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Blog Roundup: All About Apples, and Why Reading is Fundamental
Each week, Patch brings you new and noteworthy blog posts from Northern Virginia Patch sites.

Northern Virginia Family Service (NVFS) will host a job fair Saturday at its administrative office in Oakton to fill five full-time Health Navigator positions. Learn more about these new positions in their blog on Patch.
Start blogging today! Visit your Patch homepage and click Start a Blog to begin. Email Community Editor Jessie Biele at jessie.biele@patch.com for more info.
Find out what's happening in Oaktonfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Teen blogger Zane Homsi writes about learning to pace himself while enduring a busy summer. Read his musings on Oakton Patch.
Find out what's happening in Oaktonfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Blogger Colleen Walsh Fong celebrates National Apple Week with a story about what apples mean to her. Fong also shares her favorite recipe for baked apple slices.
When is it Justifiable to Use Force?
Patch blogger Chuck Rifae explores the circumstances of the police-involved shooting at a Loudoun County Costco in May.
Read Because You Can, Not Because You Have To
Blogger Connie Casserly discusses why reading is the Number 1 essential for living in her latest post on Herndon Patch.
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