1. “Yappy Hours” at Siips. Did anyone over there actually pass 5th grade spelling? Either way, they are raising money for the SPCA. Did any of you actually every go back to Siips? I know I was scared to go after your reviews. [UNCUS]

2. “Citizens Academy for 911” on April 19th at the Emergency Communications Center, you get to learn how to dispatch calls. I guess this is cool. I thought it wasn’t for real at first. Contact Debbie Wade at 434-971-3509 or DWADE@albemarle.org for more info. Event details:

If you have ever wondered what a 911 Communications Officer’s job really entails this academy will provide you with the internal workings of our local emergency dispatch system. The day long training will begin at 8:00 am and conclude at 5:00 pm. The classes will include an orientation of emergency operations, call taking, fire dispatching, law enforcement dispatching, emergency medical dispatching, emergency management/CERT, and quality improvement and quality assurance review.

In addition to the classroom session, all academy participants will be expected to spend four hours of time in the Communications Center participating in a “sit-along” with an actual communications officer as they perform their duties. The “sit-along” will provide each academy student with a practical demonstration of the duties of the job. All participants who successfully complete the academy training will receive a Certificate of Completion.

3. The Virginia ABC gets the shaft. Now you can advertise alcohol in student newspapers. Yippee. [WSLS]

4.  Local private school, Saint Anne’s Belfield, will begin having separate boy and girl classes for math and science classes for fifth graders.  This is to “test better learning environments for young children.”  Next up, separate classes by … OH WAIT…. we already did that. It didn’t work so well. [DP]

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