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The fight against gangactivity in NorthernVirginia received a

financial boost last week inthe form of an $850,000check from the Department ofJustice Assets Forfeiture Fund.U.S. Marshal for the EasternDistrict of Virginia BobbyMathieson presented thecheck to Ray Colgan, execu-tive director of the NorthernVirginia Regional Gang TaskForce. The raid of an illegalgambling operation in FallsChurch in August 2011 led tocriminal asset forfeiture ofmore than $1 million.

The Northern VirginiaRegional Gang Task Force is amulti-jurisdictional partner-ship of local, state and federallaw enforcement agencies thataddress gang activity inNorthern Virginia throughdedicated officers and re-sources, thereby making theregion inhospitable to gangactivity.

The funds received lastweek will be used for ex-penses such as a tattooremoval program, car leases,police overtime, equipmentand training.

U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10)attended the presentation andspoke about his appreciationfor the hard work of law

enforcement officers on thetask force and how theirefforts have made the commu-nity a much safer place.

The Department of JusticeAsset Forfeiture Programencompasses the seizure andforfeiture of assets thatrepresent the proceeds of, orwere used to facilitate, federalcrimes. The primary missionof the program is to employasset forfeiture powers in amanner that enhances publicsafety and security. This isaccomplished by removing theproceeds of crime and otherassets relied upon by crimi-nals and their associates toperpetuate their criminalactivity against society. Assetforfeiture has the power todisrupt or dismantle criminalorganizations that wouldcontinue to function if weonly convicted and incarcer-ated specific individuals.

Law enforcement equitablesharing payments, such as theone made to the task forcelast week, are paid to stateand local law enforcementagencies for assistance inforfeiture cases. Equitablesharing payments are calcu-lated using the degree ofdirect participation in lawenforcement efforts resultingin forfeiture.

Gang Task ForceReceives $850,000

U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of VirginiaBobby Mathieson, Executive Director of the NorthernVirginia Regional Gang Task Force Ray Colgan, Con-gressman Frank Wolf, Falls Church City Police ChiefHarry Reitze, Leesburg Police Chief Joseph Price, FBISpecial Agent in Charge Ronald Hosko, and U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia NeilMacBride attended the ceremony June 22, in which acheck for $850,000 was presented to the NorthernVirginia Regional Gang Task Force from the Depart-ment of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund.

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Whoever coined the quip “like herdingcats,” must have had in mind the fi-nancing of the Dulles Rail Project. Itrequires getting consensus from two

county boards of supervisors, Fairfax and Loudoun,the Federal government, the Virginia government andtherefore the governor and state legislature and theWashington Metropolitan Airport Authority.

The project’s course, so far, brings to mind anotherquip; “the perils of Pauline.” From an argument overa tunnel under Tysons Corner to disputes about un-derground facilities at Dulles Airport, the project hasslipped from one crisis to another. Even if the railproject’s second phase were to go smoothly from hereon out, it will take as long to build the 23 mile metroline as it took to build the Transcontinental Railroad.

However, the word “smoothly” does not seem ap-plicable since the most recent “peril” is the LoudounCounty Board of Supervisors.

In the 2011 elections, Republicancandidates won every seat on theboard in a voter rejection of the spend-thrift actions of their predecessors.

THE NEW BOARD has approachedthe funding question with suspicion,but must make a decision to opt in orout of the project by July 4. If the boardsupports the project, the county willhave to pay some $270 million in con-struction costs and $11 million a yearto help finance Metro’s operating costs.

The members have met several timesover the past few months trying, with-out success, to find methods to fundthe county’s share.

The board has set one more meet-ing before the fourth.

Vice Chairman Janet Clark (R-BlueRidge) wrote a letter to her constitu-

ents on June 7 setting out her concerns. She saidalthough the line’s extension was considered foryears, the “prior boards merely endorsed the con-cept of rail to Loudoun, they did nothing to establisha means for paying for it.”

She said the original concept was that the rail linewould be paid for by federal dollars and state funds,but now there are no federal dollars and Virginia’sone time contribution of $150 million will only beenough to “buy down the Dulles Toll Road/267 tollsfor two years,” she said. Some 54 percent of the fund-ing must now come from Dulles Toll Road revenue,she said. The tolls, which will grow astronomicallyas the costs of the rail grow, are considered a tax onthe people of Loudoun. There is a lawsuit in federalcourt that may threaten the tolls as a funding sourcefor the metro. The class action suit challengedMWAA’s authority to level taxes under Virginia lawand may be decided later this year.

Clark writes the Silver Line Metro won’t be run-ning until 2017 so the county will have to build thestations before the revenue from station parking be-gins.

Clark warned her constituents that there could betax districts formed in the rail areas and “possibly acounty-wide tax on commercial and industrial prop-erties.” In some incorporated towns, she said, therecould be three levels of tax, a development “thatcould put some of our small businesses out of busi

Crews continue to use ahuge bright yellow hori-zontal crane to build thebridges for rail fromRoute 7 to the median ofthe Dulles InternationalAirport Access Highway/Dulles Toll Road. Thiswork is expected to becompleted in July.

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Great Falls residents Beth and DavidSansbury are no strangers to travel. Thetwo of them count 67 countries they’vevisited. But after long careers in the CIA,

they had enough of being cooped up in an office. Soafter retirement, they began spending their days out-doors pursuing their true passions: hiking, biking,kayaking and touring local attractions.

“Soon we made it into a pretty serious thing, we’dset aside a day whenever we could and make a trip,”Beth Sansbury said. “We started writing down thetrips we would take, then we began telling our friendsabout it and soon it became a much more formalthing.”

For the Sansburys, making a formal thing resultedin their book “52 Perfect Day Trips for Fit Adults inthe Greater Washington Area.” In the book, the twooutline 52 separate full day trips that consist of ahike, bike or kayak trip for half a day, then a half dayat a local attraction.

“We’re high energy people, so that’s what we wroteabout in the book and why we say ‘for fit adults,’”she said.

The book is three years in the making, as theSansburys began documenting their day trips, notsure where it might lead.

“Once we got about 30 trips in we got a lot morestructured about where we would visit and took amore systematic approach to make sure we werecovering all the areas north, south east and west,”David Sansbury said.

THE BOOK covers an area no longer than a one-and-a-half hour drive from the D.C. area, and goesas far north as Frederick, Md., south to OrangeCounty, Va., east to Chestertown, Md. And west tothe Shenandoah.

“Having lived here since college, I was amazedwhen we started seeing how many great places wereso close,” Beth Sansbury said. “One of the most in-teresting places we saw was only about five miles

from where we live along theGeorge Washington Parkway.There’s a path with all these wa-terfalls, all between the ChainBridge down to Georgetown, andthey were beautiful. I drove along

that road every day for years and never knew theywere there.”

Each trip is meant to be a full day’s journey thereand back, and includes a lunch recommendation fora local eatery. David said he is still amazed at therange of experiences.

“There’s geographic diversity, places of incrediblehistorical significance, homes that presidents havelived in,” he said. “We discovered places filled withhistory, beautiful architecture, stunning gardens andsecret trails.”

Some trips can be made year-round, others aremeant to be taken advantage of in certain weather.All the trips include directions, why the destinationis worthwhile and details of what visitors can expectto see.

“Hopefully the book can act as a timesaver,” DavidSansbury said. “We spent a lot of time working outthe places to visit, the places to eat and writing downdirections, so it’s all there.”

One trip advises travelers to take a section of theBilly Goat Trail (located on the Maryland side of GreatFalls) to the Glen Echo house of Clara Barton (whobrought the International Red Cross to America).Another advises a trip to Fountainhead RegionalPark’s Occoquan Reservoir for a boating trip, lunchat the Haveabite Eatery in Fairfax and finishing atthe Fairfax Museum.

THE COUPLE make a good pair, with David tend-ing more toward the research side of things and Bethmore of a natural writer when it came to organizingtheir thoughts and findings.

“To be honest, we did the research beforehand, sowe didn’t make too many trips that were left on thecutting room floor,” Beth Sansbury said. “But throughDavid’s research, we have huge packets of informa-tion about locations, probably enough for a secondbook.”

Their book, “52 Perfect Day Trips,” is available asa hard copy at Amazon, and as a color e-book atwww.lulu.com. The book includes pictures of mosttrips.

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Sierra Club/Great Falls GroupActivist Night. 7-9 p.m. OaktonLibrary, 10304 Lynnhaven Place,Oakton. If you are concerned about

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ness.”On Tuesday Clarke and two other board members

said they wanted an extension of the deadline untilDecember, but BOS chairman Scott York (R-At large)said there would be no extension and the decisionmust be made on July 4.

At this juncture, people who followed the debatebelieve that there are four members of the nine mem-ber board in favor of the Silver Line and four mem-bers against. Board member Suzanne Volpe of theAlgonkian District, a Republican, is reportedly un-committed. Volpe is a resident of Sterling, Va. Thevote is so unclear, however, that nobody wanted tobe quoted guessing the outcome.

AS THE DEADLINE NEARS, there is growing ireon either side of the debate. Right wing groups haveattacked the Silver Line project as a tax. Accordingto the Washington Post, a group funded by the Kochbrothers, a pair of conservative Kansas billionaires,have conducted robbo calls in the county saying thatfunding the Silver Line will mean a “bailout for de-velopers.”

Clark and other opponents claim they have faced“strong-arming and veiled threats by some develop-ers and elected officials.”

Stephen S. Fuller, the director of the George Ma-son University’s Center for Regional Analysis, pre-pared a report in March which warned, if Loudoundoes not go along with the Silver Line, “the county’seconomy will grow more slowly, driven by gains in

lower value added employment and imported incomeearned by residents commuting to jobs located out-side the county.” He saw a loss of $11.2 billion inforegone economic activity in 2030 and $25.6 bil-lion lower gross county product in 2040 “than hadMetrorail been extended to the county as planned.”

Throughout there has been major criticism by Re-publicans of the MWAA’s unwillingness answer to anylevel of government. MWAA was forced to abandonan extensive underground welcoming facility atDulles and late last week agreed to cancel a laborrule that favored organized labor under pressure fromthe governor and Rep. Frank Wolf, (R-10). Wolf hasurged a federal inspector general be appointed tooversee MWAA’s finances.

But Wolf said earlier this month that he firmly sup-ports the Silver Line serving Loudoun County. Hecalled it the most important project since the origi-nal Metro system.

Fairfax BOS chairman Sharon Bulova has calledupon Fairfax’s federal representatives to work harderto reopen the question of federal funds for Phase 2.Some $900 million in federal money contributed toPhase 1 of Dulles Rail which runs through WiehleAvenue in Reston and will be completed in 2013.

She quoted Transportation Secretary Ray LaHoodsaying that Metro is “America’s system providingmillions of riders to the nation’s Capital” and the fed-eral government needs to find money in its 2013 and2014 budgets to complete the project.

Jack Potter, president and the chief executive of-ficer of MWAA, has said that even if Loudoun optsout of the project the Silver Line will be built.

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Case Closed. Why the Secrecy?No reason for police to exercise “blanket”approach, shielding every document in every case.

Editorial

Connection readers know that werespect and appreciate our publicsafety professionals. Members oflocal police and fire and rescue

departments are motivated by their deep com-mitment to serve and protect our local com-munities. We honor those with our coverageof valor awards, features on police efforts tocurb drunk driving and distracted driving, andtragically sometimes a death in the line of duty.

While police earn and deserve a special con-sideration, police departments in Northern Vir-ginia should let go of their relentless pursuitof secrecy. Police departments all over the coun-try routinely allow access to police reports,incident reports and many other documentswithout harm, documents that police hererefuse to allow the public to see.

The first paragraph of Virginia Freedom ofInformation Act, passed by the General Assem-bly in 1968, states that all public records “shallbe presumed open.” But the legislation includesan exception that allows police to withhold“complaints, memoranda, correspondence,

case files or reports, witness statements andevidence.”

Police officials in Fairfax, Arlington and Al-exandria have adopted what they call a “blan-ket” approach to using their exemption. Thatmeans they have decided to withhold any docu-

ment they can without anyanalysis of whether theyshould. Police chiefs and pros-ecutors from across the com-

monwealth have spoken out against any effortto undermine their broad power of exemption.

Senate Bill 711, originally introduced in2010 by state Sen. John Edwards (D-21)and up for discussion again this week,would limit the blanket withholding of in-formation to ongoing investigations. Thiscould allow for the public release of docu-ments in closed cases such as the one con-ducted by the Arlington Police Departmentabout the death of Hailu Brook. In Decem-ber, 2008, Fairfax County police officerschased 19-year-old Hailu Brook across thecounty line into Arlington and shot him

dead. Brook, a senior at Yorktown HighSchool, had reportedly robbed a BB&T inMcLean.

The autopsy report, one of the few docu-ments his parents were able to obtain, showsthat the teen was shot 20-25 times by threeofficers with large caliber handguns. Baffledby what happened to their son, the parentssought access to police reports and documents,but even now that the case is closed, their re-quests have been denied.

Police wield power unlike any other entity— the power to detain and question, the powerto arrest, the power to respond with force whennecessary, sometimes deadly force.

With that power, comes responsibility — theresponsibility to operate openly and with trans-parency, the responsibility to make availablethe greatest possible amount of information,especially the responsibility to provide thepublic with a full picture of what happenedwhen something goes wrong.

Somewhere along the way, police leaders inArlington, Alexandria and Fairfax have goneastray in their control of information.

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Getting the FullPictureTo the Editor:

This week’s mail delivered themost recent Comstock Connection,the newsletter our Delegate, Bar-bara Comstock, uses to keep herconstituents informed of her ac-tivities down in Richmond.

In her opening statement, Ms.Comstock wisely notes, “Manybills we pass never make the head-lines, but they do impact our ev-eryday lives.” I agree completely.We are aware of the bills

that made news during the lastlegislative session, however, it isjust as enlightening to find outabout the bills that didn’t receive

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as much publicity, and I just wishthat the newsletter had gone

further to give a true picture ofher positions on issues importantto the voters in her district.

For example: The newsletterhighlights Ms. Comstock’s supportof legislation that would ensurethat our tax dollars are being spenton transportation solutions for ourlocal traffic woes. But the fact is,Ms. Comstock also supported sev-eral bills that take away local con-trol of comprehensive transporta-tion planning. If there is no localcontrol, the state can continue touse Northern Virginia’s economicsuccess as a cash cow for the restof the state. This seems at oddswith the successes Ms. Comstocktouts in her newsletter.

Ms. Comstock claims that shesupports legislation that cracksdown on crime. In fact, bills sup-ported by Ms. Comstock may makeVirginia a much more dangerousstate. Legislation she supportedwould now allow concealed fire-arms to be carried in cars, and intobars and restaurants serving li-quor. In addition, she supported abill that lifted the limit on thenumber of firearms that can bepurchased in a 30-day period.Does this make you feel safer?

Finally, another area Ms.Comstock highlights as an achieve-ment is in the area of women’shealth. While it is true that she co-sponsored a bill mandating disclo-sure of the health risks posed

by dense breast tissue, it is astretch for Ms. Comstock to say she“supports” women’s health. Shehas consistently voted to defundorganizations devoted to provid-ing health services to poor

and at risk women. During thislast session, she supported a billprohibiting the use of Medicaidbenefits to pay for abortions evenin the cases of fetuses that a phy-sician certifies would be born witha “totally incapacitating” physicaldeformity or mental deficiency.

Ms. Comstock is our Delegate,and she is supposed to be represent-ing our values. Even though she isnot up for re-election this Novem-ber, it is important to know whereshe stands, and how she votes, onall of the issues, and to make ouropinions of her actions known.

As Ms. Comstock urges, lookbeyond the headlines, but get thefull picture. You may be surprisedat what you see.

Jeff CosbyMcLean

Siding withPollutersTo the Editor:

On June 20, Senators Warnerand Webb sided with polluters in-stead of standing up for Virginians’health when they voted for a billto block much-needed mercurypollution standards for power

plants.Mercury exposure can lead to

learning disabilities and develop-mental disorders in children, andalready one in ten Americanwomen of childbearing age hasmercury levels in her blood highenough to put her baby at risk.Knowing that I fall into the cat-egory of childbearing age, it fright-ens me to know Senators Warnerand Webb were willing to risk achild’s health by voting “yes” forthe bill.

Thankfully the Obama adminis-tration recently finalized a stan-dard to clean up mercury pollu-tion from power plants. The newstandard will cut mercury pollu-tion from power plants by 90 per-cent.

But on June 20, the U.S. Senatevoted on a bill to block the newstandard. ºThankfully, despiteSenators Warner and Webb’s votes,the Senate rejected this bill, whichwould have put up to 11,000American lives at risk every year—and potentially caused health de-fects in children who have yet toexperience life.

Environment Virginia urgesSenators Warner and Webb tostand up for Virginians’ health andour environment in the future bysupporting these commonsensemeasures to protect our kids’health.

Morgan O’NeilEnvironment Virginia

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The Fairfax County Park Authority and the NorthernVirginia Regional Park Authority will hold a joint publiccomment meeting on Monday, July 9, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.in Rooms 106/107 of the Herrity Building located at 12055Government Center Parkway, Fairfax, VA. This meetingwill provide an opportunity for residents to learn aboutplans for a bond referendum this fall and to comment onthe bond program highlights.

In May, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisorsauthorized a $75 million Park Bond referendum as partof the Fiscal Year 2013 through 2017 Capital ImprovementPlan (CIP). This referendum, if approved by voters thisfall, would provide $12 million for the Northern VirginiaRegional Park Authority and $63 million for the FairfaxCounty Park Authority.

The Fairfax County Park Authority has worked hard tocreate a balanced approach to capital improvements.Using the Needs Assessment 10-year capital plan, facilitycondition assessments, park master plans and stake-holder input as tools for project selection, the allocationof park bonds would fall into three categories: steward-ship and land acquisition, facility renovations, and parkdevelopment. The project list balances priority needs,reinvestment in aging facilities, advancement of phasedprojects and improving the park experience.

The Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority utilizes asimilar approach to allocating park bond funds, takinginto account user needs, the capital improvement pro-gram, the strategic plan and existing facility conditions.

At the July meeting, staff will present the categoricalhighlights of the bond and will take public comment.Individuals and groups are welcome to speak. Individualsmay speak for three minutes and representatives fromgroups may testify for five minutes. To sign up to speakin advance or for moreinformation, contact the Public Information Office at703-324-8662. You may also sign up to speak at themeeting. The public may also submit written commentsto the Park Authority at 12055 Government CenterParkway, Suite 927 Fairfax, VA 22035-1118 or [email protected].

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a.m.-2 p.m. Meadowlark BotanicalGardens, 9750 Meadowlark GardensCourt, Vienna. The Northern VirginiaDaylily Society will exhibit a varietyof daylily blooms. Bare-root plantsoffered for sale. Daylily walking tourat 10 a.m. Free. 703-255-3631.

The Skatalites and Murphy’s Kids.8 p.m. Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave.East, Vienna.www.janmminjava.com.

Wolf Trap Opera Company: VocalColors. 6:30 p.m. Wolf Trap Centerfor the Performing Arts, 1551 TrapRoad, Vienna. Filene Young Artistsperform. Preshow talk one hourbefore performance.www.wolftrap.org.

Ted Garber. 7:30 p.m. Nottoway Park,9537 Courthouse Road, Vienna.Blues, Americana and rock. Free.703-324-7469.

Reptiles Alive. 2:30 p.m. DolleyMadison Library, 1244 Oak RidgeAve., McLean. See a giant python, analligator and other reptiles fromaround the world. Age 6-12. 703-356-0770.

Sierra Club/Great Falls GroupActivist Night. 7-9 p.m. OaktonLibrary, 10304 Lynnhaven Place,Oakton. If you are concerned aboutthe environment, considercommitting two hours a month toworking with staff and volunteers oncurrent Sierra Club campaigns atActivist Nights. Free. 703-352-2410.

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Eric Brace and Peter Cooper. 10:30a.m. Filene Center, 1551 Trap Road,Vienna. Country melodies and lyrics.$8-$10 at 1-877-WOLFTRAP orwww.wolftrap.org/TITW.

Wolf Trap Opera Company: DonGiovanni. 8 p.m. Wolf Trap Centerfor the Performing Arts, 1551 TrapRoad, Vienna. Preshow talk one hourbefore performance.www.wolftrap.org.

Friday Afternoon Chess Group. 1p.m. Great Falls Library, 9830Georgetown Pike, Great Falls. Playersof all ages and all skill levelswelcome. 703-757-8560.

“The Prince and the Troubadour.”8 p.m. 1st Stage Theater, 1524Spring Hill Road, McLean. All ticketsare for general admission seating.$10. 703-854-1856 or [email protected].

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Smithsonian and Jammin Javapresent Billy Jonas. 10:30 a.m.and 12:30 p.m. Jammin’ Java, 227Maple Ave. E., Vienna.www.jamminjava.com.

John Wesley Harding. 7 p.m.Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave. E.,Vienna. www.jamminjava.com.

Eric Brace and Peter Cooper. 10:30a.m. Filene Center, 1551 Trap Road,Vienna. Country melodies and lyrics.$8-$10 at 1-877-WOLFTRAP orwww.wolftrap.org/TITW.

Author Martha D. Peterson. 2 p.m.Dolley Madison Library, 1244 OakRidge Ave., McLean. “The WidowSpy: My CIA Journey From theJungles of Laos to Prison in Moscow”.Book signing to follow. Adults. 703-356-0770.

“The Prince and the Troubadour.”2 p.m. 1st Stage Theater, 1524Spring Hill Road, McLean. All ticketsare for general admission seating.

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Lost Dog & Cat Rescue AdoptionEvent. 1-4 p.m. PetSmart, 8204Leesburg Pike, Tysons Corner.Adoption events every Sunday. http://lostdogrescue.org/ and click onAdoptions.

25th Annual International HolyConvocation of the New BornLighthouse Church of theApostolic Faith, Inc. Services at 10a.m. and 7 p.m. The SheratonPremiere at Tyson’s Corner, 8661Leesburg Pike, Vienna.www.nblchurch.org or 301-499-2105.

Summer Sunday Concerts in thePark. 5 p.m. McLean Central Park,1468 Dolley Madison Blvd, McLean.Take a trip around the world withSummer 2012’s multicultural musicconcerts. www.mcleancenter.org.

“The Prince and the Troubadour.”2 p.m. 1st Stage Theater, 1524Spring Hill Road, McLean. All ticketsare for general admission seating.$10. 703-854-1856 or [email protected].

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Colvin Run Dance Hall, 10201 ColvinRun Road, Great Falls. Introductorydance lesson 7:15 p.m., dancing 8-10:30 p.m. Swing, Latin, waltz,country and more. $10 per person,includes lesson and snacks. Nopartner necessary. colvinrun.org. orEd [email protected].

DinoRock. 10:30 a.m. Filene Center,1551 Trap Road, Vienna. Giantcolorful puppets created by theEmmy Award-winning puppetdesigner Ingrid Crepeau offer songs,skits and dances. $8-$10 at 1-877-WOLFTRAP or www.wolftrap.org/TITW.


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Town of Vienna Celebrates July4th. 5 p.m. Southside Park, 1315Ross Drive SW, Vienna. Activitiesfrom 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. will includefood and drink for sale, games andrides, arts and crafts vendors,community organization booths,antique cars, a chili cook-off andmusic. Fireworks show will begin at9:15 p.m. Spectator seating areasopen at 5 p.m. www.viennava.gov.

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Summer Fun 2012

By Alex McVeigh

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The Potomac Rivermakes up the easternborder of Great Falls,and this summer the

two parks located alongside it willbe brimming with summer activi-ties over the next few months, asRiverbend Park and Great FallsPark will host a variety of classes,trips and educational sessions.

The Fairfax County Park Author-ity will be hosting a variety of newcamps and programs at RiverbendPark, as well as their historic prop-erties the Grange, Dranesville Tav-ern and the Forestville School-house.

“This summer is kind of an all-time high for us, there’s a lot go-ing on and I think the public willreally like what we have to offer,”said Ethan Kuhnhenn, recreationprograms manager at Riverbend.“We’re offering over 30 camps forkids ages 3 to 15. This gives us achance to do some really cool pro-grams, because we don’t have thatmuch indoor space at Riverbend.”

The park authority will offerprograms in new astronomy, ge-ology, digital art, photography,basket weaving and more, for chil-dren and adults.

“We’ll also have the usual boat-ing, fishing and fitness programswe’ve been running for the pastfew years,” Kuhnhenn said. “We’vealso been blessed with the oppor-tunity to get new canoes, theFriends of Riverbend Park securedus a grant for 10 or 12 new ca-noes, so we’ll be running a lot ofnew canoeing programs.”

welcomes almost 500,000 peopleper year. The plants and animalsthat reside in the park representinterests for almost every kind ofoutdoor enthusiast.

“The rocky outcroppings seesome really unique formations ofrock and vegetation that exist justdownstream of the falls,” saidBrent O’Neill of Great Falls Park.“Down through the PotomacGorge we have all these uniqueenvironments that are consideredglobally rare.”

Popular activities at Great FallsPark include wildflower, birdwatching and hiking. Interns andvolunteers will be helping withseveral new programs, includinggeology and photography pro-grams.

“We have a junior ranger pro-gram for anyone with young kidsin the family, ages 5 to 10... kidscan come out and work on a book-let and earn a Junior Rangerbadge,” O’Neill said.

A FestiveFourth of July

Celebrate Great Falls will host its an-nual Fourth of July HometownCelebration, starting at 8 a.m. Wednes-day, July 4. The Great Falls FreedomMemorial will be the site of the annual5K Walk/Run, and the annual Little Pa-triot Parade at 9 a.m. at the VillageCentre. Babies and toddlers up to age 5are invited to don patriotic attire andwalk around the Village Green.

The main parade, which will make aloop around the village, will start at 10a.m. and feature a variety of classic cars,community floats and other organiza-tions.

The village green will host games andother activities until 12:30, and then theannual fireworks and other activitieswill begin at Turner Farm at 6 p.m.

More information can be found atwww.celebrategreatfalls.org.

Guests at Langley High School watch the annual fire-works show, hosted by the McLean Community Center.

RiverbendPark, withextensiveplant andwildliferesources,will hostmany activi-ties for allages andinterests thissummer.

Having Fun Along the PotomacRiverbend, Great Falls Parks offer summer activities.

Riverbend also offers kayak andJon boat activities and most boat-ing activities will take place onFriday, Saturday and Sunday.

Kayaking and hiking fitness classesare also offered.

Great Falls Park is 800 acresalong the Potomac River, which

“We’ve also beenblessed with theopportunity to get newcanoes, the Friends ofRiverbend Parksecured us a grant for10 or 12 new canoes,so we’ll be running alot of new canoeingprograms.”

— Ethan Kuhnhenn, recreation

programs manager at Riverbend

Photo by

Alex McVeigh/

The Connection

In its 2011–2012 Season Finaleconcert on Saturday, June 2, TheMcLean Symphony (TMS) pre-miered a new composition,presented a suite of much-lovedarias, and performed Beethoven’sSymphony No. 9, 4th movementknown as the “Choral,” recog-nized for its powerful “Ode toJoy” theme. This concert markedcompletion of a year-long cel-ebration of 40 consecutive yearsof making music in the greaterDC area under the baton of mu-sic director Dingwall Fleary.Already looking toward anotherdecade, Maestro Fleary and theSymphony have performedthroughout the greater DC area inaddition to the regular concertseries in McLean.

In a program recognizing thehuman voice as “The First Instru-ment,” the concert included morethan fifty voices with the McLeanSymphony Festival Singers, pre-pared by Felicia Kessel Crawley.In addition to the Festival Sing-ers, The McLean Symphony wasjoined by four professional solo-ists, each of whom has previouslyperformed with the orchestra andMaestro Fleary. Soprano JoyceLundy, mezzo soprano ValerieKehembe Eichelberger, tenor An-tonio Giuliano and baritoneWilliam Powers sang the key so-loist roles of the “Ode to Joy,” inaddition to each being featured ina much-loved operatic aria byPuccini, Mozart or Bizet. The con-cert was introduced by televisionjournalist Roger Mudd, a long-time friend of The McLeanSymphony.

For the season’s crowningwork, The McLean Symphonymembers swelled to more than 70instrumentalists. Together withthe McLean Symphony FestivalSingers and the four featured soloartists, they brought Beethoven’sSymphony No. 9 “Choral” (“Odeto Joy”) to the McLean area. Thisis only the second time in 40years that Maestro Fleary has pre-sented the “Ode to Joy” in thisarea; the first time was the cel-ebration of 20 years ofconducting classical music inMcLean.

More information about TheMcLean Symphony is at thewebsite, www.mclean-symphony.org, and at theSymphony’s blogsite, http://mclean-symphony.blogspot.com.For additional information, writeto [email protected].

McLean Symphony Festi-val Singers DirectorFelicia Kessel Crawleyand baritone WilliamPowers at The McLeanSymphony’s SeasonFinale Concert, June 2.

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Cooling Off at Waterpark

The crowd at Atlantis Waterpark, located at Bull RunRegional Park in Centreville, hearing the dinging bell raceto stand underneath the 500 gallon dumping bucket onJune 20, one of the many exciting features of thewaterpark. The splash pad offers water cannons, show-ers, sprinklers, buckets and more. In addition the poolhas a 230-foot open slide and a 170 ride in an enclosedslide as well as a large wading pool and sand pit. Moreinformation at www.atlantisbullrun.com

The Schmid family, momAbbie, kids Addison, Cadenand Caleigh splash aroundin the Atlantis Waterpark,located at Bull Run Re-gional Park on June 20. Inaddition to the spaciouswading area and a sand pit,the park has a large poolwith an island of slides inthe middle, a splash padwith water cannons, show-ers, sprinklers and a 500gallon dumping bucket,and two large water slides.

Bryce Gilman of Centreville digs away in the sand pit atthe Atlantis Waterpark located at Bull Run Regional Parkon June 20. The park boasts a large pool with an islandof slides in the middle, a splash pad with water cannons,showers, sprinklers and a 500 gallon dumping bucket, aspacious wading pool and two large water slides.

Trying to beat the heat,Austin Pacheco ofCulpepper takes a ridedown a slide in the centerof the pool on June 20 atAtlantis Waterpark, locatedat Bull Run Regional Parkin Centreville. Thewaterpark boasts a 500gallon dumping bucket,many slides and a sand pit.

Elias Gilman of Centreville isa busy builder on June 20 atthe Atlantis Waterpark inCentreville. The park boasts alarge pool with an island ofslides in the middle, a splashpad with water cannons,showers, sprinklers and a 500dumping bucket, a spaciouswading pool and two largewater slides.

Photos by Deb Cobb/

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Summer Fun 2012


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Sports

Langley Wildthings VictoriousIn Season-Opener Swim MeetLocals are under new coaching staff; StingRays alsoopen summer with a win.

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The Langley Wildthings (1-0) won theopening meet of the 2012 season againstMansion House, 223-196, in an NVSLDiv. 5 meet held last Saturday, June 23.

The Wildthings swept three races: boys 9-10, 50-meters breaststroke (Jack Hoeymans, BenjaminScott, and Sean Mullery finishing first through third,respectively); girls 8-and-under 25 breaststroke(Liliana Schone, Helena Swaak, Natalie Schmanske);and boys 8-under, 25-butterfly (Luke Watson, DannyQuinn, Gardiner Tyler).

Two Langley individual records were broken: 13-year-old Jinwon Bailer in the boys 13-14, 50-butter-fly (29.16); and Liliana Schone in the girls 8-and-under 25-butterfly (20.26). As a point of interest,the former 25 butterfly record of 20.32 was held byLiliana’s older sister, Izzy!

One Langley Relay team record was broken - bythe girls’ 8-and-under100-free team of NatalieSchmanske, Kate Walter, Helena Swaak and LilianaSchone. The foursome timed at 1:18:97, betteringthe old record of 1:22:53.

Double winners for Langley were: Luke Watson,Vincent Watson, Jinwon Bailar, Emily Wallach, JackHoeymans, Elena Shklyar and Liliana Schone.

Single winners for Langley were: Maggie Bellaschi,Kate Walter, Zach Thompson, Nathan Johnson, KellyCrittenberger, Audrey Wallach, Jack Reilly andSchuyler Bailar.

THIS SUMMER’S Langley Wildthings enter theswim season under the training of a new team ofcoaches, all local and former NVSL swimmers them-selves.

Head coach Mason Walsh is assisted by Sam Speersand Will Brumas in working with the nearly 190-member Div. 5 team at The Langley Club in McLean.

All three coaches began swimming within the NVSLin early childhood. Walsh swam for the HerndonHammerheads, starting at age five, while Brumas andSpeers swam together for Hamlet Swim Club(McLean) for more than a decade.

Coach Walsh also swam collegiately for Virginia

Tech where she was an NCAA All- American. Sheplaced 12th at the U.S. Olympic Time Trials in the50-meters freestyle event.

While the Wildthings look forward to these cre-dentials helping them to put marks in the win col-umn this season, Coach Mason says her “biggest pri-ority is having fun. That’s what summer swimmingis all about.”

“Aside from being technically sound, team spirit isthe second priority,” added Mason. “That’s what weall loved about NVSL swimming growing up.”

Coaches Speers and Brumas concur. “The age rangeof summer swimmers, five to 18, gives you a uniqueset of relationships. Year-round swimmers can comeback to summer swim and get that same excitementthat you had when you were little. You get to growinto the team you started with. That makes swimming,which really is an individual sport, into a team sport.”

The Langley Wildthings is an NVSL summer swimteam offering a fun, team-oriented experience foryoungsters ages five to 18. The goal of the team is toprovide every member an opportunity to improveswimming skills and achieve success at his or herlevel of ability.

The RiverBend StingRays (Great Falls), in Domin-ion Country Club Swim League action this past Sat-urday, June 23, defeated Country Club of Fairfax,402.5 to 113.5. RiverBend improved to 2-0 on theyoung season.

The 200-meters, 13-14 girls relay team of MayaValcourt, Lauren Bell, Kate Hall and Micaela Grassibroke a team record with a time of 2:27.85. MicaelaGrassi, meanwhile, broke two team records - in 50-fly (31.47) and 50-backstroke(33.76).

StingRay swimmers Will Koeppen, Carter Bennett,Ryan Windus, Katherine Allen, and Micaela Grassieach won four events in the meet. Also, Anna Takis,Pearce Bloom and Sarah Allen won three blue rib-bons each, and Sara-Bailey Zeiller won two events.

Other first place winners included: Connor Smith,Taylor Maguire, Olivia Franke, Tommy Rogers, ColinO’Connor, Charlotte Bell, Matthew Dungan and Chris-topher Blankingship.

McLean High’s Joey Sullivan, shown here as a baserunner on third base, was named Second Team All-Liberty District this past baseball season.

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All-District Baseball: Thefollowing Langley High andMcLean High baseball playersearned All-District accoladesthis past 2012 spring season.From Langley (Liberty District),First Team All-District selectionswere Collin Cantwell (Outfield)and Matt Moser (Utility). Sec-ond Team Saxons were BrandonBast (Shortstop); Cal Jadacki(Third Base); and MichaelByrne (Pitcher). From McLeanHigh (Liberty District), FirstTeam honors went to Josh Sborz(Pitcher); Brock Hunter(Pitcher); and Hardy Cox (DH).Sborz was named the DistrictPlayer of the Year. The loneHighlander earning SecondTeam All-District accolades wasJoey Sullivan (DH).

McLean Youth Soccer(MYS) Premier Soccer Acad-emy Camp

began its weekly sessions thispast Monday, June 25, foryoungsters ages under-16through under-17. The weeklycamp sessions will run all sum-mer through Aug. 31. Half day,full day and elite evening ses-sions are available. Players fromall clubs are welcome. Sessionsare directed by MYS’ profes-sional staff. Registration is on-line on the club’s home page:www.mcleansoccer.org. Formore information, please [email protected].

Eric Reed of McLean washonored as the 2011 US YouthSoccer Administrator of theYear award recipient earlier thisyear on Feb. 17 at the US YouthSoccer Awards Gala, held inBoston. More than 1,000 indi-viduals were in attendance.

As treasurer of McLean YouthSoccer, Reed has played a piv-

otal role in bringing the club toa healthy financial position,enabling strategic investmentsin field improvements. Reedbrought modern business andfinancial practice expertise to aclub with more than 3,500 play-ers from nearly 2,500 familiesand a budget of nearly $2.5million. Reed has also served onthe McLean Youth Soccer Boardof Directors for almost fiveyears.

The recipient of the Admin-istrator of the Year award is se-lected by the US Youth SoccerBoard of Directors. The Admin-istrator of the Year Award hon-ors the extraordinary accom-plishments in administrationover a career.

Stuart High School inFalls Church will host its an-nual sports camps this summer.The girls’ combination Volley-ball-Basketball camp will beheld July 16-19 for grades kin-dergarten through fifth. Also,a girls’ Volleyball-Basketballcamp for youngsters sixththrough 10th grades will takeplace July 23-26. The boys’basketball Camp will be heldJune 25 through June 29. Formore information and to getregistration forms, go toraidersports.org.

Potomac Inline Hockeyin Chantilly is offering free, year-round ‘Learn to Skate, Learn toPlay’ lessons for youngsters inter-ested in playing inline hockey.Lessons are held on Saturdaymornings from 8-9 at The Box inChantilly. Registration can bedone online atwww.potomachockey.com. Con-tact [email protected] call 703-961-8280 for full de-tails.

Great Falls Connection Sports Editor Rich Sanders

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