Historic Clifton Candlelight Tour 2007Historic Clifton Candlelight Tour Sat., December 1, 2007 Tickets: $15.00, available at Clifton Shops after Nov. 1, 2007 2:30 – 3:00pm * Caroling

The 2006 Tour was a fantastic success – The Town Beautification Com-mittee raised over $7,000 for the Town of Clifton!

This year should be even better, as we are adding in a number of new tra-ditions! Tickets for this year’s tour are $15.00 for adults and $5.00 for chil-dren under 12 and will be available at most Clifton shops beginning No-vember 10, 2007.

The Tour, on Saturday, December 1st, will begin at 2:30pm with the Holi-day Horse Parade wandering through the town – horses and riders will be wearing their Christmas finery and enjoying the crisp December air!

Beginning at 4:30 and continuing until 7:30pm, we will be enjoying strolling, costumed Dickens Carolers as they wander through the streets of Clifton. In the Clifton Baptist Church on Main St. (please note the Clifton Primi-tive Baptist Church will not be in use this Holiday Season due to necessary interior renovations) guests will enjoy the heavenly musical duo of flutist, Gail

and her friend, Karen, on the harp.

They will join us for two hours and be followed by the piano studio of Belinda Stevens. At the Clifton Presbyterian Church, singers from Chan-tilly High School will be serenading us with holiday favorites.

Five homes will be on the tour – all an easy walk through town. There will not be any shuttle vans this year.

Historic Clifton Candlelight Tour 2007

Clifton Clatter

NOVEMBER 2007 A PUBLICATION OF THE CLIFTON BETTERMENT ASSOCIATION WWW.CLIFTONVA.ORG VOL. 45. ISSUE 2

Shops in Clifton: * Clifton General Store * Fil-i-gree * The Pink Pantry * Noodles & Noggins * Cottage Art * Clifton Saddlery * Peterson’s Ice Cream Outside of Clifton: * Judy Ryan’s of Fairfax * Temptations Gift Shop in Union Mill * Windrush Galleries & Gifts, W. Ox Rd., Fairfax Town Center

Locations of Clifton Candlelight Tour Sales:

Calendar of Upcoming Events

NOVEMBER

28th, Wednesday Evening Shopping begins (pg. 3)

DECEMBER

1st, Candlelight Tour (pg. 1)

8th, Blessing of the Animals (pg. 3) CBA Kids Holiday Party (pg. 10) (Chanukah and Christmas)

Next Wine

Festival Event

May 31, 2008

Page 2 Clifton Clatter All the news that fits, we print!

What a fun October!!!!

Our Clifton Day chair, Fred Ansick, made it one of the best in recent years. Please thank our Clifton Day sponsors by using their services.

If you missed the barn dance – you missed a hootin’, hollerin’ good time. Linda Diseati is un-der orders to make sure we have as much fun at next year’s event. She provided us with a fun time, good food and great laughs.

Over 3000 people were scared by the ghouls at the Town’s Haunted Trail! And the Halloween count of trick-or-treater’s at my house was over 600. Thanks to all who added their candy donations to the CBA candy – and to Jan Schneiderman who distributed. Michelle Stein CBA President 703-830-4908 home 703-539-8000 office [email protected]

We netted about $17,000 and the next event (May 31, 2008) should realize a much greater return due to a lot of first year start up costs and learning from some financial mistakes that were

Capital Roofing USA 1st Annual Clifton Wine Festival was a huge success. The comments, 99.9% of them, were positive in how tastefully and professionally the event was done.

made. The event wouldn't have oc-curred without the people that volun-teered their time. Thank you for mak-ing it a success.

President’s Corner

Capital Roofing USA Wine Festival Recap

Michelle Stein

The Peterson Companies/Fairfax Corner

Wetland Studies and Solutions, Inc.

The Care of Trees

Bonefish Grill

Ourisman Fairfax Toyota

Access National Bank

Red Coats Cleaning

ING – Bill Jasien

American Disposal

Panera Bread

BYK/Gardner – Mike Gogoel

Peterson Ice Cream Depot

Clifton Day Sponsors

The Clifton Business Coalition (CBC) was formed this fall as a Town of Clifton com-mittee to enhance the business relationship with the Town. Our first event was a Scare-crow Contest (see pictures on page 16). You probably saw them on the poles along Main Street and Chapel Road. Individuals, families and groups participated and awards and prizes were distributed just before the Haunted Trail. We hope everyone enjoyed the Scarecrows! We are hoping to make this an annual event, so stay tuned for next year!

The upcoming holiday season will be full of holiday cheer and lots of fun!! The streets will be lined with miniature trees decorated in white lights and a welcome center is planned in the Long and Fos-ter building to include a gift-wrap center and a showcase area of special items available from the merchants. The gift-wrap center will accept donation only and all profits from the gift wrap center will be donated to the Neuroblastoma Cancer Fund, so bring

those gifts down to be wrapped for a great cause! We’ll wrap any gifts purchased in the town and gifts purchased elsewhere. The retail merchants will be open late on Wednesday evenings (November 28th - December 19th) until 9 p.m. for shopping and socializ-ing. Stop by on your way home or come on down after dinner—we’ll be here to make your holiday season less stressful—we’ve got it all—gifts and gift wrap!

Plans are being made for carolers and Santa on Wednesday evenings and Saturdays (through December 22nd ). It should be a fun time! There will be an antique fire truck for Santa’s throne. Wouldn’t that make a cute pic-ture and a great memory? We are hoping to have photographers available to snap a picture of Santa and the kids! Why not get your picture with Santa while you’re shopping in Historic Clifton as part of your family’s holiday tradition? Anyone wanting to volunteer as a gift wrapper, caroler or Santa, please let us know; the more, the merrier! Call Margaret Yaglenski at 703.266.1005 or Judy McNamara at 703.266.7673. A schedule of events will be posted in the businesses around town; check it out so you don’t miss any of the holiday events. Let’s cele-brate the holiday season in Historic Clifton with lots of fun and merriment!


Clifton Business Coalition News

Bring cats, dogs, rabbits, birds, and/or small animals in cages, if necessary, to receive

a blessing. Contact Liz Nuti for further information at

[email protected] or call Liz at 703.830.7200.

The Clifton Sad-dlery is hosting "A

Blessing of the Animals" on Decem-ber 8th from 12noon-2pm at the Clifton Saddlery.

Blessing of the Animals

The Canary Cottage on Main Street, Rob & Heather Clark on School St., Karen & Mac Arnold, also on School St., Tom & Judy McNamara on Chapel St. and a trail of lit luminaries will greet guests up the hill to the Frog Hill end of School St to the home of Michael & Claudia Anton.

Visitors can stop by the Ca-boose to visit with town citi-zens who will be sharing a jolly “ho, ho, ho” and holiday cheer with those who are interested in a quick “warm-up” before heading up the hill to the Clifton Presbyte-rian Church.

At 7:30pm, hot cider & marshmallow roasting will be avail-able in Ayres Square. Then, at 7:45pm, caroling will com-mence at the Square and at 8:00pm the town Christmas tree will be lit by a special Clifton family!

After the tour is over, there will be a Thank You “Cast Party” for all volunteers, docents and homeowners - at the Canary Cottage.

Please join us for this wonderful Clifton tradition – each year seems to be better than the past – this is our 6th year coordi-nating the tour!

If you are interested in docenting/being a tour guide at one of the homes or churches, please let either Lynne Garvey-Wark (703) 322-1811; [email protected] or Jennifer Chesley (703) 830-2129; [email protected] know – if you share your time with us, you will receive a free ticket for the tour.

Clark Home

McNamara Home

Anton Home

Home Tour Continued...

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Five homes will be on the tour

• The Canary Cottage

• Rob & Heather Clark

• Karen & Mac Arnold

• Tom & Judy McNamara

• Michael & Claudia Anton

BRANDON JONES of Boy Scout Troop 1104 helps sort food items collected during the Scouting For Food activity. Thank you to all who left food out the morning of Saturday, November 10th!

Care to take a guess at what our deepest snowfall will be this winter? You won’t win a prize for guessing correctly, but you may see your name in the Clatter! Email your guesses by December 15th to [email protected]. Measurement will be based on what amount falls at the editor’s house.

Sarah and Dwayne Nitz were blessed with twin boys on August 30th. Dwayne is pictured here with Thomas

Scott (on left) and Robert Winslow (on right).

Some of Clifton’s Newest Arrivals

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Owen Richard Layfield was born on May 1st. He weighed 7 lbs and was 19 inches long. He is the son

of Rick & Kelly Layfield.

Aurora Finn Hollaway, born July 4th, is the daughter of Phyllis Lovett and Bill Holla-way. Her siblings are Hillary & Jackson.


Historic Clifton Candlelight Tour

Sat., December 1, 2007 Tickets: $15.00,

available at Clifton Shops after Nov. 1, 2007

2:30 – 3:00pm

* Caroling on Horseback Parade

4:30-7:30pm

* Tour Five Decorated Homes * Strolling Dickens Carolers

* Neighborhood decorated with Luminarios *Live Music in all Town Churches

7:30-8:00pm

* Caroling in Town Square, Roasting Marshmallows, * Hot Chocolate & Tree Lighting

For further information contact Lynne (703) 322-1811 or Jennifer (703) 830-2129; [email protected]

Clifton Shops will also be open!

Clifton Business Coalition Members:

* A Flower Blooms in Clifton * All That Glitters

* Animal Clinic of Clifton, Dr. Raymond Van Lienden, Veterinarian

* Artisan Kitchens & Baths * Canary Cottage Bed & Breakfast

* Capitol Roofing * Clifton Antiques (c/o Donna Nickum)

* Clifton General Store * Clifton Saddlery

* Cottage Art * Fil-i-gree Gifts & Home Accessories * Heart in Hand Restaurant * The Hermitage Restaurant

* Noodles & Noggins * Peterson’s Ice Cream Depot

* The Pink Pantry * Village Time Savers

A group of Clifton and Fairfax Station residents are banding together with their neighbors, to create an organization to help seniors in our area to stay in their homes as long as they wish. This group, Clifton/Fairfax Station Transition in Place Services (CFS-TIPS), is one of a growing number of organizations nationwide that are trying to support seniors wishing to remain in their homes. Many seniors are being forced prematurely to move into retirement communities and assisted care facilities because of con-cerns over dependency.

This movement is being driven by a number of factors, such as the increasing size of the senior popula-tion, the increasing costs of retirement homes, and the recent recognition of government at all levels that it is both cheaper and better to assist seniors at home rather than in other loca-tions. Another driving factor was revealed in a recent study on “Aging in Place in America” and that is, that seniors fear their loss of independence and the necessity to move out of their homes more than death. Many seniors also want to remain part of a mixed community as long as possible, not just living with other elderly people. The study found that 89% of sen-iors want to age in place without having to move from their homes.

A Plan for Seniors to Retain Their Independence at Home By David Smith

CFS-TIPS is an incorporated, nonprofit organiza-tion formed to ensure the timely availability of services similar to those of a retirement commu-nity. We intend to have a professional staff that will provide members with access to evaluated contractors and suppliers who will provide prompt, ethical services at fair costs. CFS-TIPS is designed to make remaining at home a safe, comfortable, and cost-effective solution. TIPS plans to offer its members preferred access to so-cial and cultural activities, exercise opportunities and household and home maintenance services, transportation for groceries, errands, and medi-cal appointments, as well as medical care and as-sisted living, at-home services, some of which will be included in the annual membership. This movement, organized by residents rather than government agencies or social service providers, can make “aging in place” safe and affordable for a majority of elderly people.

The last 40 years has seen phenomenal growth of the Clifton and Fairfax Station areas. Many resi-

dents who came here at a young age to raise their children are now empty-nesters coming face-to-face with the very hard decisions of if, when, and where to move. An early survey by CFS-TIPS re-corded that all of the respondents would welcome services that would help them with daily living ac-tivities and health assistance.

These services will not be a replacement for serious medical, support, or nursing home needs. But they will help seniors from prematurely moving due to the need to find reliable and safe support services. Remaining at home without sufficient help may be frightening, and children may put pressure on their parents to make a prema- ture decision.

CFS-TIPS is following a model created in Bos-ton, by an organiza-tion called Beacon Hill Village, which started up about six years ago. They have

Many seniors are being forced prematurely to move into retirement communities and as-sisted care facilities be-cause of concerns over dependency.


some 400 members. With one phone call, they can get any help they need, from safe and reliable tradesmen to health or financial advice. The annual dues for this peace of mind will be based on the ultimate services offered. These are presently being developed based on a needs survey sent to prospective members. Many services will be covered by the mem-bership dues. Others will be charged directly by the provider to members. It is expected that there will be separate dues for couples and singles.

The costs for most assisted-living facilities are now far more than the modest mem-bership dues CFS-TIPS expects. Many seniors would rather pay a fee to obtain help than have to ask favors of neighbors or family.

CFS-TIPS is being led by Fran McWhorter, David Smith, and Bill Cole as officers, plus a Board of Di-rectors and Legal Counsel. Over the next few months, the members of CFS-TIPS will be briefing mem-bers of the community and local organizations. Anyone interested can obtain more information by writing to CFS-TIPS at PO Box 311, Clifton 20124, by calling one of the persons mentioned, or by send-ing an e-mail to: [email protected] . Also, if you wish to be added to the TIPS e-mail newsletter, please send an e-mail with the subject: “TIPS Newsletter” to: [email protected].

Independence at Home continued...

Jennifer and Jeremy Lustman have begun repairing their house on Dell Avenue which was burned in a devasting Christmas Eve fire last year.

The summer and early fall drought left Popes Head Creek on Clifton Creek Drive high and dry. Where did the Blue Heron go?


Support for Senior Caregivers The Clifton Senior Friends Center is a daytime program for adults with early stage Alzheimer's, Dementia and other age-related problems. It is a county funded program that provides enjoyable and cognitively stimulating ac-

tivities led by experienced professionals and trained volunteers.

The Center is open Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:30-2:30 pm. A Caregiver Support Group meets the second and fourth Thursdays of every month at 6:30 pm.

We invite the community to attend our monthly programs for older adults, spon-sored by the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department. The next lectures are scheduled at 10:30 am, November 28 and December 12 at the Center located in the Clifton Presbyterian Church, 12748 Richards Lane, Clifton, VA.

Please call Rebecca Daniel Burke at 703 830-3175 ext. 17 for further details about these programs.

...a daytime program for adults with early stage Alzheimer’s, Dementia and other

age –related problems.

Clifton celebrated the 100th anniversary of its Rural Free Delivery this past July. On July 28, 1907, Rush Buckley started deliv-ering mail in a horse and buggy on a daily basis over a twenty-eight mile route in the Clifton area. Rush had to supply his own horse and buggy and was paid 39 cents an hour, about $900 per year. Here's a picture of John Rush Buckley as a boy with his grandparents John H. "Jack" Buckley, Amelia Ann Taylor Buckley sitting behind him, and his sister Rose standing to the right. Standing on the porch are John's parents Wilton and Cora Buckley.

100TH ANNIVERSARY OF RURAL FREE DELIVERY

Today's mail is handled by Patrick Tolbert, postmaster, Karen Fields, Tom Barton and horseless carriages.

Clifton artist Phoebe Twitchell Peterson created the artwork for the cancellation stamp and the commemorative first cover for the celebration of the RFD Centennial.


Kids and adults are invited to the first Clifton Christmas and Chanukah Party at the Town Hall from 3:30 to 8 on Saturday, December 8th. Santa is expected about 4 pm. A kids Christmas craft will also be available.

Afterwards, we'll have Latkes and fixings, adult and kids' beverages, menorah lighting, music, some folk dance lessons, and dreidel contests. Please bring an un-wrapped TOY. Toy donations will be distributed to local chil-dren/families in need. For those staying late, please bring a main dish, salad or green vegetable, or dessert to share. FREE to CBA members, all children, and their guests.

For details or RSVP (please) contact Sheldon Hofferman 703-323-1885 or [email protected] or Amanda Hencken [email protected] or 703-266-4362.

WE'RE CELEBRATING CHANUKAH and Christmas!

How it all began…

Years ago, Danyelle spent months trying to find someone to make the perfect cake for her husband’s poker themed birthday ex-travaganza. She had an idea in her head but couldn’t find anyone who would be willing to take on what she began to refer as “The Project.” She gave up and decided to make the cake herself. Four years later, her one-of-a-kind creative designs and delicious creations have earned her the nick-name “The Cake Lady.”

About the Proprietress Danyelle has had the dream of running her own coffee shop since she was just a girl. While her road in life did not lead her directly to The Pink Pantry, it certainly prepared her for this dream come true. Dan-yelle spent many a late night mixing, mix-ing, mixing before discovering the right combination of ingredients for the perfect raspberry French butter cream frosting for her cupcakes. She lived for baking. She dreamed of baking. So when a small shop became available on Main Street in down-

The Pink Pantry—Clifton’s Newest Establishment town Clifton, Virginia, Danyelle jumped at the chance to share her crea-tions with the world.

Ignoring her husband’s cries that no man would want to purchase coffee from a shop that has pink walls, Dan-

yelle boldly decided that be-cause her coffee was fantas-tic, even the manliest of men would suck it up long enough to walk past her gor-geous café curtains in order to partake in her liquid magic with a side of confec-tion heaven.

‘Cause nothing beats a great cup of coffee. Especially when its served with a smile and the jokes are free.’

The Pink Pantry Clifton’s coffee boutique is the perfect place to get your good ole cup of Joe or breakfast on the run. It is also a fan-tastic spot for group or business meet-ings offering free WiFi to our internet savvy customers. The Pink Pantry can be rented by the hour for birthday par-ties, bridal showers or afternoon tea parties. The cakes aren’t bad either.


The Arts came out to sing in Clifton's 1st annual coffee-house cafe evening of music last March. Performers in-cluded the 2nd Baptist Church Choir, Jamie McNamara, Caitlin Schneiderman, Helen Rusnak, Erick Russek-Robbins, Vernon Keen, Randy Thompson and Arlene Posner as MC.

COFFEE-HOUSE CAFE EVENING OF MUSIC

If you have taken photos at a Clifton event, would like to announce a birth or are new to the area please feel free to

submit your information to Dariece Rau at [email protected]. Be sure to include details of when

the photo was taken, the event and the identity of those in the photo. Submission of photo does not guarantee it will appear.

Were looking for photos and news….


Welcome to the world of nature and gardening for wildlife. Let me introduce myself. I love walking through our woods and stream valleys watching birds, finding insects and animal tracks, identify-ing plants and imagining what it would have been like in Virginia 400 years ago.

I decided to do something to help our local wildlife as they struggle with disap-pearing habitats and began learning about the National Audubon Society’s “Audubon At Home” program. This pro-gram teaches us how to landscape our yards in ways that benefit the birds, mammals, amphibians, rep-tiles and even insects that live all around us. Audubon At Home encourages five actions anyone can take that will lead to healthier backyards for our families, our communities and birds, plants and other wildlife. The program also seeks to im-prove water quality in local streams. It is similar, but not identical, to a program developed by the National Wildlife Federation that certifies back-yard wildlife habitats. Due to Cliff Fairweather’s schedule change, I have been asked to write nature articles for you.

The Audubon At Home program goals are: First, reduce pesticide use by learning to identify the in-sect pest and apply less toxic alternatives that will still be effective.

Second, conserve water by using native plants in your yard that do not require lots of extra water in our hot, dry summer months. Catch water coming off your roof in a rain barrel for later use watering your garden.

Third, protect water quality by reducing storm wa-ter runoff from your yard and learn to recognize

which objects floating into the storm drains are sources of serious pollution. For example, did you know that one quart of oil dumped down a storm drain will create an oil slick 2 acres in size? Use the correct amount of fertilizer in your yard and time it to have maximum effect on your grass with less chance of washing off your lawn to pollute the streams. Use herbicides sparingly. Most are highly toxic.

Fourth, avoid introducing exotic plant pests that pose a threat to native wildlife and remove those already planted in your yard. Typical invasive alien plants found in and near our area are English ivy, bamboo, kudzu, Japanese honeysuckle, Asian Bittersweet and some ornamental grasses. Ask the clerk at the garden center if the plants you are buying are considered invasive.

Fifth, plant native species that are adapted to our climate and also provide food and shel-ter for birds and other wildlife. I have prepared a list of native plants that are easy to use. The list includes plants that will at-tract butterflies, hummingbirds and songbirds. They make fun additions to any garden and I can personally tell you the right plants do attract hummingbirds. If you would like a copy, just email me at [email protected]. I am working on a new list that states whether deer like to eat the native plant or

leave it alone. I would appreciate your feedback from your own ex-periences with deer feeding on your garden plants.

It was a delight to inform you about the Audubon at Home program and I look forward to writing future arti-cles for you.

Audubon At Home in Fall, 2007 by Sarah Mayhew, Fairfax Master Naturalist Candidate


As Chairman of the 2007 Clifton Day and on behalf of CBA President Michelle Stein, I want to take a moment to thank everyone for their help in making Clifton Day such a huge success in 2007. Thanks to the efforts of our volunteers, the cooperation of the area residents, and the weather, we had a great 40th Clifton Day. And don’t forget our spon-sors. Their continued support allows us to provide some needed funds in the support of the Betterment of Clifton. This year Clifton Day is donating $5,000 to the town of Clifton to help with the beatification of the Triangle. Everyone who volunteered is to be commended but there are a few people that deserve special thanks.

Dave Simpson (Set-up and Clean-up) - Dave, without asking, arranges the groups to help with both of these chores. He’s the man behind the scenes getting everything in place and then tears it all down again for next year.

Tom Peterson (Volunteer Coordinator) - Tom picked this job up late in the summer and worked his magic. We had all the volunteers we needed at the right place, and at the right time. And most importantly, they al-

ways had a smile on their face.

Claudia and Mike Anton (Publicity) – Claudia and Mike got the word out about Clifton Day. They worked with the local media, VRE, and other avenues to inform the public. Thanks to the dynamic duo, the word got out and we had a great turnout.

Michelle Stein, Kathy Kinter, Kathy Kalinowski, Lane Johnston (Retail Ven-dors) – This is the team that coordinates with all the retail vendors, get them signed up and in the right spot in time for the event. When your dealing with over 200 vendors, this is no small task.

Jan Schneiderman, Dwayne Nitz (Antique Vendors) – Jan and Dwayne work with the antique vendors and get them in the right place. One vendor has at-tended Clifton Day for 29 years. That’s a tribute to the efforts of Jan and Dwayne.

Tom Jones, Avery-Lynn Dickey (Kids Entertainment) – This year we made the decision to move all the kids activities into the park and Tom and Avery-Lynn took it from there. With the free petting zoo, the story-tellers, JumpWorks, Climbing Wall, magicians, jugglers and other games, the kids had a great time. A big hand to Tom and Avery-Lynn for pulling all this together.

Jim Chesley (VRE Coordinator) – Jim worked with Virginia Railway Express (VRE) and Norfolk Southern to strike a deal to run the trains up and down the

Vampire Sam Achtermann helps advertise the upcoming Haunted Trail as he walked

Pony rides in front of the CBA barn. . .


tracks just for Clifton Day. This is the only day of the year the train stops in Clifton.

Wayne Nickum (Train Master) – Wayne got a chance to wear the Train Engineer hat and coordinate the ef-forts of the volunteers at the train platform. Good job Wayne.

Randy Thompson (Music Co-ordinator) – Randy lit up the east side of town with his selec-tion of bands that kept the feet a-tappin all afternoon. No com-plaints from the fire hall.

Sheldon Hofferman (Bloodmobile) – Sheldon worked with INOVA to offer our patrons an opportunity to give blood and lay back in the air-conditioned bus for a few minutes. INOVA exceeded their goals for the day. The drawing for the Dinner-for-Two gift cards resulted in Sam Nestor of Centreville receiving the Bonefish Grill gift certificate and Emily Grant of Fairfax Station receiving the Heart and Hand gift certificate.

Pete Mills (Food Vendor) – Coordinated with all the food vendors to ensure we had a variety menu and the prices were consistent. Not an easy task but Pete pulls this off year after year.

Blair Diseati (Signage) – All those nice signs people saw around the area for the adver-tising of Clifton Day and rec-ognition of our corporate sponsors were due to Blair’s efforts.

Yvonne and Harry Bleistein (Neighborhood letters) – Yvonne and Harry prepared and sent over 150 letters with road passes to the folks who live within the Clifton Day perimeters. Not an easy task since the town uses a combination of post office boxes and street addresses.

Jason Mitchell (Web Master) – Jason kept the web site up to date with the latest information. Even when we changed it two or three times before we finally decided on the final answer.

Debra Levanthal (Photographer) – Debra Levanthal and the Clifton Elementary sixth grade provided a his-toric recording of Clifton Day 2007. Some interesting

pictures.

Todd Fisher (Hospitality Area Host) – In charge of making sure the sponsors and their guests had a great time in the Hospitality Area so that we can count on their continued support in the coming years. Everyone in this area had a smile on their face.

Was that because the Redskins won that day or was it Todd’s good work?

Michelle Stein, Chris Spina (Corporate Sponsors) – Michelle and Chris smoozed the sponsors and came up with an impressive list for support of Clifton Day. This helps fund our activities.

Michelle Stein (Clifton Day Co-Chair) – Not only did Michelle take on the lead roles of Retail Vendors and Corporate Sponsorship; she’s also the one that makes

sure everything gets done, and done right. With her experi-ence and patience with me (the rookie on the team), the Clifton Day planning and exe-cution ran very smoothly. She’s deserves the recognition for our success this year.

The volunteers – For all the volunteers, including the Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts, who helped during the planning,

set-up, execution, tear-down, and clean-up there is no way we could have completed this without your help. Thank you all for your support.

The VRE was a popular way to get in and out of town, partly because it was air conditioned!

Clifton Day continued


Scarecrows, scarecrows everywhere!

A Success Story The woods were dark and damp, very damp. A pale full moon bathed the meadow and swirled through the trees. Fog drifted and clung to the tombstones. A heartbeat sounded and the shrieks began as more than 3,000 guests walked, and screamed, through Clifton’s 7th Haunted Trail.

Plagued by a drought of several months, Clifton received 6 inches of rain on the three days preceeding the Oct. 27 event, with lingering showers on the morning of. . .

“Yet, with all the elements seemingly against us, the sun broke through the clouds around noon and the temperature climbed to almost 70, giving the 2007 Clifton Haunted Trail the most successful event to date,” said Lane Johnston, chairman of the Haunted Trail. Although figures are not complete, we grossed over $20,000 and I estimate we spent about $6,000, she said.

The Haunted Trail was not held in 2006 because of flood damage to the foot bridge. Bridge repairs were completed this October, just two weeks before the event. There is no electric power in the 8-acre park until the morning of the event when generators and thousands of feet of electrical cords are brought in, and Johnston gives special credit to Steve Howell and Mike Anton for starting work in the rain to get the park “electrified” for the night’s event. We were still plugging in the witches as the first trail goers entered the park, and that was a fright-ening moment for me, she said.

Profits from the bake sale, combined with a gift from the Bryce Foundation founded by James and Emily Anderson, were donated to the ongoing research for neuroblastoma at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Insti-tute in N. Y. City. That gift totaled $889. Nick Franca, teenage son of Jim and Caryn, has been battling this deadly cancer for several years. Both the Andersons and the Francas live in Clifton.

Special Thanks To All From the Chairman – Lane Johnston

The Haunted Trail

First of all, I want to thank the infrastructure team: Jim and Jan Wood, Laura Linton, Jan Schneiderman, Jo Ormesher, Randy Thompson, Steve Howell, Mike Anton, Michelle Stein, Wayne Nickum, Pat Layden, Chuck Rusnak, Donna and Jamie Netschert, Marcus Silva, Steve Howell and Tom Peterson. This team was in charge of posters, publicity, concessions, sound, lighting, set up, clean up, tickets, shuttles and parking. And, the Boy Scouts Troop 1104 who did the Trail Clean Up, led by Bob Richards.

Secondly, thanks to the skit leaders and actors, who with no dress rehearsals, brought the house down (so to speak) with rave reviews ranging from “It’s better than King’s Domin-ion” to “I couldn’t stop screaming”. . .Here’s the trail in brief:

Trolls --Starting at the beginning of the trail with Troll


Danny Albisu, in that fabulous mask loaned to him by fellow Troll Blake Colling-Hottell. Danny, who was hiding behind John Kinter’s boat, stepped out into a group and actually caused an adult male to “wet his pants” (that’s what I heard!);

Bunnyman --ax-wielding Larry Hensle as Bunnyman had everybody screaming;

Gothpires --next came the beating heart and Trish Robertson and her very popular Gothpires swinging from the trees;

Scarecrow Alley -- an all-time favorite Scarecrow Alley designed and di-rected by Jeff and Michelle Stein;

Pumpkin Heads -- Shari Bedker and Girl Scout Troop #1600 featured hanging and jump-ing pumpkins;

The Jarrendt Fam-ily --a long and winding spiderweb tunnel inhabited by the Jarrendt Family of spiders who dropped a giant, glowing spider;

Chain Saw Gang –The teenage girls in particular screamed their way through a gang of chain saw-wielding crazies headed by Lev Buller and Bill Curry;

Cheney and Clinton -- there was a brief po-litical moment of hilarity (get it?) when Dick Cheney, waving a plastic gun, went running

after Hilary Clinton inviting her to the Texas ranch for a little shooting practice. . . parts were played by friend and police officer Mark Harring-ton and wife Mona;

Graveyard –eerie and foggy was the graveyard designed by Larry Hensle and manned by Boy Scout Troop 1104;

The Ring -- a phone ringing, a static-screen TV and an apparition-horror rising out of a well,

brought to us by Han-nah Ackerman and dad, Sam;

Evil Clowns --back into the meadow, 3 evil clowns personified by Eric Hencken, Ray-mond VanLienden and Case Hushen ;

Ghosts and Mon-sters --also along this path were glowing eyes in the trees, Girl Scout ghosts from Lisa Graine’s Troop #1822; Arlene and Paul Posner as “Screams”, the al-ways fabulous Jamie Netschert as the Grim Reaper, and, new this year, the young Dan Kelliher as a Werewolf (a real killer the girl’s said);

The Bittner Family -- new skit this year The Bittner Family featuring

a skeleton rising out of a coffin, really creepy in the beginning, AND even more creepy when Mike Anton crawled out of it later in the evening!;

Frog Hell –two walls of terror sent us through Frog Hell, produced by Rick Peterson and neighbors of Frog Hill;

Mial Fessenden & JD Dellinger With Boy Scout Troop 1104


Witches Coven –smoke and fire led us into the Witches Coven headed up by Linda Custis, Emily Dygve and about 8 others who were superbly made-up (somebody asked who our make-up artist was for this event, and that is a great compliment to all of you who took the time to make that special face);

Dementors -- all along this trail we had dementors who were in cos-tume and carried radios in case we needed to take anyone out: those de-mentors included Nick Heckett, Kelly Robertson, Ralph Youngen, Har-vey Johnson and Matt Shields.

More thanks to all the teens who volunteered to help decorate, be trail guides and do clean up: to the bakers who donated all the goodies (we sold every cookie, every crumb!); to concession sellers Emmi Holmes, Diane Dygve, Jo Ormesher, Kathryn Boudreau, Marilyn Stoney, Martha

Embrey, Peggy Weed, Laura and Megan Linton; Tim Hugo and Julie Dime for bringing us a team of 6 workers to help with parking, bake sales and security; and CBC members who stayed open in-cluding the Clifton Store, the Pink Pantry, the Ice Scream shop and Filligree. . .

The Town hopes all of you will help us again next year. . .the Saturday before Hal-loween. . .there’s always the chance that next year you won’t scream. . .but, even if you do, the chainsaw will drown out all but the shrillest of shrieks. . .it’s only 8 acres of woods – what could possibly happen to you?


Cox Communications

sponsor of

Monster Movies Under the Moon,

Marcus Silva for bringing us our

straw theater seating. . .

Domino’s Pizza Bonefish

A very special thanks to

Car Show On Monday, September 3, the Clifton Lions Club and the

Custom Cruisers of Northern Virginia co-hosted the 8th Annual Labor Day Car Show "on the streets" in historic Clifton, Virginia.

This year over 400 vehicles were in atten-dance as beautiful weather brought a large crowd and lots of chrome!

The Lions Club and the Custom Cruisers jointly sponsor this event which helps various charities. All proceeds from the show go to charity. This year close to $26,000.00 was raised and the major recipients are: Life with Can-cer, the Old Dominion Eye Bank, and Children's National Medical Center (Children's Hospital). Each of these charities provide service at no charge to those who are in need their services.

In the past three years, over $76,300.00 has been raised for various worthy charities at the Labor Day Car Show. For information about the Clifton Lions Club or the Custom Cruisers of Northern Virginia, please contact Jim Chesley at 703-830-2129.

Clifton Betterment Association Academic Scholarship

The Clifton Betterment Association Scholarship has been established to recognize a Son or daughter of a Clifton Betterment Association member who has proven scholastically successful and made significant Clifton community contributions by helping and showing concern for others, sharing their gifts and talents within the community and exhibiting strong leadership characteristics.

The $500 (amount can be changed: +/-) will be awarded to a Clifton area youth(s) who shares these accom-plishments.

Applicant Qualifications: 1. A graduating high school senior. 2. Has made significant community contributions in the town of Clifton. 3. Has maintained a minimum 3.0 GPA as a junior & the first semester senior year. 4. Participated in a variety of extra/co curricular activities. 1. Name _________________________________________________________________________________

2. Phone _____________________________ email ______________________________________________

3. Address _______________________________________________________________________________

4. Number & ages of children living at home (including applicant) ________________________________

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5. What colleges or technical schools have you applied to? ______________________________________

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6. What colleges or technical schools have accepted you? ________________________________________

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7. What colleges or technical schools have you decided to attend? _________________________________

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8. Describe your educational goals & tentative career choice. ____________________________________

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Clifton Betterment Association - Academic Scholarship Page 2 Name ____________________________________

9. List extra curricular activities (clubs, arts, sports, music, drama, etc.) Please indicate the grade level (senior, junior, and sophomore). Include offices held, letters won, etc.

(If you have a current college resume you may submit that for questions 9-12 if it reflects the needed information)

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10. List the community activities/services you participated in during high school. Please also indicate the grade level. _______________________________________________________________________________

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11. List places you have been employed – including hours per week & dates: _______________________

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12. ESSAY: in no more than 3 pages (typed and double spaced), please write to the following prompt: Having lived in Clifton, Virginia, a small town in the greater Washington DC metro area, you have had expo-sure to two opposing cultures; Cosmopolitan and Historic/semi-rural. How has your upbringing in these two diverse cultures prepared you for a quality college experience and, as a consequence of your experiences, what assets do you bring to your new college community?

I hereby authorize my high school:_____________________________ to provide a transcript and college test scores to the Clifton Betterment Association Scholarship Committee. I understand that the informa-tion provided on the application will remain confidential and the decision of the scholarship committee will be final and accepted without recourse.

Applicant's signature ______________________________________ Date _____________

Parent or guardian signature ________________________________ Date _____________

Application Deadline: May 15, 2008

Please direct questions regarding this application to Peter Noonan – 703-815-1748 or Lynne Garvey Wark, (703) 322-1811

Please mail to: CBA Scholarship

c/o PO Box 110 Clifton, VA 20124

C. B. A. P. O. Box 94 Clifton, VA 20124

www.cliftonva.org

CBA Membership Form

Date of application _______________

Name (first & last names) ____________________________________________________________________________

Children’s Names (or Others At Home) _________________________________________________________________

Address : Street _________________________________________________________________________________ P. O. Box ________________ Town, State, Zip _________________________________________________________________________

Telephone _____________________

E-Mail 1 ________________________________________ ___ include in directory ___ include in email list for announcements ___ do not include in directory

E-Mail 2 ________________________________________ ___ include in directory ___ include in email list for announcements ___ do not include in directory

All members must live within the Clifton Elementary School boundaries. If you’re unsure, contact Emmi Holmes (703 830-1457, or [email protected]) or the school for information.

All Senior Citizens (65 and over): Send in this form (for our records) and you will receive free membership.

Please check type of membership: Family Membership Single Person Household Membership

____ $45 2yr. family membership ____ $25 2yr. single person membership ____ $25 1yr. “ “ ____ $15 1yr. “ “ “

Sr. Citizen _____ Check here and return form for free membership.

Please indicate your areas of interest, i.e. where you might volunteer:

_____ Birthday Party _____ Historic Preservation _____ 5K Race _____ Fundraising _____ Fourth of July _____ Newsletter _____ Clifton Day _____ General Worker _____ Children’s Holiday Party _____ Other _______________

Contact Emmi Holmes, Membership, (703 830-1457) or ([email protected]), if you have questions.

Mail form and check, made out to CBA, to: Emmi Holmes, CLIFTON BETTERMENT ASSOCIATION, P. O. Box 94, Clifton, VA 20124

“In these times of push and energy there are in-quiring minds always looking for new fields and land buyers and home seekers are hurrying to and fro looking for a place to settle and a change of abode. I thought it would not be out of place, as many such persons are constantly reading the Herald and inquiring through the mails what goes on at those little railroad towns for a livelihood by the inhabitants thereof . To give a short sketch of the doings of our people in the Town of Clifton, which is located 27 miles from the national Capi-tal, on the Southern Railroad: We have a pair of general stores, one owned and run by the Buckley Bros., stocked from floor to garret, carrying about $8,000 to $9,000 worth of goods; the other store run by J. L. Fristoe, who came here from the Val-ley of Virginia two years or more ago and has had success, doing a nice business, while we also have a lumber dealer with us in the person of M. M. Payne. A. J. Kidwell, our worthy blacksmith has a well-equipped shop and keeps two men employed at his place. Then we have J. B. Cross, wheel-wright and undertaker, who also has a helper. We also have an up-to-date butcher shop, owned and run by R. M. Kivett, who has been in the business eight years and built up from a baby to its present proportions.

We have a saw, lath and grist mill, owned and successfully operated by Mr. R. W. Wood-yard; two liveries in the village, both of which are more or less busy all the while, the one run by S. H. Detwiler and the other run by F. G. May-hugh. Messrs. Wright and Hickey deal in ties and cord wood; they also run a mill in the woods in

Life in Clifton, 1904 As I have been conducting research on Clifton’s history for the pictorial history book I am writing, I came across this article found in the Virginia Room from the December 2, 1904 weekly Fairfax Her-ald. You will recognize many of the names in this article, as they are contained not only on the town’s historic plaques, but also in our book, “Brigadoon”. While there is little mention of women, you can easily imagine that to keep the homes, churches and schools running, they were certainly about! You will read a reference to an African-American family in the village – an attempt to portray Clifton as a liberal and peace-loving town, which, ostensibly would attract Northern newcomers. The town was young, vibrant and oh so proud of its citizenry at the beginning of the 1904 Holiday Season! I hope you enjoy this description – reflecting the language and careers of turn-of-the-century Clifton! Happy Holi-days!

Lynne Garvey-Wark, Proprietor, the Canary Cottage & member, Fairfax County History Commission..

company with W. H. Mathers. J. M. Fulmer, a lumber man, deals extensively in oak lumber for the Northern markets. T. O. McMullen, who fol-lows contract carpentering, owns and runs a port-able saw mill to cut wood for families at their homes. C. H. Ford manages his mother’s estate in and around the village, which consists of much good property. Rev. W. H. Edwards the pastor of the Presbyterian Church, resides on his little farm in the corporation, which is stocked with a fine variety of fruit trees, which he markets in sea-son. R. B. Dorsey and W. Richards who push the pen for Uncle Sam, go to Washington every work day, also reside in town. W. F. Ford, a clerk for Buckley Bros., and George Mayhugh, a helper for his father’s livery, live on Chapel Street in the vil-lage and run on the Southern railroad to Greens-boro, N.C. from Washington, DC. Dr. J. L. Stan-ford, a surgeon who up to a year ago was in the Philippines and Cuba, in the U.S. army, also lives at the hotel, which is conducted by Mrs. Annie Bell in a very satisfactory way.

Mrs. Remsberg, a widow and her daughter and little son live here and take boarders. Mr. George Kincheloe lives on Main Street and huck-sters from this county and Prince William to Washington market. Dell Avenue, a new street, contains six houses, in a row, occupied by D. W. Mathers, a stone mason; R. S. Fullerton, a ma-chinist; T. O. McMullen, a joiner; Paul McMullen, a carpenter; W. C. and S. W. Puckett, carpenters, and F. G. Cooksey, a stone mason for the South-ern Railway; G. F. Holland, formerly of Charlotte, North Carolina, lives here. Mr. Holland has charge of a material train of the Southern Rail-

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way. We have also two telegraph operators, H. Adams and H. N. Payne; T. W. Ayre, agent for the Southern Railway, lives with his mother-in-law, Mrs. Thomas Payne, and R. B. Fitstengle (colored) cobbler’s shop is on the Railroad Avenue. We have three schools and four churches. The town is incorporated and governed by a mayor and five councilmen and a town sergeant; court convenes when there is anything to do in that line. We have a lockup that is used very seldom. A Masonic lodge is located here with 37 members, A. J. Kidwell, W. M. A. W. Robinson, secretary; R. R. Buckley, Treasurer, meets Monday before the full moon each month. There are three local trains South, and as many going North each day; the Southern has a double track, and this station is equipped with the auto-matic interlocked switch absolute block sys-tem; the railroad has a floating gang and a local section, with headquarters in the vil-lage. The business houses are lighted with acetylene gas, manufactured in a plant be-longing to a local company. R. T. Payne, a carpenter by trade, also resides here. Mr. R. H. Butler lives at the home of his nephew, Mr. G. B. Wright; Russell Barbee, a clerk for J. L. Fristoe, lives at the home of his em-ployer. We have the best water that has ever been tasted in Virginia in a spring on the pub-lic highway that never fails even in the dryest seasons; there are wells also in the town that can be reached with a long-handled dipper from the top of the ground, the contents of which are wholesome and pure. The drainage in the town is perfect, the winters mild and the summer seasons comfortable; fishing and game is plentiful. Bull Run, lying just one

mile and a half from the limits of the town; the county round about is literally specked and dot-ted with farm houses, said farms producing with a little work more grain than any place I have ever been; the principal crops are wheat, corn, potatoes, oats, barley, buckwheat and vegeta-bles. A truck farm would do well hereabouts, as there are hundreds of dollars worth of early vege-tables consumed in this little town that are pur-chased from the Washington market.

R. V. Riddle, R.M.S. of North Carolina is in the village. Mr. Riddle looks well, his health hav-ing improved since his departure from us.

Anticipating a visit by the District Deputy, the Masons had a supper at the home of Mr. G. B. Wright, in the village Monday night of last week. Your correspondent was in attendance and enjoyed the repast with twenty odd members of the local lodge and S. Ella Davis of Washington and W. H. Clarke and Charnett Ford of Swet-nam. They had oysters, salads, celery and a huge turkey that was knocked out in the second round with Marquis of Cranberry rules. W. H. Mathers, they said, had ridden the goat at the hall before coming to the banquet. W. H. Clark, as usual, with some excuse for cleaning up everything in reach of him, apologized to the party by saying he had missed his supper, and the sitting just came in handy for him. We noticed that things went off in a quiet and business-like manner. Mrs. G. B. Wright and Mr. A. J. Kidwell attended to the culi-nary departments. Mr. A. J. Kidwell carved up the fowl. [signed] NUF CED”

Clifton, 1904 continued...

The design jury for the 23rd annual Fairfax County Exceptional Design Awards selected five winners of ex-ceptional architectural or site design achievement in the county. One of this year’s award recipients was our very own Clifton Presbyterian Church. Congratulations to Rev. Dr. Lynn Stanton-Hoyle, Mark Reimers & other representatives from Clifton Presbyterian Church who accepted the County’s Design Excellence Award of Merit (for the design, execution and blending a new structure with an historic structure). It was a wonderful tribute to many years of hard work, patience, hard work, patience and a heck of a lot of faith!!

Exceptional Architectural and Site Design Honored by Fairfax County

Have you got a new neighbor? Be sure and share your copy of the

Cl i f ton Clat ter with them so they can find out about

Clifton Betterment Association membership.

The Clifton community affirms a desire to interact with one another in an environment of respect and integrity. We are a community that: -is committed to the dignity and value of one another. -assumes the best in each other. -communicates clearly and directly. -provides open forums to address difficult issues in an orderly, respectful manner. -behaves towards one another, both individually and collectively, with honesty, decency and responsibility. -holds the preservation of our unique historic character in the highest regard. -participates in community activities, organizations and events in the best interest of all.

O u r C o m m u n i t y , O u r C l i f t o n

Congratulations and Thank You

to the officers of the

Clifton Betterment Association

Officers as of January 1st will be: President - Michelle Stein 1st Vice President - Jan Schneiderman 2nd Vice President - Steve Bittner Secretary - Chris Spina Treasurer - Steve Goetzinger

Thank you Gary Anderson for serving as Vice President for the last 2 years. Your efforts are greatly appreciated!

Dariece Rau is the Editor/Publisher of the Clifton Clatter. Please contact Dariece at [email protected] (703-815-4440) with any questions, con-cerns or news to share! The Clifton Clatter is published four times per year and is the official newsletter of the Clifton Betterment Association (CBA). Its contents are for information only. Articles express the opinion of the authors, not the CBA. The CBA Officers, the Clatter Publisher, and the contributors assume no responsibility for errors, omissions, or consequences resulting from information provided in this edition. The CBA does not officially endorse any of the products or services advertised herein.


Quest ion of the Issue:

While in the drought, have you been worried about your well going dry and if so, how has your family

conserved water?

Email response to [email protected]

2007 has been a sort of landmark year for me. Through my CBA efforts I have been slowly guided into

the modern era of publishing, printing and distribution techniques. It’s taken MANY people to nudge me in this direction. My thanks go firstly to my son Ken who felt so sorry for me as I struggled with the software and for-matting for the 2007 Directory. His field of expertise is color print management, not publishing software, but he took over and reworked the entire directory from cover to cover. Though very belated, we had it ready in time for the Clifton Birthday party. My heartfelt thanks to him for rescuing me, and to everyone who contributed time, effort and material to the directory, and especially to Michelle Stein for her faith that we would finally get it done! As this year comes to a close, again I feel a little nudge, this time to improve my trust in computers to rely on email for even more of my communications with you. As CBA brings back the quarterly issues of this news-letter, thanks to the efforts of our new editor, I am challenged a bit more with the new distribution method – I have to give up my highlighted-by-hand “pink labels”. I need to move entirely to an email system of renewal cor-respondence, and trust that emails won’t get lost in cyberspace somewhere, or deleted before you can respond.

So here are a few membership reminders as we move into this new era of newsletter distribution:

**Please keep your membership current if you need to renew. My CBA mantra for the last 22 years, “seeing pink, renew in a wink,” is now passé. Since the newsletter will go to most of you via email, there will be no more mailing labels for me to highlight in pink. I will send an email reminder about a month before each Clatter issue - March, June, September and November. (The email for this November will come by the end of this month.) I will attach the membership form to the email for you to print and send in. If that fails, there should always be a re-newal form in each issue. When your renewal is due, you will receive an email from me and you can choose which form to use. If you are ever in doubt, please email me and ask. Also, please know that it is not a problem if you happen to send your renewal early. I will simply add it to your current membership date, and inform you of the new date. * For the few of you who do not use email, you will still receive your newsletter by snail mail - with the date on the mailing label highlighted in neon pink when you need to renew.

** Important reminder for our esteemed Sr. Citizen members (over 65) – please mail the form in, so I know that you want to continue your membership.

Speaking of email addresses, I really appreciate having them and keeping them current if you use email at all. CBA uses them in three ways, according to your preferences: -1. for membership and directory reminders as mentioned above. -2. for distribution of the Clifton Clatter, CBA’s quarterly newsletter. -3. to be included in CBA’s email distribution list for CBA and community announcements. President Michelle Stein, email whiz extraordinaire, uses a blind list so your address should not go out to anyone else through her emails. A final point about emails – During the lengthy process of updating the directory I had the opportunity to

speak to many members. I found that some people did not recognize my emails and had deleted them or thought their email programs had blocked them. To avoid this, note that emails from me regarding membership/directory will come from [email protected]. Emails from Michelle with upcoming events and the Clatter will come from [email protected]. Please set your spam filters to accept these addresses.

Happy Holidays!!

Emmi

Emmi’s Membership Corner


New Members/Address Changes since Directory Publication Lots of comings and goings in our little community since the publication of the 2007 Directory in the spring. These are the ones I am aware of - includ-

ing new residents in the town, new members of CBA and new businesses/closed or moved businesses. You may wish to save this page and keep it with your directory for future reference.

NEW CBA MEMBERS & RESIDENTS

AZOUQHA, Norman & Peggy Steven & Rasha 12428 Henderson Rd. Clifton, VA 20124 (703) 266-0966 [email protected]

BATLA, Ray & Sue 12406 Shari Hunt Grove Clifton, VA 20124 (703) 266-9301 [email protected]

BREYFOGLE, Jon & Pamela MILLER Jordan, Sophia & Harry 7151 Twelve Oaks Drive Fairfax Station, VA 22039 (703) 503-4940 [email protected]

CAMBY, Richard & Stacia Lukas, Gavin & Liam 6515 Wolf Run Shoals Rd. Fairfax Station, VA 22309 (703) 764-9434 [email protected]

CERRUTI, Michael & Dorothy (Dot) Nick 12821 Chestnut St., P. O. Box 138 Clifton, VA 20124 (703) 266-5814 [email protected] [email protected]

CLARK, Rob & Heather Adam 12653 School St. Clifton, VA 20124 (703) 802-7594 [email protected] [email protected]

GRONER, Sheldon & Beth Alexander & Brady 6512 Stallion Rd. Clifton, VA 20124 (703) 615-1150 [email protected]

HENCKEN, Eric & Amanda Elsa & Mason 12727 Clifton Heights Lane Clifton, VA 20124 (703) 266-4362 [email protected] [email protected]

HUGO, Tim & Paula Katie, Chris, Matt & Jackie 8355 Sylvan Way Clifton, VA 20124 (703) 703 968-2594 (h) (703) 569-1201 (o) [email protected]

JONES, Rob & Pam Ashley, Katie & Colin 12800 Yates Ford Rd. Clifton, VA 20124 (703) 266-0922 [email protected] [email protected]

KATCHMARK, Eric & Haley 12651 School St. Clifton, VA 20124

POWELL, John & Kelly WAITE Kayley, Brandon, Jerred & Colin 7219 Wesley Tyler Dr. Clifton, VA 20124 (703) 943-7227 (703) 626-8281

WINKOWSKI, Tom & Terry Alex 12642 Water St. Clifton, VA 20124 (703) 543-8084 [email protected] ADDRESS/PHONE CHANGES

BITTNER, Stephen & Kimberly New phone: (703) 543-7488 (540) 377-1521

HARVEY, Jim & Alesia 4801 Sundown Rd. Laytonsville, MD 20882 (301) 744-2541 [email protected]

THOMPSON, David & Dawna Amelia & Rachel 12221 Henderson Rd. Clifton, VA 20124 (703) 631-2570 [email protected]

BUSINESS UPDATES

NEW BUSINESSES

CLIFTON BRITE CLEANERS Mrs. Ahn 12644-F Chapel Rd. Clifton, VA 20124 (703) 378-0449

FILIGREE HOME ACCENTS & INTERI-ORS, INC. Mary Mills 7145 Main St. Clifton, VA 20124 (703) 815-2421

THE PINK PANTRY Danyelle Ballard 7144B Main St. Clifton, VA 20124 (703) 830-2205 www.thepinkpantryandcoffee.com [email protected] BUSINESSES CLOSED/MOVED

1824 & EQUESTRIAN COLLECTIONS, AR-NOTT MASON CORP. Chris Duggan 10498 Colonel Ct. Ste. 105 Manassas, VA 20110 (703) 365-0155

BASKETS & BOUGHS *closed*

CLIFTON COFFEE MILL *closed*

KATHYRN’S TAILORING AND ALTERA-TIONS *closed*

www.bandofparents.org

Ordinary Parents Extraordinary Circumstances

No one wants to hear the words your child has cancer...but we all

Our Mission: Provide a way to raise funds for a new drug trial for neuroblastoma-a

rare childhood cancer

BANDofPARENTS bound by hope

Caryn Franca Fundraising Chair [email protected] 703-830-3071


Scouting is a great way to get your child involved and

having fun while building character,

skills for success and preparing children to become responsible and caring adults.

Girl Scouts: Lisa Ide - 703-815-0931 Lisa Graine - 703-818-2598 Cub Scouts: Rob Jones -703-608-3401 Boy Scouts: Bo Reese -703-830-0048 Venture Scouts: Darci Richard -703-830-9714

To find out about one of the Scout groups in Clifton please contact the following:

Join Scouts

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Historic Clifton Candlelight Tour 2007Historic Clifton Candlelight Tour Sat., December 1, 2007 Tickets: $15.00, available at Clifton Shops after Nov. 1, 2007 2:30 – 3:00pm * Caroling