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FollowingTae Kwon Doto Its Origins

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Gary Asztalos of Herndon participates in a tae kwon do training seminarin Jeonju, South Korea. Asztalos is one of several members of theHerndon-based H.K. Lee Tae Kwon Do Studio who traveled to Korea for thethird annual World Tae Kwon Do Culture Expo last month.

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U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10) paid a short visit toRenaissance Lighting, an

energy-efficient light fixtures com-pany based in Herndon on Mon-day morning to take a closer lookat the company whose environ-mentally friendly method of light-ing is garnering a lot of attention.

“What is different about whatwe develop is all of our fixturese x c l u s i v e l yhave LEDs inthem,” said Re-naissance CEOB a r r yWeinbaum in ashort presenta-tion. It is esti-mated that LEDlighting is 80percent moreefficient interms of energywhen com-pared to incan-descent lightsand 30 percentmore so thancompact fluorescent lamps. UnlikeRenaissance’s predecessors,Weinbaum explained that thecompany’s LED lights do not con-tain mercury or any known toxicmaterials.

The overhead showed a rotatingslideshow of the various indoorand outdoor settings where Re-naissance Lighting is being used.These include hospitals, academicbuildings and conference rooms.

The economy does seem to have

an effect on Renaissance Lighting.“Revenues are growing extremelymodest,“ said Weinbaum in re-sponse to Wolf’s inquiry about theeffect of the economy. “The rev-enue growth is good but if theeconomy was good, it would beeven better.”

There was also talk of runninga 35 people company whereWeinbaum stressed that althoughthey have a lot more variety in theproduct line now, they still haveto “avoid boiling over.”

“In order to build value in a com-pany like this you have to do onething that makes you better thanall of the big guys. And what wepicked is a set of products that aremore energy efficient backed by

intellectual prop-erty portfoliothat is certainlybetter than thebig guys,”Weinbaum said.

On the worldstage Weinbaumnoted that thelighting industryis a fragmentedone. “We arecompet i t i ve lythreatened byPhilips,” he said,but assured thecongressman that

in terms of competition “three of thetop four companies in the world areAmerican based.”

Wolf was then led through a fa-cility tour, starting from the Opti-cal Testing room, the MechanicalLaboratory and the EngineeringLaboratory.

“You appear to be here at theright time with the interest in en-ergy and energy efficiency,” saidWolf. “It does appear that this isthe future.”

– Maria Khan

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Director of Program Management Chris Andrews, U.S.Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10), CEO Barry Weinbaum and MikeSmitley (AVP Manufacturing) pictured Monday at Renais-sance Lighting.

Wolf VisitsRenaissance LightingCongressmansees ‘future’ ina Herndoncompany.

“You appear to behere at the righttime with theinterest in energyand energyefficiency … It doesappear that this isthe future.”— U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10)

Between July 27 and July 31,21 separate incidents offresh graffiti were reported

in the town of Herndon, many ofthem on or around the Washing-ton & Old Dominion Trail.

Herndon police spokesman Jeff

Coulter said most of the graffiti didnot appear to be gang-related andlooked like the work of the sameperson or people. “I won’t say noneof this is gang-related, but verylittle of it appears to be gang-re-lated at this point,” Coulter said.He said the graffiti, much of whichwas done with markers, seemed tobe typical “tagging,” a problemthat has been on the rise over thelast month.

Coulter said the town had seena similar increase in tagging a fewmonths ago, which stopped whenthree people were arrested. Two

Photo by Mike DiCicco/The Connection

Many examples of the recent spate of graffiti have been carried out with markers alongthe W&OD Trail.

Graffiti Spate Not Gang-RelatedMost of five-dayspree appearsto be typical‘tagging.’

have been convicted and are pay-ing restitution, and Coulter saidthe town would treat the new van-dal or vandals similarly when theywere caught.

“It’s obviously someone usingthe bike path,” he said, noting thatmuch of the graffiti was found inthe area of the W&OD Trail inHerndon and similar markings hadbeen found around the same pathin Loudoun County. He said about11 of the marks were along thetrail between Van Buren Street andFerndale Avenue.

— Mike DiCicco

When Herndon residentChuck Wortman joinedthe Fellowship Square

Foundation as its vice president in2004, he was surprised to hear thefoundation referred to as a well-kept secret. He decided to put anend to that situation.

Wortman has now been electedpresident of the Herndon-basednonprofit, which provides afford-able housing for the elderly anddisabled in the suburbs of Wash-ington, D.C. Three of theorganization’s five FellowshipHouses are in Reston, with two atLake Anne and one at HuntersWoods. Wortman took over aspresident on July 27.

In order to attract more corpo-rate contributions, Wortman said,he got the organization to becomemore involved in the community,convincing the board to join theDulles and Reston chambers ofcommerce and getting FellowshipSquare nominated for the Best ofReston award. “We’re just tryingto get people to realize who weare,” he said. When he joined, hesaid, most of the members werefrom clergies. Now, about half arebusiness people.

Wortman said his in-volvement in the issueof affordable housingbegan in 1986, whenthe mayor of Herndonappointed him to theElderly Housing Com-mission, which endedup creating theHerndon HarborHouse. A 2001 gradu-ate of LeadershipFairfax, he focused his studies forthe program on affordable hous-ing in the county.

He was also on the board of di-rectors for Lutheran Social Ser-vices from 2001 to 2004, and somemembers of that board were alsoon the board of Fellowship Square.Among these, he said, was RobChristian, pastor for Holy CrossLutheran Church in Herndon, whohe considers a mentor. “He’s beenvery instrumental in getting meinvolved with affordable housingissues in Fairfax County,” Wortmansaid.

“I think it’s a calling,” he said ofhis decision to take on such a ma-jor volunteer job. “I didn’t set outin 1986 to do this, but this pathhas meandered through my asso-

ciations with variouspeople.”

In a county with asmuch money asFairfax has, “it’s atragedy that somepeople have to live inless-than-adequatehousing or no hous-ing,” he said. “I don’tthink I’ll ever quit un-til I see it resolved,

and it may not be in my lifetime.”Senior vice president of Acacia

Federal Savings Bank in FallsChurch by trade, Wortman hasalso been involved with the golftournament that raises money forthe Embry Rucker Shelter for sev-eral years and has served on com-mittees of Reston Interfaith. Helives in the Dranesville area, nearHerndon High School.

Wortman said he had no per-sonal agenda for FellowshipSquare’s future and would beguided by the residents the orga-nization serves.

The Fellowship Square Founda-tion has 464 clients in Reston andalso has a Fellowship House inLakeridge and one in Largo, Md.

— Mike DiCicco

Herndon Resident To Head Fellowship Square

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Opinion

Right now, things are so verybleak.”That’s how the coordinator ofone local food bank described

the situation, with demand for food up morethan 50 percent from last year, and donationsright now dwindling.

Schools and churches often provide the pipe-line for food donations to pantries, food banks,but that pipeline runs dry in the summer.

Your family can help right now by donatingfood or money to your local food pantry. Planto give again in early fall, and again atThanksgiving and Christmas. You canorganize a food drive at your place ofwork, or in your neighborhood.

The ongoing recession and loss of jobs aredriving the surge in families showing up a foodbanks. There are more unemployed people inNorthern Virginia than in any other part of thestate, with more than 80,000 unemployed hereaccording to the Virginia Employment Com-mission. While the employment rate is lowerhere as a percentage of the population, thisarea still has the largest number of people un-employed.

People have lost their jobs, are unable to find

new ones. In some cases people who ownhomes are stuck, unable to sell their housesbecause the homes are worth less than theypaid for them, and are facing foreclosure aswell.

These families have used up their safety net,spent their savings. They find themselves with-out being able to put food on the table, andthey turn to local food banks, food pantries,churches and other charitable organizations fortheir most basic needs.

“The people coming in the door are peoplewho have lost all their savings. The lackof jobs is the predominant theme we’rehearing,” said Bonnie Inman ofLoudoun Interfaith.

The McLean SHARE Food Pantry, located inthe McLean Baptist Church, is running low onfood and other basic provisions. At this timeof the year and because of the economy, foodand other donations have fallen off signifi-cantly but the need for food and other neces-sities is growing, the organization says.

The message is the same around the area.

— Mary Kimm,

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munities should thank Del. TomRust (R-86) for organizing the July30 community meeting to briefcounty residents on recent bur-glaries. Although one of thesebreak-ins which was interruptedby the homeowner was reportedin the media, many of us wereunaware that 51 similar crimeshad occurred in the area sinceJanuary 2009. Capt. DeborahBurnett and Lt. Mike Shamblimfrom the Reston Police District of-fered details of the crimes, includ-ing that targets are often homesof families who may own high-endelectronics and quantities of goldjewelry, and that the acts usuallyoccur between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.,when people are out.

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One of the highlights of the H.K.Lee Tae Kwon Do Studio’s trip tothe third annual World Tae KwonDo Culture Expo was getting totrain with people who most oth-ers only see on television, saidDanny Asztalos, 13, of Herndon.“We met the guy who beat [light-weight world champion] MarkLopez. That was pretty impres-sive,” he said, re-ferring to KoreanSon Tae-jin.

That was whiletraining with theSamsung profes-sional tae kwondo team in Muju,South Korea. Theexpo took placein Muju and theneighboring cityof Jeonju.

Several stu-dents and teach-ers from the Herndon-based stu-dio spent the first two weeks ofJuly in Korea, and the studentscompeted in the expo’s tourna-ment on July 9 and 10. Asztalostook second place for forms andsecond place for sparring in hisbracket.

Herndon resident AndrewLeonard, 17, and his 16-year-oldbrother John both took first placefor both forms and sparring intheir categories. “I loved all the taekwon do we got to experience,”Andrew Leonard said, adding thathe enjoyed practicing with peoplefrom all over the globe, as well astraining with some of the world’sbest instructors.

The Leonards’ mother Jeannesaid studio owner Hyeon Kon Lee’sconnections had allowed themsome experiences that weren’tavailable to other teams, such astraining with the Samsung team.“He’s one of the grandmasters ofthe world, and there aren’t many,”she said, noting that most of thegrandmasters know each otherand have trained together.

John Fitzgerald of Great Fallssaid the group had also trained

with two fighterswho had appearedon the “HumanWeapon” televisionseries, includingone, known as “TheProfessor,” whohad managed toknock out one ofthe show’s hosts.

“They are theelite of the elite,”said Danny’s fatherGary, of theSamsung team.

“For me and most people in thegroup, they just played with us.”

Gary Asztalos didn’t spar in thetournament but took home a sec-ond-place in forms. “I figured, at55 years old, I’m a little old tospar,” he said.

Sarah Escowitz of Reston didn’tfeel the same way, and she endedup with a second-place sparringaward to accompany her first placein forms. Having started tae kwondo lessons less than a year ago, thiswas her first competition.

She said she enjoyed learningabout the martial art in the placewhere it originated, “but far morethan that was learning about thehistory and culture of Korea.”

MEMBERS OF THE STUDIOhave been going to the cultureexpo since it started and, as onpast trips, they visited Seoul aswell as the cities where the expotook place and spent time in eachplace absorbing the local culture.

Escowitz said she had especiallyenjoyed visits to primitive folk vil-lages that had been either pre-served or recreated. “It was im-pressive to see images of leadersof dynasties from thousands ofyears ago,” she said.

“I was delighted to find out howbeautiful the country was, howwarm and friendly everybody wasand how welcomed we were whilewe were there,” Jeanne Leonardsaid. She was the only person onthe trip who was not training orcompeting.

In Seoul, the group visitedKukkiwon, also known as theWorld Taekwondo Headquarters,she said. “It’s like the sacredground of the tae kwon do world.”She said they also went mountainclimbing and visited various mu-seums, a Buddhist temple and theBlue House — equivalent to theU.S. White House — among otherattractions. “So we really did getto see a wide variety.”

Fitzgerald, who had taken thetrip two years ago, said the grouprevisited the same cities butstopped at different destinations,such as the beach of the Yellow Seain Buan, where the world’s larg-est seawall is located.

Although he is not a beachgoer,Gary Asztalos said he enjoyed theYellow Sea beach more than hehad expected to because he raninto teams attending the expofrom such far-flung regions asMongolia, Turkey, Germany andKansas. He said he and the othershad also enjoyed eating authenticKorean food, noting that the onlymeal they disliked on their tripcame from a Korean knockoff ofMcDonald’s. “Every meal was

served with a whole huge selec-tion with kimchi-like vegetables,”he said.

“We had kimchi at almost everymeal, including breakfast,” JeanneLeonard said, adding that they atemany meals sitting on the floor.

That was not the only culturaldifference she noticed. “They havea lot of superstitions and a lot ofgood-luck charms out there,” shesaid. She noted that a doorway atthe Emperor’s Palace was sup-posed to be impassable to thosecarrying evil spirits, while stream-ers at one village entrance weresaid to keep out evil.

OPPORTUNITIES for makingwishes were abundant. JeanneLeonard said she was surprised tosee vegetables being grownthroughout the cities.

Fitzgerald said he had been sur-prised at how the country managesits population, filling its cities withskyscrapers and minimizingsprawl. So, even though SouthKorea has more than 48 millionpeople in a country smaller thanthe state of Kentucky — popula-tion 4,269,245 as of last year —he said most of the country wasmountains and farmland.

Jeanne Leonard said Jeonju hadconsisted of older architecture sur-rounded by mountains that re-minded her of the ShenandoahValley, while Seoul was much moremodern. “Everything was verygrand and elegant when we got toSeoul.”

“Seoul had the best shopping,”said Jeanne Leonard.

Members of the H.K. Lee Tae Kwon Do Studio receivetheir medals. From left are Gary and Danny Asztalos,Hunter Fitzgerald, Andrew and John Leonard, AlexAtanasov, Sameer Awasthi, and Sarah Escowitz.

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From left, Sameer Awasthi; Hunter Fitzgerald; AndrewLeonard; Danny Asztalos; Jeanne Leonard; John Leonard,in back; Sasho Atanasow, in front; Sarah Escowitz; MasterJi-Eun Yi; Gary Asztalos and John Fitzgerald visit theJeonju National Museum.

Following Tae Kwon Do to Its OriginsMembers of area studio returnfrom expo in Korea with medals,memories, fighting skills.

“They are theelite of the elite.For me and mostpeople in thegroup, they justplayed with us.”

— Gary Asztalos

“We had kimchi atalmost every meal,includingbreakfast.”

— Jeanne Leonard

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Library, 11925 Bowman Towne Drive,

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SUNDAY/SEPT. 6Nation’s Capital Jaguar Owners

Club 45th Annual Concoursd’Elegance, on Market Street,Reston Town Center, Reston. Jaguarcar show and competitive judgingevent, including almost every vintagefrom the 1927 Swallow to today’s2009 XF Premium. Registration 8-10a.m., vehicle preparation 10-10:30a.m., judging of cars10:30 a.m.-2p.m., and award ceremony 2:30 p.m.-

3 p.m. 571-213-1847 orwww.ncjoc.org.

MONDAY/SEPT. 7Herndon Labor Day Jazz & Wine

Festival. 12-6 p.m. on the TownGreen in historic downtown Herndon.Regional and national jazzperformers, wine tastings from up to adozen Virignia wineries and artistswith a variety of handmade items forsale. Refreshements available.Presented in cooperation with theHerndon Woman’s Club. $3; $17 withtasting.

TUESDAY/SEPT. 8Baby Steps Storytime. 10:30 a.m.

Reston Regional Library, 11925Bowman Towne Drive, Reston.Interactive storytime. Age 13-23months with adult. 703-689-2700.

WEDNESDAY/SEPT. 9The Virginia Spine Institute

Community Blood Drive. 2-8 p.m.in the American Red CrossBloodmobile at The Virginia SpineInstitute, 1831 Wiehle Ave., Reston.Schedule appointments with LindaBrock, 703-709-1114 ext. 137 [email protected].

Reston Garden Club Meeting. 1 p.m.at the Lake Anne Community Center.Claudia Thompson-Deahl,Environmental Resource Manager ofReston Association, on invasiveplants. www.restongardenclub.org.

Book Discussion. 10:30 a.m. RestonRegional Library, 11925 BowmanTowne Drive, Reston. Call for title.Adults. 703-689-2700.

Special Twos. 10:30 a.m. RestonRegional Library, 11925 BowmanTowne Drive, Reston. Stories andactivities. Age 2 with adult. 703-689-2700.

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Friends’ Book Discussion. 7:30 p.m.Reston Regional Library, 11925Bowman Towne Drive, Reston. Callfor title. Adults. 703-689-2700.

Herndon High School’s Classof 1979 is hosting the Classes of1978 & 1980 for a Multi-Year Re-union on October 10 at the CrownePlaza in Tysons Corner. Join yourclassmates for the weekend full of funactivities. Go towww.GreatReunions.com or call Patat 703-401-2500.

Jessica-Rose Wardley , thedaughter of Charmain Wardley andScott Criminski of Oak Hill, gradu-ated from Randolph-MaconAcademy. She was regularly namedto the dean’s list, and achieved thehonor again during the fourth quar-ter of her senior year. She was amember of the Academy chorus andearned the Outstanding Choral Musi-cian Medal.

Evan Baltazar of Herndon hasgraduated from Georgia SouthernUniversity in Statesboro, Ga.

Jennifer Kammer of Herndon, asenior majoring in computer sciencein the College of Engineering, was re-cently inducted into the Virginia Techchapter of Upsilon Pi Epsilon HonorSociety.

Robert Snow of Herndon hasbeen named to the spring 2009 dean’slist at Frostburg State University,Frostburg, Md.

Joshua Chitsa of Herndon hasreceived a master of business admin-istration degree in management fromFrostburg State University inFrostburg, Md.

Air Force Airman Mike S.Palatucci graduated from basic mili-tary training at Lackland Air ForceBase, San Antonio, Texas. He is theson of Sal Palatucci of Pickett Lane inHerndon, and Kristine Palatucci ofBachan Court in Reston. Palatucci isa 2008 graduate of Herndon HighSchool.

Christina Boosahda of Herndonhas received a bachelor of music de-gree from Ithaca College’s School ofMusic. Boosahda was also named tothe spring 2009 dean’s list. She is thedaughter of Harold and MargaretteBoosahda.

Air Force Airman Melissa S.Arevalo graduated from basic mili-tary training at Lackland Air ForceBase, San Antonio, Texas. She is thedaughter of Odilia Vasquez of Ster-ling Road, Herndon, and RamiroArevalo of Polk Drive, Manassas Park.Arevalo is a 2007 graduate ofHerndon High School.

Bryan A. Welsh has graduatedfrom the Army ROTC (Reserve Of-ficer Training Corps) Leader’sTraining Course at Fort Knox, Ky. Heis the son of David F. and Caryl F.Welsh of Glen Taylor Lane, Herndon.Welsh received a bachelor’s degree in2007 from George Mason University.

Duncan Dillon of Oak Hill, agraduate of Oakton High School, hasbeen named to the U.S. Air ForceAcademy in Colorado Springs, Co. Hewas appointed to the academy byRep. Frank Wolf (R-10th).

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GreaterRestonArtsCenter (GRACE) ishosting a Collector’s Choice exhibition andfund raiser, formerly known as the C-NoteSale. The exhibition runs Sept.1-20, withthe raffle on Sunday, Sept. 20, at 1 p.m.

A raffle ticket is an opportunity to ac-quire a work of original art worth manytimes the ticket price. On Sept. 20, everyticket holder will go home with a piece ofart valued in excess of $150.

Advance tickets available now for GRACEmembers.

Tickets are $150 and are limited to thenumber of artworks donated. To purchase,call 703-471-9242. Tickets will be on saleto the general public beginning Sept.1.Start a “wish list” now using GRACE’sonline preview.

The artists donate all artwork and pro-ceeds from this fund raiser support theexhibitions and educational programmingat the Greater Reston Arts Center, 12001Market St., Suite 103, Reston. For moreinformation, call 703-471-9242 or visitwww.restonarts.org. ‘Mini Pearl Drops’ by Robert Glebe

Exhibition, Fund Raiser at GRACERust AnnouncesSchool Supply Drive

Del. Tom Rust (R-86) announced a “Back to School Supplies”collection drive for students and teachers at McNair ElementarySchool. Rust’s office in Herndon will be collecting supplies for stu-dents and teachers through Sept. 4.

McNair contains among the highest ratio of students with freeor reduced-cost lunches in the area.

“Because of the economy, many families have had to cut back onspending for back to school supplies this year,” Rust said. “If youhave a few dollars to spare in your budget, please buy some schoolsupplies for a child in need.”

The items requested by McNair Elementary include: boxes oftissues, bottles of hand sanitizer, Clorox wipes, glue sticks, pocketfolders, reams of card stock (white, green, yellow, blue, pink).

To find a list of other needed items, go to www.fcps.edu/McNairES.

Rust’s office is located in Herndon’s Old Town Hall at 730 EldenSt, Herndon. For more information, contact Carol Sinclair at 703-437-1871.

Community Invited toHeritage Sunday

Being more than 200-years-old is a cause for celebration, andDranesville United Methodist Church is inviting the community tojoin the fun at Heritage Sunday on Sept. 13, 12-3:00 p.m.

Located at 1089 Liberty Meeting Court in Herndon, the churchwill celebrate Heritage Sunday with a community picnic, pie-bak-ing contest, walking history tours of the property and old-fash-ioned games for children and adults alike. Live music, a fife anddrum corps, historic re-enactors in costume and a story-teller forchildren will keep everyone entertained.

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McLean and Langleyhigh schools areknown to be rivals.Jeff Johnson, who

graduated from McLean in 1977,remembers when at least oneMcLean student poured gasolineon the grass at Langley. JackieJohnson, Jeff’s wife and a class of1980 graduate at McLean, recallsthe time when Langley spray-painted the McLean track.

But on Oct. 1, alumni from thoseschools and Bishop O’Connell HighSchool will come together for agolf tournament that supports theWalter Reed Fisher House.

“We were still friends” in highschool, said Jackie Johnson, theAlumni Golf Tourney organizer.“It’s just a fun event.”

THE MCLEAN, LANGLEYO’CONNELL Alumni Golf Tour-ney has taken place since 2005. Itcommenced as part of the Johnsoncouple’s efforts to support theWalter Reed Fisher House, whichthey learned about when deliver-ing donations to the Walter ReedArmy Medical Center. According toits Web site, the Fisher House char-ity provides a home environmentfor military families staying withan injured family member. Forty-three such houses exist in proxim-ity to military health facilities.

“Our military families are prob-ably the most deserving,” saidDoug Megill, a Sterling residentwho graduated from Langley in1979. Megill is the Langley repre-sentative for the tournament’s golfcommittee.

The competition will take placeat the Herndon Centennial Golf

Course, located on 909 FerndaleAve.

“It’s a great course,” JeffJohnson said. He hit a hole in oneon the 14th hole last year.

“We’re honored to have [thetournament],” said course super-intendent Mike Mueller. Normalpreparations are in store for theevent. Those include mowing thecourse surface and raking the bun-kers. Mueller hopes to play hostto the tournament in the future aswell.

Langley and McLean might berivals, but that did not stop stu-dents at competing schools frominteracting. Although “people splitup” when they attended differenthigh schools in the area, they “stillkept in touch,” said JamesWhittaker, a member of McLean’sclass of 1976 and one of the spon-sors for the event.

Whittaker first heard about theFisher House from the Johnsons.He agreed to play in and sponsorthe first Alumni Golf Tourney andinvited friends from other highschools to play.

Of the $100 entrance fee, $25goes directly to the Fisher House,

Jeff Johnson said. That price pro-vides players with 18 holes of golf,a golf cart, range balls, lunch anddinner and prizes.

REGISTRATION for the eventwill begin on Thursday, Oct. 1, at10:45 a.m. After a lunch, the tour-nament itself will begin at 12 p.m.with a shotgun start. An awardsceremony and dinner are plannedafter the competition.

Jackie Johnson would like to seetwo things develop for the tour-nament in the future: an increasein female participation, and addi-tional support from companies.

“We’re looking for more spon-sors,” she said.

Every school has won the eventso far, with McLean securing firstplace last year. But rivalries aside,this year’s competitors will all sup-port the same team.

“The winner will be the FisherHouse,” Jeff Johnson said.

Rivals Compete for Fisher HouseAlumni Golf Tournament brings togetherMcLean, Langley, Bishop O’Connell graduates.

Tourney at a GlanceTime and Location: Registration starts Oct. 1, at 10:45 a.m.,

at Herndon Centennial Golf Course, 909 Ferndale Ave., Herndon.Cost: $100, which includes a golf cart, lunch and dinner, range

balls and prizes.Registration and Payment: Players can find registration

forms at JJDeli, located in the Herndon Centennial clubhouse.Checks or forms should be mailed to Jackie Johnson, 1412Cuttermill Court, Herndon, VA 20170. Checks should be madepayable to MLO Golf Tourney.

Additional Information:Players will compete in teams of four. At least one team mem-

ber must be an alumnus of McLean, Langley or Bishop O’Connellhigh schools. For additional information, visit www.JJdeli.com.

Photos by Kenneth Burchfiel/The Connection

Jackie Johnson, right, has organized the Alumni GolfTourney since 2005. Jeff Johnson, her husband on theleft, is one of the sponsors for the event.

From left: Doug Megill, Jeff Johnson and JamesWhittaker display pig sculptures painted in each of thecompeting schools’ colors.

The Alumni Golf Tourneywill take place at HerndonCentennial, which sponsor

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Getting accepted into a F.D.A.-sponsored“study” (through my health care provider) todetermine the efficacy of an oral chemo medi-cation which has been successful in treatingbrain cancer and is already F.D.A.-approvedfor that purpose, but which has not yet beenapproved for the treatment of lung cancer(ergo the study); the theory being, that sincelung cancer spreads to the brain in approxi-mately 30 percent of the patients so diag-nosed, why not see if there are any preemp-tive qualities as well in the medication. Or notgetting accepted into the study (for whateverdiagnostic reasons the pharmaceutical com-pany deems me unqualified; labs, scans,physical examination) and instead follow the“standard of care” for stage IV lung cancerpatients after completion of the normal 4-6rounds of chemotherapy which is to watchand wait, basically, for 12 months.

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Drop off 7a.m.–7p.m. Mon.–Fri. and 7a.m.–5p.m. on Saturday at our Duke Street location in Alexandria or 10a.m.–9p.m. at our 7 Carpetland drop-off locations

VIENNA / Maple Ave535 Maple Avenue West

703-938-6262


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703-938-6262

ALEXANDRIA SHOWROOM3206 Duke St.

Main Cleaning & Repair Plant

SPRINGFIELD Carpetland6347 Rolling Rd703-752-1931

KINGSTOWNE Carpetland6844 Franconia Rd

703-644-4200

BAILEYS Carpetland5520-A Leesburg Pike

703-845-7999

MANASSAS Carpetland8124 Sudley Road

703-392-7777

HERNDON Carpetland1060 Elden Street703-787-8001

ALEXANDRIA Carpetland3230 Duke Street703-751-1006

POTOMAC MILLS Drop-Off2317 Potomac Mills Circle

703-490-3334


703-938-6262

ALEXANDRIA SHOWROOM3206 Duke St.

Main Cleaning & Repair Plant

SPRINGFIELD Carpetland6347 Rolling Rd703-752-1931

KINGSTOWNE Carpetland6844 Franconia Rd

703-644-4200

BAILEYS Carpetland5520-A Leesburg Pike

703-845-7999

MANASSAS Carpetland8124 Sudley Road

703-392-7777

HERNDON Carpetland1060 Elden Street703-787-8001

ALEXANDRIA Carpetland3230 Duke Street703-751-1006

POTOMAC MILLS Drop-Off2317 Potomac Mills Circle

703-490-3334

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