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May 15-21, 2008 Volume XXII, Number 19

Burke

Va TechMemorial

News, Page 3

BikingFor Cancer

CharityNews, Page 3

Hope forBrain Injury

SurvivorsNews, Page 4

Friends andfamily membersof the Readfamily, check outthe Mary KarenRead Memorial onSaturday morn-ing. Mary Readwas one of the 32victims of lastyear’s VirginiaTech shootings.

Va TechMemorial

News, Page 3

BikingFor Cancer

CharityNews, Page 3

Hope forBrain Injury

SurvivorsNews, Page 4

Friends andfamily membersof the Readfamily, check outthe Mary KarenRead Memorial onSaturday morn-ing. Mary Readwas one of the 32victims of lastyear’s VirginiaTech shootings.

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News

In Mary Read’s MemoryMemorial to Virginia Tech victimunveiled at Canterbury Woods Park.

Peter Read is consoled by Del. Vivian Watts (D-39) afterreading a memorial resolution by the General Assemblyduring a ceremony unveiling the Mary Karen Read Memo-rial at Canterbury Woods Park on May 10.

Friends and family gather for a ceremony unveiling a memorial at Canterbury WoodsPark for the memory of Mary Read.

Fairfax County SchoolBoard member IlryongMoon (At-large) viewsthe newly designedMary Read Memorialat Canterbury WoodsPark on Saturdaymorning. The locationwas chosen for thememorial, becausethe park is a placethat Read often spenttime in, according toher father, Peter Read.

‘We hope that this newmemorial will be a

place where Mary’sfriends and family can

come to reflect,’ saidNancy DeVera, a family

friend. An unofficialmemorial is located

along Wakefield ChapelRoad, just down theroad from the park.

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By Marc Goldman

The Connection

Anyone riding his or her bike alongFairfax County Parkway or theWashington & Old DominionTrail this spring or summer has a

good chance of encountering Burke residentTim Bowers.

The 49-year-old carpenter is training forthe two-day, 190-mile Pan-MassachusettsChallenge in early August. The annual bike-a-thon, recognized for pioneering the ath-letic fund-raising industry, passes through46 Massachusetts towns from Sturbridge toProvincetown, a distance roughly theequivalent of peddling from the Burke Cen-tre Conservancy to Virginia Beach.

Now in its 29th year, the PMC hosts nearly5,500 cyclists from 36 states and eight coun-tries. In 2007, riders raised $33 million forcancer research and treatment through theJimmy Fund. The fund-raising minimum forparticipation is between $1,300 and $4,000depending on the route chosen with 100percent of every rider-raised dollar beingcontributed to the charity. Bowers will berequired to raise the maximum amount, ashe is participating in the original and long-est route.

“I think about my father-in-law and myuncle who died from cancer,” said Bowers,who has initiated an e-mail and letter fund-raising campaign to family and friends. Tosimplify the donation process, he has taken Tim Bowers wears his Platelet Peddlers jersey as he peddles his bike.

Burke bicyclist to ride in the 190-milePan-Massachusetts Challenge.

Preparing for the Long HaulPreparing for the Long Haul

Burke Connection Editor Michael O’Connell

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See Project, Page 5

‘Silver Tsunami’ Plan for SeniorsFairfax County Board of Su-

pervisors Chairman GeraldConnolly (D-At-large) ad-dressed retirees and senior citi-zens as part of a recent presen-tation on “Lifelong Learning,Lifelong Engagement” inFairfax on April 25. Connollyshared various aspects of the“50+ Action Plan” developedby the Fairfax County Commit-tee on Aging in 2007.

Speaking to members of theOsher Lifelong Learning Insti-tute, an organization affiliatedwith George Mason Universityand serving retirees and olderadults, he discussed challengessuch as health care needs, hous-ing options, transportation

challenges and work/volunteer/learning opportunities for the ex-pected explosion of senior citizens who choose to remain in thecommunity.

Child Porn, Weapons ChargesA Clifton man was charged with possession of two unregistered

firearms and child pornography, according to information releasedfrom the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Curtis Robert Williams, 53, will be sentenced on Aug. 8 for thecharges. He faces a maximum of 10 years in jail for the childpornography charges and 10 years for the firearms, and will haveto register as a sex offender in any jurisdiction where he lives orworks. Williams will also remain under court supervision for aterm of five years to life.

According to court documents and proceedings, law enforce-ment officials from the FBI and the Fairfax County Police Depart-ment executed a search warrant in Williams’ home last Octoberfor evidence he sent threatening e-mails to the Fairfax BaptistTemple, mentioning children who attended services there. Whilelooking for that evidence, officers found and seized a MAC-10type sub-machine gun and silencer, over 25 computers and 600computer disks, one of which contained 39 images of child por-nography. The images on the DVD depicted minor boys engagedin sexually explicit conduct, according to reports.

The case is being prosecuted by the Special Assistant UnitedStates Attorney Christopher Ries and Special Assistant UnitedStates Attorney Edward McAndrew, on detail from the Child Ex-ploitation and Obscenity Selection of the Department of Justice.

Workshop Update, May 19With an opening day scheduled for this fall, representatives

from the Workhouse Arts Center will host an information nighton Monday, May 19 at 7:30 p.m. in the Lorton Community Li-brary, 9520 Richmond Highway in Lorton.

A slideshow featuring past and present images of the site willbe presented, along with an update on the site’s construction anda preview of the artists studios, gallery space, museum and the-ater performances that will take place there. For more informa-tion, call 703-339-7385.

Bike to Work on Friday, May 16The Fairfax County Department of Transportation and the Wash-

ington Area Bicyclist Association are urging commuters to leavetheir cars behind and ride their bicycles to work on Friday, May16, as part of the regional “Bike to Work Day.”

The annual event is part of the Metropolitan Washington Councilof Governments’ Commuter Connections program, designed toencourage people who can bike to work to do so. Last year, morethan 1,000 cyclists participated in the event and used the pits

By Amber Healy

The Connection

Bob Lane does not remember what happenedduring his accident. All he knows is whathe heard from witnesses after he woke upin the hospital.

“I had been driving on I-95 North when I was hit,”he said. “My car rolled over five or six times, but Idon’t remember any of it.”

About a year later, Lane and his wife noticed hewas having difficulty remembering things, like wherehe had left papers he’d printed off his computer,where he put his glasses down or why he entered aroom. He also had problems keep-ing his balance, often falling overwithout realizing he was falling.

“One day, I was writing stuffdown and when I read it again, itdidn’t make any sense,” Lane said.“I knew what I was writing while Iwas writing it, but if I read it laterit was just a jumble of words.”

Lane was later diagnosed with traumatic brain in-jury (TBI), a condition that consists of a variety ofsymptoms that arise from a hit to the head. Somesymptoms, like memory loss or vision problems, areeasily overlooked and waved off as another sign ofold age, Lane said. However, these symptoms, whenlooked at comprehensively by a doctor, can indicatesomething much more serious.

THE TYPE OF damage to Lane’s brain is not de-tectable by an MRI or other brain scan techniques,he said, because the damage is to the brain’s electri-cal and nervous systems. Information is often

scrambled or is not stored in the way it should be,he explained, but the problems caused by traumaticbrain injury are not the same for every person withthe condition.

During one of his hospital visits, he met Dr.Marianne Talbot, founder of the National Rehabili-tation and Rediscovery Foundation, and learnedabout the Hope Project, a series of classes and work-shops for people living with traumatic brain injury.

The Hope Project, which began last fall at theNorthern Virginia campus of Virginia Tech in FallsChurch, consists of four, two-hour class sessions eachweek. Students of varying ages and ability levels meetto discuss their difficulties and their goals for livingmore independent lives.

Talbot was inspired to develop the yearlong courseafter talking with a veteran who just returned fromIraq with a traumatic brain injury, the symptoms ofwhich are sometimes combined with post-traumaticstress syndrome.

The course was initially designed to help veteransand military personnel cope withtheir injuries, but there was a short-age of veterans available for theprogram, Talbot said.

When the veteran first joined theHope Project, Lane said he oftenspoke about what he had seen dur-ing the war.

“He didn’t socialize the same waywith the civilians as he would with other militarypeople,” Lane said. “After a while, he realized wewanted to hear about him as a person, not about thewar all the time.”

Talbot decided to integrate the course, focusingmore on life skills and individual goals for the timebeing.

“The military is used to taking care of its own, buteventually we hope there will be some cooperationwith civilian groups,” she said. None of the studentsin the first series of classes are active duty military.

The first class of the Hope Project meets at the Falls Church campus of Virginia Tech.From left: Somkhith Vonghakhone, Bob Lane, Marianne Talbot, John Hanley,Khampong Vonghakhone, Steve Michalski and Bill Murray.

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Those with traumatic braininjury face a long battle toregain their identities.

Class Offers New Hope

“With braininjuries, you loseyour sense of self.”

— Marinanne Talbot

Chairman GeraldConnolly speaks tosenior citizens at theOsher Lifelong Learn-ing Institute.

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Somkhith Vonghakhone of Alexandria comes toclass with his mother, Khampong Vonghakhone. Hewas injured during a car crash on New Year’s Eve2002.

“I didn’t have a seatbelt on,” SomkhithVonghakhone said slowly, carefully pronouncing eachword. He has trouble remembering people’s namesand how he knows them.

“I know Marianne and Bob, but I don’t rememberwhere I know them from,” he said. “I don’t remem-ber coming here. It gets annoying when you forgetthings.”

Bill Murray of Falls Church had a sports injury incollege, but was able to complete his bachelor’s de-gree in chemistry and math and went on to com-plete his master’s degree in science education. Hestill teaches from time to time, but he admits that tolook at him, a person would never know he hastroubles remembering dates or events.

Steve Michalski of Gainesville survived a heart at-tack 13 months ago. Trained as a surgeon, he hastrouble with his short-term memory.

The newest member of the class, John Hanley ofOakton, had been an analyst for Exxon Mobil for 20years until a stroke last August.

“I suffered a TBI from the whole ordeal and nowI’m trying to pick up some things this semester andcontinue in the fall so I can learn how I can get bet-ter,” he said.

The men in the class discuss books they read a fewpages at a time, sharing their ideas and re-learning

how to remember information in small incrementsat a time. Talbot believes the men may be able tonotice improvements in each other during the courseof the semester better than they could see their ownprogress, and she is creating a measuring tool to thateffect during this final month-long course.

Hanley said it was too early for him to notice anychanges, but others said they have seen improve-ments since the class started last fall, when VirginiaTech provided the National Rehabilitation and Re-discovery Foundation with the in-kind donation ofclassroom space.

“Just getting on a regular schedule is helpful,”Murray said.

Talbot said the group has already taken on onelarge project, speaking during a commencement ex-ercise at Shenandoah University for a class of occu-pational therapists.

“We had to write our speeches to answer the ques-tions they would have for us about our injuries,”Murray said. “It was challenging, but I don’t thinkanyone was nervous to speak to the group.”

As part of the Hope Project and the National Re-habilitation and Rediscovery Foundation’s partner-ship with Shenandoah University, Murray receivessome occupational therapy from students who needpractice before earning their certification, Talbot said.

In addition, a series of movement classes is offeredin Arlington and Alexandria to help traumatic braininjury sufferers regain their balance and improvetheir flexibility. The goal for the programs, whetherin a classroom or in a mirrored dance studio, issimple, Talbot said.

Recovering after a Brain Injury


People

Retiring after 21 yearswith the FairfaxCounty Departmentof Family Services,

Barbara Hobbie was looking fora way to help people and to giveback to the community. An an-nouncement in the ConnectionNewspapers led her to become a

volunteer with theCourt AppointedSpecial Advocates.In that role, she ad-

vocates for abused and neglectedchildren dealing with the countycourt system.

Here, Hobbie answers a fewquestions about herself and dis-cusses her impressions of CASA.

Family. I am married andhave two grown children. AimeeCason, 30, is a nurse practitioner lives inSan Diego with her husband, William, whois a pilot in the Navy. Erik, 27, lives with hiswife, Wendy, in Chicago and works as a soft-ware developer. I moved around as a child(lived in four different states), but my chil-dren grew up in Springfield. My husband,Richard, is retired from the federal govern-ment and is executive director of the Na-tional Association of Workforce Agencies.

Your first job. I came to Virginia in1975 after earning a master’s degree in so-

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Barbara Hobbie, Court AppointedSpecial Advocates volunteer.

To VolunteerApplications are being accepted for the fall

training class of Fairfax Court Appointed Spe-cial Advocates (CASA). CASA seeksvolunteers to advocate for children that areabused or neglected. Time expectation is 15hours per month and a one-year commit-ment. No prior experience necessary, 35hours of training provided. E-mail Meloni [email protected] or call 703-273-3526.

cial work from The Ohio State University.My first job was with the Epilepsy Founda-tion at Georgetown Hospital. I worked forFairfax County Department of Family Ser-vices for 21 years in Adult Protective Ser-vices. I specialized in the problem of hoard-ing and guardianship.

Activities/interest/hobbies. I loveplaying tennis and I am captain of fourUSTA tennis teams. I am retired but workpart time at Fairfax Racquet Club as a re-ceptionist. I also love to travel.

Favorite local res-taurants. Mike’s Ameri-can Grill.

Community con-cerns. Affordable housingincluding assisted living inFairfax County

When you wereyounger, what did youwant to be when yougrew up? I had no idea,but I loved talking topeople and I was alwaysinterested in people.

Personal goals. I wantto become a better tennisplayer and stay in goodhealth.

How did you decideto volunteer withCASA? I read about CASA

in the Connection Newspaper. I was retiredfor a short time and was enjoying myself. Ithought I should do something worthwhilefor others. I didn’t want to provide socialwork services. I wanted something new. Iwas always fascinated with the court so theidea of being a court advocate appealed tome. I also liked the idea of helping children.I went to the CASA information session tofind out more about the program and theresponsibilities of a volunteer. I was im-pressed by the program and the people who

manage it.What do you hope to bring to the

children in the program? I hope to beobjective and to make sure their needs arebeing met. I realize that the professionalssuch as attorneys and social workers don’thave enough time to do some things. I dohave the time to find out what the childrenneed and to research the resources. Also, Iknow from my experience as a parent thatsometimes you have to fight to get servicesfor your child.

What, in your opinion, is the mostimportant issue facing children to-day? First, their basic needs such as food,clothing, housing and safety must be met.Then, they need to belong to a family thatprovides love and emotional support.

— Michael O’Connell

For the sixth year, theAmeri-can Associationof Univer-sity Women,

Springfield-Annandale Branch,honored four area high schoolgirls for their for their merito-rious projects promoting diver-sity in our community. The cer-emony took place April 17 atthe Kings Park Library inSpringfield. The honorees in-cluded Aya Awad MohamedSaed, Annandale High School;Theresa W. Gaffney, LakeBraddock Secondary School;Leslie N. Wheatley, Lee HighSchool; and Cynthia Holden,West Springfield High School.

GUEST SPEAKERS WERESupervisor Penny Gross (D-Ma-son), who also received thebranch’s annual community award and Tavia Buchanan, who rep-resented the Apple Credit Union, a contributor to the diversity pro-gram. At the ceremony, the Springfield-Annandale branch liaisonsto the high schools introduced the girls to assembled parents, friends

AAUW Honors Students for Diversity Projects

From left, Jackie Stephens, Gwynette Peterson, Cynthia Holden, Joanna Shows, AyaSaed, Ercell Binns and Theresa Gaffney.

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and branch members. The liaisons were Joanna Shows with Lee,Gwyn Peterson with West Springfield, Ercell Binns of Lake Braddockand Jackie Stevens with Annandale. These four women are alwayselected to perform this tradition each year for their AAUW Branch.

Annual awardsgiven to 4 highschool girls.

Is it time forHillary Clintonto drop out of thepresidential race?

Viewpoints

“No, I think she should see itthrough.”Kathy Cagle, Fairfax

“Yes. She can’t win.”David Kauo, Woodbridge

— Amber Healy


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Just one year ago, Dr Salvatore Nuccio(of Twinbrooke Chiropractic in Fairfax,Virginia) was told an amazing story aboutDr. Nick Mobilia, a cosmetic and restora-tive dentist. Dr. Mobilia had complained ofsevere pain, weakness and numbness inhis right hand,

“I couldn’t hold a pen let alone dentalinstruments without them dropping to thefloor. I had to take off from my practice,and I thought my career was over.”

After seeing a surgeon and being toldhe needed surgery for a herniated disc ofthe spine, they discussed the possible com-plications associated with surgery. Dr.Mobilia was referred to Dr. Marco Caruso,a chiropractor, one of the first practitio-ners to specialize in decompression ther-apy in Westchester County, NY. Accordingto Dr. Caruso, studies have shown that 4out of 5 adults will experience back andneck pain at least once in their lives. Menand women are equally at risk, and it isestimated that more than 80 percent ofmissed workdays are due to spinal inju-ries. The SpineMed™ table uses clinicallyproven principles to non -surgicallydecompress the spine and reduce the pres-sure on the discs. Previous research ofthis technology found that the treatmentprovided “good” to “excellent” relief in86% of the patients with ruptured inter-vertebral discs. “We have been using thelatest technology in decompression ther-apy and have had several different tablesin our practice,” said Dr. Caruso.

The engineers of the SpineMed™ tablehave made tremendous advances inreplacing early technology with this 21stCentury system.

“Almost all of these conditions can beavoided by keeping a healthy spine,” Dr.Caruso said. “Decompression therapy canhelp patients who have these problems, orpatients looking to avoid them.

Decompression therapy results in anincrease in joint space, disc height, and anincrease in oxygen exchange to strengthensoft tissue.” Dr. Mobilia’s experience withthe SpineMed’s intensive decompressiontherapy had some startling results. “Allthe pain, weakness and numbness sub-sided.” Dr. Mobilia said, “I was dis-charged with strengthening exercises anda follow-up exam in one month. With afull recovery, I was glad to return to mybusy practice.”

It was his story, and many others like itthat inspired Dr. Nuccio to consider bring-ing the SpineMed™ DecompressionSystem to Northern Virginia. After get-ting the SpineMed™ DecompressionSystem in our office, a long time patientreferred her husband, Brett, to Dr. Nucciofor a SpineMed™ consultation. Brett’sresults are best conveyed in his own wordsfrom this letter dated March 25, 2008:“Over the last 7-8 years I have been deal-ing with often-severe low back pain (dege-nerating discs in L4 and L5), spinal steno-sis, and pain that radiated into my but-tocks and often down my right leg, includ-ing numbness in my right foot. The painand suffering would usually last for sev-eral months at a time, even using musclerelaxants and anti-inflammatory medica-tions. This past December 2007, I had arecurrence of my back problems thatmanifested in pain that later degeneratedinto a very numb right foot from the her-niated disc pressing on a nerve.

After reviewing my most recent MRI,my orthopedic surgeon said the numbnesswas potentially an even greater problemthan the pain because the numbness indi-cated nerve and muscle damage thatmight become more severe and result inpermanent disability (drop foot) over timeif not dealt with by surgery. Fortunately,my wife Judy, who has seen a lot of suc-

cess coming to Dr. Nuccio’s office over thepast year, mentioned the new equipment inthe office that might be just what I needed –the SpineMed™ Decompression System. Iwas already aware of “spinal decompression”and had investigated the technology throughother sources but was pleased, after talking toDr. Nuccio, to see that he had acquired themost advanced piece of equipment on themarket: the SpineMed™ System. To make along story short, after 30 completely pain-freesessions on the SpineMed™ System, I haveseen close to a 100% improvement, meaningat present there does not seem to be anynumbness at all remaining in my right foot!Based on my previous experience, I had noreason at all to believe that the numb footwould correct itself without surgery. Believeit or not, I feel so good that I have just pur-chased some jogging shoes to allow me to getback into jogging/speed walking, something Ihave not even contemplated doing for yearsbecause of my back, leg and foot problems.Thanks again to you and your staff for help-ing me overcome what was threatening tobecome a semi-permanent disability. Forwhat it is worth, the price I paid at your facil-ity for the spinal decompression sessions wassurprisingly less than that quoted to me byanother clinic in the area who was touting aspinal decompression system not as advancedas the SpineMed™ System.”

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• SciaticaVery common in all ages/genders• Disc herniation, bulgesMost common in men and women20-40 years of age; localized, stab-bing pain, traveling pain (sciatica)• Degenerative disc disease.Most common in elderlymales/females; the decrease of jointspace and disc height can result inany of the above pain• Sprain/StrainAny age; usually accident/traumarelated – can result in traveling orlocalized pain.• Lumbago (lower back pain)Any age; usually consists of aninsult to the lower back muscles(desk job, driver, package delivery)• StenosisMost common in people over 40years of age; narrowing of the spi-nal cord due to any of the injuriesabove. Pain is increased withwalking, and dexterity (movement)is complicated.

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Community

By Bonnie Hobbs

The Connection

Four Chantilly Academy students incosmetology and one in culinary artscaptured five gold medals in the re-

cent Skills USA state competition and arenow heading for the national champion-ships.

Chantilly High senior Wes Ogilvie, 17,won in the Food and Beverage Service por-tion of culinary arts. Under cosmetology,Woodson senior Amber Freeman, 18, tookfirst place in Cus-tomer Service; andAsianna Vanno, 17,Centreville High;Talita Conceicao,18, South Lakes;and Kaliah Lewis,18, Robinson, wonin Community Service.

“It’s a special opportunity for students tocompete — not only in the skill set — butin a leadership competition,” said ChantillyAcademy cosmetology teacher WayneWhite. “They get to see where they standagainst their peers, and it gets them readyfor the real world — and I believe that’swhat we’re all about.”

THE STATE SKILLS USA competitiontook place April 25-26 in Hampton, Va.,with students participating from 11 differ-ent school districts throughout the state.Nationals are June 22-27 in Kansas City, Mo.

Lewis, Vanno and Conceicao took gold fortheir community-service project theydubbed “Mac Attack.” They did a series offund raisers for an 11-year-old boy namedMac who lives in Bristow and had brain tu-mors.

“He’s now cancer-free, and our cosmetol-ogy class set up cut-a-thons and walk-a-thons to raise money for his family,” said

Conceicao. “Their debt is over a milliondollars in medical care,” added Lewis.

At states, the three girls presented theirproject via PowerPoint, a prepared speechand a book containing photos and graphsof each event, a story about Mac and namesof companies that helped them. “We alsoincluded letters of recognition from Mac’sfamily and Academy Principal DougWright,” said Vanno.

Lewis said they conducted fund raisersfrom November 2007 through February.“We did haircuts and stylings and alsobrought together companies to provide sup-plies for the walk-a-thons,” said Conceicao.“And we got Jolie Laide, a Bristow hair sa-lon, to host the first cut-a-thon.”

They also got tomeet Mac in person.“The communityheld a fun run forhim at MarstellerMiddle School [inManassas], and hewas there talkingwith all the kids,”

said Vanno. “He came out to see everyonerun and was really excited that everyonewas there for him. And seeing him andknowing who the money was going to madeit more personal for us.”

The students ended up raising $25,000for him. “We held two cut-a-thons, a funrun [walk-a-thon] and a fashion show,” saidVanno.

AT STATES, the girls vied against nineother teams in their category. At first, theydidn’t even expect to place “because itlooked like the other teams were more pre-pared,” said Conceicao. “But it all came to-gether in the end.”

She said they felt more confident afterhearing each other speak, and then they fig-ured they’d at least place — “but not first,”said Lewis.

“We’re excited about winning,” saidConceicao. “Mr. White always says districts

From left are gold medalists Amber Freeman, Wes Ogilvie, TalitaConceicao, Kaliah Lewis and Asianna Vanno.

Next is Skills USAnational competition.

Academy Strikes Gold at States

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The County Line

More Algebra for Eighth GradersFairfax County Public Schools will start offering a standard Algebra I

class in addition to its honors Algebra I class to eighth graders in twomiddle schools next year.

The school system wants to increase middle school enrollment inAlgebra I so that more students will have the opportunity to completecalculus by the end of high school.

It is difficult for students to fit in all the prerequisites for calculus ifthey wait until ninth grade to take Algebra I, said staff.

Currently, about 47 percent of students complete Algebra I by theend of eighth grade, according to Peter Noonan, assistant superinten-dent for instructional services.

Like honors Algebra I, standard Algebra I will be an “open enroll-ment” class, meaning that it will be available to anyone who wants totake it. The class will resemble the standard Algebra I currently offeredto ninth graders.

Hughes and Thoreau middle school will be the first to offer standardAlgebra I through a pilot program next year. Noonan said the schoolsystem wants to expand the offering to other middle school programsin following years.

Fairfax County middle schools typically offer standard grade six, sevenand eight math as well as Algebra I, Geometry and sometimes AlgebraII, according to Noonan.

— Julia O’Donoghue

By Julia O’Donoghue

The Connection

Increases in class size, decreases instaff pay raises and freezing expan-sion of full-day kindergarten: theseare a few of the reductions that

Fairfax County Public Schools will considerfor the 2008-2009 school year.

School officials had requested a $63.7million increase to the $2.26 billion budgetbut Fairfax County Board of Supervisorsonly provided an extra $40 million, leav-ing the schools $23.7 million short of whatit requested. According to school officials,the 2.5 percent in additional funding is thesmallest percentage increase in the countytransfer to the system since 1995.

Supervisors gave the schools a larger bud-get increase than any other agency. FairfaxCounty Public Schools was one of the onlylocal government branches to receive anincrease in funding at all, they said.

AN ENROLLMENT increase and risingfuel prices mean that additional funds pro-vided by the county will mostly be used tocover existing costs and not to fund im-provements or new programming, accord-ing to a statement released by schools su-perintendent Jack Dale.

Fairfax County Public Schools saw an ad-ditional 3,541 students in 2008, which willcost the system approximately $22.5 mil-lion in additional funding. Transportationcosts related to enrollment increase and ris-

ing fuel prices will eat up an additional $7million.

Dale has proposed to reduce the employeesalary raise from three percent to two per-cent and halting the expansion of full-daykindergarten and the elementary schoolforeign language program. He would in-crease class size by one half of student,likely to affect general education classesmore than specialty classes.

The school system has also reducedspending by “streamlining” several pro-grams aimed at at-risk or low-income stu-dents, including summer school, ProjectExcel, QUEST, the Student Accountabilityprogram, the Summit program, and YoungScholars program.

WITH UNPOPULAR CUTS proposed, theSchool Board is looking at other options.Several board members said they would like

to find a way to continuewith expansion of the full-day kindergarten and for-eign language in elemen-tary schools.

School board membersBrad Center (Lee), Jim Raney (At-large) andLiz Bradsher (Springfield) asked the staffto take another look at implementing an“activity fee” for athletic participation. Inearlier budget discussions, the superinten-dent had said such a fee could produce atleast $2.5 million but the school system’schief financial officer Deirdre McLaughlinsaid the revenue to be generated was mostlikely overstated.

Raney proposed some more dramaticcuts. He said the school system should lookat closing Gifted-and-Talented educationcenters and moving those services into ev-ery student’s base elementary school.

He also asked board members to considercapping enrollment at Thomas JeffersonSchool for Science and Technology to 1,600students, the number of pupils the stategovernment has agreed to subsidize. In the2006-2007 school year, the high school en-rolled 1,769 students.

Raney was also in favor of charging stu-dents to take Advanced Placement or In-ternational Baccalaureate classes.

“We are obligated to provide a free el-ementary and secondary education. We arecurrently providing a free post-secondaryeducation in the form of AP and IB courses.We could generate $2.5 million by charg-ing for AP and IB courses,” said Raney.

“I don’t support any of those initiatives,”said school board member Janie Strauss

(Dranesville), who addedthat the school systemwould have to retractsome students acceptanceto Thomas Jefferson if itimplemented Raney’sproposal.

During the discussion,school board membersStu Gibson (Hunter Mill)and Kaye Kory (Mason)

also expressed concern about budget cutsto schools that serve a lot of poor and at-risk students.

Staff said about half of the approximately35 schools that qualify for extra money tohelp at-risk students, called Title I funding,would see a reduction in this assistancefrom the federal government this year.Gibson said he did not want the school sys-tem to “pile on” by also cutting money forother programs found in these schools. “Ob-viously we have some schools in that cat-egory and we don’t want to rub salt in thewound. What are we doing so that we arenot adding insult to injury?” said Gibson.

With more than 3,500unexpected students,schools will need tomake some cuts.

School board member Janie Strauss (Dranesville) dis-agrees with her colleague At-large school board memberJim Raney’s proposals to cut the budget.

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— Jim Raney

Schools Propose $2.2 Billion BudgetSchools Propose $2.2 Billion Budget

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School Snapshot

2008 Special School Program EnrollmentFairfax County Public Schools provided a breakdown of specialty program enrollment based on race, ethnicity,

socioeconomic factors and special education needs in January 2008. When compared with overall enrollment figures,students who are poor, black, Hispanic, English-language learners or who qualify for special education services areunderrepresented in gifted and talented and accelerated academic programs. The same groups of students appear inhigher numbers in the U.S. military’s JROTC programs.

Program Overall Economically Limited Special black Hispanic whiteEnrollment Disadvantaged English Education

FCPS Enrollment 164,843 31,320* 21,771 24,000 18,133* 26,374* 80,421(All Schools) (19.9%) (7.6%*) (14%) (10.8%) (16%) (50.2%)

Career and 55,942 12,855 8,622 7,641 6,802 8,873 27,321Technical Education (22.98%) (15.41%) (13.66%) (12.16%) (15.86%) (48.84%)(Middle, High Schools)

Foreign Language 44,543 342 3,568 3,081 3,855 4,946 25,189(Middle, High Schools) (.77%) (8.01%) (6.92%) (8.65%) (11.1%) (54.76%)

Gift and Talented 61,775 5,180 7,595 Not Available 2,041 2,475 16,593Services (Kindergarten – 12) (8.39%) (12.29%) (6.83%) (8.29%) (55.55%)

JROTC 823 302 142 229 216 203 283(Seven High Schools) (36.7%) (17.25%) (27.83%) (26.25%) (24.67%) (34.39%)

2007 Advanced Placement/ 17,994 1,264 748 459 945 1,269 11,006International Baccalaureate (7.02%) (4.21%) (2.55%) (5.25%) (7.05%) (61.16%)enrollment (High Schools)

*approximate figures computed by The Connection Newspapers—Julia O’Donoghue


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CinderellaI’m the Cinderella thathasn’t been transformedmy pumpkin’s turned to piethe mice are caught in mouse-

trapsromance has died.

The slipper rubs a blis-ter

the ashes are stillblack

the prince forgot the dance stepsmidnight brings regrets.

My fairy godmother is a manwho dresses in a gownand all my stepmother evergave to mewere books of fairy tales to read.

— Robin Hamby

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Burke Toastmasters Club. Focus-ing on improving communication skills,meets at The Oaks Community Center,located at 5708 Oak Leather Drive inBurke, on the first and third Thursday ofeach month at 7:30 p.m. 703-426-8784.

Wakefield Chorale auditions fornew members Tuesday evenings from7:30-9:30 p.m. in the choral room ofFalls Church High School, 7521 JaguarTrail, Falls Church. Costs are $5 for duesand the price of sheet music. For moreinformation call 703-938-8044.

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Opinion

Trouble with VDOT Taking down acres oftrees with no warningand no good reason.

It’s possible that it happened on Earth Day,but it was definitely sometime within aweek of that day.

The Virginia Department of Transpor-tation, without notice, bulldozed more thanfive acres of trees in at least three locations aspart of preliminary work on widening thebeltway for HOT lanes.

These trees were cleared in McLean, TysonsCorner and Springfield.

Apparently these trees were clear cut in or-der to make way for “staging areas,” that is tosay a place to park their equipment.

It’s an example of the kind of reasoning thattakes place at VDOT, and apparently there ismore of it to come.

“The construction is going to start by us tear-ing down trees,” said Nick Nicholson of VDOTat a public meeting about the HOT Lanes onApril 30.

There is no shortage of parking lots any-where around the Beltway. With a little cre-ativity, and a little notice, VDOT could prob-ably have leased an already-paved “stagingarea.” The loss of the trees is no small thing,especially in consideration of widening a roadlike the Beltway.

Editorial

A single tree with a 26-foot canopy can ab-sorb the emissions of a vehicle driven 11,500miles every year. Or so said Fairfax County of-ficials in October 2007 when they launchedthe laudable goal of blanketing 45 percent ofthe county with tree cover by 2037. The countywill plant 400 trees a year on county propertyto reduce pollution and energy costs.

Too bad the county apparently has no sayon what VDOT does with property it “owns.”VDOT officials should realize that property“owned by VDOT” actually belongs to the resi-

dents of Virginia. The tree cut-ting last month for “staging ar-eas” probably set FairfaxCounty’s efforts back by more

than a year. And we’ll note again that VDOTsays there’s more to come.

“We have held meetings five times in McLeanand each time we mentioned the staging area.Did we say we would be clearing trees to con-struct that staging area? No,” Nicholson ad-mitted.

Those trees would also have had the effectof buffering residential and business areas fromthe noise and view of the Beltway traffic andconstruction. Three acres alone were across

from a middle school, where the trees couldhave helped clean the air from hundreds ofthousands of vehicles a day passing by on theBeltway.

The additional tree canopy envisioned inFairfax would have the capacity to absorb morethan 10 million pounds of carbon dioxide an-nually, which could eliminate the need for $1million in greenhouse gas reduction serviceseach year.

VDOT officials should undertake an imme-diate analysis of the way it operates. It mustcommunicate better with local officials andresidents. And it must realize that trees havevalue and take steps to preserve them when-ever possible. Even if these sites were the onlypossible “staging areas,” which we do not be-lieve, at least a ring of trees should have beenleft around the perimeter to act as a buffer.

Construction for the “high occupancy tolllanes” is under way. We can only imagine whatsurprises lay ahead.

— Mary Kimm,

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Commentary

Candidate in Democratic primary adoptsold-fashioned method of campaigning.

By Doug Denneny

Candidate, 11th

Congressional District

If you want to know how a candidate willserve you in Congress, just look at howthey run their campaign. Career politicians

send out slick mailers, use poll-tested rhetoricand make promises they do not intend to keep.And we know what career politicians havedone to Washington.

Call me old fashioned, but I think the bestway to run for office is to talk to real, live vot-ers. I’ll knock on a hundred doors or stand in

Meeting One Voter at a Time

front of a busy Metro station all day just totalk to the people I will serve in Congress. It’snot easy, but it’s worth it.

I WONDER if I am theonly candidate in the 11thDistrict Democratic pri-mary that is knocking on

doors. Every day I find someone who is shockedthat a congressional candidate actually showedup on their doorstep. One woman told me shehad never actually met any politician she hadvoted for. What a shame.

I’m knocking on doors because I care aboutwhat people have to say. That’s why I’ll winthis race and that’s how I will serve in Con-gress.

The voters don’t want career politicians rep-resenting them. They want a public servantwho will get something done. I’m not runningfor Congress because I want to be someone,I’m running because I want to do something.Together, we’ll bring change to our nation, toour district, and we’ll get it done. I’m ready toserve again.

Doug Denneny is an Iraq war combat veteranand a candidate for the Democratic nominationin the 11th Congressional District. The electionis on June 10.

Letters

UnkemptMediansTo the Editor:

It is ironic that you can complainvia a Fairfax County Web pageabout a neighbor’s lawn being toohigh but who to complain to aboutFairfax County as the violator andthe Virginia Department of Trans-portation and the lack of lawnmaintenance on the medians? Thegrass height on traffic medians inthe county look like we live in anarea that cannot afford to main-tain appearance. I called VDOT,they have done nothing. This haseven presented itself as a safetyissue when I try to make left turnsand cannot actually see oncoming

traffic in many cases at locationsdue to the grass height. So I re-ported VDOT to Fairfax County viatheir online lawn height complaintWeb page but was told I had to

contact VDOT di-rectly.

We pay a ton ofproperty and othertaxes for Fairfax

County to ignore this and put iton my as an individual. I bet some-body could get elected to officefrom Fairfax County just runningon a platform that they will im-prove grass maintenance on com-mon areas. I hear from the countyand VDOT that we don’t havefunds to keep up the maintenance.But at the same time the county

has the nerve to increase our prop-erty tax rate and arbitrarily in-crease our land values so that ouroverall assessment remains thesame even while our building val-ues have decreased. I believe thatpotential homebuyers see the un-kempt grass on the medians andthat can detract from our propertyvalues. How to get this addressed?

Steve DelahuntyFairfax

‘Morality Gap’To the Editor:

Re: “FCPS Cite ‘Morality’ Gap”in the April 2-8 Connection: writ-ing as a former high school teacher

who retired after 30 years, as theparent of three kids who wentthrough the FCP schools, and as aconcerned citizen, I am writing tosay how appalled I am at the veryidea of the school system’s gath-ering alleged data related to the“character and morality” of stu-dents. This displays a level of ar-rogance, racism and waste of pub-lic money that is astonishing evenfor high level central office bu-reaucrats.

Since when do or should publicschools in this country get in-volved in issues of character andmorality?

Robert TrippReston

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Activities reported by the West Spring-field District of the Fairfax County policedepartment through May 7.

ATTEMPTED ROBBERY9000 block Tiffany Park Court.

Two men attempted to rob a 32-year-old man in front of his townhouse.On Thursday, May 1 just aftermidnight, he arrived home. A fewmoments later, he realized he forgotsomething and went back to the car.On his way back into the house, thesuspects approached. One suspectpunched him, knocking him to theground. Both suspects rifled throughthe victim’s pockets but fled withnothing. The victim was not injured.The suspects were described as black,about 20 to 25 years old. The firstsuspect was about 5 feet 10 inchestall and weighed 170 pounds. Thesecond suspect was approximately 5feet 7 inches tall and weighed 170pounds. Both suspects had long,braided hair and wore dark clothing.

LARCENIES5000 block Coleridge Drive. Purse

stolen from vehicle.7900 block Harwood Place. Purse

stolen from vehicle.Newington Forest Avenue and

Pohick Road. Street sign stolenfrom roadway.

8500 block Newtowne Court.Laptop stolen from business.

8300 block Old Keene Mill Road.Gasoline stolen from service station.

8900 block Ox Road. Drinks stolenfrom business.

VEHICLE THEFTS4700 block Americana Drive. 2001

Yamaha motorcycle reported stolen.8000 block Barcarole Court. 1994

Honda reported stolen.4700 block Parkman Court. 1997

Dodge Caravan reported stolen.7800 block Sutter Lane. 1992

Honda Civic reported stolen.

Activities reported by the FranconiaDistrict of the Fairfax County police de-partment through May 7.

SHOOTING/MALICIOUS WOUNDINGRichmond Highway and Hagel

Circle. On Monday, May 5 around2:20 p.m., an officer was on a trafficstop on Richmond Highway nearHagel Circle when a man approachedhim and stated he had been shot. The30-year-old Woodbridge man got intoan altercation with an acquaintanceof his former girlfriend in the 9500block of Richmond Highway. Thesuspect, Carlos McKethan, allegedlyshot the victim in the upper body.The victim was med-evaced to InovaFairfax Hospital with non-lifethreatening injuries. McKethan, 30,of 8400 block of Huerta Court inAlexandria, was arrested onThursday, May 8 at the BrooksideMotel, 6001 Richmond Hwy. He wastaken to the Fairfax County AdultDetention Center and charged withmalicious shooting and possession ofa firearm by a convicted felon.

LARCENIES5100 block Celtic Drive. License

plate stolen from vehicle.7300 block Dickenson St. Bicycle

stolen from residence6000 block Essex House Square.

Battery stolen from vehicle.6500 block Frontier Drive. Purse

and wallet stolen from business.9400 block Gunston Cove Road.

Computer monitor stolen frombusiness.

10700 block Gunston Road. Licenseplates stolen from vehicle.

7200 block Halifax Place. Licenseplate stolen from vehicle.

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Big Band Dinner Auction with theWest Springfield High School band boost-ers, including live music, silent auction andgames. Sunday, May 17, 6 p.m. at theschool cafeteria, 6100 Rolling Road, Spring-field. Admission includes dinner and is $20for adults, $10 for children 5-12. Visitwww.wshsband.org/auction.

Cooking Class: Fast Food/Conve-nience Food. Sample the latestconvenience foods on the market, plus opencans and boxes of organic food to make in-stant meals. No meat, poultry, fish, eggs, ordairy. Class includes recipes and foodsamples. Pre-registration required. Sun-day, May 18, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 9302Hallston Ct., Fairfax Station. $45 per per-son. Call 703-643-2713 for spaceavailability or visit www.localdc.com/cook-ing.

Chick-Fil-A at Fair Oaks Mall hosts afree “Family Night” every Wednesday, 5-7 p.m., with different activities every week:make a seasonal art project to display in thestore, get a glitter tattoo or animal balloon,play an instrument and march along in aparade with the Chick-fil-A Cow. Chick-fil-A is located inside the main entrancebetween Sears and Macy’s at Fair Oaks Mall.Call 703-279-1883 or [email protected] for more.

The Northern Virginia Alliance onSmoking or Health announces the pub-lication of “Your Springfield and BurkeGuide to Smoke-Free Dining.” The guidewas published with grant funds from theVirginia Department of Health’s TobaccoUse Control Project. The guide lists restau-rants in Springfield and Burke that offersmoke-free dining.

The guide is available free of charge. Toobtain a copy, visit the South Run RECenter,7550 Reservation Drive, Springfield. To re-ceive a copy by mail, call Fairfax CountyCommunity and Recreation Services at 703-324-5213.

East Nashville songwriter and music scribe Peter Cooperreturns to Arlington to the IOTA, 2832 Wilson Blvd., onSunday, May 25 for an 8:30 p.m. show. He’ll be sharingthe bill with the Karl Straub Combo and Eric Brace. Coo-

per will have just released his debut CD, “Mission Door”, on fellowsongwriter Brace’s Red Beet Records. For ticket information, call703-522-8340.

Introduce yourself:I’m Peter Cooper, a singer-songwriter-journalist-professor-base-

ball fan.

How did you get your start in music?Most of my music-making was of the underground variety until

an artist named Todd Snider asked if I would go out and opensome tour dates for him. Several hundred dominos later, I have analbum out and I’m touring the world. Most of the time, my showson the road don’t feature a full band, but for the album, “MissionDoor,” I formed a group that included Steel Guitar Hall of FamerLloyd Green, former Jayhawk Jen Gunderman, Jason & The Scorch-ers leader Jason Ringenberg, Todd Snider, Nanci Griffith and othergreat players.

How long have you been performing?I’ve been performing since I was in high school, which was at

Lake Braddock over in Burke. I decided to concentrate on musicover sports after watching my Lake Braddock classmate and fu-ture NBA star Hubert Davis play ball. I figured Hubert had thesports covered, but I could sing way better than he could.

What is it that you love about performing?I love the impromptu moments that happen, where something

gets communicated in a way that won’t likely happen again.

What is your best memory when it comes to music?Playing Mission Door for Tom T. Hall is the favorite (and most

frightening) thing I’ve done in music. Second favorite, and secondmost frightening, was opening for Nanci Griffith at The Birchmere,which is the club where I used to go hear Nanci when I was inhigh school.

Where is your favorite place to play, either publicly orpersonally?

My favorite place to play is on Todd Snider’s rooftop bar.

Best compliment about a performance?The best compliment is when someone likes the show enough

to buy a CD.

What is your favorite piece of music and why?Some of my favorite songs are “Mission Door” by Eric Taylor

(that’s why I covered it on this album), “Here Comes That Rain-bow Again” by Kris Kristofferson, “Souvenirs” by John Prine,“Homecoming” by Tom T. Hall and “Bells of Odilia” by ChrisRichards. These are all examples of brilliant storytelling, and theyare songs that use simple words to convey profound things.

Who would you love to play with? Why?My “sing with your heroes” dance card has been punched enough

that I don’t want to push my luck. The person I wanted most toplay with was steel guitar great Lloyd Green, who wound up co-producing my album and playing more steel on it than most peoplehave heard in a long, long time.

Describe your sound:

Peter Cooper, formerly of Burke,returns to perform in Arlington.

Peter Cooper

Lyle Lovett Meets John Riggins.

Biggest musical influences:Kris Kristofferson, Tom T. Hall, Bob Dylan, Eric Taylor, Todd

Snider and anything Lloyd Green ever played on.

Other influences:Elks Lodge #299 in

Sheboygan, Wisc.

Where have youtoured?

In the States, I’ve done ev-erything from the Nu-WayLounge in Spartanburg, S.C.to “The Tonight Show.” I justgot back from touring TheNetherlands and Germany.

Anything special aboutthe upcoming show?

It’s always special when I get to sing with Eric Brace, whomost folks in the D.C. area know from his role as frontman ofLast Train Home. Also, my mom will probably be there, so it’salways special to try to find some way to pretend to her thatall of the songs are just made up and none from real life expe-rience.

Future plans:Heavy focus on wine, women and song.

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Family Search introduction. Usingthe Family Search genealogydatabases and the Family HistoryLibrary Catalog to search for yourancestors. Ages 13 and up. 1 p.m. atthe City of Fairfax Regional Library,10360 North St., Fairfax. Call to

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Reading Across the Centuries. Jointhe great literature book group.Writer and university instructorWendi Kaufman facilitates thediscussion. Call information desk fortitle. Cosponsored by the Friends ofthe Pohick Regional Library. Adult. 7p.m. at the Pohick Regional Library6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke,703-644-7333.

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Car Show, open to all pre-1983vehicles. Registration is $10 inadvance, $15 day of, admission isfree, but donations accepted. 10a.m.-3 p.m. at City Hall Annex,10455 Armstrong St., Fairfax. Call703-352-2787.

Young Lordz at TT Reynold’s,10414 Main St., Fairfax. Ages 21 andup. 703-591-9292 andwww.ttreynolds.com.

Future with Armed Elephant, 8p.m. at Fat Tuesday’s, 10673Braddock Road, Fairfax. 703-385-5717.

Arthritis Walk. The ArthritisFoundation’s signature event featuresa three-mile and one-mile course atRobinson Secondary School, 5035Sideburn Road, Fairfax. Registrationis 9 a.m. and walks are 10 a.m. Formore see http://arthritiswalk.kintera.org/fairfax.

Guided Walking Tour. Meet at theMoore House, 3950 Chain BridgeRoad, Fairfax. 7 p.m. Call 703-385-8414.

Microsoft Excel Introduction tocreating spreadsheets with MicrosoftExcel. Ages 13 and Up. 2:30 p.m. atthe City of Fairfax Regional Library,10360 North St., Fairfax. Call toregister, 703-293-6227.

Neighborhood Plant Clinic. TheFairfax County Master GardenersAssociation gives tips and strategies.Cosponsored by Virginia CooperativeExtension Service. Adults. EverySaturday in May, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. atKings Park Library, 9000 Burke Lake

Road, Burke, 703-978-5600.Big Band Dinner Auction with the

West Springfield High School bandboosters, including live music, silentauction and games. 6 p.m. at theschool cafeteria, 6100 Rolling Road,Springfield. Admission includesdinner and is $20 for adults, $10 forchildren 5-12. Visitwww.wshsband.org/auction.

World Children’s Choir seasonalconcert featuring selections fromMozart’s “The Magic Flute” andmusic from Austria, Canada, China,Korea, Italy, Japan, Turkey and theUnited States. 7 p.m. at the ErnestCultural Center Theater, NOVACommunity College, 8333 Little RiverTurnpike, Annandale. Tickets are $20for adults, $15 for children, studentsand seniors. Visitwww.WorldChildrensChoir.org orcall 703-883-0920.

Heather Hill Gardens HerbFestival, with a British tea partytheme, will be 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at 8111Ox Road, Fairfax Station. Visitors willbe able to taste and get recipes forherbal tea party favorites, learnabout growing culinary herbs, andcontainer gardening. Plantingdemonstrations at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.Admission is free, visitors can takehome a free herb plant. Call 703-690-6060.

Fairfax Corner Fountain GrandOpening, 12-2 p.m. at the GrandPlaza at Fairfax Corner. Free. Livemusic and giveaways, chance to wintheater tickets and shopping spree.Visit www.fairfaxcorner.com orcontact marketing manager MayCanete at 703-227-0894 [email protected].

SUNDAY/MAY 18Vocal Concert. Tenor Antonio

Giuliano performs 6 p.m. atProvidence Presbyterian Church,9019 Little River Turnpike, Fairfax.Advance: $20/general, $10/seniorsand students; door: $25/general,$15/seniors and students. Seewww.providencechurch.org or callKathy at 703-978-3934.

Potting Party and Plant Exchange.The Old Dominion ChrysanthemumSociety presents a hands-ondescriptive program with BonnieMirmak on how to prepare soil forpotting. Attendees will take hometheir free potted mum, and are askedto bring one of their own potted andlabeled seedling or divided perennialto exchange with a fellow gardener.2:30 p.m. at the Falls ChurchCommunity Center, 223 Little FallsSt., Falls Church. Open to the public,free admission and refreshments. CallJim Dunn at 703-560-8776.

MONDAY/MAY 19Monday Movies. Enjoy a movie based

on a book and discuss which is better— the movie or the book. Age 6-18.3:30 p.m. at Kings Park Library, 9000Burke Lake Road, Burke, 703-978-5600.

By the Light of the Moon. Storiesand activities about animals at night.Age 3-6 with adult. 7 p.m. at thePohick Regional Library 6450Sydenstricker Road, Burke, 703-644-7333.

Bob Browns Puppets, part of the OldTown Hall Children’s PerformanceSeries. 10:30 a.m. at the Old TownHall, 3999 University Drive, Fairfax.Call 703-452-ARTS.

Art in Lorton. Learn about Lorton’sWorkhouse Arts Center. View asideshow on the former Lorton Prisonsite’s history and hear about the artiststudios, art gallery, events center,

museum, restaurants and more.Adults. 7:30 p.m. at the LortonLibrary 9520 Richmond Highway,Lorton, 703-339-7385.

TUESDAY/MAY 20Book Discussion Group. “I, Claudis”

by Robert Graves. Adults. 7:30 p.m.at the City of Fairfax RegionalLibrary, 10360 North St., Fairfax.Call to register, 703-293-6227.

Book Discussion Group. “Balzac andthe Little Chinese Seamstress” bySijie Dai. Adults. 11 a.m. at KingsPark Library, 9000 Burke Lake Road,Burke, 703-978-5600.

Book Discussion Group. “The God ofSmall Things” by Arundhatib Roy.Adult. 7:30 p.m. at Kings ParkLibrary, 9000 Burke Lake Road,Burke, 703-978-5600.

Evening Book Discussion Group.

“Housekeeping” by MarilynneRobinson. Adults. 7:30 p.m. at thePohick Regional Library 6450Sydenstricker Road, Burke, 703-644-7333.

Spring Concert by the WestSpringfield High School Band,7:30 p.m. at the school, 6100 RollingRoad, Springfield. Free. Additionalconcert Wednesday. Visitwww.wshsband.org.

WEDNESDAY/MAY 21Writer’s Roundtable. Discuss work

with other writers. Adults. 7:30 p.m.at the Pohick Regional Library 6450Sydenstricker Road, Burke, 703-644-7333.

Spring Concert by the WestSpringfield High School Band,

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7:30 p.m. at the school, 6100 RollingRoad, Springfield. Free. Additionalconcert Tuesday. Visitwww.wshsband.org.

THURSDAY/MAY 22The Echo Boomers, Educated

Consumers. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. TTReynold’s, 10414 Main St., Fairfax.Ages 21 and up. 703-591-9292 andwww.ttreynolds.com.

FRIDAY/MAY 23Bingo. 7:15 p.m. at Fire Station 3, 4081

University Drive, Fairfax. 703-273-

3638.Sematic at TT Reynold’s, 10414

Main St., Fairfax. Ages 21 and up.703-591-9292 andwww.ttreynolds.com.

BPM, Three Legged Fox, PoorMan’s Lobster. 8 p.m. at FatTuesday’s, 10673 Braddock Road,Fairfax. 703-385-5717.

Little Acorns: Moms and Babies.Listen to a story, sing a song and takea trail walk in search of wildlife andtheir young. Suitable for ages 2-3, $5per child, prepaid reservationsrequired. 9:45-10:30 a.m. or 11-11:45 a.m. at Hidden Oaks NatureCenter, 7701 Royce St., Annandale,703-941-1065.

SATURDAY/MAY 24Guided Walking Tour. Meet at the

Moore House, 3950 Chain BridgeRoad, Fairfax. 7 p.m. Call 703-385-8414.

Snake and Turtle Feeding. Briefpresentation and demonstration, atleast one snake and two turtles arefed. $2 per person, reservations arerequired. 1-2 p.m. at Hidden OaksNature Center, 7701 Royce St.,Annandale, 703-941-1065.

Goodnight Walk: Sounds of theNight. Learn about animal soundsand take a nighttime stroll along theOld Oak Trail. Suitable for ages 4and older with an adult. $5 per child,prepaid reservations required. 7-8

p.m. at Hidden Oaks Nature Center,7701 Royce St., Annandale, 703-941-1065.

Backyard Games and OutdoorFun. Celebrate National BackyardGames Week with a free afternoon ofoutdoor games with a nature twist.Suitable for ages 4 and older with anadult. Reservations required. 2-3p.m. at Hidden Oaks Nature Center,7701 Royce St., Annandale, 703-941-1065.

Wolf Trap Ribbon Cutting.Construction and improvements tothe Main Gate facilities, includingplaza, restrooms, gift shop, box officeand concession stands, at Wolf Trap’sFilene Center, 1645 Trap Road,Vienna, will be officially completed

with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at6:15 p.m. Visit www.wolftrap.org.

SUNDAY/MAY 25Canoe the Marsh. Explore the marsh

with an experienced naturalist 8a.m., at Pohick Bay Regional Park,6501 Pohick Bay Drive, Lorton. $25.Reserve a spot at 703-528-5406.

“Blast Off”: The U.S. Marine Bandbegins the summer performanceseries at the Filene Center of WolfTrap National Park for thePerforming Arts, 1645 Trap Road,Vienna, 8 p.m. Program includesfinale fireworks display. Free, notickets required. Call 703-255-1900or visit www.wolftrap.org.


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Health & Fitness

Health notes are for support groups,exercise classes, blood drives and similarevents open to the public at no or minimalcost. Send information [email protected] or call703-917-6440. Deadline is Friday.

As part of his Eagle Scout Project,Michael Ariale is hosting a Bone Mar-row Donor Registry Drive with TheNational Marrow Donor Program at BurkePresbyterian Church, 5690 Oak LeatherDrive, Burke, on Saturday, May 17, 9a.m.-1 p.m. The first step to becoming avolunteer donor is to join the NMDP Reg-istry. Anyone who meets the healthguidelines and is age 18-60 can join theregistry. After completing a brief healthquestionnaire, volunteer donors have acheek swab for tissue testing and sign aconsent form. To find out more aboutmarrow transplantation, registering forthe May 17 drive, and other ways to help,contact Michael Ariale at 703-866-3733or [email protected]. Orcontact Juliette Williams of the NMDP at1-888-814-8610 or by visitingwww.marrow.org.

The Northern Virginia Allianceon Smoking or Health has published“Your Springfield and Burke Guide toSmoke-Free Dining.” The guide was pub-lished with grant funds from the VirginiaDepartment of Health’s Tobacco UseControl Project. The guide lists restau-rants in Springfield and Burke that offersmoke-free dining.

The guide is free. To obtain a copy,visit the South Run RECenter, 7550 Res-ervation Drive, Springfield. To receive acopy by mail, call Fairfax County Com-munity and Recreation Services at703-324-5213.

The Arthritis Walk is the nationalArthritis Foundation’s annual signatureevent that raises funds and awareness tofight arthritis. May is National ArthritisMonth, and the event is Saturday, May17, at Robinson Secondary School, 5035Sideburn Road, Fairfax. Participants canchoose a 1-mile or 3-mile walk. Regis-ter online at http://arthritiswalk.kintera.org/fairfax. Day-ofregistration begins at 9 a.m., walk beginsat 10 and will last until about noon withother family activities to follow. OtherArthritis Foundations events can befound at www.arthritis.org.

People living with Chronic Lympho-cytic Leukemia are invited to theprogram, “Living Well with CLL,”ºonSaturday, May 31, 9:30 a.m.-noon, atthe Life with Cancer Family Center, 2700Prosperity Ave., #100, Fairfax. The pro-gram will include an update on newtreatments with Georg Aue, M.D., of theNational Cancer Institute and a panelpresentation of people living with CLL.To register for this free program, call The

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society at 703-960-1100, ext. 231 or [email protected].

Inova Heath System’s Congrega-tional Health Partnership has beennamed a 2007 Healthy Hero Award win-ner. The Healthy Hero Awards programwas created by the Amerigroup Founda-tion to recognize teachers, schools,physicians and community-based organi-zations that have demonstratedoutstanding leadership or innovation inthe area of health promotion.

Inova’s Congregational Health Part-nership was selected for its efforts inaddressing health promotion in the con-text of a mind-spirit-body connection inthe Northern Virginia area. ThePartnership’s outreach stresses primaryprevention and is innovatively donethrough health ministries in multi-faithcommunities. As part of the award, theAmerigroup Foundation is donating$1,000 to the Inova Health System Foun-dation.

NOVACO Transitional Housing isa non-profit program for victims of do-mestic abuse. Through HUD funding andcommunity and church donations, theorganization offers a comprehensivetwo-year transitional housing programfor families including counseling, educa-tion for job enhancement, life skillstraining and child care. All clients receivefollow-up counseling for up to two yearsafter graduation from the program. Call202-723-3000.

Food Addicts In RecoveryAnonymous is a program for individu-als recovering from addictive eating andanorexia based on the 12 steps of Alco-holics Anonymous. There are no dues,fees or weigh-ins at our meetings. Meet-ings are held on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. andSaturdays at 8 a.m., at Westwood Bap-tist Church, 8200 Old Keene Mill Road,Springfield. Call 1-877-805-2823 formore information and other times andlocations.

Sunrise Assisted Living ofFairfax offers a short-term stay programfor aging persons. Fees vary dependingon the community and personal careneeds. Three meals per day are included.Program is designed for one week’s stayto several months. Call 703-691-0046.Sunrise of Fairfax is located at 9207 Ar-lington Blvd., Fairfax.

Individual Nutrition Counseling.Schedule an individual appointmentwith registered dietitian Julie Thorsenfrom Inova Fairfax Cancer Center’s Can-cer Patient Nutrition Support Programand learn how to optimize your nutri-tional status related to the diagnosis andtreatment of cancer. Call 703-289-8787to schedule an appointment.


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Biking in Cancer Fund RaiserFrom Page 3

advantage of a handy online fund-raising tool onthe PMC Web site [www.pmc.org/egifts/] calledeGifts (Bowers’ id number is TB0138) that offers eachrider room to post photos, detail his story, outlinethe route and chart contributions thermometer-style.He is currently approaching 15 percent of his fund-raising goal, which is roughly where he is on his dis-tance training.

BOWERS BEGAN preparing for the ride indoorsover the winter on a stationary bike. The return ofwarm weather increases options for Bowers to train.

“First-year riders tend to train harder because theydon’t know what to expect,” said David Hellman,PMC’s director of operations. “Beyond the physicalchallenge, most aren’t ready for the emotions or feel-ings generated by so many people cheering for them.”

“The training rides will get longer and longer asthe event gets closer,” said Bowers. “Right now, I’mtaking two to three solo rides per week of 10 to 30miles.” On Saturday mornings, Bowers participatesin a 25 to 30 mile group ride coordinated by The

Bike Lane in Burke Towne Plaza. Starting at the store,the ride continues down Fairfax County Parkway toRoute 123 to Occoquan.

“The Saturday road ride offers a way to meet otherriders in the area and grow the passion for roadriding,” said store manager and ride leader AdamLewandowski, who noted Bowers’ increasing strengthas a rider. “The group rides are a great start for Tim,but to prepare for a ride of that distance, he willhave to find the right pace and remember to fuel(eat) properly.”

“On the first day, it’s 70 miles to lunch,” saidHellman. “But imagine rolling down the road amongthat many riders, thousands of them. It’s an experi-ence you can’t get anywhere else.”

Bowers, a father of two, has made the ride a fam-ily event. He’ll ride with his brother-in-law, a 10-yearPMC veteran, and his wife, Terry, is going to volun-teer with food preparation at the finish line.

“It’s nice to know she’ll be there when I finish,”said Bowers. “After that, we’ll vacation and recoveron Cape Cod and celebrate my 50th birthday.”

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and states are a walk in the park, compared to na-tionals, so we’re nervous.” But, said Lewis, “We havetwo months so, hopefully, we’ll get it in gear.”

All of them thanked Harris Teeter, Jolie Laide, Cari-bou Coffee, Safeway and The Running Store for do-nating to their fund-raising efforts, as well as “thecommunity and everyone else who helped.”

Amber Freeman’s gold medal came in the Leader-ship Skills category of Customer Service. The threejudges gave the contestants a scenario of an upsetcustomer whose problem they had to solve creatively.

“I worked at a trucking business, and the customercomplained that his daughter got an oil change thatcost $526,” said Freeman. “So I had to keep himhappy while remembering our company’s policy notto give a full refund.”

She told him his daughter also got her car’s trans-mission fixed and gave him a 20-percent refund onthe entire bill. She also said he and his daughterwould both receive complimentary oil changes ontheir next visit. Then she had to call her boss andexplain what she’d done.

To prepare for the competition, her teacher, White,gave her past scenarios to work on in class and shegot a customer-service information package fromDECA. She also worked as a Safeway cashier. “Thatalso helped prepare me,” she said.

“I was nervous because, in the holding room, theother kids would come back and tell us what it waslike,” said Freeman, of competing at states. “So at

the awards ceremony, I was anxious to see how Idid. I was hoping to get into the top three, but onlyfirst place goes to nationals.”

She kept her head down while the results wereannounced but, said Freeman, “When I heard‘Chantilly Academy,’ I knew that was me, and myteacher gave me a big hug and said he knew I coulddo it. I did Skills in Community Service last year andalso went to nationals, but didn’t win. So I wantedto try a different category to see if I could do it bymyself.” She said it felt wonderful to win: “My momwas yelling in my ear on the phone, saying she’d beenwaiting for my call all night. I actually started cryingbecause it was a big moment for me to have peoplerooting for [and encouraging] me. At nationals, mygoal is to place in the top 10; if I do, I’ll be ecstatic.”

Cut-a-Thon May 29Chantilly Academy cosmetology students are partici-

pating in a cut-a-thon, Thursday, May 29, from 3-8p.m., at The Chantilly Academy (part of ChantillyHigh), 4201 Stringfellow Road in Chantilly.

Professional hairstylists from salons, plus formercosmetology grads, are donating their time to help thestudents raise the $6,000 they need for room, traveland contest expenses for Skills USA nationals.

It’s first come, first served, with no appointmentsneeded. Each customer will receive a shampoo, cut andblow dry for a minimum $20 donation. 703-222-7487.

Send community notes to the Connectionat [email protected] orcall 703-917-6440. Photos/artworkencouraged. Deadline is Friday.

Franconia Museum, located inthe Franconia Government Centerbuilding at 6121 Franconia Road,Franconia, is open Monday, Wednes-day and Saturday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.Members of the Board of Directorsstaff the museum and are on hand totake questions and discuss local his-tory. The Franconia Museum is a

private, non-profit local history museumdedicated to preserving the past, presentand future of the Franconia area in pic-tures, artifacts and stories. OnWednesdays, Jac Walker is on hand to helpFranconia residents begin writing their per-sonal story of growing up in the area.

The Fairfax County Park Au-thority has trail maps illuminatingthe network of over 200 miles of trailsthroughout the county. Visitw w w . f a i r f a x c o u n t y . g o v / p a r k s /trailsframe.htm to download maps of

the nationally recognized CrossCounty Trail and other popularstream valley trails. The maps showthe nearest points to access a trail, thelocation of stream crossings, and pro-vide trail descriptions and distances.

The Fairfax County Public Li-brary Grants and FundingResearch Center is located atFairfax County Public Library, 12000Government Center Parkway, Fairfax.Hours Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5p.m. 703-324-8343

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Greater Burke Area Orchestra Performs

The Greater Burke Area Orchestra performed 10 songs Friday night, May 9, at the outdoor plaza atFairfax Corner. The honors orchestra is composed of students from Rolling Valley, White Oaks,Ravensworth, Terra Centre, Willow Springs, Kings Glen, Sangster, Cherry Run and Hunt Valley

elementary schools. The teachers in charge are Ahnika Emery, Cindy Graham, Jessica Velasquez and FrancescaFitzgerald.

Samantha Dodbele of HayfieldSecondary School won first place in theState Science Fair for her project on En-vironmental Management for “TheMicrobial Bioconversion of SoyIsoflavone through Varying Strains ofSaprophytic Bacteria.”

The following students also wonawards at the VSSEF: Varun Takantiof Fairfax High School, third place in Be-havioral and Social Sciences; RussellGlorioso of TJHSST, honorable men-tion in Biochemistry; MadhavNandipati of TJHSST, second place inComputer Science; Arielle Khan ofTJHSST, third place in Earth and Plan-etary Science; Dawei Qi of TJHHST,third place in Energy and Transporta-tion; Ryan Brewster of TJHSST,second place in Engineering: Electricaland Mechanical; AnirudhSaraswathula of TJHSST, third placein Medicine and Health Sciences; BoFan of TJHSST, third place in Physicsand Astronomy; Christine Hiemstraand Rohit Dasgupta of TJHSST,third place in the Team Category.

The Thomas Jefferson HighSchool fashion show will be held onWednesday, May 21 at 7 p.m. at ThomasJefferson High School (6560 BraddockRd., Alexandria). Tickets are $8. Thefashion show is student run and orga-nized, hosted by the club “Fashion for ACause” and is entirely for charitablecauses. All proceeds will be donated tothe organizations, “Autism Society forAmerica” and “Pediatric Cancer Re-search Foundation.” The show, entitled“Into the Twenties,” will feature studentdesigns inspired by the 1920s, clothingby Nanette Lepore, and outfits by MNG.

Students from local schools wontop honors in four categories of the Vir-ginia History Day competition heldrecently in Williamsburg. Winners in-cluded:

❖ Becky Koenig of West SpringfieldHigh School, first place in Historical Pa-per, Senior Division, for “Booker T.Washington: Compromise With Equal-ity, Conflict with Justice”; CathleenBoivin, teacher.

❖ Joe Lacroix, Beth Stinson,and Tim Wing of West SpringfieldHigh School, first place in Web Site,Senior Division, for “Bleeding Kansas”;Cathleen Boivin, teacher.

Placing second were:❖ Marissa Beale of West Spring-

field High School, second place inIndividual Documentary, Senior Divi-sion, for “The Protocols of the Elders ofZion”; Cathleen Boivin, teacher.

❖ Matt Wattendorf of SpringfieldEstates Elementary, second place inWeb Site, Junior Division, for “TheFounding of the E.I. du Pont deNemours Company”; Deborah Witt,teacher.

Third place finishers included:❖ Katy Egan of West Springfield

High School, third place in HistoricalPaper, Senior Division, for “Ireland’sTwo Leaders and the Compromise thatDivided a Nation;” Cathleen Boivin,teacher.

The theme of the 2008 contest is Con-flict and Compromise. Students wereencouraged to examine their topic’s in-fluence on history and draw conclusionsabout the ways in which their topic hadan impact on the course of events andon individuals, communities, nations, orthe world.

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Calvary Christian Church703-455-7041

Knollwood Community Church703-425-2068Presbyterian

Burke Presbyterian Church703-764-0456

Sansaug Korean Presbyterian703-425-3377

Unitarian UniversalistAccotink Unitarian Universalist

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COMMUNITIES OF WORSHIP

4650 Shirley Gate Road, FairfaxBill Frasnelli, PASTOR 703-383-1170

“Experience the Difference”

Realtime Worship - Sunday 8:45 & 11 AMSunday School 10:10 AM

Sunday Evening - 6:30 PM Youth MeetingFamily Night - Wednesday 7:15 PM

Call for Sunday Evening Worship Home Group Schedulevisit our website: www.jccag.org

JubileeChristian Center

Celebrating the Sounds of Freedom

www.calvaryfamily.com“Continuing the ministry of

Christ on earth”

9800 Old Keene Mill Rd.703-455-7041Sunday School

9:15 AM Worship Service

10:30 AM

Sunday Services8:15, 9:30 & 11:00 am

Heartline Contemporary Service 7:15 p.m.

Sunday School9:30 am & 11:00 am

“Serving God by Serving Others”Visit our website: http://www.messiahumc.org

MessiahUnited Methodist Church

6215 Rolling Rd., Springfield(Near West Springfield High School)

(703) 569-9862

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Camps & Schools West Springfield Students Going to Girls StateThese WestSpringfieldHigh Schoolstudents will beattending GirlsState thissummer: fromleft, Gloria Kim,Claire Du andMonique Mo-rales. Notpictured areAllison VanGilst andAmanda Hursch(alternate).

Spartans To Attend Governor’s SchoolThese West Springfield High School students will be attendingGovernor’s School for the Gifted this summer: from left, MichelleReinhold, Visual Arts; Bess Lawrie, Visual and Performing Arts (Dance);back row, Erik Snow, Visual and Performing Arts (Piano); and PaulGrillot, Humanities.

These West Spring-field High Schoolstudents will beattending BoysState this summer:from left, DanWilliams, TecRichards and ChrisProhoda.

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Faith Notes are for announcements andevents in the faith community. Send [email protected] or call703-917-6440. Deadline is Friday.

Temple B’nai Shalom will offer amonthly Tot Shabbat Service on Fri-day, May 16 at 7 p.m. This service isgeared for all children from infantsthrough age 6. The temple is located at7612 Old Ox Road in Fairfax Station.Call 703-764-2901.

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church,6509 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, is hav-ing a Mayfair on Saturday, May 17,10 a.m.-3 p.m. Children’s games, crafts,food, music, plant sale, silent auctionand more. Proceeds will benefit thechurch’s Ministry for Tomorrow capitalcampaign. For more information, visitwww.standrews.net.

Stop Hunger Now food packagingevent. Assemble meals to feed peoplefacing food shortages, Saturday, May17, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., at SydenstrickerUnited Methodist Church, 8508 HooesRoad, Springfield. Families are welcomeand asked to donate at least 20 minutesto the effort, children must be accompa-nied by a parent. No need to register.Visit www.stophungernow.org orwww.sumcdisciples.org, or call 703-451-8223.

Sale of children’s materials, Satur-day, May 17, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., withhalf-price after noon, at St. Mary ofSorrows Catholic Church, 5222Sideburn Road, Fairfax. Call 703-385-9506.

“Everything Has To Go” yard sale,Saturday, May 17, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. rainor shine at Kirkwood PresbyterianChurch, 8336 Carrleigh Parkway,Springfield. Proceeds support theKirkwood Youth Group mission trip thissummer.


SportsWhat’s On The Web?

Westfield boys soccer beats Centreville, 3-0, in a first round districtmatchup. Full story www.ConnectionNewspapers.com

By Nicolas A. LaMont

The Connection

Knotted at 13 in the closing sec-onds, the Concorde District girlslacrosse championship seemeddestined for overtime. No. 2

Robinson and No. 1 Chantilly had battledback and forth since the opening faceoffFriday night at Fairfax High School.Robinson junior Megan Dunleavy broughtthe game to a sudden end as she found her-self with an open shot that found the backof the net just as the final horn sounded togive the Rams a 14-13 win.

“I was just running down and I saw Allie

[Kimmelman] so I threw it to her, she gotdoubled and I was just wide open in thecenter. It was just the perfect set up,” saidDunleavy, who scored a game-high six goals.

ROBINSON (10-3) handed Chantilly (11-1) its first loss of the season and avengedan 13-11 overtime loss at the hands of theChargers on March 31.

“They are a phenomenal team, we knewit all year. The first time we played them,we got caught back on our heels really early,so we just had to make sure we answeredback to everything they did and we did apretty good job of doing that,” saidRobinson head coach Alison Neun.

The Rams fell behind early as Chantillyquickly struck twice in the first two min-utes of the game but Robinson fought backto gain a 6-5 lead with 10 minutes 43 sec-onds left in the first half on an unassistedgoal by junior Sarah Moody, her second ofthree on the day. Robinson would not trailthe remainder of the game.

“Robinson is an excellent competitor, theyare always out to in. This game was [de-cided by] one point, the last one was two

Dunleavy’s Goal Lifts Rams To Concorde TitleJunior scores in closing seconds tosecure Robinson girls lacrosse victory.

points. It’s always neck and neck andRobinson just got this one in the win col-umn,” said Chantilly head coach MicheleGates.

The Rams took a 10-7 lead into halftimeand survived Chantilly comeback attemptsas the Chargers tied the game twice in thesecond half. Chantilly junior Brittany Grielled the charge in the second half, recordingtwo goals and an assist in the final framebut three second-half goals by Dunleavy anda defense that did not allow a goal for thefinal 11 minutes of the game gave Robinsonthe title. Robinson’s offense keyed themthrough the Concorde District tournamentas they outscored their opponents, 50-23,in the three victories to take the conferencecrown. Neun, however, believes that it wasthe Ram’s defense allowed them to claimthe title.

“We talked about going into the tourna-ment that the offense wins the games, whenyou go into tournaments it’s the defense thatwins the championships,” said Neun.

NOTE: The Rams followed up their vic-tory with a 19-3 win over Edison in thefirst round of the Northern Region tour-nament.

Girls Lacrosse

Robinson 14

Chantilly 13

Robinson junior Megan Dunleavy scored a game-high six goals, includ-ing the game-winning goal in the final seconds, to lead the Rams to a 14-13 win over Chantilly in the Concorde District finals.

The Robinson girls lacrosse team stands behind their Concorde Districtchampionship banner.

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Road to Victory

Date Opponent W/L Score3/13 Lake Braddock W 15-63/24 Loudoun Valley W 12-103/26 Woodson W 15-123/29 Paul VI W 11-53/31 Chantilly L 13-114/4 Centreville W 21-24/8 Herndon L 12-114/10 Westfield W 11-104/18 Oakton W 14-104/22 Fairfax W 20-54/25 Georgetown V. L 15-75/1 Fairfax W 21-55/5 Westfield W 15-55/9 Chantilly W 14-13

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Robinson’s Matt McKeag has steppeddown from his post as the Rams’ boys bas-ketball head coach to take a job at VarinaHigh School in Richmond. Last season,McKeag lead the Rams to a 9-11 finish anda 7-5 mark in the Concorde District afterstarting out 0-5. Robinson is accepting re-sumes the vacant position. Resumers canbe sent to [email protected]. Thejob will close on Tuesday, May 20.

Woodson baseball senior Jacob Morelywas named Co-Player of the Year for theLiberty District. Morely, who will play at the

Virginia Military Institute next year, hit .413with three home runs and 12 RBI for theCavaliers during the regular season. TheCavs beat Thomas Jefferson on Tuesdaynight, 11-1, to advance to the second roundof the Liberty District tournament.

South County has hired Chrissy Kelly asthe Stallions’ new girls basketball headcoach. Kelly, who was an assistant coach atGeorge Mason University last year, servedas the head girls coach at Forest Park HighSchool from 2000 to 2007. Kelly’s squadswon two AAA Virginia State championshipsin 2004 and 2006. Kelly was named AAAState Coach of the Year in those years and

was a four-time AAA Cardinal DistrictCoach of the Year. Forest Park won fourdistrict titles and three region titles dur-ing her tenure.

In a rematch of last year’s Concorde Dis-trict boys tennis singles final, Robinson’sDrew Courtney beat Fairfax’s SidBalaji, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, to win his fourthconsecutive district title. Courtney lostthe first set, 6-4, to Balaji, but foughtback to win the second set, 7-5. At 5-3in the third set, Courtney left no doubtsabout the outcome, ripping a backhand

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Burke Connection Sports Editor Paul Frommelt

703-917-6409 or [email protected]


Sports

Northern RegionLacrosse PollPresented by TripleEDGE Lacrosse

Boys LacrosseRank (First Place Votes) Points LW1 Chantilly (12) 120 12 Langley (1) 117 33 Oakton 96 44 Madison 84 25 Westfield 68 66 Robinson 63 5T-7 Annandale 57 8T-7 WT Woodson 57 79 Lake Braddock 34 910 West Springfield 10 10

Also receiving votes: South County 6,Falls Church 3Coaches participating: Annandale,Chantilly, Hayfield, Thomas Jefferson, LakeBraddock, Langley, Madison, McLean,Robinson, Stuart, West Potomac, W.T.Woodson, Yorktown

Girls LacrosseRank (First Place Votes) Points LW1 Robinson (8) 113 22 Chantilly (3) 104 13 Stone Bridge (1) 93 54 Oakton 74 35 WT Woodson 72 66 Westfield 57 47 Annandale 55 78 Langley 36 89 West Springfield 17 NR10 South County 16 9

Also receiving votes: Yorktown 13,Herndon 4, Madison 4, Thomas Jefferson 2Coaches participating: Annandale,Chantilly, Edison, Herndon, Langley, Madi-son, Marshall, Robinson, South County,Stone Bridge, Westfield, Yorktown

Boys Lacrosse First-Team All-RegionName, Position SchoolBryan Bayliss, Attack South CountyMatt Johnson, Attack AnnandaleRoss Fernandez, Attack WoodsonA.J. Cybulski, Attack MadisonTyler Ott, Attack ChantillyIan Mills, Midfield ChantillyPaul Gaski, Midfield WoodsonDilon Brothers, Midfield YorktownJake Nolan, Midfield ChantillyStephen Kowalski, Midfield JeffersonOwen Masters, Midfield LangleyDylan Grimm, Defense OaktonBrett Burnette, Defense LangleyPatrick Pembroke, Defense LangleyMike Quigg, Defense ChantillyDanny Conlin, Defense Mount VernonDerek Keggerreis, Goalie ChantillyRoss Lavin, Goalie WestfieldCoach of the Year: Kevin Broderick,Chantilly High SchoolAssistant Coach of the Year: DennisStewart, Lake Braddock Secondary SchoolSportsmanship Award: Marshall HighSchoolNorthern Region Man of the Year: BillBlaustein, Langley— Girls lacrosse all-region team will be re-leased next week.

Week Nine

Summer Camps

South County will hold its summer boys bas-ketball camp in three sessions this July. Thefirst session will be held from July 14 to July 18.The second session will be held from July 21 toJuly 25 and the third session will be held fromJuly 28 to August 1. Each session will be heldfrom 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and are open to ages 18to 15. The camp will cost $180. For more infor-mation, call South County boys head coachMike Pflugrath at 703-446-1680 or email [email protected]. For the latest in-formation, go to www.StallionSports.org.

South County Athletic Boosters present a Sum-mer ‘Real’ Girls Lacrosse Camp from June 22to June 25 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. First gradersthrough junior varsity-level players are wel-come. At the camp, rookies will learn solid basicskills and positioning in game-like situations.Experienced players will learn skills necessaryto play in high school with emphasis on defen-sive techniques. The cost of the game will be$80. For further information and a registrationform, check www.stallionsports.org or contactBarbara Mahony at 703-446-1681 or email [email protected].

The South County Athletic Boosters present theStallion Field Hockey camp, running fromJune 23 to June 27 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m at theSouth County Athletic Complex. Rising secondthrough ninth graders are eligible. The cost ofthe camp will be $150. For more information,contact Leah Conte at 703-446-1571 or emailat [email protected]. Visitwww.stallionsports.org to download a bro-chure.

Lake Braddock will hold two baseball campsthis summer. The Future Stars Little LeagueCamp, for ages 7-12, will run for three sessions.

The first session will run from June 23 to June 27.The second session will run from June 30 to July3 and the third will run from July 14 to July 18.Each session will cost $140. Attending two sessionswill cost $250. Three sessions will cost $350. TheBruins’ Big Diamond Development Camp, for ages13-16, will run for two sessions. The first sessionwill run from July 7 to July 11 and the second campwill run from July 21 to July 25. The cost will be$140 for one session or $250 for both. Each campwill run from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more informa-tion, visit www.lakebraddocksports.org.

The 2008 Lake Braddock Bruins Girls BasketballCamp will run from June 30 to July 3 for thirdgraders to rising freshman. The camp will run from8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The cost will be $140. For moreinformation, feel free to contact the Lake Braddockbasketball office at 703-426-1068.

The 2008 Lake Braddock Bruins Boys Basketballcamp will run for three weeks this summer. Thefirst week, for third graders to rising freshman, willrun from June 23 to June 27. The second week, forthird graders to rising freshman, will run from July7 to July 11. The third week, for rising seventhgraders to rising seniors, will run from July 14 toJuly 18. Each week will run from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.The cost will be $175 per week. For more informa-tion, feel free to contact the Lake Braddockbasketball office at 703-426-1068.

The West Springfield High School boys basket-ball program will be holding three weeks ofbasketball camps this summer. The first week – the“offensive camp” – will run from June 30 to July 3from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. and will cost $100. TheSpartans will also have two full-week, all-daycamps July 7 to July 11 and July 21 to July 25,which will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Both sessionswill cost $150. Further information and registra-

tion forms can be found atwww.spartansports.org. Call Dick Wickline at703-913-3874 or email [email protected] for more informa-tion.

Hayfield High School will hold its 2008 sum-mer boys basketball camp in three sessionsstarting June 23. The first session will be heldfrom June 23 from June 28. The second sessionwill be from June 30 to July 3. The third ses-sion will be from July 7 to July 15. Each sessionwill be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily. Ses-sions one and three will cost $175 for walk-insand $165 for early registration. Session twowill cost $140 for walk-ins and $125 for earlyregistration. The basketball camp will empha-size the development of fundamentalbasketball skills. The players will be given theopportunity to play five-on-five and three-on-three games as well as participate in dailycompetitions.Please direct all questions regarding the campto coach Stanley Babbit at 703-786-8591 [email protected].

The Northern Virginia Region Cheer CoachesAssociation will hold its annual summercheerleading camp in three sessions. OnJuly 12, the NVRCCA camp will be atCentreville High School.On July 19 and July 26, the camp will be atFairfax High School. Each session will cost $35,or $90 for all three. For more information, con-tact NVRCCA Secretary Sarah Krawchuk [email protected].

To advertise a summer camp, contact ConnectionNewspapers Sports Editor Paul Frommelt [email protected] or call703-917-6409.

For the Jefferson Colonials, last Saturday’s Virginia Scholastic Rowing Champion-ship had a special significance. The regatta included a ceremony in memory offormer Jefferson rowing coach Eric Rothstein, who was killed in 2001. Driven by

their desire to honor Rothstein and to continue their decade long winning streak, Tho-mas Jefferson’s Men’s Varsity 8 quickly took the lead in the finals and raced to a goldmedal finish. Also finishing in first place for Jefferson were the Women’s 2nd 8 and theMen’s 3rd. Taking home silver for the Colonials were the Men’s 2nd 8 and Women’s 3rd8. Next week, TJ will compete in Philadelphia for the prestigious Stotesbury Cup, withthe Men’s Varsity 8 and Women’s 2nd 8 defending their championship titles.

The Thomas Jefferson Men’s First 8 receives gold medals.Front, holding Eric Rothstein trophy, coxswain Raj Goel (Herndon). Backrow, from left, Stephen Mathews, Chris Rutley, Chris Gear, Nolan Pollack,Nader Al-Naji, Patrick Collard, Colin Haas, Phil Grisdela.

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winner, an ace out wide to the backhand, aserve wide to the forehand and backhandvolley winner and an ace on match point.In the consolation final, the Rams’ KevinCastellow beat Fairfax’s Jason Luu, gain-ing revenge for his only district loss of theseason.In the doubles finals, Courtney andStephen Hardy were bested by the Rebelteam of Balaji and Luu.

The Northern Virginia Football Offi-cials Association (NVFOA) is seekingnew members for its 2008 training classwho can become on-field game officials andelectronic clock operators for games at theyouth, middle school, and high school lev-els throughout the Metropolitan area.NVFOA is the sole supplier of football offi-cials to all high schools in the Virginia coun-ties of Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William,Loudoun, and Fauquier. NVFOA also sup-plies officials to numerous private schoolsin Northern Virginia, Maryland, and theDistrict of Columbia. The NVFOA seeks 18-year-old and over men and women whohave a desire to be a part of the most popu-lar scholastic game in America. Informationand application forms are available at ourweb site www.NVFOA.com or you can con-tact Commissioner Dennis Hall at 540-837-1316 or Email [email protected].

The Connection will publish community sports news,notes and results at no charge. Send notices by Emailto [email protected], ATT:Community Sports. Deadline is Tuesday by noon. An-nouncements will be run on space available. Callsports editor Paul Frommelt at 703-917-6409 withany questions or concerns.

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RECEPTIONIST / SALES PERSON

For busy Optometrist office in Burke, Virginia to be cross trained as an

Optometric Technician. Must have an outgoing personality and basic

computer skills. Full-time employment. Fax resume to:

703-425-2003

SHUTTLE DRIVERGoodwin House Bailey’s Crossroads is

seeking a part-time driver to provide shuttle service for staff on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. Applicants must have a good driving record, excellent

interpersonal skills and feel comfortable driving a 14-passenger van. To apply,

visit www.goodwinhouse.org or call 703-578-7204/ EOE

SERVERS AND HOSTSLove Your Work! Check our website:

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DIRECTOR OF SALESExecutive Level of Income

No travel required303-893-7970

Nannies needed to start ASAP,$15-$20/hr, legal, drive.

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RN/TRIAGE NURSEF/T. Bettini, Emery & Assoc in Burke,

VA, a well established OB/GYN practice. Respond by fax or e-mail to:

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Internships

AvailableUnusual opportunity to learn manyaspects of the newspaper business.Internships available in reporting,photography, research, graphics.Opportunities for students, and foradults considering change of career.Unpaid. Call John Lovaas,703-917-6405 or [email protected]

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stops set up at various locations withinFairfax County.

“Bike to Work Day” pit stops will be setup in Fairfax Corner near the GovernmentCenter; at the Franconia-Springfield MetroStation; at Reston Town Center; in Viennaat the W&OD Trail on Maple Avenue; at theUniversity Mall in Fairfax and at the BoozeAllen Hamilton offices in Tysons Corner.

Snacks will be provided at each pit stop,along with entertainment, speakers andraffles for bicycles and other prizes. Partici-pants can register and receive an official“Bike to Work” T-shirt.

For more information, go towww.waba.org or call the Fairfax CountyDepartment of Transportation at 703-324-BIKE/2453.

Firefighters OfferOpen House

Several Fairfax County Firefighters willopen their stations as part of EmergencyMedical Services Week.

Next week has been designated “Kids inMotion Week” by EMS and the AmericanCollege of Emergency Physicians (ACEP),with a goal of emphasizing the importanceof child safety. Activities are planned dur-ing the open houses, scheduled for Sunday,May 18 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at Burke Sta-tion 14, 9501 Old Burke Lake Road inBurke.

Submit business notes to the Connection [email protected] or call 703-917-6440. Deadline is Friday.

Andrew Vardaro, manager of the VerizonExperience Store at Fair Oaks Mall has earnedmembership in Verizon Wireless’ President’s Cabi-net. The honor is reserved for those ranking in thetop 1 percent nationally in sales during 2007.

Vardaro earned the distinction by demonstratingleadership in sales and in assisting customers withwireless productivity tools, including wireless dataapplications like high-speed BroadbandAccess ser-vice, V CAST and other Verizon Wirelessmultimedia and data solutions. The recognitionmakes him one of the company’s top performersamong its more than 18,000 sales executives acrossthe country.

The Huntington Learning Center of Fairfaxhas been recognized for its professional learningstandards by the Commission on International andTrans-regional Accreditation (CITA).

Evolve Technologies of Fairfax has beennamed to the MSPmentor 100, a distinguished listof the world’s most progressive managed serviceproviders.

Flooring contractor Builders Floor Service ofSpringfield was recently re-certified through theNAHB Research Center’s National Housing Quality(NHQ) Certified Trade Contractor Program.

The Treasure Chest, the thrift store atGreenspring Retirement Community in Springfield,donated a Tempest Power Blower to the FairfaxCity Volunteer Fire and Rescue Station #22 Mon-day, Feb. 11. The power blower as a gift of thanksto the fire and rescue station for the service theyhave provided the Greenspring community.

Prosperity Bank and Trust, which hasbranches in Springfield and Burke, merged withUnion Bank & Trust on March 14.

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-2

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TRUSTEE'S SALE

OF VALUABLE

IMPROVED REAL ESTATE

Improved by the premises known as

5709 Oak Leather Drive, Burke, Virginia

In execution of a Deed of Trust from Din Rolando Lazo and Ramona Yolanda Flores, dated October 2, 2007, and re-corded October 18, 2007, in Deed Book 19616 at page 1934 among the Land Records of Fairfax County, Virginia, the un-dersigned substitute trustee will offer for sale at public auction at the front entrance of the Judicial Center for Fairfax County, at 4110 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax, Virginia, on

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

At 11:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time

the following property being the property contained in said Deed of Trust, described as follows:

Tax Map No. 077-1-07-0021

Commonly known as 5709 Oak Leather Drive, Burke, Virginia22015.

TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $13,000.00 or ten per-cent (10%) of the sale price, whichever amount is less, in the form of cash or its equivalent will be required of the purchaser at the time and place of sale; the balance of the purchase mon-ey being due and payable within fifteen (15) days after sale, time expressly being of the essence, with interest at the rate of 8.0 percent per annum from date of sale to date of settlement.Provided, however, that if the holder of the secured promissory note is the successful bidder at the sale, no cash deposit shall be required, and part of or the entire indebtedness, including interest and costs, secured by the Deed of Trust, may be set off against the purchase price.

Any defaulting purchaser shall forfeit the deposit and stand the risk and cost of resale.

Sale shall be made subject to all existing easements and restrictive covenants as the same may lawfully affect the real estate. Sale is further subject to mechanic's and/or materi-alman's liens of record and not of record. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, covenants, restrictions, rights of redemption of federal lienholders or encumbrances, and agree-ments of record affecting the same, if any.

In the event the undersigned trustee is unable to con-vey to the purchaser good title, then purchaser's sole and ex-clusive remedy shall be in the refund of the deposit paid at the time of sale.

This sale is being made subject to all prior unreleased liens of record.

The subject property and all improvements thereon will be sold in "as is" condition without warranty of any kind. Pur-chaser shall be responsible for any and all building and/or zon-ing code violations whether of record or not of record, as well as for all unpaid and enforceable homeowners' or condomini-um owners' association dues and assessments, if any. Pur-chaser also shall be responsible for obtaining possession of the property at his/her expense. Purchaser shall assume the risk of loss and

shall be responsible for any damage, vandalism, theft, destruc-tion, or the like, of or to the property occurring after the time of sale. Conveyance will be by special warranty deed. Convey-ancing, recording, transfer taxes, notary fees, examination of ti-tle, state stamps, and all other costs of conveyance are to be at the expense of purchaser. State and local taxes, public charges, and special or regular assessments, if any, shall be adjusted to the date of sale and thereafter shall be assumed by the purchaser.

The undersigned trustee unconditionally reserves the right: (i) to waive the deposit requirement; (ii) to approve or dis-approve the creditworthiness of any bidder and/or purchaser; (iii) to withdraw the property from sale at any time prior to ter-mination of the bidding; (iv) to extend the time for bidding; (v) to reject any or all bids; (vi) to postpone or set over the date or time of sale; and (vii) to extend the period of time for settlement hereunder.

Additional terms and conditions of sale may be an-nounced at the time of sale.

DAVID N. PRENSKYSubstitute Trustee

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:David N. PrenskyChasen & ChasenSuite 5005225 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W.Washington, D.C. 20015(202) 244-4000

PIANOS1/2 Price

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29 Misc. for Sale 29 Misc. for Sale

4 RE for Sale 4 RE for Sale

116 Childcare Avail. 116 Childcare Avail. 116 Childcare Avail.

21 Announcements

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3 RE for Rent

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$250 KING Pillow Top Mattress & Box set (3pc)-Brand New, Never Used

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Go the extramile: its nevercrowded. -Anon.

I have never been a knight in shiningarmor. Nor have I ever been a man inuniform (Cub Scouts and organized teamsports notwithstanding). Certainly I havebeen a fish out of water and on occasion, Iwill admit to having been a bit of awallflower. I may not be the mostmemorable character you’ll ever meet, butnor am I totally forgettable, either. I try notto take up too much space (figurativelyspeaking) and require very little attention aswell. Left alone, I will not wither and die.

Basically, I need to be fed and watereddaily, just like our mini rex rabbit, Chester;he seems fairly content to nibble his kibble,crinkle his nose, drink his water, inhale hiskale, and toss his toys from side to side andseems not bitter at all when he uses hislitter. When out and about (about 30minutes a day), he hips and hops andchews everything in sight, and a few thingswe can’t see so he needs to be monitoredat all times (not unlike some people Iknow).

Left well enough alone, he will causegoat-like carnage in the house (he’s anindoor bunny). He’s already chewedComcast cable wires, “Monster” brandstereo cables, newspapers and magazines,the fringe on Oriental rugs, upholstery andanything and everything he can get hisbuck teeth on. As simple and mundane ashis routine/life appears to be, he seemscontent, so far as we know. I mean, wehaven’t received any complaints as yet, andhe’s been a member of the family going onfive years.

It seems like the responsibilities I have —and fulfill — with respect to care-giving ouranimals (four at present; two cats, one dogand of course, Chester), are the closest I’llget to wearing shining armor. And yet, I’lllikely never know if that’s how my actionsare perceived. Will a cat rubbing his hindquarters against my leg or curling his tailunder my nose mean love, gratitude andappreciation? Or will he merely bescratching an itch and I’m the closest thingaround? Does my dog Bailey’s closeproximity to my body indicate his love forme or am I simply protection from a nearbydraft or is it a non-verbal queue to “treat”him as soon as I get up? Is Chester’s lickingof my hand yet another sign of love andaffection or is it, as my wife, Dina, hassuggested, merely his need for salt andmoisture (a salt lick is a recommended in-cage necessity for rabbits)?

Obviously the animals can’t talk to me(unless this was a Disney movie), but theiractions speak volumes, right? I am theirhero, their universe, their savior. Withoutme (and Dina, too) their life would bedifficult, incomplete you might say. Theireyes, their focused glares, tell me all I needto know. And though they are not bloodrelatives, they are family nonetheless andproviding their cradle to grave needs givesme a certain stature — and pride — that Idon’t think I would otherwise have, norhave ever had not having been in uniform— or armor — in my life (not countingHalloween, either).

Granted, there’s more to life than animalmagnetism, but given my modest demandsand familial associations, I’m fairly contentto walk quietly — and write weekly — as tomy comings and goings, misgivings, faultsand foibles and stick it to the man; thatman most often being me. It’s easy to takeshots at others, anybody can do that. I’drather stick to the subject matter I knowbest; me, myself and I. It may not be muchbut it beats the alternative.

Kenny Lourie is an Advertising Representative forThe Almanac & The Connection Newspapers.

Write On!By KENNETH B. LOURIE


703-495-6200# 1 in Virginia

This BurkeCentre home was

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glass, open floorplan! 4 BRs, 3 BAs, Updated GourmetKit w/Stainless, Master w/Sitting Area & Fireplace!Located on a country lane, 1 acre backing to 2+ acresof common woods! Clifton ES, Robinson SS!

Call Marsha 703-618-4397 or see photos atwww.marshawolber.com

Clifton $1,075,000Amazing Tudor style home with over 7,000 sq. ft. ofexquisitely decorated living space. Impressive 2-story foyer &family room leads to gourmet kitchen with dining area,breakfast bar, island and lots of light. Fully finished basementwith game room, exercise room, studio, guest bedroom &fantastic wet bar. 1,400 sq. ft. deck features large gazebo &hot tub and overlooks landscaped yard.

Laurel Hill Call For PricingSpectacular Compton Model on premium lot. This 3-sidedbrick Colonial features 6 BR’s, 6.5 BA’s and over 6,400 sq. ft.of living space. Incredible Gourmet Kitchen w/ Viking range& GE Monogram appliances. Enormous walk-out basementw/ full wet bar, exercise room, media room & bedroom withfull bath. Master bedrooms on both upper and main levels.

LISTING YOUR HOME? CALL LONG AND FOSTER’S #1 OFFICE!Call Dale Gabardy at 703-425-8000 • E-mail: [email protected]

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DIANA WHITFIELDLifetime Member NVAR Top Producer

www.DianaWhitfield.com703-503-1830


BETTY BARTHLE 703-425-4466OVER 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE • TOP PRODUCER NVAR & MILLION

DOLLAR SALES CLUBe-mail: [email protected]: www.bettybarthle.com

ELLIE WESTER703-503-1880L&F Founder’s Club

Lifetime NVAR Top ProducerLife Member, NVAR Million

Dollar Sales [email protected]

Steve Childress“Experience…with

Innovation!”Life Member NVAR Top Producer

Buyer Broker since 1973!703-981-3277

Sheila Adams703-503-1895

Life Member, NVAR Multi–MillionDollar Sales Club

Life Member,NVAR TOP PRODUCERS

Ann Witherspoon703-503-1836

CRS, Associate BrokerLife Member, NVAR Multi–MillionDollar Sales ClubLife Member, NVAR TOP PRODUCERS

Barbara Nowak& Gerry Staudte“My Virginia Home Team”703-503-1802, 703-503-1894gerry.staudte@longandfoster.comwww.MyVirginiaHomeTeam.com

SARAH SWANEY703-503-1822

“Call Sarah for allyour real estate needs”

Marsha Wolber, ABRTop 5% of Agents Nationwide703-618-4397e-mail: [email protected]

NGOC DO & ASSOCIATES703-798-2899www.ngocdo.com

NANCY BASHAMAssociate Broker

Lifetime Member NVARTop Producer

[email protected] (703) 772-2066

Fairfax - Middleridge $514,000Stunning, Updated, Immaculate, Seldom Seen 4-level SplitLevel w/Hardwood Floors on 2-Levels & New Windows.Kitchen Updated including Cabinets, Granite Counters,& Appliances. 5 BRs, 3 Full Baths (Updated). Walk-out Fam.Rm. w/FP.

For a private appointment call Sheila Adams703.503.1895.

One-of-a-kind in Burke $647,000Stunning 4 BR, 2.5 BA, 3 lvl, 2-car gar. SF w/ multipleupgrades. Hdwd flrs, vaulted ceiling, breakfast rm. &2nd gas fp off remodeled Kit. Skylights, solar tubes, newwindows, prof landscaping front & back. Walk-out fromfamily rm. & bsmt. Much, much more you have to see!Terrific community - convenient to VRE, transportation,schools & shopping.

Spacious Burke Colonial $629,000Gorgeous Colonial w/ 4 BR & 3.5 BAs, Hrdwd flrs inFoyer, LR & DR. Ceramic tile backsplash, Bosch DW,cooktop & wall oven in Kit. W/O French Doors in FR.Huge MBA w/ Sep tub & shower. Fin LL w/ Rec. Rm.,full BA, 2nd laundry area & storage. Terrific location easy access to all amenities!

BurkeWATERS EDGE

$2,650/moRARE Opportunity! ModelHome condition TH back-ing to woods w/ wide viewsof LAKE BARTON! MANYUPGRADES/EXTRASINCL: GRANITE Kitchenw/ Upgraded appliances

overlooking Fam. Rm. w/skylights & fireplace! HUGE Liv.Rm. w/2nd fireplace opens to NEW deck overlooking lake! 3BRs, 3 1⁄2 updated GRANITE baths! Walk-out Bsmt w/ Lge.fRec. Rm.+ Hobby/Mud Rm! 1-2 yr lease/pets consideredcase by case. HURRY!

Call Steve Childress NOW for showing 703-981-3277

Manassas $325,000 Wooded Cul-de-Sac

3 BR, 2BA SF Home w/1-Car Gar. GraniteCounters & New Pergo Kit Flrs. Fin. LL RRw/WB FP. Large Deck overlooking 1+ AcreWooded Lot.

Burke$321,900

FORECLOSURE3 Level Townhouse,3BR, 2 Full BA, 2 HalfBA, Stepdown LivingRoom w/ Fireplace,Walkout Rec. Rm. toFenced Yard.2 Parking Spaces.

Gainesville $499,9004 bdrm, 3 1⁄2 bath on 18th green inVirginia Oaks. Hardwood floorson main level. 9 foot ceilings.Spacious rec. rm., den,exercise rm& full bath on LL. 2 story foyer.Great family rm. & kitchen withcenter island & lots of cabi-nets/counter space. Minutes togolf club house.

Come to the Heartof Real EstateKAY HART1-703-250-HART1-888-529-HART

Ashburn $344,500NEW LISTING!

Shows like a model!3-Finished Levels +Walk-out to Trees! – HWFloors – New CarpetNew Roof (2007) – DeckVaulted CeilingsDeluxe Master BAw/Separate Tub &Shower – Gas FPFIRST TIME OPEN!

Clifton$624,900

LittleRocky Run

Spectacularhome, eachbedroom has itsown full

bathroom, 3 finished levels, new paint, carpet, greatyard in cul-de-sac location. Shows like brand new!

Call Kay for Open House schedule703-503-1860

Fairfax$700,000

SecretGardens

So many placesto rest and enjoythis beautifulhalf acre lot inThe Ridges of

Glendilough. Exquisite interior with artistic touchesthroughout to complement the three finished updatedlevels. Two sunporches add even more living spaceand the finished lower level offers additional space forentertaining. Oakview/Frost/Woodson School area!

Call Ellie Wester 703-503-1880

703.503.1836 or [email protected]

CHRISTINE ZINSERREALTOR®

703-503-1861Search the Entire MLS atwww.christinezinser.com

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