, shooting blanks and providing a target for police to overcome and arrest. Fairfax firefighters donned ballistic vests and helmets before joining the police in their search of the area, stopping to assess and …
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Korean Zombie takes on Dustin Poirier
The latest UFC event at the Patriot Center in Fairfax City matched 24 fighters for Facebook and Fuel TV fans, as well as about 5,000 attendees. UFC on Fuel 3: Korean Zombie vs. Dustin Poirier brought fighters from around the world to compete, but fans cheered loudest for local heroes. Ultimate Fighter winner, Amir Sadollah, from Richmond, pulled off a razor-thin win over Jorge Lopez. Lopez wrestled Sadollah against the cage for much of the fight, but Sadollah stifled Lopez’s offense and took over the match in the third round to secure a split-decision victory. Falls Church’s Kamal Shalarus did not fare as well. Stunned early in the first round by a high kick, a dazed Shalarus failed to defend a rear-naked choke from Brazilian fighter …
Elsa
8:57 pm on Monday, April 15, 2013
I'm so sick & tired of seeing free publicity for this cruelty-infused for-profit enterprise. "Journalistic" entities constantly "report" the arrival of the circus & paint it as a fun, happy, wholesome, benign endeavour. NEVER are any behind-the-scenes facts conveyed: that the use of animals in circuses is barbaric & enforced by utter cruelty & deprivation. Evidence of these documented FACTS are … more ›