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Fall FunGreat Falls Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic

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By Alex McVeigh

The Connection

Great Falls offers a host of activi-ties this Fall, including severalwell-known annual events. St.Francis Episcopal Church will

host its annual Country Fair Oct. 1 from 10a.m. to 4 p.m. It will feature games andactivities for children, live music, a book andclothing sale, a quilt show and more. Thisyear’s fair will also include a new and im-proved petting zoo.

“The petting zoo is big with families, andit will be much better this year, with moreanimals, including a 60-pound tortoise,”said John Lowe of St. Francis. “There willalso be food so visitors can feed the ani-mals as well.”

Local bands J.C. and the Hepcats, The BigCheese will perform throughout the day.The book and children’s clothing sale willgo toward the churches local and interna-tional outreach programs.

More than 100 quilts will be on displayas part of the quilt show, which is enteringits 27th year. They are made by locals aswell as national award winners. One of thequilts made by a St. Francis member willbe raffled off.

Admission is free, and game tickets are50 cents, or $20 for an all-day wristband.More information is available atwww.thecountryfair.org.

The annual Spooktacular will take place

at the Great Falls Village Centre Monday,Oct. 31, from 5-7 p.m. This year’s event willbe sponsored by Celebrate Great Falls.

“The Spooktacular was launched over 20years ago, by members of Great Falls Friendsto provide younger children with a central,convenient place in Great Falls to have funtrick-or-treating,” said Joda Coolidge ofCelebrate Great Falls. “It was because oftheir initiative that still today we have GreatFalls vendors offering candy around the Vil-lage Green as well as the Safeway shoppingcenter at the corner of Georgetown Pike andWalker Road.”

Hamburgers, hot dogs and popcorn willbe for sale, and Hill Signature Portraits willhave a booth taking photos of children andfamilies.

“In a place like Great Falls, it’s not reallypractical to walk around a neighborhoodgetting candy from house after house, we’dend up walking 10 miles,” said Ed Eaglenof Great Falls. “That’s why it’s great to havean event like the Spooktacular, to give thekids a chance to do some good old-fash-ioned trick-or-treating with all theirfriends.”

Part of the Village Green will be dedicatedto the annual Haunted House, put on bythe Great Falls Newcomers and Woman’sClub. Last year was it’s debut from theNewcomer’s Club, and since then, the twoorganizations have merged.

More information on the Spooktacular canbe found at www.celebrategreatfalls.org.

Great Fun This Fall in Great FallsCountry Fair, Spooktacular highlight Fallevents.

Haunter Lauren Abraham, 14, attempts to scare Hunter Borcherding, 7and Bob Sampson in the Great Falls Newcomers Club’s Haunted House.This year, the Great Falls Newcomers and Woman’s Club have teamed upto put on the haunted house at the Great Falls Spooktacular.

❖ Oct. 1: “Rock and Roll in the Hay” BarnDance and Dinner, 964 Walker Road, 7 to 11p.m. Western Electric and Benny Potter willplay, dinner and soft drinks included. Therewill also be a raffle and auction to benefit theGreat Falls Optimist Club. The cost is $60 perperson.

❖ Oct. 8: Showing of “Shenandoah” and“Friendly Persuasion,” on the Great FallsVillage Green, 7 p.m. The former is a story ofthe Civil War told from a Virginia farmingfamily’s perspective, the latter a story of CivilWar from the perspective of an IndianaQuaker family. Part of the Great FallsHistorical Society’s Civil War Film Festival.

❖ Oct. 15: Showing of “Glory” and “Red Badgeof Courage,” Great Falls Village Green, 7p.m. “Glory” is the story of the first AfricanAmerican soldier regiment, and “The Red

Badge of Courage” is told from theperspective of a young soldier. Part of theGreat Falls Historical Society’s Civil War FilmFestival.

❖ Oct. 16: Eighth Annual Great Falls StudiosTour, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tour the studios of anumber of Great Falls artists and browse artfor sale. For more information, visitwww.greatfallsstudios.com.

❖ Oct. 22: Showing of “Gettysburg,” GreatFalls Village Green, 7 p.m. A film about thedecisive battle in the Civil War from bothUnion and Confederate perspectives. Part ofthe Great Falls Historical Society’s Civil WarFilm Festival.

❖ Nov. 11: Veterans Day Ceremony, GreatFalls Freedom Memorial, 11 a.m. Great Falls’annual recognition of Veterans Day.

Fall Events in Great Falls

Geordi Pimentel, 9, lines up his shot on the giant slingshot at the St.Francis Country Fair. This year’s fair will take place Oct. 1 at St. FrancisEpiscopal Church in McLean.


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By Alex McVeigh

The Connection

Students at the VillageGreen Day School inGreat Falls conductedtheir annual Constitution

Day on Friday. Sept. 23. As the firstassembly of the year for the stu-dents, ages 2 through 6, they cameup with “amendments” for theirown classroom.

This is the fifth year the school has put on the event,which is part of its Cultural Literacy program.

“Each class makes its own ‘classroom constitution’and promise to abide by the rules they set up,” saidPaula Shapiro, director of curriculum for the school.“It’s become quite the tradition here, and one weplan on continuing.”

The students paraded into the assembly room andmany classes added their own patriotic twist to theproceedings. Some fashioned Uncle Sam hats from

paper, some carried in homemade flags and the Pandaclass even spelled out “Respect” on posterboards theywore.

After the students said the Village Green DaySchool promise, the adults responded by reciting thepreamble of the Constitution to the students.

Amendments the students wrote included suchthings as “we say please and thank you,” “no talkingwhen the teacher is talking” and “keep Tae Kwon Doin the studio.”

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Students from the Panda class at the Village Green DaySchool take part in the school’s annual Constitution Day.

Making Their Own RulesVillage Green DaySchool StudentscelebrateConstitution Day.


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By Jean T. Jianos

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Mary Blessing has worked with scien-tists during research flights aboardNASA’s Stratospheric Observatory forInfared Astronomy (SOFIA), “the

largest airborne observatory in the world,” accord-ing to SOFIA’s website.

To qualify for SOFIA’s Airborne Astronomy Ambas-sadors program, Blessing had to explain how sheplanned to use her SOFIA training and flight experi-ence. Her selection for the program was an acknowl-edgment of what she has successfully been able todo as planetarium director and teacher of astronomyat Herndon High School — bring the excitement ofscientific research in to the classroom and to thewider community.

On Saturday morning, Sept. 24, Blessing was oneof the featured speakers at the Observatory Buildingribbon cutting ceremony at Observatory Park, TurnerFarm, Great Falls, the Fairfax County Park Authority’sonly observatory. The Park Authority recently com-pleted Phase I of a multi-phase improvement planfor Observatory Park by replacing the observatorydome and automating it for future remote access.

The nonprofit Analemma Society has worked withthe Park Authority on the improvement and opera-tion of Observatory Park from the time the park wasestablished. As part of Phase I, Analemma donated

the observatory telescope, telescope mount, relatedequipment and technical expertise. As explained byJacque Olin, Analemma Society member and GreatFalls resident, fund raising is currently underway forPhase II, bringing computer systems on line that willenable astronomy students at Fairfax County PublicSchools, and other users county-wide, to configureremote access control of the Observatory dome, tele-scope and digital imaging, from their classroom orother remote location, according to their researchneeds. “We are going to need continued support tocomplete this remote access in our schools,” Olin said.

Blessing and her astronomy students at HerndonHigh School, together with Thomas Jefferson HighSchool planetarium teacher Lee Ann Henning andstudents in the Thomas Jefferson Senior ResearchAstronomy Tech Lab, will be working on the year-long, remote access pilot program.

Herndon High School astronomy students also leadsky tours of the constellations on stargazing eveningswhen Observatory Park is open to the public. Mem-bers of the Analemma Society and the Northern Vir-ginia Astronomy Club share their telescopes and theirexpertise. Blessing anticipates that those familynights will resume on Fridays in October.

Charles Olin, president of the Analemma Society,formed in 1998, gave a talk at Herndon High Schoolin the early years of the society to further its statedmission, “to develop awareness, appreciation andunderstanding of science through astronomy.”

When, a few years later, Blessing was looking toextend the learning experience of her astronomy stu-dents beyond her classroom, the Analemma Societyand the Fairfax County Park Authority gave them thatopportunity through the newly established Observa-tory Park. “It has been great for not only the schoolsystem, but the public in Northern Virginia,” Bless-ing said at the ribbon cutting ceremony.

As the final speaker of the morning, Charles Olinexpressed the belief that Observatory Park wouldcontinue to give students. “Some idea and apprecia-tion for how science works, and for the joy and en-deavor that is required in science, to know that youcan learn yourself without looking it up in books,”he said.

Kala Leggett Quintana, member-at-large of the Fairfax County Park Authority Board;Sachin Muralidhar, student at Great Falls Elementary School and Sidharth Muralidhar,Colvin Run Elementary School; Del. Barbara Comstock (R-34); William Bouie, chair-man, FCPA Board (Hunter Mill); Charles Olin, president, Analemma Society; JacqueOlin; Fairfax County Board Supervisor John Foust (D-Dranesville); Mary Blessing,planetarium director, Herndon High School; and School Board Chairman Janie Strauss(Dranesville).

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Promoting Science Through AstronomyAstronomy program atHerndon, Thomas Jeffersonhigh schools to workwith Analemma Societyon automated, remoteaccess to new ObservatoryPark telescope.

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Fall Fun

As the annual art event approaches, local painter HWACrawford fends off a venomous spider to create landscapes.

Like Spider-Man, the superhero who wasbequeathed with supernatural powers whenhe was bitten by a radioactive spider, painterHwa Crawford is racing at superhumanspeed these day, in her case, to turn outexquisite landscapes for the upcomingEighth Annual Great Falls Studios Tour andfor other art exhibitions. Only the spiderthat bit her was not radioactive.

Crawford, a plein air, or outdoor, artistwas painting in the Virginia countryside lastJune on a new landscape when she wasnibbled by what doctors think was a ven-omous arachnid. This unexpected spiderinteraction sent her to the emergency room,a hospital stay and a long recovery.

Now, like four dozen other artists in GreatFalls, she is creating like crazy. She just hasto work a little harder to make up for losttime as the Studio Tour approaches on Oct.15 and 16.

The Tour is a free annual arts event thathas catapulted Great Falls into the forefrontof the visual arts scene in Northern Virginia.Visitors come from around the region to visitthe studios of artists who live here and whocreate in workplaces scattered across thecommunity. In all, the arts groups GreatFalls Studios has 101 members, and thisyear 48 are taking part in the Tour. Manyare painters, like Crawford, but the groupalso includes potters, jewelry makers, sculp-tors, quilters, photographers and othersworking in many different mediums.

To gear up for the Tour means sprucingup studios. But most importantly, it alsomeans building an inventory of artisticworks. In Crawford’s case, that translatesto creating landscapes, which are her spe-cialty. Although she still hasn’t recovered

completely from the spider bite, she esti-mates she has finished some 30 oil paint-ings recently. Each captures some aspect ofrural Virginia, including scenes in GreatFalls.

Crawford came to the United States fromSouth Korea shortly after earning a collegedegree in public accounting. At the time,she didn’t speak a word of English. Now shehas impeccable command of the Englishlanguage and its odd idioms. A Great Fallsresident for 15 years, she also has a full-time career working for an intellectual prop-erty firm, and a family with two sons. Fam-ily comes first in this juggling act, but theurge to paint is overwhelming.

“Painting is an addiction, albeit a healthyone,” she said.

And Crawford gets into it big time. Herhusband is a gifted musician, as are hersons. She watches them move and bob totheir music, a technique she has adoptedas a painter. “Everything I see, every shapeI create, I’m moving with my body, hips andhead, as if creating music, at least emotion-ally,” she said.

Crawford needs inventory not just for thestudio tour but for two other ongoing exhi-bitions. Her work is on display from Oct. 1to 16 at Art At The Mill, an artists’ venue atMillwood, Va., where appreciators of ruralVirginia are buying her landscapes. Herpaintings are also on exhibit at Barrel OakFine Art Gallery & Tasting Room. She has areception on Nov. 5, from 5-8 p.m., at thedisplay venue in Middleburg, Va., which isassociated with a large winery. The galleryis at 8 East Washington St.

For those interested in meeting Crawfordand seeing her work during the Great FallsStudio Tour, she’s at venue #24. This is theArtists’ Atelier, a group studio, where 16artists, mostly painters, work in a loft space.Crawford, one of the Atelier’s resident art-ists, will be giving landscape-painting dem-onstrations during the event.

To find out about more about the GreatFalls Studios Tour and the location of 28other venues, many in unusual propertiesthroughout Great Falls, visitwww.GreatFallsStudios.com.

Great Falls on CanvasArtist Hwa Crawfordgears up for GreatFalls Studio tour.

Great Falls oilpainter HwaCrawford interpretsthe Virginia country-side in her paintings.This one is called‘Haystacks II.’Crawford is one of 48local artists partici-pating in the GreatFalls Studios Tour,Oct. 15 and 16.

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To the Editor:I’m writing on behalf of my

mom, Janie Strauss, who is run-ning for re-election for theDranesville District seat for theFairfax County School Board thisNov. 8.

There is not a time that I canremember that did not include mymom fighting to make schools bet-ter. My mom has been theDranesville District School Boardmember since 1996 and is now thecurrent standing chairman for thesecond time. I watch her in admi-ration as she spends countlesshours every day answering e-mails, taking phone calls, meetingwith parents, teachers and stu-dents alike. Her experience as aparent, as an educator, as a schoolBoard member and her undeniablecompassion and consideration iswhy she has held this seat for solong. And somehow she still findstime to also be the Board Chair atThe Country Day School, a privatepreschool in McLean, where shesupports and leads the very bestin early childhood education. Mymom is also the InternationalChair for the Cappies, a highschool theater and journalism pro-gram, in which she attends highschool plays and musicals everyweekend during the school yearthroughout the Washington, D.C.,metro area and mentors studentcritics.

Her dedication and passion forthe betterment of our communityis not reserved only to schools ei-ther. I remember in 2005 watch-ing the news when HurricaneKatrina ravaged the Gulf Coastand left thousands of peoplehomeless. Within a few hours mymom was on the phone trying tofigure out how she could help. Thenext day she met with the leadersof Fairfax County, dozens of orga-nizations, private businesses andany and all families that wantedto help. Together they createdFairfax Families Care to assistthose affected by HurricaneKatrina. Hundreds of people at-tended Katrina Aid, a benefit con-cert put on by students and alumnifrom all over Fairfax County. Allthe money raised went to Hurri-cane Katrina victims who were dis-placed to our area. The countlesshours she dedicated to selflesslyorganize a way to bring our com-munity together when anothercommunity needed our help isimmeasurable.

Please visit her website formore: www.janiestrauss.com.

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If you’ve lived almost anywhere in North-ern Virginia for 10 years or longer, youprobably remember when it was a bit ofa thrill to catch sight of a deer.

Now in some neighborhoods, it can be a bitsurprising if you don’t see half a dozen deer ina mile at dusk. With the automobile the onlyactive predator, and a remarkable 24-hourbuffet set on nearly every block, thedeer population is growing. Along withthe growing deer population come se-rious impacts on people, as well as thedeer and other plants and creatures.

If you drive in suburban Washington, chancesare you know someone who has hit a deer, orhad a deer hit them while driving. This hasproved to be fatal for the driver in a small num-ber of cases, but nearly always results in deathor serious injury for the deer, plus often thou-sands of dollars in damage to the vehicle.

Lyme disease is an increasing problem, whichcan have serious health consequences if un-treated. Lyme disease is often overlooked as adiagnosis.

The large deer population is hard on otherflora and fauna. Not only do the deer consumevegetable gardens and landscaping, they dam-age habitat needed by other wildlife and im-pact native plants and young trees.

But even as we admit that something needsto be done about the deer population, it’s dif-ficult for many to embrace hunting in urban/suburban areas. Some residents have safetyconcerns, some are concerned about the suf-fering of the deer.

Last year, FairfaxCounty’s archery programkilled 452 deer in 11county parks, more thanhalf the 815 deer killedthrough the county’s deer management programon parkland. Last year marked the most deerkilled since the deer management program be-

gan in 1998. Sharpshooting operations,conducted at 15 parks by Fairfax Countypolice, killed another 226 deer. Man-aged hunts killed 137 deer at four parks.

Bow hunting allowed on private property is alsopart of county efforts to keep the deer popula-tion in check. With the deer population likelymore than 25,000, it’s not clear that such num-bers will make enough of an impact.

Fairfax County will again use bow hunting,sharp shooting and managed hunts from nowthrough March 2012 in efforts to control thepopulation of deer. The sharpshooting andmanaged hunts will be conducted at selectedpark sites throughout the county.

Bow hunting began last weekend and willrun until February in parks in every part ofFairfax County: Lake Accotink and AccotinkStream Valley park in Springfield; WakefieldPark in Annandale, Eakin Park in Fairfax, Lau-rel Hill Park and golf course in Lorton, PohickStream Valley, South Run Stream Valley andLake Mercer in Springfield; Burke Lake Parkin Fairfax Station, Confederate FortificationsHistoric Site and Johnny Moore Stream ValleyPark near Clifton; Eleanor C. Lawrence Parkand Cub Run Stream Valley Park in Chantilly;

Sully Woodlands Park and Sully Historic Site;Colvin Run Stream Valley and Difficult RunStream Valley parks, along with Riverbend Parkin Great Falls; Difficult Run Stream Valley andClark’s Crossing parks in Vienna; SugarlandRun Stream Valley park in Herndon, and Hunt-ley Meadows in Mount Vernon. Bow huntingis also used at Fort Belvoir, Mason Neck, andon private property. It is a continuous programwith bow hunting allowed six days a week fromjust before dawn until sunset.

Managed hunts will go forward in twocounty park authority parks, Sully Woodlandson Nov. 17 and Jan. 12, and Scotts Run Dec.14-16.

More research is needed. U.S. Rep. FrankWolf (R) sponsored legislation that would di-rect more funding to develop a better test forLyme disease. There are methods under studyto apply some insecticide to deer to kill theticks that spread Lyme disease. Some break-through method of curbing reproduction wouldbe a welcome addition to deer management.

What are your thoughts? Have you seen bowhunters in the parks you frequent? Do you havean anecdote to relate about deer? We alsowelcome your photos.

Mary Kimm,

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Overabundance Adapting suburban, urbansensibilities to controlling deer;adapting deer control tosuburban, urban sensibilities.

Editorial

ClarificationTo the Editors:

A clarification may be in orderregarding my photos of the“white” deer appearing on page 14of the Sep. 21-27 of the Great FallsConnection. After submitting thephotos, we learned that the deeris more accurately described as a“piebald” deer. The coloration,predominately white with areas ofbrown or black, is a rare geneticdefect. It is often accompanied byother abnormalities or deformi-ties, including dwarfism, whichwould account for the small sizeof the deer.

Paul KirchnerGreat Falls

StrongLeadershipTo the Editor:

Fairfax County School BoardChairman Janie Strauss(Dranesville) helped lead ourschools through the recession. Shemade tough but wise decisions. Inspite of constrained revenues, shebrought full-day kindergarten toall our McLean/Langley schools

and helped end the pay freeze forour hard working teachers. Ourteachers will get an average a 3.5percent raise.

The central office has been re-organized and downsized to saveclassroom positions and is at a 10-year low. Since FY2007, our stu-dent population has increased 8percent, our school based staff hasincreased by 4.5 percent, while thecentral office staff has decreasedby 7.5 percent. Our strong FCPScurriculum is intact and has notbeen narrowed to close large defi-cits.

What makes Fairfax Schoolsthrive, a robust program of math,science, language arts, social stud-ies, foreign languages, technology,the arts and Career and TechnicalEducation (CTE), as well as plentyof athletics and extra curricularactivities such as music and the-ater, is due to Janie’s strong lead-ership and support. Businessescontinue to locate to Fairfax in partbecause of the strength of ourschools. Janie has kept focus onstudent achievement and our stu-dents are the winners. FairfaxCounty Public Schools consistentlyrank within the top 6 percent ofthe nation.

We need to keep Janie with her

strong leadership and years of ex-perience on the board. Goodschools don’t just happen. Goodschools that survive tough timesneed exceptional leadership, andJanie Strauss is that leader.

Frederick S. MittelmanPast President

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IncumbentChairman FailsCommunityValuesTo the Editor:

Exactly 3 months prior to theinauguration on Dec. 13, I advisedthe Board of Supervisors to ad-dress public safety. According topublic safety advocates, FairfaxCounty needs to properly staff ourladder trucks with at least fourfirefighters. The incumbent chair-man [Sharon Bulova (D-At-large)has us standing alone as ournation’s only large locality whofails to meet this standard. We areaccountable to our community as

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The speaker immediately beforeme was Del. Scott Surovell (D-44)advocating for 100 children to beremoved from a pre-school wait-ing list of 3,000 children through-out Fairfax County living in pov-erty.

As a candidate for FairfaxCounty chairman, I work withcommunity leaders like Del.Surovell who stand up for ourcommunity’s highest priorities andgive voice to children, to peoplein need.

What is the excuse the incum-bent chairman gives firefightersand children? Funding. Who isresponsible for funding? TheBoard of Supervisors. How muchwould it cost to create 42 neededfirefighter jobs in this economy?About $4.2 million. Pre-school?About $830,000 for 100 children,not counting matching state sup-port.

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News

By Michael Lee Pope

The Connection

County Board member BarbaraFavola emerged from a bruis-ing Democratic primary with adepleted campaign chest and a

divided Democratic Party. As she heads intothe general election for the state Senate’s31’s district against Republican CarenMerrick, she’s facing an opponent withproven fundraising ability in a district thatbecame significantly more Republican dur-ing this year’s redistricting. The race couldbecome one of the closest in Northern Vir-ginia and a bellwether as to whether or notDemocrats are able to keep control of thestate Senate.

“Barbara Favola is favored to win, but thiscould be a competitive race,” said KyleKondik, political analyst with the VirginiaCenter for Politics. “Her primary was so di-visive that some Democrats might chooseto stay home rather than vote for her, whichcould lead to an upset.”

accusing each other of everything from be-ing influenced by campaign contributionsto resume padding.

“There weren’t a lot of differences policy-wise form me and Jaime,” Favola said afterwinning the primary. “But the differencewas that I have 14 years of experience work-ing on local and regional issues and a recordof accomplishing my goals.”

THAT EXPERIENCE is now at the heartof the choice before voters in the 31st Sen-ate District, which stretches from Arlingtonthrough Great Falls and Dranesville intoLoudoun County. Merrick’s campaign hopesto present the Republican challenger as analternative to the Democratic career politi-cian who has been an elected official formore than a decade. Although Favola hopesto use her experience as an asset, Merrickhopes to use that same attribute as a wedge.

“Carren Merrick has had a variety of ex-periences that include everything fromstarting a business to founding a nonprofit,”said campaign manager PatriciaThiergartner. “Barbara Favola has been amember of the County Board for 14 years.”

While the Republican candidate is hop-ing to ride the anti-incumbent mood of theelectorate, Favola’s campaign is doublingdown on her years of experience. Favola’scampaign hopes to present the longtimeCounty Board member who is a seasonedelected official who knows how to broker adeal. The bitter and divisive primary cam-paign left her party divided and her cam-paign war chest depleted. Campaign financerecords show that she has less than $15,000of the $300,000 she raised since launchingher campaign for the state Senate.

“We don’t expect to outraise her. She’s amillionaire and the Republicans have lotsof resources,” said Favola campaign man-

ager Adam Scott. “But we are out-work her.”

CAMPAIGN FINANCE documents showthat the Arlington County Board memberhas raised $298,000, mainly from real-es-tate developers, property managers and theDemocratic Party. Her top contributor isdeveloper John Shooshan, a major propertyowner in Ballston who regularly appearsbefore the County Board for official busi-ness. During the primary, some of the Demo-crats supporting Areizaga-Soto tried tomake an issue of Democratic Party support,which included $17,000 from DemocraticSenate Majority Leader Dick Saslaw (D-35).

“They are so incensed by his candidacythat they have spent tens of thousands ofdollars to attack him that could otherwisebe used to defend their tenuous Democraticmajority,” said Del. David Engin (D-45),whose wife’s consulting firm received morethan $27,000 for advising the unsuccessfulcampaign. “This smacks of an earlier era ofgood-old-boy Virginia Democratic politicsthat most of us soundly rejected long ago.”

Meanwhile, Merrick had no primary op-ponent and heads into the general electionwith more than $288,000. The candidate isthe top contributor, chipping in more than$51,000. Other major donations include$10,000 from McLean businessman RobertHisaoka, $10,000 from Great Falls business-man Gary Nakamoto and McLean business-man Larry Pratt.

“She’s very attractive, and she’s not an-other white male,” said former AlexandriaRepublican Committee chairman ChrisMarston, who is waging a campaign to un-seat longtime Democratic incumbent Alex-andria Clerk of Court Ed Semonian. “She’salso a really aggressive retail candidate, andshe’s out there knocking on doors everyday.”

The RaceTo WatchLongtime Democraticofficial to face off withup-and-comingRepublican.

Barbara Favola Caren Merrick

Meet the Candidates

Caren Merrick, 51: A native of SantaClarita, Calif., Merrick moved to McLean in1992. She has a bachelor’s degree in politicalscience from the University of California, LosAngeles, and a certificate of director educationfrom the National Association of Corporate Di-rectors. She was a co-founder and chairman ofwebMethods Foundation, and she is currentlya partner at Bilbury Partners. Merrick lives inthe Cooper Precinct, and she votes at CooperMiddle School.

Barbara Favola, 55: A native of New Lon-don, Conn., Favola moved to Arlington in 1982.She has a bachelor of arts in political sciencefrom St. Joseph’s College and a master of artsin public administration from New York Univer-sity. First elected to the Arlington County Boardin 1997, Favola currently serves as chairwomanof the Metropolitan Washington Council ofGovernments Chesapeake Bay Committee andas a member of the Virginia State Board ofHealth. She is also part-time employee ofMarymount University. Favola lives in the ParkLane Precinct and votes at the Key School.

The blue parts of the map show the new areas of the district, which now stretches through Great Falls intoLoudoun County. The red areas show parts of the old district that are no longer in the 31st District, whichinclude parts of Falls Church and Bailey’s Crossroads.

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Last month, Favola beat challenger JaimeAreizaga-Soto by amassing a total that wasalmost twice as many votes — 3,575 to6,549. That was a resounding victory forFavola, who won with more than 64 per-cent of the vote in what many were pre-dicting could have been a close race. Thecampaign featured harshly negative cam-paigning on both sides, with candidates

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News

By Alex McVeigh

The Connection

Fairfax County Public Schools Su-perintendent Dr. Jack Dale an-nounced Thursday, Sept. 22 thathe would retire in June 2013, at

the end of his current contract. Dale, whohas been in education for more than 40years, has been superintendent since July2004.

As Fairfax County has developed, Dalesaid he believes Fairfax County PublicSchools have become a “destination dis-trict,” and “there are pressures that comewith that.”

“People and businesses move here to haveaccess to Fairfax County Public Schools,which brings pressure,” he said. “But pres-sure is what we need to maintain the excel-lence that has become one of our hall-marks.”

Dale served at a time when budgets wentdown as school enrollment went up. He saidwhile making cuts were tough, it was im-portant for the school system to know itsvalues.

“When it came to making cuts, I askedthe board to prioritize their core values,”he said. “And what was near and dear totheir heart was their quest to serve needychildren, knowing that if they’re success-ful, Fairfax County Public Schools will besuccessful.”

He also said the cuts made in the school’scentral office could have long-term affects.

“By diminishing our central office, we’reeliminating opportunities for research anddevelopment, and we’ve always been proudof our research and development,” he said.“When you eliminate the ability for R and

D, that’s going to create a long term chal-lenge for future school boards and superin-tendents.”

In the seven years since Dale took office,technology has been a driving force in edu-cation, often requiring rapid changes tocurricula. New tools such as Smartboardsrequire teachers that are trained to use themmost effectively, he said.

“Also, technology gives kids access to somuch information, it falls to us to showthem how to sift through and find the rightinformation,” he said. “We used to haveencyclopedias, now we have Wikipedia, andthere’s a huge difference in the accuracy ofeach.”

Dale also said that he considers FairfaxCounty’s growing diversity is an asset.

“I’ve spoken to high schoolers who come

back and say ‘college wasn’t as diverse ashigh school,’” Dale said. “I think it allowsstudents to learn so much about the worldjust from their classmates.”

Dale’s tenure was not without contro-versy, as issues such as changing gradingscales drew much discussion within thecommunity.

“From my view, changing the gradingscale to change the weights of AdvancedPlacement and International Baccalaureateclasses helped kids get more merit scholar-ships,” he said.

On Friday morning, Sept. 23, Dale at-tended the White House when PresidentBarack Obama and Secretary of EducationArne Duncan announced that states couldseek waivers from the No Child Left BehindAct. Dale said he would give the act an A-

or B+ in intent, but a D or F becauseof components that he believed wouldfail over time.

“You have that expectation that 100percent of students on any given daywill pass a test, and if they don’t, yourschool is deemed to be failure,” hesaid. “I think Virginia will probablyapply for a waiver and create its ownaccountability.”

Dale says future county staff mustfigure out a way to deal with the ex-pected growth of the county.

“Birth rates are increasing, and wecurrently have more kids in kinder-garten classes than are seniors,” hesaid. “As we go through our plans forfuture renovations, we’ll need to addmore space, but not even that mightsatisfy the need. We could look atbuilding new schools, but we don’thave the land.”

Dale said he plans to spend his re-tirement visiting family around thecountry, golfing and flying a plane heco-owns with several other pilots.While he said he would enjoy his re-tirement, the four plus decades spentin education were well worth it.

“I thought about going into educa-tion when I was in college, and sincethen, I rarely thought about it as go-ing to work, more like going toschool,” Dale said. “I never looked atit as a job, but as a passion.”

Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Jack Dale announcedthat he would retire in June 2013, at the end of his current contract.

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Send School Notes [email protected] is Friday.

James McGrath of McLean has beenselected to be a McDonough Scholar atMarietta College this fall. The program helpsstudents gain a deeper understanding ofleadership, practice leadership skills andgrow as engaged leaders.

Ten Langley High School students havebeen named as 2011 National Merit Schol-arship Semifinalists: Allison S. Brady,Saba Eskandarian, Jimmy J. Fang,Jamison G. Fox-Canning, Nathaniel C.Howe, Dylan J. Kriz, Debbie R. Pan,Spencer C. Shabshab, Holliday L.Shuler and Andrew J. Stewart.

Six McLean High School students havebeen named as 2011 National Merit Schol-arship Semifinalists: Nana-Kwabena A.Abrefah, Daniel J. Lee, Eric R.Leimkuhler, Elizabeth McGrady, Jus-tin Nam and Brian Tong.

Michael P. DeSantis of the PotomacSchool has been named as a 2011 NationalMerit Scholarship Semifinalist.

School Notes

Progress at the TysonsEast Metrorail StationDulles Transit Partners crewswork with forms for escalatorpit walls for the ground floorlobby escalators that will lead tothe mezzanine deck above at theTysons East Metrorail Stationunder construction along thenorthwest side of Route 123 atScotts Crossing near the Gates ofMcLean condo community.

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WEDNESDAY/SEPT. 28OBG’s 15th Anniversary Party. 12-3

p.m. Nottoway Park, 9537Courthouse Road, Vienna. Oldies ButGoodies Cocker Spaniel Rescuebenefit.www.cockerspanielrescue.com or703-533-2373.

Big Apple Circus. 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.Dulles Town Center, 21100 DullesTown Circle, Dulles. Performers fromaround the globe. 888-541-3750 orbigapplecircus.org.

Rocknoceros. 10:30 a.m. Jammin’Java, 227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna.www.jamminjava.com.

Séan McCann (of Great Big Sea) &The Committed. 7:30 p.m.Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave. E.,Vienna. www.jamminjava.com.

Butterflies and Dragonflies. 10:30a.m. Dolley Madison Library, 1244Oak Ridge Ave., McLean. Reds,yellows, and greens dance throughthe air. Find out about thesebeautiful insects, enjoy activities anddo the insect dance. Presented byRiverbend Park. 703-356-0770.

THURSDAY/SEPT. 29Big Apple Circus. 7 p.m. Dulles Town

Center, 21100 Dulles Town Circle,Dulles. Performers from around theglobe. 888-541-3750 orbigapplecircus.org.

Kids Show: Oh Susannah. 10:30a.m. Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave.E., Vienna. www.jamminjava.com.

River James and Mike Mangione &

The Union. 8 p.m. Jammin’ Java,227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna.www.jamminjava.com.

FRIDAY/SEPT. 30ValeArts Fall Art Show Reception.

7-9 p.m. Vale Schoolhouse, 3124 FoxMill Road, Oakton. More than 150paintings by nine artists. Free.www.valearts.com or 703-860-1888.

“Social Security.” 8 p.m. McLeanCommunity Center Alden Theater,1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean. Anadult comedy about the shattering ofyuppie bliss, romance and an agedJewish mother. $10-$15.www.mcleancommunityplayers.org.

Big Apple Circus. 7 p.m. Dulles TownCenter, 21100 Dulles Town Circle,Dulles. Performers from around theglobe. 888-541-3750 orbigapplecircus.org.

Barefoot Truth and Jamie Kent at 7p.m., Dubstep Dance PartyFeaturing Andre Jetson andSpecial Guests at 10 p.m. Jammin’Java, 227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna.www.jamminjava.com.

“Don’t Dress for Dinner, orPajamas for Six.” 8 p.m. 1stStage, 1524 Spring Hill Road inTyson’s Corner. A farce by MarcCamoletti about mistaken identityand infidelities with more twists thana corkscrew. Tickets $25.www.1ststagetysons.org/jeeves or703-854-1856.

Fall Greek Festival. St. KatherineGreek Orthodox Church, 3149 GlenCarlyn Road, Falls Church. Foods andsweets, Greek wines and beers, a liveGreek band, watch youngstersperform traditional dances or learnGreek dances yourself, children’sgames and more. The priest, FatherCosta Pavlakos will arrange tours ofthe sanctuary. Greek crafts and

products for sale. 703-671-1415.

SATURDAY/OCT. 1Vienna Tysons Regional Chamber

of Commerce Oktoberfest. 11a.m.-7 p.m. Vienna Town Green andChurch St., Vienna. Liveentertainment on two stages, beergarden, food vendor area, live music,free children’s activities and a festivalmarketplace with crafts and gifts.Free admission.www.viennaoktoberfest.com

“Social Security.” 8 p.m. McLeanCommunity Center Alden Theater,1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean. Anadult comedy about the shattering ofyuppie bliss, romance and an agedJewish mother. $10-$15.www.mcleancommunityplayers.org.

Big Apple Circus. 12:30 p.m. and4:30 p.m. Dulles Town Center, 21100Dulles Town Circle, Dulles.Performers from around the globe.888-541-3750 or bigapplecircus.org.

McLean Kids: Snow White and theSeven Dwarfs. 2 p.m. McLeanCommunity Center, 1234 InglesideAve., McLean. $10-$15.www.mcleancenter.org.

Motorbike & BodyArt MusicFest at11 a.m., Ben Rector and GrahamColton at 7 p.m. Jammin’ Java, 227Maple Ave. E., Vienna.www.jamminjava.com.

“Don’t Dress for Dinner, orPajamas for Six.” 2 p.m. and 8p.m. 1st Stage, 1524 Spring HillRoad in Tyson’s Corner. A farce byMarc Camoletti about mistakenidentity and infidelities with moretwists than a corkscrew. Tickets $25.www.1ststagetysons.org/jeeves or703-854-1856.

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Labrador retrievers from shelters,humane societies and more. Bring thefamily and you may be able to adoptthe same day. Event organized byLab Rescue of the Labrador RetrieverClub of the Potomac Inc. Freeadmission. 703-385-3766 orwww.lab-rescue.org.

NAMI Walk for Mental IllnessAwareness. Meadowlark BotanicalGardens, 9750 Meadowlark GardensCourt, Vienna. The Walk begins at10:30 a.m., check-in at 9:30 a.m.Raise awareness about mental illnessand funding for programs thatsupport those affected by mentalillness. The National Alliance onMental Illness (NAMI) NorthernVirginia provides educationalprograms, support groups, a helpline,and outreach to schools and thecommunity.Naminorthernvirginia.org.

Great Falls Optimist Club BarnDance. 7 p.m. 964 Walker Road,Great Falls. Classic rock androckabilly by Western Electric &Bennie Potter. Dinner, soft drinks,and dancing. Cash bar, raffles andauction. Proceeds benefit the GFOptimist Youth Fund.www.GreatFallsOptimist.org or 703-759-2959.

The Michael Weiss FoundationPresents Ice Champions Live! 5p.m. Kettler Capitals Iceplex, 627 N.Glebe Road, Arlington. With BrianBoitano, Ilia Kulik, RichardDornbush, Sinead and John Kerr,Steven Cousins. Kimmie Meissnerand more. The Michael WeissFoundation provides scholarships toassist aspiring Olympians in trainingand competition with an emphasis oncontinuing their education. Tickets$30-50. www.MichaelWeiss.org or866-468-7630.

St. Francis Country Fair. 10 a.m.-4p.m. St. Francis Episcopal Church,9220 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls.Live entertainment, quilt show,market, silent auction, bake sale andmore. Games and activities include agiant slingshot, dunking booth, moonbounce, crafts, and petting zoo. Freeadmission, $20 for all-day games.703-759-2082.

The 19th Annual Fall For FairfaxKidsFest. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. FairfaxCounty Government Center, 12000Government Center Parkway, Fairfax.Interactive and educationalprograms, entertainment andactivities for families with elementaryand pre-K children. Free admission.1-800-880-6629.

Y’Art Sale. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Vienna Art

Center, 115 Pleasant St., N.W.,Vienna. Meet the artists as they selloriginal artworks, jewelry, and otherart-related items. 703-319-3971 orwww.ViennaArtsSociety.org.

Sheriff’s Children’s ID Program.11 a.n.-2 p.m. Community Room,McLean Governmental Center, 1437Balls Hill Road, McLean. The FairfaxCounty Sheriff’s office provides a freelaminated card about the size of adriver’s license, including a photo,thumbprints and other vitalinformation for authorities to use incase a child goes missing. The IDprocess takes less than four minutesand uses clean, inkless technology.The Sheriff’s Office recommends thatparents tuck away the card forsafekeeping and have it updated witha new photo once a year. 703-246-3673 [email protected].

SUNDAY/OCT. 2Amadeus Concert: Tempest and

Tranquility. 4 p.m. Saint LukeCatholic Church, 7001 GeorgetownPike, McLean. The AmadeusOrchestra, A. Scott Wood, conductor.Violinist Josef Spacek and cellist PetrSpacek perform the “DoubleConcerto” by Brahms. $25, age 17and under free. Reception to follow.www.amadeusconcerts.com.

Joe Brooks and Chelsea Lee. 7 p.m.Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave. E.,Vienna. www.jamminjava.com.

Big Apple Circus. 12:30 p.m. and4:30 p.m. Dulles Town Center, 21100Dulles Town Circle, Dulles.Performers from around the globe.888-541-3750 or bigapplecircus.org.

“Don’t Dress for Dinner, orPajamas for Six.” 2 p.m. and 7p.m. 1st Stage, 1524 Spring HillRoad in Tyson’s Corner. A farce byMarc Camoletti about mistakenidentity and infidelities with moretwists than a corkscrew. Tickets $25.www.1ststagetysons.org/jeeves or703-854-1856.

Book Sale. 12-3 p.m. Tysons-PimmitRegional Library, 7584 LeesburgPike, Falls Church. Bag sale andclearance. Sponsored by the Friendsof the [email protected] or703-790-8088.

The 73rd Annual Potomac RoseSociety Rose Show. 12-4 p.m.Merrifield Garden Center Fair Oaks,12101 Lee Highway, Fairfax.Consulting Rosarians will answerquestions. Free. 301-869-4948 [email protected].

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Society Rose Show. 1-6 p.m.Merrifield Garden Center Fair Oaks,12101 Lee Highway, Fairfax.Exhibitors must place rose specimensby 9:30 a.m. Saturday, judgingfollows. Consulting Rosarians willanswer questions. Free. 301-869-4948 or [email protected].

Book Sale. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library, 7584Leesburg Pike, Falls Church.Sponsored by the Friends of [email protected] or703-790-8088.

Fall Bazaar. 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. McleanKorean Presbyterian Church, 7144Old Dominion Drive, Mclean. Koreanbbq, dumplings, kimchi and otherprepared foods. Yard sale with books,clothes and household goods. Freeadmission. 703-893-8651.

Northern Virginia Light the NightWalk for Leukemia &Lymphoma. 5-9 p.m. Reston TownCenter, Pavilion and Market Streets,Reston. Celebrate and commemoratelives touched by cancer to benefit theLeukemia and Lymphoma Society.Funds raised support the ongoingmission to cure leukemia, lymphoma,Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma andto improve the quality of life ofpatients and their families. Children’sgames, local restaurants, live musicand entertainment until 2-mile walkbegins at dark. Register at 703-960-1100, 1-877-LTN-WALK or leukemia-lymphoma.org.

The Insider’s Guide to Music. 4p.m. Dolley Madison Library, 1244Oak Ridge Ave., McLean. A pre-concert lecture on Beethoven’s“Pastoral Symphony,” which will beperformed by the Amadeus Orchestraon Sunday, Oct. 2 at Saint LukeCatholic Church. With violinist JosefSpacek, concertmaster of the CzechPhilharmonic, and his brother, cellistPetr Spacek, founder of the PragueCello Quartet.www.amadeusconcerts.com.

Violinist Dr. Rami Kanaan andPianist Bettye Cooley inConcert. 6 p.m. Oakton Church ofthe Brethren, 10025 Courthouse Rd.,Vienna. The duo will perform ThreeSonatinas for Violin and Piano, op.137 by Franz Schubert. Freeadmission, donations accepted.www.oaktonbrethren.org or 703-281-4411.

Adopt-A-Lab Event. 10:30 a.m.-12:30p.m. Weber’s Pet Supermarket,11201 Lee Highway, Fairfax. Meet

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The Fairfax Festival of the Arts will be at Fairfax Corner, 11900 Palace Way, Fairfax, onSaturday, Oct. 8 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 9 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Over 10,000pieces of art will be for sale, including paintings, sculptures, photographs, jewelry, glass,fiber and ceramic art and more. Admission is free. paragonartevents.com/fairfax2/


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Community

In a ceremony Wednesday at the Great Falls Li-brary, the community’s artists donated a paint-ing of the eastern bluebird — the new officialGreat Falls bird symbol — to the library to hang

permanently.The art by Great Falls painter Jennifer Duncan was

the culmination of a year’s worth of exhibitions,school projects and photography involving nine lo-cal organizations, two schools and the NationalAudubon Society. It resulted in community-wide vot-ing in which residents selected the bluebird over sixother popular bird species as the town symbol. Anoutside juror selected Duncan’s painting as the bestof many entries depicting the winning bird and camewith a $500 prize.

The painting was unveiled at ameeting of Great Falls Studios, theoverall organizer of the bird election.The art group’s president, LauraNichols, presented the painting toDaniela Dixon, branch manager ofthe library, on behalf of the 101 art-ist members of the organization.Also taking part in the presentationwas artist Duncan, as well as JillNorvell and Raine Turner Coons,representing Turner Framing, a storeon Georgetown Pike at Seneca Road that donatedframing of the piece.

For the next month, the painting will be on dis-play at Turner Framing, 1025-J Seneca Road. Thenit will move to its permanent home in the library asa reminder of the importance of both art and wild-life to Great Falls and the significance of the blue-bird to the village. The eastern bluebird is now acomeback species, thanks to continuing human in-tervention to provide it with nest boxes safe fromother invading species. According to bird-election

organizers, it symbolizes the helping spirit of thecommunity and its conservation consciousness.

Duncan’s painting is called “Backyard Blues” anddepicts two bluebirds in a backyard environment. Itis acrylic mixed medium. In addition to the acrylicpaint, it was created using collage, charcoal and wax-pastel crayon. Duncan’s work is often characterizedby wry humor and delightful colors in a whimsical,abstract style. “I’m honored to have won,” she said.“A lot of good art has been part of the competition,so that made this prize even nicer.”

The unusual framing was selected by Turner tohighlight the painting. It incorporates museum glassfor anti-reflection and extra protection from ultra-violet rays, allowing optimum display of the vibrantcolors. Turner, a long-time supporter of local artists,produces high-end framing for discriminating clients.

The bird election, also known as “Vote 2011: WingsAcross Great Falls,” illustrates the importance of artto a community’s quality of life, and the various artactivities leading up to the election show how localgroups can partner for the good of the community.In addition to the Audubon Society and Great Falls

Studios, the participating groupswere the Great Falls Citizens Asso-ciation, Great Falls Business and Pro-fessional Association, Great FallsFoundation for the Arts, Great FallsCommunity Library, Great Falls Na-tional Park, Friends of RiverbendPark, Audubon Society of NorthernVirginia and Great Falls ElementarySchool Art Enhancement Program.The two schools involved were GreatFalls and Forestville elementaryschools.

“Duncan’s painting was one of hundreds of piecesof bird art and photographs generated during theelection process by both adults and children in GreatFalls,” said Jonathan Fisher, an artist member of GreatFalls studios who was instrumental in organizing theevent. “Increasingly, Great Falls is becoming knownas a center for the arts, and this yearlong celebra-tion of the community’s creative side clearly illus-trates that the arts are a community asset. An activeart scene helps make a community a better place tolive.”

Bird Painting Presented to LibraryGreat Falls Studios’ artistJennifer Duncan winscompetition for permanentexhibition.

A painting of the eastern bluebird, the newly ‘elected’ Great Falls symbol, changeshands during a ceremony at Great Falls Library. From left are Jonathan Fisher, adminis-trator of the Great Falls bird election; Jill Norvell of Turner Framing; artist JenniferDuncan; Raine Turner Coons of Turner Framing; Daniela Dixon, branch manager of theGreat Falls Library; and Laura Nichols, president of Great Falls Studios. Duncan’s paint-ing was selected to hang in the library after a yearlong competition.

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SportsGreat Falls Connection Sports Editor Rich Sanders

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See Sports Notes, Page 23

See Winners, Page 23

By Rich Sanders

The Connection

Langley High defeated Marshall last Fridaynight, 35-0, in a Liberty District road game.With the win, the Saxons improved theirrecord to 3-1 on the season. Their prior

wins had come over Herndon and Jefferson with theonly loss coming to Chantilly in week three.

Unfortunately, Langley starting quarterback Aus-tin Vasiliadis injured his knee on a first quarter playand is out for the season. Backup quarterback NickCasso stepped in and played a good game in place ofthe injured starter.

“It’s a shame,” said Langley coach John Howerton,of the injury to the senior signal caller. “He’s a greatathlete for us and a premier basketball player. Youget sick watching something like this. He’s a greatkid. He was not only playing quarterback for us butfulfilling a leadership role for us too.”

Vasiliadis, on the play he was injured, was run-ning around the end on a potential pass play. Heended up running instead. Although he was not hitby a defensive player, Vasiliadis made an awkwardcut, according to Howerton.

“He was going around end and cut and landedfunny and extended his knee,” said the coach. “Hetore an ACL and is out for the year.”

For Langley, which has played good, solid footballover the season’s first half, the injury loss of Vasiliadisis a tough blow.

But Casso stepped into Friday’s game nicely. TheSaxons took control of the game early on with twofirst quarter touchdowns and another in the secondquarter to carry a 21-0 lead into halftime at Marshall.

They added touchdowns in both the third and fourthquarters to put the final touches on the victory.

Casso, a sophomore, had an outstanding game,completing 11 of 14 passes for 205 yards and toss-ing three touchdown passes. The scoring passes werecaught by senior tightend Colin Pitts from three yardsout, A.J. Holtberg from 12 yards, and Joey Robinsonon a 39-yard play.

“He’s a sophomore and looked very good,” saidHowerton. “There were a couple of times he movedthe wrong way or mishandled the ball. But he threwthe ball very well. He did a great job and didn’t seemnervous at all. He has a pretty good group [of line-men] up front and pretty good running backs.”

Langley running back Phil Mun ran for scores of33 and 18 yards and finished the game with 74 rush-ing yards.

Howerton was proud of the play of his team’s de-fense and earning a shutout.

“We’re trying to improve our defense every weekand every year so we can be successful against anyoffense,” he said. “We’re starting to come together.We’re always trying to shut out our opponent, ofcourse, but this is our first one this year. It was a keyto the win to be able to shut Marshall down.”

Langley, with Casso behind center, will be on theroad this Friday night when it meets an improvingMadison team under first year head coach LennySchultz. The Warhawks were beaten soundly in theirfirst game of the season at Oakton, 55-17, on Sept. 2but have played three good games since. They beatWoodson, 24-0, before losing a tight game toHayfield, 29-27. Then they edged McLean last Fri-day. The Warhawks will be looking to get over the.500 mark when they play at home versus Langley.Madison will be celebrating its homecoming.

THE MADISON HIGH Warhawks beat McLean, 17-16, in a fiercely-contested Liberty District high schoolfootball game last Friday night that was finally decidedlate in the fourth quarter when Madison recovered aMcLean fumble to thwart the Highlander’s last drive.

Marshall sophomore wide receiver Kevin Wood runs ahead of the field after catching apass during the Saxons’ game against Marshall last Friday night.

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place at the recent Flint Hill Girls’ Volleyball Tournament. Ma-deira defeated its first round opponent, Madison High, by scoresof 25-9 and 25-21. In its next match, the Snails were winnersover Liberty Christian, 2-1 ( 25-18, 18-25, 15-11).

Madeira continued its solid play with match wins over bothHoly Cross (26-24 and 25-15) and Fredericksburg Christian Acad-emy (25-16 and 25-20). That put the Snails into the finals againsthost school Flint Hill. In that championship match, Madeira de-feated the Huskies, 25-15 and 25-11.

Named to the All-Tournament team from Madeira were seniorsNicole O’Donnell (setter) and Catherine Humphrey (outside).Senior Bre Atkinson (outside) was named the tournament MVP.

Madeira, going into this week’s action, is unbeaten. Prior to itstournament action at Flint Hill, the Snails had earned wins overPope John Paul the Great, Maret, Bishop O’Connell, Episcopal,and Bishop Ireton.

The Flint Hill School football team defeated visiting team,John Paul The Great, on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 24, by a scoreof 35-13. The Huskies trailed 3-0 in the second quarter beforegetting a pair of touchdowns, a 22-yard run by Trevor Ogundepo,and a 7-yard scoring pass from quarterback Andy Rehberger toNick Bazzarone, to give the home team a 14-3 halftime lead.

Flint Hill put the game away with a pair of long touchdownplays in the third quarter. The first came on a 92-yard kickoffreturn by Chrystian Brown. The latter score came on a 55-yardscoring pass play in which Rehberger connected once again withBazzarone. That made the score 28-3 going into the final quarter.

The Huskies got a 2-yard scoring run in the final quarter byJerrod Reed, helping offset the 10 points scored by the guestsover that final quarter.

Huskies kicker Hunter Windmuller converted all five of his ex-tra point kicks in the win. He also had punts of 71, 48, and 43yards.

Vienna’s Caroline Harris was recently named Athleteof the Week at Foxcroft School in Middleburg.

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The annual midseason OatlandsInvitational high school crosscountry meet took place Sept.17 at Oatlands Plantation in

Leesburg. Numerous schools from theNorthern Region participated in the hugeshowcase event.

In the varsity “A” boys’ meet, consistingof 46 teams, Chantilly High, led by juniorSean McGorty, earned a second place over-all finish with 197 team points, finishingbehind champion Albemarle High (146points) of Charlottesville. Other NorthernRegion teams competing in the “A” boys’ raceincluded fourth place Oakton (265), 11thplace Jefferson High (282) of Alexandria,15th place Hayfield, and 20th place StoneBridge. South County finished 26th andAnnandale 28th. Madison, Westfield, Lan-gley, Fairfax, and Marshall High Schoolswere also among the schools that competed.

Chantilly’s McGorty captured the indi-vidual title with a time of 15 minutes, 30seconds, finishing ahead of second placefinisher Ahmed Bile, a senior from

Annandale. Chantilly junior Logan Milleralso had an outstanding race with a thirdplace finish at 15:49. South County seniorJeff Puhek finished 10th place overall.

Three-hundred sixteen runners in all par-ticipated in the boys’ race. Other good out-ings from Northern Region runners in-cluded: Stone Bridge sophomore BradyGuertin (23rd); Marshall High sophomoreMackenzie Haight (41st); Westfield Highjunior Jeff Edmondson (47th); Chantillysophomore Peter Malander (also 47th);Oakton seniors Greg Petruncio (33rd),Pratik Singh (37th), Chris Jewell (52nd),and Patrick Eberhart (55th); and HayfieldHigh’s Jacob Miller (58th).

IN THE GIRLS’ “A” RACE, McLean, Madi-son, and Jefferson High Schools finishedeighth, ninth, and 10th, respectively, in afield of 41 teams. Other Northern Regionschools finishing in the top 25 were Oakton(15th), Washington-Lee (16th), Langley(17th), and Stone Bridge (22nd).

Top area individual finishers, included:Lee sophomore Bailey Kolonich (3rd place);Jefferson senior Katherine Sheridan (22nd);Oakton sophomore Hailey Dougherty

(25th); Westfield senior Leidy Arias (32nd);McLean junior Hannah Dimmick (36th);South County junior Mary Cate Scully(40th); Madison freshman Amanda Swaak(45th); Langley senior Mary Fouse (50th);and McLean senior Alexa Tabackman(51st).

IN THE VARSITY “B” BOYS’ RACE,Oakton finished sixth overall among 66teams. Also among the top 25 teams were11th place Centreville, 12th place Jefferson,and 14th place McLean. Top local individualfinishers were: Centreville junior ChanYoung-Lee (19th place); Lee High sopho-more Biruk Amare (23rd); Oakton sopho-more Jack Stoney (43rd); Jefferson’s ElliotSimon (45th); and McLean senior JasonRichards (46th).

IN THE VARSITY “B” GIRLS’ RACE,Chantilly High captured the team title with81 points, finishing ahead of second placeBriar Woods of Ashburn and third placeCentreville High. Oakton (seventh place)and Hayfield (eighth) finished among thetop 10 as well.

Oakton freshmen Allie Klimkiewicz cap-tured the individual title with a first placefinish. Chantilly had three runners finish inthe top 10. They were junior Kendall Crowe(fifth), freshman Xaveria Hawvemarle(sixth), and senior Carolyn Carlson (10th).

Area Runners Shine at Oatlands MeetMcGorty captures first place in boys’ race;Kolonich earns third in girls’ race.

Faith Notes are for announcements andevents in the faith community. Send [email protected]. Dead-line is Friday.

Oakton United Methodist Church,2951 Chain Bridge Road in Oakton, willcancel services on Sunday, Oct. 2 to partici-pate in Faith in Action (FIA), a four-weekministry that invites Christians to mobilizeand “Be the Church,” by practicing their faithin a way that uniquely serves their immedi-ate community. Many members of OaktonUM Church will serve at local agencies help-ing persons and households affected bypoverty and other life transitions. Sponsoredby three Christian organizations, World Vi-sion, Outreach and Zondervan, FIAculminates in a community outreach Sundaywhere regular services are cancelled and theentire congregation engages in serviceprojects in, and with, the community. Theprogram also helps Christians invite mem-bers of their community to join in serving.The theme for Oct. 2 will be “Don’t go tochurch: Be the church!” oaktonumc.org.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended (42 USC 4321 et seq.), the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations for implement-ing the Procedural Provisions of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), and Department of Defense Instruction 4715.9, Wash-ington Headquarters Services has prepared and issued a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Navy Annex/FOB2 Land Transfer. The Secretary of Defense, as authorized by Congress, proposes to transfer approximately 42 acres cur-rently occupied by the Navy Annex/FOB2, the Navy Exchange Service Station, and associated parking lots, to the Secretary of the Army for Arlington National Cemetery use. The Navy Annex/FOB2, the Navy Exchange Service Station, and associ-ated parking lots are to be demolished and all improvements removed from the property. The land would then be restored to open green space for cemetery use. Arlington County and the DoD may exchange equivalent acreage within the land transfer area, which will allow for the removal of Southgate Road from Columbia Pike to Gate 3 of Joint Base Myers-Hen-derson Hall, provide a site for a museum that honors the histo-ry of the freedmen’s village and county heritage, and also pro-vide for the building of a new access road from Gate 3 to Co-lumbia Pike, along the western edge of the Navy Annex/FOB2 complex. The analysis found the implementation of the land transfer plan Alternative Options has no significant direct, indi-rect, or cumulative effects on the quality of the natural or hu-man environment.

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Sports

From Page 19Winners and LosersThe game was originally supposed to be

played on McLean’s home field. But due tothe rainy weather the contest was movedto Madison’s turf field in Vienna.

With the loss, McLean fell to 2-2 overall.It marked the second week in a row in whichthe Highlanders have lost a down-to-the-wire game. Two weeks ago, McLean lost atough district game at Fairfax in overtime,19-16. Madison, meanwhile, improved itsrecord to 2-2 overall and 1-0 in the LibertyDistrict.

McLean came up with some big plays inthe first quarter of the game, getting ablocked field goal on one occasion and re-covering a fumble deep in its own territoryon another Madison attempt to put pointson the board.

McLean opened the game’s scoring in thatopening quarter with an eight-play drivecapped by a two-yard scoring run byNathaniel Fletcher to take an early 6-0 lead.

Madison, however, got its offenseuntracked in the second quarter with a 10-yard touchdown run by Jacob Hall and a22-yard field goal by Nick Dorka to take a10-6 lead at the half.

Madison began the second half with asuccessful onsides kick and seemed poised

to take control of the game, but a tippedball interception gave the ball back toMcLean, which went on to convert the turn-over into a touchdown when Hunter Eckrodfound the end zone on a two-yard touch-down run. Chris Rosenbaum added the ex-tra point kick and McLean had the lead at13-10. Later in the third quarter,Rosenbaum nailed a field goal from 45yards out to increase the Highlanders’ leadto 16-10.

But before the third quarter was through,Madison would score the touchdown whichwould prove to be the difference when quar-terback Dan Powers found his favorite tar-get, Tom House, for the game-winning 14-yard scoring pass.

In the fourth quarter, McLean, which hadlost its starting quarterback, RyanMcColgan, to an injury in the first half, twicedrove the ball into Warhawk territory. ButMadison’s defense ultimately came up withsome big plays to end the threats.

McLean’s leading ball carrier on the nightwas Eckrod, who rushed for 65 yards.Through the air, John Burke completed five-of-11 passes for 71 yards.

McLean will be home again this Fridaynight and be looking to break the .500 markwhen it hosts the Marshall Statesmen at7:30.

Rehberger, the Flint Hill QB, com-pleted 7-of-12 passes for 86 yards andthe two touchdowns. The Huskies’leading ball carrier was Ogundepo (11carries, 93 yards, 1 TD).

Ben Kase, who had seven tacklesand also two pass deflections, led theFlint Hill defense.

Caroline Harris, of Vienna wasnamed the Foxcroft School(Middleburg) Athlete of the Week forthe period ending Sept. 17. A seniorand tri-captain of the varsity volley-ball team, Harris recorded 15 digs andconnected on 93 percent of her servesin Foxcroft’s 3-1 victory over St.Michael the Archangel High School onSept. 8 in Fredericksburg. The winended a 16-game match losing streakfor Foxcroft. Seven days later, Harrisvolunteered to run in a Delaney Ath-letic Conference cross-country racewhen Coach Matthew Mohler invitedstudents to participate in the openingmeet. Even though Harris had nevercompeted before in a cross countryevent, she covered the arduous 3.1-mile course with a time of 26 minutes,57 seconds, good for the top spotamong Foxcroft’s nine runners.

Sports Notes

The following are results of theongoing Northern Virginia Senior Olympics taking placethroughout the area:

SWIMMING: held Sept. 17-18 at ClaudeMoore Recreation Center in Sterling and theWashington-Lee High School Aquatic Cen-ter in Arlington. Gold medal winners on themen’s side in freestyle went to: McLean’sChuck Dimeglio (ages 50-54); McLean’sRoderick Uveges (65-69); Springfield’s JohnDineen (70-74); Great Falls’ Paul Gesswein(75-79); Burke’s Phil Case (80-84); andMcLean’s Chester Myslicki (90-94). Goldmedals for women in freestyle: Herndon’sSandy Powers (55-59); McLean’s CarmenDecarli (70-74); Fairfax Station’s MinnaHamner (85-89).

Men’s breastroke winners: Herndon’s BretBailey (50-54); Sterling’s Eiji Yasuhara (60-64); McLean’s Roderick Uveges (65-69);Springfield’s John Dineen (70-74); Burke’sPhil Case (80-84). Women’s breaststrokewinners: Herndon’s Bobbe Duquette (55-59) and Fairfax Station’s Minna Hamner(85-89).

Men’s backstroke champions: McLean’sChuck Dimeglio (50-54); McLean’s RoderickUveges (65-69); Fairfax Station’s RufusHarris (70-74); Great Falls’ Paul Gesswein(75-79); Burke’s Phil Case (80-84).Women’s champions: Sterling’s MarionMarrs (50-54); Herndon’s Sandy Powers(55-59); McLean’s Carmen Decarli (70-74);Fairfax Station’s Minna Hamner (85-89).

Men’s half-mile swim champions:Herndon’s Bret Bailey (50-54); Burke’s Ben

Viellel (55-59). Women’s champions:Herndon’s Sandy Powers (55-59); McLean’sCarmen Decarli (70-74); Springfield’sGertrude DeRosa (75-79).

Gold medals (men’s diving): Fairfax’sDuane Clayton-Cox (65-69). Women’s side:Sterling’s Marion Marrs (50-54).

TABLE TENNIS, yo-yo-tricks, miniaturegolf and cribbage (held Sept. 17-28 atJames Lee Community Center in FallsChurch). Men’s Tennis Gold Medal Winners:Herndon’s Qu Weishuang (60-69). Womenwinners: McLean’s Jenny Chang Lang (55-59).

Men’s yo-yo tricks: Burke’s DanteSimbulan (novice division); Miniature golf,held at Oak Marr Mini Golf in Oakton. Men’sgold: Reston’s Christopher Dettmar (50-59);Cribbage: Springfield’s Paul McFarland(gold).

WII BOWLING, Bunco, Billiards, Golf,held at Greenspring Retirement Committee,Sept. 20-21: Gold Medals went toSpringfield’s Clint Lambert (men’s 60-69);Springfield’s Ted Campbell (men’s 80-89);Springfield’s Ray Kaminski (men’s 90-99);Springfield’s Joan Matteson (women’s 70-79).

Lincolnia Senior Center in Alexandriahosted the two-day billiards competition,Sept. 19-20. Men’s Gold winners:Springfield’s Joseph Clement (70-74);Springfield’s Joseph Griffin (80-89). AnneZvijac of Burke won a gold in bunco com-petition at the Hollin Hall Senior Center inAlexandria. In golf, held at Osprey Golf Club

in Woodbridge, on Sept. 21, gold medalswent to Springfield’s George Mazuzan(men’s 70-79) and Clifton’s Judy Landolt-Korns (women’s 60-69).

WAKEFIELD PARK in Arlington was thesite for racquetball and softball hit andthrow. Men’s racquetball gold medalistswere: Fairfax’s Kevin Quinley (55-59);Fairfax’s Jay Wald (60-64); McLean’s PeterAndrews (65-69). Women’s gold winners:Sterling’s Mabel Chin (75-79). Men’s Soft-ball Throw Champions: Fairfax’s AndrewDixon (70-75); Fairfax’s Harry Deitz (80-84); Oakton’s Tom Sullivan (65-69);Fairfax’s Renold Beck (75-79). In women’scompetition, Sterling’s Anita Stowe (55-59)earned gold.

Ten Pin (held at Bowl America Shirley)men’s gold winners: Fairfax’s Jerome Jack-son (60-64); Springfield’s Ted Crews (65-69); Centreville’s William McSweeney (70-74). Horseshoes (held at Hollin Hall) men’swinners: Fairfax’s Bruce Fisher (60-64);Fairfax’s Frederick Walker (70-74);McLean’s Robert Stotz (75-79); Springfield’sLeonard Kalkwarf (80-84); cycling, heldSept. 17-28 at the Vint Hill CommunityCenter in Warrenton, Sept. 18. Gold med-als went to: Oakton’s Howard Van Houten(men’s 55-59).

Line Dance, held Monday, Sept. 19 at theJames Lee Community Center in FallsChurch. Gold medals went to theHeatherwood Hotties (80-plus) of Burke,made up of Rita Marie Caruso, ConnieConnell, Hilda Petersen, Jean Andrews,Dorothy Habermehl and Louis Fahey.

Northern Virginia Senior Olympics

I know I need to get out more, as in goplaces – out of town, specifically, and domore things (while I’m able), but I’m con-flicted. Since my diagnosis, back in Feb-ruary 2009, my life has evolved into a vari-ety of cancer-targeted pursuits whose goalwas to survive the original 13-month-to-two-year prognosis I was given; fromadhering to the standard cancer-treatmentprotocols with which most people arefamiliar: chemotherapy and/or radiation,lab work, diagnostic scans, regular andrecurring appointments with my oncologist,etc., to lifestyle and diet changes: alkalinediet, alkaline water, miscellaneous pills andsupplements, baking soda, apple cidervinegar, pureed asparagus, probiotics, exer-cise and so forth. And largely, given the 30-month point at which I am presently stillliving and breathing, these changes/ modifi-cations have had a presumably positiveeffect on my life expectancy.

In considering the facts/feelings andwondering still (always) about the future(and the present, too; let’s be honest here),I feel like I’m at a crossroads of sorts: whatto do/where to go next? If I want to livelonger and hopefully prosper, perhapssomething in my life needs to change. Butchange is difficult for me, especially whenchanges that I’ve made previously haveapparently (not definitively) extended mylife way beyond that rather grim and dis-couraging prognosis I received two and ahalf years ago.

Nevertheless, stagnation is probably notgood for the soul, either. And if I want tocontinue to pretend that nothing is reallywrong with me, staying in my routine, asmuch as I’ve come to embrace it, mightnot be the best long-term answer. I can’timagine that being afraid to live outside mycancer-fighting cocoon is the best revenge,as they say. But breaking free of some ofthese cancer-induced boundaries is risky –in my head, anyway, and worrisome, too;as in why mess with success? But if I don’t,there’s an ever-increasing sense that themental restraints that I am self-imposingwill weaken my resolve somehow and pro-vide a type of aid and comfort to theenemy which I – and so many others, arefighting.

I can’t stop thinking that to do so wouldbe a leap of faith, however. And thoughI’ve had faith and belief in what I’ve beendoing to support my immune system infighting this insidious – and incurable dis-ease (stage IV lung cancer), I still want tothink and act like I’m open to, and alwaysdoing, more – without leaping too much.But if more (something new and different –for me) causes me to do less of what I havealready been doing and what I perceivehas been successful in keeping me alive/enabling me to outlive my original progno-sis, then I start using some of my deceasedfather’s made-up words, which means Idon’t have any of my own real words toaccurately describe the stress, anxiety, fear,uncertainty and “confliction” I feel. Andeven though invoking my father’s memory– in almost any context is a good thing,invoking it here, with respect to one of mycancer conundrums seems disturbingsomehow, as if I’m involving him in some-thing I’d rather spare him from knowing.Do you know what I mean?

Kenny Lourie is an Advertising Representative forThe Potomac Almanac & The Connection Newspapers.

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