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NewsGreat Falls Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic
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Great Falls Goes to PollsCitizens vote on county,General Assembly positions.
By Alex McVeigh
The Connection
Even though technically 2011 is an off year,Great Falls residents had plenty of reasonsto go to the polls Tuesday, as state senator,delegate, district supervisor and school
board positions were all up for grabs.For Sean O’Donough of Great
Falls, the school board raceswere of utmost importance.
“We’ve got a chance to choosefour members of the schoolboard this year, and this is the board that’s going tobe responsible for a lot of important decisions overtheir term,” he said. “While I respect what the in-cumbents have done, I think this election gives us achance to start over, not only in the Dranesville Dis-trict, but with all the At-large candidates as well. Ifwe want to see a change in this school system, this isthe day to make it.”
The Dranesville Supervisor race was also a hot-button issue, as incumbent John Foust (D) faced hisfirst challenger in Republican Dennis Husch.
“I think John Foust is a great guy, and he certainlymakes his presence felt in this area, but I also feelthat there’s a long list of things he’s let us down on,”said Mary Bailey of Great Falls. “That’s the reasonI’ve got to side with Mr. Husch.”
Steve Lewis of Great Falls says he feels Foust hasdone a lot in his first term, and would like to see himcontinue as supervisor.
“Not only is John involved at almost every level ofthis community, I think he’s proven himself to be anaccessible public official, which is very important atthe county level,” he said. “He’s made some greatstrides shaping the future of this district, and I’d hateto see that interrupted and have us start from squareone.”
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What do you think are the mostimportant issues in this election?
— Alex McVeigh
The Soil and Water Conservation District directorcandidates were also of interest to Great Falls, asmost residents are very concerned with keeping thesemi-rural nature of Great Falls.
“It’s nice to see Thomas Cranmer, a Great Falls resi-dent on the ballot,” said Valerie Ernst of Great Falls.“Conservation is certainly very important in this com-munity, and I think if we have one of our own upthere, we know our interests will be looked out for.”
Don Lowry, Great Falls“I think we need to get
away from the social engi-neering that is being pushedby the social conservatives,which I find offensive. Onmost fiscal matters, the twoparties can come together, butI also think it’s a mistake touse privatization to balancethe budget. We just need tocome to terms with theeconomic path we’re on, andshare responsibilities to payfor necessary services.”
Pam Gilbert, Great Falls“I’m concerned with all the
issues. This is a big localelection, where we can hireand fire people as we see fit.We’re deciding on the localofficials who do a lot of thesmall-picture stuff, all thehands-on stuff in this commu-nity, not just in Richmond orin Washington, D.C. These arethe people that show up inour Fourth of July parade andour Eagle Scout ceremonies.I’ve never met the governor,but I’ve met most of thepeople on the ballot today,and that’s important.”
Randy Revercomb, McLean“There are a lot of folks
challenging the incumbentson the school board to make itmore transparent, which isimportant. Having moretransparency means peopleare going to be treated better,such as parents and their kids,who are the students. It alsohelps the people who aredoing the work in the class-room, the teachers, who needto be treated fairly.”
Lou Brune, McLean“It’s just important to
participate in the democraticprocess. I was able to helpwith the first election theyheld in Bosnia, and I sawpeople lined up for hours inthe pouring rain, many ofwhom didn’t even haveelectricity to go home to, butthey had the ability to make adifference. Being able to voteis a symbol of hope andopportunities, and it gives usa chance to reset the clock onimportant issues every fewyears.”
The Great Falls Library is the polling place where many gathered Tuesday to decide onGeneral Assembly and county officials who will represent them over the next few years.
Voters make their decisions at LangleyHigh School Tuesday, where state senateand delegates, as well as county boardchairman, sheriff and Dranesville supervi-sor and school board were decided.
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proceeds and contributions from federaland state governments has created a pic-ture so confusing almost nobody can fol-low it.
Part of this “vision” is a Metro system offour stations allowing thousands of peopleto enter and leave Tysons Corner by rail.The first phase of the rail project, the so-called “Silver Line” is already under con-struction above the ground in Tysons.
Though the rail costs have no direct con-nection to the ground transportationchanges that must be made in Tysons, thelarge cost overruns of Phase 2 of the Dulles
Photo courtesy Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
One of the two blue and yellow trusses has made its wayto the median of Route 7 in Tysons Corner where it isbuilding the guideway between the future Tysons Central7 and Tysons West stations.
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By Nicholas Horrock
The Connection
As the Fairfax PlanningCommission works fu-riously to establish a
Tysons Corner Transportationcost payment plan before moredevelopment projects are ap-proved, the commission hear-ings are sending out danger signals to tax-payers and the citizens of McLean andVienna, the nearby communities.
At issue is the road and interchange con-struction to support the so-called “vision”of a new city of 100,000 people rising inTysons Corner, where now only some18,000 people reside and where thousandsarrive and leave every day by car creatingone of major auto tie ups in the UnitedStates.
The complicated financing from DullesToll Road revenues to special business taxdistricts to county bond sales, public tax
project that emerged this year has madesome tax payers and government officialswary of the Metropolitan Washington Air-port Authority’s management. Phase 2 costestimates jumped nearly a billion dollarsfrom $2.5 billion to over $3 billion.
ONLY TWO WEEKS AGO, after MWAAhad reported for months that Phase 1 ofDulles Rail was on time and on budget, theprojects executive director acknowledgedthat it was 194 days behind schedule andcould be some $150 million over budget.Pat Nowakowski told the MWAA board that
part of the overage came from newconstruction standards imposed afterthe 2009 accident on the Red Line bythe National Transit Safety Board.
Rob Whitfield of the Dulles UserGroup said the overages were star-tling, but should not be overempha-sized “in a $3 billion project that isnot unusual.” But Mark Zetts of theMcLean Citizen’s Association said ifthe project is delayed six months pastits original completion date of late2013, the additional labor and mate-rial costs could be “very high.”
In a series of interviews with mem-bers of citizen groups from McLeanand Vienna who have tracked theTysons Corner redevelopment “vision”since its inception, the Connection
Newspapers found these sharp questions be-ing posed:
Is the estimated cost of transportationimprovements of $1.7 billion valid?
Zetts, points out that the Planning Com-mission has assigned the county staff toupdating that estimate. “All those estimateswere made in 2009 and 2010. The countystaff is updating those estimates becausethey have new methodology of estimatingcosts.”
He said that the Planning Commission
Danger Signals from ‘New Tysons’Confusingpicture of theredevelopmentfinancing.
Focus GroupThe Connection News Focus group
included: Thomas L. Cranmer,Dranesville Director, Fairfax CountyTaxpayers Alliance; Rob Whitfield,Dulles Corridor Users Group; LaurieCole, Vienna Town Council; FredCostello, Federation of CitizensAssociations; Mark Zetts, McLeanCitizens Association; and BruceBennett, Hunter Mill Defense League.
These are not members of thecounty, state or national government,but members of civic and taxpayergroups in the nearby communities ofMcLean and Vienna. In a sense, theyare the representatives of tax-payerscounty wide; the people who will haveto pay for much of these two astound-ing projects.
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announced on Oct. 22 that many of the materialand the labor costs have gone up since 2009/2010and it has asked the county staff to update and heexpected an answer in about two weeks.
Zetts estimated that bottom line might rise by 5percent or some $85,000,000.
But Thomas L. Cranmer, Dranesville director of theFairfax County Taxpayers Alliance, thinks any updateassessment of costs will be a lot higher than 5 per-cent. He said he examined one cost: the widening ofRoute 7 from Dulles Toll Road to Reston Avenue. Thecost set in 2009/2011 was $160,000,000. ButCranmer checked with the Virginia Department ofTransportation and received an email from MarkGibney at VDOT setting its cost estimate at$300,000,000.
“That’s $140 million difference,” he said, “It makesyou think all estimates may be way off the mark too.”
The transportation cost estimate does not includethe grid of streets in the new Tysons, which theoreti-cally will be built by developers as they lay out build-ings and communities.
But Laurie Genevro Cole, a member of the ViennaTown Council, said she is concerned that the publicunderstand that the transportation costs are only asmall part of the costs of creating the Tysons Cornerenvisioned by the planning of the task force that metfor five years.
“They still have to have schools, parks, a sewersystem, and fire and police services and then there
Tysons Financing Under Scrutinyis the plan for a circulator bus or trolley. All of thathas not been considered yet.” Indeed, the Tysons taskforce planning had proposals from almost everycounty department on what their needs would be ina new city.
THE KEY QUESTION before the Planning Com-mission is who should pay for all these changes?
Everyone the Connection Newspaper interviewedbelieved that the proportions mentioned when the2009/2010 figures came out of 58 percent taxpay-ers and 42 percent developers was way off the markof reality.
Fred Costello, who is on the board of directors ofthe Fairfax County Federation of Citizens Associa-tions and the Taxpayers Alliance, said that the vastlyincreased density levels permitted in the new visionof Tysons will be a windfall in billions of dollars forthe developers. “The cost should be borne by thebeneficiaries in proportion to their benefit,” he ar-gues.
In effect, he and the others pointed out, the countyis being asked to fund outlays in today’s dollars thatwill reap millions for others when the projects getbuilt. Costello argues the same point for the DullesRail project. “The developers and the rail riders areprimary beneficiaries and they can afford to pay,” hesaid.
Bruce Bennett of the Hunter Mill Defense League,and others think that a division of developers pay-ing 75 percent of the cost and the taxpayers pickingup 25 percent is more equitable.
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After more than three decades of do-ing business in Great Falls, JorgeAdeler had a clear goal in mind
when building a new showroom in the GreatFalls Village Centre.
“We’ve been here 31 years, and plan tostay at least another 31,” he said. “This reno-vation represents a firm commitment to thiscommunity and an expression of gratitudeto our customers.”
Construction on Adeler Jeweler’s newshowroom began in April, and it officiallyopened the weekend of Oct. 28.
The new space is located adjacent to theoriginal shop, and it features two stories, abigger space and more displays. The décor,consisting of new wood floors, leather chairsand stone walls, is meant to convey a spe-cific feel to Adeler’s customers.
“We were searching for a feel, not some-thing overly luxurious, but something thatreflects the nature of Great Falls: naturalbeauty, down-to-earth, warm and friendly,”Adeler said.
Shirley Dreisbach of McLean said she wasvery impressed with the class and simplic-ity of the store’s new look.
“It’s very common for jewelry stores tobe beautiful, but also a little cold and clini-cal, but Adeler’s is nothing like that,” shesaid. “The fireplace at one end, the beauti-ful light fixtures and the chairs give off alook of comfort and friendliness, it’s a placethat seems very welcoming.”
Adeler’s daughter Val says the renovationis very exciting, “but we’re still trying to findall the light switches,” she said with a laugh.
Jorge Adeler speaks with a customer during the grand opening of AdelerJewelers’ new showroom, located at the Great Falls Village Centre.
Adeler Jewelers OpensNew ShowroomJorge Adeler calls new space‘firm commitment to this community.’
Adeler also had another reason for therenovation: more office space where he cankeep his family close by. Adeler’s two daugh-ters, Wendy and Val, work at the shop aswell.
“We’ve got offices and facilities so thegrandchildren can watch TV, or use theircomputers, all while being close by,” he said.“It helps us continue the family environmentwe’ve created here.”
Adeler, whose jewelry is regularly wornby Hollywood stars on the red carpet or inmagazine photo shoots, said there wasnever any serious consideration of movinganywhere but Great Falls.
“There’s places like Tysons Corner andothers, but we have the deepest roots here,”he said. “We always wanted to be the jew-elers of Great Falls.”
Visit www.adelerjewelers.com.
From left, Wendy Adeler showsvarious pieces of jewelry toKatherine Beck and GermaineLouis at the new Adeler Jewelersshowroom in Great Falls.
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More than 6,000 U.S. militaryservice men and women havedied in Iraq and Afghanistansince Sept. 11, 2001. More
than 50,000 have been wounded.On Veterans Day, we honor and thank all
those who have served in the military, in timesof war and peace. It’s an important moment toevaluate how we are serving the needs of vet-erans as well. The Post-9/11 GI Bill dramati-cally increases the educational benefits ex-tended to members of the military who haveserved at least three months of active duty sinceSept. 11, 2001. Steps to provide better, fasterand more responsive health care to veterans,including mental health care are underway, buthave a long way to go. Here, we must committhe resources to do better.
More than 175 U.S. military service person-nel from Virginia have been killed in Iraq andAfghanistan, including several in the last year.
Aaron Carson Vaughn, 30, was one of 30 Ameri-can service members and 22 Navy SEALs killedAug. 6, 2011 when their Chinook helicopter wasshot down in Afghanistan. Vaughn’s family has tiesto McLean and Burke. He is survived by his wife,Kimberly, and their two small children.
Spc. Douglas Jay Green, 23 of Sterling, diedAug. 28, 2011. when insurgents attacked his unitusing a roadside bomb in Kandahar province, Af-ghanistan. Green enlisted in 2007, after attend-ing Potomac Falls High School.
OTHER RECENT Virginia deaths:Staff Sgt. James Ronald Leep Jr., 44 of Rich-
mond, died Oct. 17, 2011 at Forward OperatingBase Kalsu near Iskandariya in Babil province,Iraq.
Spc. Levi Efrain Nuncio, 24 of Harrisonburg,died June 22, 2011 when enemy forces attackedhis unit with small-arms fire in the Narang dis-trict of Kunar province, Afghanistan.
Capt. Michael Wray Newton, 30 of NewportNews, died June 11, 2011 in Meymaneh, Faryabprovince, Afghanistan.
Capt. Charles A. Ransom, 31, of Midlothian wasone of eight airmen who died April 27, 2011, atthe Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan, fromgunfire. Sgt. Sean T. Callahan, 23, of Warrentonwas one of two Marines who died April 23, 2011in combat in Helmand, Afghanistan:
Sgt. 1st Class Anthony Venetz Jr., 30, of PrinceWilliam died Jan. 28, 2011 in Afghanistan, in anon-combat incident. Venetz had been seriouslywounded months before.
Spc. Sean R. Cutsforth, 22, of Radford died Dec.15, 2010 in Afghanistan, when insurgents attackedhis unit using small arms fire.
Spc. William K. Middleton, 26, of Norfolk, wasone of two soldiers who died Nov. 22 in Afghani-stan, when insurgents attacked with an improvisedexplosive device.
Staff Sgt. Christopher F. Cabacoy, 30, of VirginiaBeach, was one of two soldiers who died July 5,2010, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, when insurgentsattacked their vehicle with an improvised explo-sive device.
Pfc. Benjamin J. Park, 25, of Fairfax Station, Va.,died June 18, 2010 at Zhari district, Kandahar,Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when insurgentsattacked his unit with an improvised explosive de-vice.
May 12, 2010, Donald J. Lamar II, 23 ofFredericksburg, was killed in Afghanistan. Chris-topher D. Worrell, 35 of Virginia Beach, was killed
in Iraq on April 22, 2010. Steven J. Bishop, 29 ofChristianburg, was killed March 13, 2010 in Iraq.Kielin T. Dunn, 19 of Chesapeake, was killed Feb.18, 2010 in Afghanistan. Brandon T. Islip, 23 ofRichmond, was killed Nov. 29, 2009, in Afghani-stan. Stephan L. Mace, 21 of Lovettsville, died Oct.3, 2009 in Afghanistan.
Bill Cahir, 40 of Alexandria, died Aug. 13, 2009of a gunshot wound while conducting combat op-erations in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan.After 9/11, Cahir left his career as a journalist tojoin the Marine Corps, and got a special exemp-tion from Congress after his application to becomea Marine was denied because of his age.
Fairfax Station resident Pfc. Dillon Jutras, 20,was killed in combat operations in Al Anbar Prov-ince of Iraq Oct. 29, 2005.
Lance Cpl. Daniel Ryan Bennett, 23 of Cliftondied Jan. 11, 2009, in Helmand province, Afghani-stan. “He loved his country, and we’re so proud ofhim,” said his mother.
2nd Lt. Sean P. O’Connor of Burke died Oct. 19,2008 while stationed at Hunter Army Air Field,Savannah, Ga. O’Connor was an athlete in soccer,baseball and football who attended Fairfax CountyPublic Schools and was a 1999 graduate of BishopDenis J. O’Connell High School in Arlington.
Pfc. David Sharrett, 27 of Oakton, died Jan, 16,2008 in Iraq. On Oct. 24, 2008, his father, DavidH. Sharrett, was on hand along with former U.S.Rep. Tom Davis (R) as the Oakton Post Office onWhite Granite Drive was renamed to honor his son.
Four months after the knock on the door thatnotified David Sharrett Sr. that his son had beenkilled fighting in Iraq came a second knock, in-forming him his son might have been killed byfriendly fire. The father’s four-year efforts to learnthe truth about his son’s death are part of a movietitled, “A Second Knock At The Door.”
Army 1st Lt. Thomas J. Brown, a George Ma-son University graduate and Burke resident, diedon Sept. 23, 2008, while serving in Iraq. His unitcame under small arms fire, and Brown, 26, diedfrom his wounds.
HERE ARE the names of some of the localmen and women who have died in Iraq andAfghanistan. We repeat these names at leasttwice a year on Memorial Day and VeteransDay to honor their service and to keep theirmemories in our consciousness.
If you know of someone who should be in-cluded in this list, or if you would like to sharehow you are honoring the memory of a familymember or friend lost, or about the progressof someone injured, please let us know.
Sgt. Scott Kirkpatrick, 26, died on Aug. 11,2007, in Arab Jabour, Iraq. Kirkpatrick, whograduated from Park View High School in Ster-ling, and also considered Herndon and Reston ashis hometowns, was a champion slam poet. Hisfather, Ed Kirkpatrick, calls him the “warrior poet,”and he and his wife help injured vets at WalterReed through the Yellow Ribbon fund(www.yellowribbonfund.org).
Ami Neiberger-Miller of Sterling lost her brother,U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Neiberger, in August2007 when he was killed by a roadside bomb whileserving in Baghdad, Iraq. He was 22. Since herbrother’s death, Neiberger-Miller has devoted her-self to the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survi-vors (www.taps.org), which provides emotionalsupport and other services for families of thefallen.
Staff Sgt. Jesse G. Clowers Jr., 27, of Herndon,died when an improvised bomb exploded near his
vehicle in Afghanistan on Aug. 12, 2007. JonathanD. Winterbottom, 21, of Falls Church, died in Iraqon May 23, 2007, when an IED exploded near hisvehicle.
Nicholas Rapavi, 22, of Springfield, died Nov.24, 2006, of wounds received during combat inAnbar province in Iraq. Army Cpl. Andy D. Ander-son, 24, was killed by enemy fire in Ar Ramadi,Iraq on Tuesday, June 6, 2006.
Airman 1st Class LeeBernard E. Chavis, 21, waskilled Oct. 14, 2006, by sniper fire in Iraq, tryingto protect civilians from a roadside bomb.
Spc. Robert Drawl Jr., 21, a 2003 graduate ofT.C. Williams High School, was killed by a bombin Kunar, Afghanistan, on Aug. 19, 2006.
U.S. Army Specialist Felipe J. Garcia Villareal,26 of Burke, was injured in Iraq and flown toWashington Hospital Center, where he died Feb.12, 2006. He was a graduate of Herndon HighSchool.
Capt. Shane R. M. Mahaffee, 36, a 1987 gradu-ate of Mount Vernon High School, died May 15,2006. He was a lawyer, married, with two chil-dren. His parents live in Alexandria.
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas Kirven, 21, waskilled in Afghanistan in 2005 during a firefight ina cave with insurgents. He enlisted while still inhigh school after 9/11. Maj. William F. Hecker III,a 1987 graduate of McLean High School, waskilled in action in An Najaf, Iraq, Jan. 5, 2005.Staff Sgt. Ayman Taha, 31, of Vienna, was killedDec. 30, 2005, when an enemy munitions cachehe was prepping for demolition exploded. ArmyCapt. Chris Petty of Vienna was killed Jan. 5, 2006.
Staff Sgt. George T. Alexander Jr., the 2,000thsoldier to be killed in Iraq, was literally born intothe Army here in Northern Virginia at DeWitt ArmyHospital at Fort Belvoir. Alexander died at BrookeArmy Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, Oct.22, 2005, of injuries sustained in Samarra, Iraq,Oct. 17.
Lt. Col. Thomas A. Wren, 44, of Lorton, died inTallil, Iraq on Nov. 5, 2005. Marine Capt. MichaelMartino, 32 of the City of Fairfax, died Nov. 2,2005, when his helicopter was brought down inIraq.
1st Lt. Laura M. Walker of Oakton was killedon Aug. 18, 2005, in Kandahar, Afghanistan. CW4Matthew S. Lourey of Lorton died from injuriessustained on May 26, 2005 in Buhriz, Iraq.
Operations Officer Helge Boes of Fairfax waskilled on Feb. 5, 2003, while participating incounterterrorism efforts in eastern Afghanistan.
Among other local lives lost: Lance Cpl. TavonLee Hubbard, 24, of Reston; 1st Lt. AlexanderWetherbee, 27, of McLean; 1st Lt. Jeff Kaylor, 25,of Clifton; Coast Guard Petty Officer Nathan B.Bruckenthal, 24, of Herndon; Army Chief WarrantOfficer Sharon T. Swartworth, 43, of MountVernon; Command Sgt. Maj. James D.Blankenbecler, 40, of Mount Vernon; Capt. JamesF. Adamouski, 29, of Springfield; Sgt. DeForest L.Talbert, 22, of Alexandria; Marine Cpl. Binh N.Le, 20, of Alexandria; Staff Sgt. Russell Verdugo,34, of Alexandria. Army Capt. Mark N.Stubenhofer, 30, from Springfield; Marine Gun-nery Sgt. Javier Obleas-Prado Pena, 36, from FallsChurch; Marine Sgt. Krisna Nachampassak, 27,from Burke; Army Staff Sgt. Nathaniel J. Nyren,31, from Reston; Marine Lance Cpl. TenzinDengkhim, 19, from Falls Church; Navy Chief JoelEgan Baldwin, 37, from Arlington; Maj. JosephMcCloud, of Alexandria, and Major Gloria D.Davis, 47 of Lorton.
— Mary Kimm
On Veterans Day 2011 Honoring those inmilitary service.
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Veterans Day Ceremony atGreat Falls FreedomMemorial
On Friday, Nov. 11, at 11 a.m. the Great Falls Free-dom Memorial Committee will hold its annual Vet-erans Day Ceremony at the site of the Freedom Me-morial (behind the Great Falls Library at 9830Georgetown Pike).
The speaker will be Great Falls resident LawrenceMcKinley, who served as a rotary wing aviator in aMedical Evacuation Company in the Army and theArmy National Guard and in combat in the VietnamWar and Desert Storm. An active volunteer in sev-eral organizations, McKinley was honored by theFairfax Resolves Chapter of the Sons of the Ameri-can Revolution as its 2010 Citizen of the Year.
Members of the Great Falls Village Green DaySchool kindergarten class will lead the Pledge of Al-legiance and the Madrigal Choir of Langley HighSchool will provide music for this event.
This ceremony is open to all and ample parking isavailable in the library parking lot. In case of rain, theceremony will move into the library’s meeting room.
Essay Contest WinnersTo Be Announced
This past summer, the Friends of the Great FallsFreedom Memorial conducted its First Annual EssayContest. The contest was open to all rising 5th and6th grade students at the three elementary schoolsserving the Great Falls community and Great Fallsstudents who are home-schooled or enrolled in a
private school. The students were invited to describe“A Virginia Hero!” using three of the words encir-cling the Freedom Memorial. Winners will be an-nounced on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, at the VeteransDay Ceremony to be held at the Great Falls FreedomMemorial.
The Essay Contest Awards Ceremony will be heldon Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011, at 2 p.m. in the GreatFalls Library.
Checkpoint StrikeforceMarks 10th Anniversary
The Fairfax County Police Department is partici-pating in the Checkpoint Strikeforce campaign to stopdrunk driving through a combination of public edu-cation and stepped-up enforcement. This year marksthe 10th year of the Checkpoint Strikeforce campaignand the campaign is paying life-saving dividends:Since 2001, Virginia has seen a 23 percent decreasein alcohol-related fatalities and a 32 percent decreasein alcohol-related injuries.
Throughout this fall, Fairfax police are focused onkeeping roads free from drunk drivers. This year,Fairfax law enforcement efforts will include sobrietycheckpoints, saturation patrols and heavy enforce-ment around the holidays. Their next event, a sobri-ety checkpoint, is scheduled for Nov. 5.
Across Virginia in 2010, 32,760 drunk driving ar-rests were made, which resulted in 29,063 convic-tions — an average of one DUI conviction every 18minutes.
Learn more about Checkpoint Strikeforce atwww.checkpointstrikeforce.net.
Week in Great Falls
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The Brainy Bunch is a group ofsix 8th-graders at Kilmer MiddleSchool from Great Falls andVienna who decided to tackle
2011 First Lego League challenge: FoodSafety. In addition to building and program-ming robots using NXT MINDSTORMS tech-nology, the Brainy Bunch team members —Jordan Ganley and Aly Luckett of Viennaand Ryan Gottwald, Arthur Tisseront, DhritiVij and Andy Zhao of Great Falls — havebeen researching and interviewing healthprofessionals in pursuit of learning aboutfood safety problems and solutions. Theyare working on innovative solutions for milksafety. The Brainy Bunch recently held afood drive and donated the food to SHAREkitchen. In addition, the Brainy Bunch de-signed a food-safety flyer that was includedin the Vienna Halloween Parade’s goodybags and distributed at the parade. TheBrainy Bunch has been giving presenta-tions on the importance of food safety andhand washing at local schools. Their phi-losophy is “Raising food safety awarenessis the first step toward prevention of
The Brainy Bunch recently held a food drive and donated the food toSHARE kitchen. From left, Aly Luckett, Andy Zhao, Ryan Gottwald, Jor-dan Ganley, Arthur Tisseront and Dhriti Vij.
Brainy Bunch, Scionic Smarties Promote Food Safetyfoodborne illness.”
Scionic Smarties is a group of five elemen-tary school children from Great Falls andVienna who have been actively researchingabout the 2011 First Lego League researchtopic, Food Safety. Scionic Smarties teamcompries Aaraj Vij, Alex Tisseront, AnvithaMetpally, Siona Prasad and Vishnu Murthy.They have been interviewing health profes-sionals and scientists about issues relatedto food safety. The team has researchedabout corn safety and the problems relatedto the storage of corn. They have createdan affordable storage solution for corn farm-ers in developing countries after having dis-cussed the feasibility of their solution withscientists from Purdue University. ScionicSmarties have conducted a survey to gaugethe food safety awareness in the commu-nity. They are brainstorming strategies toimprove food safety awareness in the com-munity. They believe that their corn stor-age solution will reduce the wastage of cornthus helping reduce world hunger. Theirphilosophy is “Prevention is better thanSpoilage and Wastage.”
Faith Notes
Faith Notes are for announcements and events inthe faith community. Send to [email protected]. Deadline is Friday.
Epiphany United Methodist Church, 1014Country Club Drive, N.E. in Vienna, will hold itsThanksgiving Service on Sunday, Nov. 20 at 11a.m. The sermon topic is “Why Me, Lord.”[email protected] or 703-938-3494.
St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church, 1830Kirby Road in McLean. The third Sunday service
every month at 10:15 a.m. allows children to playactive roles in the music and as greeters and ush-ers. Traditional services are every Sunday at 8:15and 10:15 a.m.
Vienna Presbyterian Church, 124 Park St.in Vienna, presents the 12-week program “Pas-sages,” for those experiencing separation ordivorce. The DivorceCare series meets Tuesdays at7 p.m. Cost of materials $20, scholarships avail-able. Call 703-938 9050 or [email protected].
The manwho ispreparedhas hisbattlehalffought.
—Miguel deCervantes
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See Creating Dream Kitchen, Page 12
By Marilyn Campbell
The Connection
Whether used to sipmorning coffee orto host a large din-ner party, the
kitchen is often the most occupiedroom in a home. Local interiordesigners and the National Kitchenand Bath Association say thetrendiest kitchen design elementsof 2011 and 2012 are glass,cabinetry with dark finishes, en-ergy-efficient lighting and acces-sories, double-wall ovens, walk-inpantries and induction cook tops.
WHEN PASSIONATE COOKSwith a flair for coordinating col-ors and a commitment to energyefficiency collaborate on a kitchendesign project, it is no surprise that the end resultincorporates current trends. That is what happenedwhen David Bauer, an environmental consultant, andJoanne Bauer, a museum curator and artist, hiredAlexandria-based architect Laura Campbell to re-model their Reston home.
The couple had lived in their home for 20 yearswhen they decided to do a major renovation.
“The kitchen was so small that you could only openone appliance at a time,” said Joanne Bauer. “I cook
Kitchen ConfidentialMany approaches, most include green-design elements.
Photo courtesy 2 Ivy Lane Interiors
This Fairfax County kitchen, designed by Alex Deringerand Courtney Cox of 2 Ivy Lane Interiors, has a dramaticskylight and large windows to let in natural light.
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a lot, and we entertain a lot. When wehad a lot of people over, I was always holedup in the kitchen while everyone else washaving a good time [in another part of thehouse].”
The Bauers wanted their kitchen to be aspacious room in which family and friendscould flow in and out freely.
“[Our new kitchen] is the kind of kitchenwhere [there is room for] people to help withcooking. It has an open floor plan and workswell for entertaining,” said Bauer. “Nowwhat was once our kitchen is a walk-in pan-try,”
Because their appliances can be seen fromthe living room, the Bauers covered themwith flat-faced cherry wood cabinet frontsand attached brushed stainless steel pullsfor opening and closing.
Their choice of an induction cooktop aswell as their lighting selection underscoresthe couple’s desire for energy efficiency.Campbell put in LED under-counter lightsthat provide drama and task lighting with-out adding heat or using much energy.
“They have a beautiful, wooded yard,”said Campbell. “… [W]e placed the sinkand island to take advantage of [the view],adding a skylight over the island.”
The couple, who are hikers, chose colorsthat are reminiscent of their outdoor treks.“The granite countertops remind us of stonewe’ve seen on our hikes. We love the inte-grated colors.”
Campbell created a niche just outside thekitchen where Joanne Bauer could displayart, including her own.
“The kitchen is open, and it flows,” saidBauer. “But it’s is like a cooking show; if Iscrew up, everyone will know.”
LET THERE BE LIGHT (AND GLASS)When Alexandria-based designers Alex
Deringer and Courtney Cox of 2 Ivy LaneInteriors designed a kitchen in FairfaxCounty recently, they took a light approach.
The homeowners wanted a spacious andelegant room for entertaining that also ac-commodated their children.
The result was a kitchen with white marblecounters and white, custom-designed,painted wood cabinets, including someglass-front cabinets with interior lighting.The island has a rosewood counter surface,creating a dramatic contrast against thelight-hued wood.
“The appliances have cabinet overlays, sothey blend in with the rest of the cabinetry,”said Cox. “Custom cabinets give you a morerefined look.”
The most dramatic feature in this room isthe colossal skylight above the island. Otherlarge windows add additional natural light.
“[This owner] is a very light-driven per-son,” said Deringer.
GO GREENWhen Holly and Rick Wolff bought a sec-
ond home in their North Arlington neigh-borhood, they gutted and remodeled it.Having lived across the street in a smallerhome for 30 years, they wanted morespace, especially in the kitchen.
“[Our previous house] had a tinykitchen, and I wanted a big kitchen withan island where our family could congre-gate and talk and relax,” said Holly Wolff.
Environmentally active since they starteda paper recycling program as students atGeorge Washington University, the Wolffshired green architect David Peabody, to de-sign the new kitchen.
“Almost everything in the kitchen isgreen,” said Holly Wolff. “Our cabinets arebamboo. We have a cork floor that is sus-tainable. Our counters are Riverstone con-crete.”
Peabody, an Alexandria-based architect,
added a long wall of windows and placed the sink inthe middle. The breakfast room, which was once ascreened porch, is now enclosed in glass and adjoinsthe kitchen.
“What we decided to do was to expand the kitchenout in the back about six feet and then enclose theporch so it is one streaming room,” said Holly Wolff.“It added all this light to the back end of the house.We put windows everywhere we could. Now we havelight everywhere: sun tubes, skylights. David is a firmbeliever in light.”
From Page 11
Home Life StyleCreating Dream Kitchens
Photo by Marilyn Campbell
Alexandria based interior designer SarahPak used custom cherry wood cabinets andhoned black granite counters when sheremodeled the kitchen of this Old TownAlexandria home. The homeowner wantedthe kitchen to be an open, flowingworkspace with a large island and roomfor a family dining table.
Donated photo
When remodeling their Reston home, Joanne and David Bauer chose an inductioncooktop as well as LED lighting. Alexandria Architect Laura Campbell designed aspacious room in which family and friends could flow in and out freely.
Photo by Marilyn Campbell
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5 10815 Tradewind Drive,Oakton — $2,200,000
6 1008 Springvale Road,Great Falls — $2,043,500
11 12630 Winter Wren Court,Oak Hill — $1,276,883
9 11314 Stones Throw Drive,Reston — $1,380,000
Address ................................ BR FB HB .... Postal City .... Sold Price .... Type ... Lot AC . PostalCode ..... Subdivision .......... Date Sold
1 11201 GUNSTON RD ................ 6 .. 8 .. 2 .... MASON NECK ... $6,100,000 .... Detached . 5.13 ........ 22079 ....... STONE MANOR ........... 09/01/11
2 6807 WEMBERLY WAY .............. 4 .. 4 .. 2 ........ MCLEAN ....... $3,453,795 .... Detached . 1.17 ........ 22101 ....... PARKVIEW HILLS ........... 09/22/11
3 1100 WAVERLY WAY ................. 5 .. 5 .. 2 ........ MCLEAN ....... $2,775,000 .... Detached . 0.77 ........ 22101 ....... LANGLEY FARMS ........... 09/15/11
4 872 CENTRILLION DR .............. 6 .. 5 .. 3 ........ MCLEAN ....... $2,620,000 .... Detached . 1.61 ........ 22102 ....... GARFIELD PARK ........... 09/29/11
5 10815 TRADEWIND DR ............ 5 .. 5 .. 3 ........ OAKTON ....... $2,200,000 .... Detached . 0.86 ........ 22124 . WILLOW CREEK ESTATES ..... 09/12/11
6 1008 SPRINGVALE RD .............. 5 .. 5 .. 3 ..... GREAT FALLS .... $2,043,500 .... Detached . 0.92 ........ 22066 ...... IRENE C BETTIUS .......... 09/16/11
7 10912 SHALLOW CREEK DR ..... 5 .. 4 .. 1 ..... GREAT FALLS .... $1,965,000 .... Detached . 1.38 ........ 22066 .. ESTATES@LONGWOOD ...... 09/07/11
8 11102 DEVEREUX STATION LN .. 7 .. 7 .. 2 .. FAIRFAX STATION . $1,600,000 .... Detached . 5.00 ........ 22039 .... DEVEREUX STATION ........ 09/16/11
9 11314 STONES THROW DR ...... 5 .. 4 .. 1 ........ RESTON ....... $1,380,000 .... Detached . 0.58 ........ 20194ESTATES@WYNDHAM HILLS .. 09/07/11
10 500 SPRING ST SE .................... 5 .. 5 .. 1 ......... VIENNA ........ $1,340,960 .... Detached . 0.27 ........ 22180 .............. NONE .................. 09/30/11
11 12630 WINTER WREN CT ......... 4 .. 4 .. 1 ........ OAK HILL ...... $1,276,883 .... Detached . 0.33 ........ 20171 .. RESERVE@STONE HILL ...... 09/30/11
12 6140 RIDGEMONT DR .............. 4 .. 5 .. 1 .... CENTREVILLE ... $1,235,000 .... Detached . 4.87 ........ 20120 VIRGINIA RUN THE ESTATES .. 09/30/11
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Top Sales in September 2 6807 Wemberly Way, McLean — $3,453,795
3 1100 Waverly Way, McLean — $2,775,000
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4 872 Centrillion Drive, McLean — $2,620,000
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Burke5084 Queenswood Dr........$549,000 .. Sun 1-4...................Ellen Ing ..........RE/MAX Allegiance ..703-795-0648
Fairfax10604 Goldeneye Ln..........$589,000 .. Sun 1-4 .........Diane Lenahan .........................Wolf Run ..703-283-73284644 Hummingbird Ln ...... $499,000 .. Sun 1-5............Lena Restivo..........................Weichert .. 703-855-7341
Great Falls11300 Seneca View Way .. $1,725,00 .. Sun 1-4 .........Carol Ellickson..........................Weichert .. 703-759-630010911 Belgavia Ct .......... $2,095,000 .. Sun 1-4 .........Said Zangeneh..........................Weichert .. 703-759-630010914 Belgavia Ct ............. $859,000 .. Sun 1-4..............Carol Jones..........................Weichert...703 201 5952
Herndon12124 Eddyspark Dr..........$500,000 .. Sun 1-4.............Jason Wolin ..........RE/MAX Allegiance ..703-505-68863100 Bronzegate Ct........$1,299,000 .. Sun 1-4 ........... Tonya Nelson..........................Weichert .. 703-569-787012007 Meadowville Ct .......$754,900 .. Sun 1-4..............Karin Ebner..........................Weichert .. 703-899-7952
Leesburg18944 Woodburn Road ..... $499,900 . Sat 12-3 .........George Azzouz.................Samson Props ..703-728-084318944 Woodburn Road ..... $499,900 .. Sun 1-4 .........George Azzouz.................Samson Props ..703-728-0843
Lorton8810 Hampton Station Ct ..$734,950 .. Sun 1-4..Kathleen Quintarelli ..........................Weichert .. 703-862-8808
McLean6429 Georgetown Pike ... $1,650,000 .. Sun 1-4.........Monica Gibson.................Keller Williams ..703-944-3434
Oak Hill2831 Mustang Dr .............. $849,000 .. Sun 1-4..........Anne Lefevere..........................Weichert .. 703-402-7595
Oakton3515 Willow Green Ct........$799,000 .. Sun 1-4..Liane Carlstrom MacDowell..Brookside Realty .. 703-803-8335
Reston1509 Autumn Ridge Cir .....$394,900 .. Sun 1-4 ............. Sheri Daniel.................Keller Williams ..703-489-26561535 Woodcrest Dr...........$289,900 .. Sun 1-4..........Teresa Kidwell.......................Century 21 ..703-818-011111930 Sentinel Point Ct.....$410,000 .. Sun 1-4...........Sheila Cooper..........................Weichert .. 703-759-63002411 Albot Rd...................$324,900 .. Sun 1-4 ............. Brian Lester..........................Weichert .. 703-264-0000
Springfield9194 Forest Breeze Ct ....... $319,950 .. Sun 1-4..Kathleen Quintarelli ..........................Weichert .. 703-862-88088011 Parklane Ct...............$465,000 .. Sun 1-4.........Monica Adams...........................RE/MAX..703-434-9400
Sterling20974 Flatboat Ct..............$622,000 .. Sun 1-4..............Dina Azzam............................Re/Max ..703-403-3830
Vienna9794 Meadow Valley Dr.....$824,000 .. Sun 1-4.............Jean Woods............................Re/Max ..571-223-26649314 Robnel Pl ................. $765,000 .. Sun 1-4...........Paula Stewart..........................Weichert .. 703-408-5854
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and a boat dock.In Old Town, a five- bedroom, four-and-a-half-
bathroom home in the historic district sold for $3.5million, originally listed at $4 million. The four- storyhome includes a pool, 12-foot ceilings and eight fire-places. It still has the original woodwork and floors.Ideal for entertaining, the home has a library and alarge library that overlooks the gardens.
“It was built in 1870 and has … eight fireplacesand beautiful gardens,” said Goodheart. She says thedouble lot, large for the area, was another attractionfor buyers.
While those homes are no longer on the market,Goodheart says there are others that are just as spec-tacular. She names, a $4.85 million home on FairfaxStreet in the heart of Old Town with six bedrooms,four bathrooms, two half-bathrooms and an air-con-ditioned two-car garage.
Originally built in 1770, it is an 8,000-square-foothome on a quarter-acre lot. The home has built- inbook cases, antique limestone mantels on six fire-places and ceramic tile in the bathrooms. It has grandrooms for entertaining. Other amenities include anhistoric smokehouse and a chef’s kitchen with anadjoining breakfast room.
HomeLifeStyle
By Marilyn Campbell
The Connection
Some waterfront and Alexandria real estategems have been scooped up recently. FormerHewlett Packard chief executive CarlyFiorina shelled out $6.1 million for a home
along the Potomac River on Gunston Road in theMason Neck section of Alexandria.
The house, which originally listed for $7.7 million,sits on 5.1 acres and has six bedrooms, eight bath-rooms and two half-bathrooms. It sold in Septem-ber.
“This home is located on a particularly beautifulpart of the Potomac River,” said listing agent SueGoodheart of McEnearney Associates. “The lot wasleveled so that you can have direct access to thewater. In every room you have a spectacular view ofthe river. There are a lot of open areas and openstairwells.” Goodheart says the home is in a gatedcommunity, offering privacy.
Ferry Point is the location of another Alexandriawater-front property which sold recently. Originallylisted at $10.7 million, the 7,000-square-foot homesold in August for $8.2 million. It sits on 11.7 acresand has six bedrooms, five bathrooms and one half-bathroom. A winding, tree-lined driveway leads visi-tors through the lush grounds to the main the house.The property includes a carriage house with a two-bedroom, one-bathroom guest apartment.
The main house features four fireplaces includingone outdoor fireplace, a pool, a green house, stables
$6.1 Million for Waterfront HomeHigh profile buyersacquire top properties.
This home, purchased byformer Hewlett Packard chiefexecutive Carly Fiorina sitson 5.1 acres and has sixbedrooms, eight bathroomsand two half-bathrooms. Ithas spectacular views of theriver from virtually everyroom.
All photos courtesy of
Sue Goodheart,
of McEnearney Associates
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WEDNESDAY/NOV. 9Canadian Folk Singer Dala. 8 p.m.
The Barns at Wolftrap, 1635 Traproad, Vienna. $20.www.wolftrap.org.
The Supervillains and TheMovement. 7:30 p.m. Jammin’Java, 227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna.www.jamminjava.com.
Travel to the Jungle. 10:30 a.m.Dolley Madison Library, 1244 OakRidge Ave., McLean. Stories andactivities to take you on safari. Age 2-3 with adult. 703-356-0770.
Getting Ready for Hibernation.10:30 a.m. Great Falls Library, 9830Georgetown Pike, Great Falls. Someanimals are busy preparing forwinter. Meet an animal and find outabout hibernation. Ages 2-5 withadult. 703-757-8560.
THURSDAY/NOV. 10Jonathan Tyler & The Northern
Lights and Robert Ellis. 8 p.m.Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave. E.,Vienna. www.jamminjava.com.
Eric Brace & Last Train Home. 8p.m. The Barns at Wolftrap, 1635Trap road, Vienna. Roots rock. $20.www.wolftrap.org.
Storyteller and Artist NancyHannans. 7:30 p.m. Vienna ArtCenter, 115 Pleasant St., NW,Vienna. Free. 703-319-3971 orwww.ViennaArtsSociety.org.
“The Adventures of Robin Hood.”7:30 p.m. The Langley School, 1411Balls Hill Road, McLean. Robin andhis Merry Men attempt to outsmartthe Sheriff of Nottingham and rescueMaid Marian. Tickets $7, available atwww.langleyschool.org.
“Eurydice.” 7:30 p.m. G. C. MarshallHigh School, 7731 Leesburg Pike,Falls Church. The tale of Orpheus,told from the perspective of his wife,Eurydice, in Hades. $10 adults and$5 students and [email protected].
FRIDAY/NOV. 11The 10th Annual Jazz 4 Justice:
Celebrating the Music of WWI.8 p.m. George Mason UniversityCenter for the Arts Concert Hall,4400 University Drive, Fairfax. Withselections from George and IraGershwin, Sholom Secunda, SammyCahn, Woody Herman and JoeBishop, Wycliffe Gordon, Jerry Bockand Larry Holofcener. $20, $15students and [email protected].
Charlie Mars and Nate Ihara (soloacoustic). 8 p.m. Jammin’ Java,227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna.www.jamminjava.com.
“The How and the Why.” 8 p.m. 1stStage, 1524 Spring Hill Road, Tyson’sCorner. On the eve of a prestigiousconference, an up-and-comingevolutionary biologist wrestles forthe truth with an established leaderin the field. Tickets $25.www.1ststagetysons.org or 703-854-1856.
Wolf Trap Debut Artist: RobertBelinic. 8 p.m. The Barns atWolftrap, 1635 Trap road, Vienna.Croatian guitarist performing classicworks from Bach, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Antonio Lauro and more.$35. www.wolftrap.org.
“The Adventures of Robin Hood.”7:30 p.m. The Langley School, 1411Balls Hill Road, McLean. Robin andhis Merry Men attempt to outsmartthe Sheriff of Nottingham and rescueMaid Marian. Tickets $7, available atwww.langleyschool.org.
Baritone Charlie Zahm(pictured) and fiddler TadMarks will have two perfor-mances on Sunday, Nov. 13,at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., at TheSnuggery of the Old BrogueIrish Pub, 760-C WalkerRoad in Great Falls. Ticketsare $15. Reserve at 703-759-3309.www.charliezahm.com orwww.oldbrogue.com.
Entertainment8 p.m. 1st Stage, 1524 Spring HillRoad, Tyson’s Corner. On the eve of aprestigious conference, an up-and-coming evolutionary biologistwrestles for the truth with anestablished leader in the field.Tickets $25. www.1ststagetysons.orgor 703-854-1856.
The 51st Annual Harvest BazaarFall Festival and Craft Show.9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Vienna CommunityCenter, 120 Cherry Street, S.E.,Vienna. Over 75 crafters andvendors. Bake sale and children’sactivities. All proceeds benefit theVienna Women’s Club’s youthscholarship fund. Admission $1. 703-255-6360 or www.viennava.gov.
The Bobs. 7:30 p.m. The Barns atWolftrap, 1635 Trap road, Vienna. Acappella madness. $22.www.wolftrap.org.
“The Adventures of Robin Hood.”1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The LangleySchool, 1411 Balls Hill Road,McLean. Robin and his Merry Menattempt to outsmart the Sheriff ofNottingham and rescue Maid Marian.Tickets $7, available atwww.langleyschool.org.
Music: An Insider’s Guide Lecture.4 p.m. Dolley Madison Library, 1244Oak Ridge Ave., McLean. Brass Bandsand the Civil War. Presented by A.Scott Wood, conductor of theAmadeus Orchestra. Adults. 703-356-0770.
Saturday Storytime. 11 a.m. GreatFalls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike,Great Falls. Stories, songs, andfingerplays. Age 2-3 with adult. 703-757-8560.
Sweat for a Vet. 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.Tysons Sport&Health, 8250Greensboro Drive, McLean. A threehour cardio fundraising event withcompetitions on rowing machines,KRANKcycles and indoor bikes.Proceeds will be donated to helpwounded warriors at Walter ReedNational Military Medical Center.703-519-1600 ext. 103 orwww.sportandhealth.com.
“Eurydice.” 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. G. C.Marshall High School, 7731 LeesburgPike, Falls Church. The tale ofOrpheus, told from the perspective ofhis wife, Eurydice, in Hades. $10adults and $5 students and [email protected].
SUNDAY/NOV. 13 “The How and the Why.” 2 p.m.
and 7 p.m. 1st Stage, 1524 SpringHill Road, Tyson’s Corner. On the eveof a prestigious conference, an up-and-coming evolutionary biologistwrestles for the truth with anestablished leader in the field.Tickets $25. www.1ststagetysons.orgor 703-854-1856.
McLean Orchestra: HolidayMozart. 4 p.m. St. Francis EpiscopalChurch, 9220 Georgetown Pike,Great Falls. Mozart’s JupiterSymphony directed by Maestro A.Scott Wood. Flutist Emma Resminiwill perform Mozart’s Concerto forFlute No. 2 in D Major. Preceded by“Tea Time with Scott and Emma,”and a reception follows the concert.All proceeds benefit the McLeanOrchestra Musician Fund.www.mclean-orchestra.org/holiday-mozart.
Amadeus Concerts AmericanTribute. 7:30 p.m. Saint LukeCatholic Church, 7001 GeorgetownPike, McLean. The WashingtonSymphonic Brass with DouglasMears, conductor, perform music ofthe era in commemoration of the150th anniversary of the Civil War.Tickets $25, age 17 and under free.www.amadeusconcerts.com or 703-759-5334.
Baritone Charlie Zahm andFiddler Tad Marks. 5 p.m. and 7p.m. The Snuggery of the Old BrogueIrish Pub, 760-C Walker Road, GreatFalls. Tickets $15. Reserve at 703-759-3309. www.oldbrogue.com.
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“Eurydice.” 7:30 p.m. G. C. MarshallHigh School, 7731 Leesburg Pike,Falls Church. The tale of Orpheus,told from the perspective of his wife,Eurydice, in Hades. $10 adults and$5 students and [email protected].
SATURDAY/NOV. 127th Annual Fairfax County History
Conference. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.Stacy C. Sherwood CommunityCenter, 3740 Old Lee Highway,Fairfax. With the theme of “FairfaxDivided” the Fairfax County HistoryCommission in 2011 will focus onFairfax County’s Civil War heritage.With Steve Potter on Civil WarArchaeology, Gar Schulin on Gen.Robert E. Lee, Susan Hellman onWoodlawn & Quaker life at the onsetof the Civil War, and David Blake onBuckland, early skirmishes of thewar, and preservation of present dayBuckland. Breakfast and lunchprovided. Admission $25. 703-293-6227 ext. 6.
Bobby Long and Rayland Baxter at8 p.m.; Aziatix and SNRG at 10p.m. Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave.E., Vienna. www.jamminjava.com.
Rock Band Daughtry. 7:30 p.m.American Freedom FestivalWashington, Patriot Center, 4500Patriot Circle, Fairfax. Tickets rangefrom $39.50-$139.50, available atwww.ticketmaster.com or 703-573-SEAT. Military tickets will beavailable at a discount throughwww.patriotcenter.com.
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra. 8p.m. George Mason University Centerfor the Arts, 4400 University Drive,Fairfax. With harpist YolandaKondonassis. Mozart’s Symphony No.10, Barber’s Adagio for Strings,Ginastera’s Harp Concerto, Barber’sFirst Essay for Orchestra, andSchubert’s Symphony No. 5. Free pre-concert discussion for ticketholders at7 p.m. Tickets [email protected].
VVFD Auxiliary Fall Bazaar. 10a.m.-4 p.m. Vienna Volunteer FireDepartment Auxiliary, 400 Center St.South, Vienna. Crafts, holidaydecorations and more. Lunch andhomemade baked goods available forpurchase. Proceeds help the firedepartment purchase fire and rescueequipment. 703-309-3468 [email protected].
“The How and the Why.” 2 p.m. and
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Letters to the Editor
Town Meeting onLong Range PlanningTo the Editor:
We are writing to inform you of a Town Meeting onNov. 15, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. at the Great Falls Grange, atwhich a draft of a Long Range Plan for Great Falls, willbe presented for community discussion.
The ideas for this draft plan came from the com-munity in 2007 during the 2020 Vision Survey and ameeting of leaders of the many community volun-teer groups and businesses, in November 2010. Theintent of this effort is to develop a plan on possibleways that Great Falls can become a better place tolive, work and play, in the future. This draft alsoshows preliminary concepts of improvements in thecommercial area near Walker Road and GeorgetownPike, including underground utilities, improved walk-ing capability throughout, candidate locations for apossible community center/performing arts center,and possible avenues for funding.
We are at the beginning of a public discussion pro-cess, during which we hope to determine the extentof public support for the various elements. The draftplan and concept map are also available for down-load from the Great Falls Citizen’s Associationwebsite, gfca.org, in the section called “Long RangePlanning.” Please come to the meeting, and partici-pate in a good turnout and discussion on Nov. 15.
Glen Sjoblom and Doug Cobb, Co-chairsLong Range Planning Committee, GFCA
Trick or Treat: SocialNetworking at its WorstTo the Editor:
On Saturday, (Oct. 29, 2011) we were awakenedat around midnight by traffic sounds, loud music,and the sounds of drunken revelry. From our frontdoor, we could not believe the sights. GeorgetownPike was at a standstill, traffic inching along; un-known cars parked in our driveway and on the nar-row swale on both sides of Georgetown Pike, Miller,and Ellsworth avenues. Young people were carryingwhat appeared to be sacks of beer and bottles downGeorgetown Pike, while others were walking acrossthe darkness of our front yard heading to the “party,”as they insisted. Taxis were dropping off and pickingup passengers dressed in Halloween costumes; carswere haphazardly abandoned in the travel portionof the Pike; Fairfax County Police were at work clear-ing an accident East of Miller Ave.; and, a wreckerwas hauling a car out of the steep shoulder along-side the Pike in front of our property. Although nodamage or injury was apparent, the two occupantsof that car appeared incoherent and unfazed. Incred-ibly, the attendees were from all over the Metropoli-tan region, D.C., Maryland, Northern Virginia, Penn-sylvania and even California, judging by the tags onthe cars parked in our yard.
Waving off traffic at the entrance to our driveway,well past midnight, we were joined by our neigh-bors to the south. Together, we stood guard keepingthe determined drunken revelers from parking in ouryards. There were already seven cars in there by thetime we were alerted to this situation.
Several hundred attendees, by our best estimate,were coming and going for hours. It was a night ofopportunity for underage drinking, driving whileimpaired, and just plain stupidity. We believe we sawit all.
This “house tearing bash” took place on propertythat was, until recently, occupied by a quiet and dis-tinguished couple who resided in Great Falls for more
than thirty years. But, the times have changed. Now,their home has been acquired by someone who plansto build another Great Falls mansion. From what weread, it was apparently his idea to throw this bash.We now know this because all the details are outthere on the Internet, where the invitations wereposted.
This modern day version of Woodstock occurredon what the postings describe as a “venue.” The mes-sage posted on the WWW states: “The property hasbeen bought by one of our friends and has twohouses. The main house will be bulldozed after theparty (the owner actually contemplated how cool itwould be to blow it up in the wee hours of the night...oh, I don’t think that’s going to be a good idea!).”The new owner is also quoted in the post as stating:“I want you to throw a hell of a party.” The advice inthe posting covered everything from the type of al-coholic beverages to be served, the music to be playedand the event’s expected end time (5 a.m.).
We thought that permits were necessary for anyevent where alcoholic beverages were dispensed —apparently not for this one. Yet, other details werenot overlooked — even the bathroom accommoda-tions were detailed in the description provided bythe promoters. The internet posting states: “BATH-ROOMS: Another obvious question from the ladies.There are 3 clean bathrooms, with paper. We’ll en-courage the men to use alternatives outside.” Alter-natives outside? That must have meant that peoplewould be encouraged to relieve themselves on thelawn, as no port-a-potties or other sanitary facilitieswere provided. Incredible! Welcome to Great Falls!
F.P. FalconeGreat Falls
CommercializationOf Our ParksTo the Editor:
It was an unbelievable admission by the FairfaxCounty Park Authority that the policy of the FairfaxCounty Board of Supervisors is that the Park Author-ity is authorized to commercialize our parks and morestunning, they do not have to inform the public orthe Board of Supervisors. Additionally, they don’thave to conduct environmental impact studies andthey don’t have to conduct traffic studies before theysign contracts for commercialization.
The Fairfax County Park Authority recently signeda contract which allows an amusement park devel-oper to build a commercial enterprise (GoApe) inRiverbend Park and supplement the attraction withfood and clothing sales.
Supervisor Foust either knew about this before thecontact was signed and failed to take action to stopit or else he and the Board failed to institute appro-priate safeguards requiring the Park Authority tonotify and obtain approval from the Board of Super-visors before signing a contract that will have suchan enormous impact on the community. To makematters even worse, the neighbors impacted by thenew facility were never notified, an environmentalimpact study was never done, and a traffic study wasnever conducted.
Riverbend Park is a neighborhood, regional andnational asset. I think a commercialization programat Riverbend Park is terrible idea. But even for thosewho think it is a good idea, the process for doing it(no notification, no studies) is horribly flawed.
Bill SmithMcLean
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The Auburn SchoolThe Benedictine SchoolChelsea SchoolThe Children’s GuildCommonwealth AcademyThe Diener SchoolEagle Hill SchoolThe Frost SchoolGMS Institute’s Minds In Motion AcademyThe Gow SchoolThe Ivymount SchoolKatherine Thomas SchoolKildonan SchoolKingsbury Day School
The Lab School of WashingtonLittle Keswick SchoolLandmark SchoolThe Maddux SchoolMANSEF SchoolsThe McLean School of MDThe Newton SchoolThe Nora SchoolOakwood SchoolParkmont SchoolRiverview SchoolThe Siena SchoolThe Summit School
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS
By Alex McVeigh
The Connection
Langley High School senior Andrew Jones hasseen the film “Grease” plenty of times. Butwhen it came time for the school’s theater de-
partment to stage the play as their fall musical, herealized there was more than meets the eye.
“When you look at the movie, it doesn’t seem toocomplex,” said Jones, who plays Kenickie. “But afterputting it on, it’s surprisingly difficult. There’s a lotof implied plot that happens around everything elsethat’s going on.”
The musical, written in 1971 and turned into a hitfilm in 1978, tells the story of two teens dealing withthe aftermath of their romance in the summer of1958. While Danny and Sandy deal with the realitythat follows their summer fling,their friends deal with issues oftheir own.
The cast and crew of the showacknowledge that they took awhile to get the production offthe ground, but by their Fridayrehearsal they feel like they fi-nally clicked.
“We had to do a lot of rehearsals in the cafeteria,but once we were able to get on set, it came alive,”
said Phyliss Jaffe, the school’s theatre arts director.“It’s a good play because there are a lot of parts, andit’s one of those shows that the kids suggest yearafter year, and we felt it was time.”
Jaffe said she encouraged members of the T-Birdsand the Pink Ladies to hang out together outside ofschool and play rehearsal, to create more believableinteraction. “As the Pink Ladies, we went out to din-ner together, and tried to really form a bond,” saidsenior Caroline Callahan, who plays Jan. “I think itworked, we have a very ‘Kumbaya’ kind of cast.”
Senior Alex Lichtenstein plays the lead role ofDanny Zuko. “It was kind of a dream role for me,and not just because I thought I could pull the hairdooff,” he said.
Jaffe also said the play was a learning experiencefor the cast, who were born almost 20 years afterthe play was written and almost 40 years after theplay’s setting.
“It was interesting watching their exploration of50s culture, like [1950s teen idol] Fabian and thingslike American Bandstand,” she said.
Senior Kevin Moussaui-Najad, who plays Roger, said“Greased Lightning” was hisfavorite song to perform.
“It’s sort of the high pointwhen it comes to the energy ofthe play,” he said.
Callahan says “Born to HandJive” was her favorite. “When
you’re onstage performing it, it sort of feels like be-ing a part of Cirque de Soleil,” she said.
Langley Presents ‘Grease’Schools
Fall musical tells tale ofteen love in the 50s.
ShowtimesLangley High School will present “Grease” on
Thursday, Nov. 10, Friday, Nov. 11 and Satur-day, Nov. 12, with all shows beginning at 7:30p.m. in the school’s auditorium.
More information, including how to buy tick-ets, can be found at www.saxonstage.com. From left, sophomore Sam Houmaoui, senior Andrew
Jones and junior Brian Niu, members of the T-Birds, talkat the burger shop during Langley High School’s produc-tion of “Grease.”
Cast members from Langley High School’s production of“Grease” perform “Greased Lightning.”
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SportsMcLean Connection Sports Editor Rich Sanders
703-224-3031 or [email protected]
By Rich Sanders
The Connection
Local high school football teams Langley andMcLean, both members of the Liberty District, have qualified for the eight-team Div.5 Northern Region playoffs, set to get un-
derway this Friday night with first round(quarterfinals) games.
McLean (6-4), under head coach Jim Patrick, willtravel to No. 2-seed and unbeaten Yorktown, an Ar-lington school and champions of the National Dis-trict. The Highlanders, who concluded their regularseason last Friday night with a rousing 21-0 districthome win over cross-town rival Langley, enter theplayoffs as the No. 7-seed. Langley (5-5), the No. 8-seed, will play at top-seeded and defending regionchampion Stone Bridge (9-1).
The Saxons and Highlanders, in last Friday’s sea-son finale meeting, were both looking to clinch regu-lar season winning records and gain as good a seed-ing as possible for the Div. 5 playoffs.
Both teams will be big underdogs in their respec-tive playoff games on Friday.
Langley, in going up against Stone Bridge, will belooking to turn the tables on a Bulldogs’ team whichdefeated the Saxons, 28-0, back in week six. StoneBridge, which almost annually wins the region titleand qualifies for the state playoffs, experienced justone loss this season, that coming at Chantilly, 22-14,in a week two non-district contest. The Bulldogs were7-0 in district play, including a 35-20 win over Madi-son in a week nine showdown game in which bothteams entered with 6-0 district marks.
Langley was jarred midseason when senior start-ing quarterback Austin Visiliadis was injured and lostfor the season. Backup Nick Casso, a sophomore, hashandled signal caller duties since and done a finejob. The Saxons’ defense has been good throughoutthe season and will need their best outing of the sea-son if the Saxons have a chance to bring down the
Bulldogs.Langley’s wins this fall have come over Herndon,
Jefferson, Marshall, South Lakes, and Fairfax. Thewin over Fairfax, 14-13 two weeks ago, was the Sax-ons’ lone victory over a team with a winning record.The losses have come to Chantilly, Madison (over-time), Stone Bridge, Yorktown and McLean.
Langley head coach John Howerton, whose teamwon two of its final three games of the regular sea-son, said his squad has learned to practice hard con-sistently, and as a result has gotten better over thecourse of the season. Now, the Saxons are ready forthe postseason.
“I think the key for this group has been their abil-ity to improve in practice and accept that fact that inorder to play better in a game you have to do it inpractice first,” said Howerton.
“I think we have the ability to challenge and beatany team in Div. 5,” said Howerton. “We need to beat full strength from injuries and the willingness toimprove must continue.”
MCLEAN goes into this week’s playoff contest atunbeaten Yortkown with good momentum follow-ing its huge 21-0 district home win over Langley inlast week’s regular season finale. The victory assuredthe Highlanders of a winning season and also helpedavenge last year’s 56-12 loss at Langley in week 10.
The Highlanders, who scored touchdowns in eachof the first three quarters in the victory, had a hugenight running the football as Hunter Eckrod (118yards, TD) and Ryan McColgan (117, TD) both hadbig games running the football behind McLean’s solidoffensive line blocking. Meanwhile, McLean did astellar job on defense slowing down standout Lan-gley running back Philip Mun (21 yards rushing).
McLean will need to play at a high level to knockYorktown off the unbeaten ranks and advance in theplayoffs. The Patriots, this year’s National Districtchampions, are coached by longtime head coachBruce Hanson.
By Rich Sanders
The Connection
Both the McLean Highgirls’ and boys’ crosscountry teams com-
peted at the Northern RegionChampionships postseasonmeet last Thursday, Nov. 3 atBurke Lake Park. Both High-lander squads had qualified forregionals by finishing amongthe top four teams in their re-spective Liberty District meetsa week earlier.
At regionals, the McLeangirls, who had finished third atdistricts, earned a solid seventhplace finish among the field of16 teams. While the Highland-ers did not qualify for upcom-ing states — the top four teamfinishers at regionals advance tostates this Saturday in ThePlains — they did put togethera good overall showing in fin-ishing among the top half ofteams.
According to McLean headcoach Jason Simoni, the sev-enth place team finish atregionals is the Highlandergirls’ best in at least 30 years.
“I am especially pleased withthe success of the girls’ team,”said Simoni. “I have records ofthe Northern Region crosscountry championship that goback to 1981. Our seventh placefinish is the highest that theMcLean girls’ team has accom-plished going back to 1981.”
The top four girls’ team fin-ishers at Thursday’s regionalswere champion West Potomac(86 points) and second placefinishers Oakton, West Spring-field, and Jefferson, all three ofwhom scored 117 points.Chantilly (140) and LakeBraddock (145) were the fifthand sixth place finishers, aheadof McLean (175). Rounding outthe top 10 were Washington-Lee, T.C. Williams, and Madi-son.
McLean’s top finisher wasHannah Dimmick, who finished20th overall. The Highlanders’next two finishers wereMadalyn Harper (36th place)and Megan McCormack (37th).McLean’s fourth through sev-enth runners were AlexaTabackman, Katherine Mont-
gomery, Samantha Downey,and Mary Buser.
Simoni said the overall fieldof girls’ runners across the re-gion ran a fast race on Thurs-day.
THE MCLEAN BOYS, whowere fourth at districts, finished15th overall at regionals. TheHighlanders’ top finisher wasJason Richards (64th overall).Richards was followed by team-mates Bikal Paudel, LewisMillholland, Matthew Howard,Eric Leimkuhler, DylanJohnson, and Wisher Paudel.
The Oakton boys won theteam title with a score of 72points. The other state qualify-ing (top four) boys’ teams weresecond place Robinson (87points), third place Chantilly(101), and fourth place ThomasJefferson (126).
Overall, Coach Simoni saidboth his varsity boys and girlsteams worked hard throughoutthe season, resulting in two re-gion-qualifying squads.
“I am very happy with theprogress that the McLean crosscountry team has made this sea-son,” said Simoni. “I am alsoexcited about next year,” saidthe coach.
LANGLEY’S girls finished 13thplace overall at regionals. TheSaxons’ top finisher was JessicaMiles, who finished a solid 45thplace in the field of 119 run-ners. The Saxons’ other runnersat regionals were Allison Brady,Jacquelyn Hulett, RebeccaPowell, Blair Purdy, MaraDeTrani, and CarolineMahoney.
Highlander GirlsSolid at Regionals
McLean High’s HannahDimmick (left) was theHighlanders’ top finisherat regionals. Here in theregion race, she is run-ning next to Madison’sAmanda Swaak.
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Highlanders take on unbeaten Yorktown and Saxonsmeet Stone Bridge in Div. 5 quarterfinals action.
Upset Minded McLean, LangleyReady for Football Playoffs
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The three Chairs of the Turf Field Committee and LangleyPrincipal Matt Ragone. From left: Leslie Anderson, MaryJane Novak, Principal Ragone and Sarah Kearney.
Tease played at the “Barn Bash” fundraiser in Great Fallson Saturday, Oct 22. Band members are Mike Novak, JimVolpicelli, Mike Helget and John Mooney.
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Langley Launches Turf Field InitiativeCommunity mobilizes tosupport school athletes.
By Cynthia Cross
The Connection
It’s a scenario all too familiar to Langleyhigh school athletes and their families:a day or two of rain drenches fields andcauses a home game to be postponed or
relocated to an opponent’s turf field. Thechange not only wreaks havoc with students’schedules, but dramatically reduces attendanceand eliminates the coveted home field advan-tage. “Rainouts,” as lacrosse team captain SeanAhearn puts it, “are a bummer.”
But if a well-organized and determinedgroup of volunteers, with the support ofLangley’s administration and coaches, havetheir way, the rain-out scenario will be a thingof the past for the Saxons. Langley’s Turf FieldInitiative was launched late last spring withthe formation of a committee of administra-tors and current, past and future Langley par-ents united in the cause of raising the roughly$750,000 necessary to install a turf field bythe end of next summer.
SUPPORT FOR A SYNTHETIC FIELD atLangley has been building for years. Varsitymen’s lacrosse coach Earl Brewer, whose teamhas earned three consecutive state champion-ships, recalls momentum for turf building dur-ing a rain-soaked 2009 post-season, whenLangley’s sodden fields forced the team to prac-tice for a week on one of Marshall HighSchool’s two turf fields. “We all began to seethe need for turf back then,” he said. Brewerhas become adept at minimizing the disrup-tive effects of bad weather on the team’s sched-ule — the Saxons’ first scrimmage every yearis against Flint Hill “because in addition tobeing a good program, they’ve got turf so Iknow we’ll get a game in,” he says. But sched-ule management can only go so far, and Brewersays that too often he sees players’ disappoint-ment when a home game has to be scratched.“I’ve just come to feel that not only Langleybut all programs should have this,” he says.“You just feel for the players when there’s a
cancellation. The kids just want to play thegames.”
Langley will be the first among local publichigh schools to pursue financing through pri-vate donations,rather thanp a r t n e r i n gwith localsports organi-zations whowould sharefield usage.Geoff Noto,Langley’s Director of Student Activities, saysthat the committee “is looking out for what isbest for Langley.” He said, “We want our stu-dents — our athletes, our band — to have fulluse of this field. They come first.”
Turf fields, though expensive to install, arefar simpler and less costly to maintain. Notonotes that Langley fertilizes its grass fieldstwice a month during spring, summer and fall;mows them up to five times a week in the sum-mer and early fall; paints them in seasonweekly and waters them every day during thesummer. Athletes do relish the pristine grassthat results — Ahearn calls the Langley grassfield “awesome” and his teammate, seniorgoalie Andrew Spivey, said he actually prefersa well-maintained grass field like Langley’s toturf — but the annual expense and mainte-nance are hugely burdensome. And while in-juries certainly occur on turf (Langley’s start-ing quarterback Austin Vasiliadis recently torehis ACL in a game on Marshall’s turf field), athree-year study conducted by the AmericanJournal of Sports Medicineconcludes that generally, turfis safer for athletes than grass.
And since several other Dis-trict schools have turf — inaddition to Marshall’s two,Madison and Fairfax eachhave one — there is a distinctcompetitive advantage that is not lost on theathletes. Samantha Sterling, a senior varsityfield hockey and soccer player, recounted acrucial recent District field hockey gameagainst Fairfax being moved from Langley toFairfax. “We had been practicing indoors be-cause of the rain, and indoor field hockey is a
completely different game — you can’t evendrive the ball indoors. Fairfax is a turf team;they play on turf all the time. And they hadlots of people there to support them.” The Sax-
ons lost a close game and“it was a downer.”
Varsity football coachJohn Howerton agrees thathis team suffers from theconstraints of grass. “Ourfields get broken downvery quickly when it’s wetand we have sometimes
150 kids out there. We’ll practice indoors be-cause you don’t want to risk injury on a wet,muddy field, but that’s very limiting. With turf,once you have it down, it’s always playable.”
LANGLEY PARENTS Mary Jane Novak, LeslieAnderson and Sarah Kearney chair the com-mittee tasked with raising the funds by May2012. They recently held a “Barn Bash”fundraiser in Great Falls and will hold a silentauction at Riverbend Country Club (open tomembers and non-members) in late March.The field is being sold by the square yard andthe Committee reports that hundreds of yardshave been sold so far. Plans are in place forthe display of a “Field of Progress” in front ofLangley showing the level of funds raised. Andthe Langley Boosters have already made a sig-nificant contribution towards a new, state-of-the-art scoreboard.
The Committee is targeting both individualand corporate donors, trying to target as broada base as possible for the funds. “What we’re
doing is expanding this way be-yond Langley itself,” Novak said.“We have liaisons at all five feederelementary schools as well as atCooper [Middle School].”
“We want the entire communityinvolved,” says Anderson. “Wewant to bring everybody in, be-
cause this is really for the future of Langley.”Langley’s principal Matt Ragone is a vocal
supporter of the turf campaign. “Turf is not aluxury anymore,” he says. “We need it forsafety, for economic reasons and for conve-nience, and really convenience is the least ofit.”
“We want to bring everybodyin, because this is really forthe future of Langley.”
— Leslie Anderson
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Joseph Oleniacz ofGreat Falls has received theDean’s Scholarship from YorkCollege of Pennsylvania.Oleniacz is a graduate of Lan-gley High School.
Tarun Sharma of GreatFalls has been elected to serveas a freshman representativeto the Student Senate atHampden-Sydney College.The graduate of Langley HighSchool is the son of Dr. andMrs. Srinivas K. Sharma.
Navy Lt. Kathryn E.Buikema, a 1995 graduate ofThe Madeira School in GreatFalls, recently checked into theNavy Information OperationsCommand (NOIC), Ft. Meade,Md. Buikema will fill the posi-tion of NIOC’s general man-ager officer.
Caitlin Leigh Sheldonof Great Falls has received abachelor of science in animalscience from Cornell Univer-sity. Sheldon is the daughterof Ray and Sharon Sheldon.
Candice Ray Sheldon ofGreat Falls has received anMD degree from Brown Medi-cal School, and is in a pediat-rics residency. Sheldon is thedaughter of Ray and SharonSheldon.
James McGrath ofMcLean has been selected tobe a McDonough Scholar atMarietta College this fall. Theprogram helps students gaina deeper understanding ofleadership, practice leader-ship skills and grow as en-gaged leaders.
Ten Langley High Schoolstudents have been named as2011 National Merit Scholar-ship Semifinalists: Allison S.Brady, Saba Eskandarian,Jimmy J. Fang, JamisonG. Fox-Canning,Nathaniel C. Howe, DylanJ. Kriz, Debbie R. Pan,Spencer C. Shabshab,Holliday L. Shuler andAndrew J. Stewart.
Six McLean High Schoolstudents have been named as2011 National Merit Scholar-ship Semifinalists: Nana-Kwabena A. Abrefah,Daniel J. Lee, Eric R.Leimkuhler, ElizabethMcGrady, Justin Nam andBrian Tong.
MoreInformation on Langley’s turf
initiative is on the Committee’swebsite, www.langleyturf.org.
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Children in costume gather around the temporarytattoo table at the Great Falls Spooktacular Monday,Oct. 31.
From left, Hannah, 8, Claire, 4, and Tyler Abele poseon the old Great Falls Fire Truck during the annualSpooktacular on the Village Green.
From left, Janet Green, Ashwani Ahluwalia and Chase Klein, 15, at theHaunted House at Seneca Square Shopping Center Monday. The house,which was built by volunteers and staff at Brix American Bistro, raisedmore than $1,000 for local nonprofit Jill’s House.
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Ghouls, ghosts and goblins de-scended on the Great Falls Vil-lage Green Monday, Oct. 31 forthe community’s annual
Spooktacular. This year’s celebration washosted by the nonprofit Celebrate GreatFalls, and featured trick or treating at store-fronts and two haunted houses.
“As far as a community event goes, I thinkthis is your textbook definition,” said ArnForrester of Great Falls. “It gives the kids achance to trick or treat all together and seetheir friends, and as adults, we see ourneighbors and usually meet new people.”
Most storefronts at the Great Falls VillageCentre distributed candy, and children couldparticipate in various activities, includingphotographs in costume, a chance to climbGreat Falls’ old fire truck, or take a journeythrough haunted houses.
The Great Falls Friends and Neighbors puttogether one house in the middle of thegreen, where visitors could walk throughfoggy hallways before being rewarded withcandy on the other side.
“It was hard to see, but it wasn’t tooscary,” said Henry Atkins, 6. “I just keptwaiting for people to jump out at me.”
Elsewhere in Great Falls that night, an-other Haunted House provided even morescares. Seneca Square Shopping Centerused an open space to raise money for Jill’sHouse, a local nonprofit that provides re-spite for children with intellectual disabili-
ties and their families.“We tried to find a way to bring the com-
munity together for a good cause,” saidAshwani Ahluwalia, owner of nearby BrixAmerican Bistro, who helped coordinate thehouse. “We had at least 600 people in thethree nights we were opened, and raisedabout $1,000 for Jill’s House.”
Landlord Bill Waldee allowed Ahluwaliato take over the space for three days lastweekend. The Seneca Square HauntedHouse featured various gory scenes, suchas a bloody dinner table and a hauntedfarm, and local student volunteers dressedup to provide additional scares.
“It was a lot of fun sneaking around andthen just popping up on people,” said ChaseKlein, 15, one of the volunteers.
Janet Green, a hostess at Brix, served asthe haunted hostess during the Haunted
House. She donned a leather jacket and reddemon’s mask as she gave the grand tourof the grisly surroundings.
“One family came in really worried abouthow their 4-year-old would react, but thefirst time someone jumped at them, it washer dad that screamed and ran away,” Greensaid. “She just yelled at the ghost ‘Stop kill-ing my dad!’ From what I’ve seen, the menhave gotten scared the most.”
William Campos and Milos Petrovic, othermembers of the Brix staff, helped create thescene, by hanging plastic to separate thevarious sections and placing several motionactivated displays around the area.
“It was a great experience and we got somuch help from so many people, students,staff and families,” Ahluwalia said. “Hope-fully we’ll be able to get bigger and betternext year.”
And do I really want to know? Is it can-cer or just middle age? Is it normal, allthings and my diagnosis considered? Or is itin fact, my diagnosis rearing its ugly andinsidious head, figuratively speaking? Andhowever I answer either of these precedingquestions, am I supposed to update myoncologist with any of the answers,thoughts, what-abouts? I don’t want to over-act, but at some point denial is no longer aprudent course of non-action. Presumably,there is occasional cancer-related relevanceto something I’m feeling – or thinking, isn’tthere? I mean, I’m terminal. I’m not sup-posed to skip merrily along as though I’venot outlived my original prognosis bymonths/years, depending on when you startcounting: “13 months to two years.” (I’vejust passed my 32-month anniversary; someanniversary.) Something’s got to give, or isthere something I’m supposed to get?
However, if I were actually to listen –and react to what I’m writing (thinking/ feel-ing/saying), I’d probably tell myself to shutup already and worry/wonder about some-thing else, not expend so much mentalenergy anymore on things I can’t control(although with lifestyle choices/changes I’vealready made, I am attempting to affect myprognosis). To be honest though, it’s mucheasier written/said than it is to do. That’s mystruggle: being sensitive to or ignorant of.(Sort of like that last sentence, ending with apreposition.)
But as you regular readers know, endinga sentence with a preposition is the least ofmy problems. Though it may sometimes becharacteristic of my writing, my columns arenonetheless an honest account of the vicissi-tudes of life in the cancer lane: up, down,back, forth, high, low; literally, figurativelyand generally speaking. “Life goes on” is thebest news I can receive, but oddly enough,living with a terminal disease/stage IV lungcancer is not all it’s cracked up to be, anddoes offer its own unique set of challenges.
Challenges which I’ve mostly been ableto manage; I wouldn’t say overcome or con-quer. I guess I would admit that I havelearned to live with them though. Not toembrace them necessarily, but to accept –and expect – them and try to assimilatethem into my “new normal” life. And justbecause I can explain – and understandwhat and how I’m rationalizing what I’mdoing/how I’m adjusting, don’t think for asecond that I’m convinced that what I’mdoing is correct or easy. It is what it is andit’s what I can live with it being. Not a daygoes by or a column written that doesn’t –in some context, question what I’m doing orwhat I’m reacting to – or as in this column,what I’m not reacting to.
I suppose, at the end of the day (heck, atthe beginning of the day, too), life as a can-cer survivor/patient is all about doing what-ever/however it takes to enable you to getthrough the day – and night. For me, thatbattle has not been so much about painmanagement (thank God!) as much as it hasbeen mental and emotional. I’m a thinkerand being diagnosed with lung cancer atage 54 is a lot to think about – and wonderabout. And so I do, all the time. Being mid-dle age sort of complicates it. Separatingeverything. But I can live with it. For howlong is the question. (See, I can’t leave wellenough alone.)
Kenny Lourie is an Advertising Representative forThe Potomac Almanac & The Connection Newspapers.
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