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With the downturn in theoffice market, develop-ers are instead plan-

ning to build residential and com-mercial uses on vacant parcels ofland in the Westfields area ofChantilly. Below are details aboutwhat’s on the horizon, includingplans for a memory-care facility offof Route 50 west.

WegmansThe Commonwealth Centre is

along Westfields Boulevard, acrossRoute 28 and just northeast of theAkridge site. And that’s where aWegmans grocery store will bebuilt in Chantilly.

It will go inside the NewbrookDrive loop road and will be partof a commercial complex includ-ing shops and two, free-standingrestaurants. To pave the way,Fairfax County approved a Com-prehensive Plan amendment forthat 21-acre site, as well as a re-zoning. Those actions enabled thedeveloper, Regency Centers, to re-place the currently approved338,400 square feet of hotel, of-fice and retail uses with 183,000square feet of retail.

“County staff commented in itsreport that we’re creating a morevibrant mix of uses there,” saidattorney Frank McDermott, repre-senting the developer. “This willalso enhance the road intersec-tions, and there’ll be sidewalksconnecting to everything.”

The centerpiece will be a140,000-square-foot Wegmanssimilar to the one in Fair Oaks andcontaining the same amenities, butnot the parking garage. It will, in-

Artist’s rendition of the new Wegmans store to be builtin Chantilly.

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The Resi-dences at theGovernmentCenter arebeing builtalong Monu-ment Drive.

stead, have surface parking. Also planned are 32,500square feet of retail shops, and one of the restau-rants will be a 10,500-square-foot sit-down, full-ser-vice restaurant.

This project will also come with walking trails, anexercise park near the Flatlick stream valley, out-door seating outside the Wegmans café and a num-ber of proffered pedestrian and road improvementsfor safety plus better traffic flow.

“There’s also substantial tree preservation alongWestfields Boulevard — oak, willow and cherry trees— and we’ll add to it,” said McDermott. “Among ourroad improvements is the extension of NewbrookDrive, and county staff said it’s pleased with ourtransportation plan.” “One of the benefits from thischange of use from office and hotel to grocery andretail is that you don’t have a.m. and p.m. peak traf-fic,” he added.

“And 56 percent of the traffic coming to Wegmanswill already be out and about on the roads, includ-ing Route 28, Westfields Boulevard and WalneyRoad.”

Former Sully District Supervisor Michael Frey saidconstruction should start in mid-2017 and take about18 months. “People have been asking me when theWegmans is coming in,” he said. “From what I’veheard, the community is totally supportive of it andanxious to see it get built and open.”

Residences atGovernment Center

With an eye toward providing workforce housingin the local area, Fairfax County dignitaries brokeground in May 2015 on a 270-unit apartment com-plex in Fair Oaks. The apartments are being built oncounty-owned land off Monument Drive, on the Gov-ernment Center’s perimeter, so they’re named Resi-dences at the Government Center.

On some 9 acres across from the Fairfax Cornershopping center, they’ll offer a 5,800-square-footamenity space including an outdoor pool, fenced play-ground, two courtyards and connections to walkingtrails. The apartments will have green and energy-saving features and will be available to people mak-ing up to 60 percent of the area median income(AMI).

In addition, at least 20 percent of the units aregeared for households at or below 50 percent AMI.Paradigm Construction Co. is the general contractorand will build studio, plus one-, two- and three-bed-room apartments. Site work began in April, and thefirst apartment is expected to be available for occu-pancy by October 2016.

Because the developer was able to lease land fromthe county, and federal low-income, tax credits were

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obtained, said Board of SupervisorsChairman Sharon Bulova, “This is be-ing done at no cost to the county. Byproviding workforce housing, manyyoung people, low-income familiesand those having long commutes tojobs here will be able to live here.”

Preserve atWestfields

There’s a plan to transform 50 acresof vacant land along Route 28 andStonecroft and Westfields boulevardsin Chantilly. Being proposed for whatwould be called The Preserve atWestfields are 155 townhouses, 650 apartments, plusretail and other amenities.

Fairfax County already approved a rezoning forthat site and also amended its Comprehensive Planfor that area so that high-density, residential usesmay be built there. Akridge owns the land and wouldbuild the apartment and retail components; ElmStreet Development would construct thetownhouses.

Included would be an amenity area with walkingpaths, a pavilion/performing and gathering area,plus a lake that’s currently not accessible. Profferhighlights include almost $6 million in recreationimprovements and more than $5.5 million in roadimprovements.

“If we do this right, we’re ultimately making theRoute 28 Corridor stronger by providing amenitiesand a live, work and play environment,” said attor-ney Greg Riegle, representing the developer. “Andthat’s the philosophy the Westfields Business Own-ers Association has endorsed.”

Trinity CentreThe Fairfax County Board of Supervisors recently

approved a developer’s plan for the Trinity Centre,off Route 29 in Centreville. As a result, apartmentswill be constructed there, amenities will be addedaround the lake and the county will receive finan-cial contributions.

Trinity Centre was initially approved for 1.8 mil-lion square feet of office space. Also planned was250,000 square feet of retail uses, plus 336 homes.

But besides the houses, only two office buildingstotaling 576,000 square feet, three restaurants, ahotel, a fitness center and a small office buildinghave been built.

So, with the downturn in the office market, JLBPartners submitted its own proposal for this site. Itwill construct 355 apartments around a six-storyparking structure. Because of the site’s topography,the residences will be within a building that’s fourstories in front and five stories in back.

The building will be constructed adjacent to theexisting lake and will have two internal courtyards.There’ll be an outdoor pool, and the lower-level unitswould be walk-outs. In addition, the builder will seekLEED certification.

With the lake seen as an integral part of the project,amenities will be added there so residents from othercommunities, too, may use the lake for fishing orpassive recreation. Planned are a fenced-in, off-leash,dog area; benches, chairs and a climbing structure

for young children.Senior citizens may also use the outdoor area for

games such as chess and bocce ball. Trails will con-nect it to the office development, and other trail andpedestrian connections to Trinity Center will be im-proved, as well.

JLB expects the apartments to take 16-18 monthsto build and 18-24 months to lease. They’re projectedto yield 500-550 residents. The new apartments willbe 1,000-square-foot units expected to rent for$1,600-$1,750/month.

In addition to making other contributions to thecounty, JLB will donate $250,000 toward improvingTrinity Parkway, the main road through Trinity Cen-tre.

Arbors of ChantillyAs the number of senior citizens in Fairfax County

continues to rise, so does the need for assisted-livingfacilities — and especially those focusing on peoplewith Alzheimer’s and dementia. Enter Artisan LandGroup LLC.

It’s already received Fairfax County’s approval tobuild The Arbors of Chantilly at 13622 Lee JacksonMemorial Highway, off Downs Drive. The six-and-one-half-acre site, zoned residential, is currently avacant lot. Planned is a one-story, 37,000-square-foot,48-unit, residential-looking building facing Route 50.

Considered a “memory-care home,” the 35,000-square-foot facility will be architecturally compatiblewith the surrounding land uses, plus the abuttingresidential area. It’ll also have a large rain gardenand fencing all around the property. Construction —which has not yet started — is anticipated to takeabout 10 months.

Roundabout ConstructionVDOT is building a 90-foot-wide roundabout to

improve traffic flow at the Braddock/Pleasant Valleyroads intersection by Cox Farms in Centreville. FortMyer Construction Corp. is doing the work. Estimatedproject cost is $5.8 million, with completion antici-pated by this spring.

It’s being done in five phases. In phase four, Pleas-ant Valley traffic will be on a shifted alignment. Butmotorists on Braddock will have been shifted to thesouth. Phase five will feature the actual, roundaboutconstruction. The project also involves a trail con-nection to the intersection. There’ll be a crosswalkacross Braddock Road and a sidewalk along the CoxFarms property.

MLK Festival This SundayThe Chantilly Pyramid Minority Student Achievement Commit-

tee will present its annual Martin Luther King Festival this Sun-day, Jan. 10, at 4 p.m. at Westfield High, 4700 Stonecroft Blvd.in Chantilly. Students from several, local schools will honor theCivil Rights leader in song, dance and spoken word.

Solving Police Cold CasesLocal residents can learn firsthand how the police Cold Case

Unit works and solves criminal cases. That’s the topic of the nextmeeting of the Sully District Police Station’s Citizens AdvisoryCommittee. It’s set for Wednesday, Jan. 13, at 7:30 p.m., at theSully District Governmental Center, 4900 Stonecroft Blvd. inChantilly.

Moving Equipment Is SoughtThe Centreville Labor Resource Center is in need of moving

equipment to add to its tool supplies. Requested items are backbraces, lift belts, sliders and straps that are used for moving jobs.

This equipment can be checked out by workers and broughtback when they complete jobs. It will ensure that they’re able tocomplete moving jobs more safely. In addition, the CLRC is seek-ing Spanish-speaking people to fill a number of volunteer posi-tions. Contact Molly Maddra-Santiago atdirector@centrevillelrc.org.

Free Carseat InspectionsCertified technicians from the Sully District Police Station will

perform free, child safety carseat inspections Thursday, Jan. 7,from 5-8:30 p.m., at the station, 4900 Stonecroft Blvd. in Chantilly.No appointment is necessary. But residents should install the childsafety seats themselves so technicians may properly inspect andadjust them, as needed.

Because of time constraints, only the first 35 vehicles arrivingon each date will be inspected. That way, inspectors may haveenough time to properly instruct the caregiver on the correct useof the child seat. Call 703-814-7000, ext. 5140, to confirm datesand times.

Food Donations for WFCMWestern Fairfax Christian Ministries’ food pantry needs dona-

tions of 1-2 pound bags of rice, canned fruit (all types), cannedpastas, canned meats (tuna, ham, chicken), cold and hot cereals,spaghetti and sauces, peanut butter, canned vegetables (includ-ing spinach, collar greens, beets) and cooking oil.

Toiletries needed, which WFCM clients cannot purchase withfood stamps, include facial tissues, toothpaste, shampoo and soliddeodorant.

Bring all items to WFCM’S food pantry, weekdays, 9 a.m.-1:30p.m., at 13888 Metrotech Drive, near Papa John’s Pizza andKumon Learning Center, in Chantilly’s Sully Place Shopping Cen-ter. A volunteer stocker/bagger is needed Wednesdays, 4-6 p.m.Contact Annette Bosley at 703-988-9656, ext. 110, orabosley@wfcmva.org.

Meals on Wheels VolunteersFairfax County needs Meals on Wheels drivers in Chantilly and

group Meals on Wheels coordinators in both Chantilly and Fairfax.Contact Volunteer Solutions at 703-324-5406, TTY 711,VolunteerSolutions@fairfaxcounty.gov or visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/dfs/olderadultservices/volunteer-solutions.htm.

Long-Term Care AdvocatesThe Northern Virginia Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program

needs volunteer advocates for residents in assisted living andnursing facilities.

Training is provided in September. Call 703-324-5861, TTY 711or email Lisa.Callahan@fairfaxcounty.gov.

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The Trinity Centre site plan showing the planned newapartments.

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Photography Club members getting ready to do craftsprojects with the shelter children.

Chantilly High photography students and Fair Oaks police brightened the holidays forchildren at the Katherine Hanley Family Shelter. Included in this photo are policeCapt. Chris Marsh (second man in back row), MPO Wayne Twombly (as Santa) andteacher Betty Simmons (to Santa’s right).

From left are shelter resident Aimee Nece with Chantillystudents Michelle Pfoltzer and Cate Freret, about to wrapa gift for Nece’s 8-year-old daughter.

Christmas ComesTo Hanley Shelter

Chantilly students HarryLiu and Anushka Bagdesorted toys for the chil-dren.

Christmas came early atthe Katherine HanleyFamily Shelter, cour-tesy of the third an-

nual Gift of Giving event. It washeld Dec. 18 and put on byChantilly High photography stu-dents and members of the FairOaks District Police Station.

“Sixty-five students collectedgifts — enough so that each of the28 children currently at the shel-ter could have five presents,” saidPhotography Club sponsor andteacher Betty Simmons. “And thepolice brought gifts, too.”

Capt. Chris Marsh, commanderof the Fair Oaks station, came tothe shelter, along with some otherofficers, including MPO WayneTwombly, who dressed up as SantaClaus for the shelter children. Andthe students organized the gift-do-nation room where parents could

select presents for their children,and children could pick out giftsfor their parents.

The Chantilly students also didcrafts with the children while theirparents went Christmas “shop-ping,” gift-wrapped the presentselections and then served dinnerto the children.

— Bonnie Hobbs

Students wrapping the children’s Christmas gifts are (from left) Madison Cochran,Briley Rickard, Maddie Aldrich, Zach Cohen, Izzy D’Souza, Rachael Jackson and Shan-non McCullough.

Preparing to serve dinner at the shelter are (from left) Chantilly shutterbugs GashaKwok, Jennifer Giron, Ana Quintano, Heaven Pineda, Kriti Ojha and Grace Snarr.

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By Tim Peterson

Centre View

When the members of the FairfaxCounty School Board added sexualorientation and gender identity to

the school system’s nondiscrimination policyin November 2014 and May 2015, did theyhave the authority? A lawsuit filed Dec. 21,2015 in Fairfax Circuit Court by the LibertyCounsel contends they did not.

“We believe that Virginia state law is crystalclear on this subject, that it deprives local gov-ernment bodies, such as the Fairfax CountySchool Board, of the authority to expand orcontract protected classes under the state non-discrimination law,” said Horatio Mihet, chieflitigation counsel with Liberty Counsel.

Mihet is representing Andrea Lafferty, presi-dent of the pro-family advocacy group Tradi-tional Values Coalition and opponent of thepolicy changes, and the plaintiff, a FairfaxCounty high school student and a minor,whose parents and friends are also named asplaintiffs all under the name “Doe.”

The Liberty Counsel complaint contends thatthe student is finding school an unsafe place

to learn in part because “gender identity” isn’tclearly defined in the new policy or the stu-dent code of conduct. He has expressed fear ofpunishment for breaking the new nondiscrimi-nation rules regarding transgender students inhis bathroom or locker room space, because hedoes not fully understand what those rules are,according to the suit.

The student plaintiff, Mihet said, “has clearstatutory and constitutional rights which arebeing infringed. In its desire to please one com-ponent of its constituency, the School Board hasmanaged to run roughshod over the privacyrights of its students and their parents.”

In addition to the suit, Liberty Counsel hasalso filed a motion for a preliminary injunc-tion that would force the School Board to re-verse the policy change immediately, prior tofurther litigation.

After Liberty Counsel’s announcement thesuit had been filed, School Board Chairman PatHynes released the statement that once theboard was served with it, “our attorneys willreview it and file the appropriate response withthe court.”

“Every child in our school system needs toknow they are respected and will not face dis-

School Board Sued over Policy ChangesLiberty Counsel challenges board’s authorityto add sexual orientation and gender identity.

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crimination,” Hynes’ statement continued,“and the same thing goes for employees whenthey walk through our doors.”

Springfield District School Board memberElizabeth Schultz said she sees the lawsuit as“unfortunate” but thinks that it was “foresee-able.”

“I think the current board lunged ahead withwhat was largely a political agenda,” Schultzsaid. “Now unfortunately we’re going to paythe price of a lawsuit. Of course there are bet-ter things to spend money on, but now haveto be in a defensive position.”

Schultz was applauded by many before thevote on May 7, in an uncommonly crowdedauditorium at Luther Jackson Middle School,when she encouraged the board to postponeits vote, engage more with the community onthe issue, and ultimately voted against thepolicy change.

Despite a boisterous crowd that night thatwas largely opposed to the change, SchoolBoard member Megan McLaughlin (BraddockDistrict) said, “This policy update was not ascontroversial as alluded to and in fact was theright thing to do.”

McLaughlin pointed to the results ofNovember’s election, saying, “I think the largercommunity demonstrated that in their deci-sion to return virtually all the incumbents back

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Opinion

A few wishes for theGeneral Assembly,more coming ...

❖ Expand Medicaid: Expanding Medic-aid to cover as many as 400,000 uninsuredpeople in Virginia under the Affordable CareAct would come at virtually no cost to Virginiaand would be a massive boost to Virginia’seconomy. The local and state economy is suf-fering from the loss of federal spending in other

areas, and it’s just plain crazyand mean-spirited to denymedical care for people whocan’t afford it otherwise, and at

the same time, turn away an economic stimu-lus equal to 20,000 or more jobs and a directinfusion of nearly $2 billion a year.

❖ Fund Education: Localities need morehelp from the Commonwealth to pay forschools.

❖ Fostering Futures: Help teens in fostercare by extending services and support, includ-ing foster care maintenance payments, to quali-fying individuals age 18 to 21 years. The moneyspent will matched by Federal dollars, and ev-ery dollar spent helping former foster children

New Year’s Goalsbecome independent, self-supporting adultssaves a bundle in other costs down the line.

❖ Stop Predatory Lending: The local im-pacts of predatory lending, including some cartitle loans, can be devastating to strugglingfamilies and individuals who get into the cycleof high interest debt. This is not an issue ofjust allowing more choice as some haveclaimed. And when someone loses the vehiclehe or she needs to get to work, the costs canextend.

Early Voting forPresidential PrimaryStarts Next Week

Every year is an election year in Virginia.Just two months ago, Virginia voters faced

ballots for almost every state and local electedofficials. While candidates spent millions ofdollars and not very much changed, some criti-cal races in Virginia have been decided by afraction of one percent of votes cast.

Elections have had significant consequenceshere, and the coming election is likely to be inthat category.

Early voting (absentee voting in person) for

U.S. Presidential Primaries starts Jan. 15, re-ally, starting in just a little more than a week.The official primary date is March 1, but thereis no reason to wait until then to vote.

Voters in Virginia don’t register by party, butcan only vote in either the Democratic or Re-publican primary. To vote in the Republicanprimary, each voter will need to sign a formasserting that he or she is in fact a Republican.

Democrats will choose between HillaryClinton, Martin O’Malley and Bernie Sanders(in that order).

Republicans will choose among 13 candi-dates who will be listed in the following or-der: Marco Rubio, Lindsey Graham, BenCarson, Rand Paul, Mike Huckabee, Ted Cruz,Donald Trump, Jim Gilmore, Chris Christie, JebBush, Rick Santorum, John Kasich and CarlyFiorina.

For details on absentee voting in FairfaxCounty, see www.fairfaxcounty.gov/elections/absentee.htm.

For details on absentee voting in the City ofAlexandria, see www.alexandriava.gov/Elec-tions.

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Editorial

By Dave Marsden

State Senator (D-37)

There was a great deal of concern about“$17 tolls” inside the beltway on I-66during the recent election. I shared

those concerns as I did not want to set a pre-cedent of tolling a road that we were not add-

ing infrastructure to. Asyou know solo drivers can-not use I-66 during rushhour and must wait until 9

a.m. and 6:30 p.m. to access the road depend-ing on the direction of travel. While I still haveconcerns over the tolls, the agreement betweenthe Commonwealth and the Northern VirginiaTransportation Commission provides new in-sight on how this project will work.

I feel better about the tolling as the averagetoll will cost $6 and part of the revenue col-lected will be spent on multimodal (transit)options to improve thru-put on this extraordi-nary congested highway and will in the futurebe used to widen the road eastbound. At itsDecember meeting the Commonwealth Trans-portation Board received a presentation on thecongestion benefits of this proposal using theNorthern Virginia congestion rating process Ihelped put in place with Del. Jim LeMunyon(HB 599 and SB 531). The rating process showsthat the Governor’s proposal will eliminate26,000 person hours of delay a day in the fu-ture. Of all the proposals considered, includ-ing a plan that only adds lanes to I-66 insidethe beltway, the Governor’s plan to improvemultimodal options by far reduces the most

congestion. If we can reduce the need for upto a lane of traffic through transit enhance-ments that will include carpooling, buses, im-proved van pools, and areas for riders to ne-gotiate shared vehicles (slugging) then theGovernor’s idea appears to have merit. Thesame congestion analysis showed that simplywidening I-66 eastbound without the transitimprovements and conversion to dynamic toll-ing would only reduce 6,000 person hour ofdelay a day — about 20 percent of the ben-efits compared to the current plan.

Due to growth in the Rosslyn-Ballston corri-dor and the Coleman decision, a 1977 FederalDepartment of Transportation decision thatgave Arlington County more control over op-tions on I-66, I-66 will never be an easy jour-ney. Arlington has now made concessions forthe I-66 project and for the expansion of ex-press lanes from Edsall Road in Springfield/Alexandria to Washington D.C. on I-395. Thisis welcome progress though not a panacea orthese congested roadways. While perfect so-lutions may not exist, progress is essential andmaking progress on multi-modal/transit op-tions as well as Express lane extensions andadditional lanes are welcome news that willkeep us moving forward.

In an ideal world we would have a differentsolution to I-66. However, the decisions in thepast like HOV requirements and taxing gaso-line on a wholesale basis limit the choices wehave today. Given the current constraints facedin this corridor the Administration’s plan of-fers the best opportunity to improve travel forcommuters.

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Commentary

Letter to the Editor

To the Editor:Looking around my neighborhood, I see

houses are all covered in pretty lights andeveryone’s Christmas tree has been dis-played. Which means it’s that time of theyear again, Christmas! One thing I loveabout this holiday season is that everyoneis the most happiest and giving. However,as an American Ahmadi Muslim teen I don’tcelebrate Christmas. But the good vibes ev-eryone gives off makes me feel happy too.It makes me wish everyone was like this

throughout the whole year, sharing, smil-ing to one another, forgiving, etc. I believepeople should be extra happy this holidayseason especially with all the bad thingsgoing on in the world, such as the Paris at-tacks and San Bernardino shooting.

We should take this time to reflect uponhow grateful we are. This is also our chanceto really think about being a good citizenand to stay united.

Sabiha BasitCentreville

A Goal for the New Year

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to this board.”Robert Rigby, teacher at West Potomac

High School and president of the LesbianGay Bisexual and Transgender-friendly em-ployees’ group FCPS Pride, is promotingmediation on the issue, outside of litigation.Rigby released a statement following thelawsuit that he and his organization are

working to set up meetings between oppo-nents of the policy change and members ofthe LGBT community in Fairfax County Pub-lic Schools.

“The idea is to put real people out there,”Rigby said, “invite some transgender kidsand parents to meet. We’re hoping tochange hearts and minds — that’s the ulti-mate hope. We want to start conversations.”

Rigby believes the move by Lafferty and

the Liberty Counsel is a “hail Mary, a last-ditch effort” to affect the board’s position,after previous attempts to “drive the balldown the field” at board meetings wereunsuccessful.

Regarding the student plaintiff’s experi-ence, Rigby said he shouldn’t feel afraid.“Transgender teens are not scary, and veryaware of the fact that people may feel un-comfortable around them,” he said. “They’re

not out to confront anybody, to scare.”Rigby is continuing to work on facilitat-

ing meetings with opponents of the policy,including former School Board membersMichelle Brickner and Steve Hunt. “I thinkwe have the right on our side,” he said.

Mihet with Liberty Counsel said he be-lieves the preliminary injunction will beheard in the next 60 days. Andrea Laffertywas unavailable for an interview.

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Sports

By Will Palenscar

For Centre View

On Dec. 28-30, Westfield HighSchool hosted the 14th an-nual Bulldog Bash basketballtournament with some of the

best local teams as well as teams from outof the area.

This year, the boys’ teams featured de-fending state champion Colonial Forge outof Stafford, along with Forest Park(Woodbridge), Patriot (Nokesville),Potomac School (McLean), St. Albans, WestSpringfield, Landstown (Virginia Beach)and Westfield. The girls’ teams featuredBattlefield, Centreville, Madison,Landstown, McLean, William Fleming(Roanoke), Yorktown and Westfield.

In the boys’ final, Westfield defeatedLandstown 82-77 in overtime. Westfield’sTyler Scanlon scored 33 points, BlakeFrancis 18 and Hank Johnson added 16.Landstown was led by Daryus Evans 26points and Michael Christmas added 24.

The Bulldogs de-feated Landstown intriple overtime in lastseason’s state semifi-nals.

“Whenever a teamis playing for a cham-pionship, the intensityis high and both teamsshowed that Wednes-day night,” Westfieldassistant coach MikeCoyle said. “That andthe fact that we wentto overtime again areprobably the onlysimilarities with last year’s game. Bothteams graduated key players from last year’s

team. Both games were exciting high schoolgames and are funto be a part of.”

In the boys’ firstround, WestSpringfield de-feated ColonialForge 50-43,Landstown de-feated Forest Park47-40, St. Albansdefeated PotomacSchool 51-35, andWestfield defeatedPatriot 83-58. Inthe second round,Landstown de-

feated West Springfield 67-57 and Westfielddefeated St. Albans 86-78.

Westfield improved to 7-2 on the seasonand will open its conference schedule atRobinson on Jan. 8.

The Westfield girls finished runner-up,losing to Landstown 30-26 in the final.

Westfield (5-4) opens Conference 5 playwith a home game against Robinson on Fri-day.

Tyler Scanlon was selected tournamentMVP for the boys after averaging 30.6 pointsfor the tournament. Cynita Webb ofLandstown was named the girls’ MVP.

The MVP is presented in honor of formerWestfield basketball player and captain,Erin Peterson, whose life ended on April 16,2007 in the shootings at Virginia Tech.Peterson’s mother, Celeste, handed out theMVP awards. Peterson’s No. 45 was retiredin December of the same year. A fund wascreated in her honor atwww.erinpetersonfund.org. Donations canbe made on that site or by mailing a checkto The Erin Peterson Fund 5309 BraddockRidge Drive Centreville, VA 20120.

Westfield Boys’ Basketball Wins Bulldog Bash

Centre View Sports Editor Jon Roetman

703-752-4031 or jroetman@connectionnewspapers.com

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Jessica Martinez and the Westfield girls’ basketball team finished run-ner-up at the Bulldog Bash.

“Whenever a team isplaying for achampionship, theintensity is high and bothteams showed thatWednesday night.”

— Mike Coyle,Westfield assistant coach

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More than half of Americans are resolvingto lose weight and get in shape this year,according to a new Nielsen survey, but

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themselves a fresh start,” said Lyn Chang, a Bethesda,Md.-based marriage and family counselor. “They’realso a way of addressing things about ourselves thatare dissatisfying and trying to make a change. Theproblem is that most people create resolutions thatare too unrealistic.”

Small and practical targets, such as taking a 10-minute walk during lunch or joining an exercise classthat meets twice weekly, are more attainable thanvowing to spend two-hours a day at the gym, saysDomenica M. Rubino, M.D., director, WashingtonCenter for Weight Management and Research in Ar-lington.

“You have to distin-guish fantasy from re-ality and think aboutmaking sustainablechanges,” she said.“When you start settingand achieving smallgoals it builds your con-fidence to keep going.One change tends to be-get another change,and I think that’s par-ticularly true withweight loss.”

Successful weight loss requires a multi-prongedapproach, says Chang. “Break the larger goal in tosmaller steps like creating an exercise routine or prac-ticing healthy grocery shopping and meal planning,”she said. “Carefully examining and planning the mi-

cro-steps to achieving the larger goal of weigh loss iswhat will increase the chance of success.”

Whether choosing food or exercise, the key is mak-ing it pleasurable. “If I don’t like a certain vegetable,but say that I want to eat it everyday because itshealthy, I’ll only be able to maintain that for a shorttime,” said Ethan Carter, fitness director at GeorgeMason University. “The same is true for exercise. Fit-ness is more than dumb bells and bar bells. If youlike hiking or yard work, you should choose that asa way of getting exercise.”

Rubino encourages clients to view exercise as agift rather than a means for burning calories. “See itas mood management or a way to feel better,” shesaid. “People who are chronically trying to lose weighttend to resent exercise and activity because it’s al-ways connected to their weight, so they see it aspointless. It helps to see it as something that canimprove your mood and your overall health andwellbeing. When we’re feeling better we can makebetter choices.”

Creating balance is an often-overlooked compo-nent of weight loss, but one that can sabotage healthand fitness efforts, says Cheryl Mirabella, a nutri-tionist and wellness coach with Living Whole Healthin Alexandria.

“If you’re working hard and don’t have a lot of bal-ance in your life then you turn to food for pleasure,but when you’re focusing on things that make you

happy you naturally turnto healthier food choicesand food loses its power asa source of pleasure andreward,” she said.

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Upon FurtherReflection

I’m not a look-in-the-mirror kind of person.Other than in the morning when I wash up,brush my teeth, shave and get ready for theday, I spend very little time reflecting on myappearance. In fact, during the early days ofmy cancer treatment when I was infused with achemotherapy cocktail for six non-stop hoursevery three weeks – I lost all my hair, as fore-warned; I have no recollection of what Ilooked like without any hair on my head.Presumably, every morning when I prepped forthe day, I would have seen what I was doingand watched how it was done; yet there is noimage, still or otherwise, in my mind of how Iappeared to others.

Seven years of continuous treatment later,when I look in the mirror now (I have a fullhead of hair and a growing stubble, like mostmen), I can’t evaluate what I see. Do I looksick? Or do I look as I should for a middle-agedman aging gracefully? Not that I need to lookgood to feel good (“and you know who youare”), any more than I need to “look mah-velous,” but the cumulative effects of chemo-therapy and the inevitable signs of aging haveblurred (no pun intended; I can see perfectlywell) my objectivity. So much so that on anygiven day, what I see is what I get and I’mhappy to have gotten it, subjectively speaking.Ergo, looking in the mirror more often than notserves no appreciable benefit – to me, since Iknow what I see, or rather, don’t know how toevaluate what it is I do see.

Then along comes the holidays, when manysocial gatherings are planned where in additionto food and drink, face-to-face interactionsoccur with may people you see regularly andsome you know but rarely see. It is the obser-vations and comments from these rarely-seenpersons, persons with whom you are familiar –and who are familiar with you and your “unde-rlying diagnosis,” as I call my cancer, that arethe genesis of this column.

I am happy and amazed, and incrediblyflattered even to say that the feedback Ireceived was uniformly positive and extremelyencouraging; and if I had to bet a nickel, I’dsay their comments were all sincere and hon-est. And since I don’t want to look for trouble(since trouble has already found me), I amgoing to take their words at face value (again,no pun intended). And in thanking them gra-ciously, reconsider yet again how fortunate Iam to be receiving such compliments, nearlyseven years in and nearly five years past, theend date (pun intended) of my original “13month to two year” prognosis, words which Ifirst heard from my oncologist at the initialTeam Lourie meeting held on February 27,2009 (Oh, yeah, you remember that date,forever).

Unfortunately, there is a bit of a cynic inme, so I still question the validity of words peo-ple sometimes say not necessarily to the wise.Moreover, I still am not convinced that lookinggood is more important than feeling good (withapologies to a Billy Crystal sketch mimickingFernando Lamas back in the day on SaturdayNight Live). Nor am I at all sure that lookinggood is an accurate description of what effectmy stage IV, non-small cell lung cancer is hav-ing on me and my mediastinum.

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Sports

After winning astate championship as a quarter-

back/receiver for theWestfield football team,senior Tyler Scanlon

recentlyreturned to thehardwood forthe school’s

basketball team. Duringthe Bulldog Bash Dec.28-30, Scanlon earnedMVP honors and ledWestfield to the tourna-ment title.

Scanlon, who signedwith Boston Universityto play basketball,recently participated ina Q&A via email.

Q: Did you make anynew year’s resolutions?If so, what are they?

A: It wasn’t necessarily aresolution, as a much as arefocus, but ultimately justgetting back to working ashard as I did when I didn’thave a state ring to lean on.You’re really only as relevantas your latest achievement,and while winning a statechampionship was an incred-ible experience, there’s stillmore to be accomplished.

Q: As an athlete, what isone thing you would liketo do better in 2016 thanin 2015?

A: I’d like to end the 2016year with no what-ifs. I don’twant to look back and saywhat if that shot went in orthat ball was caught. Winningsilences those what-ifs.

Q: What did winning theBulldog Bash do for theteam’s confidence?

A: I think the Bulldog Bashraised our confidence, butmaybe lowered our egos. Werealized we can play withanyone around, but alsoanyone around can play withus if we don’t come out withenergy on defense especially.Every play requires 100percent effort if we want towin when it matters.

Q: How many footballplayers ended up joiningthe basketball team?

A: Four so far. One is still in

the process of trying out dueto travel over the break. Atone point we were looking atseven football players tryingout for basketball before twowere injured indefinitely.

Q: How long did it takefor the team to jell oncethe football playersreturned?

A: The football guysbrought a lot of swagger andconfidence to a team ofmostly young guys who wereseeing their first varsityminutes. I think Battlefieldwas the first game we startedto see how people fit intotheir roles and how dangerouswe could be offensively.Defensively, we still have a lotof work to do switching overfrom football to basketball.

Q: As a student and anathlete, what would bethe ideal way for you tofinish your senior year atWestfield High School?

A: As a student, I think mymom would be really upset ifI didn’t make the honor rolland she runs the house so I’llmaintain that. And as anathlete, I’d like to just maxi-mize my own personalpotential, and the potential ofthe basketball team. That’s allwe can control, wins andlosses tend to work them-selves out if you work as hardas you can.

— Jon Roetman

SYA Babe Ruth had two teams crownedchampions this year and were recognizedon Saturday, Dec. 19, by SYA PresidentGary Flather, Sully District Supervisor

Michael Frey and Virginia State Babe Ruth Chair-man Paul Link at a ceremony at the Sully District

Government Center. Players from the 13-15 yearold team were the Virginia State Champions andSoutheast Regional Runner-ups. The 16-18 yearold team were the South East Regional Championsand third place finisher at the Babe Ruth WorldSeries in Oregon.

SYA Babe Ruth Teams Honored

The Centreville High SchoolChorus, under the leadership of Direc-tor of Choral Music Lynne Babcock,were invited by the Young People’s Cho-rus of New York City to participate inthe chorus’ Radio Radiance new music/digital media commissioning program.

Grace Coleman is a member of theStevenson University (Owings Mill,Md.) women’s volleyball team that wontheir fourth straight MAC Common-wealth title, after beating Messiah 3-1 inthe MAC championship game.

The 16-18-year-olds team was the South East Regional Champion and third placefinisher at the Babe Ruth World Series in Oregon. Team roster includes: Coach BrianSeeley, Coach Karl House, Coach Aaron Tucker; Players: Kyle Wilkinson, Nick Render,Zach Beck, Brandon Reiser, Ben Stine, Zach Bright, Tyler Murray, Nathan Nguyen,Kenny Barry, Jimmy Nicholas, Matthew Sedlock, Jake D’Ercole, Sean Culleiton, TreyHouse, Zach Thurston, Michael Camarata, Matthew Blaise, and Joe Larimer.

The 13-15-years-olds team was the Virginia State Champion and Southeast RegionalRunner-up. Team roster includes: Coach Joe Stein, Coach Tim Divecchia, Manager DanMartin; Players: Justin Martin, Brandon Wong, Pascal Zamora-Roberts, Mitchell Th-ompson, John Farley, Jordan Reiser, Henry Pyzdrowski, Josh Spiro, Niko Lamay, NickDivecchia, Ryan Wu, Russ Steinhilber, Chris Hannah, John Basham, and Jenna Martin(bat girl).

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Sean Douglass, a senior majoringin applied physics; Kayla O’Sullivan,a sophomore majoring in health andexercise science; and Matt Pisarcik, asenior majoring in applied physics andbiology have been named to the dean’slist for the at Bridgewater College(Birdgewater, Va.)

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Westfield senior Tyler Scanlonwas named MVP of the Bull-dog Bash.

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p.m. at The Winery at Bull Run,15950 Lee Highway, Centreville.Experience magic, psychology,hypnosis, etc. Tickets are $32-40.Visit www.wineryatbullrun.com/events.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY/JAN. 29-31Sugarloaf Craft Festival. 10 a.m.- 6

p.m. on Friday and Saturday, 10a.m.-5 p.m. on Sunday at Dulles Expo& Conference Center, 4320 ChantillyShopping Center Drive, Chantilly.Find more 250 artists and craftdesigners. Tickets are $8 in advancefor adults, $10 at the door, free forchildren 12 and younger. Visitwww.sugarloafcrafts.com for more.

SATURDAY/JAN. 30Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Open

House. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at Steven F.Udvar-Hazy Center, 14390 Air &Space Museum Parkway, Chantilly.Go behind the scenes and talk withcurators, conservators, archivists, andother Museum experts; see objectsnot on public display; and participatein unique activities, tours, and on-stage presentations. Call 703-572-4118 or visit airandspace.si.edu/udvarhazy.

SATURDAY/FEB. 6Heritage Family Day: African

American Pioneers in Aviationand Space. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. atSteven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, 14390Air & Space Museum Parkway,Chantilly. Learn more about theaccomplishment of African Americansin the fields of aviation and spaceexploration. Free. Call 703-572-4118or visit airandspace.si.edu/udvarhazy.

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Holy Communion 10 a.m. Sundays (with Church School and Nursery)

13941 Braddock RoadCentreville VA 20120

in the “Old Stone Church”of Historic Centreville