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HERE'S A GREAT DEAL!
FREE DVD WITH PURCHASE OF 1828 DICTIONARY
Take advantage of this limited-time special exclusively for HEAV readers! Purchase the original 1828 Webster dictionary for the sale price of $56.95 and get a free copy of the new DVD Words Have Consequences! The Key Word Study and the 1828 Dictionary.

Find out what the words of our Founding Fathers meant--you'll be amazed at how they've changed meanings! The 2,000-page dictionary is bound with an embossed and gold-stamped forest green vellum cover.

Order your copy today!
Visit www.facebookstore.net/ProductDetails.asp? ProductCode=DICTSD&Click=3386 and enter code VA12 to receive the discount. You save $19.95 off FACE's normal price, PLUS a portion of your purchase will go towards supporting HEAV!

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Election Resources for Your Homeschool -
ON SALE NOW!
Looking for materials to help teach your children about the election process? Several of our affiliates have produced some resources specifically for homeschoolers--and many of them are on sale! Take a look at election lapbooks and other resources on our Great Deals for Virginia Homeschoolers page! You'll even find a link to a mock presidential election for homeschoolers.

Pick up a practical guidebook that takes the mystery out of teaching the younger grades. Grab your copy of the Virginia Homeschool Manual, the most complete, single reference on home education in Virginia. Don't miss these best-selling resources!

www.heav.org/store/currentspecials.html

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NEXT THURSDAY!
High School 101: Blueprint for Success
October 16, 2008

Vicki Bentley, mom of 17 homeschooled students, shares the secrets to mapping out a successful high school course of study, and shows why the high school years are the most important years to homeschool. Don't miss this you-can-do-it seminar!

Date: Thursday, October 16, 2008
Time: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Place: HEAV Office and Resource Center, 2248 G Dabney Road, Richmond, VA
Cost: $20/HEAV members; $25/non-members; spouses are free, as always.
Childcare: Not provided
Pre-registration: Limited to 32 seats; please register by calling the HEAV office at 804-278-9200. We accept Visa or MasterCard. Registration is available at the door, but pre-registration will guarantee a seat and allow us to notify you of any schedule changes or space limitations.

For more information, please visit www.heav.org/events/seminar/index.html.

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COMING TO THE PENINSULA
Homeschool Success Seminar
Yes, save your gas money! If you live in the Tidewater area, HEAV is coming to you! Join us for a full Homeschool Success Seminar at Liberty Baptist Church on Tuesday, October 28. Maximize your success with practical ideas from Yvonne Bunn, a veteran homeschool mom who has taught thousands of parents how to get started! This informative seminar will help you focus on the things you really need to know for a successful homeschool year! For more information, please visit www.heav.org/events/seminar/index.html.

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Volunteers Needed Next Tuesday - Box Tops for Education
The HEAV office needs volunteers to help count Box Top labels next Tuesday, October 14, 2008. If you're interested, or for more details, please call Carol Clark at 804-278-9200 or e-mail office@heav.org.

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SPECIAL $1 ADMISSION - RSVP BY OCTOBER 16
Homeschool Appreciation Day at the Virginia Air & Space Center
RSVP by October 16 for event on Thursday, October 23, 2008, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. At this HEAV-sponsored event, admission tickets, normally $7.50-$9.50, are just $1, and IMAX tickets are discounted to an additional $5. Find out more details on our Homeschool Day Events page.

According to the press release, the film was produced by "Advent Film Group (AFG) in association with Patrick Henry College (PHC)." George Escobar, the founder/executive director of Advent Film Group and Virginia homeschool dad, was also a speaker at the 2008 HEAV convention and helped HEAV with our 25th anniversary video. Congratulations, George!

Richmond Magazine Article Mentions Three Homeschoolers
Richmond Magazine recently set out to answer this question: "Which students in the Richmond region have made a mark with an ingenious idea, an uncommon initiative or groundbreaking research?" Out of the 15 high school and college students they ended up selecting, three of them were homeschoolers! Our congratulations to homeschool graduates Kate and Patrick Proffitt (ages 19 and 16) and homeschooler Emily Lansing for their accomplishments.

If you live in the Richmond area, you can pick up a copy of the magazine at newsstands. The website only offers a short teaser.

If you holler, "Overs!" before the ball passes the arrows, you get to throw the ball over, unless of course, you get a strike. In which case, you can renege on the "overs."

When your team is about ten marks down in the eighth or ninth frame, you can invoke the rule "First Team through Bowling Wins the Game," and your team still has a chance.

After a member of the opposing team bowls four strikes in a row, he or she must bowl the next four frames blindfolded. If he/she continues to strike, his or her shoelaces will be tied together for two frames.

When you leave the 10-pin and you know you can't make the spare, but another member of your team can, invoke the "Designated Bowler" rule.

After you have four splits in one game, you may say, "Kings X," and take those four frames over. However, if you split on the second time around, you accept it. After all, "Fair is fair."

If your ball goes in the gutter and jumps back onto the lane, knocking down pins, you certainly get them! That's much harder than to knock them down the conventional way. Good bowling should be recognized.

A ball should be declared dead when you bowl three games without a strike. It shall be the owner's privilege to decide on the disposition of said dead ball: burial at sea, dropped from an airplane over a live volcano, or a simple burial in the city dump. For a small fee, a league officer may be induced to deliver a short eulogy.

- Author Unknown

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7) Homeschool Laugh of the Week - 20 Great Reasons You Homeschool

Written and illustrated by Jim Erksine. Reprinted with permission. Jim Erksine also manages www.HomeschoolFreebieOfTheDay.com, where you can find a new free homeschool resource every weekday.

Note: We compile information for publication at least two weeks prior to send-out date, so please submit items as early as possible (preferably one month in advance). HEAV reserves the right to accept or reject any material submitted.

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Disclaimer
The Virginia Homeschool Update is produced by Kathleen Dillie (copy editor), Chris (editor), Anna Dykhoff (graphic designer), Katherine Loop (manager), and Anne Miller (director of publications & marketing).

HEAV does not necessarily endorse the above-mentioned resources, nor guarantee the accuracy of information found on any external resource we may mention. If you find anything wrong on our website, please let us know so we can correct it.

HEAV diligently researches each link prior to publication. However, we recommend you, the parent, fully examine websites before allowing your children to surf them without supervision.

Copyright © 2008 by the Home Educators Association of Virginia. All rights reserved. You are free to pass along all or part of this Update, but please include the following credit line when you do: "Taken from HEAV's Virginia Homeschool Update, a free newsletter for Virginia homeschoolers. You can sign up at www.heav.org."

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