Springfield · 2013 Celebrate Partnerships Award Cer-emony on May 21 at the Mason Inn and Conference Center. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe speaks at the outreach

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In the summer of 2012 when most high schoolseniors are working on their college essays orlounging by the pool, Kevin Cao, a senior atThomas Jefferson High School for Science and

Technology, decided to do something different.He envisioned a service project, contacted Fairfax

County Public Library staff to gauge interest and putthe wheels in motion to create a program where olderstudents offer tutoring to younger students in com-munities where there is a significant need.

He co-founded Growth and Inspiration throughVolunteering and Education (GIVE), which encour-ages and supports “participation in community or-ganizations and other activities that address com-munity needs and opportunities.” Through GIVE, hebegan tutoring, seeking volunteer tutors, reservingrooms at five library branches and publicizing thenew service in English and Spanish.

Between October 2012 and February 2013 his part-nership with the library served more than 300 stu-dents through 1,450 tutoring sessions. If the libraryor Kevin were to charge even $15 per session, thevalue would equal more than $21,000.

Cao was recognized for his giving with the TonyGriffin Partnership Leader Award at this year’s Cel-ebrate Partnerships Awards Ceremony on May 21.The event is hosted by Fairfax County and FairfaxCounty Public Schools.

“Even at his young age, Kevin Cao exemplifies whatwe all seek in a community leader, someone withvision, compassion and the wherewithal to take anidea and make it happen for the benefit of people,not just our family or our friends or even ourselves,but to create partnerships that benefit the commu-nity as a whole,” said Tony Griffin, former FairfaxCounty Executive.

Cao was one of 12 individuals and groups hon-ored at the event, held at the Mason Inn and Confer-ence Center.

More than 55 businesses and community groupswere nominated for these annual awards, which fo-cus on individuals and groups who partner withFairfax County and FCPS to give back to the com-munity in which they work and live.

The event was attended by more than 380 peoplewho heard from Fairfax County Chairman SharonBulova, Fairfax County School Board Chair IlryongMoon, Deputy Division Superintendent Richard

Moniuszko and Fairfax County Director Rob Staltzer.“Hundreds of our local business and individuals

are giving their time, talent and resources as part-ners in the community. When businesses, the County,FCPS and the local nonprofits team up everybody isa winner,” said Patricia Stevens, Executive Director,Fairfax County Office of Public Private Partnerships.

“Together with Fairfax County, we are continuallyamazed at the generosity and talent our partnersprovide on a daily basis. These partnerships posi-tively impact our community’s youth, which I pre-dict will create a better tomorrow,” said Jay Garant,Coordinator, Business and Community Partnerships,Fairfax County Public Schools.

—Victoria Ross

Winners❖ OP3 Award WinnersSmall Business Resource Champion: Comstock PartnersBlue Ribbon Partnership: Partnership for a Healthier FairfaxCommunity Resource Connector: A Way ForwardMedia/Communications Partnership: UnivisionLarge Business Resource Champion: TargetTony Griffin Partnership Leader: Kevin Cao, Thomas Jefferson

High School❖ Fairfax County Public Schools Award WinnersBlue Ribbon Mentoring: Providence Elementary School❖ Blue Ribbon Outstanding Event: Exxon Mobil

Corporation, Micron Technology, Northrop GrummanInformation Systems, Noblis, SRC Inc.

❖ Blue Ribbon Workforce Development: DoD CIO & IT/TM

❖ Community Partner of the Year: Fairfax SymphonyOrchestra

❖ Business Partner of the Year: Time Warner Cable❖ Bruce Oliver Leadership Award (Business): Judy

Hubka, Exxon Mobil Corporation❖ Bruce Oliver Leadership Award (Community): Evan

Glazer, FCPS Thomas Jefferson High School for Science andTechnology

Celebrating PartnershipsFairfax County, FCPS honor12 public-private partnersduring awards ceremony.

Kevin Cao, a senior at ThomasJefferson High School, receivesthe Tony Griffin PartnershipLeader award at the 2013Celebrate Partnerships AwardCeremony on May 21 at theMason Inn and ConferenceCenter. Former County Execu-tive Tony Griffin and SharonBulova, chairman of theFairfax County Board of Super-visors, applaud Cao’s initiativein co-founding GIVE, Growthand Inspiration through Volun-teering and Education, atutoring program.

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Frost Middle School’s Advanced Women’sEnsemble sang the National Anthem at the2013 Celebrate Partnerships Award Cer-emony on May 21 at the Mason Inn andConference Center.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffespeaks at the outreach event in Lorton.

Democrats FocusOn 2013 ElectionsM

t. Vernon Democratsheld an event to gettheir 2012 volun-

teers focused on this year’s elec-tions on May 15 at the Pane eVino Ristorante in Lorton. Over85 people attended to showtheir support and listen to thecandidates. It also gave the vol-unteers a chance to meet Demo-cratic gubernatorial candidateTerry McAuliffe and the twocandidates seeking the Demo-cratic nod on June 11 for attor-ney general, Justin Fairfax andMark Herring.

Also in attendance was oneof the candidates for lt. gover-nor, Aneesh Chopra, and sev-eral local elected delegates in-cluding Del. Mark Sickles, Del.Vivian Watts and Del. ScottSurovell.

Attorney general candidate Mark Herring talks tovolunteers.

Lt. governor candidateAneesh Chopra speaks atthe outreach event atPane e Vino Ristorante inLorton.

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Every summer, bookloversand bargain hunters ea-gerly await the Friends of

the Richard Byrd Library booksale, one of the largest in the re-gion with more than 10,000books, many in pristine condition.

While the sale always includesa diverse array of books, this saleincludes something extra: bookswith a mysterious past.

“The mystery began in late De-cember when a truck pulled up tothe back of Richard Byrd Libraryto deliver more than 400 profes-sionally packed books,” said Chris-tine Peterson, president of theFriends of Richard Byrd Library.

“No one noticed any lettering onthe truck to indicate where it camefrom. As the Friends of the Rich-ard Byrd Library team unpacked,they realized they were looking atnew, beautiful books,” Petersonsaid.

She said books from the myste-rious donor include volumes onart, decorating, cooking, history

and many other topics.“While shoppers always find

treasures at our sale, this time thetreasures will be even more boun-tiful,” Peterson said, adding thatshe still does not know who deliv-ered the books.

The sale begins Thursday, May30, at 3 p.m. and runs throughJune 1 at the Richard Byrd Library,7250 Commerce St. Proceeds ben-efit the library’s summer pro-

grams.“Whether you want beautiful

birthday, graduation and Father’sDay book gifts on a budget or va-cation and summer reading for thewhole family, you will find some-thing at our sale,” Peterson said.For more information, go towww.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/friends/rb/.

—Victoria Ross

Members of the Lee High School Tennis Team un-loaded hundreds of crates of books for the RichardByrd Mystery Book Sale beginning Thursday, May 30.

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Lynbrook Elementary First to Fly Air Quality Flags

Raul Rodrigez and Michelle Rodrigez, students at Lynbrook Elementary, hangair quality flags as part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s SchoolFlag Program, which help teachers and students know what the air quality isexpected to be daily. The school is the first in the county to adopt the program.

Lynbrook Elementary School, in part-nership with TrailsforYouth.Org, israising special, colored flags everymorning to help teachers, students

and members of the community be aware ofdaily air quality conditions. The effort is partof the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’sSchool Flag Program. Lynnbrook is the firstpublic school in Fairfax County to start a newflag program to identify air quality pollutiondays to help students and the community tostay healthy.

Lynbrook Elementary School, located inSpringfield, is a title-1 school with almost 85percent free/reduced lunch program attend-ees. Assistant Principal Shirley Shannon saidLynbrook works continuously to support thewell being of each of its students, and theprogram is an extension of those efforts.

Each day, the student patrols at Lynbrookwill raise a flag based on the color of the AirQuality Index (AQI) to show how polluted theair is expected to be. By comparing the col-ored flags to the AQI, families and teacherswill know whether to limit, allow or preventoutdoor exertion for “sensitive groups,” de-fined as children and those who have asthma.

The code for the colored flags: green meansgood air quality, yellow means moderate, or-ange is “unhealthy for sensitive groups,” andred means the air is unhealthy for everyone.A purple flag means sensitive groups shouldavoid all outdoor exertion and everyone else

should limit outdoor exertion.Julie Childers, executive director of Trails for

Youth.org, said a second Springfield school,Springfield Estates, has signed up for the pro-gram as well. “Springfield Estates is also start-ing the air quality flag program very soon, theyare getting their flags early this week,” wroteChilders in an email to the Connection on Mon-day, May 13.

Trails for Youth.Org is a nonprofit 501(c)3organization that mentors at-risk youth andprovides opportunities for children to experi-ence nature along with the joys and healthbenefits of being active outdoors. For moreinformation on their program, go towww.trailsforyouth.org.

—Chelsea H. Bryan

Area Roundups

StudentAthletes WinScholarships

Twelve FCPS studentshave been named winners ofscholarships by the NorthernVirginia Athletic Directors,Administrators, and CoachesAssociation (NVADACA).Each of the recipients willreceive a $2,000 scholarship;awards will be presented atthe organization’s annualscholarship awards cer-emony at 9:30 a.m. on Tues-day, June 4, at the Waterfordat Fair Oaks. Winners areDrew Bonner of Fairfax High;Alyssa Harrison, AlexandraHunter and Megan Moody ofLake Braddock Secondary;Sophia Kim of Lee High;Kelsey Ross of Madison High;Caitlin Jaeckel and ElizabethLowery of Stuart High; Ji Kimand Patrick O’Connor of Tho-mas Jefferson High School forScience and Technology; andAndrew Chang and LauraDunn of Woodson High.

Send notes to the Connection [email protected] or call703-778-9416. Deadline is Friday. Datedannouncements should be submitted atleast two weeks prior to the event.

Friends of Music and the Arts at St.Andrew’s holds a Service of Contem-plation and Prayer in the Style ofTaizé on Sunday, June 2, at 7:30 p.m.,at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 6509Sydenstricker Road, Burke. The servicecombines meditative music, readings,prayers and silence to allow the partici-pant to quiet his or her soul andencounter the divine. Child care will beprovided for younger children; olderchildren and teens are encouraged toparticipate in the service.

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

Lord of Life Lutheran offers ser-vices at two locations, in Fairfax at 5114Twinbrook Road and in Clifton at 13421Twin Lakes Drive. Services in Fairfax areheld on Saturdays at 5:30 p.m. and Sun-days at 8:15, 9:45 and 11:15 a.m.Services in Clifton are held on Sundaysat 8:15 and 10:30 a.m. 703-323-9500 orwww.Lordoflifeva.org.

First Baptist Church of Spring-field offers Sunday school at 9:15 a.m.,followed by a 10:30 a.m. worship serviceat 7300 Gary St., Springfield. 703-451-1500 or www.fbcspringfield.org.

Clifton Presbyterian Church,12748 Richards Lane, Clifton, offers

Faith Notes

Sunday worship services at 8:30 a.m.and 11 a.m. Nursery care is provided.Christian education for all ages is at9:45 a.m. 703-830-3175.

St. Andrew the Apostle CatholicChurch, 6720 Union Mill Road, Clifton,conducts Sunday masses at 7:30 a.m.,8:45 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Italso offers a Saturday vigil at 5:30 p.m.and a Thursday Latin mass at 7 p.m.703-817-1770 or www.st-andrew.org.

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

Kirkwood Presbyterian Church,8336 Carrleigh Parkway in Springfield,supports a Mothers of Preschoolers(MOPS) program on the first and thirdWednesday of each month. Meetings are9:30-11:30 a.m. at the church. All moth-ers and children are welcome. Theprogram provides mothers an opportu-nity to get to know other mothersthrough discussions and craft activities.Register. 703-451-5320.

JCCNV Mother’s Circle pro-gram, for women who are not Jewishbut are raising Jewish children. Freeeducation in Jewish rituals, practicesand values, while respecting theparticipant’s choice to retain her ownreligious identity. Jewish CommunityCenter of Northern Virginia, 8900 LittleRiver Turnpike in Fairfax. ContactLaurie Albert, 703-537-3064 [email protected].


Opinion

Don’t Be Among the MissingLast time Virginia elected a governor, 1.7 millionvoters failed to vote after voting the previous year.

Editorial

In 2008, 74.5 percent of Virginia’s regis-tered voters turned out to vote in thepresidential election. In 2009, the lasttime Virginians elected a governor, lieu-

tenant governor, attorney general and mem-bers of the House of Delegates, just 40.4 per-cent of registered voters came out to vote.

That is to say that 1.7 million voters wentmissing in the commonwealth.

Last November, more than 70 percent ofVirginia’s registered votersturned out. Will this Novembersee 40 percent or less? Choicesat the statewide level could

hardly be more stark, and low turnout willmake the outcome unpredictable.

It’s a mistake for people offended by the inflam-matory and derogatory rhetoric by the Republi-can nominee for lieutenant governor, E.W. Jack-son, to think that he is unelectable in Virginia orthat his negatives will make Ken Cuccinelli, Re-publican nominee for governor, unelectable.

It all depends on who turns out to vote.As an example, in November 2007, incum-

bent state Sen. Ken Cuccinelli (R-37) won re-election by less than one-half of a percentagepoint, with an edge of just 92 votes out of37,185 ballots cast, beating Democrat JanetOleszek. Approximately 32 percent of regis-tered voters in the 37th District cast ballots atthe polls in that election. Imagine what mightbe different today if that race had gone differ-ently. Cuccinelli was first elected to the Vir-ginia Senate in 2002 in a special election.

Primary June 11Primary Election Day is Tuesday, June 11,

with absentee voting currently underway.Voters in the Democratic primary will choose

between Ralph S. Northam and Aneesh Choprafor lieutenant governor; and between Mark R.Herring and Justin E. Fairfax for attorney general.

In Fairfax County, there is also Democraticprimary for District 86, between JenniferBoysko and Herb Kemp, with the winner fac-ing incumbent Tom Rust (R).

The polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

on June 11.Good sources for information on upcoming

elections:Virginia State Board of Elections,

www.sbe.virginia.gov/,Virginia Public Access Project,

www.vpap.org/candidates?display=state,Fairfax County Board of Elections,

w w w. f a i r f a x c o u n t y. g o v / e l e c t i o n s /ecalendar.htm,

City of Fairfax Board of Elections,w w w. f a i r f a x v a . g o v / R e g i s t r a r /GeneralRegistrar.asp.

Father’s Day PhotosFather’s Day is June 16, and as in years past,

The Connection will publish a gallery of pho-tos of fathers, grandfathers, great grandfathersand sons and daughters. Send your photos,including names of everyone in the photo, agesof children, town of residence and a brief de-scription of what is happening [email protected].

— Mary Kimm

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Reform the ReformsReform would re-direct education expectations toensure that every child becomes a successful learner.

Commentary

By Kenneth R. “Ken” Plum

State Delegate (D-36)

Anyone with a sibling orwith two or more childrenknows how different chil-

dren are. Within the same familythere are differences in interests,aptitude, personality and tempera-ment. These differences areamong the things that make youngchildren unique and special. Thatis, until they get into the publiceducation stream. Standards setby local, state and now federal of-ficials create a mold each child isexpected to fit into. Not unlike araw material fed into one end ofthe school factory, the children areexpected to come out the otherend as a defined product. Teach-

ers are the assembly-line workerswith strict product specificationstheir students are expected tomeet with the teacher’s rate of payincreasingly dependent upon thestudents’ performance. Qualitycontrol is the high stakes, stan-dardized testing that has increas-ingly been encroaching on instruc-tional time. Too often lost in theprocess are the special qualities ofchildren that allow them to singand dance with great success; touse their hands and minds to cre-ate, repair and assemble; or toponder, write and imagine. Theseskills simply do not fit onto a fill-in-the-bubbles answer sheet.

Schools virtually close down in-struction this time of year for theannual standardized tests. Anxiety

rises for children who can no doubtsense it from their parents and theschool staff. The race is on to provethe impossible of having everyonebe above average. No space is leftfor the individual child for underthe current system every child asan individual is left behind.

I am not alone in my beliefs.Diane Ravitch, a former assistantsecretary of education who helpedput together the No Child Left Be-hind program has written a booktitled, The Death and Life of theGreat American School System:How Testing and Choice Are Un-dermining Education. RichardRothstein’s new book, GradingEducation: Getting AccountabilityRight argues that the current fo-cus on basic skills is narrowing thecurriculum allowing schools to gethigher test scores without supply-ing better education. Linda Dar-ling-Hammond in her book TheFlat World and Education: HowAmerica’s Commitment to EquityWill Determine Our Future re-views what the top-performingschool systems around the worlddo to get results. She concludes it

is building a strong, experiencedstaff with an emphasis on a rich,well-balanced curriculum in thearts and sciences. Finland, thehighest performing nation, doesnot rely on testing.

Increasingly testing has been arelatively cheap and quick way forpoliticians to say they are work-ing for better schools, but the sys-tem they have built is faulty anddoes not encourage future learn-ing or creativity. Reforming manyof the past reforms would notlower our expectations; it wouldre-direct them to ensuring thatevery child was a successfullearner who would be able to suc-ceed in a changing world.

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Paige Britton , a freshman atAnnandale High School is the “OffensivePlayer of the Patriot District” and Chris-tina Nagel , a junior at WestSpringfield High School, is the “Defen-sive Player of the District.” Both wererecognized on May 10 at the Patriot Dis-trict Championship game betweenWoodson and Lake Braddock, alongwith the First Team All-District Nomi-nees.

Alex Horvath of Fairfax Station, asenior at Lake Braddock SecondarySchool, won a scholarship from the USstate department to study in NizhnyNovgorod, Russia for the summer.

Andrew Poirier of Springfieldgraduated from Radford University onMay 11, 2013 with a Bachelor of Busi-ness Administration degree inmarketing and a Bachelor of Sciencedegree in information science and sys-tems. He also was named to the dean’slist for the spring 2013 semester.

Amitabh Joshi, of Clifton, is a re-gional finalist for the 40th StudentAcademy Awards. A graduate of theNew School of Northern Virginia andDickinson College in Pennsylvania,Amitabh is currently in the MFA pro-gram for social documentary film atSVA. His film, “Wonder Workshop,” waschosen for contention in the documen-tary category of the Student AcademyAwards. The film was screened in LosAngeles at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater

on Tuesday, May 7, if notified that hehas been chosen as a National Finalist,Amitabh will return to Los Angeleswhere on Saturday, June 8, the winners

Paige Britton and Christina Nagel at the final PatriotDistrict Championship game between Woodson and LakeBraddock on May 10, where the girls were recognizedalong with the First Team All-District nominees.

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The Fairfax Symphony Orchestra(FSO) was awarded the 2013 Com-munity Partner of the Year for itseducation partnership with FairfaxCounty Public Schools (FCPS) at aCelebrate Partnerships event onMonday, May 20 at George MasonUniversity’s Conference Center andHotel. The Fairfax Symphony andFairfax County Public Schools for-malized a partnership agreement inOctober 2010, expanding a rela-tionship that the 56-year-old FSOand FCPS have had for more than30 years. Through this partnership,the Fairfax Symphony provideseducation programs directly to theschools. The SCORE program, of-fered to fifth-12th grade band andorchestra students, brings FSOmusicians and an orchestral con-ductor into the classroom to pro-vide one on-one mentoring and in-structional opportunities, and tosupport the classroom teacher andhis/her musical goals and mile-stones. For younger elementary stu-dents, the FSO presents the newlyrevamped Overture to Orchestraprogram, in which four differentchamber ensembles –string quartet,brass quintet, woodwind quintet,and percussion duo – introduce stu-dents to the orchestral instrumentsand teach basic musical conceptsthrough the theme of global aware-

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ness. These programs engage thestudents in kinesthetic learning ac-tivities and use concepts from theircore curriculum to enhance studentengagement. The FSO, with gener-ous support from corporations,foundations and individuals, in-vests over $70,000 per year in itseducation and outreach initiatives.

FSO’s Music Director, ChristopherZimmerman, leads many of the in-school workshops with the FSO’smusicians. Zimmerman loves con-ducting FSO-student orchestras andhopes that he can inspire some of

the kids to become professionalmusicians. Debra Harrison, Presi-dent of the Fairfax Symphony Or-chestra stated that these educa-tional programs were integral to theFairfax Symphony’s mission. Shewas excited to receive the 2013award and hoped that the FairfaxSymphony Orchestra could con-tinue to grow its programs through-out Fairfax County. Informationabout the Fairfax SymphonyOrchestra’s concerts and its educa-tion and outreach programs can befound at www.fairfaxsymphony.org.

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off at the West Springfield DistrictStation, 6140 Rolling Road,Springfield. Drop off unused orexpired medications at a countypolice district station (pills or liquidsonly); disposal is free, convenient,confidential and safe. Open throughJune 1. 703-938-8723, TTY 711 orwww.unifiedpreventioncoalition.org.

FRIDAY/MAY 31Fairfax Adult Softball (FAS)

Applications Due. FAS acceptsapplications for adult softball teamsthrough May 31: men’s, women’s,coed, corporate coed, and Restonleagues are available. 703-815-9007,www.fairfaxadultsoftball.com [email protected].

SATURDAY/JUNE 1 Pet Fest and Paws on Parade. 10

a.m.-4 p.m., at the South Run Park,Reservation Drive, Springfield. Partof the Springfield Days celebration,this pet event has exhibits on petcure, nutrition, training rescuegroups, and the annual Paws onParade. www.springfielddays.com.

SUNDAY/JUNE 2Rolling Hills Seahawks Car/Dog

Wash & Bake Sale. 8 a.m.-noon,at Rolling Hills Swim Club, 8301Carrleigh Parkway, West Springfield.Support the Rolling Hills Seahawksand get your car sparkling clean; you

can also get your pooch washed andtake home some home-baked treats.

MONDAY/JUNE 3Inova Fair Oaks Hospital Cancer

Center Ceremony.10 a.m., atInova Fair Oaks Hospital, 3600Joseph Siewick Drive, Fairfax. InovaFair Oaks Hospital is building a state-of-the-art, comprehensive cancercenter (opening early 2014) toadvance our existing cancer servicesand support the community’sgrowing needs by bringing radiationoncology therapy to the Inova FairOaks Medical Campus.

SUNDAY/JUNE 16Father’s Day Celebration. 8:30 a.m.,

11 a.m. at Franconia UnitedMethodist Church, 6037 FranconiaRoad, Alexandria. Celebrate Father’sDay at a handicapped accessiblechurch where assisted listeningdevices are provided. 703-971-5151or [email protected].

MONDAY/JULY 15-FRIDAY/JULY 19Everywhere Fun Fair Vacation

Bible Study. 9 a.m.-noon, at theFranconia United Methodist Church,6037 Franconia Road, Alexandria.Children ages 3-12 join in interactiveBible storytelling, global games,international music and crafts.Register between May 12-July 8 atwww.franconiaumc.org. 709-971-5151 or [email protected].

ONGOINGColonial Dames. The society for

women of lineal descendants of anancestor who lived or served prior to1701 in one of the original coloniesmeets locally. [email protected].

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Dr. Kathleen Phillipsthat Dr. Kathleen Phillips will be joining our staff as a full time associate starting June 1st 2013.Dr. Phillips grew up in Buffalo, New York and is still a huge Sabres and Bills fan. She attained a Bachelorof Science in Microbiology from the University of Rochester and graduated from Cornell UniversityCollege of Veterinary Medicine in 2001. She has been working at a small animal practice in theSpringfield area for the past 12 years. She shares her life with two beautiful kitties, one impertinentpug, her husband Matt and their young son Ethan. When she is not busy treating her patients, she islikely enjoying a ballgame at Nationals Park or exploring the Virginia countryside with her family.

Springfield Days is acommunity-widecelebration that takesplace the weekend after

Memorial Day each year. Thisyear it will be held on Saturdayand Sunday, June 1-2, withmultiple events on each day.Springfield Days includes manydifferent types of events andactivities that provide fun andentertainment to all ages. Visithttp://www.springfielddays.com/for more information.

—Parker Kobayashi

A community-wide celebrationreturns Saturdayand Sunday,June 1-2.

Weekend atSpringfieldDays

SATURDAY/JUNE 1❖ Springfield 15k/5k Race. 10 a.m.-9

p.m. Delicious food at South RunPark, Reservation Drive,Springfield.

❖ PetFest. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at SouthRun Park, Reservation Drive,Springfield. Exhibitors, games,demos, pet parade, dog agility,flyball, vendors and more.

❖ Family FitnessFest. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.,at South Run Park, ReservationDrive, Springfield. Demos, facilitytours and fun activities for thewhole family.

❖ Vintage Car Show. 11 a.m.-3 p.m.,at the American Legion Hall inSpringfield. Come and see avariety of local vintage cars.

❖ OutdoorFest. 4-8 p.m., at SouthRun Park, Reservation Drive,Springfield. Wagon rides (fee),free nature walks, farm animals,raptors, snakes and amphibians.

❖ Pool Party. 6:30-8:30 p.m. at SouthRun Park, Reservation Drive,Springfield. Free swimmingindoors before the movie. Bringalong your swimsuit and towelwith your movie blanket andjacket.

❖ Outdoor movie on the big screen atdark at South Run Park,Reservation Drive, Springfield.

SUNDAY/JUNE 2❖ Cardboard Boat Regatta at Lake

Accotink. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Witnessthe spectacle of cardboardcreations sailing along LakeAccotink’s shoreline. $4 pervehicle to enter park.

The pet kisses boothis always a popularattraction duringSpringfield Days.

Carnival ridesand cottoncandy—aFamilyFesttradition—willbe at Spring-field Days2013 duringJune 1 and 2.

The cardboard boatregatta, one of themost popular Spring-field Days activities,will be held at LakeAccotink Park onSunday, June 2.

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Carfest fans, it’s time tostart your engines.

One of the most popu-lar attractions of Springfield Daysreturns this year, featuring cars inall makes and models, includingantiques, muscle, classics, streetrods, customs and exotics.

The event is sponsored bySpringfield’s American Legion Post176, one of the oldest, largest andmost active posts in Virginia withmore than 1,200 members.

“It’s been 15 years since Carfesthas been a part of SpringfieldDays,” said retired Lt. Col. Edward“Eddie” Amoros, historian ofAmerican Legion Post 176, whowill be showing his classic 1969Chevelle Malibu.

“There will be lots of classic an-tiques and street rods! From herewe will expand Carfest and makeit bigger each year,” he said.

During the event, there will becustomized dash plaques for thefirst 50 cars registered and four tro-phies awarded.

Carfest will be held on Saturday,June from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at thepost, located at 6520 Amherst Av-enue in Springfield, next to KayJennings Springfield Toyota. Theregistration fee is $10. You can pre-register at the post or pay at thegate. For more information, [email protected] or call 703-440-0335. Spectator admissionand parking is free and the War-rior Café will be open.

The event is co-sponsored by theGreater Springfield Chamber ofCommerce, Springfield Toyota andSunTrust Bank.

—Victoria Ross

Popular eventopen to allmakes, models.

CarfestRevs UpSpringfieldDays

Retired Lt. Col. Edward“Eddie” Amoros in front ofhis 1969 Chevelle Malibu,one of the cars featured atCarfest 2013. Amoros is thehistorian of AmericanLegion Post 176.

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By Matt Gillick

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Amongst all the commo-tion with supporters ofthe American Legion and

Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)funneling into the auditorium forthe Memorial Day RemembranceCeremony in Springfield, GaryWelch tapped the microphone let-ting everyone know 2:59 p.m. wasapproaching. 2:59 was the appro-priated time when everyone wasto silently honor those who servedin the armed forces.

Welch is a commander at Ameri-can Legion Post 176 where theevent was held. Once the clockstruck 2:59, the place was silentenough so that only the moaningair conditioning was heard. Oncethe moment of silence ended, theceremony was underway.

Local dignitaries who came tohonor the soldiers included Chair-man of the Fairfax County Boardof Supervisors Sharon Bulova,state Delegates Dave Albo (R-42)and Vivian Watts (D-39). The crewfrom Fairfax County Fire and Res-cue Station 22 arrived as well topay their respects.

American Legion CommanderDave Wallace began with openingremarks about what he felt is thetrue meaning of Memorial Day.Wallace stated in his speech, “Thisday is just not about a three dayweekend, it’s about those whohave given up their todays andtomorrows for this nation.” Hewent on to proclaim that thosewho have fallen “paid the ultimateprice so we can have this day.”Shortly after applause, Com-mander Gary Welch took to thepodium to introduce guest speaker

Peter Thomas.At the time when Commander

Welch was going throughThomas’s biography, a solemn tonecaptivated the packed auditorium.Every veteran, American Legion,and VFW member wearing theirsignature pin laden caps had alook of common solidarity. When-ever one made eye contact withanother they would exchangenods or whispered greetings. Acamaraderie shared by an experi-ence only they know. One of thosemen was Red White.

White, 88, a member of Ameri-can Legion for 65 years, is retiredfrom the Navy and served duringWorld War II. “Commemoratingand remembering the ones whogave their lives is by far the mostimportant for me,” White said, “Ihad never seen action so I feel thatI have to honor those who did evenmore.” Afterward, Peter Thomas,

another veteran of World War IIwho served in five major cam-paigns in Europe, took the stage.

Thomas told the crowd about hisexperiences, describing the honorand horrors that came with serv-ing. He wanted to make the pointthat all were indebted to the na-tion, “My parents were Europeanand they said to me, ‘you live inthe greatest country in the world.Give back to it.’” He closed with apoem and was met by a standingovation. Minutes later, at the endof the ceremony, “Taps” wasplayed to the solemn crowd.

With the ceremony officiallyover, a barbecue meal was servedwhere veterans and their familiesate together. This displayed thatthis is also a celebration, as Gen-eral George Patton said, “It is fool-ish and wrong to mourn the menwho died. Rather we should thankGod such men lived.”

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Splat! Boom! Bang!Springfield musician makes classical musicplayful and accessible to children.

By Victoria Ross

The Connection

For children raised on the high-volt-age soundtracks of “Halo” andother video games, a classicalmusic concert probably sounds

boring and stuffy.But Lake Braddock alum Cory Hills—a

Grammy-nominated percussionist, com-poser and storyteller—wants to change thatperception.

With hissing cymbals, tick-tocking foot-steps and Liszt-inspired tornadoes, Hillsblends classical musical styles withstorytelling, creating a colorful palette ofsound and fanciful, playful worlds for chil-dren and adults.

Last month, Hills returned to his musicalroots, Newington Forest Elementary School,where he performed “The Percussive Art ofStorytelling,” his popular, interactive andhigh-energy concert, during two perfor-mances.

“I love to see kids get involved during aconcert. It’s absolutely hilarious; they areup and down, whooping and hollering, lis-tening to the music and the story,” Hills said.

As an educator, Hills said he thrives on“breaking down musical barriers in inno-vative and creative ways.”

SINCE ITS INCEPTION in 2008, Hills haspresented “The Percussive Art ofStorytelling” more than 250 times, reach-ing 16,000 people throughout the UnitedStates, Mexico, Australia, and Europe.

For his work, Hills has been the recipientof numerous arts grants, including aZakoura Family Fund Grant and a ReachOut Kansas Grant. In 2009, he was namedthe 2009 Emerging Artist for the Kansas ArtsCommission.

He has received degrees from Northwest-ern University, Queensland Conservatorium

and the University of Kansas, and wasawarded a research fellowship to InstituteFabrica. Now living in Los Angeles with hiswife and young daughter, Hills said “ThePercussive Art of Storytelling” manifesteditself one day while he was improvising.

“I found myself drawn to a circular pat-tern between two woodblocks, two cowbellsand two plastic blocks. The pattern wasreminiscent of a bicycle, always pedalingforward into the future,” Hills said. “In aflurry of activity, I wrote a story called “TheLost Bicycle,” composed the music and per-cussive storytelling was born.”

“The Lost Bicycle” story centers on MotherEarth’s only son, who loses the bike he re-ceives for his sixth birthday. The story in-volves the boy chasing after his lost bicyclethrough chance encounters with a cheetah,tortoise and hippopotamus before discov-ering that his best friend, the dog, has foundthe bicycle and brought it home.

“It’s a cool story with characters andevents that a young audience can relate to,”Hills said.

The CD is organized like a trip to the the-atre, consisting of a prelude, three acts, twofun-filled intermezzos and a postlude.

After the success of his percussive con-certs, Hills released “The Lost Bicycle,” hisdebut solo CD of percussive stories, in thespring of 2010.

THE LOST BICYCLE received rave re-views from critics and concert goers, includ-ing a coveted gold medal from the NAPPAParent’s Awards, who said the mix offolktales, and original and personal storiesare “snappy and satisfying. Kids and par-ents will want to tap, bang and strumalong!”

For more information on “The PercussiveArt of Storytelling,” please visitwww.splatboombang.com. To purchase theCD, visit www.cdbaby.com/cd/CoryHills.

Cory Hills returned to his Springfield elementary school, NewingtonForest, to perform “The Percussive Art of Storytelling,” his popular,interactive and high-energy concert.

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

THURSDAY/MAY 30-SUNDAY/JUNE 2Friends of Richard Byrd Library

Book Sale. 3-9 p.m. Thursday; 10a.m.-5:30 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m.-4:30p.m. Saturday; and noon-3 p.m.Sunday, at Richard Byrd Library,7250 Commerce St., Springfield. Findmedia offerings of all kinds, many inpristine condition, to use as a gift orto start a summer reading stack;

credit cards [email protected].

SATURDAY/JUNE 1Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer. 7-8

p.m., at Workhouse Arts Center,9601 Ox Road, Lorton. Two-timeGrammy Award-winners Cathy Fink& Marcy Marxer perform traditionaland contemporary folk, old-timecountry and swing music.www.cathymarcy.com.

MONDAY/JUNE 3 Above & Beyond: First

Responders Benefit Luncheon.

11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., at SpringfieldGolf & Country Club, 8301 Old KeeneMill Road, Springfield. Emceed byaward-winning journalist and ABC7/WJLA-TV anchor Leon Harris, theGreater Springfield Chamber ofCommerce will honor first responderswho go above and beyond; proceedswill benefit Fairfax County Police,Fire & Rescue and Sheriff Funds andthe Greater Springfield Chamber ofCommerce Scholarship Fund. $50;$45 for first responders. 703-866-3500 [email protected].

WEDNESDAY/JUNE 5Ska Music. 7:30 p.m., Lee District

Amphitheater, 6601 Telegraph Road,Alexandria. LDACo hosts a ska musicshow from The Pietasters.LDACOva.org.

SATURDAY/JUNE 8Rock the Pink™ Doubles Volleyball

Tournament. Occoquan RegionalPark, 9751 Ox Road, Lorton. Fundsfrom the tournament will go to Side-Out, whose goal is to make asignificant and identifiable differencein the lives of breast cancer patientsand their families. side-out.org/rtp.

FARA Benefit Buffet Luncheon. 11a.m.-1:30 p.m., at SpringfieldOutback Steakhouse, 6651 BacklickRoad, Springfield. Friedreich’s AtaxiaResearch Alliance benefits from anall-you-can-eat buffet fundraiser; liveentertainment provided courtesy ofOcean Drive of Fredericksburg, Va.$25. 703-912-7351, www.curefa.orgor [email protected].

Fundraising Zumbathon. 1 p.m., atEmpire Nightclub at 6355 RollingRoad, Springfield. Come out andsupport Jocelyn Rodriguez who hasbeen struggling with Sickle Cell

disease. Adults: $20; students: $10.http://www.thejocelynproject.com.

Featured Artists and StudioExhibitions. 6-9 p.m., at theWorkhouse Arts Center, 9601 OxRoad, Lorton. The Workhouse ArtsCenter presents a variety of artists’work during the Featured Artists andStudio Exhibitions. 703-584-2900

The United States NavyCommodores. 7-8 p.m., atWorkhouse Arts Center, 9601 OxRoad, Lorton. The United StatesNavy’s premier jazz ensemble,performs under the direction ofSenior Chief Musician Philip Burlin.www.navyband.navy.mil.

SATURDAY/JUNE 15Black Masala. 7-8 p.m., at Workhouse

Arts Center At Lorton, 9601 Ox Road,Lorton. DC’s own Gypsy Musicinspired Horn Band. EasternEuropean Grooves, New OrleansInfluenced, Ambient/Experimentalindie rocked, and a hint ofAppalachian twang.www.facebook.com/BlackMasala.

SUNDAY/JUNE 16The Northern Virginia NTRAK

Display. 1-4 p.m, Fairfax StationRailroad Museum, 11200 FairfaxStation Road, Fairfax Station.Members will have a display and Ngauge trains running. Adults: $5;Children: $1. www.fairfax-station.orgor 703-425-9225.

FRIDAY/JUNE 21The 9. 7:30-8:30 p.m., at Lake Accotink

Park, 7500 Accotink Park Road,Springfield. The 9 Songwriter Seriesis a traveling mini festival based outof the Washington, D.C. area,founded by Justin Trawick. http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/performances/.

The fundraising Zumbathon on June 8 at Empire willbenefit 15-year-old Jocelyn Rodriguez, who suffersfrom a rare blood disease, Sickle Cell. The dance-festday helps pay for the budding artist, musician andAnime-fan’s bone marrow transplant coming up in July.

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It is rare that a play written by one of America’siconic writers is found and produced a cen-tury after it was written. But the ProvidencePlayers are bringing to life “Is He Dead?” writ-

ten by Mark Twain in 1898 and first published inprint in 2003.

Playwright David Ives, whose works have been seenat the Shakespeare’s Theatre and Studio Theater inD.C., adapted the play for contemporary audiencesin 2007 and it had a Broadway run.

“Is He Dead?” is a fictionalized account of a real-life mid-19th century French painter, Jean-FrancoiseMillet. In the Twain play the painter struggles to berecognized; his paintings are not selling. He is pen-niless. What should he do? With scenes reminiscentof the Carol Burnett Show with Harvey Korman andTim Conway in their full-out lunacy along with someMarx Brothers thrown in, an idea is hatched. Themale painter will stage his own fake death. He willreturn dressed as a quite flamboyant woman to foolpeople and help his artwork climb in value.

“Is He Dead” is full of deceptions, its share of physi-cal comedy and a good bit of cross-dressing, accord-ing to veteran director Beth Hughes-Brown. The au-dience is in for “the time of their lives with this mod-ern, snappy comedy.” There will be plenty of winksand nods ala Monty Python with a full-of-life 16-member cast. There is even can can.

The lead role of Jean-Francoise Millett is playedby Patrick David, who has appeared in many Provi-dence Players productions. In an interview, Davidwas all grins and twinkling eyes as he described hismulti-character roles, calling the play “a timeless,broad comedy.” When asked about his favorite lines,he broke out into a huge smile thinking about justwhich line to mention. “There are so many great linesand physical humor that go along with them,” in-cluding when he is decked-out in a full fashion state-ment in his feminine character.

The Providence Players even enlisted the painterly

skill of local professional painter Paul Hennesy.Hennesy painted the various works shown through-out the production that are attributed to Jean-Francoise Millett.

So, get ready for some out-right outrageousnesswith the Providence Players. Be ready to take in somedelightful silliness along the way with the sightingsof some unexpected, unlikely characters includingone bigger than life “peerless Goddess.”

Providence Players presentrecently unearthedMark Twain comedy.

Bringing to Life ‘Is He Dead?’

Where and WhenProvidence Players of Fairfax present “Is He Dead?” at

James Lee Community Center Theater, 2855 AnnandaleRoad, Falls Church. Performances May 31-June 15.Thursday, Friday, and Saturday 7:30 p.m., SundayMatinees at 2 p.m. June 2 & 9. Tickets: $15-$18. Call 703-425-6782 or visit: www.providenceplayers.org.

Patrick David (Millet) and Liz Mykietyn(Marie) in the Providence Players comedyproduction of Mark Twain’s “Is He Dead?”

From left:Thane Tuttle(Dutchy),ChristopherSchwartz(O’Shaunessy),and CraigGeoffrion(Chicago)rehearse ascene fromPPF’s produc-tion of theMark Twain/David Ivescomedy “Is HeDead?”

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Sports

Lake Braddock Baseball Returns to Region SemifinalsBruins beat Madison,will face Marshall.

By Jon Roetman

The Connection

Lake Braddock baseball coach JodyRutherford didn’t want to play theunderdog card, feeling his play-ers wouldn’t approve. As it turned

out, Rutherford’s big-game pitcher alreadyfelt the Bruins had something to prove.

Senior left-hander Thomas Rogers, whothrew a four-hit shutout in last season’s AAAstate championship game before undergo-ing off-season Tommy John surgery, tookthe mound for the Bruins on Monday nightin the Northern Region quarterfinals. Hisopponent was the Liberty District championMadison Warhawks, winners of 22 in a rowprior to Monday’s matchup. Lake Braddockhad lost to South County in the Patriot Dis-trict championship game on May 20 anddealt with injuries early in the season. De-spite being the defending state champ, LakeBraddock, on paper, was an underdog.

With the Bruins’ season on the line Mon-day, Rogers was on a pitch limit of 75 as hecontinues working his way back from off-season surgery.

He made them count.Rogers kept Lake Braddock in the game,

allowing one earned run in four-and-one-third innings, and the Bruins beat theWarhawks 9-6 at Madison High School.Rogers surrendered four runs—oneearned—on four hits while walking threeand striking out six. He threw 74 pitchesbefore being pulled with one on and oneout in the bottom of the fifth inning, withLake Braddock leading 6

“This is an ultra-competitive game andnot being out there all the time all year longand being thrown out into a really ultra-competitive game is tough on a kid,” Ruth-erford said. “[Rogers] competed his [butt]off. He just probably needed to control hisemotions a little bit more early on. Whenhe’s on the mound, our team has the ut-most confidence in him.”

Lake Braddock earned a trip to the re-

gion semifinals, where the Bruins facedMarshall, the Liberty District’s No. 4 seed,on Wednesday, May 29, after TheConnection’s deadline. The winner earneda berth in the state tournament.

Did Rutherford play the “underdog” cardprior to Monday’s game?

“I didn’t really play the underdog cardbecause I think if I would have said that tomy guys, they would have looked at me like,are you crazy coach? Where’s coach Ruth-

erford? That type of deal,” he said after theBruins beat Madison. “I just approached it[as] if we’re the better team, then it will bedecided on the field.”

How would Rogers have reacted if Ruth-erford said the Bruins were underdogs?

“I probably would have thought since wewere the champions last year and nobodywas giving us any credit with all our inju-ries and everything, and it seemed like ev-

erybody was overlooking us,” Rogerssaid. “We felt like we had somethingto prove today and I feel like weproved that.”

Lake Braddock struck first withthree runs in the top of the first in-ning. Senior catcher Garett Driscollripped a two-run double and Rogersadded a sacrifice fly.

Madison responded with two in thebottom half and tied the score at 3-allwith a run in thethird.

Lake Braddocktook the lead forgood when sopho-more secondbaseman NickNeville drove in arun with a single inthe fourth. The Bru-ins would extendtheir lead to 6-3.

Neville, whojoined LakeBraddock this sea-son after movingfrom Arizona, went3 for 4 with twoRBIs, including atwo-out RBI singlein the seventh, which gave the Bruinsa 9-5 advantage.

“Lefty-lefty, I was just trying to stayback, just trying to drive the ball upthe middle,” Neville said of his sev-enth-inning at-bat. “[The pitcher]hung a curveball and [I] just hit it backup the middle.”

Madison brought the tying run tothe plate in the bottom of the seventh,but Lake Braddock reliever NickMcIntyre ended the game with astrikeout.

Driscoll went 2 for 3. Third basemanAlex Lewis finished 2 for 4 with twoRBIs. Center fielder Alex Gransbackwas 1 for 3 with an RBI.

Logan Claybrook and John Defazioeach had two hits for Madison, andMichael Nielson went 1 for 4 with adouble and two RBIs.

Lake Braddock pitcher Thomas Rogers earned the victory againstMadison in the Northern Region quarterfinals on Monday, May 27.

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Madison Boys’ Lax WinsRegion Championship

The Madison boys’ lacrosse team defeatedChantilly 7-6 on May 24 to capture the NorthernRegion championship at Chantilly High School.

The victory improved Madison’s record to 16-5and assured the Warhawks of a home game in theAAA state quarterfinals.

Madison also took home the Liberty Districtchampionship this season, beating Langley 10-2in the district final on May 10.

The Warhawks will host the West Central run-ner-up in the state quarterfinals either May 31 orJune 1.

Madison Softball BeatsOakton

The Madison softball team defeated Oakton 5-0 on Monday in the Northern Region quarterfinalsat Falls Church High School.

The Warhawks will face McLean in the semifi-nals at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 29 at FallsChurch. The winner secures a berth in the statetournament.

Oakton’s season ended with the loss. The Cou-gars won the Concorde District championship witha 2-0 victory over Chantilly on May 20.The Madison boys’ lacrosse teams celebrates after win-

ning the Northern Region championship with a 7-6 vic-tory against Chantilly on May 24.

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