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Life TriumphsAt RestonRelayNews, Page 4
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Seahawks WinBattle of
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Christopher Gachko, in green, of Reston,walks with his mother and father Lorraine
and Michael Gachko, of New Jersey. Christo-pher is captain of the ‘Pineapple Avengers’
and was inspired to walk in honor of hismother, a cancer survivor.
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By Mike DiCicco
The Connection
Del. Tom Rust (R-86) had brought a certificate of appreciation for Jim Bennettfrom Gov. Bob McDonnell (R), but hesaid he wasn’t going to read it because
it was much too long. Instead, Rust made his ownstatement of appreciation for the retiring CEO of theMetropolitan Washington Airports Authority(MWAA). “Northern Virginia is the economic engineof Virginia, and Dulles Airport may very well be theeconomic engine of Northern Virginia,” he said. “He’scontributed so much to the economic viability of thisarea.”
Rust said Bennett had built upon the foundationhe had inherited and “taken this airport to the nextlevel.” And, he added, without Bennett’s leadership,Rail to Dulles probably would not have happened.
Rust was one of several speakers at a retirementceremony for Bennett on Friday afternoon, May 7 atthe Fairview Park Marriott Hotel in Falls Church,where hundreds of guests packed the banquet hall.The event was staged by the Committee for Dulles,the Washington Airports Task Force, the Dulles AreaTransportation Association, the Dulles Corridor RailAssociation, Visit Fairfax, and the Dulles Regionaland Loudoun County chambers of commerce.
Bennett is moving on to work for the Abu DhabiAirports Company on the expansion of the Abu DhabiInternational Airport, a project that he said was “ex-citing stuff” from an airport development standpoint.
THANKING BENNETT on behalf of Washington,
D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty (D), D.C. Department ofTransportation Chief Engineer Nick Nicholson re-called Bennett telling him a few years ago that in hisbusiness, “Every goal is safety.” It was that attitude,Nicholson said, that made Bennett stand out in hisfield.
“Getting big things done really takes stamina anddetermination and leadership,” said U.S. Rep. GerryConnolly (D-11), speaking on behalf of the Virginia,Maryland and Washington, D.C. congressional del-egations. He noted that Bennett had led the airportsauthority through difficult times in the years afterthe 9-11 attacks, helped bring Dulles Airport intothe 21st century and managed what amounted to “asmall city.”
During Bennett’s tenure, the AeroTrain was builtat Dulles Airport, a new air traffic control tower andtwo new parking garages were added, a concoursewas expanded, the fourth runway was completed,and the access highway was improved.
“But perhaps nothing challenged Jim’s leadershipas much as Rail to Dulles,” Connolly said, recallingthe battle over burying the rail under Tysons Cornerand the ambivalence of the Federal Transit Adminis-tration, which nearly withdrew federal funding forthe project.
Under Bennett, MWAA took ownership of theDulles Toll Road and took over construction of theMetro Silver Line. Now, Connolly said, constructionwas underway. “We can almost touch Rail to Dulles.”
Charles Snelling, chairman of the MWAA board, saidhis service to the board began around the time Bennett
From left, Washington Airports Task Force President Leo Schefer and Committee forDulles President Tanya Matthews present MWAA CEO Jim Bennett with a paintingcommissioned for his retirement.
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On Saturday, May 22,the Spinal ResearchFoundation hosted its
third annual We’ve Got YourBack 5K race, 1-mile fun run/walk and Spinal Health Fair inReston at the Virginia SpineInstitute’s office on Wiehle Av-enue from 8 a.m.-12 noon.About 500 residents partici-pated in the fun run. The pro-gram took place during May tocorrespond with National Os-teoporosis Awareness Month.
Spinal Surgeon Thomas C.Schuler M.D., president of theSpinal Research Foundation,spoke during the opening cer-emonies about the foundation’sgoals and efforts. EthanAlbright, Raeed Doughty, ChrisSamules and James Thrash ofthe Washington Redskins madean appearance at the eventalong with the Washington
Redskins Cheerleaders. Theevent allowed the public tolearn about how the spineworks and how individuals canprevent injury and spinal prob-lems. DXA Scans were alsoavailable for the public to indi-cate the risk of bone fracturesand Osteoporosis.
“This event has been createdto inspire our patients and thepublic to set goals to improvetheir health,” said Schuler. “Wealso do this to show that withmodern spinal health care, neckand back problems can besolved simply and safely whichenables them to enjoy their livesand contribute to society. Manyof the runners today have suc-cessfully undergone surgerywhich allows them to competetoday.”
— Amir Noorbakhsh
Fun Run/WalkAttracts Hundreds
The Spinal Research Foundation’s volunteers for WeGot Your Back fun run and Spinal Research Fair atWiehle Avenue in Reston
Director of Research and Spine Surgeon Brian R.Subach M.D., We’ve Got Your Back Director of Volun-teers Christine Rodriguez and Chief Executive Officerand Spine Surgeon Thomas C. Schuler M.D.
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Cancer Treatment CenterNamed After Ann B. Rodriguez
Community members, physicians, hospital leaders and thefriends and family of Ann Rodriguez gathered in the RadiationOncology Pavilion at Reston Hospital Center to celebrateRodriguez’s legacy, and the naming of the hospital’s cancer cen-ter in her memory.
“Ann was not only a friend of the hospital, but the entire com-munity,” said Bill Adams, president and CEO of Reston HospitalCenter. “She had a special way of bringing people together —and she continues to do so even today, as we name the Ann B.Rodriguez Cancer Center in her memory.”
In addition to the naming of the Cancer Center, Sen. JanetHowell (D-32) and Del. Ken Plum (D-36) presented Rodriguez’sson Paco Rodriguez with a state resolution honoring her memoryand all that she has done for the Northern Virginia community.
“I always looked up to my mother and thought she was amaz-ing in all that she did for our family, for others, and for the com-munity.” said Paco Rodriguez. “Actions like the one that RestonHospital Center is taking today make me realize that she wasn’tjust amazing to me, but she had a huge impact on others’ lives aswell. It is only fitting that this place of hope and healing nowbears her name.”
Ann Rodriguez was a beloved advocate for the arts and quality oflife issues in Reston and Fairfax County. Her work on countless com-munity organizations, including the Reston Hospital Center Boardof Trustees, improved the lives of many. After being treated at RestonHospital Center, Ann lost her battle at home in November 2009.
Picnic Pavilions Open atLake Fairfax Park
Newly completed picnic shelters located along the shore of LakeFairfax Park were officially opened this month. Members of theFairfax County Board of Supervisors, the Park Authority Boardand other dignitaries gathered to cut the ribbon and officiallyopen these new, highly sought-after pavilions. The half-milliondollar project, funded by the 2008 Park Bond, provides two largepicnic shelters, each with an 88-person capacity and two largegrills; one catering station for the large picnic shelters; two smallpicnic shelters, each with a 60-person capacity, one grill and ca-tering station, as well as concrete access ways and walks.
Love Your Body Day atReston Town Center
Beloved Yoga will lead the way as Northern Virginia’s best yogainstructors and alternative health care providers treat the com-munity to Love Your Body Day, Sunday, June 6, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. atReston Town Center.
The Second Annual Love Your Body Day will be a fun and edu-cational way to celebrate taking care of our bodies from the in-side out. Admission is free. A donation will be encouraged toReston Interfaith for yoga classes and services offered at the eventsuch as massage and Reiki.
The day will feature Yoga Workshops for children, families andadults; live music; complimentary massages; energy healing dem-onstrations; and healthy food samples, as well as the opportunityto ask your questions about alternative healing therapies such asReiki, chiropractic, massage and yoga therapy for chronic illness.
“It’s an event for everyone — young and old, yogis and thosewho’ve never tried yoga before — to discover and rediscover themany ways we can take care of our bodies so we can feel stron-ger, healthier and better able to manage stress,” said MaryamOvissi, co-owner of Beloved Yoga.
Love Your Body event is organized by Beloved Yoga, which hasstudios in Reston and Great Falls, and is presented with supportfrom local yoga and wellness studios in the area. There will bedrawings for free yoga classes, massages and other services of-fered all day long.
For more information and an event schedule, visitwww.belovedyoga.com or call 703-860-9642.
Week in Reston
On Saturday, May 22, South Lakes HighSchool hosted the Reston Relay ForLife. More than 90 teams participatedin the event, raising over $215,000 for
the American Cancer Society. Teams com-
Life Triumphs at Reston RelayA field full of tents at South Lakes High School. Teams supply refreshments to theirparticipants during the long night of walking.
mit to having at least one representative walking onthe track at all times during the event. In the wordsof the ACS, “a world with more birthdays is a worldwith less cancer.”
Carole Stadfield of Reston is surviv-ing leukemia and loves celebratingeach birthday. She has been walk-ing at the Relay since 1997. She isgetting a massage from Restonresident Rick Morgan, ofRejuvinations Massage in Herndonwho organized the massage tent toensure walkers would have accessto massage throughout the event.
Jim Radmore of Herndonand Jane Ackley ofVienna kick off the eventwalking the SurvivorsLap. Cancer survivors areinvited to walk the firstlap of the relay.
Some of the members ofteam S.T.O.M.P. accom-pany cancer survivorSusan Bainwol, thirdfrom right, around thetrack for the first lap ofthe relay.
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THURSDAY/MAY 27Greater Washington DC/Virginia
Chapter of The Crohn’s &Colitis Foundation. 6 p.m. atHyatt Regency Reston, 1800 PresidentsSt., Reston. A patient educationprogram on treatments and advancesin Inflammatory Bowel Disease.Register at [email protected] or 703-865-6130.
Lupus Support Group. 12 p.m. atReston Hospital Center, The WestWing, 1850 Town Center Parkway,Reston. [email protected] orwww.lupusgw.org.
MONDAY/MAY 31Reston Runners Women’s
Training Program. 6:30 p.m. atSouth Lakes High School, 11400South Lakes Drive Reston. Forwomen walkers and runners, to beginor get back into an exercise routine.$30. Speakers on running form, gear,common injuries, and nutrition.Register at www.restonrunners.org.
Chen tai chi. Beginners class everyMonday, 6:30 p.m. at the Jow GaShaolin Institute, 600-D CarlisleDrive, Herndon. First class free. Alllevels and ages welcome.truetaichi.com or 703-801-0064.
WEDNESDAY/JUNE 2Alliance of Reston Clusters and
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Member Meeting. 7 p.m. at LakeAnne Elementary School, 11510North Shore Drive. Reston. Doors willopen at 6:30 p.m. for a member andguest social.
Discussion of the Reston Master PlanSpecial Study Task Force, RA Parksand Recreation, reviews of effortsinvolving the Issues and MemberSupport Committees, approval of theannual budget and more. [email protected].
Passing Strange: A Gilded AgeTale of Love and Deceptionacross the Color Line, By Dr.Martha Sandweiss, 7 p.m. at U.S.Geological Survey, 12201 SunriseValley Drive in Reston. FederalFacility — Photo Id is Required.Sandweiss will share the story of the
secret life of Clarence King, the firstUSGS director. While he was well-known as a brilliant scientist andarchitect of the great surveys thatmapped the West after the Civil War,he held a deep secret that was notrevealed until decades later. Phone:703-648-4748.
SATURDAY/JUNE 5Singles Dinner & Movie Night.
Fixed price dinner beginning at 5p.m. at Uno’s, 11948 Market St. inReston, followed by movie of yourchoice at Reston Multiplex. $30includes dinner, soda, tip and movieticket.
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MONDAY/JUNE 7Reston Runners Women’s
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Chen tai chi. Beginners class everyMonday, 6:30 p.m. at the Jow GaShaolin Institute, 600-D CarlisleDrive, Herndon. First class free. Alllevels and ages welcome.truetaichi.com or 703-801-0064.
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Opinion
On Memorial Day, weremember all ofthose who have diedin military service,
nearly 300,000 in World War II,more than 30,000 in Korea, morethan 50,000 in Vietnam.
More than 160 U.S. Military ser-vice personnel from Virginia havebeen killed in Iraq and Afghani-stan, including several in the lastyear. Earlier this month, on May12, 2010, Donald J. Lamar II, 23of Fredericksburg, was killed inAfghanistan. Christopher D.Worrell, 35 of Virginia Beach, waskilled in Iraq on April 22, 2010.Steven J. Bishop, 29 ofChristianburg, was killed March13, 2010 in Iraq. Kielin T. Dunn,19 of Chesapeake, was killed Feb.18, 2010 in Afghanistan. BrandonT. Islip, 23 of Richmond, was killedNov. 29, 2009, in Afghanistan.Stephan L. Mace, 21 ofLovettsville, died Oct. 3, 2009 inAfghanistan.
Bill Cahir, 40 of Alexandria, diedAug. 13, 2009 of a gunshot woundwhile conducting combat opera-tions in the Helmand Province ofAfghanistan.
After 9/11, Cahir decided toleave his career as a journalist andjoin the Marine Corps. After hisapplication to become a Marinehad originally been denied be-cause of his age, he lobbied mem-bers of Congress to get a specialexemption.
“We all thought he was crazy,”said Brett Lieberman, a formercolleague at Newhouse News Ser-vice.
Fairfax Station resident Pfc.Dillon Jutras, 20, was killed incombat operations in Al AnbarProvince of Iraq Oct. 29, 2005.Dillon Jutras’s younger brother,Hunter Drake Jutras, has helpedus remember by submitting draw-ings every year; this year his por-trait of his brother Dillon appearedon the cover of the BurkeChildren’s Connection. Hunter, asixth grader at White Oaks El-ementary, wrote: “My drawing ofmy brother Dillon who was aRanger in the U.S. Army. He de-ployed to Iraq for Operation IraqiFreedom. He was killed in actionon Oct. 29, 2005. I miss him verymuch.”
MORE THAN 4,300 U.S. mili-tary members have been killed in
Iraq and more than 1,000 havebeen killed in Afghanistan sinceSept. 11, 2001. More than 40,000have been wounded in Iraq andAfghanistan.
On Memorial Day, we honor andthank all those who have servedin the military, in times of war andpeace. It is also a time to reinvigo-rate efforts to provide the best ser-vices and opportunities to our vet-erans. The Post-9/11 GI Bill dra-matically increases the educa-tional benefits extended to mem-bers of the military who haveserved at least three months ofactive duty since Sept. 11, 2001.George Mason University has beenon the forefront of implementingthe GI Bill for veterans locally.Steps to provide better, faster andmore responsive health care, in-cluding mental health care areunderway.
Lance Cpl. Daniel Ryan Bennett,23 of Clifton died Jan. 11, 2009,in Helmand province, Afghanistan.“He loved his country, and we’reso proud of him,” said his mother.
2nd Lt. Sean P. O’Connor ofBurke died Oct. 19, 2008 whilestationed at Hunter Army AirField, Savannah, Ga. O’Connorwas an athlete in soccer, baseballand football who attended FairfaxCounty Public Schools and was a1999 graduate of Bishop Denis J.O’Connell High School in Arling-ton.
Pfc. David Sharrett, 27 ofOakton, died Jan, 16, 2008 in Iraq.On Oct. 24, 2008, his father, DavidH. Sharrett, was on hand alongwith former U.S. Rep. Tom Davis(R) as the Oakton Post Office onWhite Granite Drive was renamedto honor his son.
Army 1st Lt. Thomas J. Brown,a George Mason University gradu-ate and Burke resident, died onSept. 23, 2008, while serving inIraq. His unit came under smallarms fire, and Brown, 26, diedfrom his wounds.
HERE ARE the names of some ofthe local men and women whohave died in Iraq and Afghanistan.We repeat these names severaltimes a year to honor their serviceand to keep their memories in ourconsciousness.
If you know of someone whoshould be included in this list, orif you would like to share how youare honoring the memory of a fam-ily member or friend lost, or aboutthe progress of someone injured,please let us know.
Sgt. Scott Kirkpatrick, 26, diedon Aug. 11, 2007, in Arab Jabour,
Iraq. Kirkpatrick, who graduatedfrom Park View High School inSterling, and also consideredHerndon and Reston as his home-towns, was a champion slam poet.His father, Ed Kirkpatrick, callshim the “warrior poet,” and he andhis wife help injured vets at WalterReed through the Yellow Ribbonf u n d(www.yellowribbonfund.org).
Ami Neiberger-Miller of Sterlinglost her brother, U.S. Army Spc.Christopher Neiberger, in August2007 when he was killed by aroadside bomb while serving inBaghdad, Iraq. He was 22 whenhe died. Since her brother’s death,Neiberger-Miller has devoted her-self to the Tragedy Assistance Pro-gram for Survivors(www.taps.org), which providespeer-based emotional support andother services for families of thefallen, and provides intensive ser-vices and activities.
Staff Sgt. Jesse G. Clowers Jr.,27, of Herndon, died when an im-provised bomb exploded near hisvehicle in Afghanistan on Aug. 12,2007. Jonathan D. Winterbottom,21, of Falls Church, died in Iraqon May 23, 2007, of wounds in-flicted when an “improvised explo-sive device” exploded near his ve-hicle.
Nicholas Rapavi, 22, of Spring-field, died Nov. 24, 2006, ofwounds received during combat inAnbar province in Iraq. Army Cpl.Andy D. Anderson, 24, was killedby enemy fire in Ar Ramadi, Iraqon Tuesday, June 6, 2006.
Airman 1st Class LeeBernard E.Chavis, 21, was killed Oct. 14,2006, by sniper fire in Iraq, tryingto protect civilians from a roadsidebomb.
Spc. Robert Drawl Jr., 21, a 2003graduate of T.C. Williams HighSchool, was killed by a bomb inKunar, Afghanistan, on Aug. 19,2006.
United States Army SpecialistFelipe J. Garcia Villareal, 26 ofBurke, was injured in Iraq andflown to Washington Hospital Cen-ter, where he died Feb. 12, 2006.He was a graduate of HerndonHigh School.
Capt. Shane R. M. Mahaffee, 36,a 1987 graduate of Mount VernonHigh School, died May 15, 2006.He was a lawyer, married, withtwo children. His parents live inAlexandria.
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Nicho-las Kirven, 21, was killed in Af-ghanistan in 2005 during afirefight in a cave with insurgents.He enlisted while still in high
school after 9/11. Maj. William F.Hecker III, a 1987 graduate ofMcLean High School, was killed inaction in An Najaf, Iraq, Jan. 5,2005. Staff Sgt. Ayman Taha, 31,of Vienna, was killed Dec. 30,2005, when an enemy munitionscache he was prepping for demo-lition exploded. Army Capt. ChrisPetty of Vienna was killed Jan. 5,2006.
Staff Sgt. George T. AlexanderJr., the 2,000th soldier to be killedin Iraq, was literally born into theArmy here in Northern Virginia, atDeWitt Army Hospital at FortBelvoir. Alexander died at BrookeArmy Medical Center in San An-tonio, Texas, Oct. 22, 2005, of in-juries sustained in Samarra, Iraq,Oct. 17.
Lt. Col. Thomas A. Wren, 44, ofLorton, died in Tallil, Iraq on Nov.5, 2005. Marine Capt. MichaelMartino, 32 of the City of Fairfax,died Nov. 2, 2005, when his heli-copter was brought down in Iraq.
1st Lt. Laura M. Walker ofOakton was killed on Aug. 18,2005, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.CW4 Matthew S. Lourey of Lortondied from injuries sustained onMay 26, 2005 in Buhriz, Iraq.
Operations Officer Helge Boes ofFairfax was killed on Feb. 5, 2003,while participating incounterterrorism efforts in easternAfghanistan.
Among other local lives lost:Lance Cpl. Tavon Lee Hubbard, 24,of Reston; 1st Lt. AlexanderWetherbee, 27, of McLean; 1st Lt.Jeff Kaylor, 25, of Clifton; CoastGuard Petty Officer Nathan B.Bruckenthal, 24, of Herndon;Army Chief Warrant OfficerSharon T. Swartworth, 43, ofMount Vernon; Command Sgt.Maj. James D. Blankenbecler, 40,of Mount Vernon; Capt. James F.Adamouski, 29, of Springfield;Sgt. DeForest L. Talbert, 22, of Al-exandria; Marine Cpl. Binh N. Le,20, of Alexandria; Staff Sgt.Russell Verdugo, 34, of Alexandria.Army Capt. Mark N. Stubenhofer,30, from Springfield; Marine Gun-nery Sgt. Javier Obleas-PradoPena, 36, from Falls Church; Ma-rine Sgt. Krisna Nachampassak,27, from Burke; Army Staff Sgt.Nathaniel J. Nyren, 31, fromReston; Marine Lance Cpl. TenzinDengkhim, 19, from Falls Church,Navy Chief Joel Egan Baldwin, 37,from Arlington; Maj. JosephMcCloud, of Alexandria; MajorGloria D. Davis, 47 of Lorton.
— Mary Kimm,
Remembering on Memorial Day 2010Close to home,many to honor.
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The County Line
By Julia O’Donoghue
The Connection
Alyssa Whitney and ChristopherBurkhalter are each taking threeAdvanced Placement (AP)courses at West Springfield High
School this year.The two juniors said the courses tend to
be the most challenging classes at the highschool. Students who sit for the AP exam atthe end of the year also get an automaticbump in their grade point average.
“I know a lot of people take them just toget that GPA bump,” said Alyssa.
But starting next year, families will haveto think about more than academic rigorand grade point averages when decidinghow many AP or International Baccalaure-ate (IB) classes a student should take.
As part of the 2010-11 school year bud-get, the Fairfax County School Board hasimposed a $75 fee for each AP or IB test astudent takes.
Both Alyssa and Christopher plan to takethree more AP classes next year as seniors.And they will have to pay $425 if they wantto sit for the exams.
“If you have to pay $75 for that GPAbump, families might take a second look attaking that class,” said Christopher, who stillsaid it unlikely to affect how many AP ex-ams he takes next year.
Students do have the option of enrollingin an AP or IB class without taking the exam.But school officials admit the class does notnecessarily carry as much weight with col-lege and university admissions officers with-out the exam score.
When they don’t take the AP or IB test,students also automatically forfeit the rightto earn college credit for the coursework.
Students who play sports next year willhave to pay a $100 fee for each team theyjoin.
School Board members who voted in fa-vor of the fee said it helped the school sys-tem avoid cutting some sports programs —like indoor track and freshman teams —altogether.
But critics of the fee said it would have adisproportionate effect on schools withsmaller student bodies. Those schools can-not afford the drop in participation that anew sports fee might bring.
“We already have a small football team.We already don’t have as many kids as otherschools. Are we going to be risking moreinjuries if we have fewer players?” saidRobin Crider, president of the athletic boost-ers at Marshall High School, one of thecounty’s smallest high schools.
Several high school booster clubs are alsoconcerned the new fee will detract from the
fund-raising they already do among parentsand in the community. The boosters areexpected to raise all the money for uni-forms, equipment and playing field upkeepat most schools.
“Every single uniform you see out thereis paid for by us,” said Crider.
LOW-INCOME FAMILIES are expected tobe exempt from both sets of fees.
Students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which make up approximately25 percent of Fairfax’s student body, willnot be required to pay for AP/IB exams orsports participation.
But critics of the fees said a large swathof families who don’t fall under the low-income exemption would have a hard timepaying for extra testing and sports partici-pation.
In order to qualify for a free or reduced-price lunch, a family of four must have amedian income of $41,000 per year orlower. The average median family incomein Fairfax County is over $100,000 per year.
“For many families trying to make it inthis Fairfax County world, this is going tobe hard. A public education in Fairfax isanything but free,” said Dean Norton, presi-dent of Mount Vernon High School’s ParentTeach Student Association.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS said thestate and local governments are to blamefor the new fees and programmatic cutsincluded in the school system’s $2.2 billionbudget next year.
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors,for example, decreased the amount ofmoney it transferred to the schools by $16million when compared to the current year’sallocation. Approximately $2 million wouldhave covered the AP/IB testing fees and anextra $1.8 million would have helped avoidthe new athletic fees, according to budgetdocuments.
“There are consequences for the level offunding we haven’t received,” said SchoolBoard president Kathy Smith (Sully).
Fairfax, which has seen a decline incounty revenue overall for two consecutiveyears, provides more than 70 percent of theschool system’s overall funding. It also de-votes over half of all revenue collected topaying for the public school system.
But School Board members said the pub-lic school system is being asked to servemore students with less funding. Along withthe decline in the transfer from the county,Fairfax County Public Schools expected anenrollment increase of about 1,700 studentsnext year.
School officials said that amounts to a$300 reduction in per pupil spending fromthis year to next year overall.
“People have to recognize we alreadyspend far less than neighboring districts,”said School Board member Dan Storck(Mount Vernon).
IN SPITE OF concerns about funding, theSchool Board did restore some of the fund-ing it had cut out of an initial budget pro-posal passed last winter.
Most elementary schools with extendedschool hours on Monday, a program for-merly known as Project Excel, will receiveextra money next year to help with the tran-sition of moving to traditional schedule.
Schools with the extended day on Mon-day tend to be among the neediest in thecounty, with at least 40 percent of their stu-dents coming from low-income families.Nearly a decade ago, officials implementedan extended day on Monday at theseschools to help boost academic achieve-ment.
In February, the School Board voted tocut all extra funding the schools receivedfor the extended day out of next year’s bud-get. They restored some of that funding thispast week after county supervisors threat-
ened to vote against the county budget un-less the school board addressed the needsof extended-day schools.
“I was supporting these programs becausethey have been shown to make a differ-ence,” said Supervisor Gerry Hyland (MountVernon).
Hyland and some other supervisors pre-viously said that the county would be will-ing to provide extra money to the schoolsystem to cover the cost of providing tran-sitional funding to the extended-dayschools.
The School Board reduced the school sys-tems staff reserve by 4.5 positions to payfor transition funding for the extended dayschools. The staff reserve, which is used todeal with unexpectedly large class sizes atthe beginning of the school year, containsmore than 200 positions.
“I believe the funding will be replenishedby the Board of Supervisors,” said Storck,who led the fight for extended-day schoolsto receive more money on the School Board.
THE SCHOOL BOARD also pulled$200,000 that would have gone to the pub-lic schools’ staff reserve to fully cover thecost of transporting elementary school stu-dents to Advanced Academic centers, for-merly known as Gifted and Talented cen-ters.
In February, the School Board had votedto cut transportation for those students whoattend centers but have “local” AdvancedAcademic classes offered at their baseschool.
The proposed budget always called for theschool system to continue transportation forthose students who do not have giftedclasses at their base schools.
A few years ago, the school system startedallowing general education elementaryschools to apply for the opportunity to of-fer “local level IV” services, otherwiseknown as Advanced Academic or Gifted andTalented classes. This allows schools with alarge number of students who qualify toattend Advanced Academic centers to re-tain a larger portion of their student popu-lation.
The school system maintains that no dif-ference exists in the quality of educationoffered at an Advanced Academic centerand in “local” Advanced Academic classes.But several advocates for gifted and talentededucation believe students that attend acenter tackle more complicated material.They have pushed to maintain bus serviceto centers for all students, including thosewho have Advanced Academic classes of-fered in their base school, because they con-tend the programs are different.
Some School Board members said itwould raise equity issues to provide trans-portation for Advanced Academic centersto one group of children and not another.
“As long as we are going to have Level IVcenters, all families have to have access toit,” said School Board member Jane Strauss(Dranesville).
Budget Adds Big Fees and Program Cuts
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Abandoned BoatsReston Association is currentlylooking for the owners of the
following boats found on Reston lakes:
Names will be drawn during the second week of June.For Reston residents only.
To enter your name or to claimyour boat, please call Brian Pettyat Reston Association 703-435-6535.
Lake Thoreau:• Yellow, “Sawyer” canoe• Yellow, “Snark” sailboat• Red, “Sears” canoe
Lake Anne:• Red “Coleman” canoe
The following boat is availableto be given away by a raffle.
Please note: only Reston residentsare eligible for the drawing.
A two-seater pontoon,gray “Sun Dolphin” with anelectric motor and paddle.
became the CEO seven years ago, and hesaid the usual “constructive tension” hadexisted between the CEO and the board,while he had watched projects that Bennetthad initiated reach completion. “None of usin this room is going to give up until thatrail goes all the way out to Dulles,” Snellingsaid.
BENNETT told the crowd members that themeasure of MWAA’s success would be de-termined by their later generations. “Im-provements we make today aren’t for us.They are for those who live and work here
Faith Notes are for announcements and events inthe faith community, including special holiday ser-vices. Send to [email protected] is Thursday.
Bishop Charlene Kammerer announces theappointment of the Reverend Samantha Tuttle asthe senior pastor of Dranesville UMC, effective July1, 2010. Samantha Tuttle grew up in Covington,Va., where she attended Granbery Memorial UnitedMethodist Church. In 1998 she graduated fromFerrum College with a degree in EnvironmentalScience. She then moved to Raleigh, N.C., where shetaught high school Science and Bible, along withcoaching volleyball.
Entering seminary in Atlanta, Ga., Tuttle servedas a general ministry intern at Northside UnitedMethodist Church, as a chaplain for the homeless,at Crossroads Community Ministry, and as a hospi-
tal chaplain at St. Joseph’s Hospital. She also servedas an associate pastor intern at her home church inCovington. In 2003, she graduated from The Can-dler School of Theology at Emory University with aMaster of Divinity. Upon graduation, Tuttle wasthen appointed to her first full-time appointment atCentreville United Methodist Church in Centreville.In June of 2006 she was ordained as an Elder in FullConnection.
Samantha and her husband Mike love the outdoorsand enjoy hiking, kayaking, snorkeling, and travel-ing to new places. They have a young son Noah andtwo dogs, a Welsh terrier and a Labrador mix.
‘Dharma 24/7.’ 10:30 a.m. on Saturday May 29,at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 1625 WiehleAve., Reston. Guhyasamaja Buddhist Center presentsGeshe Gelek on integrating Buddhism into daily lives.$25-$35. www.guhyasamaja.org/geshegelek1.htm.
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From Page 3 in the future,” he said. He added that theceremony was not his wake and that hewould be in and out of the area to watchthe Metro line near completion.
The Washington Airports Task Force pre-sented Bennett with a painting of DullesAirport and himself, which it had commis-sioned from local artist Jane Fitzgerald.
After the speeches, Bennett said the Metroproject was the most memorable of his timeat MWAA, where he worked for a total of14 years. “Obviously, the Dulles CorridorMetro project has been very much fun andvery challenging,” he said.
He said he hoped the airport would con-tinue to grow in his absence, “as demandmerits.”
Bennett Leaves Airports Authority
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Photo by Monica Akhtar/The ConnectionSouth Lakes High School senior Taylor Thompson with her principal Bruce Butler.
Education●Learning●Fun
By Monica AkhtarThe Connection
The South LakesSeahawks and theHerndon HighHornets have
always been huge rivals, butthe most recent battle thatbrewed between the twoschools was like none theyhave had before. This newcompetition went beyondathletics and academics andfocused solely on the spirit ofthe two graduating seniorclasses.
The South Lakes seniors andthe Herndon High seniorswere engaged in competition
Seahawks Win Battle of the GradsSouth Lakes, Herndon high schoolcompete in ticket sales for all-nightgrad parties.
winning school’s T-shirt for an entireacademic day.
SOUTH LAKES PRIN-CIPAL Bruce Butlerwas confident that hissenior Seahawkswould be victorious,but he commends thefriendly nature of theHerndon/South Lakesrivalry. “South Lakeskids and Herndon kidsare friends,” he said.“The competition isalways friendly, andgood spirited, it is avery positive competi-tion.”
Neither the Seahawks, northe Hornets want to see theirprincipal supporting the rival.Although they are competing,the two schools have a com-mon goal: safety on gradua-
for the ANG Party. “Weknow, for this night,that they are safe andoff the roads.”
Both All-Night GradParties are alcohol-and drug-free eventsthat will help toprevent the type ofaccidents that havebecome all too com-mon recently. “This isa very exciting time forthe kids,” said LesliePetty, Herndon High’sANG chair. “Accidentsare not only alcohol,but speed involved.We want to keep thekids safe.”
“The party will keep us outof trouble, and help us toavoid any sort of temptationon graduation night,” saidSenior Taylor Thompson fromSouth Lakes. “I know every-
to see which graduates wouldrally together the highestticket sales for their upcomingAll-Night Grad Parties. “I’m100 percent sure my SouthLakes Seahawks will win thecompetition over Herndon,”said Nick Gillum, a senior atSouth Lakes.
“Herndon will dominate thiscompetition against SouthLakes,” said senior KelseyDeford, from Herndon High.
Seniors from both schoolsraced to purchase their ticketsto the All-Night Grad Party inorder to avoid losing to theirschool’s biggest rivals. Thelosing school’s principalwould be forced to wear the
tion night.All-Night Grad Parties have
been a tradition of bothschools for more than 20years, and they have suc-ceeded in their mission to
keep seniors safe on gradua-tion night. “The biggest thingis to keep kids safe, to givethem an alcohol- and drug-free option,” said EllenJennings, South Lakes’ chair
one will be there.”
HERNDON’S ALL-NIGHTGRAD PARTY promises non-stop entertainment completewith laser tag, a casino, amagician and huge grandprizes like bicycles, laptops,iPads and much more. “Therereally is no down time, thestudents will not want toleave before morning,” saidPetty.
South Lakes’ All-Night GradParty promises endless gamesand amusement includingfunny photo ops, a candyroom and a cash machine.The night’s entertainmentincludes a hypnotist show.Every student will leave theparty with a prize. The prizesrange from cash prizes andgift cards to grand prizes thatwill not be revealed until thenight of the party. “It’s a
celebratory night when thecommunity really pulls to-gether,” said Butler. “It’s oneof my favorite nights of theyear, and the ethics are smart.The seniors are safe.”
South Lakes High School’ssenior class proved to bevictorious in this competition.As of May 17, 48 percent ofSouth Lakes’ senior classpurchased tickets for their AllNight Grad Party compared to41 percent of Herndon’s.However, seniors from bothschools are expected tocontinue to purchase tickets.
The rival principals havekept their promise and it issaid that South Lakes isarranging to send WilliamBates, Herndon High’s princi-pal, a SLHS T-shirt in the nearfuture.
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Each year, the Reston BicycleClub sponsors a bike jerseydesign contest in conjunc-
tion with the South Lakes High
School Graphics Art Department.Students complete jersey designsthat they submit to the club, andfrom the more than 60 entries re-ceived this year, the club selecteda first-, second- and third-placedesign, as well as three honorablementions. Each year, the club usesthe first-place design for that year’sclub jersey. South Lakes and thefirst-place winner also receive a
Photo Contributed
This year’s winnersand the participants
in the award cer-emony are, from left,South Lakes PrincipalBruce Butler, Jaspreet
Sambe, Bicycle ClubTreasurer Ken Th-ompson, Diamon
Pearson, Bicycle Clubcontest chair Barbara
Lytle, Lorena Arias,Haseeb Ahmad,
Camille Hunter andSouth Lakes High
School graphics artinstructor Amy
Saylor.
South Lakes Graphics Arts WinnersBicycle Clubrecognizesjersey designs.
winning jersey. The award cer-emony was held on Thursday, May13. This year’s winners and awardsare: Diamon Pearson, first place,$500 and jersey; Jaspreet Sambe,second place, $300; Arthur Kay,third place, $200; Camille Hunter,honorable mention, $100; LorenaArias, honorable mention, $100;Haseeb Ahmad, honorable men-tion, $100.
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‘Swan Lake’ at Reston Center StageThe Ravel Dance Studio, a non profit organization,will be performing the classical ballet, ‘Swan Lake.’Anastassia Perfilieva, above, a junior at South LakesHigh School, will perform the lead of Odette/Odile.She joined the Ravel Dance Studio at age five speak-ing only Russian. She has since risen through theranks of the ballet school and is planning to attend aB.F.A. ballet university and then going on to danceprofessionally. The performances take place at theReston Center Stage on Friday, May 28, 7:30 p.m.and Saturday, May 29, 2 p.m. General admission $15.Tickets sold at the box office door. For more informa-tion call 703-437-9664.
Send announcements [email protected] is Thursday for the followingweek’s paper. Photos/artwork encour-aged. For additional listings, visitwww.connectionnewspapers.com.
THURSDAY/MAY 27Night Hike. 7 p.m. at Walker Nature
Education Center, 11450 GladeDrive, Reston. Look for nocturnalinsects, flying squirrels and frogs thatare just waking up from daytimesleep, and learn what makes theseanimals suited for the night. $4 RAmembers, $6 Non-members. All ages.Reserve at 703-476-9689 ext. 6540or [email protected].
Michael Franti & Spearhead. 7 p.m.at Wolf Trap Foundation for thePerforming Arts, 1645 Trap Road,Vienna. $74-$471. 703-938-2404 orwww.wolftrap.org.
FRIDAY/MAY 28Garrison Keillor: A Prairie Home
Companion Live Broadcast. 8p.m. at Wolf Trap Foundation for thePerforming Arts, 1645 Trap Road,Vienna. $48-$298. 703-938-2404 orwww.wolftrap.org.
SATURDAY/MAY 29Garrison Keillor: A Prairie Home
Companion Live Broadcast. 5:45p.m. at Wolf Trap Foundation for thePerforming Arts, 1645 Trap Road,Vienna. $48-$353. 703-938-2404 orwww.wolftrap.org.
Neighborhood Plant Clinic. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Oakton Library, 10304Lynnhaven Place, Oakton. TheFairfax County Master GardenersAssociation gives tips and strategies.703-242-4020.
BBQ and Bluegrass Fundraiser. 2-8p.m. at Loudoun County 4-HFairgrounds, 17558 Dry Mill Road,Leesburg. Music by the SeldomScene. Proceeds support charitiesincluding ECHO and clean drinkingwater projects, and providescholarships for college students.Purchase tickets atwww.DullesRotaryBBQ.com or 571-521-0646.
Call for Extras for Local Film “Forthe Glory.” 200 extras, ages 9 andup, needed for a basketball gamescene. 10-12 hours filming daystarting in the morning. [email protected].
SUNDAY/MAY 30 Jimmy’s Annual Memorial Day &
Anniversary Party. 8:30 a.m.:Motorcyclists are invited to joinJimmy & Ride Captain Ron Davis forRolling Thunder. ComplimentaryContinental Breakfast at Jimmy’s. 9a.m:. Depart directly for the VietnamMemorial (We will not be riding tothe Pentagon or participating in theparade.) Scenic Ride back toJimmy’s via White’s Ferry. 12 noon:Outdoor Party in the alley beginswith Live Crawfish, Crabs & Lobster,BBQ Ribs, Chicken, Burgers, Dogs &more. Live music & DJ. 12 noon – 9p.m. - live music outside: AcousticJams hosted by Jay Hutchinson,Andre Fox, Undercurrent, Augur,Brian Symmes, JOTT-O Blues Band,Louis Coppola, Compliments ofGeorge, Clarence Buffalo, NastyLittle People feat. Mike O’Meara;10:30 p.m. – live music inside: 10:30Nigel Brewer, 11 DesperateMeasures, 12 Soul Craft. AnniversarySpecial from 12 Noon-2pm:Discounted Crabs, Lobster &Crawfish. No cover. Help us supportOperation Homefront.
2010 Summer Blast Off: “ThePresident’s Own.” 8 p.m. WolfTrap Foundation for the PerformingArts, 1624 Trap Road, Vienna. United
States Marine Band, with fireworks.Free. www.wolftrap.org. or 703-255-1868.
Reston Community Orchestra. 4p.m. at the Reston CommunityCenter, Hunters Woods VillageCenter, 2310 Colts Neck Road,Reston. Maestro Dingwall Fleary toconduct “Celebrating Youth: For theYoung of All Ages.Ó With juggler/comedian Jonathan Austin, studentsoloists Dominic Favia on trumpetand Shankar Balasubramanian onviolin. Spring and Four Seasons byAntonio Vivaldi, Symphony No.5 1⁄2by Don Gillis and more. Freeadmission; donations accepted.www.restoncommunityorchestra or703-860-0108.
WEDNESDAY/JUNE 2Riverdance. 8 p.m. at Wolf Trap
Foundation for the Performing Arts,1645 Trap Road, Vienna. $46-$192.703-938-2404 or www.wolftrap.org.
THURSDAY/JUNE 32010 Herndon Festival. 6-10 p.m. at
the Herndon Municipal Center 777Lynn St., Herndon. Bill Kirchen,Who’s Bad tribute to MichaelJackson, and Gantzer & Groover.Carnival, fireworks on Thursday andSaturday, children’s hands-on artarea, arts & crafts show, businessexpo, 10K/5K races and fitness expo,K-9 2K and Doggie Expo and avariety of ethnic food vendors. Freeand open to the public, althoughthere is a charge for some activities.www.Herndonfestival.net.
Daryl Davis. 7:30 p.m. at Frying PanFarm Park, 2709 West Ox Road,Herndon. Blues, rockabilly,rock’n’roll, boogie woogie and more.Free. 703-324-7469 orwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/performances.
Open Mic for Bands Night. 9 p.m. atJimmy’s Tavern, 697 Spring St., OldTown Herndon (on the Corner ofElden and Spring Streets). Bands willreceive 30 minutes to play, and mustpre-sign with Andre’ Love [email protected] or 703-984-9114. Walk–ins will only beaccepted if time permits. All types ofmusic welcomed. 703-435-5467.
Riverdance. 8 p.m. at Wolf TrapFoundation for the Performing Arts,1645 Trap Road, Vienna. $46-$192.
703-938-2404 or www.wolftrap.org.
FRIDAY/JUNE 4Jazz Dessert Concert. 7:30 p.m. at
the Reston Community Center, 2310Colts Neck Road, Reston. With theSouth Lakes High School Jazz Hawksand the Langston Hughes MiddleSchool Jazz Ensemble. Proceeds go tothe South Lakes High School BandBoosters for new band uniforms. $15Adults, $8 Students, under age 12free with adult.www.southlakesbandboosters.org.
2010 Herndon Festival. 5-11 p.m. atthe Herndon Municipal Center 777Lynn St., Herndon. Hotel Californiatribute to the Eagles and DavyKnowles & Back Door Slam. Carnival,children’s hands-on art area, arts &crafts show, business expo, 10K/5Kraces and fitness expo, K-9 2K andDoggie Expo and a variety of ethnicfood vendors. Free and open to thepublic, although there is a charge forsome activities.www.Herndonfestival.net.
Riverdance. 8 p.m. at Wolf TrapFoundation for the Performing Arts,1645 Trap Road, Vienna. $46-$192.703-938-2404 or www.wolftrap.org.
SATURDAY/JUNE 5Opening Reception. 6-8 p.m. Reston
Museum & Shop, 1639 WashingtonPlaza, Lake Anne Village Center,Reston. Reston Stream Restoration,presented by Wetland Studies. Free.www.RestonMuseum.org.
2010 Herndon Festival. 10 a.m.-11p.m. at the Herndon MunicipalCenter 777 Lynn St., Herndon. TheGrandsons, Gabe Dixon and MarshallCrenshaw. Carnival, fireworks onThursday and Saturday, children’shands-on art area, arts & crafts show,business expo, 10K/5K races andfitness expo and a variety of ethnicfood vendors. Free and open to thepublic, although there is a charge forsome activities.www.Herndonfestival.net.
K9-2K Dog Walk & Doggie Expo.Bready Park 814 Ferndale Ave.,Herndon. Registration begins 8:15a.m., Walk at 9 a.m. and Expo at 10a.m. Held in conjunction with theHerndon Festival. $15 before May 30and $20 from May 31-June 5. $10 foreach additional dog from the samehousehold. barknbubblesdogwash.com.
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wanted to go to regionals. [The season] wasa stepping stone for the program.”
Herndon had several players earn All-Concorde District recognition this season.The Hornets’ First Team members were se-niors Nick Impellizzeri (outfield), Dan Shill(pitcher) and Zach Reif (DH). Making Sec-ond Team was senior Alex Clark (first base),while two Herndon players — sophomorecatcher Matt Smith (catcher) and seniorPaul Hvozdovic (pitcher) — made Honor-able Mention.
Both Impellizzeri and Hvozdovic recentlycommitted to play baseball next school yearat Shepherd University (W.Va.). The Ramsare an NCAA Division 2 program. Both Hor-net players visited the Shepherd Universitycampus together a couple weeks ago beforemaking their decisions to attend the liberalarts school, located about an hour away.
“I’m real excited for them,” said Miller.“You want to see your guys play at the nextlevel.”
Impellizzeri, who along with being FirstTeam All-District was also named Honor-able Mention All-Northern Region, was afour-year starter for the Herndon varsity. Heplayed mostly in the outfield this season butalso played five games at shortstop.
“Nick has a lot of ability and is very ver-satile,” said Miller. “He can play pretty muchany position on the field, which collegeslike. [At the plate] he really battles. He just
competed and finds a way to get it done.He doesn’t strike out much and he has [ex-tra base hit] power.”
Hvozdovic, a left-handed starting pitcher,missed several games over the second halfof the season as a result of an injury. He didreturn to play in the team’s final gameagainst Oakton.
“He throws the ball around 80 and has areal good curve ball,” said Miller, of thesouthpaw. “The biggest thing is he throwsstrikes.”
Seahawks Defeat Langley in Liberty Play-in Game
South Lakes High won a Liberty Districtbaseball tournament play-in game over Lan-gley, 4-3. The postseason contest, whichwent into extra innings, was played on May19 at Langley High School.
In the top of the eighth inning of a 3-3tie, Seahawk Wilfredo Corps-Ortiz manu-factured what proved to be the winning runfor his team. Leading off the inning, Corps-Ortiz coaxed a walk before eventually steal-ing both second and third base. On the stealof third base, which occurred with two outs,Corps-Ortiz went on to score when thethrow from the catcher sailed into left field.His run gave South Lakes the lead for goodat 4-3.
South Lakes starting pitcher John Beckfinished off a stellar performance by shut-ting down Langley in the bottom half of theeighth to secure the win.
South Lakes managed a single run in eachof the first three innings of the game. RyanForrest singled to start off the game beforebeing forced out on a Will Sweet infieldgrounder. Sweet took second on a throw-ing error, advanced to third on a Corps-Ortizgrounder and scored on a wild pitch.
In the second inning, Austin Schweppewas hit by a pitch and eventually scored on
South Lakes ace pitcher John Beck, center, with members of theSeahawks’ coaching staff, including head coach Galvin Morris, far left.
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While the Herndon High baseball team’s bid to qualify forthe Northern Region playoffs for the first time in four
years fell short this spring, the Hornets didrecord a winning record under their newcoach, Greg Miller.
The Hornets saw their season end on May18 with a 13-6 extra innings home loss toOakton in a first round game of theConcorde District tournament. Herndon fin-ished the season 11-7 under Miller, who wasnamed the program’s head coach this pastoff-season following the retirement offormer longtime Herndon Manager AlMcCullock.
The playoff setback to Oakton endedHerndon’s season-long goal of qualifying forthe 16-team regional tournament, which isset to begin later this week. A win over theCougars would have advanced Herndon tothe district semifinals as well as automati-cally qualifying them for regionals.
Herndon made a late-game rally againstOakton, but the guest Cougars put the con-test away for good with a huge eighth in-ning.
Trailing 6-0 going into its final at-bats inthe top of the seventh inning, Herndon ral-lied for six runs to tie the game and forceextra innings. The Hornets began the come-back inning with three straight singles fromAlex Clark, Dylan Garten and JJ McMannto load the bases. Herndon’s next batter,Connor McNichol, was hit by a pitch to forcein the Hornets’ first run.
Herndon went on to score five more runsthat inning, two crossing the plate on a two-run single from Zach Reif.
Following seven full innings, the gamewas deadlocked at 6-6. But Oakton an-swered Herndon’s breakout inning by tal-lying seven runs in the top of the eighth toall but put the game away.
It was a frustrating game for Herndon,which made some costly defensive mistakesand had a difficult time overall in holdingdown Oakton’s prolific offense.
“We really just got outplayed the wholegame,” said Miller. “We had a couple of criti-cal errors. Oakton can really swing the batsand we didn’t do a good job of keeping themoff base.”
It was a particularly tough loss forHerndon because of the way the teamfought back to tie it.
“It was a bittersweet loss,” said Miller. “I’mreal proud of the kids for scoring six runsin the bottom of the seventh to tie it. We
a two-out double off the bat of Lucian Foxfor South Lakes’ second run. Langley tiedthe game in the bottom of the second on ahit batter, two Seahawk errors and an RBIdouble.
In the South Lakes third, Billy McLaughlinwalked with two outs. David Odlen thenreached on an error, advancing Mclaughlinto third. The Seahawks then executed a two-out double steal with McLaughlin scoringto give the Seahawks a 3-2 lead.
The score remained 3-2 until the bottomof the seventh when a Langley pinch hitterled off with a double to left field. Beck struckout the next batter on three pitches and gotthe second out on a shallow fly ball to left.
Langley’s ninth hitter then stroked asingle to right field with the lead runnerholding at third base. The next Langley hit-ter managed an infield single up the middleto score the tying run, setting the stage forextra innings.
For the night, Beck, the South Lakes start-ing pitcher, allowed four hits and struck outsix for the win. He consistently stayed aheadin the count, throwing 84 of his 112 pitchesfor strikes. He threw first pitch strikes to26 of the 33 batters he faced. Only fourLangley batters managed a three-ball count.
Beck was assisted by a couple of niceSeahawk defensive plays, including a line-drive to third baseman Sweet, resulting ina double play, and a running catch in rightfield by Odlen.
The Seahawks managed only three hitson the night, a Forrest single, Fox’s RBIdouble, and McLaughlin’s two-bagger.
THE FOLLOWING DAY saw theSeahawks’ season end with a 9-2 districtquarterfinals loss at Stone Bridge High. TheSeahawks jumped out to a 2-0 lead in thetop of the first inning, but Stone Bridgecame back with nine unanswered runs toeliminate the Seahawks from postseasonplay.
Forrest, in the top of the first, led off withan infield single and took second on athrowing error. Sweet followed with a walk.Then, with Corps-Ortiz at the plate, Forrestand Sweet executed a double steal, puttingSeahawks on second and third base. Corps-Ortiz came through with a single to leftfield, scoring Forrest and moving Sweet tothird. Sweet then scored on a double-playgroundout off the bat of McLaughlin.
The Seahawks threatened again in thesecond inning, loading the bases with noouts on an Odlen single and two StoneBridge errors. But a strikeout and an inning-ending double play silenced the Seahawkswith no runs.
After the second inning, Stone Bridgestarter Spencer Brookbank settled in andshut down the Seahawks, facing the mini-mum three batters the rest of the way. Theonly Seahawk base hit after the secondcame on a Corps-Ortiz double to deep rightcenter field. On the extra base hit, Corps-Ortiz was thrown out at third base goingfor a triple.
South Lakes finished the season 6-16.
Herndon, South Lakes Baseball Seasons Conclude atHornets give Oaktonlate game score;Seahawks defeatLangley, then fall toStone Bridge.
“We wanted to go toregionals. [The season]was a stepping stone forthe program.”
— Greg Miller, Herndon coach
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Four local women artists were featured at the opening of the “BEAUTIFUL: Virginia Women Artists and
the Body” show at the Greater Reston ArtsCenter (GRACE) on Saturday.
Joanne Bauer, executive director ofGreater Reston Arts Center, said she chosethese four women artists because, “they hadsuch a high level of craftsmanship, weredoing really interesting work, complex andthat it was about the body.”
Elissa Farrow Savos is a sculptor who fo-cuses on the female figure. “Every piece Imake is about storytelling, each a narrativeof some woman somewhere, and everywoman everywhere,” she said. “My womenare the same. They show their scars andwear them proudly.”
Bernis von zur Muehlen is a photographerwell known for photos of her husband, Pe-ter, among others. She focuses on the nudemale body. “An intermingling of beauty andstrangeness — a fusion of natural powerreflected by the male form and the softness
of that form in light — marks many of myimages of him and others who I have pho-tographed through the years.”
Elizabeth Menges’ series is composed ofpaintings and drawings of women who haveovercome breast cancer, gone through mas-tectomies, but decided against reconstruc-tive surgery.
The fourth artist, Victoria Gaitan, is alsoa photographer. Her series focuses on howculture can distort one’s perception ofbeauty. “Sweet Meat examines these shap-ing forces with a critical look as some ofthe conditional criteria for becoming a beau-tiful woman,” she said.
“They were all working on the same con-cept of beauty in the human figure,” Bauersaid, of the four artists. GRACE is a non-profit whose mission is to “enrich commu-nity life by promoting involvement and ex-cellence in contemporary visual arts,” Bauersaid, and has been for the past 35 years.The exhibit is open until June 11.
For more information on GRACE, visit:http://www.restonarts.org/about/.
— Stephanie Knapp
Photos by Stephanie Knapp/The Connection
Executive director of Greater Reston Arts Center Joanne Bauer talks withartist Elizabeth Menges.
‘Beautiful’ at GRACE Highlights BodyExhibit featuresfour area artists.
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Sandra Carpenter of Reston and Sylvia Houston of Herndon look at theartworks highlighting the body.
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Nevertheless, seeing names on more thingsthan I can remember seeing previously got methinking (I know, always dangerous). Given myrather precarious health predicament/prognosis,would it be presumptuous on my part to bethinking about my name potentially appearingon something (other than my headstone/marker) after the sun goes down for that finaltime? Do average people like me, ones that arenot politically/socially/spiritually/commerciallyconnected, ever get their names considered forsuch posterity-defining placement? Not that I’mmaneuvering for such recognition, but if themomentum is in the finished projects needing aname/being named, then isn’t my name asgood as any other?
Most of the ordinary-sounding names (notpolitical, not military; not famous) I see associ-ated with these Public Works projects seemunfamiliar to me, totally unknown, so their pre-sumptive pursuits, accomplishments, sacrifices,etc., while they were alive which earned themthe posthumous honor bestowed on their fam-ily name could just as easily/similarly bebestowed on my family’s name, couldn’t it? Idon’t know what the two Troopers “plaqued”(on two overpasses on Interstate 95 in Virginia)did to have their names so honored any morethan their families would know why my namewas affixed to some municipal project.Nevertheless, names are appearing andattached to all sorts of completed Public Works.
Granted, I wouldn’t want to be associ-ated/named with a Sewage Treatment Plant ora Waste Disposal Facility, but perhaps my familywouldn’t have a choice. Perhaps the powersthat be, for whatever reason, would see honorin connecting Lourie with The Shady GroveTransfer Station (see waste disposal in Mont-gomery County). But if the “greater good”would be served then let me state for therecord, unequivocally, I’m all for it. As much asmy columns have been about me, I haven’tmattered nearly as much as the subjects writtenabout have mattered. I’ve merely been thevoice of semi reason. It’s helped me to writethem. I hope it’s helped others to read them.Thanks for your time.
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Opinion
See Letter, Page 18
By Kenneth R. “Ken” Plum
State Delegate (D-36)
There was undoubtedly a feeling ofelation among the 2,228 passengers and crewmembers as they
boarded the Titanic ocean liner for hermaiden voyage April 10, 1912. There was
no way to know that byApril 15 only 705 ofthem would survive hersinking. After all, the
Titanic had been described as a first classocean liner that was the largest luxury lineron the open seas with a special construc-tion of water-tight compartments that madeher invincible and in the word of an officialof White Star Line that owned her, “unsink-able.” Ironically, his comment was made theday after the Titanic sank.
Nearly 100 years later a tragedy unfoldedin the Gulf of Mexico as the Deepwater Ho-rizon oil-drilling platform exploded andburned leaving thousands of barrels of oilgushing into the Gulf. Just 11 days beforethe incident, the U.S. Department of theInterior’s Minerals Management Servicegave the petroleum company BP a “categori-cal exclusion” from the National Environ-mental Policy Act requirements because itdeemed that an accidental oil spill wouldbe “unlikely.” Experts do not agree on theamount of oil that is continuing to leak, butsome think the amount may be as much as40,000 barrels a day. Its impact on thedepths of the ocean and the coast line inthe Gulf as well as the results of the oil be-ing dispersed by the loop currents that couldtake it to the Florida Keys and northwardto Cape Hatteras can only be imagined withhorror and grave concern. Even with allthe redundancies and fail-safe devices in-volved in the oil drilling process the envi-ronmental tragedy was not avoided.
We learned a great deal from the Titanic
in ship design, useof materials, andship operation. Wehave been able toavert other disas-ters like it. WithDeepwater Hori-zon we must ex-amine seriouslywhether we wantto put some of ourmost fragile natu-
ral resources at risk. A “drill baby drill”mentality could lead to serious mistakes.The Commonwealth of Virginia throughGov. McDonnell (R) has become the chiefproponent of oil drilling off the East Coastand specifically the coast of Virginia. Theidea has been sold to many voters as a waywe can raise money through royalties tofund our transportation system. I votedagainst the bill in the 2010 session of theGeneral Assembly calling for offshore drill-ing.
Last week, our own U.S. Defense Depart-ment issued a report that shows that “ex-ploratory drilling for oil and natural gas offalmost three-quarters of the Virginia shore-line where the government has proposedthose activities is incompatible with mili-tary operations and training.” Drillingwould interfere with a long list of militaryactivities and operations along the coast andparticularly at Norfolk, the world’s largestnaval base and a key factor in maintainingeconomic stability in Virginia.
There are too many unknowns to go for-ward with this idea.
We need to learn from disasters. The har-bor at Norfolk is also a safe port for someof the greatest of luxury liners. There maybe a modest amount of oil off the coast ofVirginia, but let’s not do anything that couldrepeat the events in the Gulf of Mexico inoil exploration along Virginia’s coast.
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Commentary
Where Did theOld Market Go?
To the Editor:I am writing in response to the Jack
Kenny’s opinion piece [“Act Locally,” RestonConnection, May 5-11, 2010]. I owned theoriginal Reston Farm Market that Mr. Kennyreferred to. I closed it when the environ-ment around us changed and developmenttook the Fort Pumpkin property. The climatebecame more restrictive, and I knew thatin the future I would not be able to operatein my free wheeling ways.
In 1974, I squatted on that land living outof my old VW bus, selling pumpkins andChristmas trees under the stars the first twoyears. Mac Crippen, the man who ownedthe land, took a liking to me and we workedout a deal. Somehow I grew into a busi-nessman and I enjoyed every minute of it.
I would like to clarify that the Reston FarmMarket never fell on “hard times” and I re-ject Mr. Kenny’s assumption that hard timesand a Saturday morning farmer’s market at
Lake Anne had anything to do with why Ileft. I sold large volumes of fresh produce,plants, crafts, pumpkins and Christmas treesevery year, and I employed up to 100 peopledepending on the season. When I closed themarket for good, my business was still go-ing strong.
By all accounts, my business was a greatsuccess; we were featured in The Washing-ton Post, Washingtonian Magazine, and Iappeared on “Good Morning America” towhich I brought the world’s largest pump-kin. But, the biggest measure of success tome is that I am proud to have provided thecommunity with a fun place to buy “the bestof every season.”
The Lake Anne Farmer’s Market, where Ishop almost every Saturday morning (andby the way it is not adults only as Mr. Kennystates) had nothing to do with why I closedthe Reston Farm Market. If anything, theLake Anne Farmer’s Market and other mar-kets in the area increased people’s aware-ness of fresh, organic, seasonal food andcreated more, not fewer customers for natu
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Frederick Andrew Brown
92, a decorated Naval Officer, died of cardiac arrest March 15, 2010 at INOVA Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia. He was an Alexandria resident.
Mr. Brown was a career officer working in the Navy Intelligence Department specializing in Russian.
After retiring from the military in 1968 he worked at the Library of Congress and then with the Defense Department until 1987.He was honored with the Department of Defense Civilian Serv-ice Award, along with many other achievement awards.
Mr. Brown was born May 28, 1917 in Marinette, Wisconsin.Received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineer-ing from the University of Missouri. From 1939-1943 and 1945-1951 Mr. Brown worked at the Midwest Rubber Reclaim-ing Company in East St. Louis as a chemist.
At the outbreak of World War II he attended Cornell University receiving his officer's commission.
From 1943-1945 he served aboard the destroyer USS Nichol-son in the Pacific. The Nicholson earned four battle stars'; seeing action during the Philippines Sea, Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaigns.
Mr. Brown received a handwritten letter from Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, U.S. Navy commending him on his article “U.S. Navy Weather Stations in Siberia” , in the Naval Institute Proceedings (July 1962).
While serving in the Navy, Mr. Brown was stationed in Naples, Italy: Tokyo, Japan; London,England and Washington, D.C.He also taught Naval Science, machinery and navigation at Ole Miss University. After his retirement from the Defense De-partment he taught English at the Adult Education Program in Fairfax County.
Mr. Brown enjoyed traveling, coin collecting and spoke five lan-guages, Russian being his specialty. He had been researching and writing a book on the life of Alexandra Feodoronvna Romanova, the last Tsarina of Russia. He was a Third Free Mason and a life long member of the Arcadia Fraternity.
Mr. Brown is survived by his wife of 70 years, Frances V. Brown of Alexandria, Virginia; three sons, Frederick Vincent Brown (Jean)of Water Valley, Mississippi, Thomas Richard Brown (Sue) of Honolulu, Hawaii, Walter Christian Brown (Marsha)of Wausau, Wisconsin; two daughters, JoAnn Brown Alfriend of Falls Church, Virginia and Nancy Jane Williams (Ed) of Oak Hill, Virginia; three brothers, George E. Brown of Brownsboro, Alabama; Richard Brown of Sebastatol, Califor-nia, and William Brown of Fallsbrook, California; a sister, Louise Wolfe preceded him. He was Grandfather of 11, Great Grandfather of 17 and Great-Great Grandfather of one.
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Last time, we projected thatthe Reston Master PlanSpecial Study Task Force
(with a moniker like that youknow something’s wrong) is on apath to take Reston from 65,000folks to upwards of 150,000 andto mega-urban commercial con-struction unless logic, vision anda sense of community soon join theprofit and tax engines as equals inthis process.
While the sharply limited man-date and piecemeal rather thancomprehensive approach Supervi-sor Cathy Hudgins (D-HunterMill) dictated to the Task Forcemake the prospect of a favorable,livable community outcomedoubtful, there are positive forcesat work keeping hope alive. Prin-cipal among these are the severaltalented and caring people whosomehow got onto the Task Forceitself. Then, there is the Reston2020 Committee, formed by thenewly invigorated Reston CitizensAssociation (RCA), which is notonly persistent, but has fine lead-ership and an unusually largegroup of committed residentsfighting for the right to participatein shaping the future of their com-
munity. They also havecreated a dynamite, user-friendly blog,www.reston2020.blogspot.com,courtesy of TerryMaynard. To date, thesecitizen forces have suc-cessfully pressed theChair to get ideas beforethe Task Force de-spite resistance fromthe developer clan.
But, the challenges to a commu-nity-friendly result are formidable.Take the example of the Town Cen-ter Subcommittee of the TaskForce ably led by TC resident Rob-ert Goudie. Their job would seemeasiest of the three station sub-committees. But, flaws in the in-place Town Center grid — namelythree 4-6 lane, east-west arteriescutting through it, frustrate pedes-trian connectivity and effectivelychop TC into three separate areas.Also, in north Town Center, be-sides developer pressure to keepdensity here at levels more appro-priate nearer the rail station, thecounty is the problem — planninga giant new, fortress police station(and new Supervisor digs?), main-taining a foul fuel depot for countyvehicles on prime land, and refus-ing to clean up a potentially beau-tiful, 5-acre Park Authority-owned
plot on FountainDrive.
And, the en-tirety of the cor-ridor rail stationareas is beinglooked at piece-meal with: ZEROplanned park ar-
eas (accord-ing to RAand the ParkAuthority it-
self); no mention of basic publicfacilities like schools anywhere;and potential density including asmany as 23,000 new residences.The lack of a vision for even thePhase I study area is ominous bothfor the study area and for studyPhase 2. Imagine what it may looklike when they finally add up allthe pieces for Phase 1. Would youwant to live there?
If the ugly scenario I am project-ing is realized, will it be enoughto get the attention of Task Forceleadership and County staff? Willit be enough to get them to thinkvision and community, to listen tovoices of the community whichsurround them on the Task Forceand in Reston 2020, and to headin a new direction before visitingthe Phase 1 disaster on all ofReston?
Accidental Master Planning, Part 2
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ral food purveyors. I evenworked with the same farmerswho set up their stalls at the LakeAnne Market. It is the local gov-ernment support and guidancethat helps create the farmer’s mar-ket; bringing together producersand the consumers, benefitingboth. This fosters individual enter-prise; educating the consumers atthe same time.
Change happened around us,fields that used to come alive ev-ery fall with the sound of NativeAmerican drumming and thesqueals of children enjoying themagic that was the Fort PumpkinFestival were now doomed tosprout houses stacked one on topof another. It was only when de-velopers came that Fairfax Countyzoning inspectors started to re-strict the fun at our quirky mar-ket. Somehow, the Reston FarmMarket was always left alone be-fore that, even though as ayounger man I did not think muchof building permits, licenses, andbuilding codes. No longer could Ibring in a man from England, oneof the few remaining people whoknew how to make a hand-thatched roof, just because Ithought it would look cool on my
snack bar. No longer could I bringin Native American story tellersand dancers every fall to sharetheir culture. And forget about of-fering a customer a glass of thehard cider, I had fermented overthe winter, to welcome backspring. I was even told by theFairfax Zoning Department, “Nomore displays of scarecrows willbe permitted on the median stripin front of the Market.” Instead, Iwas ordered to plant a tall grow-ing hedge of plants to hide the “eyesore” of Market from the view ofpassing cars … “enough isenough” I thought to myself!
No, it was bulldozers and chang-
ing times that hurt my small busi-ness, not a farmer’s market inReston’s original neighborhood.The Reston Farm Market belongedin a barn, in a bygone era whenone could be a true individual,answering only to one’s own cre-ative spirit. In the future, I fore-saw we were going to have to con-form to homogenous standardsand submit to more zoning andregulations, which would trans-form us into a gentrified versionof what the market was. It was nolonger going to be the quirky mar-ket of which I was proud.
Hall S. KernSterling
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Great Falls9425 Meadow Shire Lane...$849,000...Sun 2-4....Jenifer Justice..............Weichert....................703-760-8880
Mclean1527 Brookhaven Dr........$1,599,000...Sun 1-4....Mark Mcfadden............Washinton Fine Properties...703-216-1333
Oakton2781 Marshall Lake Dr. ..$1,594,000...Sun 1–4...Pat Stack......................Weichert....................703-597-9373
Vienna9409 Delancey Dr...............$800,000...Sun 1-4....Nancy Broyhill..............Long & Foster...........703-615-0503
10413 Hunters Valley Rd...$1,699,000...Sun 1-4....Michael Huling.............Coldwell Banker ........703-409-8296
Arlington (22201)1021 N. Garfield St. #148...$362,000...Sun 1-4....Karrina Taylor Brown...Re/max......................730-336-3745
27 N. Fenwick St. ..............$749,900...Sun 1-4....Ron Cathell ..................Keller Williams .........703-975-2500
Arlington (22203)900 Stafford St. N #1010...$335,000...Sun 1-4....Christine Vanderhyde...Washinton Fine Properties...703-309-2829
Arlington (22204)2032 Lowell St. S...............$799,900...Sun 1-4....Wayne Lee...................Buyers Advantage.....703-732-7789
Arlington (22205)1920 N Kenilworth St.........$749,900...Sun 1-4....Gayle Fleming..............Keller Williams..........703-625-1358
12th St. N........................$1,395,000...Sun 1-4....Carol Jackson..............Long And Foster........703-759-9190
Arlington (22206)3266 S. Utah Street #202...$429,900...Sun 1-4....Denene Crabbs ............Century 21................202-487-4949
Arlington (22207)3713 Delaware St...............$769,000...Sun 1-4....Katherine Wilson..........Long And Foster........703-615-9831
4509 18th St. N..................$829,900...Sun 1-4....Theodosia Dampier......Weichert....................703-919-2212
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Address ................................ BR FB HB . Postal City .. Sold Price .. Type ........ Lot AC ........................ Subdivision2403 GLADE BANK WAY............... 4 ... 3 ... 1 .......RESTON ......... $468,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.06 ..................................... RESTON11174 GLADE DR ......................... 4 ... 3 ... 1 .......RESTON ......... $454,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.05 ..................................... RESTON12000 MARKET ST #189 ............. 3 ... 2 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $440,000 ... Garden 1-4 Flrs ...... SAVOY AT RESTON TWN CNTR11744 DECADE CT ....................... 3 ... 2 ... 2 .......RESTON ......... $435,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.07 ... GENERATION TOWNHOUSES2310 ARCHDALE RD .................... 4 ... 3 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $430,000 ... Detached ....... 0.46 ................... STRATTON WOODS2154 GREENKEEPERS CT ............. 3 ... 2 ... 2 .......RESTON ......... $420,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.03 ..................................... RESTON12269 ANGEL WING CT ............... 4 ... 4 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $415,000 ... Detached ....... 0.21 ..................................... RESTON11560 WOODHOLLOW CT ........... 4 ... 3 ... 1 .......RESTON ......... $408,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.06 ..................................... RESTON2150 GLENCOURSE LN ................ 3 ... 2 ... 2 .......RESTON ......... $404,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.06 ..................................... RESTON2052 SWANS NECK WAY .............. 3 ... 3 ... 1 .......RESTON ......... $390,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.07 ..................................... RESTON1851 STRATFORD PARK PL #212 .... 2 ... 2 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $389,000 ... Garden 1-4 Flrs ..................................... STRATFORD1230 VINTAGE PL ......................... 3 ... 3 ... 1 .......RESTON ......... $388,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.03 ..................................... RESTON11491 HERITAGE COMMONS WAY .. 3 ... 3 ... 1 .......RESTON ......... $387,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.03 ..................................... RESTON2002 GOLF COURSE DR ............... 3 ... 2 ... 2 .......RESTON ......... $383,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.04 ..................................... RESTON12001 MARKET ST #174 ............. 3 ... 2 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $382,500 ... Garden 1-4 Flrs ............................. MARKET STREET12161 ABINGTON HALL PL #203 .... 3 ... 2 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $380,000 ... Garden 1-4 Flrs ...... MADISON PARK AT WEST MAR1491 AUTUMN RIDGE CIR ........... 3 ... 2 ... 2 .......RESTON ......... $379,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.04 ..................................... RESTON10999 THRUSH RIDGE RD ........... 3 ... 2 ... 1 .......RESTON ......... $377,500 ... Townhouse .... 0.04 ....... LAKE AUDOBON TERRACE1555 AUTUMN RIDGE CIR ........... 3 ... 2 ... 1 .......RESTON ......... $376,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.03 ..................................... RESTON10929 HARPERS SQUARE CT ...... 3 ... 2 ... 2 .......RESTON ......... $375,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.03 ..................................... RESTON1935 WINTERPORT CL ................. 3 ... 2 ... 1 .......RESTON ......... $375,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.04 ..................................... RESTON1860 STRATFORD PARK PL #110 .... 2 ... 2 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $370,000 ... Garden 1-4 Flrs ..................................... STRATFORD12025 NEW DOMINION PKWY#503 ... 1 ... 1 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $370,000 ... Mid-Rise 5-8 Flrs ....................... MIDTOWN NORTH11017 THRUSH RIDGE RD ........... 3 ... 2 ... 1 .......RESTON ......... $360,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.03 ..................................... RESTON11407 GATE HILL PL #L ............... 2 ... 2 ... 1 .......RESTON ......... $350,900 ... Garden 1-4 Flrs ............................... SUTTON RIDGE11855 DUNLOP CT ....................... 3 ... 3 ... 1 .......RESTON ......... $350,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.03 ............................... DEEPWOOD1668 VALENCIA WAY .................... 5 ... 3 ... 1 .......RESTON ......... $340,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.03 ..................................... RESTON11862 SAINT TRINIANS CT ......... 4 ... 3 ... 1 .......RESTON ......... $340,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.03 ............................... DEEPWOOD12025 NEW DOMINION PKWY#309 ... 1 ... 1 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $339,000 ... Mid-Rise 5-8 Flrs ....................... MIDTOWN NORTH11870 ABERCORN CT .................. 4 ... 3 ... 1 .......RESTON ......... $330,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.05 ............................... DEEPWOOD2072 WHISPERWOOD GLEN LN ...... 2 ... 2 ... 1 .......RESTON ......... $330,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.03 ..................................... RESTON11800 SUNSET HILLS RD #226 ... 2 ... 2 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $325,000 ... Hi-Rise 9+ Flrs ............................ CARLTON HOUSE1678 BAYFIELD WAY .................... 3 ... 2 ... 1 .......RESTON ......... $325,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.05 ..................................... RESTON1685 FIELDTHORN DR ................. 2 ... 1 ... 1 .......RESTON ......... $323,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.03 ..................................... RESTON1855 STRATFORD PARK PL #408 .... 2 ... 2 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $322,000 ... Garden 1-4 Flrs ..................................... STRATFORD11990 MARKET ST #1318 ........... 1 ... 1 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $320,000 ... Hi-Rise 9+ Flrs ................... MIDTOWN AT RESTON12180 ABINGTON HALL PL #202 .... 2 ... 2 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $320,000 ... Garden 1-4 Flrs ......MADISON PARK AT W. MARKET1655 FIELDTHORN DR ................. 2 ... 2 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $318,500 ... Townhouse .... 0.02 ..................................... RESTON11800 SUNSET HILLS RD #1015 ..... 2 ... 2 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $315,000 ... Hi-Rise 9+ Flrs ............................ CARLTON HOUSE2421 ALSOP CT ............................ 3 ... 2 ... 1 .......RESTON ......... $308,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.03 ............................... DEEPWOOD1724 LAKE SHORE CREST DR #5 .... 2 ... 2 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $305,000 ... Garden 1-4 Flrs .........EDGEWATER AT TOWN CNTR11970 HEATHCOTE CT ................ 3 ... 1 ... 1 .......RESTON ......... $305,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.03 ............................... DEEPWOOD1724 LAKE SHORE CREST DR #12 ..... 2 ... 1 ... 1 .......RESTON ......... $299,900 ... Garden 1-4 Flrs .........EDGEWATER AT TOWN CNTR11990 MARKET ST #418 ............. 1 ... 1 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $290,000 ... Hi-Rise 9+ Flrs ....... MIDTOWN AT RESTON TOWN2233 LOFTY HEIGHTS PL ............. 3 ... 2 ... 2 .......RESTON ......... $290,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.03 ..................................... RESTON11253 SILENTWOOD LN .............. 2 ... 2 ... 1 .......RESTON ......... $285,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.02 ..................................... RESTON12012 TALIESIN PL #16 ............... 2 ... 1 ... 1 .......RESTON ......... $282,000 ... Garden 1-4 Flrs ........................................ OAK PARK2235 SANIBEL DR......................... 3 ... 3 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $280,000 ... Detached ....... 0.13 ..................................... RESTON12147 PURPLE SAGE CT .............. 2 ... 2 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $280,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.04 ..................................... RESTON11800 SUNSET HILLS RD #523 ... 2 ... 1 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $275,000 ... Hi-Rise 9+ Flrs ............................ CARLTON HOUSE11800 SUNSET HILLS RD #211 ... 2 ... 2 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $265,000 ... Hi-Rise 9+ Flrs ............................ CARLTON HOUSE2402 RIDGEHAMPTON CT ........... 3 ... 2 ... 1 .......RESTON ......... $265,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.03 .................... HUNTERS SQUARE2209 CARTWRIGHT PL ................. 3 ... 1 ... 1 .......RESTON ......... $260,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.03 ..................................... RESTON2120 GREEN WATCH WAY #300 ..... 2 ... 2 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $256,500 ... Garden 1-4 Flrs ........................................... RESTON1312 NORTHGATE SQ .................. 4 ... 2 ... 1 .......RESTON ......... $250,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.03 ..................................... RESTON11841 COOPERS CT ..................... 4 ... 2 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $250,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.03 ..................................... RESTON2154 WHISPERWOOD GLEN LN ...... 2 ... 2 ... 1 .......RESTON ......... $245,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.02 ..................................... RESTON1381 GARDEN WALL CIR #613 ....... 2 ... 1 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $238,000 ... Garden 1-4 Flrs ............................ BALDWIN GROVE2217 LOVEDALE LN #F ................ 2 ... 2 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $235,000 ... Garden 1-4 Flrs ............................. BRISTOL HOUSE2204 LOFTY HEIGHTS PL ............. 3 ... 2 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $235,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.03 ..................................... RESTON1435 CHURCH HILL PL #1435 .... 1 ... 1 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $235,000 ... Garden 1-4 Flrs ..........................HAMPTON POINTE11743D SUMMERCHASE CIR #D .... 2 ... 2 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $218,000 ... Garden 1-4 Flrs ............................... SUMMERRIDGE1627 PARKCREST CIR #301 ......... 2 ... 1 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $214,000 ... Garden 1-4 Flrs ........................................... RESTON11605 VANTAGE HILL RD #1C .... 3 ... 2 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $210,000 ... Garden 1-4 Flrs ................................. VANTAGE HILL2495 PYRENEES CT ...................... 2 ... 2 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $210,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.03 ..................................... RESTON1416 NORTHGATE SQ #22B ........ 2 ... 2 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $200,000 ... Garden 1-4 Flrs .................................... NORTHGATE11835 SHIRE CT #12C ................. 2 ... 1 ... 1 .......RESTON ......... $194,000 ... Garden 1-4 Flrs ........... HUNTERS WOODS VILLAGE1916 VILLARIDGE DR #B ............. 1 ... 1 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $192,000 ... Garden 1-4 Flrs ..................................... VILLARIDGE11657D CHESTERFIELD CT #D ....... 2 ... 1 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $189,900 ... Garden 1-4 Flrs .................................. PARCRESTON2394 CLOUDCROFT SQ ................ 3 ... 1 ... 2 .......RESTON ......... $187,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.03 ..................................... RESTON1433 NORTHGATE SQ #33/22B ...... 2 ... 2 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $184,000 ... Garden 1-4 Flrs .................................... NORTHGATE2261 MARGINELLA DR................. 3 ... 1 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $184,000 ... Detached ....... 0.09 ..................................... RESTON2224 SOUTHGATE SQ .................. 3 ... 1 ... 1 .......RESTON ......... $183,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.03 ..................................... RESTON1302 NORTHGATE SQ .................. 2 ... 1 ... 1 .......RESTON ......... $180,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.04 ..................................... RESTON11244 CHESTNUT GROVE SQ#354 .... 2 ... 1 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $175,000 ... Garden 1-4 Flrs ..........................CHESTNUT GROVE11739 LEDURA CT #T7 ................ 2 ... 2 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $169,950 ... Garden 1-4 Flrs ................................. SPRINGWOOD12142 CAPTIVA CT ....................... 3 ... 1 ... 1 .......RESTON ......... $156,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.03 ..................................... RESTON2233 CARTWRIGHT PL ................. 2 ... 1 ... 1 .......RESTON ......... $135,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.03 ..................................... RESTON2060 ROYAL FERN CT #27/21A ...... 1 ... 1 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $125,000 ... Garden 1-4 Flrs .................................... SOUTHGATE1951 SAGEWOOD LN #331 ......... 1 ... 1 ... 0 .......RESTON ......... $110,000 ... Mid-Rise 5-8 Flrs .......................... THOREAU PLACE
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Long & Foster’s Herndon andReston sales offices, along with allof Long & Foster’s nearly 200 sales of-fices throughout the Mid-Atlantic regionand the headquarters staff in Chantilly,will participate in the company’s annualCommunity Service Day on June 2. Thetwo local sales offices, Herndon andReston, will assist the Jeanie SchmidtFree Clinic by collecting medical sup-plies. The clinic is located at 13525Dulles Technology Drive in Herndonand serves a segment of the local popu-lation that can’t afford health insurance.
Anyone wishing to donate items such aschildren’s vitamins, antibiotic gels, cal-cium tablets, or gift cards for officesupplies may drop these items off atHerndon’s Long & Foster office 150Elden St. Suite 130 or the Reston of-fice located at 1700 Bracknell DriveBehind Bank of America and Silver Din-ers.
“This annual corporate event, now inits 13th year, is an important part ofLong & Foster’s culture,” says P. WesleyFoster Jr., Chairman and CEO of TheLong & Foster® Companies. “Our salesassociates and staff gain a tremendoussense of personal satisfaction by contrib-uting their time and effort in the
community. Many charities and local or-ganizations are struggling this year, andwe are honored to have the opportunityto assist them with this targeted effort.”
David Houghtaling and JalilAchir of Reston were among theColdwell Banker agents receiving TheAward of Excellence from the nationallyrenowned real estate marketing andtechnology speaker andREALTOR.com® Vice President, MaxPigman. The Award of Excellence pro-gram was created to recognize top realestate agents across the country whoconsistently provide great marketingservices on behalf of their buyers andsellers.
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Reston $479,000Light, Space & Privacy!
Spacious end townhouse in popular North Reston cluster is light & bright with open floorplan, 2 master suites, 3.5 baths, hardwood floors, main level family room w/FP, fully finishedwalk-out lower level has bonus room/3rd BR and tiled rec rm. Main level deck& flagstone patio back to trees & trails. Located just minutes from schools,shopping, transportation amenities and all that Reston has to offer!
Herndon $284,900Gorgeous!
Open, light-filled top level end unit. Soaring cathedral ceilings with wood burning FP. MBRw/spacious WIC. Private balcony off MBR & LR overlooks trees.Upgrades! Remodeled BA w/granite, ceramic tile, soaking tub. New win-dows, plumbing, doors, updated appliances, new decking, new light-ing.Walk to North Point shopping, pools, tennis, more
Herndon $995,000Designed for Entertaining
This 8-yr old elegant home features generous room sizes with an open floor plan. Perchedhigh at the end of a cul-de-sac the home boasts 5BR, 4.5BA and an over-sized 3-car side load garage.
Guest suite w/balcony. Walkout lower level w/enormous rec rm, media rmand storage galore. Dual zoned HVAC for whole house comfort. Extensivelow maintenance landscaping and stone patio-perfect for summer fun!
Reston $1,149,900Architecture of
Light and NatureDramatic Deck House in Reston’spremier neighborhood on a privwooded acre w/3BR,2.5BA. The3700 s.f. on 2 fin lvls showcasessoaring wood ceilings & beams,clerestory windows, walls of glass,
custom designer lighting, hdwds. Enjoy the Spring on the spacious deck, screened porch &stone patio. Delight in low energy costs w/passive solar heating & cooling. The breathtaking2-level solarium w/spa, brick walls & slate tile floor is the perfect place for relaxation. Theinterior floor to ceiling brick FP wall separates the inviting DR & spectacular, sun-filled LR.The sky lit gour kit w/center island, contemp Italian cabinets, SS appl, featuring a DACORrange is a chef’s dream. The lwr lvl has a FR w/wood stove for cozy evenings & a spaciouslibrary/study. The heated 2-car garage is currently being used as an office& art studio & the dual-entry driveway has tons of parking for company.Seconds to lakes, pool, tennis, shops.
Reston $420,000Very Cool!
Owned by a Remodeler!3BR, 3.5BA with loft. Top of the lineimprovements include: renovatedgourmet kitchen w/granite, stainlessappliances, handmade subway tileback splash. Beautiful open floor planinc: hardwoods, crown molding, FP.Large master suite w/loft, upper levelw/new carpet, updated lighting &Benjamin Moore VOC paint thru-out.Great FR walk out to priv customstone patio backing to wooded area.Walk to shops,dining, pools park,Lake Newport.
Reston $328,888Bright and Airy!
Largest Victorian end unit in Whisperhill w/private large deck, huge MBR suite, large walk-our basement, wood FP, close to Reston Town Center.
Reston $248,888Serene Loft Get Away
Huge 1BR, 1BA condo on top level with lovely view of the pond, huge walk-in closet, great loft for office, bedroom, media room or storage. Walk toReston Town Center.
Oakton $670,000Gorgeous Brick End Unit Town Home in English Oaks
This airy and bright 3BR, 3.5BA home boasts an open floor plan ideal for modern livingand entertaining. With soaring ceilings and lots of windows, this home also features a largeliving room, family room and dining room as well as a private deck, 2 fireplaces, and a 2-cargarage, fully finished W/O lower level, spacious master suite w/walk-in closets and more.
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Herndon $989,995Cedar Chase Stunner!
5BR, 4.5BA, open floor plan in convenient Cedar Chase community at end of cul-de-sac.This dramatic home is filled w/natural light and enticing design. Gleaming hardwoods onmain level, dual staircases, new SS appliances, and large eat-in kitchen w/huge island.
Herndon $610,000Cedar Glen Lane
2 car side load garage, brick front colonial in sought after Sycamore Lakes! Very neutraland move in ready. New carpet and paint throughout. Large kitchen with center island,desk area and breakfast room. Separate laundry room off kitchen.Fabulous walk-out basement w/full bath, 5th bedroom & recessed lighting.Large deck off family room.
