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Lake Braddock pitcherAbby Thibodeau, seenearlier this season,helped shut out T.C.Williams on Tuesday.Bruins recorded seventhshutout of the season.

Lake Braddock pitcherAbby Thibodeau, seenearlier this season,helped shut out T.C.Williams on Tuesday.Bruins recorded seventhshutout of the season.

TorresPleads GuiltyTo InvoluntaryManslaughterof John GeerNews, Page 3

TorresPleads GuiltyTo InvoluntaryManslaughterof John GeerNews, Page 3

‘This is Our9-1-1 Call’News, Page 4

‘This is Our9-1-1 Call’News, Page 4

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Summer STEM Academy at NOVAHigh school juniors and seniors are invited to apply for a weeklong

summer STEM academy at Northern Virginia Community College. Se-lected students will unravel a forensics mystery by conducting variousSTEM experiments in a college setting.

The summer STEM academy will be held at NOVA’s Manassas Cam-pus during the week of June 20 and at NOVA’s Alexandria, Annandale,Loudoun and Woodbridge campuses during the week of June 27.

The $30 registration fee covers all activities and lunch each day. Seatsare limited and interested candidates must apply by April 30 athttp://kajacomo.wix.com/ncsi-stem-academy.

Selected candidates will be notified by May 10.Students who attend the academy will be eligible to apply for two

$500 scholarships to enroll in a college science course during NOVA’sspring 2017 semester.

The STEM academy is sponsored by NOVA’s College-wide STEM Ini-tiative and funded by a Perkins grant. For more information, contactAcademy director Ia Gomez at [email protected].

Send notes to the Connection [email protected] orcall 703-778-9416. Deadline is Friday.Dated announcements should be sub-mitted at least two weeks prior to theevent.

Jubilee Christian Center ofFairfax is restarting its “Living Free”support groups for the Spring onWednesdays, starting on Mar. 30, 7:15p.m. The support groups are free, andwill cover “Stepping into Freedom,”“Concerned Persons Group” (for familyand friends of addicts), “Understandingand Overcoming Depression,” “The Im-age of God in You,” and “Handling Lossand Grief.” There will also be supportgroups meeting on Sundays, 10:10 a.m.

4650 Shirley Gate Road, Fairfax. Forinformation or to register, call 703)-383-1170, email [email protected] orseewww.jccag.org.

Fairfax Baptist Temple, at thecorner of Fairfax County Parkway andBurke Lake Roads, holds a bible studyfellowship at 9 a.m. Sundays followedby a 10 a.m. worship service. Nurserycare and children’s church also pro-vided. 6401 Missionary Lane, FairfaxStation, 703-323-8100 orwww.fbtministries.org.

The Guhyasamaja BuddhistCenter, 10875 Main St., Fairfax Cityprovides free classes to both newcomersand advanced practitioners of TibetanBuddhism. The center emphasizes work-ing with the mind and learning how tounderstand the workings of the mind,overcoming inner causes of suffering,while cultivating causes of happiness.Under the direction of Lama ZopaRinpoche, the center is a place of study,contemplation and meditation. Visithttp://www.guhyasamaja.org for moreinformation.

Prince of Peace LutheranChurch, 8304 Old Keene Mill Road,Springfield, offers casual worship ser-vices on Saturday evenings at 5:30 p.m.featuring contemporary music. Moretraditional services take place on Sun-day mornings at 8:15 and 11 a.m.Sunday School is from 9:45-10:45 a.m.for children and adults. The church alsooffers discussion groups for adults. 703-451-5855 or www.poplc.org.

JCCNV Mother’s Circle program,for women who are not Jewish but areraising Jewish children. Free educationin Jewish rituals, practices and values,while respecting the participant’s choiceto retain her own religious identity. Jew-ish Community Center of NorthernVirginia, 8900 Little River Turnpike inFairfax. Contact Laurie Albert, 703-537-3064 or HYPERLINK“ m a i l t o : L a u r i e A @ j c c n v . o r g ”[email protected].

RCIA (Rite of ChristianInitiation of Adults) is for peopleinterested in becoming Catholic orlearning about the Catholic Church. Agroup meets at 7:30 p.m. on July 6 and20 at St. Leo the Great Catholic Church,3700 Old Lee Highway, Fairfax. A groupwill begin meeting every Wednesdaystarting September. Sessions are in theOld Parish Hall. All are welcome.Contact Carolyn Smith at 703-273-5369or [email protected].

Faith Notes


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News

By Tim Peterson

The Connection

It was over before it began. Neitherprosecution nor defense gave open-ing statements in former FairfaxCounty Police Officer Adam Torres’

trial for the August 2013 murder of Spring-field resident John Geer. Instead on Mon-day, April 18, Torres pleaded guilty to felonyinvoluntary manslaughter for the August2013 incident.

Police had responded to a call that dayfrom Geer’s live-in girlfriend MauraHarrington that he was throwing her be-longings out of the house. Torres and an-other officer talked with Geer for 40 min-utes before Torres fired, hitting him in thechest.

Torres claimed Geer suddenly lowered hishands, making him think Geer was reach-ing for a gun.

Harrington and Geer lived together formore than 20 years and had two teenagedaughters. Harrington had told Geer thatshe was moving out.

The Sunday before the trial was set tobegin, Commonwealth’s Attorney RaymondF. Morrogh said Torres’ attorneys contactedhim with the plea offer. Morrogh then spokewith Harrington, the family’s attorneyMichael Lieberman and Geer’s parents.

With the deal, Torres would serve 12months in jail, getting credit for the eightmonths already served. Being a convictedfelon would prevent him from owning a fire-arm or becoming a police officer again, apriority for Harrington and her daughters,Morrogh said.

Geer’s mother was “vehemently opposed

to any agreement,” Morrogh said, addingthat she “wants a life sentence.”

The sentencing is set for June 24, at whichpoint the judge may accept or amend thelength of Torres’ sentence, or reject the pleaaltogether. If that happens, Morrogh said,the case would go to trial with a differentjudge. Torres is the first Fairfax County Po-lice Officer in the history of the departmentto be charged in a shooting death.

“It’s certainly not an ideal or perfect situ-ation,” Morrogh said during a press confer-ence following the hearing, outside theFairfax Courthouse. “My role is to get asmuch justice as I can, for victims and fam-ily.”

Morrogh said Harrington was concernedabout defense plans to call Geer’s 19-year-old daughter — who was at a neighbor’shouse at the time of the shooting — to tes-tify about her father’s past actions and char-acter.

Morrogh also said the defense had an

expert lined up to argue that Torres actedreasonably given the situation. “I thoughtwe had real good evidence on where hishands were,” Morrogh said, but “those arethe kinds of things that can muddy the wa-ters,” for a jury.

“I weighed it all, this is my decision and Istand by it,” Morrogh said.

IN A PHONE INTERVIEW, Liebermansaid he was pleased Morrogh went with theplea deal. He said many prosecutors turnthem down, but it can be difficult to get afelony conviction in cases like this with apolice officer involved.

Lieberman said the family was also think-ing of Torres’ wife and children in accept-ing the plea. He supplied a statement fromGeer’s daughters in which they say, “What-ever his faults, Torres’ wife and children didnot murder our father, and it would bewrong to hurt them just to allay our ownanger and pain. Robbing other children of

time with their fa-ther would onlymake us complicit inanother wrong.”

The daughters citethe Fairfax CountyBoard of Supervisorsand Police Depart-ment, bodies whichwithheld details oftheir father’s shoot-ing from them for 17

months. That included personnel files andaccounts of Torres having a history of out-bursts and marital stress.

Until a $12 million wrongful death casebrought by the Geer family forcing the re-lease of information, Fairfax County Policestood by policy they said kept them fromreleasing Torres’ name or many other de-tails of the shooting while investigationsinto the incident were ongoing.

“As for the Fairfax County Board of Su-pervisors and the Fairfax County Police De-partment, we remain appalled by their ac-tions in covering up the truth and puttingTorres in the position to decide life anddeath given what they knew about his back-ground,” the daughters’ statement contin-ues. “Until such time that the ad hoc[commission’s] recommendations areadopted and the policies of the FCPD arechanged, we fear that these tragic eventscan occur again with different victims anddifferent officers.”

FAIRFAX COUNTY BOARD OF SUPER-VISORS Chairman Sharon Bulova andChief of Police Edwin Roessler sent outstatements following the guilty plea thatoffered sympathy to Geer’s family andfriends. Though each have previously ac-knowledged the case wasn’t handled as wellas it could have been, their statementsstopped short of admitting wrongdoing.They focused more on forging ahead.

“The death of John Geer and events thatfollowed have sparked a number of changes

Photo courtesy of Jahi Chikwendiu of The Washington Post

Former Fairfax County Police Officer Adam Torres (center) enters thecourtroom on April 18, 2016 for what was scheduled to be the beginningof his trial for murder of Springfield resident John Geer.

Photo courtesy of Jahi Chikwendiu of The Washington Post

Commonwealth’s Attorney Raymond F. Morrogh (center) reached anagreement with Adam Torres’ defense team for a guilty plea to a lessercharge one day before the scheduled beginning of his murder trial forkilling John Geer.

Torres Pleads Guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter of John GeerFormer FairfaxCounty Police officerfaced murder chargesfor 2013 shooting.

John Geer was standing in his doorway unarmed for 40 minutes beforehe was shot by Fairfax County Police officer Adam Torres.

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By Tim Peterson

The Connection

With Virginia State Policeheading up the investiga-tion and search for missingFairfax County firefighter-

paramedic Nicole Mittendorff ofWoodbridge, Fire and Rescue Chief Rich-ard Bowers said even though they want tolend resources and help, Fairfax first re-sponders are largely in a hold-ing pattern.

“We’re used to fixing prob-lems and taking care of things,”Bowers said at a press confer-ence on April 19. “This is our9-1-1 call to the public and themedia.”

Bowers confirmedMittendorff, 31, last made con-tact on Wednesday, April 13.Virginia State Police reportedher 2009 Mini Cooper was lo-cated, abandoned, by a U.S.Park Ranger on April 16 in the ShenandoahNational Park Whiteoak Canyon trail en-trance parking lot.

“There is still no evidence to indicate any-thing suspicious about Mittendorff’s disap-pearance,” an April 18 release from VirginiaState Police said.

Monday April 18, 100 members of vol-unteers, Virginia State Police Search andRecovery and Appalachian Search and Res-cue Teams spent the day scouring steep ter-rain on several miles of federal park landaround the trail. Searching began Saturdayevening when the car was found and isscheduled to continue.

The April 19 conference took place at FireStation 32, Mittendorff’s base station lo-cated at 5600 Burke Centre Parkway. Shewas a three-year veteran of the department,Bowers said.

“If you’ve seen, heard or know somethingabout the untimely disappearance of Nicole,contact Virginia State Police immediately,”

Bowers said. “Nicole, if you can hear us,get a message to us.”

Bowers described the blonde-haired,green-eyed Mittendorff as a “motivated,dedicated firefighter-paramedic.

“She was always happy, she fit right in,she loved this job,” Bowers continued, add-ing that he saw her come up as a high-per-forming recruit. He called her a “great shiftmember, she still is, of Fire Station 32. Shealways put someone else first.”

Mittendorff ’s husbandSteven, himself an employee ofVirginia State Police, chokedback tears to thank thosesearching for his wife, and ev-eryone on Facebook who haveliked or shared the page createdto bring awareness to herplight.

“Sweetheart, I love you, I’mpraying for you, I’m not surewhere you are,” Steven said tothe cameras and reporters gath-ered, his wife’s sister Jennifer

Chalmers standing at his side. “We’re alllooking for you... forward toyour safe return.”

John Niemiec, President ofthe Professional Firefightersand Paramedics IAFF Local2068, announced a prayervigil for Mittendorff wasscheduled for Wednesday,April 20 at 7:30 at Fire Sta-tion 32.

“We remain strong, posi-tive, hopeful,” Niemiec said.“We’re hopeful Nicole will befound.”

Anyone with informationon Mittendorff’s whereaboutsor who may have seen her inthe National Park is asked tocall Virginia State Police at703-803-0026, #77 on a cellphone or 9-1-1 or [email protected].

‘This is Our 9-1-1 Call’ Fire Chief Bowers and family plead for helpfinding missing firefighter Nicole Mittendorff.

Photo by Tim Peterson/The Connection

Nicole Mittendorff, a firefighter-paramedic based at Station 32 in FairfaxStation, has been missing since Wednesday April 13.

Photo courtesy of Virginia State Police

Virginia State Police reported Nicole Mittendorff’s 2009 Mini Cooper waslocated, abandoned, by a U.S. Park Ranger on April 16 in theShenandoah National Park Whiteoak Canyon trail entrance parking lot.

Photo by Tim Peterson/The Connection

(Center) Steven Mittendorff of Woodbridge, husband of missing FairfaxCounty firefighter-paramedic Nicole, speaks to the media on April 19 athis wife’s Station 32 in Fairfax Station.

The AppalachianSearch & RescueTeam spent MondayApril 18 searchingfor NicoleMittendorff aroundShenandoah Na-tional Park’sWhiteoak CanyonTrail entrance inMadison County.

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News

On Thursday, April 14,Gov. Terry McAuliffesigned several bills into

law relating to sexual assault, in-cluding legislation related to thestorage and testing of physical evi-dence recovery kits (PERKs), aswell as legislation that enables aminor to consent to an evidencerecovery examination over theobjections of a parent or guardianand Del. Eileen Filler-Corn’s (D-41) bill, HB 1102, which promotescollaboration between state agen-cies and campus law enforcementin the development of trauma-in-formed training to ensure that sur-vivors of sexual assault receive thesupport and evidence-based treat-ment they need.

“From day one, the health andsafety of Virginia’s women hasbeen a chief priority of our admin-istration.

That is why I created and en-abled a group of leaders and ad-vocates to offer solutions to en-hance the services and protectionsthis Commonwealth offers to sur-vivors of sexual violence,” saidMcAuliffe.

“The survivors of thesemalicious crimes are trusting in usto provide a full accounting ofthese cases and to bring perpetra-tors to justice. To ensure theirsafety, it is vital that we have allareas of law enforcement, govern-ment, and private organizationsworking together. Themeasures…provide a permanentand coherent solution for that pro-cess,” he said.

“I’m so proud to have sponsoreda bill that will reduce the traumaof survivors by developing train-ing for law enforcement,” Filler-Corn said.

“The Department of CriminalJustice services and SCHEV work-ing together will greatly improvethe lives of survivors of sexual as-sault.” The Delegate from Spring-field was also pleased to serve asa co-patron on HB 1160, whichestablishes procedures for han-dling evidence kits in sexual as-saults, after having introduced asimilar bill this past session herself.

All legislation signed by the gov-ernor will take effect July 1, 2016.

Gov. McAuliffe signs Del. Filler-Corn’s House Bill 1102.

Del. Eileen Filler-Corn (D-41) speaks about her Bill HB1102 at the governor’s bill signing ceremony in Rich-mond last week.

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Opinion

Adam Torres, charged with murder inthe death of Springfield residentJohn Geer, was the first FairfaxCounty Police officer in the history

of the department to be charged in such adeath. Monday, Torres entered a guilty plea toinvoluntary manslaughter, with a likely sen-tence of 12 months, most of that alreadyserved. He has been in jail for eight months.

Geer was a Springfield resident, a remodel-ing contractor and an involved father, alwayson the sidelines of his daughters’ sports games.He was unarmed, standing in the doorway ofhis own home with his hands raised at the timehe was killed.

The police and Fairfax County refused to re-lease any information on the case for more thana year, and only then after repeated court or-ders. Public outrage over Geer’s death wascompounded by obfuscation and silence, thefailure to communicate, and a lack of publicaccountability. Change is in the works, butthere is much work to do.

There is still much to say about the death ofJohn Geer and its aftermath.

But today, the wisdom of his two teenage

daughters is well worth reading and sharing:

APRIL 18, 2016 STATEMENT BY THEDAUGHTERS OF JOHN GEER

“Justice is rarely a simple matter, and it wouldbe easy to vent our anger, our outrage,our sorrow, and voice opposition to theplea bargain struck between AdamTorres and the Commonwealth. Nobodywould question the rawness of our emotionsand our response to it; we have lost a father,and there can be no substitute, no future mo-ment of affection, no further opportunities tobe close the man who should be present as ourgreatest supporter. Torres took that away fromus, the Fairfax Board of Supervisors and FairfaxCounty Police Department hid the truth of whathappened to our dad for over a year, and thereis no going back. ...

“Much like Dad’s murder has repercussionsfor his family and the community, lockingTorres in a cell will have an effect on others.Whatever his faults, Torres’ wife and childrendid not murder our father, and it would bewrong to hurt them just to allay our own an-ger and pain. Robbing other children of timewith their father would only make us complicitin another wrong. …

“Where Torres failed to show prudence andmercy, we will show him and his family both.

“As for the Fairfax County Board of Supervi-sors and the Fairfax County Police Department,we remain appalled by their actions in cover-ing up the truth and putting Torres in the posi-

tion to decide life and death given what theyknew about his background. Until such timethat the ad hoc committee’s recommendationsare adopted and the policies of the FCPD arechanged, we fear that these tragic events can

occur again with different victims anddifferent officers. We call upon theBoard to immediately adopt and imple-ment the Committee’s recommenda-

tions without delay for the good of the FCPDand the citizens of Fairfax County.

“No family should have to suffer the loss ofa mother, a father, or a loved one under cir-cumstances like ours.”

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Geer’s deathexposed “obfuscation …and a lack ofpublic accountability.”

On the Guilty Plea of Adam Torres

Editorial

By Jim Corcoran,

President and CEO,

Northern Virginia Chamber of

Commerce

Northern Virginia’s trans-portation crisis main-tains a stranglehold on

our regional economy and qualityof life. It costs our region $4.5 bil-lion annually due to the countlesshours we waste sitting in traffic,and has earned our region the du-bious distinction as one of the mostcongested areas in the country. TheNorthern Virginia Chamber ofCommerce has long believed thatunclogging our region’s transpor-tation grid requires a strategic, re-gional approach. We cannot expectto retain and attract business with-out implementing a 21st Centurytransportation infrastructure.

Thankfully, however, a signifi-cant compromise struck during the2016 Virginia General AssemblySession has the potential to ad-dress the most serious choke pointin our region: I-66 inside theBeltway. Improving travel alongthis important economic corridoris critical to maintaining our eco-nomic competitiveness and gettingour region moving again.

The bipartisan compromise planis the result of collaboration be-tween the Commonwealth and lo-calities that takes into accountvarious jurisdictional transporta-tion interests, creating a regionallybalanced solution. Combined withthe existing express lane networkon I-495 and I-95 and in conjunc-tion with new improvements to I-66 outside the Beltway, this projectwill provide reliable, enhancedtravel options throughout the re-gion by car, carpool, and transit.Each of these modes of travel willplay a critical part in movinggoods, services, and people to andfrom our region’s key assets.

For those traveling along I-66from points west of I-495, the sched-uled improvements will contain en-hancements and options includingadditional lanes, new bus service,and new commuter lots. Key to theplan is the ability of single-occupantdrivers to use I-66 inside theBeltway during peak times for thefirst time in the road’s history.

For those who reside inside ofthe Capital Beltway, this projectwill provide enhanced bus service,enhancements on parallel roads to

better protect neighborhoods, pe-destrian access, and Metro stationaccess improvements all gearedtoward providing more transpor-tation options for residents andbusinesses along I-66.

Addressing much needed con-gestion relief on I-66 by adding anadditional eastbound lane hasbeen a priority for the NorthernVirginia Chamber and the North-ern Virginia business communityfor decades. The Northern VirginiaChamber of Commerce congratu-lates Governor McAuliffe and lead-

ers in the General Assembly forworking across party lines toachieve this historic victory for theresidents of the Commonwealth.

We will continue to advocate fordynamic, regional projects like thisas the business community looksto maintain our status as the eco-nomic engine of the Common-wealth and a cradle of innovationin the United States. We look for-ward to more bipartisan successesin the years to come as we worktogether to enhance our regionaltransportation network.

A Bipartisan Compromise To Unclog the RegionCommentary

Inappropriate Use of FEMA Relief FundsTo the Editor

Your recent article “FairfaxCounty Schools to Apply for FEMARelief Funds” is another exampleof attempting to exploit the Ameri-can taxpayers.

I visualize the typical Americantaxpayer as a middle class coupleliving in the heartland of our coun-try. They have two children. Theygo to church every week. Theydon’t smoke, don’t use illegaldrugs, and use alcohol in modera-tion. Their children go to schooleach school day. They vote in ev-

ery election. They must strugglefinancially even when the economyis strong, but they pay their bills,and they pay their taxes. They payfor their children’s education, andthey save for their retirement.

I don’t feel that it is appropriatefor the Federal government, whichconsists of millions of such middleclass families, to pay for the re-moval of snow at Fairfax CountyPublic Schools.

Dave ElmoreGreat Falls

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Since their first fundraisingwalk, the Northern VirginiaFragile X Family group has

raised more than $130,000 for re-search into Fragile X, an inheritedgenetic mutation that can causemental impairment ranging frommoderate to severe learning dis-abilities and linked to AutismSpectrum Disorder.

In 2015, there were more than210 participants in the May 17walk that helped raise more than$51,000.

“The money raised has beenused for many great things,” saidone of the walk organizers BuffyGrande of Fairfax Station in anemail, “but we are excited that ourgroup fully funded the foundingof the first national MolecularBiomarker Project. The project isa partnership between the Na-tional Fragile X Foundation andseveral Fragile X clinics across thecountry.” According to the FragileX Families of Northern Virginia,around one in every 3,600 malesand one in every 4,000 to 6,000females are affected by the muta-tion. The fourth Fragile X FamilyFun Walk is scheduled for SundayApril 24 at Burke Lake Park, lo-cated at 7315 Ox Road in FairfaxStation. Registration opens at 8a.m. and the walk (less than onemile) begins at 8:30. Train rides,music, balloons and face-paintingwill be part of a post-walk celebra-tion. For more information, visitwww.crowdrise.com/fxsnova2016a n dwww.fragilexnorthernvirginia.com.

—Tim Peterson

Faith Notes

Fourth Fragile XWalk Scheduledfor April 24

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The Jewish Social ServicesAgency (JSSA) offers a wide variety ofsupport groups for those withemotional, social, and physicalchallenges. www.jssa.org/growth-learning.

Metropolitan CommunityChurch of Northern Virginia,10383 Democracy Lane in Fairfax,presents worship services on Sundays at9 a.m. and 11 a.m. and choir practice(open to all) on Tuesdays at 7:15 p.m.www.mccnova.com or 703-691-0930.

Church of the Nativity offers afree general bereavement support groupopen to all adults on the first and thirdThursday of each month 7:30-9 p.m.The church is located at 6400 NativityLane, Burke. Call 703-455-2400, ext. 17.

Arabic Bible Baptist Church islocated at 6428 Ox Road in FairfaxStation. Services are on Saturdays at6:30 p.m. and Sundays at 1 p.m. Pastor:Wissam Jamil. Call 703-273-5599.

First Lt. Robert Joseph“R.J.” Hess of Fairfaxgraduated from

Robinson Secondary School in2005 and Old Dominion Uni-versity and the University ofVirginia’s Army ROTC programin 2010. He was killed in Pul-E-Alam, Afghanistan on April23, 2013.

To honor Hess, the UVAROTC program set up the 1stLt. Hess Leadership Award andScholarship. The program is

sponsoring a 5K race and walk oncampus on the anniversary of hisdeath, Saturday April 23, 2016, toraise money for the scholarship.

“Hess was respected as a genu-ine leader by his peers,” Army Ca-det Sarah Koch, an organizer ofthe event, said in a statement.“The scholarship will be presentedannually to a fourth-year cadetwho embodies the attributes ofmoral courage, integrity and self-less service.”

Hess’ father Ret. U.S. Army Col.

Robert T. Hess Sr, and Lt. Col. MarkHouston, commander of the UVAROTC unit, will say a few wordsbefore the start of the race at 10a.m. Registration on the day isbetween 9 and 10 a.m. at 530McCormick Road inCharlottesville.

At Robinson, Hess played foot-ball and lacrosse, and was one ofthe swim team captains. He at-tended Basic Officer LeadersCourse and flight school in 2011after being selected for Army avia-

tion.Hess’ awards and accolades

in the U.S. Army include thePurple Heart, the Bronze Star,the NATO Medal, the Afghani-stan Campaign Medal, theCombat Action Badge, theArmy Achievement Medal, theNational Defense ServiceMedal, the Global War on Ter-rorism Service Medal, the ArmyService Ribbon and the ArmyAviator Badge.

—Tim Peterson

5K Fundraiser to Honor Robinson Grad RJ Hess

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cause she didn’t have money to spend on the requiredclothing for graduation.

“I waited until the student left my office, and thenI started crying,” said Myers. “It was heartbreakingthat something like not being able to afford a capand gown would stand in the way of her graduation.When students have worked so hard to graduate, theydeserve to be cut a break.”

Since the program’s inception in February, Myershas been able to meet the cap and gown needs ofnearly 150 students through the generosity of Masonalumni from Northern Virginia but as far away asNorth Carolina and New Jersey.

Jumana Kamal graduated last year with a master’sdegree in Middle East and Islamic Studies. She chose

Photo courtesy of George Mason University

Amanda Myers started a program to pro-vide donated caps and gowns to GeorgeMason graduates who cannot afford them.

By Marilyn Campbell

The Connection

When Muntaha Choudhary walks acrossthe stage during George MasonUniversity’s graduation ceremony thisMay she will celebrate not only her

bachelor’s degree, which has been eight years in themaking, but also the fact that she is the first personin her family to graduate from college.

Her financial circumstances could have put adamper on her graduation plans, however. She wasnot sure that she could afford the cost of purchasinga cap and gown, a requirement to participate in thegraduation ceremony.

“Some people might say, ‘$67, that’s not a big deal,’but it is in my family,” said Choudhary. “We’re alwayson edge when it comes to money. My dad is a four-time time heart attack survivor, and any money thatmy family saves goes to medical bills or something.That’s why it has taken me so long to graduate. I’vehad to pay my own tuition and help my family paybills.”

Choudhary and many other George Mason Univer-sity graduates in need will have one less barrier totheir graduation ceremony thanks to a new programat the university called Gowns for Grads.

Through the program, recent Mason alumni donatecaps and gowns to students who can’t afford the $60-$120 price tag for graduation regalia. The programwas founded by Amanda Myers, a Mason alumna andan academic adviser in the College of Humanities andSocial Sciences.

The idea for the program was sparked when Myerswas counseling a student who was nearing gradua-tion, and had tapped out all of her financial resourcesto buy textbooks to complete her last semester. In fact,says Myers, the student’s situation was so dire thatshe was on the brink of homelessness, and wasn’t plan-ning to participate in the graduation ceremony be-

to donate her graduation wear to the Gowns for Gradsprogram.

“I very simply wanted to make it easier for at leastone person who worked really hard to get to this oneday,” said Kamal. “If you’re wondering about senti-mental value, making someone else’s day is muchmore rewarding to me thanholding on to something fora keepsake.”

After receiving hermaster’s degree in Emer-gency Management andHomeland Security in 2013,Regina Yun kept her cap andgown and looked for a wayto donate it, but didn’t findone until she learned aboutGowns for Grads. “I’m sav-ing the environment by re-cycling and reusing andhelping out a fellow stu-dent,” said Yun. “I had mycap and gown packed upand ready to go. I hope a fewstudents can get a few uses out of it.”

Students who want to be considered for a cap andgown donation must complete an application and de-scribe their financial constraints.

“Their stories are compelling,” said Myers. “One stu-dent wrote, ‘Eventually I became the first person inthe family to earn a college degree; however, I have

never been able to participate in any of the gradua-tion ceremonies for the various levels of my academicjourney due to financial constraints. I would humblylike to impress on your good offices to grant me theopportunity to rent a cap and gown to enable me tofinally participate in my first ever graduation cer-

emony.’“Another student stated, ‘I

have had to pay for schoolout of my own pocket foryears. Graduating will be thehappiest day of my life, notonly because I will no longerhave to pay an arm and aleg, but also because I willbe able to devote more timeand money to helping myparents.’”

Myers designed the pro-gram to make it as easy aspossible for alumni to do-nate. “All they have to do issend it to me and I can takecare of the rest,” she said. “I

de-wrinkle them and use a cleaning spray to get themready to be worn.”

Mason alumni who are interested in donating andgraduating students who would like to borrow a capand gown are encouraged to send an email [email protected] or visit: Facebook.com/GMUcapandgown.

Gowns for Grads program at George Mason providesregalia for needy graduates.

Removing a Barrier to Pomp and Circumstance

Send notes to the Connection [email protected] or call703-778-9416. Deadline is noon on Fri-day. Dated announcements should besubmitted at least two weeks prior to theevent.

Twins Brian and Kevin Zamfino,West Springfield High School Class of2015, graduated from U.S. Air ForceBasic Military Training in March 2016.They are the sons of Joe and JoanneZamfino.

James Lau, of Springfield, was in-ducted into Omicron Delta Kappa, thenational leadership honor society forcollege men and women at Hampden-Sydney College in Farmville, Va.

Kayla Zellmer of Fairfax has beennamed to the Dean’s List for the fall 2015semester at St. Mary’s College in Indiana.

Reilly Brown, a sophomore Englishmajor at Dickinson College in Carlisle,Pa., has been named to the dean’s list forthe fall 2015 semester. She is a graduateof West Springfield High School, she isthe daughter of Patrick Shaw and Nicole

Brown of Springfield.

John Hollinger, of Fairfax, wasawarded Dean’s list at Canisius Collegein Buffalo, N.Y.

Sarah Boyle from Marshall HighSchool, Razan Elbaba fromOakton High School, and RosyMolina from Fairfax High Schoolon Feb. 24, 2016 were recognized at theannual Scholastic Art Awards ceremonywith a 2016 Uphoff Scholarship from theArts Council of Fairfax County . Each stu-dent received a $1,000 prize and theirwork is on public display at the ErnstCommunity Cultural Center from Feb. 21through March 3. To find out more aboutthe Arts Council’s Uphoff Scholarshipsprogram, visit http://artsfairfax.org/grants/programs/uphoffscholarship.

Jessica M. Ochoa, Helene J.Decosse, Alexis J. Fahrney, ofFairfax, Samantha E. Kinde, ofSpringfield, and Zoe L. Kemprecos, ofFairfax Station, are on the Dean’s List atBoston University for the fall 2015 se-mester.

Brian P. Bosse graduated with adegree of master of arts in InternationalRelations from Boston University.

Hannah Emily Sandler, of FairfaxStation, has been named to thepresident’s list at James Madison Univer-sity for the fall 2015 semester. Studentswho earn president’s list honors mustcarry at least 12 graded credit hours andearn a GPA of 3.900 or above. Sandler isscheduled to graduate in 2019 and ismajoring in health services administra-tion.

Hannah Emily Sandler, of FairfaxStation, has been named to thepresident’s list at James Madison Univer-sity for the fall 2015 semester. Studentswho earn president’s list honors mustcarry at least 12 graded credit hours andearn a GPA of 3.900 or above. Sandler isscheduled to graduate in 2019 and ismajoring in health services administra-tion.

Caroline Dickson, of Fairfax, hasbeen named to the Dean’s list at the Uni-versity of Maine for the fall 2015semester.

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GMUcapandgown.

“It was heartbreaking thatsomething like not beingable to afford a cap andgown would stand in theway of her graduation.When students have workedso hard to graduate, theydeserve to be cut a break.”

— Amanda Myers, Gowns for Grads


“[Abby Thibodeau has]been real important,”Lake Braddock headcoach George Rumoresaid. “She’s a big plus forus. We had AmandaHendrix last year, AshleyFlesch the year beforethat. This is a team thatover the last six yearshas, like, 120 wins and,like, 10 losses and mostof those are playoffs.”

— Lake Braddock softball coachGeorge Rumore

Sports

Robinson Girls’ LaxImproves to 11-0

After playing in its two most tightly-con-tested contests of the season, the Robinsongirls’ lacrosse team experienced a more fa-miliar result on Tuesday.

The Rams defeated Oakton 21-6 on April19, improving their record to 11-0 overalland 3-0 in Conference 5.

Robinson defeated each of its first eightopponents by at least 10 goals. The Ramsfinally faced a challenge on April 12, whenthey held off Westfield, 14-13. Three dayslater, Robinson beat Woodson 18-13.

After Tuesday’s 15-goal victory overOakton, Robinson is outscoring opponents204-59.

The defending state champion Rams havewon 26 games in a row and haven’t lost toa public school opponent since 2014.

Robinson will host Herndon at 7:30 p.m.on Tuesday, April 26.

Robinson Boys’ LaxWins Eighth Straight

The Robinson boys’ lacrosse team ex-tended its winning streak to eight gameswith a 13-9 victory over Oakton on Tues-day.

The two-time defending state champion

Rams improved to 10-1 overall and 3-0 inConference 5.

Robinson will host Centreville at 7:15p.m. on Thursday, April 21.

West SpringfieldBaseball Beats West

PotomacThe West Springfield baseball team im-

proved to 12-2 overall and 7-1 in Confer-ence 7 with a 6-5 road win over WestPotomac on Tuesday.

The win came four days after the Spar-tans beat Lake Braddock 3-2.

West Springfield improved to 4-1 in one-

run games.The Spartans will host Annandale at 6:30

p.m. on Thursday, April 21.

Lake BraddockBaseball Beats TC

The Lake Braddock baseball teambounced back from its first Conference 7loss with a 6-0 win over T.C. Williams onTuesday.

The Bruins had won 10 straight gamesand were undefeated in the conference be-fore losing to West Springfield 3-2 on Fri-day. After beating TC, Lake Braddock is 11-2 overall and 7-1 in the conference.

The Bruins will travel to face Woodson at6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 21.

SoCo Softball Returnsto the Win Column

After suffering back-to-back losses, theSouth County softball team improved to 10-3 overall and 6-2 in Conference 7 with a16-0 win over Annandale on Tuesday.

The Stallions lost to Lake Braddock 4-1on April 12 and fell to West Potomac 8-4 onApril 15.

South County will host Mount Vernon at6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 21.

By Jordan Small

For The Connection

The undefeated season continuesfor Lake Braddock’s softballteam, as the team beat T.C. Wil-liams 10-0 in five innings Tues-

day night.The Bruins were able to get the scoring

started in the first inning on an RBI singleby senior catcher Caroline Jones. LakeBraddock doubled its lead in the secondinning off a home run from senior firstbaseman Ciara Johnson. T.C. was unable torecover from the early runs allowed, andwould ultimately fall in five innings.

“I’ve been working on being more aggres-sive lately, and I just hit the pitch and it wasright down the middle,” Johnson said.“[Games like these] help us to watch the ball.It makes sure we are making the basic plays.”

TC was unable to muster any offenseagainst Lake Braddock senior pitcher AbbyThibodeau. With just two base runners al-lowed, Thibodeau was able to power theBruins to another win. Since coming overfrom Paul VI, the Syracuse commit has fitright in as part of a line of great pitchers.

“She’s been real important,” LakeBraddock head coach George Rumore said.“She’s a big plus for us. We had Amanda

Hendrix last year, Ashley Flesch the yearbefore that. This is a team that over the lastsix years has, like, 120 wins and, like, 10losses and most of those are playoffs.”

While the story of the game was the hit-ting of Lake Braddock, T.C. Williams wasable to rattle off a hit in the first inning, agreat feat against the Lake Braddock pitch-ing staff. Junior second baseman KaylaShelley hit a chopper to the Lake Braddock

second baseman, and was able to beat outthe throw to first. However, that would bethe only hit of the game for the Titans, andone of only two base runners for the game.

“We needed our defense,” T.C. Williamshead coach Jen Ushe said. “We knew[Thibodeau] was going to be a toughpitcher, so we wanted to keep them to asfew runs as possible. Unfortunately, wemade some errors, but that was our goal

this week.”Next up for the Titans will be West

Potomac on Thursday. T.C. will faceoff against the Wolverines at WestPotomac. The game is scheduled tostart at 6:30 p.m. The Bruins willtravel to Woodson for their nextmatchup. The game will also be onThursday at 6:30 p.m.

Photo by Craig Sterbutzel/The Connection

Katie Checkosky, seen earlier this season, and the Robinson girls’ la-crosse team improved to 11-0 with a win over Oakton on Tuesday.

Bruins record seventhshutout of the season.

Undefeated Lake Braddock Softball Blanks T.C. Williams

Photo by Craig Sterbutzel/The Connection

The Lake Braddock softball team, seen earlier this season, improved to10-0 with a win over T.C. Williams on Tuesday.

Sports Roundups


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John Geer’s father Don Geersaid he had “mixed emotions”following Adam Torres’ involun-tary manslaughter guilty plea onApril 18, 2016.Jeff Stewart, John Geer’s best

friend, said Geer was “exercisinghis Constitutional right to standin his home,” and “admittedly alittle stubborn that day.”

Torres Enters Guilty Plea,Sentencing Set for June 24From Page 3

in our Police Department to include atransformation in the way officers aretrained to respond to critical incidents,”Bulova said in her statement. “The Boardof Supervisors is moving forward withrecommendations made by the Ad HocPolice Practices Review Commission,demonstrating Fairfax County’s commit-ment to maintaining the public trust andmaking our Police Department a nationalmodel moving forward.”

The county recently posted a progressreport online for the implementation ofthe commission’s 142 recommendedpolicy changes. (http://w w w . f a i r f a x c o u n t y . g o v /policecommission/progressreport.htm).

In a statement, Supervisor Pat Herrity(R-Springfield) said, “The process to re-solve this sad chapter in Fairfax Countyhistory has been lengthy and frustrating,much to our own doing.”

Though some policies have beenchanged or updated, including a Diver-sion First program to direct nonviolentoffenders with mental illness to receivetreatment services rather than jail time,Fairfax County has yet to adopt or imple-ment an independent auditor or citizenoversight board — two of the recommen-dations receiving considerable attention.

Roessler’s statement added, “The menand women of the Fairfax County PoliceDepartment have fully cooperated withall authorities during this investigation.The action of one former employee is notreflective of the honorable work doneday-in and day-out by all members of ourDepartment.”

Geer’s best friend Jeff Stewart, whowitnessed the 2013 shooting and wenton to serve on the Fairfax County Ad HocPolice Practices Review Commission, re-

sponded critically to Roessler’s words.“They weren’t compliant,” Stewart

said in a phone interview, “otherwise wewouldn’t have had to involve the federalJustice Department and [U.S.] senators.”

Morrogh handed his initial investiga-tion of the incident to the U.S. AttorneyDana Boente, later explaining thatFairfax County Police were withholdinginformation from him. And U.S. Sen.Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), rankingmember of the Senate Judiciary Com-mittee, got involved in November 2014when he sent formal inquiries to Roesslerand Boente about the stagnant case.

AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE fol-lowing Monday’s hearing, Morrogh com-mented on the Fairfax County attorneyswho advised the Board of Supervisors togo along with not releasing the informa-tion, saying, “I’ve never seen anyone actlike that. I hope it never happens again,it was dead wrong.”“Because of that, we were left with noth-ing for 17 months,” said Stewart, “whichin itself is a crime.What’s important now is keeping pres-sure on the supervisors to make sure areview panel is enacted and they developsome timeline policy for handling thesesituations.”

Near the conclusion of the hearing,Torres said he was “truly sorry for myactions” and “heartbroken” for Geer’schildren. “No words I can say today …adequately express my remorse.”

Geer’s father Don said he didn’t hearthe apology in the courtroom, and thatit was the first one he’d heard fromTorres.

“A little late in coming,” he said. “Noth-ing on this has been done in a timelymanner.”

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Fairfax community’s newest theatregroup, Popes Head Players, pre-sents “Godspell” on April 22-24and April 28-30. The cast of twelve

not only includes students from SovereignGrace Church Youth Drama Club (which hasbeen performing for eight seasons), but in-cludes a multigenerational mixture of teensand adults fromthe local commu-nity.

The group hasbeen rehearsingsince February.Cast memberNancy McGovernsaid, “The re-hearsal processhas been exactlywhat ‘Godspell’ isall about, an ex-tremely eclecticgroup of peoplecoming togetherto form a com-munity guidedby Jesus.”“ G o d s p e l l ”brings theparables of theBible to life in afun and whimsi-cal way.

The history be-hind “Godspell”:“Godspell” beganas a studentmaster’s thesisproject atCarnegie Mellon University in 1970. Theoriginal production was a collection of im-provised scenes based on the Gospel accord-ing to St. Matthew and music based on tra-ditional hymns created and directed byJohn-Michael Tebelak. The show trans-ferred for a ten week run to New York City’sLa Mama Experimental Theatre Club in1971. Producers interested in opening theshow Off-Broadway approached composerStephen Schwartz about writing new mu-sic and lyrics. With a new score, “Godspell”became one of the longest-running Off-Broadway musicals, before moving toBroadway in June 1976. It ended its run inSeptember 1977 with a total run of morethan 2,600 performances.

This production of “Godspell,” producedby the Popes Head Players, begins with beat-nik philosophers set in a 1950s coffee shopwho quarrel over their personal beliefs onknowledge, reality, and existence. They thenhear a trumpet sound from a traditionalHebrew shofar and heed the words of Johnthe Baptist, played by Anthony Weaver, to“Prepare ye the way of the Lord.” The castthen converts from a group of beatnik“know-it-alls” to a community of baptized

followers of Christ who still need to learnhow to be followers. Each character has apersonal transformation as Jesus shares sto-ries and parables taken from the book ofMatthew to help his new followers under-stand who Jesus is and why he came toEarth.

Patrick Maresco plays Jesus, a part notnew to him as he portrays this main char-acter for the second time. “Saying the wordsof Jesus taught me about the character ofJesus and how much he really cares aboutme as an individual…His words speak di-rectly into my life. That is something thatdidn’t really hit me until I did Godspell. Eachtime I go to rehearsal and do the play it is agreat reminder of that, ” Maresco said.

This is John Newman’s fourth time direct-ing Godspell which illustrates how muchthis production is a favorite of his.

There will be concession sales and a spe-cial raffle with all proceeds going toward acharity called No Ordinary Love, one of thefew organizations currently working closelywith the government of Ethiopia to take inchildren who have been rescued from hu-man trafficking. See: http://noordinarylove.org/

Community theatre group presentsa musical based upon the gospel according toSt. Matthew.

’Godspell’ at Sovereign Grace

Where and WhenPerformances will be held at the main

auditorium of Sovereign Grace Church (5200 OxRoad) on April 22, 23, 28, 29 at 7 p.m., April 24at 3 p.m. and April 30 at 2 p.m. Tickets will beon sale each night at rates of $15 generaladmission and $12 for students/seniors. Formore information and ticket discounts, visitwww.popesheadplayers.com To reserve tickets,email [email protected].

Photos contributed

Top left: The Prodigal and brother reconcile (PatrickMoresco, Jared Okada, Julie Judd, Anna Briggs). Topright: Godspell Cast, from left, first row: Anna Briggs,Nancy McGovern, Julie Judd, Jared Okada; second row:Jemimah Rajack, Amanda Holsinger, Joseph Briggs, KateAnderson, third row: Carol Mills, Anthony Weaver, GioiaAlbi, Patrick Moresco. Bottom Picture: Cast Sings “GodSave the People” inset Judas and Jesus (Anthony Weaverand Patrick Moresco).


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