25 CENTS Newsstand Price Born to Run 5K

Centre View ❖ May 13-19, 2015 ❖ 1www.ConnectionNewspapers.com

25 CENTS Newsstand PriceMAY 13-19, 2015

Centreville ❖ Little Rocky Run

Attention

Postmaster:

Time sensitive

material.

Requested

in home

5-14-2015

PRSRT STD

U.S. Postage

PAID

Easton, MD

PERMIT #322

HomeLifeStyleHomeLifeStyleHomeLifeStylePage 11

See Fundraiser, Page 8

By Bonnie Hobbs

Centre View

Nothing can bringback JannineParisi. A well-re-spected Franklin

Middle School teacher, she died inNovember 2013 at age 47 as a re-sult of domestic violence.

But she left two teenage daugh-ters and a school community whowill always remember her. Andeach year, Franklin Middle holdsa 5K race in her honor and to raisemoney for a worthy cause.

Last year’s proceeds went to-ward her children’s education.And the majority of the fundsraised from the second annualBorn to Run 5K Memorial Raceand Fun Run, set for Saturday,June 6, will be donated to theNational Alliance on Mental Illness(NAME) of Northern Virginia.

“Jannine’s past commitment toimproving the physical and emo-tional wellbeing of the Chantillycommunity is the driving forcebehind this year’s memorialevent,” said Franklin P.E. teacherRob Gibbs. Parisi taught P.E. therefor eight years and, according toGibbs, was “a wonderful teacher,role model and friend to students,staff and our school community.”

Therefore, he said, “Born to Runparticipants will be honoring herspirit by coming together in a showof support for student quality oflife and the need to create greatercommunity awareness in the areaof mental health. NAMI was cho-

sen as this year’s charitable recipi-ent for its commitment to thoseindividuals coping with family-re-lated, mental-health concerns.”

“Jannine was a devoted friend,colleague, teacher and member ofour Franklin family that was ad-mired and respected by all,” saidPrincipal Sharon Eisenberg. “Wemiss her presence, smile and con-tributions on a daily basis.”

Parisi was also a big BruceSpringsteen fan, so the race wasnamed after his iconic song. Spon-sored by the Franklin Middle PTA,the event will begin at 8:30 a.m.at the school, 3300 Lees CornerRoad in Chantilly. All participantswill receive medals, and those reg-istered by May 24 will receive com-memorative T-shirts. For more in-formation and to register, go to

Fundraiser honors deceasedmiddle-school teacher.

Born to Run 5KSet for June 6

In happier times: JannineParisi having fun at school.

See Roundabout, Page 8

And So It Begins …

By Bonnie Hobbs

Centre View

Despite the objections of many local resi-dents, work is now beginning on theroundabout at the Braddock /Pleasant

Valley roads intersection beside Cox Farms inCentreville.

Near the Fairfax/Loudoun counties’ border, thatintersection regularly backs up at rush hour. So,at Loudoun’s urging, VDOT’s constructing a traf-fic circle there to move vehicles through morequickly.

Funded by a combination of Loudoun, state andfederal money, the estimated project cost is $5.8million. Fort Myer Construction Corp. is doing thework and completion is expected by spring 2016.

Those living in homes along Braddock and Pleas-ant Valley say they won’t be able to get out oftheir streets due to the steady stream of Loudoundrivers on both roads. They believe a roundaboutwill dramatically favor Loudoun residents, to thedetriment of Fairfax drivers.

But according to Supervisor Michael R. Frey (R-

Sully), other Sully District residents have wantedthat intersection fixed for years. And ultimately,the decision was up to the Commonwealth Trans-portation Board, which green-lighted the project.

On April 14 at Stone Middle School, VDOT helda meeting to present information about the round-about. Project representatives discussed the con-struction schedule and what residents may expectwhile the work is being done.

Steve Udzinski, with WBCM Highway Construc-tion – Fort Myer’s primary designer – explainedeach phase of the project. Phase one, he said, is“to do the drainage culvert and ditch off of theroadway, so it shouldn’t impede traffic. We’ll alsodo temporary paving along Braddock and Pleas-ant Valley roads to be able to later maintain two

Work starts oncontroversial roundaboutin Centreville.

VDOT’s new map of the roundabout being built at the Braddock /Pleasant Valleyroads intersection in Centreville.

Tami Troscianecki (left) and Sandi Croanlook at a diagram of the project area.

Bonnie Hobbs/The Connection

2 ❖ Centre View ❖ May 13-19, 2015 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com

News

The Oliver HomeThe long approach to the Oliver’s

stately home on a hill allows visitors tosavor its classical Georgian architecture,fieldstone facade, exquisite proportionsand decorative design elements whichhark back to the 18th century inWilliamsburg, Annapolis and the Phila-delphia Main Line. Shep Oliver’s parentsbought the 35 acre property in 1973, asa breeding farm, but quickly trans-formed it into a horse boarding facility.In 2007, Anne and Shep built their el-egant home here alongside Shep’sparents, and a brother added his homea few years later. “Oliver Stables” cur-rently boards 42 horses.

Pho

to

by G

in

ny A

x

The Nanto GardenIt all started in 2001 when Dick Nanto

was thinking of buying Masako a dozenroses. Instead, he planted a rose bush inthe middle of an expanse of lawn, andeverything just grew from there. Remi-niscent of an English cottage gardenwith a Japanese flair, their two acresnow have evolved into a treat for thesenses and a retreat for the soul. Thegarden is divided into six areas: a Japa-nese garden, a rose garden and fourmore gardens, each named for a grand-child.

Pho

to

by D

ick N

an

to

The Townsend HomeThere are collectors, and then there is

Julie Townsend. Her lifelong passion isfound in a glass cabinet in the livingroom. Here are dozens of Hummel figu-rines, which she started collecting whenRon was assigned to Germany in the1970s. The Townsends delight in pro-viding a magical second home for theirgrandchildren. Carousels are a favoritefeature, in artwork, furniture, and in achild’s ceiling fan. A cherished grand-daughter plays in a gingerbread cottageoutside, and sleeps in a bower adornedwith princesses and stuffed bears.

Pho

to

by G

in

ny A

x

The Gottlieb HomeHidden away in this lightly populated

corner of Fairfax County sits the homeand office complex of Mark and SharonGottlieb, a 10,000-square-foot wedge-shaped, glass-walled showcase withsweeping views of the Occoquan fromatop a densely wooded hillside. It wasMark’s mother who designed it and su-pervised the construction from 1994 to1996. Born in 1926, Lois Gottlieb was awoman who forged an uncommon path,acquiring degrees in art, engineeringand architecture at Stanford andHarvard, and serving as an apprentice toFrank Lloyd Wright. The influence ofAmerica’s premier architect is clear inthe Gottlieb house: the way it followsthe contours of the hillside; horizontallines and abundant use of glass; canti-levered terraces and balconies and deep,overhanging eaves; a massive centralfireplace; large windows joined atnearly invisible mitered corners to bringthe outside in; low brick walls thatdouble as planters; and built-in furnish-ings handcrafted by Mark. Gottlieb’sdesign incorporates two waterfalls: onenext to the living room fireplace, andone splashing down a rocky hillside intoa koi pond at the front entrance.

Pho

to

by M

ark G

ottlieb

The 43rd Annual Clifton-Fairfax Station HomesTour, Silent Auction &

Book Signing, hosted by theClifton Community Woman’s Club,will be held Thursday, May 21.Tour hours are 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.Silent Auction will be 9:30 a.m. -5 p.m. Proceeds from the tour andsilent auction benefit local chari-ties and scholarships through theClub’s 501(c)(3) Charitable Trust.Tour three homes and the gardenof a fourth home. Shop at the si-lent auction and meet local historyauthors at the Clifton PresbyterianChurch. Tour tickets are $25 inadvance, $30 the day of the tour,$10 for one home. Tickets may bepurchased at local businesses, bymail, or online. Free admission tothe silent auction and book sign-ing. For more information, visitwww.cliftoncwc.org or call 703-609-3479.

Clifton-Fairfax Station Homes Tour Returns

Email [email protected]. Deadline is at least two weeksbefore event.

FRIDAY/MAY 15Application Deadlines. The Teen

Police Academy and Future WomenLeaders in Law Enforcement arecurrently accepting applications fortheir summer classes. Link for PoliceAcademy: www.fairfaxcounty.gov/police/services/pdf/2015teenpoliceacademy.pdf. Link forFuture Women Leaders:

www.fairfaxcounty.gov/police/services/pdf/2015fwlle.pdf.

SATURDAY-MONDAY/MAY 16-18Call for Auditions. Various times at

Mountain View School, 5775 Spindle

Court, Centreville. The AllianceTheatre is seeking cast members fortheir upcoming production of “ChittyChitty Bang Bang.” Visitwww.thealliancetheatre.org/auditions.html to learn more.

Bulletin Board

See Bulletin Board, Page 8


News

The Importance of Including Everyone

By Tim Peterson

Centre View

Discrimination is bad, and everyone should have a safe environ-ment in which to learn. Thesesentiments were common to

the Fairfax County School Board membersand the hundreds of parents who packedthe auditorium and front lobby of LutherJackson Middle School for the board’s May7 meeting.

But as the board convened to take actionon adding the words “gender identity” toits nondiscrimination policy, there was sig-nificant, emotional discord in the audienceand among several board members as tohow the board had arrived at making thisdecision and what implementation of thepolicy update would ultimately look like.

Though signs and banners are typicallyallowed inside the school’s auditorium dur-ing School Board business meetings, addi-tional security at the May 7 meeting pro-hibited those with signs from entering. Doz-ens of citizens therefore crowded aroundthe open doors to the auditorium and peri-odically vocalized their opinions.

In November, the School Board voted toadd sexual orientation to the list of catego-ries for which a Fairfax County student, em-ployee or applicant for employment shouldnot be discriminated against. That list alsoincludes age, race, color, sex, religion, na-tional origin, marital status or disability.

At-large member Ryan McElveen intro-duced the gender identity update to thepolicy at a forum in March of this year. Thenit came up as new business at the board’sApril 23 regular meeting and was sched-uled for a vote on May 7.

McElveen gave several reasons justifyingthe motion, beginning with a March opin-ion by Virginia Attorney General Mark Her-ring that local school boards do have au-thority under Virginia law to make suchdecisions.

Regarding the protection of transgenderstudents and employees, he said, “The truthis we already do, but that protection hasnever been clearly outlined in our policies.”

Several public speakers at the beginningof the meeting voiced concerns that thispolicy change would make bathrooms andlocker rooms unsafe by allowing membersof one biological gender to use the oppo-site facility.

“Fears about this policy change are un-founded and need to be better understood,”McElveen said. “After we pass this policytonight, nothing will change in how wehandle cases of transgender and gendernonconforming students and employees.”

McElveen added that students and em-ployees will continue to go through a thor-ough vetting process with regards to anygender-nonconformity, and that the boardhas “never received a concern regarding abathroom incident of this nature.”

Another justification raised by McElveenwas the board is being compelled by theU.S. Department of Education office of civilrights to amend its policy as part of a na-tional gender identity protection rollout. “Inthis light, amending is non-negotiable,” hesaid, “unless we want the government tocome after our federal funding.”

The School Board’s counsel John E. Fos-ter confirmed McElveen’s statements, say-ing “the federal government has been veryclear they expect local school divisions toamend their policies to include gender iden-tity.”

NOT ALL BOARD members agreed withthat interpretation, however.

“That the government could compel in-dividual local school boards around thecountry or risk losing federal educationmoney like Title IX funds is unconscio-nable,” said Elizabeth Schultz, representingthe Springfield District.

“Is my federal government really threat-ening me, as a duly elected local official whohas sworn an oath to the constitution ofVirginia to run this school system, to dotheir bidding by inserting ‘gender identity’or face taking our children’s lunch money?”

Schultz also voiced concerns that theboard had not taken sufficient time to fullyexamine how it would implement the policyupdate and what the effects would be, bothfor staff workload and cost to the schoolsystem.

She motioned to postpone action on thepolicy until October, “so that the board canbe provided the commensurate draft regu-lation and handbook language, and deter-mine the overall impact of the proposedrevision to Policy 1450.”

Patty Reed, representing Providence Dis-trict, agreed with Schultz.

“This is about whether our board is be-ing responsible or foolhardy,” she said.

“Frankly the process we’ve used to get tothis point is troubling and embarrassing —so many fundamental questions that remainunanswered.

The board members, Reed continued,“clearly have caught the public by surpriseand not done justice to our established pub-lic engagement process.”

Ultimately, Schultz and Reed were out-voted and the action moved forward, amidspontaneous outbursts from an increasinglyboisterous audience.

The board finally voted 10-1 in favor ofupdating the policy to include “gender iden-tity.” Schultz was the only dissenting vote,with Reed abstaining.

IN CHAIRMAN Tammy Derenak Kaufax’sstatement regarding the decision, she said,“No decisions have yet been made regard-ing accommodations that will be providedunder the revised policy. Our next step willbe to hire a consultant to assist in develop-ing appropriate regulations that protect therights of all students and comply with stateand federal law.”

Following the vote, citizens began filingout of the auditorium and lingered in thelobby and covered area leading into theschool.

Josh Israel of Fairfax was one of the pub-lic speakers before the School Board, insupport of the update. “This policy sendsan important signal to all our teachers, staffand students — particularly those who aretransgender — that they need not beafraid,” he said in his remarks.

After the vote, Israel said, “They demon-strated they understand the importance ofincluding everyone.”

In response to Schultz’s comments dur-ing the meeting that Fairfax County policyshould instead simply read “Don’t discrimi-nate,” Israel said, “It still has to mean some-thing; until these are enumerated, thereisn’t any enforcement. It’s encouraging that10 School Board members recognized thattonight.”

Devon Flynn of Centreville is a junior atGeorge Mason University. He came outagainst the proposition. “I was hoping with

the majority here opposing it, the boardwould see and respond to our opinions,”he said.

One big issue for Flynn is the “federal onesize fits all” aspect of the policy update.“They have no place to tell a county, a schooldistrict,” what to do, he said. Another con-cern for him is bathrooms and locker rooms:Flynn said he would move his future chil-dren to another county if students are al-lowed to use facilities designated for theopposite sex.

“I think it’s a shame,” he said.Dalia Palchik, an Annandale resident and

teacher at Sheridan School in Washington,D.C. supports the policy update. “As ateacher, I’ve seen kids struggle,” she saidafterwards. “It’s time we do everything wecan to help everyone, including the mostvulnerable.” Palchik is also running to rep-resent Providence District on the SchoolBoard.

John Thom of Fairfax came to the meet-ing to get a sense of what was happeningand how the public was feeling. “I didn’tsee a need to change the policy, and whythis inexplicable rush to pass it withoutanalysis?”

“Proper deliberation is what I hear peopleasking for — did they collect all the infor-mation and have a substantial debate?”

THESE QUESTIONS were answered bySchool Board vice chairman Ted Velkoff:“The reason we that haven’t had a full-blown community engagement about thispolicy is because, frankly, nothing is chang-ing,” he said during the meeting.

“The notion that outside agitators pro-mote, that this policy change will cause asudden massive upheaval, is not true,”Velkoff continued. “The proof is that wehave been dealing with transgender personsin FCPS and none of these catastrophic con-sequences has ever materialized.”

Student representative to the SchoolBoard Harris LaTeef refrained from weigh-ing in on the motion, other than to say themajority of students he talked to supportedchanging the policy. The Langley HighSchool senior did, however, implore theaudience for something else:

“Come budget time next year I want tosee this passion, this vigor, this communityinvolvement when it comes to funding ourschools,” he said. “That is a true threat toour children, our community, theunderfunding of our schools.”

Hundreds turn out asSchool Board votes toadd “gender identity”to nondiscriminationpolicy.

The New Policy“No student, employee, or applicant for

employment in the Fairfax County Public Schoolsshall, on the basis of age, race, color, sex, sexualorientation, gender identity, religion, nationalorigin, marital status, or disability, be excludedfrom participation in, be denied the benefits of,or be subjected to discrimination under anyeducation program or activity, as required bylaw. It is the express intent of the School Boardthat every policy, practice, and procedure shallconform to all applicable requirements of federaland state law.”

What Happens Next:“No decisions have yet been made regarding

accommodations that will be provided, under thenew policy. FCPS will hire a consultant to assistin developing appropriate regulations thatprotect the rights of all students and to complywith state and federal law.”Source: www.fcps.edu/news/policy1450.shtml

Centre View Editor Steven Mauren

703-778-9415 or [email protected]

Photo by Tim Peterson/Centre View

Citizens were actively engaged in the discussion leading up to theFairfax County School Board’s 10-1 vote in favor of adding gender iden-tity to the district’s nondiscrimination policy.


Donate FoodTo WFCM

Chantilly Day also includes a food drivefor Western Fairfax Christian Ministries(WFCM). This Chantilly-based, nonprofitprovides food, clothing and emergency fi-nancial aid to local families people in need.

But it needs help restocking its food pan-try to gear up for summer when the need isgreatest. That’s when many children whodepend on free and reduced-priced break-fasts and lunches in school no longer havefood to eat.

So people attending Chantilly Day areasked to bring with them nonperishable foodto donate to WFCM. For each food item theycontribute, they’ll receive a raffle ticket forprizes, so those bringing the most items tothe table outside the Kmart entrance willhave the best chance to win. Both food andpersonal-care items may be dropped offthere from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Some of the most needed items are:* Canned meat: chicken, beef, salmon,

spam, sausages* Peanut butter and jelly*Cereal and oatmeal* Pancake mix andsyrup* Canned fruit: peaches, pears, mixedfruit, mandarin oranges* Vegetables: corn,carrots, peas, mixed vegetables, etc.* Rice,2 lb. bag, or seasoned boxed rice

* Hamburger Helper or macaroni andcheese* Pasta and pasta sauce* Cannedravioli * Sugar, flour, and oil* Fruit juice*Toothpaste/toothbrushes* Toilet paper*Soap

For more information, contact JennieBush at [email protected].

SponsorsPresenting Sponsor: Kaiser PermanenteHost Sponsor: The Beatty CompaniesBusiness Expo Sponsor: Westfields Business Owners Assn.Chantilly High Sponsor: Blue Collar ObjectsFun Zone Area Sponsor: Chantilly Youth Assn.Taste of Chantilly Sponsor: Chantilly NationalWelcome Booth Sponsor: Cox CommunicationsRock Wall Sponsor: F3 TacticalBusiness Award: Sandy Spring BankCommunity Awards: Western Federal Credit UnionEducators the Year Sponsor: Infinity QSSignage Sponsor: Paisano’sGold Sponsor: The Crossings at ChantillyDesign Sponsor 110 RPMShuttle Sponsor: Staybridge Suites ChantillyFirst Aid Sponsor: HCA Reston Hospital Center

News

Get Ready for Chantilly DayBy Bonnie Hobbs

Centre View

Come one, comeall, to thefourth annualChantilly Day.

It’ll be this Saturday, May16, at the Sully Place Shop-ping Center, off Route 50West in Chantilly.

On tap for people of allages are live music anddancing, food, children’sactivities and even an as-tronaut. The extravaganzaruns from 11 a.m.-5 p.m.,rain or shine, in the Kmartand Babies R Us parkinglots. Admission is free, asare all activities in the KidsZone. And Western FairfaxChristian Ministries will beaccepting food donationsfor local families in need.

Opening ceremonies andan awards presentationwill kick off the day at 11a.m. at the stage in theKmart parking lot.Children’s activities, ridesand the Taste of Chantilly will begin at11:15 a.m., with the stage entertainmentfollowing at noon.

The Chantilly Academy’s Air Force JROTCColor Guard will present the colors, andthen Dulles Regional Chamber of CommercePresident Eileen Fulton will recognize andintroduce local dignitaries and guests. Thenthe Chantilly-Centreville Chamber (an off-shoot of the Dulles Chamber) will give outvarious honors, including a LifetimeAchievement Award to Supervisor MichaelR. Frey (R-Sully), who’s retiring this yearafter serving 23 years in office.

Entertainment will be provided by Cre-ative Dance Center, the Chantilly High JazzEnsemble, singer Tommy Gann, guitaristMatthew Mills and groups doing Latin, HipHop, Bollywood and Napalese dances.

Offering food during the Taste of Chantillywill be the Chantilly National Golf Club,Golly Waffles, Chick-fil-A, Paisano’s, Bun-galow Billiards, Tailgator Toby NOVA, andThe Similans Thai Eatery.

Children’s activities will feature a climb-ing wall, Space Shuttle moonbounce, a fire-and-rescue obstacle course and 16-personMindwinder swings. The CYA Fun Zone will

offer sports-related games such as bas-ketball and Nerf soccer, plus carnival-type activities.

Kwon’s Champion School and theNorthern Virginia Volleyball Associa-tion will give exhibitions, and My Gymwill have special activities for younger

children. G & C Automotive is providing anantique fire truck, and Chantilly High isbringing its popular robotics demonstration.

Former NASA astronaut Daniel Tani willbe on hand to meet Chantilly Day attend-ees and sign autographs. Pets will be avail-able for adoption, and Chantilly High His-panic Leadership Club students will do facepainting.

The Westfields Business Owners Associa-tion welcomes people to the Business Expoletting area residents see what’s availablein their community. And many businesseswill offer giveaways and prizes to peoplevisiting their tables.

Staybridge Suites will run a shuttle fromthe corner of Centreville Road and SkyhawkDrive to and from the festival throughoutthe day. The satellite parking lot will be at3900 Skyhawk Drive, with shuttle serviceavailable every 15 minutes during the fes-

Fourth annual celebrationis this Saturday, May 16.

Shreeya Ligade with balloons and apainted face.

Creative Dance Center’s performing troupe entertained last year and is returning.

tival. Festival visitors are asked to not parkin front of Kmart and Babies R Us, sincetheir limited parking is only for the use ofstore customers.

The Chantilly-Centreville Chamber ofCommerce, in partnership with KaiserPermanente, is putting on the event. Hostsponsor is the shopping-center owner,Beatty Management Co., and event chair-man is Carl Brown, assistant general man-ager of Staybridge Suites.

Several volunteers are still needed. Con-tact Stephanie Barko at 517-323-5314 [email protected].

Nargis Shafa hands a customersome Milwaukee Frozen Custard.


Visit our website www.soccer-academy.comor call 703-393-7961 for more details.

Summer Day and Residential Soccer CampsFor ages 5-18 in Virginia

Soccer Academy began in 1981 in NorthernVirginia with a vision to provide opportunitiesfor young players to play, learn and enjoy soccer.From 5-year olds just learning the game,to 14-year-olds dreaming of playing for the U.S.National Team, to 18-year olds preparing for acollege career, players of all abilities can benefitfrom a Soccer Academy program.

For a free digi-tal subscriptionto one or allof the 15ConnectionNewspapers,go towww.connectionnewspapers.com/subscribe

Be the first toknow – get yourpaper before ithits the press.

Complete digitalreplica of theprint edition,including photosand ads, deliv-ered weeklyto your e-mailbox.

Questions?E-mail:[email protected]

News

Tara Sankner is a 10-year-old Fairfaxgirl who’s fighting AstrocytomaGrade 2 brain cancer. She had com-

pleted 70 weeks of chemotherapy treat-ment that ended July 2, 2014; but due totumor growth, she’s had to start a year-long, oral-chemo regime.

She’s in fourth grade at Lees Corner El-ementary and, during the first round of che-motherapy, Tara experienced hair loss. Soschool Principal Bob D’Amato and the thenmath resource teacher Josh Douds let Tarashave their heads during the school’s morn-ing news program to show their supportfor her and to let her know the whole schoolis supporting her through this battle.

So, in with keeping with tradition, thistime when Tara unexpectedly lost her hair,D’Amato contacted Douds, who’s now viceprincipal at Union Mill Elementary, andasked if he’d shave his head again. Heagreed and, on May 1, during the morningnews program at Lees Corner, Tara got toshave both educators’ heads. She had fundoing it and said it lets her know theschool’s still behind her as she again un-dergoes treatment.

In top photo are (from left) JoshDouds, Tara Sankner and Bob

D’Amato before the head-shaving.The men switched places in the

bottom photo, after being shaved.

Pho

to

C

ourtesy o

f Tam

my San

kn

er

Shaving Heads in Solidarity


www.ConnectionNewspapers.com

@CentreView

Newspaper ofCentreville

Little Rocky RunA Connection Newspaper

An independent, locally owned weeklynewspaper delivered

to homes and businesses.Published by

Local Media Connection LLC

1606 King StreetAlexandria, Virginia 22314

Free digital edition delivered toyour email box. Go to

connectionnewspapers.com/subscribe

NEWS DEPARTMENT:[email protected]

Steven Mauren Editor, 703-778-9415

[email protected]

Bonnie HobbsCommunity Reporter, [email protected]

Jon RoetmanSports Editor, 703-752-4013

[email protected]@jonroetman

ADVERTISING:For advertising information

[email protected]

Karen WashburnDisplay Advertising, 703-778-9422

[email protected]

Andrea SmithClassified Advertising, [email protected]

Debbie FunkNational Sales703-778-9444

[email protected]

David GriffinMarketing Assistant

[email protected]

Editor & PublisherMary Kimm

[email protected]@MaryKimm

Executive Vice PresidentJerry Vernon

[email protected]

Editor in ChiefSteven Mauren

Managing EditorKemal KurspahicPhotography:

Deb Cobb, Craig SterbutzelArt/Design:

Laurence Foong, John HeinlyProduction Manager:

Geovani Flores

Special Assistant to the PublisherJeanne Theismann

[email protected]@TheismannMedia

CIRCULATION: [email protected]

A Connection Newspaper

Opinion

John Geer was shot dead by FairfaxCounty Police Officer Adam Torres onAug. 29, 2013, and the outrage overthe quality and timing of the release

of information about the shooting led to theformation of the Ad Hoc Police Practices Re-view Commission, which will hold a publicforum next Monday, May 18.

Geer was standing unarmed with his handsup inside the doorway to hishome in Springfield when he waskilled. Police had been called to

the scene because of a domestic argument, andwhile Geer was a legal gun owner, as are one-third of all Virginia residents, no crime hadbeen committed. Aside from the officer whoshot Geer, four other officers on the scene toldinvestigators that same day that they wereshocked by the shot that killed Geer andthought the shooting was unnecessary. (Oneofficer described his first reaction: “WTF.”) Geermade great effort to be predictable in his ac-tions, asking permission to scratch his nose,otherwise keeping his hands up on thedoorframe.

Still it took a year and a half and a courtorder before police officials released the nameof the officer who fired the shot and about

11,000 pages of documents related to the in-vestigation. Reading the details of the investi-gation, it was easy to feel that the meager po-lice statements in the meantime had been de-liberately misleading.

In January 2015, just before the statementsof the other officers were released because ofthe court order, Police Chief Edwin Roesslerreleased this update with the name of the of-ficer: “Geer was reported as having multiplefirearms inside the home, displaying a firearmthat he threatened to use against the police,and refused the officers’ requests that he re-main outside and speak to them. Officers, in-cluding a trained negotiator, attempted topeaceably resolve the situation. They spokewith Geer for more than 30 minutes as he stoodin the doorway of his home. When Geer beganlowering his hands at one point during thenegotiations, PFC Adam Torres fired a singleshot that struck Geer.”

It was public concern about the huge delay

in any information released, and the incon-sistencies between police releases and the in-vestigative record that resulted in the Boardof Supervisors forming the police review com-mission. The commission has undertaken abroad review of police policies and practicesbut will not report on the Geer shooting it-self.

The Ad Hoc Police Practices Review Com-mission is holding a public forum on Monday,May 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the Fairfax CountyGovernment Center Board Auditorium. Mem-bers of the public may sign up to speak by fill-ing out the online form, or by calling the Clerkto the Board’s office at 703-324-3151. Seew w w. f a i r f a x c o u n t y. g o v / b o s c l e r k /speaker_bos.htm

— Mary Kimm

[email protected]

Mary Kimm is a member of the Fairfax CountyAd Hoc Police Practices Review Commission.

Come out to testifybefore the commissionon Monday, May 18.

Public Comment at Police Commission

By Sharon Bulova

Chairman

Boardof Supervisors

On April 28 the Board ofSupervisors adoptedthe FY2016 Budget. Our

board approved a total transfer tothe schools of $2.01 billion, an in-crease of $66.7 million (an in-crease of 3.43 percent) overFY2015 and nearly two-thirds ofall new revenue associated withincreased property values. The to-tal school budget, which is com-prised of the county transfer, plusstate and some federal funding,totals $2.6 billion.

Education is our board’s highestpriority; it is not, however our onlypriority. The school transferamounts to almost 53 percent ofour General Fund Budget. Publicsafety, human services, parks andlibraries all receive a fraction ofwhat FCPS does and these servicesare also critical to making FairfaxCounty one of the best places inthe country to live, work, raise afamily and grow older comfort-ably. It is also important that realestate taxes are affordable to our

residents, many of whom are stillstruggling to get back on their feetfollowing the recent recession.

Fairfax County’s Direct GeneralFund Budget, services and pro-grams, excluding the SchoolTransfer is $1.81 billion. This yearthe General County disbursementsincreased by only 2.06 percent,less than the increase in the SchoolTransfer.

Fairfax County worked hard thisyear to advocate for a larger shareof state funding for our schools,getting $9.9 million more than an-ticipated through the state budget.With these funds, FCPS is within$4.1 million of their total $2.6 bil-lion Advertised Budget proposal;a gap of just 0.16 percent (sixteenhundredths of a percent).

The superintendent of FairfaxCounty Public Schools KarenGarza increased her request for atransfer after the state budget in-crease was announced and shortlybefore our budget adoption.

In her April 28 release, the su-perintendent indicated this figureis now $7.6 million or 0.297 per-cent of FCPS Proposed OperatingBudget. Enrollment estimates, and

the associatedcosts, can anddo change asthe schoolyear ap-proaches andFCPS staff re-fines their esti-mates. Thegap, therefore,is somewhat ofa moving target.

Our Board of Supervisors con-tinues to be supportive of theschool system and our partners onthe School Board. When the Boardof Supervisors adopted theFY2016 Budget, we also gavecounty staff Budget Guidance forFY2017 which provides a planningtarget for an additional increaseof 3 percent next year.

As we look ahead at the fiscaloutlook for next year, we knowthat we will continue to be af-fected by a sluggish economy andthe effects of federal cutbacks andsequestration. Like the schools, theGeneral County side of the ledgeris projecting a budget shortfall forthe next (2017) Fiscal Year. Thiswill have to be resolved, as Fairfax

County is required to adopt andmaintain a balanced budget.

This spring, the Board of Super-visors will lead the community ina Lines of Business review. Thisprocess will be a comprehensivereview of all the programs and ser-vices the county provides. It willhelp the board to identify redun-dancies, establish further efficien-cies, consider strategic changes toreach intended outcomes andmake sure that the investments wemake conform to the community’sexpectations. In our Budget Guid-ance, we invited our counterpartson the School Board to participateand we hope they will undertakea similar process for FCPS.

I also hope that the SchoolBoard is able to fill the vacantAuditor to the School Board posi-tion they created in October of2014. The Board of Supervisorshas had an Auditor to the Boardsince the 1990s. This independent,critical perspective on the budgetand county programs can helpelected leaders identify efficienciesand cost avoidance opportunitiesand has saved taxpayers millionsof dollars.

Schools have been county’s toppriority, receiving $2 billion.Rebuttal on School Funding

SharonBulova

Editorial

Call for Father’s Day PhotosFather’s Day is Sunday, June 21, and once

again the Centre View will publish a gal-lery of Father’s Day photos: fathers and theirchildren, grandfathers and their childrenand grandchildren.

Send in photos as soon as possible, withthe following information: the town whereyou live, the names of everyone in the pic-ture, the approximate date the picture was

taken, the ages of the children and a sen-tence or two about what is happening andwhere the photograph was taken. Be sureto tell us your town name and neighbor-hood. Photos are due by June 15.

You can submit your photos online atwww.connec t ionnewspaper s . com/fathersday. You can also email photos [email protected].


WEEKDAYS • SATURDAYS • EVENINGS 24 HOUR EMERGENCY CAREMET LIFE, DELTA, BCBS/CAREFIRST, & UNITED CONCORDIA PROVIDER

Jewels and You!

*On finished jewelry, one day only.

5756 Union Mill Road,Clifton, Virginia 20124

703-815-1384www.eminencejewelers.net

Come celebrate our journey together – as family!To commemorate our 15th Anniversary, please join us

with our representative from Allison-Kaufman Company

Exclusively to You: 40% discount*

~ Hors d’oeuvres and drinks served ~Celebration date and time:

Saturday, June 13, 201510 A.M.–5 P.M.

Award-WinningAward-

Winning

E-mail [email protected] for more information.

Newspapers & Online703-778-9431

www.ConnectionNewspapers.com

SPECIAL CONNECTIONS CALENDARAdvertising Deadlines are the previous Thursday unless noted.

MAYMemorial Day is May 255/27/2015.........................Summer Fun, Food, Arts & EntertainmentJUNE6/3/2015 ..................................................................................Wellbeing6/10/2015.................................................Father’s Day Dining & Gifts6/10/2015........................................................................HomeLifeStyle6/17/2015.................................A+ Graduations & Summer Learning6/17/2015.................................................Father’s Day Dining & Gifts

Letter

Many To ThankTo the Editor:

On Saturday, April 25, the 5th annual CentrevilleInternational Showcase was held at the CentrevilleUnited Methodist Church to celebrate the diversityand share the many cultures that make up of ourunique community. With the support of 250 audi-ence members, we enjoyed the talents of SarahBerrios, Sam Lincoln, Benito Raymundo-Chavez,Salvadoran-Honduran Children’s Dancers from Lon-don Towne, Jung Ok Lee, Alberto Ramirez, O’NeillJames School of Irish Dance, Sanjana and SanyukthaSrikanth, Grupo Artístico Conquistando Sueños, Ko-rean Senior Harmonica Group, Kofi Dennis andFriends, and Hephbizah Worship Dance Group, whowere all supported by our three masters of ceremonyand sound/light technicians.

We welcomed special guests who brought greet-ings and appreciation:

U.S. Rep. Gerald Connolly, Sully District Supervi-sor Michael Frey, and School Board members IlryongMoon and Kathy Smith.

We wish to thank the Centreville United Method-ist Church, Korean Central Presbyterian Church, andWashingtonFirst Bank (Fair Lakes) for going aboveand beyond in their support of our event.

We thank our many community supporters for theirdonations for dinners and raffles: Two Amigos,Chicken Latino, Citimart International Market,Tandoori Village, Guapo’s, El Quetzal, Cuna del Sol,el Taco, and Indian Ocean; Trader Joe’s, Jireh Bak-ery and Café, Walgreens (Mr. Sarhan), Carrabba’s,Harris Teeter, Starbucks, Party City, and the Giantstores on Stone, St. Germaine, and Union Mill Roads.

We could not have had the success that we didwithout the unselfish volunteers from Girl Scoutsthroughout the area, Beta Zeta Chapter (Alpha DeltaKappa), Rotary Club of Centreville-Chantilly, GeorgeMason University, and the friends and family theybrought with them. We also thank journalist BonnieHobbs for another year of thoughtful reporting andjoyful pictures of the Showcase. We hope to see ev-eryone for next year’s event on April 23, 2016.

Alice Foltz,President, Centreville Immigration Forum

Carol Robinson,Chair, Centreville International Showcase

Kofi drums from the Centreville Interna-tional Showcase.


From Page 1

Work Starts on Roundabout in Centrevillelanes of traffic on these roads in all direc-tions.”

During phase two, he said, “We’ll main-tain the existing traffic patterns north ofPleasant Valley Road.” He also noted thatsome phases could take anywhere from acouple weeks to a couple months.

Udzinski said phase three will involve“switching traffic to other lanes, duringnights and weekends, to the west side ofPleasant Valley Road while Braddock Roaddrivers use the temporary pavement.There’ll also be right-turn construction, pluscurb-and-gutter work along Pleasant Val-ley.”

In phase four, Pleasant Valley traffic willbe on a shifted alignment. But motorists onBraddock will have been shifted to thesouth. Phase five will feature the actualconstruction of the roundabout.

“Barrels will delineate the work-zone ar-eas,” said Udzinski. “We’ll build the centerisland and then the splitter islands and thendo the final pavement and markings. We’realso doing a trail connection to the inter-section. There’ll be a crosswalk acrossBraddock Road and a sidewalk along the

Cox Farms property.”He said some landscaping will be done

in the center island. And, added Udzinski,“Storm drains we’ll build will carry the out-fall to the east side of Pleasant Valley Roadto a culvert we’ll be constructing.”

The roundabout, itself, will be just largerthan a 90-foot circle. (It’s measured fromthe outer third of one side of the intersec-tion, through the center of the circle, to theouter third of the other side of the intersec-tion).

Pleasant Valley runs north-south, andBraddock runs east-west. Virginia Run’sTami Troscianecki asked what the level ofservice will be for motorists after theroundabout’s up and running. VDOT ProjectManager Mark Gibney said it will be “mainlyB, except for eastbound in the morning andsouthbound in the evening — both of whichwill be at level D. Now it’s an F.”

Since traffic movements inside a roundaboutcan be confusing, one woman suggested thatVDOT make a You Tube video in different lan-guages so people will know how to drive in aroundabout. Shirlene Cleveland, representingVDOT’s design-build team, said they could putone on the project Web site, http://www.virginiadot.org/projects/northernvirginia/

braddock_and_pleasant_valley.asp.She also said the roundabout work won’t

interfere with Cox Farms’s daily operationor fall festival, which attracts thousands ofpeople from throughout the WashingtonMetropolitan area.

Construction will occur Monday-Thurs-day, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.-5 a.m.;Friday, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. and 10 p.m.-8 a.m.;Saturday, 10 p.m.-8 a.m.; and Sunday, 10p.m.-5 a.m. Work is not permitted on theweekends during the daytime.

Yet, even though the project’s movingahead, not everyone is happy about it.

“For 40 years, Fairfax County’s policy wasto take external commuter traffic from otherjurisdictions and route it down arterialroads, such as I-66 and Routes 28, 29 and50,” said Sully District Planning Commis-sioner John Litzenberger. “But this sets aprecedent by taking commuter traffic fromLoudoun County and routing it throughresidential neighborhoods. My fear is thatthis will open Pandora’s Box for FranklinFarm Road, Union Mill Road and others tobe treated the same way.”

Agreeing, Ted Troscianecki said, “Doingthis project will push the problem east-bound during the morning rush. And what’ll

be done about the dangerous S-Curve [justeast of Braddock Road] to make it safer?”Terry Yates, VDOT’s preliminary-engineer-ing manager, said it’ll be looked at.

Also concerned about the roundabout isSandi Croan of Centreville’s Pleasant For-est community. But she’s willing to give it achance. “I come home from work west onBraddock Road, and I live on Pleasant For-est Drive — the last left [turn] coming westbefore the intersection,” she said. “So I’mdirectly affected by this project.”

“Before the Route 50 widening was fin-ished, traffic backed up to Old Lee Road atthe evening rush, and it took 12 minutes todrive the 30 seconds to my street,” she con-tinued. “Route 50 has helped, so the traffic’snot as bad now.”

So, said Croan, “If this roundabout works,I’ll be thrilled. But I would have preferred atraffic light, and I’m worried that the speedof the traffic will be increased. People turn-ing right from Pleasant Valley Road andbypassing the roundabout will be drivingfaster because they’ll no longer have to stopat a stop sign. So there’ll be a steady streamof traffic going east on Braddock and I couldhave a hard time coming out of my street.But we’ll see — the jury’s still out.”

News

From Page 1

5K Fundraiser Honors Jannine Parisi’s Lifehttps://prracing.enmotive.com.

“We’re putting it on as a celebration ofJannine’s life,” added Gibbs. “We hope fora great turnout at this community event.”

Agreeing, sev-enth-grade healthand P.E. teacherEmma Reese said,“Last year’s eventwas a great success.We hope peopleconsider participat-ing this year to con-tinue to honor ourdear friend and col-league.”

Last year, 400people registered for Born to Run, and theirregistration fees plus donations yieldednearly $12,000. The 5K course is flat andgoes through the Chantilly Highlands neigh-borhood, starting and ending at the school.The Family Fun Run is a 1K which will berun exclusively on the school grounds.

Registration for the 5K is $30 throughMay 10, $35 from May 11 until online reg-

Jannine Parisi

Some of the participants in last year’s 5K race.

Race logo.

istration closes on June 4, and $40 on raceday. The 1K registration is $15 through May10, and $20 from May 11 through June 6.

Awards for the 5K will be given to thefastest overall male and female and the fast-est overall male and female from the

Chantilly Pyramid, as well as to the top fin-ishers in various age groups. Awards for the1K will go to the top girl and boy in agegroups 5-7, 8-10 and 11-14. Packet pickupis Friday, June 5, from 3-6 p.m., and Satur-day, June 6, from 7-8 a.m., at the school.

From Page 2

Bulletin Board

MONDAY/MAY 18Financial Counseling Clinic. 6-7:30

p.m. at Chantilly Computer LearningCenter Partnerships, 4101 ElmwoodSt., Chantilly. Volunteer financialplanners will help participants tacklepressing financial problems during a45- to 60-minute session. A freecredit report will be run, immediatefinancial situations considered, and a

course of action recommended toaddress concerns. Free. ContactLillian Diaz at [email protected] 703-988-9656 x108.

THURSDAY/MAY 21Liberty Republican Women’s Club

Meeting. 6 p.m. at SullyGovernment Center, 4900 StonecroftBlvd., Chantilly. Donna Hamilton,Director of Research for Virginiansfor Quality Healthcare, will be the

guest speaker. Free. Call 703-378-4190.

SATURDAY/MAY 23Conversational English Class

Interest Meeting. 7 p.m. at FairfaxChurch of Christ, 3901 Rugby Road,Fairfax. Sign up for a two weekintensive course on conversationalEnglish May 25-June 5. Free. [email protected].

MONDAY/JUNE 22Financial Counseling Clinic. 6-7:30

p.m. at Chantilly Computer LearningCenter Partnerships, 4101 ElmwoodSt., Chantilly. Volunteer financialplanners will help participants tacklepressing financial problems during a45- to 60-minute session. A freecredit report will be run, immediatefinancial situations considered, and acourse of action recommended toaddress concerns. Free. Contact

Lillian Diaz at [email protected] 703-988-9656 x108.

ELECTRONICS RECYCLINGResidents Can “E-cycle” at the I-66

transfer station. It is free butresidents may be asked to show proofof residency. Personal waste only.The I-66 station is located at 4618West Ox Road, Fairfax and open from8 a.m.-4 p.m. from Monday-Saturdayand from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Sundays.


ww

w.lo

stdo

gand

catr

escu

e.or

gA

dopt

/Don

ate/

Volu

ntee

r

Email announcements to [email protected]. Include date,time, location, description and contact forevent: phone, email and/or website. Pho-tos and artwork welcome. Deadline isThursday at noon, at least two weeks be-fore event.

ONGOINGFamily Fridays Movie Series.

Fridays at sunset through June 26, atThe Manassas Campus of NorthernVirginia Community College, 6901Sudley Road, Manassas. Admission is$3, free with NOVA ID. Visitwww.novamanassas.wix.com/movies.

Sully Historic Site. 3650 HistoricSully Way, Chantilly. Enjoy guidedtours of the 1794 home of NorthernVirginia’s first Congressman, RichardBland Lee. $7/adult; $6/student; $5/senior and child. Hours are 11 a.m.-4p.m. 703-437-1794.

Singing. 7:30 p.m. at Lord of LifeLutheran Church, 13421 Twin LakesDrive, Clifton. The Fairfax Jubil-Airesrehearse every Wednesday whichincludes training by an award-winning director. Visitwww.fairfaxjubilaires.org for more.

“Creating Across the City.”Through June at Dulles InternationalAirport. Three organizations; CriticalExposure, The National BuildingMuseum and ARTLAB+ have teamedup for “Creating Across the City: ATeen Art Showcase,” which providesan outlet through art and design forcreative local teens.

CAMPS, CLASSES & WORKSHOPSYoung Actors’ Workshop. Rising

students in grades 2-6 mayparticipate in a workshop 9 a.m.-12p.m., July 20-24 at Westfield HighSchool, 4700 Stonecroft Blvd,Chantilly. The fee is $125. Visitwww.westfieldtheatreboosters.com.

2015 Summer Programs.Registration is now open for thefollowing Fairfax County PublicSchools summer camps. Studentsshould register for programs basedon the grade they are in during thecurrent 2014-15 school year. Visitwww.fcps.edu/is/summer/index.shtml for more.

❖ Tech Adventure Camp will be heldJuly 20-31 at Robinson SecondarySchool from 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. forstudents currently in grades 5-7. Thiscamp allows students to explorecareers and technology by rotatingthrough eight areas including graphicdesign, automotive technology,culinary arts, television production,robotics, and computer technology.

❖ STEM Camp. Held in two sessions atRobinson Secondary School: July 6-10 and July 13-17 both from 8:30a.m.-2 p.m., daily. STEM (science,technology, engineering, and math)Camp is a one-week camp forstudents currently in grades 3-5 toexplore careers and technology asthey rotate through activities focusedon science.

❖ Elementary Institute for theArts. Held July 13-24 at RobinsonSecondary School from 8:30 a.m.-2p.m. daily, Monday through Friday.Designed for students currently ingrades 3-5, E-IFTA offers participantsa total immersion in the arts as theyrotate through classes in dance,drama, music, and visual art.

❖ Institute for the Arts. Held July 6-

30 at Robinson Secondary Schoolfrom 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. daily, Mondaythrough Friday. Designed forstudents currently in grades 6-11,IFTA allows students to create,perform, experiment, and explore—all in various music, dance, visual art,and theatre venues.

❖ Robinson Extended Day Adultand Community EducationEnrichment. Programs will be heldJuly 6-31 at Robinson SecondarySchool and will begin after TechAdventure Camp, STEM Camp, IFTAand E-IFTA end. These programs arefor students currently in grades 1-11and will provide a continuum ofactivities for students who wantadditional programs and activities.Programs will include the ForeignLanguage Experience Program(FLEX), Culinary Adventure Camp,Language Immersion Camp, CreativeWriting, Computer Graphics, andChess.

❖ Credit Recovery Academy. Thisprogram will be held at Fairfax HighSchool for students seeking credit forhigh school level courses. Studentswill be able to take one course duringeach of the two sessions from June29-July 16 and July 20-Aug. 4.

❖ Online Campus. For creditrecovery, acceleration, andenrichment for middle school andhigh school students. Health, PhysicalEducation, and Geometry Honors runJune 29-Aug. 4; all other courses runJuly 6-Aug. 4.

❖ SOL Remediation. For FCPS highschool students who passed an SOLcourse but did not pass the SOL test.Held at Fairfax High School.

❖ SOL Test Only. This program is forFCPS seniors who plan to graduate

by Aug. 28 and passed an SOL coursebut failed the SOL test.

❖ ESOL Numeracy and Literacy.The ESOL Numeracy and Literacyclass provides currently enrolledFCPS high school ELP Level 1students with the opportunity to

develop their numeracy and literacyskills. Students will meet face-to-facewith their teachers daily. This is anoncredit class. Held at Fairfax High

Entertainment

The Fairfax Ballet will perform “Alice in Wonderland”May 30-31. Visit www.fairfaxballet.com for more.

See Entertainment,

Page 16


Burke

Springfield

Fairfax

Fairfax Station

FallsChurch

Oakton

Clifton

Centreville

Chantilly

Manassas

Woodlawn

FORTBELVOIR

Lorton

Woodbridge

123

123

28

234

234

3000

286

495

66

95

50

50

29

1

50

FAIRFAX

PRINCEWILLIAM

10

5

2

8

7

3

6

1

9

4

Address ................................. BR FB HB .. Postal City ........ Sold Price .. Type ....... Lot AC PostalCode ........... Subdivision ........... Date Sold

1 6049 RIVER DR ..................... 4 .. 4 . 1 ..... LORTON ......... $1,580,000 .. Detached .... 1.03 ...... 22079 ...... HALLOWING POINT RIVER .. 03/20/15

2 15629 JILLIANS FOREST WAY 3 .. 3 . 0 .. CENTREVILLE ..... $1,475,141 .. Detached .... 0.30 ...... 20120 ............. JILLIANS FOREST ......... 03/23/15

3 3423 PRESERVATION DR ........ 4 .. 3 . 1 ...... FAIRFAX ......... $1,252,065 .. Detached .... 0.18 ...... 22031 ........... PICKETT’S RESERVE ....... 03/09/15

4 15420 KENTWELL CIR ........... 5 .. 4 . 1 .. CENTREVILLE ..... $1,150,000 .. Detached .... 5.01 ...... 20120 ..... VIRGINIA RUN THE ESTATES . 03/06/15

5 8108 SPRUCE VALLEY LN ....... 5 .. 5 . 1 ..... CLIFTON ............ $995,000 .. Detached .... 5.00 ...... 20124 .............. SPRUCE VALLEY .......... 03/25/15

6 3611 ROCKY MEADOW CT ..... 4 .. 3 . 1 ...... FAIRFAX ............ $897,000 .. Detached .... 0.37 ...... 22033 ................. WESTVALE .............. 03/27/15

7 6326 WILMINGTON DR ......... 5 .. 4 . 1 ....... BURKE ............. $890,000 .. Detached .... 0.27 ...... 22015 ............ TIMARRON COVE ......... 03/30/15

8 5694 TUNWELL CT ............... 5 .. 4 . 2 ....... BURKE ............. $865,000 .. Detached .... 0.38 ...... 22015 .. THE CROSSINGS AT LAKE BRADDOCK03/26/15

9 6010 MASONDALE RD ........... 4 .. 4 . 1 .. ALEXANDRIA ......... $795,000 .. Detached .... 0.09 ...... 22315 ............... KINGSTOWNE ........... 03/13/15

10 4473 SHADY POINT PL .......... 6 .. 5 . 1 ... CHANTILLY .......... $736,500 .. Detached .... 0.25 ...... 20151 .............. WALNEY ROAD .......... 03/27/15

Copyright 2015 RealEstate Business Intelligence. Source: MRIS as of April 15, 2015.

Local REAL ESTATE March, 2015 Top SalesPhotos by Craig Sterbutzel/The Connection

2 15629 Jillians Forest Way, Centreville —$1,475,141

3 3423PreservationDrive, Fairfax— $1,252,065

6 3611 Rocky Meadow Court,Fairfax — $897,000

5 8108 Spruce Valley Lane, Clifton — $995,000

7 6326Wilmington

Drive, Burke— $890,000


9023 Arlington Blvd.,Fairfax, Virginia

2 miles west of I-495 on Rt. 50.1 mile from I-66 (Vienna Metro)

Open 7 days a week703-573-5025

➠

Followus:

50-75% OffPottery50-75% OffPottery50-75% OffPottery50-75% OffPottery50-75% OffPottery50-75% OffPottery

606060

FREE ESTIMATES!Patios, Walkways,Retaining Walls,

Landscaping

New GuineaImpatiens 97¢

4" Pots


4" Pots


4" Pots


4" Pots


4" Pots

NEWNursery Stock

25% OFF!

Tomato Plants$1.994" Pots





New Shipmentsof Perennialsand Annuals





Bagged,ShreddedHardwood

Mulch$3.49

(3 cu. ft bags)

See our Website for more sales:www.cravensnursery.com

30% OffAll Trees2014 &

Prior


Prior


Prior


Prior


Prior


Prior

All JapaneseMaples

35% OFFNew Shipment

Local Nursery Closing After 42 Years~ Going Out of Business Sale ~

Lowes

t Pric

es

Since

2008

!

Blooming Tropicals25% OFF

Every WeekEvery WeekEvery WeekEvery WeekEvery WeekEvery WeekEvery Week

Citrus Plants25% OFF

Sale Ends Soon!


Sale Ends Soon!


Sale Ends Soon!


Sale Ends Soon!


Sale Ends Soon!


Sale Ends Soon!


Sale Ends Soon!


Sale Ends Soon!

Bulk Mulch$19.99 cu. yd.

RR Ties • Startingat $14.99 each

Select Bricks & StoneBuy 1 Pallet, Get 1 Free

Be a part of ourWellbeing pages,the first week ofevery month.

Delight in ourHomeLifeStylesections, thesecond week ofevery month.Peek at the topreal estate sales,glimpse over-the-top remodelingprojects, get prac-tical suggestionsfor your home.

Celebratestudents, camps,schools,enrichmentprograms,colleges andmore in ourA-plus:Education,Learning, Funpages, the thirdweek of everymonth.

Questions? [email protected] call703-778-9431

Home LifeStyle

See Adding On, Page 15

By John Byrd

At what point does a house become“old”, which is to say — no longera good fit for its usually adaptiveoccupants? Michael and Kim

Napolitano of Reston pondered this ques-tion recently, deciding to investigate optionsfor adding living space to their 33-year-old,2,000-square-foot colonial.

“When we moved in 12 years ago,”Michael Napolitano said, “the kids were ingrade school, Kim was working in an out-side office, and our home’s first floor plansupported all our daily requirements. Also,we’ve always loved the beautiful setting —which is about an acre with many maturetrees.”

About five years ago, though, Kim startedworking from home and quickly set up anoffice in the basement. An L-shaped work-station under a transom window, the ar-rangement was intended to be “a step” to-wards a more suitable accommodation.

Meanwhile, the three children enteredhigh school. As they grew, so did the num-ber and size of their friends — and the du-ration of their visits.

Gradually, the Napolitanos began to no-tice that their once ideal home was nolonger meeting their changing needs. The

front-to-back family room on the west sideof the house, for instance, seemed “discon-nected” from the rest of the house since onehad to pass through the dining room or thefoyer to get to the kitchen.

The dining room seemed smaller; dittothe upstairs master bedroom with its lim-ited closet space and tiny master bath.

The formal living room, while fine for

holidays, was gradually becoming underused. The breakfast area —a slight stepdown from the kitchen — was just too small.

In fact, the entire first level plan — about1,200 square feet in all — seemed positivelycrowded when the family was entertaining.

WHAT TO DO? “When we reviewed theNapolitano’s preferred improvements “wish

list,” it was clear that the existing first floorfootprint was really only about 400 feetshort of a plan that would satisfy all thecurrent requirements — including relocat-ing Kim’s office to the first floor,” designerSuzanne Glatz said. “The real question was:could a slightly expanded first level bereconfigured in a way that would fulfill sucha wide range of new needs.”

Glatz, of Foster Remodeling Solutions,had been hired last year by the Napolitanosto develop and supervise a budget-sensitivemakeover. Trained as both a space plannerand an interior designer, Glatz has beenparticularly strong in finding creative waysto add square footage to space-restrictedolder homes.

“Basically, Suzanne invited us to thinkabout the floor plan differently,” MichaelNapolitano said. “Once you recognize thatyou don’t have to live in conformity withthe room-assignment template provided bythe original builder, you start to see thepossibilities.”

The first consideration: repurposing the

Adding On “Bump-out” plus first floor reconfigurationmeets family’s evolving space requirements.

DetailsFoster Remodeling Solutions periodically offers

workshops on home remodeling topics. Call 703-550-1371 or visit www.fosterremodeling.com.

The new space plan to the Napolitano home called for an enclosed“bump out” off the home’s south-facing rear elevation. The addedsquare footage accommodates a family entertainment zone in a newlyformed great room.

Pho

to

s by D

im

itri G

an

as


Centreville Boys’ LaxOutlasts Conference Foe

On May 5, the Centreville and Herndonboys’ lacrosse teams battled in a game thatwas tight until the closing minutes.

Herndon opened the game with a sud-den three-goal burst, but Centrevillescrambled back to take a 5-4 lead at theend of the first quarter. The game was tied8-8 at halftime but the Wildcats found them-selves down by two early in the fourth.

Kyle Richbourg scored the nextCentreville goal with seven minutes left,followed by a John Tarver goal to tie thegame. With hope restored, the Wildcatswent on a scoring melee, closing the gamewith another five goals for a 17-12 win.

Photo by Susan S. Kehoe

Christian Park (13) has been Centreville’s faceoff specialist thisseason.

Sports

See Wildcats, Page 13

By Jon Roetman

Centre View

The hype surrounding Mondaynight’s matchup between theRobinson and Centreville girls’lacrosse teams built throughout

the day with comments on social media.Things got even more intense when fo-

cus shifted to the field.In a battle for the top seed in the Confer-

ence 5 tournament, the Rams and Wildcatsengaged in physical play, and combined for45 goals and eight yellow cards. There waseven a brief sideline dispute between headcoaches.

Each team made a second-half run to takethe lead. But in an environment Robinsoncaptain Taylor Caskey described as “insane,”

it was the Rams who best kept their cooland came out on top.

Playing with a three-player advantagethanks to six Centreville yellow cards,Robinson scored the final six goals and cap-tured a 25-20 victory on May 11 at RobinsonSecondary School.

The Rams finished the regular seasonwith a 13-1 record, including 5-0 in theconference. Centreville suffered its first lossof the season (10-1, 4-1) and will be theNo. 2 seed in the conference tournament.Each team will receive a first-round bye andan automatic berth in the 6A North regiontournament.

“It was intense,” said Caskey, a juniormidfielder. “It was building up the wholeday — back and forth on social media; ev-eryone was getting so hyped for the game.

We wanted this so bad. We haven’t beatCentreville [since 2011] and I think wewere just looking for the redemption wewere looking for for so long.”

Robinson led 17-10 at halftime butCentreville came surging back.

The Wildcats trailed 18-12 when anofficial issued Centreville standoutCaroline Wakefield a yellow card —Centreville’s fourth of the night —with 21:07 remaining. US Lacrosserules state once a team receives itsfourth yellow card of the game, theteam will be a player short for the re-mainder of the contest and will loseanother player for each subsequent cardissued.

Despite being short-handed, Centrevillescored eight of the next nine goals and took

a 20-19 lead when Wakefield scoredwith 14:56 remaining.

Within the next six minutes, how-ever, Centreville received two moreyellow cards, putting the Wildcats ina 12-on-9 disadvantage. Robinson

capitalized by scoring the final sixgoals and taking the game.

The Rams also scored four straightgoals in the first half during aCentreville yellow card, extendingtheir lead to 16-9.

Robinson head coach Liz Case saidshe told the Rams to “keep calm andjust play” in regard to dealing withCentreville’s physical style.

“I wanted [us] to play a cleangame,” Case said. “I’m very adamantabout how they are at practice withchecking and fouling. I call them outon it. They have to do push-ups. I feelthat’s one thing that saved us in thisgame is we did keep our composure.We didn’t get too emotional in thesense that [we] started swinging andplaying bad. It worked to our benefitbecause [the Wildcats] did it. Havingso many people down, we were ableto take the lead.”

While Case preached calmness, theRobinson head coach exhibited a mo-ment of frustration in the second halfwhen she yelled at Centreville headcoach Christina Griel, telling her not

Wildcats issued six yellow cards in 25-20 loss to Robinson.

Centreville Girls’ Lax Suffers First Loss in Regular-Season Finale

Centreville senior Caroline Wakefield scored six goals in Monday’s lossto Robinson.

Reagan Newell led Centreville with eight goals during Monday’s gameagainst Robinson.

“Adversity is always a benefitand it’s a learningexperience. It’s a whole newseason from here on out.”

— Christina Griel, Centerville girls’lacrosse coach

Pho

to

s by C

raig Sterbutzel/C

en

tre V

iew

Centre View Sports Editor Jon Roetman

703-752-4031 or [email protected]


Select yourproducts from

our MobileShowroomand Design

CenterFully Insured &

Class A LicensedEst. 1999

Free Estimates703-999-2928

Celebrating 15 Years in Business!

Visit our website: www.twopoorteachers.com

Bathroom Remodel Special $6,850

TWO POOR TEACHERSKitchen and Bathroom Remodeling

www.foha.org

Adopt Volunteer DonateThe Treasure Hound

14508-D Lee Road,Chantilly, VA

(Corner of Rt. 50 and Lee Rd.One light West of Rt. 28)

703-263-9073

A No-Kill Shelter for Cats & Dogs

Varietyof BeautifulTreasures

GreatPrices

Your LocalUpscale Resale StoreAll Proceeds Benefit

Friends ofHomeless Animals

Sports

From Page 12

to coach her players while they’re in thepenalty box.

“Just play by the rules,” Case said afterthe game. “It is what it is. If she saw medoing it, I’m sure she would call me out,too. [Out of] respect, I’m going to call herout on it basing it on the fact that she knowsthe rules. … We had yellow cards too, butI’m not over there coaching them.”

Officials warned both teams.“I don’t have a comment for that,” Griel

said. “I don’t think she likes where I wasstanding, I guess.”

Griel said the Wildcats “might have threeor four yellows on the whole year” prior toMonday’s game. She said the team can learnfrom the loss before entering thepostseason.

“Clearly, some of my younger playersdidn’t quite know how to handle a gamelike this, but they’ll learn from it [and]they’ll be better next time,” she said. “…[Losing players to yellow cards is] a toughthing to battle back from. So for the scoreto be what it is and for us to be beating ateam like that a man down, I’m proud ofthe effort that they put out and it didn’t goour way in terms of the fouls and they’ll bebetter for it next time.

“… Adversity is always a benefit and it’sa learning experience. It’s a whole new sea-son from here on out.”

Robinson senior attack Izzy Obregon pro-duced a hat trick in the game’s first four

Wildcats Issued Six Yellow Cards in 25-20 Loss to Robinson

Photo by Craig Sterbutzel/Centre View

Centreville’s Paige Richbourg scored three goals against Robinson onMonday.

minutes, helping the Rams jump out to a 4-0 lead. She tallied six goals in the first halfand finished with eight.

Obregon, who will play for the Univer-sity of Maryland, said she wanted to play

well against Centreville standoutsWakefield (University of North Carolina)and Reagan Newell (James Madison Uni-versity).

“I did take it on myself to be a little moreaggressive,” Obregon said. “It was more ofa personal game because I’m best friendswith Reagan … so there was some rivalrythere.”

Caskey and sophomore attacker KatieCheckosky each scored four goals forRobinson. Senior midfielder and team cap-tain Mackenzie Schuler finished with threegoals, and senior attack Sasha Towne, jun-ior attack Kaitlin Luccarelli and sophomoremidfielder Elli Kluegel each had two.

Newell led Centreville with eight goalsand Wakefield totaled six. Paige Richbourgfinished with three goals, Emily Marcianohad two and Elizabeth Murphy had one.

“Reagan and Caroline are two amazingplayers,” Caskey said. “We’ve been tryingto guard them forever. When we all get intoit, it gets a little tough to keep our emo-tions together. I would say there was a goodamount of roughness out there tonight be-cause people just wanted this win more thananything.

“To us, this was the game that meantit all.”


Zone 4 Ad Deadline:

Monday Noon

703-778-9411

Zone 4:

• CentrevilleClassifiedClassified

21 Announcements 21 Announcements

21 Announcements 21 Announcements 21 Announcements



Latinos como tú sirviendo a nuestra comunidad

703-444-7804www.VAGoldBuyers.com

21580Atlantic Blvd.

#120Sterling,VA 20166

21 Announcements 21 Announcements

21 Announcements

ABC LICENSESakoonthai, Inc trading as

Sakoonthai Restaurant, 5760 Union Mill Rd, Clifton, VA

20124. The above establish-ment is applying to the VIR-

GINIA DEPARTMENT OF AL-COHOLIC BEVERAGE CON-TROL (ABC) for a Wine and

Beer on Premises, Mixed Bev-erage on Premises license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages. Chatchai Yam-

suan, Vice President. NOTE: Objections to the issu-ance of this license must be

submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the published

date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Ob-jections should be registered

at www.abc.virginia.govor 800-552-3200.

26 Antiques

We pay top $ for STERLING, MEN'S WATCHES,

JEWELRY, COSTUME JEWELRY, FURNITURE,

PAINTINGS AND CLOCKS.Schefer Antiques

[email protected]

28 Yard Sales

Sully Station Community-wide yard sale May 16More info on Facebook

CLASSIFIEDDEADLINESZones 1, 5, 6 ....................Mon @ noonZones 2, 3, 4 ....................Tues @ noon

E-mail ad with zone choices to: [email protected] or call Andrea @ 703-778-9411

EMPLOYMENTDEADLINES

Zones 1, 5, 6 ....................Mon @ noonZones 2, 3, 4 ....................Tues @ noon

E-mail ad with zone choices to: [email protected] or call Andrea @ 703-778-9411

Newspapers & Online

HOW TO SUBMIT ADS TO

ZONESZone 1: The Reston Connection The Oak Hill/Herndon ConnectionZone 2: The Springfield Connection The Burke Connection The Fairfax Connection The Fairfax Station/Clifton/ Lorton ConnectionZone 3: The Alexandria Gazette Packet

The Mount Vernon Gazette

Zone 4: Centre View North Centre View SouthZone 5: The Potomac AlmanacZone 6: The Arlington Connection

The Vienna/OaktonConnection

The McLean ConnectionThe Great Falls

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

By KENNETH B. LOURIE

Why Fi?“That’s the dream; to have Wi-Fi in the

car.” So says one of the focus group partici-pants (“real people, not actors”) in a recenttelevision commercial from Chevrolet. Theanswer is to a question asked of five adultsto identify which car brand: Mercedes,BMW, Chevrolet, Ford, or Toyota, includes“Built-in Wi-Fi” in their product line. Ofcourse, to every one’s surprise (presumablythe viewers at home, too), Chevrolet is theonly brand to include this answer to aprayer (dream, actually).

For whatever reason (guess: old school;try ancient school), I’ve never asked thisquestion of a car dealer or of a higherpower (not the same). I don’t see the need.I don’t understand the benefit. I don’t wantthe distraction. If I have passengers in thecar, I’m likely talking with them. And I’mprobably also listening to and fussing withthe radio at the same time. Maybe I’m evenfidgeting with the on-board/in-dash GPS aswell. And of course, my cell phone isalways at the ready (sitting on the seatbetween my legs), set to vibrate so I won’tmiss any incoming calls which would likelytake precedence over any and all otheractivities (God forbid I should miss anincoming call). How does yet another ele-ment, one that offers infinitely more accessand possibilities than all the other devicescombined, improve my driving experience?As one who more often than not drivesalone, how does free Internet access (that’sreally what Wi-Fi is, right?) in the carenhance my life rather than complicate it?

Now that I have asked the question, do Icare about the answer? My car gets mefrom a point “A” to point “B.” Learningabout points “C” through “Z” doesn’t nec-essarily interest me – in the car. I’m notlooking for adventure when I’m driving;safety, security, convenience, reliability,above-average gas mileage, I am. Nor am Ilooking for self-actualization or self-improvement, or given the potential unin-terrupted flow of Internet information, self-sustainability; I should be looking in myside- and rear-view mirrors, windows,angles; for cars stopping and starting, turn-ing and reversing (including my own), andat all other vehicles on the road: front andback, side to side, doing all the things Ishould be doing – other than focusing onWi-Fi. Despite being told otherwise, my caris not my mobile office, nor is it a library;and it most certainly is not an entertain-ment center or a condensed version of myhome’s “great room” (which I don’t haveanyway, although many do). Despite whatCat Stevens sang way back when, I am noton the road to find. I’m simply on the roadto get out – and go. I’m not looking toimprove my mind (“what there is of it”)when I’m driving, only to occupy it with thetask/direction-I-need-to-go at hand; andnot with questions and answers I’ll betested on later on my home/laptop com-puter as I cross-purpose myself on mymulti-device “connectability.” Sometimeswhen I’m driving in the car, I’m looking forpeace and quiet, not answers to anything,prayers or otherwise.

Generally speaking, I want to drive tosurvive to arrive alive. I don’t want to driveto thrive. I may want to drive too gently forsome; but that’s for another column. Doesmy being in the car have to be a learningexperience – other than knowing the routeto my destination? Can’t we just leave wellenough alone when I am alone. Sure I wantto “live long and prosper,” “think and growrich” and continue to obliterate my original“13-month to two-year” stage IV, non-smallcell lung cancer prognosis, so can’t whathappens on the Internet stay on theInternet and leave me in my car out if it?

EmploymentEmployment

ReceptionistChiropractic office in Fairfax. Duties include: data entry, phones, patient

scheduling, clerical duties. Part-time hrs. Mon, Wed, and Fri 2:30-7pm.

Email resume to [email protected]

EducationalInternships

Unusual opportunity tolearn many aspects of thenewspaper business.Internships available inreporting, photography,research, graphics.Opportunities for students,and for adults consideringchange of career. Unpaid.E-mail [email protected]

For a free digital sub-scription to one or allof the 15 ConnectionNewspapers, go towww.connectionnewspapers.com/subscribe

Complete digital rep-lica of the print edition,including photos andads, delivered weeklyto your e-mail box.

Questions? E-mail:[email protected]


Zone 4 Ad Deadline:

Monday Noon

703-778-9411

Zone 4:

• Centreville

Home & GardenHome & GardenCONTRACTORS.comconnectionnewspapers.com

Recessed LightingCeiling FansPhone/CATVComputer Network CablingService UpgradesHot Tubs, etc…

Office 703-335-0654Mobile 703-499-0522

Licensed/Bonded/Insured

[email protected]

ELECTRICAL ELECTRICAL

GUTTER CLEANINGGutters and Downspouts Cleaned

Small Repairs • Gutter Guards

PINNACLE SERVICESlic/ins 703-802-0483 free est.email [email protected]: lawnsandgutters.comFriendly Service with a Friendly Price!

GUTTER GUTTER

LicensedInsured

We Accept VISA/MC

703-441-8811

You have tried the rest - NOW CALL THE BEST!!Proudly serving Northern VA - 46 yrs. exp.

The HANDYMANA DIVISION OF NURSE CONSTRUCTION

BATHROOM REMODELING, DRYWALL,PAINTING, CERAMIC TILE, CARPENTRY,POWER WASHING & MUCH MORE

A&S Landscaping

703-863-7465LICENSED

Serving All of N. Virginia

• All Concrete work• Retaining Walls • Patios• Decks • Porches (incl. screened) • Erosion & Grading Solutions• French Drains • Sump Pumps• Driveway Asphalt Sealing

IMPROVEMENTS IMPROVEMENTS

R.N. CONTRACTORS, INC.Remodeling Homes, Flooring,Kitchen & Bath, Windows,Siding, Roofing, Additions &Patios, Custom Deck, Painting

We Accept All Major Credit CardsLicensed, Insured, Bonded • Free Estimates • Class A Lic

Phone: 703-887-3827 Fax: 703-830-3849E-mail: [email protected]

www.rncontractors.com

Remodeling Bathrooms, Kitchens & Basements

Picture PerfectPicture Perfect

Exterior & Interior Repair, Painting, Carpentry,Wood Rot, Drywall, All Flooring, Decks

Licensed – Bonded – Insured“If it can be done, we can do it”

http://www.pphionline.com/

•FREE Estimates•FAST & Reliable Service

•EASY To schedule•NO $$$ DOWN!

Handyman Services Available

(703) 590-3187(703) 590-3187

R&N Carpentry

✦BASEMENTS ✦BATHS ✦KITCHENSForeclosure specialist/Power washing

✦Exterior Wood Rot More!Deck & Fence repair, Screen Porches

No jobs too large or smallFree est. 37 yrs exp. Licensed, Insured

703-987-5096

IMPROVEMENTS IMPROVEMENTS

J.E.S. ServicesYour neighborhood company since 1987

703-912-6886

Landscaping & Construction

All work Guaranteed

• Planting & Landscaping Design• Drainage & Water Problems• Concrete Driveways, Replacement or New• Patios and Walks • Masonry Work or Dry Laid• Paver, Flagstone, Brick, any style you choose• Retaining walls of all types

Free Estimates - Fully Licensed & Insured

MOWING, TRIMMING, EDGING,MULCHING & TRIM HEDGES

PINNACLE SERVICES, INC.LAWN SERVICE

Friendly Service for a Friendly Price

703-802-0483703-802-0483

LAWN SERVICE LAWN SERVICE

Alfredo’s Construction Company, Inc.

www.alfredosconstructioncompany.com

Phone:

VA: (703) 698-0060 • MD: (301) 316-1603

•Concrete Driveways•Patios •Sidewalks

•Stone •Brick

New Installations & RepairsStone - Flagstone - Brick - Concrete

Potomac Masonry703-498-8526

FREE ESTIMATES!!Lic. & Ins

potomac-masonry.com

MASONRY MASONRY

GOLDY BRICKCONSTRUCTION

Walkways, Patios, Driveways,Flagstone, ConcreteFREE ESTIMATES

Licensed, Insured, Bonded

703-250-6231

PAVING PAVING

Quality Tree Service& Landscaping

Reasonable prices. Licensed & insured.

24 Hour EmergencyTree Service

25 years of experience – Free estimates 703-868-5358

Spring Cleanup...Tree removal, topping & pruning,shrubbery trimming, mulching,leaf removal, planting, hauling,gutter cleaning, retaining walls,

drainage problems, etc.

TREE SERVICE TREE SERVICE

HAULING

ANGEL’S HAULING

703-863-1086703-582-3709240-603-6182

Junk Trash Removal, Yard/Construction

Debris, Garage/ Base- ment Clean Out,

Mulching.

Bathrooms, Kitchens,Flooring, complete

remodeling.703-863-7465

A&S CONSTRUCTION

JUNK HAULINGJunk, Rubbish,Homes, Offices,

Commerical,Yard/ConstructionDebris, Lot Clearout, 24 hrs day,

General Hom Work.

703-520-3205 N-VA

TREE SERVICE

ANGEL’S TREE REMOVAL

Angeltreeslandscaping-hauling.com

Brush & Yard Debris Trimming & Topping

Mulching & Hauling

703-863-1086703-582-3709240-603-6182

LANDSCAPING

LANDSCAPING

Home LifeStyle

Adding OnFrom Page 11

The rear half of the former firstlevel family room — extendedover 150 square feet — has beenconverted to Michael and KimNapolitano’s new master bed-room suite.

12-foot-by-35-foot family room.“The front part of the family room —

which segues from the front foyer — madeperfect sense as a place for Kim’s office,”Michael Napolitano said. “But I hadn’t con-sidered it’s possibilities as a master bedroomsuite until Suzanne pointed it out.”

“Also, I was aware that newer homes of-ten feature a kitchen that directly interactswith the family room,” he added. “I justdidn’t see how we could accomplish that inthis house.”

As this option became more compelling,Glatz sketched out a plan for a 360-square-foot “bump-out” extending from the home’ssouth-facing rear elevation.

ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY square feetof the newly enclosed space would be anopen family entertainment zone within a500-square-foot L-shaped “great room” thatwould incorporate the kitchen, breakfastroom and a new computer work station.

The new enclosure’s remaining squarefootage would extend the former familyroom, which would now be converted intoa first-level master bedroom suite.

The resulting accommodation features a58-square-foot walk-in closet (more thantriple the size of its predecessor), and a 190-square-foot luxury bath complete withglass-encased walk-in shower, soaking tub,and a his-and-her vanity.

One enters the new suite through a dis-crete foyer off the great room. Among itsmany visible charms, the new suite featuresglass-facing double French doors that swingopen directly to the patio.

To engineer the enlargement, Glatz re-moved about half of the home’s rear eleva-tion, shoring up the existing second floorwith a horizontal I-beam secured on verti-cal supports.

A sliding glass door on the east side ofthe new great room opens to a tree-linedside yard where the Napolitanos plans toadd a patio.

“The great room is a perfect solution forus now,” Michael Napolitano said, “We canbe together in the same place working ondifferent projects — cooking, homework,television — without disrupting each other.It offers a nice balance of family time andindependence.”

Pho

to

by D

im

itri G

an

as

John Byrd ([email protected]) has beenwriting about home improvement topics for 30 years.


C E N T R E V I L L EThe Anglican Church of the Ascension

TraditionalAnglican Services

1928 Book ofCommon Prayer

1940 Hymnal

13941 Braddock Road, (north off Rte. 29) Centreville, VA703-830-3176 • www.ascension-acc.org

Holy Communion 10 A.M. Sundays(with Church School and Nursery)

COMMUNITIESOF WORSHIP

To highlight your faith community,call Karen at 703-917-6468

School July 6-24.❖ Online ESOL-Through this three-

week class, students will continuedeveloping their academic andreading and writing skills in anonline discussion with an ESOLteacher. This is a noncredit class.Held July 6-24.

❖ Extended School Year LearningCommunities. Services foridentified students with disabilities inaccordance with their individualizededucation programs.

❖ Thomas Jefferson High Schoolfor Science and TechnologySummer Technology Institute.The Institute will be held July 13–Aug. 7 at Woodson High School.Students currently in grades 7 and 8will be introduced to science,technology, engineering, andmathematics through week-longsessions that allow them to explore aSTEM topic of interest.

❖ Thomas Jefferson High Schoolfor Science and TechnologyAcademic Summer School. Thisprogram will be held July 6–Aug. 6 atWoodson High School. CurrentTJHSST students and incomingfreshmen choose from a variety ofcourses for academic credit.

❖ Adult and CommunityEducation. Programs includeThomas Jefferson High School forScience and Technology admissionstest prep, SAT test prep, study skills,and driver education.

❖ACE Driver Education. For studentsin grades 9-12.

PET ADOPTIONSAdopt a Cat or Dog. Fridays, 6:30-

8:30 p.m. at PetSmart, 12971 FairLakes Center, Fairfax. Visit

www.lostdogrescue.org for more.Adopt a Dog. Saturdays, 12-3 p.m. at

Petco, 13053 Lee Jackson Highway.Visit hart90.org for more.

Adopt a Dog. Sundays, 1-4 p.m. atPetco, 13053 Lee Jackson MemorialHwy. Adopt a puppy or dog.Visitaforeverhome.org for more.

Adopt a Dog. Saturdays, 1-4 p.m. atPetSmart, 12971 Fair Lakes Center,Fairfax. Adopt a puppy or dog. Visitwww.lostdogrescue.org for more.

THURSDAY/MAY 14Civil War Lecture. 7 p.m. at

Centreville Regional Library, 14200St Germain Dr. Author and historianBrian McEnany will discuss “TheWest Point Class of 1862.” Free. Visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/

Ladies of Craft Beer Night. 7 p.m. atDogfish Head Alehouse, 13041 LeeJackson Memorial Highway, Fairfax.Find pink pints and live music by theColin Thompson Band. No admissionfee. Visit www.dogfishalehouse.com.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY/MAY 15-17International Gem & Jewelry

Show. 12-6 p.m. on Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.on Sunday at Dulles Expo Center,4320 Chantilly Shopping Center,Chantilly. Diamonds and other gemsfrom retailers from around the world.Children 8 and under are notpermitted. Tickets are $8. Visitwww.intergem.com.

SATURDAY/MAY 16Call for Auditions. 9 a.m. at

Mountain View School, 5775 SpindleCourt, Centreville. Westfield SummerStage is looking for studentsthroughout the Northern Virginia

area to participate in their staging of“Mary Poppins.” Students whochoose to audition will be required tosing a song, dance, and perform aone-minute monologue of theirchoosing. Free to attend, but ifaccepted, there is a $300 workshopfee. Call 484-574-8760 or visitwww.westfieldtheatreboosters.comfor more.

Chantilly Day. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at SullyPlaza Parking Lot, 13910 MetrotechDr., Chantilly. Find a Business Expo,the Taste of Chantilly, Children’ sgames, rides, stage performances bylocal groups, Educator of the Yearawards and Pet adoptions. Free.

See www.chantillyday.com.Meritage Blending Class. 1-3 p.m. at

Paradise Springs Winery, 13219Yates Ford Road, Clifton. Learn tomake your own 2014 Meritage.Tickets are $55. Call 703-830-9463.

Clifton Caboose Twilight Run. 6p.m. at the Barn, 7139 Main St.,Clifton. Participate in the 1-mile or5K race. There will be a post-raceparty with food and live music. The5K race has a $24 registration fee,the 1-mile run has a $20 fee.

SATURDAY-MONDAY/MAY 16-18Call for Auditions. Various times at

Mountain View School, 5775 SpindleCourt, Centreville. The AllianceTheatre is seeking cast members fortheir upcoming production of “ChittyChitty Bang Bang.” Visitwww.thealliancetheatre.org/auditions.html to learn more.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY/MAY 16-17Off-Centered Music Festival. 7 p.m.

on Saturday and 9 p.m. on Sunday atDogfish Head Alehouse, 13041 LeeJackson Memorial Highway, Fairfax.

The Off-Centered festival is anoutdoor festival with games, foodand beer. Live music will be providedby Stegall Coleman Duo, TenderPoleman, Dr. Robinsons Fiasco andmore. Admission is free. Visitwww.dogfishalehouse.com.

SUNDAY/MAY 17NTRAKScale Model Train Show.

1—4 p.m. at Fairfax Station RailroadMuseum, 11200 Fairfax StationRoad. The Northern Virginia NTRAKmembers will hold an N gauge modeltrain show. Admission for museummembers and children under 4 isfree, $4 for adults, and $2 for youth.Visit www.fairfax-station.org.

WEDNESDAY/MAY 20“Target America: Why You Should

Care About the Rise of ISIS.” 7p.m. at Fairview Elementary School,5815 Ox Road, Fairfax Station.Investigative journalist and authorErick Stakelbeck will present aprogram on fundamentalist groupISIS. Free. Visit www.cliftongop.com.

SATURDAY/MAY 23Brain OlympicsRx. 12-4 p.m. at

LearningRx-Fairfax, 10513 BraddockRoad, Suite C-D, Fairfax. As part of anational initiative to raise awarenessabout the brain’s ability to change atany age, LearningRx brain trainingcenters are holding a BrainOlympicsRx event. For every personwho participates, LearningRx-Fairfaxwill donate $10 to Brain InjuryServices. Free. Contact RebeccaOliver at [email protected].

“Cures for the Quarter” 1, 2, and 3p.m. at the Sully Historic Site, 3650Historic Sully Way, Chantilly. Learn

how African-American slavesmaintained their health. Admission is$7 for adults, $6 for students and $5for seniors and children. Visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov.

SUNDAY-MONDAY/MAY 24-25Art Guild Show and Sale. 12-5 p.m.,

artists’ reception 5-8 p.m. on Sunday,at The Fairfax Station RailroadMuseum, 11200 Fairfax StationRoad. Artists will display and sellwork from a variety of genres andstyles. Admission is free for museummembers and children 4 and under,$2 for children 5-15, and $4 foreveryone else. Visit www.fairfax-station.org.

SUNDAY/MAY 24OAR Jazz and Wine Festival. 2-5

p.m. at The Winery at Bull Run,15950 Lee Highway, Centreville.Nonprofit OAR is hosting a fundraiserwill a catered dinner and live music.Visit www.oarfairfax.org.

FRIDAY/MAY 29Jazz Concert. 7-9 p.m. at Centreville

High School, 6001 Union Mill Road,Clifton. The JazzCats Café featuresCentreville High School JazzCats plustrumpeter Dave Detwiler and his“White House Band.” Advance ticketsare $8. Tickets are $10 at the door.Email [email protected].

FRIDAY-SUNDAY/MAY 29-31Quilting Expo. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on

Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday,10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Sunday at DullesExpo Center, 4320 ChantillyShopping Center, Chantilly. Morethan 600 quilts and wearable art andclothing will be on display. Vendorswill be offering fabric and otherquilting needs. A one-day pass is $10,three-day pass is $15; children 12and under are admitted at no cost.Visit www.quiltersunlimited.org.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY/MAY 30-31Vintage Virginia Wine Festival. 11

a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday, 11 a.m.-5p.m. on Sunday. The 34th of its kind,the festival will feature food trucks,vintage cars, music and wine. $30 inadvance, $35 at the gate. Visitwww.vintagevirginia.com.

“Alice in Wonderland.” 7:30 p.m. onSaturday, 4 p.m. on SundayCenterville High School, 6001 UnionMill Road, Clifton. The Fairfax Balletpresents a full-length classicalproduction of the classic tale. Ticketsare $22 for adults, and $18 forchildren plus an additional servicefee. Visitwww.fairfaxspringballet2015.brownpapertickets.com .

SATURDAY/MAY 30Dairy Farming at Walney. 2 p.m. at

Ellanor C. Lawrence Park, 5040Walney Road, Chantilly. Taste handchurned butter and sample cheesesand learn more about the industry.Tour the dairy and milk a pretendcow. Admission is $6-8. Visitwww.parktakes.fairfaxcounty.gov.

Wine Class. 3-5 p.m. at Total Wineand More, 13055 Lee JacksonMemorial Highway, Fairfax. Take aseated class on the Rioja, a region inSpain famous for Tempranillo-basedred wines. Admission is $20. Visitwww.totalwine.com.

SUNDAY/MAY 31Book Signing. 1-4 p.m. at Fairfax

Station Railroad Museum, 11200Fairfax Station Road, Fairfax Station.Historian Mary Lipsey will be signingcopies of her book, “A Christmas

Entertainment

From Page 9

Documents

25 CENTS Newsstand Price Born to Run 5K