Saturday notes: Huntley Meadows award, students make guitars, All-Met picks

April 8, 2017 Community News
Huntley Meadows wetlands

Wetlands at Huntley Meadows. (Fairfax County Park Authority picture)

Here’s a roundup of stories from around the Richmond Highway area this past week, including local athletes getting honored as All-Mets, recognition for Huntley Meadows complex wetland restoration project and a story on local high schoolers learning to make electric guitars. 

Huntley Meadows award

The Fairfax County Park Authority’s recent wetland restoration project at Huntley Meadows was awarded the Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award Gold Medal in a ceremony earlier this week. The $3 million project, which was completed in 2014, worked to restore the park’s hemi-marsh, which had been threatened by a long buildup of silt and debris.

Read more on the Park Authority website.

Prep athletes named All-Met

The Washington Post released its 2017 Winter All-Met team Friday, and a fair number of local athletes were among the honorees:

  • Boys basketball 4th team: Langston Gaither, Hayfield 
  • Boys basketball honorable mention: Khalil Williams-Diggins, West Potomac
  • Girls basketball honorable mention: Carole Miller, Edison
  • Wrestling 2nd team: Robert Garnett, Edison
  • Wrestling 2nd team: Zaki Mohsin, Edison
  • Wrestling 2nd team: Michael Baldinger, Hayfield
  • Wrestling honorable mention: Grant Saunders, Hayfield
  • Wrestling honorable mention: John Holzworth, West Potomac
  • Ice hockey 2nd team: Andrew Fischer, West Potomac
  • Ice hockey honorable mention: Sammy Entabi, West Potomac
  • Ice hockey honorable mention: Brendan MacBeth, Hayfield
  • Boys indoor track honorable mention: Gregory Lucas-Roscoe,  Edison
  • Boys indoor track honorable mention: Yared Mekonnen, Edison
  • Boys swim and dive honorable mention: Kevin Adams-Mardi West Potomac
  • Girls swim and dive honorable mention: Hailey Fisher Mount Vernon
  • Girls swim and dive honorable mention: Holly Jansen West Potomac

See the full lists on WashingtonPost.com

Mount Vernon students make guitars

A new class at Mount Vernon is teaching students how to make electric guitars while learning the science and math behind the process. The class, called the Stem Guitar Project, is supported by Music for Life and a grant from the National Science Foundation. Once its over, the students take home their new guitars. 

See the full story and video on WJLA.com.