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Westfield High’s Marching Band performing in a parade last spring.

From left: Alissa Yoder, Erin Robson andRachel Seldowitz watch the Tournamentof Roses Parade together.

Westfield Band Is Pasadena BoundWill march in the 2014 Tournament of Roses Parade.

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By Bonnie Hobbs

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Tuesday morning, Jan. 1, Westfield Highmarching band members and their par-ents watched the 124th annual Tourna-

ment of Roses Parade on a big screen in the schoolauditorium. Next year, they’ll be in it.

Held each New Year’s Day in Pasadena, Ca-lif., it’s viewed live by more than 1 millionpeople and televised to more than 50 millionpeople in the U.S. and 100 million worldwide.And Westfield will be only the third Virginiapublic high school to ever march in this pre-Rose Bowl parade.

“We found out at one of our football games inOctober,” said sophomore Erin Robson, who playspiccolo. “They announced it at halftime over theloud speaker and the band went crazy. Everybodywas hugging each other and crying.”

“There hasn’t been a band from Virginia in thisparade since the early 1960s, and never one fromFairfax County,” said Pleasant Valley’s BeckyAnderson, publicity chair of Westfield’s Tourna-ment of Roses Committee. “Out of 120 applicants,only 18 bands total — and just 12 from highschools — were selected.”

The marching band has more than 200 mem-bers and has earned Virginia Honor Band statusnine times since the school opened in 2000, plusnumerous championships at local, state and na-tional competitions.

“THE APPLICATION process started last spring,with the details in a binder two inches thick,” saidAnderson. “They submitted a video of them per-forming on the football field; letters of recommen-dation from politicians — Sully District Supervi-sor Michael Frey, Gov. Bob McDonnell, Del. TimHugo, Rep. Frank Wolf and Sen. Mark Warner;award and championship information through theyears; our fundraising plan and Band DirectorStephen Panoff’s resume.”

Tuesday, while the young musicians watched theparade at school, Panoff was in Pasadena, walk-ing the parade route and seeing the festivities inperson. But he was able to talk to the students

Will Justin WolfeBe Freed?Family, friends await court’s action.

By Bonnie Hobbs

Centre View

In March 2001, CentrevilleHigh grad Danny Petrole, 21,was shot and killed outside

his Bristow townhouse. The crimeinvolved drug-dealing and money,and the shooter — Chantilly Highgrad Owen Barber IV, who pleadedguilty — received 38years in prison.

Largely on Barber’stestimony, Chantillygrad Justin Wolfewas convicted of hir-ing Barber for thedeed and, in June2002, was sentencedto death. He also re-ceived 33 years inprison for drug andfirearm charges.

Since then — be-cause Prince WilliamCounty prosecutorsdeliberately withheld informationthat would have impeachedBarber’s testimony — two federalcourts vacated Wolfe’s convictionsand sentences. Initially facing thedeath penalty, Barber testified hedidn’t know Petrole, but killed himbecause Wolfe hired him. It waslater revealed that prosecutors anda detective influenced Barber tosay those things in exchange forhis charge being reduced fromcapital to first-degree murder.

During a November 2010 hear-ing in Federal Court in Norfolk,U.S. District Court JudgeRaymond Jackson heard evidencenot presented previously. Subse-quently, in his July 2011 decisionto overturn Wolfe’s convictionsand sentences, Jackson said

Wolfe’s due-process rights hadbeen violated before and duringhis capital-murder trial.

Jackson wrote that the common-wealth “failed to disclose evidenceindicating Barber had a relation-ship with Petrole” prior to hisdeath. This disclosure, he wrote —plus statements from a confiden-tial informant that “Barber owed

Petrole money [and]Petrole had a hit outon Barber” — couldhave impeachedBarber’s testimony.

FURTHERMORE ,prosecutors didn’t re-veal that, while firstinterviewing Barber,Det. SamsonNewsome said impli-cating Wolfe “couldmean the differencebetween execution orlife in prison” for Bar-

ber. Jackson said the prosecutionalso didn’t disclose that Barbertold his roommate, JasonColeman, he’d murdered Petroleon his own. But Coleman said soat the evidentiary hearing.

In August 2012, citing“prosecutorial misconduct,” theU.S. Court of Appeals for theFourth Circuit upheld Jackson’sruling. But with Fairfax CountyCommonwealth’s Attorney RayMorrogh as special prosecutor,Prince William County decided toretry Wolfe.

However, in a ruling filed Dec.26, Jackson wrote that — becauseon Sept. 11, 2012, the originalprosecutors again threatened Bar-

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Our Neighbor’s Child provided new toys and clothes to morethan 830 local families. On Sunday, Dec. 16, volunteers pickedup the families’ packages from the ONC warehouse and deliveredthem in time for Christmas.

Loading a bike into a car is Westfieldfreshman Grayson Smith.

Chris Lavin (on left) helps a deliverer loadpackages into his car.

Westfield students Alston Cocke (left), a senior,and Duncan Roberts, a sophomore, load bi-cycles into a van.

Westfield High’s Nick Magnusson holds pack-ages for delivery.

Virginia Run’s Rob Osterhout delivered presents to fourfamilies with his grandchildren, Andrew and Emma Boyd.Westfield High lacrosse team members with bags they’ll pack in a

deliverer’s vehicle.

From left: ONC volunteers Brooke Bowen andAnna Berberoglu hand out wrapping paper andcookies to be delivered with the presents.

Virginia Run’s Pat Shelton (left) and GerryJepson check package numbers before gifts areloaded into cars.

Here Comes Santa Claus

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Fatal Crash on Route 28Fairfax County police are investigating a fatal crash early Mon-

day morning that took the life of George Tabash, 27, of Centreville.It happened Dec. 31, around 1:45 a.m., on Route 28 on the I-66overpass. Police say Tabash was driving a 2007 Chevy Avalanchepickup truck that struck the rear of a tractor trailer lawfullystopped at a red light on Route 28.

The pickup truck erupted into flames and Tabash died at thescene. The driver of the tractor trailer, a 44-year-old Pennsylva-nia man, was not injured. Detectives have not yet determinedwhether speed or alcohol were factors in the crash, and the in-vestigation is continuing.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime solvers at1-866-411-TIPS/8477, e-mail www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org, text“TIP187” plus a message to CRIMES/274637 or call police at703-691-2131.

Car Crash Kills Local Man, 72A local man was killed Monday, Dec. 17, around 7 p.m. after a

car crash in Centreville. The victim was Charles V. McCormick,72, of the 5700 block of Ottawa Road in Centreville’s CountryClub Manor community.

Fairfax County police say a 70-year-old Leesburg man was driv-ing a 1999 Mercedes SL500 north on Centreville Road approach-ing Compton Road. Meanwhile, McCormick was driving a 1984Oldsmobile two-door south on Centreville Road approaching theCompton intersection.

According to police, McCormick tried turning left onto ComptonRoad and turned into the path of the oncoming Mercedes, caus-ing the Mercedes to strike the Oldsmobile’s passenger side.McCormick was pronounced dead a short time later at a localhospital. Police say speed and alcohol don’t appear to be factorsin the crash; both drivers were wearing seatbelts.

Town Hall Meeting Jan. 3The 2013 Virginia General Assembly Session begins Jan. 9 and,

before it does, Del. Jim LeMunyon (R-67) and Sen. Chap Petersen(D-34) want to hear what issues are important to their constitu-ents. So they’re holding a town hall meeting this Thursday, Jan.3, at 7:30 p.m., at the Sully District Governmental Center, 4900Stonecroft Blvd. in Chantilly, to listen to residents’ ideas and pri-orities and share their own views on the issues.

EQAC Environmental HearingThe Fairfax County Environmental Quality Advisory Council

(EQAC) will hold its annual public hearing on the environmenton Monday, Jan. 7, at 7:30 p.m. The hearing will be in the countyGovernment Center auditorium, and citizens are invited to at-tend, share their views and identify environmental issues appli-cable to the county.

Environmental issues considered by EQAC include water qual-ity, air quality, noise, hazardous materials, solid waste, streamvalley protection, wildlife management, light pollution, visualpollution, energy, climate change response and adaptation, landuse, transportation and the use and preservation of ecologicalresources.

Local Defense against TerrorismThe next meeting of the Sully District Citizens Advisory Com-

mittee is Wednesday, Jan. 9, at 7:30 p.m., at the Sully DistrictGovernmental Center, 4900 Stonecroft Blvd. in Chantilly. Thetopic will be how local residents and their communities are thepolice department’s most valuable partners in helping to fightterrorism.

Free Carseat InspectionsCertified technicians from the Sully District Police Station will

perform free, child safety carseat inspections Thursday, Jan. 10,from 5-8:30 p.m., at the station, 4900 Stonecroft Blvd. in Chantilly.

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By Bonnie Hobbs

Centre View

According to the Virginia Department of Mo-tor Vehicles, from 2006-11, Fairfax Countyhad 1,941 alcohol-related crashes involving

drivers ages 15-24. Some 54 percent happened be-tween midnight and 3:59 a.m., and 10 percent moreoccurred in January than in other months.

In addition, from 2009-2010, 72 percent of thealcohol-related crashes of those ages 15-24 in FairfaxCounty were county residents. And 21 percent ofcrashes by that same age group in Arlington Countywere residents of Fairfax County.

“More males than females were involved in thesetypes of crashes,” said Kevin Bianco, a research andevaluation associate with GMU’s Center for the Ad-vancement of Public Health. “But the number of fe-male crashes is rising.”

He was addressing a recent meeting of the SullyDistrict Police Station’s Citizens Advisory Commit-tee (CAC), and the evening was a community forumon drinking and driving by youth and young adults.

It was sponsored by the Unified Prevention Coali-tion (UPC) of Fairfax County, a nonprofit with morethan 50 community partners dedicated to prevent-ing violence, alcohol and other drug use by youthand young adults. Its current goal is to reduce theamount alcohol-related motor-ve-hicle crashes involving driversages 15-24.

In 2012, UPC received a VirginiaState Incentive Grant to conducta community assessment to iden-tify underlying causes of underageand binge drinking that lead todrinking and driving in FairfaxCounty. So at the Sully District fo-rum — one of five held in thecounty — Bianco presented factsand sought the opinions of thoseattending.

He’s helping the UPC and said ithopes to lessen drunk driving inthis county by 5 percent in the nexttwo or three years. He defined

drivers ages 15-20 as youth or “underage” and those21-24 as young adults.

The UPC wants to get a better understanding ofcommunity perceptions of underage drinking, bingedrinking, drinking and driving, and enforcement ofthe drinking laws. So Bianco asked those at the fo-rum, “Where’s the interplay between knowing drink-ing and driving is wrong, and driving after having afew drinks?”

CAC Chairman Leslie Jenuleson said there aremany factors, but “education is a huge piece of it.Most people don’t realize where that .08 [blood-al-cohol content, or BAC] limit is, how their abilities todrive are diminished after drinking and how dan-gerous it is.”

Mike Shipley of Clifton’s Union Mills communitysaid people’s size and weight also play a role in howalcohol affects them, “but [drinking and driving] isstill wrong.”

“Is it acceptable in your community to drink untilyou’re drunk?” asked Bianco. “Absolutely,” repliedJenuleson. “If you do it at home and stay there, it’sOK — but not if you’re driving.”

“How do you define ‘drunk’?” he asked. “When Italked to some youth [here], they said ‘hammered’was drunk.”

However, Marguerite Hogge of Centreville’s MountGilead community said it means “impairment of somesort affecting your walking and thinking.”

Bianco said “a pocket of alcohol-related crashesby 15-24-year-olds in 2009-10 were also related tobad intersections — where Routes 50 and 28 meet,where Routes 50 and 123 meet, and where BraddockRoad meets the Beltway.”

Regarding underage drinking, Shipley said, “I thinkpart of the problem is the way par-ents raise their kids. But peers area big part of it.” And police Lt.John Trace noted that, “With so-cial media, kids advertise theirparties [online],” so word canspread quickly.

“You hear of kids trashing ahouse when no one’s home, orolder people buying alcohol forthem,” added Jenuleson. “So weneed our police to keep monitor-ing this.”

“How wrong do most parentsthink underage drinking is?” askedBianco.

From left: Police 2nd Lt. Matt Doyle, the CAC’s Steve Pollard, Sgt. Bill Fulton, Lt. JohnTrace and Leslie Jenuleson listen to the speaker.

Focusing on Drinking and DrivingPlans underway toreduce alcohol-relatedcrashes here.

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Now Comes the FundraisingN

ow that Westfield’s marchingband has been accepted to par-ticipate in next year’s Tourna-

ment of Roses Parade in Pasadena, itmust get busy raising the money neededfor the trip.

“We need a total of $450,000 to sendthe band,” said Theresa Carpenter ofCentreville’s Sully Station community.That number includes transportationcosts for the students, staff, chaperones,equipment and instruments.

Carpenter and her husband Jim are co-chairs of Westfield’s Tournament of RosesCommittee. Some 11 people are on thecommittee and 85-100 others are help-ing them, so it’s a big task. But the Car-penters’ two sons graduated fromWestfield and were in the band, so they’rehappy to participate.

“We’re organizing the major elementsof the program — the fundraising, logis-tics, publicity, and coordination of thetravel arrangements for the students andparents,” said Theresa Carpenter. “Weanticipate half the money will come fromband-parent fees and the rest will be

raised through corporate sponsorships,plus fundraisers.”

Ideas include a Bingo night with a si-lent auction, as well as a Run for theRoses event. It will be similar to a tagday; but instead, band members will so-licit donations door-to-door and con-tributors will each receive a rose.

Meanwhile, the band is offering a va-riety of sponsorship levels and amountsto area businesses. The largest corporatedonor will have the honor of having itscompany logo displayed on Westfield’suniforms during the internationally tele-vised parade.

All donations are tax-deductible.Here’s how to help:

❖ Mail checks payable to WHSBBO to:Westfield Band Booster Organization,5667 Stone Road, P.O. Box 575,Centreville, VA 20120.

❖ Donate using PayPal atwww.WestfieldBand.org.

For more information, contact SarahBarton, fundraising co-chair, at 703-830-9747 or TORC@WestfieldBand.org.

— Bonnie Hobbs

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briefly, saying, “It is unbelievable here;it’s 100-percent Rose Parade fever.”

Junior Joe Beddoes plays percussionand will be on Westfield’s drumlinenext year. “It’s an amazing chance forus; our marching band will be on na-tional television,” he said. “I’m look-ing forward to the practices we’ll havefor this. The band will spend more timetogether and it’ll be lots of hard work,but it’s worth it.”

Rachel Seldowitz, a sophomore pic-colo player, is looking forward to “see-ing everybody lining up to see the pa-rade. And the floats will look cool be-cause they’re so intricate.” She said theband members must be able to marchthe nearly 6-mile parade route andplay their instruments at the sametime, so she’s glad she chose the pic-

colo. “It’s light andeasy to marchwith,” she said.“And it’s easy tohear it over theother instruments.”

Robson saidPanoff gave themall a recommendedexercise plan tomake sure they canall hold their in-

struments and walk at the 2.5-mph cliprequired of the parade participants. Inaddition, there’s nearly a 2-mile walkto reach the parade and another 2miles or so at the end; so all together,the students will be walking almost 10miles that day.

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Westfield Band to March in 2014 Tournament of Roses Parade

“It’s a once-in-a-lifetimeopportunity.”

— YonathanDessalene, bari-

tone player

Westfield band members JosephAversa (left) and Nick Serbu arelooking forward to the 2014 Tour-nament of Roses Parade.

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THEY’LL ALSO do a field show, like atfootball halftimes, on another day while inPasadena. And, said Anderson, “All themusic our band will perform is being writ-ten by local musicians specifically forWestfield, so our field show will be all origi-nal.”

Sophomore Alissa Yoder is in the colorguard, which marches ahead of the band.“I’m really excited because this is huge,” shesaid. “I don’t think it’s even hit me, yet. We’ll

try to take 30 color guard members, plussome dancers. We’ll have to practice a lot,but it’s going to pay off.” Watching the pa-rade on TV, she added, “It’s really cool tothink, ‘Next year, I’m going to be there.’”

Trombone player Yonathan Dessalene, afreshman, plays baritone in the marchingband. When Panoff announced they weregoing to the Rose Parade,said Dessalene, “Iwas really happy — Iwas cheering. I’m alsogoing to put it on mycollege application,saying I marched in the125th annual Tourna-ment of Roses Parade.”

His baritone weighsabout 6 pounds so, hesaid, “It’s kind of heavy.But I’ll practice holding itwhile walking as long asI can, until I reach 6 miles.It’s an honor watching the parade on TVand knowing that we’ll be in it next year —it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”

Westfield marching in the NATO Parade of Nations, April 2012, in Norfolk.

Freshman trumpet player Joseph Aversais glad he’s an underclassman and will stillbe in the band next year. Being in the pa-rade, he said, will be challenging becauseof the long parade route, but fun becauseit’s something he and his bandmates arepassionate about. “I’m looking forward to

the experience,” he said.“I never thought of doinganything like this.”

Junior Nick Serbu alsoplays trumpet and is ex-cited about the parade.But he knows it won’tbe easy. “Part of theroad has a 90- or 100-degree turn which isreally tight,” he said.“Most bands just doan awkward turnthere, but we do a

synchronized turn that’sdifferent from everybody else.”

He said each line of marchers will stop ata certain point, and “it will look like theedge of a blade. Then when the final line isfinished stopping, the first line will startturning. It’s a really hard concept, especiallyfor high-school students, but it looks excel-lent.”

Still, said Serbu, next year’s new bandmembers will have to learn it from scratch.So next spring, the rising freshmen will startmarching with Westfield’s band to learn thisspecial turn, plus all the other marching rou-tines. In addition, said Serbu, “We’ll all bechanging our marching formation to makeroom for the new people, so we’ll all haveto learn everything again; we’ll work overthe summer, too.”

But he’s thrilled to take part in a nationaltradition. “Everyone watches the Rose Pa-rade on New Year’s Day,” he said. “Over 100bands applied and only 12 high schools gotin; so for us to be accepted our first time isa huge honor.”

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By Bonnie Hobbs

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Sully’s Restaurant is the place to be on Friday,Jan. 4, at 8 p.m., when Westfield High gradAllison Wruk joins headlining comedian Rob

Maher in an evening of comedy. Sully’s is at 14511Lee Jackson Memorial Highway in Chantilly; covercharge is $5.

Also on the bill are up-and-coming, Washington,D.C., stand-up comedians Matt Mero, DannyCharnley, Jon Yeager and Rachela Forcellese. Maheris a regular performer at the D.C. Improv and at clubsin Richmond. And he’s a two-time finalist in Com-edy Central’s laugh-riot competition.

“Rob is also a featured performer for Armed ForcesEntertainment, having performed for our troops in12 countries,” said Wruk. “He’s performed with DaveAttell, Lewis Black, Jim Norton and many others.Having Rob as the headliner out here in Chantilly isvery exciting.”

Wruk grew up in Centreville and graduated fromWestfield in 2008. Afterward, she studied media criti-cism and production at George Mason University, aswell as at the University of Milan, during the sum-mer of 2010. She graduated from GMU in 2011 andthen began pursuing a career in stand-up comedy.

“I have always gravitated towards comedy,” shesaid. “At Westfield, I was on the improv team andlucky enough to take workshops at Second City andImprov Olympic in Chicago. At GMU I starred in, co-wrote and produced a weekly show on the MasonCable Network titled ‘The Lindsay Gray Show’ andalways dabbled in small projects in between.”

Although Wruk doesn’t know exactly why, she’salways wanted to be a comedian. “I guess what itcomes down to is simple,” she said. “Making peoplelaugh feels good — it’s therapeutic.”“In my comedy I poke fun at a wide range of sub-jects, but my main focus always tends to be the world

from a young woman’s perspective,” said Wruk. “Ilike to focus on the irony of gender roles and theway females are portrayed in the media.”

Many of her jokes are about the themes of dating,girlfriends, diets and television shows. “I would sayit’s like a slumber party meets a 400-level media-criticism class — unloading and challenging thedeeper meanings behind these seemingly shallowsubjects,” she said. “For me, it’s better to challengethe norms and change someone’s perspective with awitty joke, as opposed to a heated argument.”

The Jan. 4 show will also kick off a stand-up-com-edy series that Sully’s will offer every Friday nightfrom 8-10 p.m. Each week will feature a differentpowerhouse headliner, plus on-the-rise local comics.

“These shows would be great to laugh off the endof a busy work week, go on a creative and wallet-friendly date night or just [have] a laughter-fillednight out with friends,” said Wruk. “Matt Mero orJon Yeager will host a new opening act of 5-10 min-utes, a featured act of 20 minutes and a headliningact of 60 minutes.

So every show will be brand new and will havesomething for everyone.”

She said there’s an abundance of comedic talentin the Northern Virginia/D.C. area but getting to aclub to see it can be a hassle. “So many of my friends

from home, or their parents, areeager to see comedy shows, butcan’t always make it all the wayto the city,” said Wruk. “Let’sface it — getting in your car,paying to park, getting on theMetro, making changes, finallygetting off and navigating yourway through the city to thevenue is difficult and stressful.”

Recognizing this fact, Meroand Yeager organized Friday’sevent at Sully’s, plus the onesto follow there. As a result, saidWruk, “These guys are bringingD.C.’s biggest talent straight toour backyard.”

Besides being affordable, shesaid, the shows are “filled to thebrim with rising talent. A ma-jority of these performers arethe people you’re going to seeon Comedy Central, HBO,Showtime, at the Laugh Factoryin LA or even on SNL [‘Satur-day Night Live’] in the years tocome. And many of the head-liners have even already ap-peared on these shows.”

Local Venue Serves Up LaughsWestfield grad is inSully’s comedy show.

Allison Wruk

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Little Rocky Run Boy ScoutKevin Bishop chose as hisEagle Scout project a

cleanup of the wetlands directlybeside Bent Tree Apartments. Thisportion of the Little Rocky Runwatershed had never been cleanedand was selected for cleanup byFriends of Little Rocky Run’s NedFoster.In fact, it was so over-grown thatfew humans had even been in it,much less cleaned it.The area is amorass of brambles, vines, mudand decades of trash.

Kevin and 36 volunteers fromLittle Rocky Run Troop 577 pickedup trash that weighed 2,370 lbs.Included was enough trash to fill54 VDOT orange bags, along with11 tires, two couches, miscella-neous metal, furniture, plywood,counter tops, and a gallon of anti-freeze.

All of this was taken to the WestOx Road landfill.

The 36 volunteers from LittleRocky Run included: Lucas deVos,

Lee deVos, Michael Bishop, ChrisMarty, Brendon Carnell, TomCarnell, Tim Kim, Drew Boland,Greyson Horn, Mike Horn, MikeMcLenigan, Carl Mears, Ben Mar-tin, Marcello Coronado, JoeBishop, Chris Washington, Ryan

Washington, Daryl Washington,Alex Aguilera, Stephen Pucci,Michael Schneider, ThomasMaradaz, Ned Foster, Matt Candy,Teri Bishop, Spencer Horn, NeilDolan, Daniel Clements, ThomasClements, Nick Aguilera, Jameson

Eagle Scout Candidate Cleans Little Rocky Run Stream Wetlands

Members of Little Rocky Run Troop 577 helped pull trash from a section of the LittleRocky Run watershed in November.

Crouse, Edward Sun, TamaraCrouse, Patrick Muradaz, JacobPeterson and Kevin Bishop.

The Navy Federal Credit Unionprovided the grant money thatpaid for the disposal fees, whichfor this project totaled $63.

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Cub Scout Packs who collected food in the Little Rocky Run neighborhoods.

Scouts in ServicePack 1862 chartered by Cub Run Elementary participated in the Boy Scouts’ annual“Scouting For Food” food drive, and collected 1,595 lbs of food from local resi-dents.

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Navy Airman Recruit Ian M. Tyson,son of Mary L. Davis of Centreville andMikel R. Tyson of Centreville, recentlyreported for duty with Strike FighterSquadron 37, Virginia Beach. Tyson is a2006 graduate of Centreville HighSchool of Clifton and joined the Navy inMarch 2011.

Marine Corps Capt. Sung C. Park, a2002 graduate of Centreville HighSchool, received the Navy and MarineCorps Achievement Medal for his profes-sional achievement while serving asTactical Air Command Center executiveofficer and Weapons and Tactics Train-ing Program officer for Marine TacticalAir Command Squadron 18, and futureoperations office, Marine Air ControlGroup 18, Marine Aircraft Wing Threefrom June 2010 to June 2012. Parkjoined the Marine Corps in May 2006.

Marine Corps Pfc. Andrew R.Pethtel, a 2007 graduate of Centreville

High School, graduated from recruittraining at Marine Corps Recruit Depot,Parris Island, S. C.

Marine Corps Pfc. Arturo O.Campos Lopez, son of Mariluz LopezMartinez of Centreville, graduated fromrecruit training at Marine Corps RecruitDepot, Parris Island, S. C. Campos Lopezis a 2009 graduate of Centreville HighSchool.

Marine Corps Pvt. ChristopherJ. Housel, a 2008 graduate of Moun-tain View Alternative High School,Centreville, graduated from recruittraining at Marine Corps Recruit Depot,Parris Island, S. C.

Air Force Airman Brittany N.Smith graduated from basic militarytraining at Lackland Air Force Base, SanAntonio, Texas. Smith is the daughter ofAlan and Lynne Smith of South SpringsDrive, Clifton. She is a 2006 graduate ofCentreville High School, and earned abachelor’s degree in 2010 from Shep-herd University, Shepherdstown, W.Va.

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Schools

At Virginia Tech, the following stu-dents received degrees:

Katherine Cramp received a Bach-elor of Science degree in humandevelopment from the College of LiberalArts and Human Sciences.

Megan Delorimier received aBachelor of Arts degree in communica-tion from the College of Liberal Arts andHuman Sciences.

Lauren Henson received a Bach-elor of Arts degree summa cum laude inart from the College of Architecture andUrban Studies.

Catherine Hummel received aBachelor of Arts degree cum laude inpolitical science from the College of Lib-eral Arts and Human Sciences.

Maheen Khurshid received a Bach-elor of Science in Civil Engineeringdegree in civil engineering from theCollege of Engineering.

Margaret Lesniewski received aBachelor of Science degree in sociologyfrom the College of Liberal Arts andHuman Sciences.

Alexander Lopes received a Bach-elor of Arts degree in geography fromthe College of Natural Resources & En-vironment.

Lauretta Lovejoy received a Bach-elor of Science in Business degree cumlaude in accounting and informationsystems from the Pamplin College ofBusiness.

Joseph Marr received a Bachelor ofScience in Civil Engineering degree incivil engineering from the College ofEngineering.

Korey McCabe received a Bachelorof Science in Industrial and SystemsEngineering degree in industrial andsystems engineering from the College ofEngineering.

Pancham Mehrunkar received aBachelor of Science in Mechanical Engi-neering degree in mechanicalengineering from the College of Engi-neering.

Jessica Miller received a Bachelorof Science degree cum laude in psychol-ogy from the College of Science.

Madelaine Mohr received a Bach-elor of Science degree in humandevelopment from the College of LiberalArts & Human Sciences.

Jacqueline Moot received a Bach-elor of Science degree magna cum laudein apparel, housing and resource man-agement from the College of Liberal Arts& Human Sciences.

Paul Mueller received a Bachelor ofScience in Civil Engineering degreemagna cum laude in civil engineeringfrom the College of Engineering.

Elizabeth Nelson received a Bach-elor of Science degree in biological

sciences from the College of Science.Andrew Nicholas received a Bach-

elor of Science degree in mathematicsfrom the College of Science.

Kristen Petrillo received a Bach-elor of Arts degree summa cum laude inhistory and a Bachelor of Arts degreesumma cum laude in classical studiesfrom the College of Liberal Arts & Hu-man Sciences.

Erika Pinto received a Bachelor ofScience degree cum laude in apparel,housing and resource management fromthe College of Liberal Arts & HumanSciences.

Ryan Rogers received a Bachelor ofArts degree magna cum laude in inter-national studies from the College ofLiberal Arts & Human Sciences.

Mary Swim received a Bachelor ofScience in Biological Systems Engineer-ing degree in biological systemsengineering from the College of Engi-neering.

Cameron Yassine received a Bach-elor of Arts degree cum laude in Englishfrom the College of Liberal Arts & Hu-man Sciences.

Katherine Yen received a Bachelorof Science in Electrical Engineering de-gree in electrical engineering from theCollege of Engineering.

Walter Ambrose III, of Centreville,recently graduated from the SavannahCollege of Art and Design. Ambroseearned a BFA degree in Film.

Sai Thota, Mechanical Engineeringmajor, from Centreville, is a freshman atthe Georgia Institute of Technology.

Hayley Harris and WarrenSmith, from CVHS, are semifinalists inthe 2013 National Achievement Schol-arship program, an academiccompetition for Black American highschool students conducted by the Na-tional Merit Scholarship Corporation.

Nine doctoral students have been se-lected to receive the University ofKansas’ Madison and Lila Self GraduateFellowship for the 2012-2013 academicyear, including Blair Benson. She isconducting her research at KU under theguidance of George Tsoflias, associateprofessor of geophysics, and RolfeMandel, executive director of the ODYS-SEY research program at the KansasGeological Survey and professor of an-thropology. She received a Bachelor ofScience in geology in 2009 from JamesMadison University and a master’s de-gree in geology in 2012 from KU. She isthe daughter of Richard Benson and LisaEnright and a graduate of CentrevilleHigh School.

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Centreville High students sorted toys and helped decorate and set up ONC’s warehouse.

Little Rocky Run’s Lynette Pamperin chooses stuffedanimals from a huge box.

Packing UpA Bright Christmas

Our Neighbor’s Child volunteers packaged Christmas gifts for morethan 830 families on Thursday, Dec. 13, at the ONC warehouse.

Westfield High theater studentsMadeleine Bloxam and Mitchell Buckleygather up toys to package.

ONC toy table-organizers (from left)Kerrie Peterson and son Kellan, GeriLightburn and Kathleen Lazor.

ONC volunteers (from left) Lisa Ennis and Amy Germanhand out batteries and check that all the gifts are in eachfamily’s bags before their final packaging. Also helping ready the warehouse were these Centreville High students.

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There’s still time to regis-ter for the “Every HeartCounts” fundraiser set for

this Saturday, Jan. 5, from 7-11 p.m.,at the Westfields Golf Club, 1940Balmoral Greens Ave. in Clifton. Theevent includes an international wine-tasting sponsored by the Clifton Wine

Shop, live and silent auctions, food anddancing.

Money raised will purchase EKG ma-chines to provide free EKG screenings forFairfax County high-school students duringtheir annual athletic physicals. Thesescreenings will offer a critical new level ofheart testing that is currently unavailable

— and they can potentially identify a heartabnormality before it is too late. To registerfor the fundraiser, go towww.ryanlopynski.org.

The event is in memory of Ryan Lopynskiof Clifton’s Hampton Chase community. Hewas a a freshman at Virginia Tech in spring2009 when he suffered a fatal heart attack.

Ryan Lopynski Fundraiser Set for This Saturday, Jan. 5His grieving family later establishedThe Ryan Lopynski Big Heart Foun-dation to honor him and to increasepublic awareness of Sudden CardiacArrest through education and action.

— Bonnie Hobbs

While still in high school,Nikki Ferraro was diag-nosed with a rare form

of thyroid cancer. But that didn’tstop her; instead, while receivingtreatment, she organized a Relayfor Life team and raised $20,000for the American Cancer Society.

She’s now a survivor, but this2011 Chantilly High grad is stillcaring for others battling the dis-ease. She and her parents formedthe nonprofit Bite Me CancerFoundation, www.bitemecancer.org, to help teens with can-cer and to fight thyroid cancer.

And now Ferraro distributes sup-port bags she’s filled with music,a special message from her andother items to help and inspireteens going through what she did.

This Thursday, Jan. 3, from5:30-7:30 p.m., Bite Me Cancerwill hold its 2013 kick-off recep-tion at the Greater Reston Cham-ber of Commerce office, 1763Fountain Drive in Reston.

Ferraro and others will talkabout the foundation and theirgoals for it this year.

The event is free, but seating islimited, so those planning to at-

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tend must register in advance athttp://bmckickoff.eventbrite.com.

— Bonnie Hobbs

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No appointment is necessary. But residents shouldinstall the child safety seats themselves so techni-cians may properly inspect and adjust them, asneeded.

However, because of time constraints, only the first35 vehicles arriving on each date will be inspected.That way, inspectors may have enough time to prop-erly instruct the caregiver on the correct use of thechild seat. Call 703-814-7000, ext. 5140, to confirmdates and times.

Alliance HoldingAuditions for ‘Grease’

The Alliance Theatre will hold auditions for themusical, “Grease,” on Jan 4, 5 and 7. This versionwill be directed by Jen Farmer. To register to audi-tion, go to www.thealliancetheatre.org.

Actors will be asked to prepare a song and a mono-logue and be ready to dance. The auditions on Fri-day, Jan 4, and Monday, Jan 7, will be from 6-9 p.m.at Mountain View High School in Centreville. TheSaturday, Jan 5, audition will be from 8:30-11:30a.m. at the Centreville Regional Library. Snow datesare Jan 6, 8 and 9.

Rehearsals will begin in May and the performancedates are July 13-28 at Chantilly High. For moreinformation, visit www.thealliancetheatre.org, call703-220-8101 or e-mail grease@thealliancetheatre.org. Alliance is also on twitter@TAT_NorthernVA.

Anyone unable to make these audition dates/timesshould contact Alliance as soon as possible to makedifferent arrangements.

Meals on WheelsVolunteers

Fairfax County needs Meals on Wheels drivers inChantilly and group Meals on Wheels coordinatorsin both Chantilly and Fairfax. Contact Volunteer So-lutions at 703-324-5406, TTY 711,VolunteerSolutions@fairfaxcounty.gov or visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/dfs/olderadultservices/vol-unteer-solutions.htm.

Women’s SelfDefense Program

The Fairfax County Law Enforcement Foundationis partnering with the Fairfax County Police Depart-ment to offer the Women’s Self Defense Training pro-gram. It’s based on the SAFE program formerly pro-vided by the Police Department, but now being taughtby C&J Security Corp.

The program is a two-day class that will meet onconsecutive Tuesday and Thursday evenings from6:15-9:30 p.m.

It’s currently offered free and all class materialsare included.

Program funding is provided through the FairfaxCounty Law Enforcement Foundation.

The course is offered to females, age 13 and older.A female guardian must accompany girls 13-18. Nomen other than the instructors are permitted to bepresent during a class.

For more information, call 703-246-7806, e-mailWSD@fairfaxfoundation.org or go towww.fairfaxfoundation.org.

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Police Seek To Reduce Alcohol-related CrashesFrom Page 3

“It’s 100-percent wrong,” replied Shipley.“But other people’s perceptions might bedifferent, based on cultural differences, suchas drinking at home with their parents.”

When Bianco asked where teens are get-ting alcohol, attendees said conveniencestores. And “where are they drinking it?”he asked. Jenuleson said many of themgather around trailers and community poolsto do so. But there are other places, too.

“In houses, in the woods, at sportingevents, etc.,” answered Sgt. Bill Fulton, whosupervises the county’s SROs (police offic-ers in schools). “They’re also hiding vodkain water bottles. The majority of the alco-hol offenses I see in the school system areliquor, not beer. On the first day of school,one student had an incredibly high BAC of

.20.”Bianco then asked attendees for their

definition of a designated driver. SaidJenuleson: “I’ve been out and heard peoplesay, ‘I’ve only had one or two drinks, so I’lldrive.’” In a group, added Shipley, “It’s of-ten the least-impaired person.”

If people are unable to drive becausethey’re drunk, asked Bianco, “Why don’tthey take cabs home?” Replied Fulton: “Be-cause then their parents would know whatthey’ve been doing.”

“How effective do you think your com-munity is at enforcing the laws againstdrinking and driving?” asked Bianco.

“Very good, but it’s a tough job,” saidShipley. Jenuleson noted that Centreville’sSully Station II community has a Neighbor-hood Watch and sends out information from

the police regularly. But, she added, “A lotof communities aren’t there, yet. And I thinka lot of kids think they’re invincible andwon’t get caught.”

The problem, said Fulton, is that “alco-hol is socially accepted and easy to get fromhome and there are ads about it every-where. So to most kids, it’s not a big deal.”

That’s why, said Trace, “We have to sendthem a message of zero tolerance.”

Jenuleson suggested the DMV show amovie of alcohol-related crashes whilepeople are waiting there and offer relevantbrochures in several languages. She said itshould also make drivers “sign somethingshowing they understand the dangers ofdrinking and driving.”

Thanking everyone for participating,Bianco said the UPC wanted to know “what

the community thinks would be most effec-tive here to combat drinking and driving— education, enforcement of the laws orincreasing the perception of their enforce-ment.”

In November, the UPC gave its report ofall five community forums to VCU, whichis the executor of UPC’s grant. Plans willthen be made to carry out the best sugges-tions received to reduce alcohol-relatedcrashes and deaths. Bianco said the moneywill “probably” be available sometime thisyear “to implement our strategies.”

Meanwhile, local residents must remainvigilant of and alert against the dangersposed by drunk drivers. “Alcohol is too easyto get,” said Shipley. “It’s my life and yourlife out there in jeopardy when people getbehind the wheel of a car drunk.”

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Westfield Boys’ BasketballFinishes Runner-Up

The Westfield boys’ basketball team finished runner-upin the Bulldog Bash, losing to Battlefield, 73-70, in thechampionship game on Dec. 29. Westfield defeatedSewickley Academy (Pa.), 62-41, on Dec. 27 and Fairfax,51-36, on Dec. 28 to reach the championship game.Westfield (6-5) will travel to face Chantilly at 7:30 p.m. onFriday, Jan. 4.

Westfield Girls’Basketball Wins 2 of 3

The Westfield girls’ basketball team won two of threegames at the Bulldog Bash. Westfield beat St. Hubert (Pa.),

49-36, on Dec. 27, lost to Monacan, 48-40, on Dec. 28 andbeat Madison, 62-51, on Dec. 29. The Bulldogs (7-3) willhost Chantilly at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 4.

Centreville Girls’Basketball Starts 10-1

The Centreville girls’ basketball team improved to 10-1by winning its final two games at the Bulldog Bash.Centreville suffered its first loss of the season against Madi-son on Dec. 27, 53-48. The Wildcats responded with victo-ries against Woodbridge (76-46) on Dec. 28 and St. Hubert(87-51) on Dec. 29. Centreville’s Jenna Green scored 26points against Woodbridge and 24 against St. Hubert.Centreville will travel to face Robinson at 5:45 p.m. onFriday, Jan. 4.

Centreville Laxer NewellCommits to JMU

Reagan Newell, a sophomore at Centreville High School,committed to James Madison University on Dec. 15. Shewill play for the women’s lacrosse team as an attack. Sheis the first 2015 player to commit to their program. Newellstarted on the Centreville varsity last year as a freshmanand lead the team in scoring. She was instrumental in lead-ing the team to the regional finals. She is coached by herfather, Brian Newell and Christina Griel. Newell’s cousin,Caroline Wakefield, a sophomore, has also been offered toplay at JMU. She hopes to make a decision shortly. Thetwo have played together since second grade.

Sports Briefs

SportsCentre View Sports Editor Jon Roetman

703-224-3015 or jroetman@connectionnewspapers.com

By Jon Roetman

Centre View

The Chantilly boys’ basketball teamsuffered its first defeat of the sea-son on Dec. 28 — a 68-63 semifi-

nal loss to Mountain View which kept theChargers out of the championship game oftheir own tournament.

The disappointment stemming from sucha situation could have affected Chantilly thefollowing night when the Chargers facedSouth County in the third-place game. In-stead, veteran head coach Jim Smith wouldreference his team’s effort when talkingabout its potential to be something special.

Then again, having a standout scorer, anenforcer in the paint and several enthusi-astic athletes doesn’t hurt, either.

The Chargers improved to 10-1 and se-cured third place with a 69-56 victoryagainst South County at the PohankaChantilly Basketball Classic on Dec. 29 atChantilly High School. After trailing by sixpoints in the opening the quarter, the Charg-ers outscored the Stallions 50-24 during thenext 16 minutes, 30 seconds to take con-trol.

Chantilly built a 36-29 halftime lead be-fore outscoring South County 26-13 in thethird quarter.

“I like the energy that this team playswith,” said Smith, who has coached atChantilly for more than two decades. “Whenyou have that, you usually have a chanceto be good. We have a lot of guys that enjoydefending. Tonight, we’re playing in a third-place game, which you could be a littledown about. There are not a lot of peoplein the gym, and, yeah, we got off to a slowstart, but in the second quarter … guys wereflying around the floor.”

ONE NIGHT AFTER scoring a career-high30 points against Mountain View, Chantillysenior Brian Sydnor dropped 31 on SouthCounty. The 6-foot-4 forward earned all-

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tournament honors by totaling 78 pointsduring the three-day event, the seventh-bestindividual output in tournament history.

Against South County, Sydnor made 14of 24 field-goal attempts, knocked downone 3-pointer and grabbed 11 rebounds.

“He’s just doinga great job scoringthe ball,” Smithsaid. “He’s playingwith a lot of confi-dence, he’s scoringa lot of differentways — he getssome in transition,he’s hitting shots,he gets on theglass.”

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Sydnor said. “They’re not just young guyswho are just on the team because there areopen positions on the team. They’re here,they work hard [and] they want to learn.When you have young guys who want tolearn [mixed] with a couple older upper-

classmen, itcreates a lotof goodchemistry.”

Chantillysenior TreyCoates fin-ished with10 pointsand 10 re-bounds. The6 - f o o t - 4 ,

215-pound forward plays with an aggres-sive mentality in the paint.

“I just try to be stronger than them, justfight harder,” he said. “Just play like I want

it more than they do.”Coates scored 10 points and grabbed

seven rebounds against Mountain View andfinished with 11 points and nine boardsduring the Chargers’ 68-62 victory againstPatriot on Dec. 27.

“Trey’s a big, strong kid,” Smith said. “He’shaving a great year. Pretty much every gamehe’s pretty close to a double-double — hegets 10 and 8 or better each game, so he’sgiving us nice play inside.”

Junior guard Deandre Harris scored 10points and grabbed nine rebounds againstSouth County. He scored 23 points againstPatriot, shooting 4-for-9 from 3-point range.Senior forward Sean Huelskamp made hisfirst start of the season against SouthCounty, finishing with four points and eightrebounds.

Chantilly will open Concorde District playat home against Westfield at 7:30 p.m. onFriday, Jan. 4.

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After several failed attempts to stop smokingand an emphysema diagnosis, MargaretCahill turned to hypnosis for help quitting.

“I was skeptical at first, but my kids were after me toquit and I decided to try hypnosis,” said Cahill wholives in Alexandria. “During the initial session, thehypnotherapist showed me a picture of bladder can-cer, and for some reason, that was the moment Idecided to quit smoking. I finished my hypnosis treat-ments and never had another cigarette.”

It’s not for everyone, however: After dismal scoreson a Graduate Records Examinations test and a testprep course that resulted in even lower scores, ColinRackerby’s mother suggested he try hypnosis to helphim improve his test scores.

“It didn’t help me at all,” said Rackerby, who livesin Centreville. “My test scores were still low when Itook the test again. I think that I am one of thosepeople who can’t be hypnotized.

Hynotherapists are using World Hypnotism Day,which falls on Jan. 4, to debunk myths about thepractice. Hypnosis, also referred to as hypnotherapy,is a trance-like state during which the person beinghypnotized has heightened focus and concentration.Hypnosis is usually done with the help of a therapistusing verbal repetition and mental images.

“World Hypnotism Day is all about spreadingawareness about what hypnosis is,” said Jason Linett,the director of Virginia Hypnosis in the Franconiaarea of Alexandria. “It is a helping profession. Wehelp people quit smoking, lose weight. It is a naturalability of the mind that we’re able to really harnessand help people make some really strong changesand take control of their lives.”

During a typical session, says Linette, the thera-pist explains the process of hypnosis and reviews the

patient’s goals for the treatment. Then the therapistspeaks in a soft soothing tone to help create a senseof relaxation and well-being.

“There is the pre-talk, which is all about dispel-ling any myths about hypnotism,” said Linette. “Manyclients are surprised to find out that the mind is ac-tive and alert the entire time. They hear everything.They remember as much as they would from anynormal conversation. There is no loss of control likeon television or in the movies. It is really a processof taking control of the parts of their life that [they]feel like are out of control. Then we emerge fromthe process, discuss it and set some goals from there.”

During a session, a hypnotherapist could use avariety of techniques like visual imagery. “The pro-cess is different for almost every single client andalmost every single hypnotherapist,” said Linette.“We all have our own different styles of work. Wecan do a process based on relaxation, we can do aprocess based on three simple things that we do:imagining simple things, following simple instruc-tions and just being aware.

“The style of work that I do starts with a simpleinstruction to relax the eyes, and imagine those eyesso relaxed that they simply just don’t work. Oncethat suggestion has been accepted, it is just a matterof following more suggestions from that point for-ward.” Linette added that when clients are in a re-ceptive state, the therapist will suggest ways for themto achieve other goals, like eliminating cravings toovereat or to smoke.

There are skeptics, however. “I’ve had many pa-tients who’ve been bilked of a lot of money throughhypnosis,” said Karen Prince, a psychotherapist andclinical social worker. “They’ve tried hypnosis out ofdesperation by people fraudulently claiming to beable to work miracles through hypnosis.” Prince, whodoes not practice hypnotherapy, suggests traditionaltalk therapy. “There are certainly tried and true waysof overcoming the same issues and additions.”

The National Guild of Hypnotists, Inc. (http://ngh.net/) and the American Society of Clinical Hyp-nosis (ASCH) are sources for locating reputablehypnotherapists. ASCH (http://www.asch.net/) of-fers training and certification programs and sets ethi-cal and treatment standards for trained and licensedprofessionals.

HypnotherapistJason Linettof VirginiaHypnosis inAlexandriatreats a client.Hynotherapistsare using Jan.4, World Hyp-notism Day, todebunk mythsabout thepractice.

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ber with the death penalty if he didn’t stickto the story he told at trial — they “scaredBarber into invoking [the] Fifth Amend-ment,” thus rendering him unable to aidWolfe in a retrial. Consequently, wrote Jack-son, “Instead of curing the constitutionaldefects in [Wolfe’s] original convictions, theoriginal [prosecutors] permanentlycrystalized them.”

Because of this and because the courtdidn’t retry Wolfe within a 120-day limitthat had been set, Jackson ordered Wolfereleased “unconditionally” on all pastcharges and barred his retrial on “any othercharges stemming from [Petrole’s death]which require [Barber’s] testimony.”

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 2, in Prince WilliamCircuit Court, Morrogh said the attorneygeneral was appealing and requesting a stayof Jackson’s order and would appeal to theSupreme Court, if necessary. Morrogh statedhe’d brought his own, independent chargesagainst Wolfe and could “prove without anydoubt” that “Barber lied in federal court.”

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Ultimately, Judge Mary Grace O’Brienupheld Jackson’s ruling. She said that since“the new charges stem from the originalcharges,” she was granting “the defense’smotion [for release]. I’ll enter an order [Jan.3] at 5 p.m., providing I don’t receive a stayfrom the attorney general by then.”

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“I don’t know if it’s real, yet,” she said.“I’m so glad [O’Brien] gave us this oppor-tunity. Maybe by tomorrow, he’ll be breath-ing fresh air. I’m grateful for everything ourlegal team’s done and for them believing inmy son. He’s innocent; he’s said that fromday one and has never waivered.”

Husband Ben Steinberg was “cautiouslyoptimistic. So many times we thought wewere at the end, but the commonwealthkeeps going. But I think Justin’s hopeful, aswell. You could see the smile on his face.”Meanwhile, Chantilly student LindsaySteinberg said she’d missed her big brother.“I’m really excited,” she said. “He hasn’tbeen home since I was 4.”

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Civil War Lecture. 7 p.m. atCentreville Regional Library, 14200St. Germain Drive. Adults and schoolage children. Free. 703-830-2223.

English Conversation Group. 7 p.m.at Chantilly Regional Library, 4000Stringfellow Road. Adults.Registration required. 703-502-3883.

Ask an Expert Lecture. 12:30 p.m. atthe Udvar-Hazy Center, 14390 Air &Space Museum Parkway. Visit http://airandspace.si.edu/udvarhazy.

FRIDAY/JAN. 11Ready for School Storytime. 1:30

p.m. at Chantilly Regional Library,4000 Stringfellow Road. Ages 4-5.Free. Registration required. 703-502-3883.

Cleanup Night. 6 p.m. at ChantillyRegional Library, 4000 StringfellowRoad. Teens help with a variety ofprojects. Free. Registration required.703-502-3883.

SATURDAY/JAN. 12Kaleidoscope Storytime. 10 a.m. at

Chantilly Regional Library, 4000Stringfellow Road. All ages can enjoya sensory storytime focusing on thestrengths and adapting to children onthe autism spectrum and with otherdevelopmental disabilities. Free.Registration required. 703-502-3883.

E-book Help. 2 p.m. at ChantillyRegional Library, 4000 StringfellowRoad. Adults. Free. Registrationrequired. 703-502-3883.

Paws for Reading. 3 p.m. at ChantillyRegional Library, 4000 StringfellowRoad. Ages 5-12 read aloud for 15-minutes with a therapy dog. Free.Registration required. 703-502-3883.

Junk in the Trunk Event. 1 and 2p.m. Participants age 5 and older canlook at the items in trunks at SullyHistoric Site and figure out what theyare, how they were used, play gamesand make a craft. $6/person.Register at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/parktakes or 703-750-9018.