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Housing Market: Strong, But Slowing

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A few weeks ago, George MasonUniversity Professor StephenFuller, Ph.D, published an updateof his July 17, 2012 report that

projected imminent and hard-hitting eco-nomic effects from sequestration. A maincomponent of the update regards the gov-ernment mellowing the blow by using fur-loughs rather than layoffs. Payroll reduc-tions still add up to equivalent job losses,the report explains, but the negative eco-nomic response ought to be slower to takeeffect.

Given the nose-to-nose nature of govern-ment spending and real estate economy,particularly in Northern Virginia, thesecalming words should inspire more confi-dence in a market that is already thriving.

First, interest rates have been in the base-ment: Freddie Mac reported a 30-YearFixed-Rate of 3.57 percent for March thisyear, as opposed to 3.95 percent in March2012 and 4.84 percent in 2011 (for refer-ence, March 2005 was 5.93 percent).

Second, home prices are rising: RealEstateBusiness Intelligence reported a 10.23 per-cent increase in average sold price in FairfaxCounty between February 2012 and 2013.Even though inventory is shrinking acrossthe county, distressed sales (foreclosuresand short sales, for the uninitiated) aredown. On the whole, everyone has warmfuzzies about the market.

“It’s as healthy as it’s ever been,” saidDane Work, an associate broker with Re/Max Preferred Properties in Fairfax. “Every-thing is a hot potato. The whole market isred hot, white hot.”

BUT HOW LONG until the extended hon-eymoon phase is over? And what will thatmarket look like? According to GMU Pro-fessor of Finance Gerald Hanwek, a lot likeit has before.

“The hype is, fundamentally, what youwould expect from a market like this,” saidHanwek, “not very dynamic, as had beenin the past. For quite a while, this has beena terrific housing market in Fairfax County.”

Hanwek came to GMU in 1985 afterspending nearly two decades in the researchdivision at the Federal Reserve Board. To-day, in addition to teaching MBA financecourses, he is also associate dean for gradu-ate programs.

The professor has seen real estate gothrough cycle after cycle over the decades,and is convinced “it really just took time toallow housing prices to get on a path of ris-

ing, at a rate they had in the past.“When I first came here in 1968,” Hanwek

continued, “the thought was housing pricesshould always go up 10 percent a year. Thatwas a rule. And in fact they did for sometime.”

Then, of course, there were bumps in thelate 1970s and early 80s: double digit in-flation caused price rising to slow and mort-gages were harder to come by. The 80s and90s looked more hopeful, but then an early90s recession put the brakes on again.

“Now we’ve hit a plateau,” said Hanwek,“to where we probably should take off andstart having price rises between 4 and 6percent a year, on average, for residentialproperties. Once we hit that, and that’s beenhappening now for several years, prices arehigh enough—after they had fallen in 2005and 2006—that people are willing to buyand sell. Enough time has passed.”

But interest rates won’t stay down; theycan’t, at least not much past 2014. And se-questration will take effect, whether gov-ernment agencies start cutting expendituresin earnest later this year or into the next.“We’re going to see a considerable slow-down in government spending,” saidHanweck. “It’s going to affect this area dis-proportionately, and it affects the housingmarket quickly.”

And when the cuts do truly sink in?Fairfax County is an expensive place to live:furloughed workers and government con-tractors without projects will have a hardertime affording to stay. Potential replace-ments could come from the service indus-try, but their salaries can’t compete withthose in the defense industry.

“There’s going to be, perhaps, a real de-pression of price at the top line for homesas opposed to the lower price homes,” saidHanweck. “$300,000-$400,000—in thatrange, they’re not going to be as depressed.We’ll go back to that two-tier question. It’shappened here a lot and it will happenagain.”

Hanweck expects a repeat of what this

area saw between 1989 and 1990, when aslowdown in military spending caused thepopulation of Northern Virginia to drop by50,000.

“The long-term outlook is for slowinghome sales and stagnating prices,” he said.But, “after several years, after we’ve ab-sorbed what’s happening with the FederalGovernment, then prices will start to riseon their trend levels again. We’re just run-ning out of property, the supply is dwin-dling.”

WHY THE DWINDLING SUPPLY? Thereare several factors, according to Hanweck,all of which result in people hanging on totheir properties. Among them is a gradualincrease in the number of retirees in thisarea. Another is people simply waiting tosee how high prices will rise. And thoughmore prevalent on the west coast, there arealso more instances of business investorsbuying properties to rent.

But none of this should dissuade anyone,encouraged Hanweck. “Sell. Sell and buy,”he said. “If you want to move, sell now, buynow. Buying six months ago would be evenbetter, buying a year ago would’ve beeneven better. But buy. Over the next year, twoyears, it’s going to be a good market. Afterthat we’re going to see Federal Governmentcuts actually start to impact.”

“I’m incredibly optimistic,” said Work. “Ihave been for about a year and a half. Itmakes me look like a saint. The writing wason the wall for some of this.

“It’s such a great opportunity for the enduser, for occupants,” he continued.“Everybody’s got to live somewhere. Nowis the time to lock in on something and se-cure it.”

That’s assuming everybody qualifies for amortgage right away. Which can be difficult.

However, “if they loosen the standards toomuch,” cautioned Hanweck, “we’ll be backin the world of the subprime loan: 110 per-cent funding of their house, and that’s ab-surd. We know what happens.” Hopefully.

Energized housingmarketplace, butgovernment cuts willeventually cool thingsdown.

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‘Perfect Storm’ inArea Real EstateMarket

—Tim Peterson

Ron Kowalski, Ron & Susan Asso-ciates, affiliated with Re/Max Gate-way, Lorton

“Distressed salesare down incrediblyover the last year, inthe county as wellas Lorton. In March2012, they made up44.4 percent of themarket in Lorton. InMarch 2013: 18.2percent. Foreclosures only make up 4percent of that 18.2 percent and 14percent are short sales. Eighty-twopercent are regular sales. A year ago,regular sales were only 55.6 percent.But right now in Lorton, there are only55 homes on the market. In March of2012, only 48 houses on the market.Five years ago, in 2008, there were307 active. That’s huge. That’s crazy.Sales are suffering, there’s just notenough to sell. Lorton still has somenegative perceptions because of theprison, even though it’s closed. Butonce people get here and realizewhat’s happening, the great parks andtrails—it’s one of the fastest growingparts of the county. Except there’s nobig scale building being done, not anice balance of homes being built tokeep up with the continued influx tothis location. It goes in cycles. A needwill create the urgency; it will be cor-rected and fixed.”

Patricia Mancini, Avery-Hess Real-tors, Springfield

“Being a bed-room to D.C.,Springfield is acommuter’s dream:VRE, buses, etc. It’san affordable tar-get, more so thanArlington. Thoughprices have gone up22 percent sinceFebruary a year ago (average was$285,635 in 2012, $349,015 in 2013).But we have hardly any inventory,only 41 active listings, 25 attachedtownhouses. It just breaks my heart.As soon as we get a listing, it’s sold.Just March alone, we had 11 listings,eight have sold. We still have buyerscoming in. They’re frantic. They feellike they’re missing the market. Andfrankly, they are. Multiple markets arebeing done. It’s absolutely incrediblewhat’s going on. I feel like it’s all overand we didn’t learn our lesson backin 2005. They’re coming out of theirshort sales, allowed to get loans.They’ve saved their money, have goodcredit. They’re going conventional;there’s a pecking order. Cash talks.”


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The County Line

By Victoria Ross

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Despite the developing impact ofacross-the-board sequestercuts, and the rising cost ofrental housing, the homeless

population in Fairfax County declined 12percent in the past year, and 26 percentsince 2007.

“It’s a remarkable achievement,” saidMichael O’Reilly, chairman of the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Partnership to Pre-vent and End Homelessness, who releasedthe figures Monday, April 1, along withDean Klein, Fairfax County’s director of theOffice to Prevent and End Homelessness(OPEH).

According to Fairfax County’s annual“point-in-time” survey, the number of home-less individuals decreased by 184 people,from 1,534 in 2013 to 1,350 in 2013. Since2007, the number of homeless individualsdecreased by nearly 500 people or 26 per-cent—from 1,813 in 2007 to 1,350 in 2013.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Ur-

ban Development (HUD) requires that ju-risdictions across the nation conduct a sta-tistically reliable and unduplicated count ofthe homeless over the course of one day inJanuary. The survey covers only those whoare literally homeless—in shelters, in time-limited transitional housing or those whoare unsheltered and living on the street.

THE GOAL of the count is to identify thenumber of homeless people at a given pointin time and to collect demographic infor-mation about those who are homeless toprovide direction for future development ofhousing and services. It is also a require-ment to qualify for state and federal funds.

“When we launched the 10-year plan in

2007, we fully expected to have some suc-cess,” O’Reilly said. What Fairfax County didnot expect were economic hurdles such as

Fairfax County’s Homeless Population Declines 12 PercentEmphasis on rapidre-housing, preventionkeys to success.

HIGHLIGHTS: 2013 POINT-IN-TIMECOUNT OF HOMELESS

The PIT count was conducted on Jan. 30, 2013.❖ Of the 1,350 people who were literally homeless

in the Fairfax-Falls Church Community, 747were people in families (55 percent of allhomeless), and 603 were single.

❖ Thirty-three percent (452 people) of all personswho were homeless were children under the ageof 18, the same percentage as last year.

❖ There were 19 fewer families who were homelessin 2013 compared to 2012, with 90 fewerpeople, including 53 fewer children and 37fewer adults.

❖ Fifty-eight percent of adults in homeless familieswere employed. In 2012, 59 percent of adults infamilies were employed.

❖ In 2013, 27 percent of all persons in familieswere homeless due to domestic violence, adecrease from 40 percent in 2012. Thirtypercent of families identified domestic violenceas the reason for homelessness.

❖ Single individuals account for 45 percent of allhomeless persons counted, a total of 603 people.

❖ Single adults decreased by 13 percent (94 adults)compared to 2012.

❖ Fifty-seven percent (341 people) of single adultswho were homeless suffered from seriousmental illness and/or substance abuse, adecrease from 64 percent in 2012, and manyhad chronic health problems and/or physicaldisabilities.

❖ Twenty-two percent (134 people) of single adultswere employed, and 9 percent (57 people) wereidentified as veterans.

Photo by Robbie Hammer/The Connection

Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Sharon Bulova speaksabout her experiences interviewing some of the county’s homelesspopulation during “Registry Week,” which kicked off the 100,000 HomesCampaign on Feb. 23. “This was something I will never forget. It was oneof the most powerful experiences of my life,” Bulova said.

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A man convicted of the Jan. 1, 2012robbery of a City of Fairfax restauranthas been sentenced to 15 years inprison. He is Colin Thomas Bowie, 47,of 8801 Jones Mill Road in Chevy Chase,Md., and the incident occurred around6:30 a.m. at the Denny’s Restaurant at10473 Fairfax Blvd.

Bowie entered the restaurant, drew ahandgun and ordered the assistant man-ager into the office. Bowie also told himto open the safe and surrender the cash.The manager did so and the robber fledthrough the back door and escaped.

Following an investigation, Bowie wasarrested Feb. 17, 2012 by Takoma Parkpolice and charged with armed robbery.He was returned to Fairfax County fortrial in Circuit Court. At his sentencinglast Friday, March 29, he received 30years in prison with 15 years suspended.

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Helping KeepChildren Safe

City of Fairfax police, in conjunctionwith the Optimist Club of Fairfax, will beoffering Safe Assured identification kitsfor children on Saturday, April 6, from 10a.m.-4 p.m., at the City of Fairfax PoliceDepartment, 3730 Old Lee Highway.

Parents will receive a full-color photoID and a mini-CD containing digital fin-gerprints, a digital photo, video showingmovement and mannerisms, a generalphysical description, vital personal in-formation and a family code word.Private information is encrypted andaccessible only by law enforcement.

Missing-persons posters can be cre-ated and printed directly from themini-CD in English, Spanish and French.The Safe Assured ID kits can also beused as a valuable aid for adults withspecial needs. The kits are free and anappointment is necessary. Call Sgt. KylePenman at (703) 385-7923.

Italian Ices for TaraTara Sankner, an 8-year-old second-

grader at Lees Corner Elementary, wasrecently diagnosed with brain cancer,and the local community is rallying’round to show its support. On Monday,April 8, from 6-8 p.m., area residentscan enjoy sweet treats while raisingmoney to help with Tara’s medical bills.

During those hours, Rita’s Italian Ice,at 10726 Fairfax Blvd., in Fairfax, willdonate 20 percent off all sales to supportTara and her family. Those unable toattend may also contribute to Taraonline. Go to www.airbanking.com/tools/; where it says to pick a charity,click and scroll down to Pray for Tara.

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Opinion

April is poetry month, and we inviteour readers to share their poemswith us. Some will appear in theprint edition and some will appear

online.We’d love to have a note from you

about what inspired your poetry, andan illustration, photo of you, etc., arewelcomed as well. Include the text ofyour poem, your name and address (we willonly print your name and town name, not yourfull address), email address and phone num-ber to [email protected].

Here are some poetry happenings fromaround the area:

Alexandria’s new poetry society, based atthe Duncan Library, will hold its second meet-ing at St. Elmo’s Coffee Pub on April 8 from8–10 p.m. and will explore beat poetry. Formore, contact the Duncan Library at 703-746-1705.

At presstime, Alexandria was expected toannounce the name of the new Alexandria PoetLaureate, replacing Amy Young.

Bernadette Geyer of Vienna was selected forthe 2012 Hilary Tham Capital Collection for

her poetry manuscript, “The Scabbard of HerThroat.”

The Iota Club and Cafe, 2832 Wilson Blvd.,Arlington, holds an annual poetry event onMother’s Day. This year’s event, Sunday, May

12, 6-8 p.m., will feature BernadetteGeyer of Vienna and James Arthur. IotaClub and Café is at 2832 Wilson Blvd.,Arlington.

Virginia’s current Poet Laureate, Sofia M.Starnes, has launched The Nearest Poem An-thology project, which will collect 50-100 po-ems submitted by Virginia residents “that aremost meaningful to us and thus create a testi-mony to the immediacy of poetry and its close-ness to everyday life.” Submissions will be ac-cepted through June, and should include thefull text of the poem, the name of the poet andthe source, including where you encounteredthe poem, and 200-250 words of persuasiveexplanation of why you selected the poem.“This should include some information aboutyourself and why you consider your selectedpoem ‘nearest’ to you,” Starnes writes. “Thecompelling nature of your write-up — yourstory — will play an important role in the se-

lection of the poems to be included.” Visith t t p : / / s o f i a m s t a r n e s . c o m /NearestPoemAnthologyBrochure.pdf.

Mother’s Day PhotosMother’s Day is May 12 and every year at

this time we call for submissions to ourMother’s Day photo gallery. Send photos of youand your mother, grandmothers, great-grand-mothers. Please name everyone in the photo,describe what is happening in the photo andinclude your name, address, email address andphone number. Send photos [email protected].

You can also submit poetry, poetry aboutmothers and photos celebrating mothers di-rectly through our website at http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/contact/letter/.

April Is Poetry MonthSend us your poems, your Mother’s Day photos,and even your poems about mothers.

Contrary toPopular Belief

Poem by Bernadette Geyer of ViennaWe are not evenas solidas a pan flutecarved from a grain of ricepassed downthrough generationsin folk tales and dreams.

Information about submitting yourfavorite poem for a Virginia anthology:http://sofiamstarnes.com/NearestPoemAnthologyBrochure.pdf.

Editorial

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Letters

A Photo ID:Victory forVotersTo the Editor:

The voters of Virginia won agreat victory when GovernorMcDonnell signed SB 1256, whichchanges Virginia’s law to requirea recent photo ID as the only ac-ceptable identification for voting.Thus, a positive identification cannow be made with a visual checkto verify that the person comingto vote is actually who he claimsto be. The existing law allows anumber of passive identifiers suchas a voter registration card or evena utility bill which proves nothingother than that the person has inhis possession a piece of paperwith a name and address on it. Theperson’s identity is not verified.

Voters across the common-wealth now can be assured thattheir individual vote will not benullified by a fraudulent vote.Opponents of this bill will arguethat there is no evidence of fraudu-lent voting and thus SB 1256 at-tempts to solve a problem thatdoes not exist. However, whennon-verifiable identification is al-lowed, it is virtually impossible toidentify and convict fraudulentvoters except in the most flagrantof cases where multiple votes are

Paying More for LessPoorer taxpayers are hitthe hardest.

By Supervisor John Cook

(R-Braddock)

When it was first presented to the board, Idescribed the county executive’s proposedFY 2014 budget as asking taxpayers to

pay more for the same services, and asking countyemployees to work harder for the same pay. It’s clearthat county taxpayers are hurt by this budget. Theaverage home assessment increased by 3 percent,and I know many in Braddock saw higher increasesthan that. The county executive also added 2 centsto the rate. That is bad enough, but making mattersworse, poorer taxpayers are hit the hardest.

In one condominium community in working classAnnandale, assessments went up over 20 percent andmiddle class townhouses are, on average, up morethan single family homes. The result is that somelower and middle class taxpayers will see huge taxincreases due to assessments. This adds to an alreadyincreased burden as the two-year payroll tax holi-day ended this year and the new transportation fund-ing bill (a good thing for Fairfax overall) means thesales tax will go up a full percent.

Whenever taxes are raised, some automaticallyconclude that government must be out-of-controlwith rampant spending increases. While that makesfor a great political sound bite, it’s not always accu-rate. Total general fund disbursements increase only1.45 percent in the county executive’s proposed bud-get, less than the local 1.8 percent inflation rate—allin all, a rather flat budget.

What explains the proposed county tax increasethen? A year ago, the county projected commercial

real estate growth ofabout 8 percent. Thatwas the increase lastyear, and would beconsistent with nor-mal growth at the endof a recession (com-mercial real estate isthe last to enter andthe last to recoverfrom a recession). In-stead, this year com-mercial real estate as-sessments did notgrow at all. Since com-mercial real estate is

roughly 20 percent of the real estate tax, that factalone accounts for almost all of the 2-cent rate in-crease proposed by the county executive.

Commercial real estate has stalled almost entirelydue to uncertainty over the federal budget. It’s notsequestration itself that’s the problem; it’s that noone knows what is coming next. Business needs cer-tainty. The federal government is operating on three-month continuing resolutions. In contrast, the countybudget we vote on this month runs through June2014. Unless and until there is some long-range cer-tainty in the federal budget, commercial real estatewill remain stagnant and residential taxpayers willeither make up the difference or see county servicesdecrease.

I am hopeful our board will scale back the countyexecutive’s proposed tax increase and come togetherwith a common sense consensus budget. But nomatter what the final terms are, it won’t be pretty.The truth is, we are going to pay more for less, andthat’s the real life consequence of what is happeningin Washington, D.C.

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proven to be cast by a singlevoter or where the person attempt-ing to vote is clearly known not tobe the voter listed in the registra-tion book.

Photo identification has becomea necessary requirement for manyof our routine daily activities. Yet,somehow opponents of this billbelieve that proving our identityto exercise our constitutional rightto vote is less important than prov-ing our identity before boardingan airplane or cashing a check ata bank or donating blood. Sincethe new law provides for freephoto IDs to be issued to those fewwithout one, it is meaningless toclaim that requiring a photo ID forvoting will disenfranchise variousgroups such as the poor, the eld-erly and minority groups. In fact,studies from other states haveshown just the opposite result.Voter registration and turnouthave actually increased withinthese groups after enactment of aphoto ID law.

Anne DamonFairfax

An OverlookedAspect ofHomelessnessTo the Editor:

Thank you for the well writtenarticle, “Putting a Face onHomelessness,” by Victoria Ross(The Connection, March 6-12,2013). There were also articlesand stories in local media, includ-ing The Washington Post, localradio and TV stations. One thing

each of these media left out wasthat over one quarter of the peoplesurveyed by the army of volunteerswere over age 55. Much was saidabout the 23 percent of those sur-veyed that fell into the 18-34 agebracket. I think most would agreethat people in this age bracket arephysically more able to withstandthe rigors of being homeless thanpeople over the age of 55—andespecially more so than those overthe age of 70. People age 18-34are also much more able to gainemployment than seniors. I couldgo on, but am just curious why notone media outlet (including TheConnection) chose not even tomention this fact. Like mostpeople, I would like to seehomelessness totally eradicated inour county and all counties for thatmatter.

Seeing senior citizens living onthe streets, in their cars and incounty homeless shelters is par-ticularly unnerving. Hopefully oth-ers will feel the same way.

Robert PaxtonFalls Church

An InterestingPerspectiveTo the Editor:

I found Andrea Worker’s article,“Muslim Women Encouraged toExplore STEM” [Connection,March 28-April 3, 2013] to bewell-written as well as informa-tive. It brought an interesting per-spective to an issue affecting thecontinued progress of America.

Maha HabbalFairfax

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Several hundred low income and uninsuredresidents of Arlington, Alexandria and FairfaxCounty received free dental care recentlywhen the Northern Virginia Dental Society

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During the two-day event, which was held at North-ern Virginia Community College’s Medical EducationCampus in Springfield, area dental care profession-als donated their time and expertise to help those inneed.

“It really is an incredible initiative and I truly be-lieve in the work that the Northern Virginia DentalSociety does. There were so many volunteers, espe-cially dentists helping hundreds and hundreds of pa-tients. This was my second year helping out,” saidJenny Del Carpio, of Molina Healthcare, one of theevent’s sponsors.

A total of 844 low-income and uninsured receiveddental care. “The MOM Project … was a wonderfulevent,” emailed Cathy Griffanti, executive director,

By Marilyn Campbell

The Connection

With the impendingwarmer weathercomes an increased

number of children participating inoutdoor activities. Some localhealth care professionals and re-searchers are issuing words of cau-tion.

“More children will be outsideplaying with friends, riding bi-cycles and engaging in contactsports. These activities and otherswhere impact is a possibility placechildren at risk for a concussion,”said Dr. Faith Claman, who holds adoctor of nursing practice and isan assistant professor in the MalekSchool of Health Professions atMarymount University in Arling-ton.

Local educators say it is impor-tant to know the facts. “A concus-sion is a brain injury, which often

occurs as a result of a fall or blowto the head or body, said Dr. DalilaBirem, associate medical directorof Molina Healthcare of Virginiaand Fairfax Community HealthCare Network. “Normally, the brainis cushioned by fluid, but whenjolted violently, the brain crashesinto the skull, resulting in damageto the soft tissue.”

Birem says that while somepeople may lose consciousness,more common symptoms of a con-cussion include headache, blurredvision, fatigue or irritability.

“Others may experience nosymptoms at all [and] with rest,most people fully recover from aconcussion,” said Birem. “However,severe concussions or repeated in-cidents may lead to more seriousconsequences, such as problemswith speech, mobility or learning.”

Researchers at George MasonUniversity in Fairfax are taking ac-tion. “Concussions are runningrampant across the country rightnow and it seems that no one, frommiddle school student athletes toprofessional players, are exempt,”said university spokeswomanCatherine J. Probst. “As a result,some states are enacting new lawsto change this concussion culture.Virginia’s General Assembly[passed legislation] that requiresstudent athletes and their parentsto receive annual concussion edu-cation. … The law also states thatschools form concussion manage-ment teams to provide and docu-ment concussion education for stu-dents, staff, coaches and parents.”

Implementing the legislationpresents challenges, however.“Many Virginia public schools lackthe necessary resources to properlydeliver concussion education,” shecontinued.

To address the dearth of re-sources, researchers in Mason’s

College of Education and HumanDevelopment (CEHD) joined the"Advancing Healthcare Initiativesfor Underserved Students"(ACHIEVES) project to offer effec-tive medical care and concussioneducation.

“The project has already reachedmore than 80,000 student athletes,staff, coaches and parents to deliver

Local Researchers Address ‘Concussion Culture’Education andproper healthcare are keys.

Photo courtesy of Creative Services/George Mason University

Researchers in George Mason University’s College ofEducation and Human Development (CEHD) joined the“Advancing Healthcare Initiatives for Underserved Stu-dents" (ACHIEVES) project to offer concussion education.

more effective medical care andconcussion education,” Probst said.

ACHIEVES offers services thatrun the gamut from implementingan electronic medical record-keep-ing program to offering both onlineand face-to-face sessions. Probstsays university researchers hopethe ACHIEVES project will serve asa model for other school systemsat the local, regional and nationallevels as more states enact concus-sion laws.

“Concussions arerunning rampantacross the countryright now and itseems that no one,from middle schoolstudent athletes toprofessional players,are exempt.

— Catherine J. Probst

Event was part ofThe Northern VirginiaDental Society’s 10th AnnualMission of Mercy.

Hundreds of Low Income ResidentsReceive Free Dental Care

Northern Virginia Dental Society. “Many of the arealegislators stopped by the Project and witnessed thededication of the oral health care providers in North-ern Virginia and what we do to give back to the com-munity.”

Griffanti said that patients were pre-screened andpre-registered for the MOM Project through local so-cial service agencies, and estimated that the value ofservices provided was approximately $355,000.

— Marilyn Campbell

Photo courtesy of Molina Healthcare

A total of 844 low-income and uninsuredpatients received dental care during theNorthern Virginia Dental Society’s 10thAnnual Mission of Mercy (M.O.M.) project.


Looking for a NewPlace of Worship?

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All Are Welcome!Sunday Worship 8, 9:30 & 11:30 a.m.

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Send notes to the Connection [email protected] or call703-778-9416. Deadline is Friday. Datedannouncements should be submitted atleast two weeks prior to the event.

FRIDAY/APRIL 5Battle of the Bands. 7-9:30 p.m., at

South County High School, 8501Silverbrook Road, Lorton. Local rockbands compete for prizes at a nightbenefitting the South County HSClass of 2013 All Night GraduationParty; raffles, door prizes andconcessions are available. [email protected].

SATURDAY/APRIL 13Spring Faire. 10 a.m.-3 p.m., at

Kirkwood Presbyterian Church, 8336Carleigh Parkway, Springfield.Jewelry, fashion, home decor,kitchen, garden, gourmet foods, doorprizes and more to benefit BethanyHouse’s work to help victims of childabuse.www.womansclubofspringfield.org.

THURSDAY/APRIL 182013 Fairfax County Volunteer

Service Awards. 8 a.m-10 p.m., atWaterford, 6715 Commerce St.,Springfield. The Fairfax CountyVolunteer Service Awards serve as acommunity-wide celebration ofvolunteerism and the awards honorindividuals, groups and organizationsthat have given outstandingvolunteer service. Nominations/online application are due: Feb. 4 by4 p.m. 703-246-3825 orwww.volunteerfairfax.org.

SUNDAY/APRIL 21NTRAK display and N Gauge

Trains. 1-4 p.m., at the FairfaxStation Railroad Museum, 11200Fairfax Station Road, Fairfax. Display

of the Northern Virginia NTRAK (T-TRAK layout). $3 for adults. $1 forchildren. 703-425-9225orwww.fairfax-station.org

TUESDAY/APRIL 30Event Planning Expo Open House.

4:30-7:30 p.m., at Empire Nightclub,6335 Rolling Road, Springfield. Areavendors share information from openexhibit stations; exhibitor spaceavailable. [email protected] orwww.empirevenuerental.com.

SATURDAY/MAY 11Fairfax Symphony Orchestra:

Masterworks VI. 8 p.m. GeorgeMason University Center for the Arts,4400 University Drive, Fairfax.Conductor Christopher Zimmerman,tenor Brennen Guillory and sopranoJoni Henson perform Wagner’s“Prelude and Liebestod,” Tristan undIsolde and Prelude to Act 3,Lohengrin; Verdi’s Overture to LaForza del Destino, Overture to Ivespri siciliani, Love Duet Finale Act IOtello, “Dio ti giocondi, O Sposo”Otello, “Dio mi potevi, scagliar”Otello, Willow Song Otello and“Libiamo,” La Traviata. $25-$55.703-563-1990 orwww.fairfaxsymphony.org.

FRIDAY/MAY 17The Enchantment of Beauty and

the Beast. 7 p.m., at Edison HighSchool, 5801 Franconia Road,Alexandria. The Rose Hill Players willperform the play “The Enchantmentof Beauty and the Beast.” $5 foradults. $ 3 for children.

SATURDAY/MAY 18The Enchantment of Beauty and

the Beast. 7 p.m., at Edison HighSchool, 5801 Franconia Road,Alexandria. The Rose Hill Players willperform the play “The Enchantmentof Beauty and the Beast.” $5 foradults. $ 3 for children.

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Asian Art and Culture Day at theWorkhouse

On Saturday, April 6, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Workhouse, 9601 Ox Road,Lorton, is the National Cherry Blossom Festival and Asian Art and Culture Day,featuring workshops, demonstrations, performances, talks and exhibitions featur-ing Asian art and culture. Join for a Japanese tea tasting, origami workshops andfilm, brush painting demonstrations, artist talks, cherry tree planting and more.www.WorkhouseArts.org.


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Hunting for Eggs atPohick Bay Park

The EasterBunny arrivesat the annualEaster EggHunt at PohickBay RegionalPark Wednes-day, March 27.

Local families huntfor Easter eggs atPohick Bay RegionalPark Wednesday,March 27.

Leah Tesema snatches an egg during theEaster Egg Hunt at Pohick Bay RegionalPark.

Lena Ressom shows off her Easter egg onWednesday, March 27.

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Northern Region BaseballTop 10

The Madison Warhawks held onto the top spot in thelatest Northern Region baseball top 10 poll.

Robinson moved up to No. 2, followed by LakeBraddock (3), Oakton (4), Chantilly (5), McLean (6),West Springfield (7), West Potomac (8), Herndon (9)and Langley (10).

McLean, West Potomac, Herndon and Langley eachmade their first appearance in the top 10.

The Concorde District has the most representativeswith four. Three Patriot District and three Liberty Dis-trict teams were voted in. No teams from the NationalDistrict made the top 10.

T.C. Williams, South County, Westfield, Stone Bridgeand Yorktown each received votes.

Lake Braddock Baseballto Host West SpringfieldFriday

The Lake Braddock baseball team will host WestSpringfield at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, April 5, in a rematch

Lake Braddock Boys’ SoccerImproves to 3-0

The Lake Braddock boys’ soccer team defeatedYorktown 5-3 on Tuesday, improving its record to 3-0.

Aaron Hollins scored three goals for the Bruins andStephen Durbin added two. Akram Bensalem had twoassists, and Shady Abdel-Salam and Zack Hopkins eachhad one.

Lake Braddock will host Westfield at 7 p.m. on Thurs-day, April 4.

West Springfield Girls’ LaxWins 5 of 6

The West Springfield girls’ lacrosse team started theseason 5-1, including winning three of four during atrip to Orlando, Fla.

The Spartans faced Annandale on Wednesday, after TheConnection’s deadline. West Springfield will travel to faceLake Braddock at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10.

By Jon Roetman

The Connection

On March 27, the Robinsonboys’ lacrosse team lost to anunknown opponent. The fol-lowing day, the Rams beat

the four-time defending Virginia state cham-pion, leading head coach Matt Curran tovoice concern about his team potentiallyresting on its laurels.

While Curran might have to play the roleof team psychologist, the Rams showedduring spring break they can hang with thebest.

Robinson defeated Langley 9-6 on Thurs-day, March 28, at the Ram Slam tournamentat Robinson Secondary School. The Ramsjumped out to a 5-0 lead against the four-time defending state champion Saxons andcruised to victory.

Now Curran will have to deal with anyrepercussions.

“It gives them confidence,” Curran said.“What I don’t want it to do is make themcocky, get their heads too big. … We can’tget complacent. We can’t think, oh we beatLangley so we’re really good. We lost [onMarch 27] to a team called Midlothian theseguys have never heard of before. They’re agood team. I feel like there’s a lot of parityso we can’t—and I’ve got to try to impart iton young guys—that we can’t come out andthink just because our name is this and theirname is that that the game is going to go acertain way.”

SOPHOMORE ATTACKMAN ChapmanJasien led the Rams on offense, scoringthree goals. Jasien, listed at 5-feet-6, 140pounds, led Robinson with 17 goals throughfive games.

“He’s an exceptional player,” Curran said.“… He’s not a big guy, but he’s super quickand he’s very, very strong for a little guyand I think that he’s deceptive in that peoplethink they can push him around and theycan’t. He also has the absolute best stickskills on our team—some of the best stickskills I’ve ever seen in a player, especially asophomore. He started last year as a fresh-man; he’s that type of player.”

Jasien’s third goal gave Robinson a 7-2lead with 5:52 remaining in the third quar-ter. The Rams led by as many as six in thesecond half.

“We really just wanted to play smart andget the job done, that’s really all we dis-cussed,” Jasien said. “We didn’t even talkabout them being four-time defending statechamps because that’s obviously intimidat-

ing. We just said play smart and just get itdone.”

Senior attackman Charlie Morrisette andsenior midfielder Connor Lloyd each hadtwo goals for Robinson. Freshmanmidfielder Johnny Daniel and sophomoreattackman Chris White each had one.

Curran praised the effort of sophomoredefenseman Jack Rowlett, who is commit-ted to the University of North Carolina, say-ing he played a “phenomenal” game.

Junior goalkeeper Nick Kondracki fin-ished with 12 saves.

“He played extremely well, especiallydown the stretch,” Curran said aboutKondracki. “This is a very good team weplayed, so he did a good job coming up withsome really big saves—saves that you wanta good goalie to make, or you’re kind ofexpecting, but they don’t always makethem, and he did today.”

Kondracki and the Robinson defense heldLangley without a goal for the first 22 min-utes of the contest.

“I felt great,” Kondracki said. “During mywarm-up, I didn’t do too well, but I steppedup.”

Daniel scored the only goal of the firstquarter, giving Robinson a 1-0 lead. TheRams extended their lead to 5-0 before Lan-gley scored a pair of goals in the final twominutes of the first half. Robinson outscoredLangley 3-0 in the third quarter, includinga pair of goals by Lloyd, and took an 8-2lead into the fourth quarter. Morrisette’sgoal with 7:32 remaining gave the Rams a9-3 lead before Langley scored the finalthree goals of the contest.

ROBINSON LOST its following game, fall-ing 15-9 to Madison on April 1. The Ramswent 2-2 during spring break, moving theiroverall record to 4-2. Robinson beatBethesda-Chevy Chase (13-1) and Langleyat Ram Slam, and lost to Midlothian (7-6)and Madison.

The Rams will travel to face Woodson at7:15 p.m. on Friday, April 5.

Sophomore Jasienleads Rams with threegoals against Saxons.

Robinson Boys’ Lax Beats State Champ Langley

Robinson goalkeeper Nick Kondracki finished with 12saves against Langley on March 28.

Robinson sophomore attackman Chapman Jasienscored three goals against Langley on March 28.

Sports Roundups

of last year’s Patriot District and Northern Region champi-onship games.

Lake Braddock got the best of West Springfield in thedistrict final, but the Spartans avenged the loss by beatingthe Bruins in the region championship game.

Lake Braddock went on to win the state title.This year, Lake Braddock improved to 5-2 with a 5-4 vic-

tory over St. John’s on March 30. The Bruins faced SouthCounty on Wednesday, after The Connection’s deadline.

West Springfield lost a pair of one-run games at the MingoBay Classic in Myrtle Beach, S.C., dropping the Spartans’record to 3-4. West Springfield took on T.C. Williams onWednesday, after The Connection’s deadline.

Lake Braddock SoftballStarts 6-0

The Lake Braddock softball team improved to 6-0 withan 11-1 victory over Mount Vernon on March 23. The Bru-ins outscored their first six opponents 51-5.

Lake Braddock faced South County on Wednesday,after The Connection’s deadline. The Bruins will hostWest Springfield at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, April 5. LakeBraddock will face Edison (noon) and West Potomac(2 p.m.) on Saturday during a spring break tourna-ment at Madison.

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the 2008 recession and thisyear’s sequester. “I think withthose challenges, if that number[1,813] had remained constant,and we managed to tread water,that would have been seen as asuccess. But we’ve managed to re-duce those numbers.”

Klein said Fairfax County’s keyinitiatives, such as rapid re-hous-ing and expanding the range andavailability of prevention servicesand resources contributed to thedecline in homeless individuals.

“These numbers are very en-couraging and energizing for ourcommunity of nonprofit, govern-ment, business and faith commu-nity partners who are workingday-in and day-out on behalf ofsome of our most vulnerable citi-zens,” Klein said. “I am pleased tosee that the strategies embedded in our 10-year planare working.”

O’Reilly said the OPEH’s effective implementationof the Homeless Management Information System(HMIS), which prioritizes transparency and allowsthe county to analyze data from a number of non-profit service providers, is an “often overlooked in-dicator” that provides a valuable big picture ofhomelessness in the county.

“Affordable housing continues to be a challenge,”

Homelessness: Successes and Challenges

O’Reilly said. “Although we have seen success in thepast four years, we have significant challenges aheadwith sequestration and the rising rental housingcosts.”

A BRIEFING on point-in-time highlights fromaround the region is planned for the MetropolitanWashington Council of Governments board meetingon April 10. The highlights will be available nextmonth through Fairfax County’s website atwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/homeless.

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Volunteers, elected officials and representatives fromarea organizations attended a community debrief onMarch 4 at the Jubilee Christian Center. The debrief washeld to reveal the results of a countywide survey onhomelessness held the last week of February.


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LEGAL NOTICEAccording to the Lease by and between (1112) Alan Cottrell and TKG-StorageMart and its related parties, assigns and affili-ates in order to perfect the Lien on the goods contained in their storage unit, the Manager has cut the lock on their unit and upon cursory inspection the unit was found to contain: boxes, furniture, TVs, ect. Items will be sold or otherwise disposed of on April 18, 2013 @ 12:00pm at 11325 Lee Hwy Fairfax VA 22030 to satisfy owner's lien in accordance with state statutes.

According to the Lease by and between (2028) Andre W Hicks and TKG-StorageMart and its related parties, assigns and affili-ates in order to perfect the Lien on the goods contained in their storage unit, the Manager has cut the lock on their unit and upon cursory inspection the unit was found to contain: bike, chair, boxes, ect. Items will be sold or otherwise disposed of on April 18, 2013 @ 12:00pm at 11325 Lee Hwy Fairfax VA 22030 to satisfy owner's lien in accordance with state statutes.

According to the Lease by and between (24032) Shirley Jones and TKG-StorageMart and its related parties, assigns and affili-ates in order to perfect the Lien on the goods contained in their storage unit, the Manager has cut the lock on their unit and upon cursory inspection the unit was found to contain: totes, boxes, clothes, ect. Items will be sold or otherwise disposed of on April 18, 2013 @ 12:00pm at 11325 Lee Hwy Fairfax VA 22030 to satisfy owner's lien in accordance with state statutes.

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12 Commercial Lease

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ABC LICENSELittle Red Pepper, Inc trading as Red Pepper, 13075 Fair Lakes Shopping Center, Fair-fax, VA 22033. The above es-tablishment is applying to the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) for a wine and beer on Premise license to sell or manufacture alcohol-ic beverages. Jeff Lee Presi-dentNOTE: Objections to the issu-ance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Ob-jections should be registered at www.abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200.

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