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Volunteers GatherFor Worship and WorkNews, Page 5

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Our Neighbor’s Child volunteers march in the parade.

At the bake sale outside St. John’s Episcopal Church are (standing,from left) the Rev. Carol Hancock and Val Tucker and (sitting, fromleft) Kristen Tucker and Durinda Smith.

Pirates, Parade, Scouts and FunCentreville Day was Saturday, Oct. 15. More Photos, Page 4

Pirates for Sail kicked off the day’s live entertainment.

Children dip strings in wax to makecandles.

GMU history professor Ted McCord in Mt.Gilead’s 1785 dining room.

Girl Scouts pose for a photo during the parade.

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ONC, Kim Recognized at Centreville Day

Kathy Smith honoring Yom Kim during CentrevilleDay.

From left are Kathy Smith with ONC’s Kelly Lavin,Nicole Rogers, and John O’Neill.

Each year, the Centreville Day Plan-ning Committee recognizes indi-viduals or organizations makinga difference in Centreville. This

year’s awards, presented by SupervisorKathy Smith (D-Sully) on Saturday, Oct. 15,went to Yom Chu Kim, Citizen of the Year,and Our Neighbor’s Child (ONC), NonprofitCitizen of the Year.

Kim is active in the Centreville Immigra-tion Forum, the Centreville Day PlanningCommittee, in his Virginia Run communityand especially in the Korean Central Pres-byterian Church.

In 2013, he received a Community Cham-pion award from Volunteer Fairfax for hiscontributions to improving life in FairfaxCounty.

ONC was founded in 1992, when a fewfriends joined together to help fulfill the

Christmas wishes of a dozen or so childrenin Centreville. As western Fairfax County

grew, so did ONC; and today, 400 volun-teers provide new toys and clothing to more

than 2,000 local children in need.— Bonnie Hobbs

Cub Scout Pack 2525 shows its patriotism. Cub Scout Pack 864 has fun in the parade.

Vendors Mike Slater and wife TinaJones sell holiday decorationsmade from recycled wood. Charlie Anderson gives fencing lessons during Centreville Day.

Vendor Carol Fleurette withchildren’s books she wrote andillustrated, plus hand-crochetedcaps and animals.

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By Bonnie Hobbs

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Besides feeding the soul, churchescan also feed the body — literally.And on Sunday, Sept. 25, mem-bers of Centreville United Meth-

odist Church (CUMC) did just that.Partnering with Stop Hunger Now, they

took turns during their two Sunday servicesto package 30,000 meals in the church’s rec-reation and outreach center. They also as-sembled 50 water filters for the organiza-tion, Wine to Water, which provides cleanwater to people in need.

Similarly, Stop Hunger Now gets food andlife-saving aid to the world’s most vulner-able people. Established in 1998, it’s alreadyprovided more than 225 million meals in74 countries. And the CUMC members werehappy to lend a hand.

It’s fun for our whole family to do,” saidJohannah Evans. “We’ve very blessed andfortunate, so we want to help others whoaren’t and share the love of God whereverwe can.”

Each meal contained rice, soy protein,dehydrated vegetables — tomato, onion,bell pepper and celery — plus a vitaminsachet with 21 different vitamins and min-erals geared specifically for malnourished

They measure, weighand package food forStop Hunger Now.

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Christopher Thoennes, 13, pours acup of ice into a funnel leading toa plastic bag, while Joe Estabrookslooks on.


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Opinion

By Phillip A.

Niedzielski-Eichner

As a businessman here inFairfax and a former mem-ber of the Fairfax County

School Board, I write on behalf ofa coalition of thousands ofhomeowners, parents, teachers,firefighters, police, friends andusers of our libraries and our parksand recreation facilities, and thosewho belong to churches and non-profit organizations working to

ensure thatFairfax Countyalso protectsthose in need

[www.yesmealstax.org].Here since 1988, I have always

valued Fairfax’s pragmatic ap-proach to local government ser-vices; i.e., we will pay for the costof an excellent education systemand high-quality services as longas the cost is reasonable and af-fordable.

Hit with the double whammy ofthe great recession and the federalbudget sequestration fiasco, theBoard of Supervisors and SchoolBoard did what they had to dounder the circumstances — theycut costs and reduced services.

The county reduced annual ex-penditures by $300 million andeliminated 700 jobs; for the schoolsystem, $500 million and 2,100jobs.

The maintenance backlog hasgrown to over $150 million in rec-reation and park facilities alone.

We are spending less in real dol-lars per pupil this year than in2008. We are losing our best teach-ers to surrounding jurisdictions,because salaries are no longercompetitive in the region. Classsizes are larger.

Economic recovery has beenslow. While home values havegrown modestly, vacancies in of-fice buildings are at a 25-year highand revenue from commercialproperty tax is at historic lows.

Compounding our challenge,state funding — particularly forschools — continues to decline,with a funding shortfall for K-12

education climbing to more than$1 billion annually since 2009.

With 65 percent of county rev-enue now being generated by resi-dential property tax, homeownersare carrying a substantial andgrowing share of the cost of ser-vices.

Without a more diverse revenuebase, we risk school system excel-lence and we risk the caliber ofcounty services that underpin ourquality of life. In an article earlierthis year, the Washington Postcharacterized this reality as Fairfax“fraying around the edges.”

This is the setting for the mealstax referendum before us on Nov.8.

Five great things will happen byapproving the meals tax:

1. $100 million will be gener-ated. Almost a third of this rev-enue — $28 million — will be paidby tourists and visitors to Fairfax.

2. Seventy percent of the rev-enues will be directed to the schoolsystem to help stem the loss of ourbest teachers and reduce class size.

3. Our quality of life will bestrengthened by addressing unmetpolice and firefighter needs andthose of our libraries and parks.

4. The backlog in county andschool facility and infrastructuremaintenance needs can be re-duced, while also preserving ourAAA bond rating.

5. Our tax base will be more di-verse, relieving property tax pres-sure on homeowners.

Incredibly, Fairfax can do thesegreat things by paying pennies-on-the-dollar when we eat out. Fewof us ever notice paying ArlingtonCounty, Fairfax City, Falls Churchand Vienna when we eat in theirrestaurants, yet we do. If you agreethat it is important to keep the bestteachers in our classrooms, reduceclass size, continue to protect oursafety and maintain our quality oflife; and finally — if you believewe need to be less dependent onhomeowners to pay for all of theabove — it is clear that we shouldvote yes for the meals tax. It’s lit-erally a pennies-on-the-dollar so-lution.

Yes to the Meals TaxReduces reliance on property tax.

Commentary

By Pat Herrity

Springfield District Supervisor

I have been opposed to themeals tax from the start, butwhat has concerned me most

over the last several months hasbeen the tactics used to try to con-vince our residents to vote for itand the county’s failure to dealwith its spending problems. Iwould like to offer some clarity onthese points and why I am against

the meals tax.The propo-

nents of themeals tax in-sist the tax is

for teachers’ salaries and tax re-lief. In fact, the ballot language ref-erencing schools and tax relief wasselected because it was the lan-guage that passed in other coun-ties in Virginia and according toone supervisor “we need to use thelanguage that will get it passed.”In reality, the Board of Supervisorswill decide in April during the bud-get process how much fundinggoes to schools and then theSchool Board will decide howmuch funding goes to teacherraises and class size reductions.Despite the Board of Supervisorsfully funding the School Board’sfunding request last year, the fundswere not focused on fixing ourteacher salary issues.

If it passes, the meals tax willjust be an additional $100 milliontax on top of the $100M in taxesthe board passed earlier this year(over my opposition). In the lastfive years, real estate taxes alonehave increased 25 percent and sky-rocketed by $565 million. As Ihave debated proponents of themeals tax over the last severalmonths, there has been almostuniversal acknowledgement thatFairfax County has a spendingproblem. For example, FairfaxCounty offers its 35,000-pluscounty and school employees and

administrators’ unparalleled andunsustainable pensions and pre-social security benefits that evensurrounding jurisdictions do notpay. Despite my efforts to addressthis and other spending problems,there is no plan in place to addressthese unsustainable costs and ben-efits. The meals tax is a bad wayto kick the can of addressing ourspending problems down the road.

The meals tax is also bad wayto address a spending problembecause it is a regressive tax thattargets a single industry and dis-proportionately hits those who canleast afford it — the elderly, singleworking parents, young students,and people without other options.It is not a white tablecloth restau-rant tax; it is a food tax. The mealstax would be on top of the currentsales tax resulting in a 10 percenttotal tax on any prepared food,including the rotisserie chickenfrom the grocery store, the foun-tain drink from the conveniencestore, your morning coffee, andyour food truck purchases. It isalso a tax on a single industry —one that only has a 3 percent profitmargin on average. This means themeals tax will result in the gov-ernment making more money offof a restaurant than the restaurantitself makes in profit. This is fun-damentally wrong. Restaurantsnot only provide thousands ofyoung adults with their first job,they also give back to the commu-nity through sponsorships anddonations.

Fairfax County voters have adecision to make. Do we settle forbudget deficits and tax increasesyear after year, or do we send amessage that enough is enoughand it is time to address spendingissues? I sympathize for those whosupport the tax; the Board of Su-pervisors and School Board haveled them to believe that the mealstax is some sort of silver bullet totheir budget and teacher salarieswoes. Simply put, it is not.

Pat Herrity represents the SpringfieldDistrict on the Fairfax County Board ofSupervisors.

No to the Meals TaxA food tax is nota silver bullet.

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Letters

HeartfeltThanksTo the Editor:

Given such glorious weather, itwas impossible for Centreville Dayto be anything other than success-ful. Centreville Day may not be ahuge event, but it has a big heart.

The Centre View does a wonder-ful job of covering Centreville Day,but here are someacknowledgements you may notbe aware of: we rely on the sup-port of Supervisor Kathy Smithand the Sully District Police De-partment and we thank them sin-cerely for it. The support of oursponsors and vendors also makethe day possible. Our heartfeltthanks to all; please see ourwebsite, www.centrevilleday.org,for a complete list.

We deeply appreciated the workof Scout Troop 577, who arrivedbefore dawn to direct traffic, parkvehicles, and help unload and setup booths. Other youthful volun-teers included students from CubRun Elementary School performedon stage while students fromStone Middle School (dressed inorange staff shirts) did numerousjobs big and small important forthe day.

Thanks to all of the wonderfulpets and their human companionsfor participating in the RotaryClub’s Second Annual Pet Paradeand to everyone who participatedin the American Legion CentrevilleDay Parade. Congratulations — ?— also go to Johnny Anderson,who was duly and unanimouslyelected Official Village Fool ofCentreville. I would be derelict ifI did not mention the members ofthe Centreville Planning Commit-tee who devote their creativity, en-ergy, enthusiasm to makingCentreville Day a great event. Ifyou are interested in joining us toplan the next Centreville Day,please contact us [email protected] .

Of course it would all be for

naught if no one came. So, manythanks to everyone who came outon the 15th. We hope you enjoyedthe 24th Centreville Day and arelooking forward to the 25th in2017.

Cheryl-Ann RepettiOn Behalf of the Centreville

Day Planning Committee

ApplaudsHOME ActTo the Editor:

Many Fairfax Countyhomeowners, like me, live inneighborhoods with communityassociations. We pay fees and as-sessments to the associations inaddition to our county real estatetaxes. I’m happy to do this, be-cause the association ensures ourcommunity is maintained andproperty values are protected. Italso provides services the countygovernment doesn’t.

That’s why I was glad to see thatU.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock co-sponsored a bill, introduced byDemocratic representatives, titledHelping Our Middle-Income Earn-ers (HOME) Act. The HOME Actwould allow homeowners earningup to $115,000 in annual incometo deduct up to $5,000 in commu-nity association fees from theirfederal tax liability. The legislationis a simple, but important step to-ward the greater goal

of comprehensive tax reform.This is part of Congresswoman

Comstock’s common sense ap-proach to improve life for all herNorthern Virginia constituents. Onmany issues, she works with bothDemocrats and Republicans toaddress our local concerns at thefederal level. She’s been instru-mental on legislation to prohibithuman trafficking, increase trans-portation infrastructure invest-ments, and improve Metro safetyand accountability, among manyothers. In addition to her work inthe Capital, she’s present all over

the 10th District, meeting withconstituents. She knows FairfaxCounty and will continue follow-ing the example of her predeces-sor, Frank Wolf, to use her officeto make Fairfax a better place tolive and work.

Robert CarlsonCentreville

SupportingVeteransTo the Editor:

The problems with veterans’health care are well documented.The heroes of our nation are be-ing forced to wait, and wait, andwait, and wait some more formuch needed medical and mentalhealth services. Perhaps most dis-concerting was the news that 30percent of calls to the VA’s suicidecrisis hotline go unanswered.That’s astounding – and unaccept-able.

As someone who has spent thepast 17 years striving to improvethis country’s health care system,particularly for veterans, I knowhow to spot leadership. BarbaraComstock puts our service mem-bers and veterans first, proudlysupporting legislation to reducesuicides and make sure that everyveteran in trouble gets their callanswered right away.

Comstock has always been anadvocate for our men and womenin military. She supported legisla-tion to give our troops a pay raiseand voted to boost defense spend-ing by $18 billion. Those muchneeded resources will help mod-ernize our military. We can’t expectour troops to win 21st centurywars with 20th century equip-ment.

I’m grateful to BarbaraComstock for her support of ourveterans and our military. She’searned my vote in November.

David BergmanCentreville


By Marilyn Campbell

Centre View

While Colleen K. Vesely haswatched televised debatesand political events withher children throughout

this election season, an event during whichthe American Civil Rights movement wasdiscussed stands out. It was a concept her3-year-old daughter didn’t grasp, of course.But Vesely used the moment as opportunityto start guiding her children through thisyear’s election season.

“I asked her to think about what she mightdo if someone at school was being mean toone of her friends, to which, she promptlyreplied, ‘I’d tell them to stop being meanand that I don’t like it,’” said Vesely, an as-sistant professor of early childhood educa-tion and human development and familyscience at George Mason University. “Elec-tions offer opportunities to consider theimportance of service and standing up fordemocratic principles. … However, the toneof this general election season is different.”

Still, Vesely and other educators say thatwhile election cycles typically offer fami-lies a multitude of opportunities for con-versations about civics and discussions ofdemocracy, navigating the current politicalclimate requires added dexterity.

Use the election season to facilitate con-versations in a way that is relatable to chil-dren based on their age and experiences,advises Vesely. “By … discussing the differ-ent issues … parents with school-age andolder children can use the election seasonas an opportunity to expand their children’sthinking in relation to current social issuesand history,” she said. “Parents can use theelection as fodder to hone their children’scritical thinking skills with real-life issuesby helping them critique candidates’ opin-ions” as well as “understand different pointsof view on a variety of issues and developtheir persuasive arguments.” This is an ex-

ercise Vesely has used with her own chil-dren.

“During primary season, my 6-year-oldand I watched a number of the candidates’speeches,” she said. “We talked about theissues and each person as a human being.… I offered reasons as to why I admired(some of) the candidates.”

Focusing on citizenship and character isa strategy Vesely advises parents to use withchildren who are preschool-age andyounger: “Parents might discuss what itmeans to be a good citizen in their home,”she said. “For example, helping put awaytheir toys when they are done playing, be-ing nice to their classmates, helping theirfriends and teacher.”

Similarly, local schools are developingcreative ways to fit the Nov. 8 election intotheir lesson plans. For example, “since stu-dents are only in middle school for onepresidential election, Norwood School takesadvantage of this opportunity to help stu-dents begin to understand how to go aboutcomparing candidates’ positions on basic is-sues, and also to help them understand howthe presidential election process works,”said Michele Claeys, associate head ofschool and head of middle school, NorwoodSchool in Potomac, Md.

To help students learn to understand is-sues and evaluate and compare candidates,teachers work together to create age-appro-priate mini-lessons about candidates’ posi-tions on a small number of issues. “Studentswill explore and discuss — not debate —the issues, and learn how to find additionalinformation on their own if they are inter-ested,” said Claeys.

On Election Day, middle school studentswill participate in a mock election designedto help them understand how the electoralprocess works. They will be divided intogroups of different sizes with different num-bers of electoral votes, representing eachof the 50 states. “After both the real andmock elections, teachers will use the results

to illustrate how the process works,” saidClaeys. “Throughout these lessons, ouremphasis will be on respectful dialogue andconsideration of multiple perspectives andexperiences.”

Educators at BASIS In-dependent School inMcLean are teaching stu-dents about the politicalprocess by linking it to theselection of the school’smascot. By allowing stu-dents to choose a symbolto represent the school,teachers hope to initiatea broad conversationabout awareness, empa-thy and other values.

“Especially for our younger students, con-versations about how a mascot representsthe qualities and values of our school servesas a good metaphor for the more seriousrepresentation in political contexts,” saidSean Aiken, head of school. “Some studentsprefer traditional mascots to give our schoola sense of familiarity and camaraderie.Some want less common mascots to set usapart from other schools and celebrate ourindividuality.”

The lesson will involve the entire studentbody. “We ask our older students to gener-ate ideas that take even our youngest 3-year-olds into account so we can unite as awhole school and not just play to specific‘special interests,” said Aiken.

“The exercise serves as an impetus forposing thought-provoking questions to thestudents,” says Aiken. “Should we identifyourselves as humorous, serious, fierce?” heasks. “What will happen if the greater num-bers of students in the middle school prefera mascot that the much smaller number ofsophomores do not prefer? Should we usesome sort of delegate system or stick withpopular vote? How will we feel if our topchoice for mascot ultimately is not selected,and what is the appropriate response to that

feeling? Does our choice of mascot repre-sent not just our current community butthose who will join us in the future?”

The activities, says Aiken, open the doorfor conversations aboutfairness and frustrationin ways that are mean-ingful and age appropri-ate, and that can be putinto the context of thecurrent election season.“While our situation asa brand-new school issomewhat unique, theidea of mascot represen-tation weaves throughour whole society andcould certainly be used

to frame a conversation between studentsand their families about tone, identity andcooperation,” he said.

Parents should also be aware of the waysthe election is affecting their own emotionalstates and thus their families. “As I watchthe presidential debates and continue toread the media coverage of the election, Ifind myself in an agitated and anxious emo-tional state,” said Vesely. “This heightenedemotional state with feelings of stress andagitation can spill over into family relation-ships, leaving us less present and sensitivein our interactions with our children andpartners.”

Choose the information children are ex-posed to thoughtfully and be prepared forquestions, say experts. “The 2016 generalelection season [has been] described bysome as dark and more negative than anyof the recent past elections,” Vesely said.“We want to encourage our children’s par-ticipation in the political process, but … itcan sometimes be ugly and hurtful.”

Shielding children doesn’t mean ignoringnegativity entirely, however. “Parents shouldbe prepared to talk through what childrenmight hear from other children on the play-ground or at school,” Vesely said.

Discussing the Election with ChildrenLocal educators offer suggestions for navigating a complicated political climate.

“Parents can usethe election asfodder to hone theirchildren’s criticalthinking skills .…”

— Colleen K. Vesely, Ph.D.,George Mason University.

By Will Palenscar

Centre View

The Bulldogs of Westfield hosted theRobinson Rams in a Conference 5matchup on Friday, Oct. 14.

Robinson came in winning once in their lastfour games, while Westfield had won twoof their last four games. The Bulldogs hadnot lost consecutive games since 2010 whenthey lost against Robinson and the follow-ing week with Chantilly.

Robinson would strike first in the firstquarter when Alex Miller ran in from 1 yardand, after a missed extra point, Robinsonwas up 6-0.

Westfield would answer nearly halfwaythrough the opening quarter when Ivory

Much Depended on Delaney’s Foot Westfield defeatsRobinson, 29-28.

Frimpong took a pass from RehmanJohnson for 70 yards. After a Brian Delaneykick, Westfield took a 7-6 advantage.

Robinson countered with 1:17 to go whenJacquez Stewart ran it in. Fol-lowing a successful 2 pointconversion by Roman Lowery,Robinson held a 14-7 advan-tage.

In the 2nd quarter Westfield BrianDelaney kicked a field goal to pull Westfieldcloser 14-10.

In the 3rd quarter Delaney kicked his sec-ond field goal, and Westfield trailed 14-13.Robinson would answer once again whenRoman Lowery ran in for six more points.After a successful PAT, Robinson led 21-13.Westfield was not finished as Ivory

Frimpong scored his second TD of the game.Following a Delaney PAT, Westfield trailed21-20.

In the 4th, Robinson’s Reid Scarboroughrushed in and scored the team’s final points,and Robinson now led 28-20 with 8:25 toplay in the game. Westfield continued togrind it out. Sean Eckert would take a longreception in for a touchdown with just un-der two minutes to play in the game.Westfield now trailed 28-26. Robinsonknew what was coming — a Westfieldonside kick. Westfield is known for kickerDelaney’s deep kickoffs, but this time hewas asked to do the opposite and that hedid. Delaney kicked the ball towards theWestfield sideline which was recovered byWestfield. After a few nice runs and a

Westfield false start, Coach Kyle Simmonswas forced to call a timeout to get the cor-rect personnel in the game. Then it camedown to Delaney kicking a 45-yard fieldgoal. Just before the ball was snappedRobinson coach Mark Bendorf would tryand ice Delaney. Delaney remained on thefield during the timeout preparing for thekick. Delaney would not disappoint. Afterkicking the field goal, Delaney and team-mates ran toward the other end zone to con-gratulate him. Westfield completed thecomeback and defeated Robinson 29-28.With the win Westfield improves to (5-2)(2-0), while Robinson falls to (3-4) (1-2).Westfield will face crosstown rivalCentreville (6-1) (2-0). Robinson will faceHerndon (1-6) (0-2).

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children. The volunteers measured andweighed each packet of food, then sealed themand packed them into boxes for shipping.

Pouring a cup of rice into a funnel leadingto a plastic bag was Stone Middle Schooleighth-grader Christopher Thoennes. “I’m do-ing it for service hours for Civics and becauseit helps people who are in need,” he said.

And, added Joe Estabrooks, “It’s nice to see

he said. “It’s always good to have a global per-spective and be mindful of undernourishedpeople around the world. And, honestly, it’sfun for the families participating.”

“I’m enjoying it,” said Paik. “I’m so happy tobe here, especially with the kids. And it’s goodtraining, as God’s children, to help people sharemany things, especially food. It’s also a goodopportunity for kids to see how we can help

how quickly so much can get done when peopleare working together.”

Meanwhile, at another table nearby, Lois Parkand Eunsouk Paik measured the ingredients go-ing into each bag before Danny Chung sealedthem. “I’ve done this before at a previouschurch,” said Chung, associate pastor of theKorean United Methodist Church of Koinoniathat meets at CUMC. He’s also in charge of hiscongregation’s English ministry.

“This is my fourth or fifth time doing this,”

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Measuring food for the meal packets are (from left) BrianHesse, 11; Dwane Evans; Janie Hesse, 7; Johannah Evansand Samantha Evans, 7.

Photos by Bonnie Hobbs/Centre View

Measuring ingredients and sealing the food bags are(from left) Lois Park, Eunsouk Paik and Danny Chung.


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Volunteeringpeople, so we need this. Sometimes, wedon’t know how to do it, but this is one way.”

Lois, a sixth-grader at Willow Springs El-ementary, said, “It’s good knowing thatwe’re helping other people. It’s a long pro-cess, but it’s kind of fun.”

Packing the meals into boxes, Kevin Kimagreed, saying, “We’re helping out poorpeople.” Nearby, David Yang, with the Ko-rean church, worked with his son Michael,a junior at Centreville High.

“I’m doing quality control for each mealpackage to make sure nothing’s leaking andthat each box contains 36 packages,” saidDavid Yang. “We’re here with our wholefamily, including my wife Su and youngerson Nicholas, 11, a sixth-grader at ColinPowell Elementary. We’re doing just a smallpart. But we want to be involved in thechurch community and contribute in what-ever way we can.”

“I enjoy helping out,” added his son. “Andit felt good doing it, knowing that we’rehelping others in need. And by us packingthese meals, we’re helping them get food.”

This was CUMC’s eighth year of partici-pation in this event, and lead volunteer BillWright said things “went really well. Everyyear we find a few, more details to makethis run smoother.”

Besides church members, he said, “Wealso had Boy and Girl Scout troops that tookpart, plus a group that helped set up thevarious, packaging stations and offload theStop Hunger Now truck that arrived at 7a.m. with the materials, such as the scalesand wires for the sealing stations. Our cus-todial staff set up all the tables [in advance],and volunteers helped take it all down andclean up so the Korean church could meethere in this space, an hour after we weredone.”

“I think it’s wonderful that, on a Sundaymorning, we can gather for worship andwork,” said the Rev. Will Montgomery,CUMC’s lead pastor. “Besides putting themeals together, it was a great opportunityfor CUMC and the Korean church to join tomeet a common need. We had more than250 people combined.”

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Kevin Kim and his dad, Yong Kim,pack the rice-soy meals into a box.


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ONGOING Government Center Farmers

Market. Thursdays through Oct. 27,3-7 p.m. at Fairfax CountyGovernment Center, 12000Government Center Parkway, Fairfax.Free. Visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov.

Cox Farms Fall Festival. ThroughOct. 31, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at 16521Braddock Road, Centreville. The FallFestival features hayrides, giantslides, rope swings, the CornundrumCornfield adventure, the ImaginatureTrail, and all sorts of farm animalsand their babies. Tickets are $6-17.Visit www.coxfarms.com for more.

Fields of Fear. Through Nov. 5, 7:30-11 p.m. at Cox Farms, 16521Braddock Road, Centreville. Thefriendly Imaginature Trail takes adark turn for Fields of Fear,transforming into The Forest: Back40. The Forest has doubled in lengthfor 2016, and now consists of half amile of fear. The Forest joins twoother haunted attractions at Fields ofFear, the Dark Side Hayride and theCornightmare. The Firegroundsfeature several bonfires, a six-laneslide, music, entertainment, tastytreats, and Fear Games, including thedark maze, Nyctophobia. Tickets are$6-17. Visit www.coxfarms.com formore.

White House Ornament Sale.GFWC Western Fairfax CountyWoman’s Club is selling 2016 WhiteHouse Christmas ornaments. Thisyear’s ornament honors our 31st

President, Herbert Hoover. Theornament, inspired by a White Housefire on Christmas Eve, 1929, is a firetruck carrying a Christmas tree.Ornaments are $21. Call 703-378-6841 or 703-378- 6216. It ispossible to order previous years’ornaments.

Art Guild of Clifton Exhibit. 10a.m.-8 p.m. at Clifton Wine Shop,7145 Main St., Clifton. Includes oilpaintings of European settings;doors, windows, and flower shops.Free. Call 703-409-0919 for more.

Carolina Shag Dance. Wednesdays,6:30-10 p.m. at Arlington/FairfaxElks Lodge, 8421 Arlington Blvd.,Fairfax. Free lessons at 7:30 p.m.; nopartners needed; dinner menu at6:45 p.m. Tickets are $8. Visitwww.nvshag.org for more.

Open Rehearsal. Wednesdays, 7:30p.m. at Lord of Life church, 13421Twin Lakes Drive, Centreville. TheFairfax Jubil-Aires barbershop chorusinvites men of all ages who enjoysinging. Free. Visitwww.fairfaxjubilairs.org for more.

WEDNESDAY/OCT. 19Cancer Awareness Event. 7-10 p.m.

at Centreville High SchoolGymnasium, 6001 Union Mill Road,Clifton. Prior to the game, varsityplayers will honor loved onesfighting/fought their own cancerbattles. Susan Cestare, belovedfaculty member who passed awayfrom cancer in June, will also behonored. Tickets are $5. Call 703-655-1266.

THURSDAY-SUNDAY/OCT. 20-23Centreville Library Friends Fall

Book Sale. 3- 8:30 p.m. Thursday,10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Saturday, 1-3 p.m. Sunday atCentreville Regional Library, 14200St. Germain Drive, Centreville.Proceeds benefit the library and itspatrons. For more information callthe library at 703-830- 2223 or visitfriendsofcentrevillelibrary.blogspot.com.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY/OCT. 21-22Westfield Theatre Haunted House

Carnival. 5-8 p.m. at WestfieldHigh School, 4700 Stonecroft Blvd.,Chantilly. Face painting, costumecontests and haunted house. Ticketsare $6, $3 for carnival only. Visitwww.westfieldtheatreboosters.comfor more.

SATURDAY/OCT. 22VolunteerFest. A region-wide day of

community service helps nonprofitsaccomplish tasks they would nothave time or resources to do on theirown. Visit www.volunteerfairfax.org/individuals/volunteerfest.php formore.

Blood and Guts Run. 9:30 a.m. atBull Regional Park, 7700 Bull RunDrive, Centreville. A zombie-themed5K. Registration is $35. Visitwww.bloodandgutsrun.com for more.

Saturday at the Park. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.at Manassas National BattlefieldPark- Brownsville Picnic Pavilion,12000 William Centre Blvd.,Manassas. Join Park Rangers forhands-on discovery and explorationof the natural resources within thebattlefield. Activities include streamstudies, bird watching, archaeologydig and more. Free. Visitwww.nps.gov.mana for more.

Fall Festival and Trunk or Treat.11 a.m.-2 p.m. at The LearningExperience, 4150 Pleasant ValleyRoad, Chantilly. Trunk or treat,

bounce house, cake walk and basketraffle and more. Free. Call 703-378-7391.

Halloween Family Day: Air &Scare. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at Steven F.Udvar-Hazy Center, 14390 Air &Space Museum Parkway, Chantilly.Participate in creepy crafts, spookyscience experiments, and otherHalloween-themed activities. Arrivein costume to get into the Halloweenspirit and enjoy safe indoor trick-or-treating. Free, $15 parking. Call 703-572-4118 or visit airandspace.si.edu/udvarhazy.

Chantilly High Haunted House. 1-10 p.m. at Chantilly High School,4201 Stringfellow Road, Chantilly.Guapos and Jersey Mike’s will havefood trucks on site. Tickets are $10.Visit www.CHSHauntedHouse.comfor more.

Historic All Hallows Eve. 4 p.m.Sully Historic Site, 3650 HistoricSully Way, Chantilly. Experience thetraditions of Virginians in the 18thand 19th centuries by celebrating AllHallows Eve with story telling,fortune telling, fall foods and familygatherings. Visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/sully-historic-site.

SUNDAY/OCT. 23Fall Festival at Deepwood

Veterinary Clinic. 12-5 p.m. atDeepwood Veterinary Clinic, 7300Ordway Road, Centreville. Findgames, pet adoption and more. Free.Call 703-631-9133.

Lecture: “Learn to Pray andHeal.” 2 p.m. at Stacy C. SherwoodCommunity Center, 3740 Old LeeHighway, Fairfax. Find out how youcan “Learn to Pray and Heal” at thistalk sponsored by the ChristianScience Church. Free. Visit

www.thinkdifferentlyfairfax.com.

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY/OCT. 25-26Handbag and Luggage Sale. 8 a.m.-

4 p.m. at INOVA Fair Oaks HospitalAuxiliary, 3600 Joseph Siewick Drive,Fairfax. Free. Visit www.inova.org.

WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY/OCT. 26-29“Peter and the Starcatcher.” 7 p.m.

at Chantilly High School, 4201Stringfellow Road, Chantilly. Join theChantilly Drama Department this fallas they present Rick Elice’s play,Peter and the Starcatcher, anadaptation of an imaginative twist ona well-known story (Peter Pan).Tickets are $12. Visitwww.chantilylhsdrama.com.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY/OCT. 28-30Chantilly Library Used Book Sale.

10 a.m.-6 p.m. on Friday, 10 a.m.-5p.m. on Saturday and 1-4 p.m. onSunday at Chantilly Regional Library,4000 Stringfellow Road, Chantilly.Gently used books, DVDs, CDs andaudio books for children and adults.Sponsored by the Friends of theChantilly Regional Library. Free toattend. Call the library at 703-502-3883 or visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/events.

SATURDAY/OCT. 29CBC Fall Festival. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at

Chantilly Baptist Church, 14312Chantilly Baptist Lane, Chantilly.Free give away of clothing,household items and toys. A free carshow, health education andscreenings, food, games, andactivities for the entire family. Free.Visit www.chantillybaptist.org.

Clifton Haunted Trail. 7-10 p.m. atChapel Road, Clifton. This annualevent winds through Clifton’s 8 AcrePark. Admission is $15 for adults and$10 for children 12 and under. Visitcliftonhauntedtrail.com.

SUNDAY/OCT. 30Dancing With My Baby. 10:30-11

a.m. at NOVA Natural Birth Center,4200a Technology Court, Chantilly.Connect through movement, dance,yoga, and the expressive arts as youand your family share in learningsimple dance routines to music,practice yoga poses, relax, and createart. Admission is on “pay what youcan” basis. Visit brigittawhite.com/dancingwithmybaby for more.

WEDNESDAY/NOV. 2Civil War Forum. 7:30 p.m. at Fairfax

Station Railroad Museum, 11200Fairfax Station Road, Fairfax Station.Preservationist and formerTopographer, Ed Wenzel, will discusshis recent book, “Chronology of theCivil War in Fairfax County, Part I.”Free. Visit www.fairfax-station.org.

FRIDAY-TUESDAY/NOV. 4-8Cox Farms Fall Festival. 10 a.m.-6

p.m. at 16521 Braddock Road,Centreville. The Fall Festival featureshayrides, giant slides, rope swings,the Cornundrum Cornfieldadventure, the Imaginature Trail, andall sorts of farm animals and theirbabies. Tickets are $6-17. Visitwww.coxfarms.com for more.

SATURDAY/NOV. 515th Anniversary HomeAid

Northern Virginia Gala &Auction. 6:30-8 p.m. at WestfieldsMarriott Washington Dulles Hotel,14750 Conference Center Drive,Chantilly. HomeAid NorthernVirginia celebrates its 15thAnniversary. Tickets are $200. Visitwww.homeaidnova.org for more.

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