LAF 'Special' Board Meeting, The Lorton Library and the Number of the Day...

It’s Thursday, July 25. Here are five things you need to know in Lorton. Tell us what we need to know on the Patch message board!

1. Today: The Lorton Arts Foundation Board of Directors will hold a "special meeting" this afternoon to revise the Workhouse Arts Center's FY 2014 budget, to establish a reserve fund and to authorize the "CEO to take contingency action".

2. You Said It: ”This is one of those life moments where I remember where I was when he was shot” — Reader “Wayne” commenting on the wreath-laying ceremony for the only City of Manassas police officer killed in the line of duty. Sgt. John D. Conner III was killed in the line of duty July 24, 1988.

3. ICYMI: Students from Lorton Station Elementary School recently added some color to the large-scale open book sculpture at the Lorton Library.

4. Number of the Day: $120,000. That’s the cash Gov. Bob McDonnell is paying back to a Richmond entrepreneur. The governor is trying to resolve a scandal involving loans to his family from Star Scientific CEO Jonnie Williams.

5. The weather will be beautiful today - sunny with a high temperature of 81 degrees. The evening will be cloudy with a low of about 65 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.