WASHINGTON (WUSA) – Washington Wizards guard, John Wall, will be visit Simon Elementary School located at 401 Mississippi Ave in S.E., D.C. on Thursday. Wall will take part in a before-school activity program that aims to enhance academic performance and the overall health of kids with over 200 students named BOKS.

BOKS is a national non-profit organization backed by the Reebok Foundation and supported by many Reebok athletes. The program is currently in more than 160 schools around the country and aims to be in hundreds more come January 2013

Ashby Ponds resident Dick Rabkin worked as a patent attorney who helped bring the Rubik’s Cube to America
 

(ASHBURN, VIRGINIA) – Dick Rabkin spent over 15 years working as a patent and trademark attorney for Ideal Toy Company, which manufactured and distributed toys, dolls, and games beginning with the Teddy Bear in the early 1900s.  “I had toys and games all over my office,” said Rabkin.  The Ideal Company’s largest competitors were Hasbro and Mattel before the company was dissolved in 1985 a few years after being purchased by CBS.  Some notable toys produced by the Ideal Toy Company include Mr. Machine, Chrissy, Betsy Wetsy, the Magic 8-Ball, and the Rubik’s Cube.