Oakton Spotlight: Jayne Young

Longtime Oakton resident is dedicated to serving the community

If you ask Jayne Young, she has always done what anyone else would do if they walked in her shoes. If your child is on a sports team, support the team. If your mother is sick, take care of her. If a good organization asks for help, lend a hand. That's why Young has racked up an impressive list of accomplishments: She works part-time at the Shepherd's Center of Oakton-Vienna (SCOV), serves as president of the New Providence Republican Women, volunteers with Wounded Warriors, is a Vale Club member, continues to be an active member of Vienna Presbyterian Church, and has pitched in as a poll worker each Election Day for as long as she can remember. "Then of course there are the personal favors Jayne grants to anyone who asks," longtime friend …

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No One Left Behind

Operation Baghdad Pups makes sure soldiers and pet companions are reunited

It's dark, dangerous and thousands of miles away from home. Night after night, the U.S. soldier stands guard over the military camp near the frontline of the war zone in Iraq. Far from his family, and immersed in the insanity of war for more than a year, it is one of the loneliest and most stressful situations a human can endure. However, this soldier is lucky because he has a companion that came out of the brutal landscape and offered comfort, unconditional love and a touch of home. In Iraq, companion pets such as cats and dogs are neither common, appreciated nor treated humanely. There are thousands of strays that make their home in the desert or in the mountains. During times of conflict, U.S. soldiers are finding that befriending these…

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