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Mickey Mouse was onGeorge Mason’s campusthe day Nick Balengermoved into student hous-ing this fall. Balenger willreceive the NRH MedstarVictory Award for strengthand courage in recoveringfrom traumatic injury.

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Despite low public opinion ofPresident Obama and a mini-mally productive Congress,representative Gerry Connolly

has plenty going for him as the incumbentseeking re-election in Virginia’s largelydemocratic 11th district.

Republican challenger Suzanne Scholteand independents Marc Harrold (Libertar-ian) and Joe Galdo (Green) have been try-ing to use that unproductivity to their ad-vantage, citing their lack of experience inelected office as affording an advantageous,fresh perspective.

“They’re not only not hearing us, they’renot taking the time to listen to us,” saidScholte. “I think we see that in the partisanshift, the bitterness in how people are deal-ing with each other.”

And though that’s not a bad strategy, lo-cal academics following the race say there’sreally no substitute for the strength of in-cumbency. Especially when you’ve madeyourself as a household name like Connollyhas.

“Once he fended off a serious challengerin two separate election cycles, when peoplethought he was vulnerable, that established

the perception he’s one of those hard-to-beat incumbents now,” said Mark J. Rozell,acting dean and professor of Public Policyfor the George Mason University School ofPolicy, Government and International Af-fairs.

Connolly won his first two congressionalraces by 12 points (2008) and 26 points(2010).

And now that he’s stuck around, provenhimself a winner, “most voters differenti-ate between Congress as an institution andtheir own incumbent member,” said Rozell.

“It doesn’t necessarily weaken any incum-bent who may have the favor of his or herconstituents,” he continued.

Scholte has come after Connolly for be-ing “completely out of touch with people inthis district.” Connolly has countered that,“there’s no excuse for people seeing you asgetting distant. I come home every night.When I pick up my dry cleaning I’m in myconstituency. When I grab a meal, it’s in myconstituency.”

“And as long as Connolly can present him-self as an authentic representative who’s outthere fighting for his people,” said Rozell,“fixing the problems with hyper bipartisan-ships, that protects him a good deal.”

INCUMBENCY COMES with superior

name recognition and funding, both factorsmaking it that much more difficult for out-siders to pull an upset.

As of an Oct. 15 OpenSecrets.org report,Connolly had raised $1,886,601, spent$986,053 and had $1,768,494 in cash onhand.

Scholte, by contrast, had $42,856 onhand, raised $224,457 and spent $182,601.Harrold was reported with $6,547 raised,$4,583 spent and $1,962 on hand. Galdowasn’t part of the report.

Toni-Michelle Travis, GMU associate pro-fessor of Government and Politics, agreeswith Rozell that the race is “pretty clear-cut.”

“He’s doing all the right things, but Iwouldn’t say he’s got the seat indefinitely,”she said. Travis cited changing demograph-ics in Northern Virginia as something in-cumbents shouldn’t sleep on in future elec-tions.

According to the Office of Elections, thereare 25,122 new voters registered in FairfaxCounty since Nov. 5, 2013. That figure in-cludes transfers as well first-time regis-trants.

“Every incumbent’s got to be very atten-tive to it,” said Travis. “This could erode,this could begin to change because of thenew voters. That’s tripped up many, includ-

ing Jeannemarie Devolites Davis, who usedto represent Vienna.”

Travis believes a shift could come in “sortof purple” Northern Virginia, and issues likeimmigration have the potential to “becomereal change” in favor of a challenger, at leastone with more election experience.

“It’s a training ground,” said Travis, “be-cause these things shift in Northern Virginia.Maybe next time [Scholte] might prevail.”

As well, Rozell doesn’t discount the valueof third-party candidates in the electoralprocess.

“They can force major candidate to ad-dress different issues that might get ignoredotherwise,” he said, “add something impor-tant to the debate that’s going on.”

HARROLD AND GALDO have high-lighted the need for more government trans-parency as well as pragmatic planning forsimplifying the tax code, among other is-sues.

“Unfortunately for them,” said Rozell,“voters remain strategic creatures, underthe belief that they’d be throwing their voteaway otherwise. It somewhat becomes aself-fulfilling prophesy.”

Visit Elections.virginia.gov to see the newrequirements for voter identification re-quired at the polls on Nov. 4.

The 11th District incumbent Gerry Connolly (left), Burgermeister GregBurkheart of Vienna (center) and Delegate Mark Keam practice theirDeutsche at Vienna’s Oktoberfest celebration.

(From left) Ann Juliano of Bristow, Suzanne Scholte of Falls Churchand Janet Gorn of Montclair enjoy the late afternoon sun at a cam-paign event in Gorn’s backyard.

Local academics following the 11th Districts race saythere’s really no substitute for the strength of incumbency.

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Hausmann began drawing duringelementary school. In middle school,he began his tradition of illustratingone-of-a-kind personalized animalalphabet books as baby gifts for fam-ily and friends. After high schoolgraduation in Baton Rouge, he illus-trated this English/Hebrew animalalphabet book with its color-pencil-drawn animals, set in watercolorhabitats.

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Every year is Election Year in Virginia,and this year, the ballot is short butimportant. Turn out to vote for U.S.

Senate, member of the House of Representa-tives, and a few questions.

You can vote absentee in person betweennow and Saturday, Nov. 1; after that, vote onElection Day, Nov. 4, at your assigned pollingplace. Bring photo identification with you, therules have changed.

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Opinion

Who says big bureaucracies can’tmake big changes?

One year into the tenure ofKaren Garza, we have two huge

changes that between them impact almost ev-ery single student, every family with childrenin Fairfax County Public Schools.

Last week, the Fairfax County School Boardvoted to move high school start timesall after 8 a.m. beginning next Septem-ber. Garza, superintendent of FairfaxCounty Public Schools, announced thissummer the implementation of full-day Mon-days, another previously insurmountable task.

A plan emerged that made this possible forunder $5 million (original estimates werewildly and prohibitively higher) while keep-ing elementary school times the same (orwithin 5-10 minutes). The goal is to movemiddle school start times later in the future.

Change comes in mysterious ways. Part ofthe support for this change comes from thescience.

The American Academy of Pediatrics this fall:“A substantial body of research has now dem-onstrated that delaying school start times is

an effective countermeasure to chronic sleeploss and has a wide range of potential benefitsto students with regard to physical and men-tal health, safety, and academic achievement.

“The American Academy of Pediatricsstrongly supports the efforts of school districtsto optimize sleep in students and urges highschools and middle schools to aim for start

times that allow students the opportu-nity to achieve optimal levels of sleep(8.5–9.5 hours) and to improve physi-

Later start times, full-day Mondays; who knows,next maybe gifted-and-talented programs forpoor students?

cal (eg, reduced obesity risk) and mental (eg,lower rates of depression) health, safety (eg,drowsy driving crashes), academic perfor-mance, and quality of life.”

We commend the leadership of the advocacygroup SLEEP in Fairfax, which never gave up,even in years when this change appeared im-possible.

We suspect the key ingredient is new lead-ership at the top at FCPS, Karen Garza.

A superintendent across the river, JoshuaStarr, will have to ask himself what’s holdingup such changes in Montgomery County Pub-lic Schools.

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Editorial

To the Editor:On Nov. 4, Fairfax County resi-

dents will vote on a Transporta-tion Bond Referendum. TheLeague of Women Voters supportsthe Bond Referendum and urgesvoters to approve it.

If accepted, the Bond wouldfund three types of projects:

❖ Spot Road Improvements:These include adding or lengthen-ing turn lanes; upgrading turn sig-nals and signage; constructingwalkways and providing cross-walks; and making popular desti-

nations more accessible.❖ Pedestrian Improvements:

These include building missingsidewalk and trail links; addingand improving signalized cross-walks and other pedestrian-friendly intersection improve-ments.

❖ Bike and Trail Improvements:These include developing new bi-cycle facilities, constructing trails,adding bicycle parking, and mak-ing popular destinations and masstransit more accessible.

These upgrades would increase

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the capacity of our transportationnetwork by allowing it to carrymore people, whether they drive,walk, bike or take mass transit. Goto fairfaxcounty.gov/bond/ for in-formation about cost, project de-tails and answers to other fre-quently asked questions.

Here’s something else to con-sider: Fairfax is one of only 32counties in the United States witha AAA Bond Rating. This allowsthe County to borrow at lower in-terest rates. And because Fairfaxhas access to other funding

sources, this Bond represents only7 percent of the cost of these im-provements.

The League of Women Votersurges you to vote on Nov. 4. Andwe encourage you to say YES tothe Transportation Bond Referen-dum. We believe that theseprojects will reduce congestionand make it easier and safer forall of us to get to the places wherewe need and want to go.

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voter referendum on transportationbonds for Fairfax County. The Part-nership for a Healthier Fairfax is adiverse coalition of individuals andpublic, community, and businessorganizations that have joinedforces to improve community healthby mobilizing resources, increasingawareness, and promoting change.

The Partnership has identifiedinvestments in infrastructure thatsupport physical activity as a ma-jor priority in its community health

improvement plan. Investments infacilities and pathways for pedes-trians and bicyclists benefit every-one through enhancing safety, pro-viding active transportation op-tions, providing opportunities forroutine exercise, expanding accessto recreational opportunities, andimproving quality of life. Improve-ments funded by the bond will alsopermit more “Safe Routes toSchool,” or opportunities for chil-dren to walk or bike to school.

The goals and objectives of bothour plan and the transportation

bond issue are aligned in encour-aging a healthy lifestyle throughphysical activity and improvingconnectivity throughout the county.Residents who are able to incorpo-rate exercise in their daily lives willincur fewer health care costs andbe more productive employees,thereby contributing to the county’seconomic success. Please supportthe bond by a “yes” vote on Nov. 4.

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By Tim Peterson

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Nick Balenger’spromising ath-letic career allbut disappeared

in an instant. In 2012, theformer Lake Braddock pitchersuffered a spinal cord injurywhile swimming in Hawaii.

It was an incomplete spinalcord lesion at the fourth andfifth cervical vertebrae. In otherwords, part of his spinal cordwas damaged. He was paralyzedfrom the chest down.

But when he approaches thepodium to address an expectedcrowd of 600 at the MedstarNRH Gala Victory Awards onOct. 30 at the Marriott Marquisin Washington, D.C., Balengerwill be on forearm crutches.

Now, over two years since hisinjury, the 19-year-old freshmanat George Mason University isone of three honorees being rec-ognized for displaying strengthand courage in recovering fromtraumatic injuries, as well asbeing role models for peoplewith disabilities.

“I have to pinch myself,” saidBalenger’s mother Sylvie. “Youlook at how far he’s come. Veryfew people have that opportu-nity to improve as much as hehas.”

Balenger went from inpatientto outpatient physical therapyand made considerable progressworking with the National Re-habilitation Hospital (NRH) in

Washington, D.C. He’s gone froma wheelchair to a walker tocrutches.

Balenger has benefited from anorganized outpouring of supportcalled Nick Nation, a group offriends, family, coaches and par-ents that banded together to raisemoney to help the Balengers off-set the costs associated with hisinjury and recovery.

He’s also received significant tu-ition help from Swim With Mike, aphysically challenged athletesscholarship fund.

“I’ve been given the opportunitythat not many people with my in-jury have,” said Nick. “I don’t wantto let it go to waste.”

LAST YEAR, he lived at home inBurke and attended classes parttime at George Mason University.This year, he’s taking classes fulltime and made that all-importantleap: He’s living in campus.

“That was a big threshold forhim,” said Sylvie. “To live awayfrom home and feel strong enoughto do that.”

Nick shares a suite with a room-mate and two other students. “It’sa pretty big leap,” he said, “but it’sdefinitely worth it.”

His injury recovery hasn’tstopped progressing either. WhenGMU launched an exercise-basedresearch pilot project in Spring2014, Balenger’s NRH physician Dr.Suzanne Groah recommended himto the team’s leader, Dr. Andrew A.Guccione, professor and chair ofthe Department of RehabilitationScience.

Balenger became the project’sfirst test subject. He’s now in hissecond 15-week session with theresearch team. Twice a week, he’sput through a battery of bodyweight-based (no machines in-volved) exercises designed to re-develop the groups of muscles heneeds to perform various tasks.

“We’ll warm up, then work on aspecific type of movement, a focusthat day,” said Nick. “I give themfeedback, we can do this thing,work on that. It’s tailored towardwhatever I feel I need help with.”

The program is less about howmany times can he lift a weight,but breaking down the motionsassociated with a task, like walk-ing, bending and reaching.

And though the exercises arelow-tech, the analysis is anythingbut. The researchers usually haveBalenger’s body covered in mark-ers that create a stick-figure dia-gram monitoring his movements.And they track how efficiently hisbody uses oxygen with an imagingsystem called near-infrared spec-troscopy (NIRS).

“We notice in Nick a majorchange there,” said Guccione.“Though working with Nick is a bitof a biased sample. He was an ex-traordinary athlete with a greatdeal of motor ability before his in-jury.”

GUCCIONE BELIEVES the com-

bination of Nick’s baseball his-tory, natural body awarenessand extensive rehabilitationwith NRH are all helping takehim to the next level of recov-ery.

In addition to his natural gifts,Nick’s mental maturation hasplayed a major role.

“It’s still a struggle for him,being a baseball player and nothaving that anymore,” saidSylvie. “He has to rethink hisfuture.”

Guccione said athletes aresometimes more vulnerable tomental blockages to recovery forjust that reason. But, he said,“Where other people might feellike their previous identity hasbeen crushed, I think he’s capi-talizing on his previous accom-plishment and using that as aspringboard to the next level.”

With the way Balenger is pro-gressing, Guccione’s goal is forhim to be down to a singlecrutch by the end of the aca-demic year.

“I have a lot of support frommy family and friends,” saidNick. “That really makes mewant to keep doing it and work-ing hard, just to get that ulti-mate goal: down to nothing.”

Balenger plans to enter theState Department’s multi-yearPathways internship and pursuework in intelligence analysis.

Former Lake Braddock baseballplayer Nick Balenger recognizedfor injury recovery.

Batter, Up

Photos courtesy of Nick Balenger

(From left) Alex, Sylvie, Nick and Steve Balenger posefor a family selfie on Nevis Island in Aug. 2014.

Former standout Lake Braddock pitcher Nick Balengerwas paralyzed from the chest down but is now walkingwith forearm crutches.

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Joe Meyer, executive directorof the Reston-based ShelterHouse organization that

provides support for victims of do-mestic violence, began his remarksat the Coyote Grille in Fairfax withsome sobering statistics.

“One in four women across ourcountry are victims of domestic vio-lence. One in seven men are vic-tims,” he said. “Domestic violenceis the leading cause in FairfaxCounty for homicides, the leadingcause.”

For the second year, ShelterHouse was being honored and sup-ported by the Oct. 22 fundraiser,co-hosted by Braddock SupervisorJohn Cook and Fairfax Mayor ScottSilverthorne. Cook serves as theBoard of Supervisors liaison to theDomestic Violence PreventionPolicy Coordinating Council.

The event also benefited FairfaxCASA (Court Appointed SpecialAdvocates), a community, volun-teer-driven organization set up tomake sure vulnerable children,themselves victims of domestic vio-lence, don’t fall through the crackswhen going through the justicesystem.

“We train ordinary people; theygo out and really become the eyesand ears of the court,” said FairfaxCASA Executive Director DarcyCunningham. “I can’t think of amore important role that a com-munity member could play.”

“The person on the receiving endof domestic violence is not the only

Cook and Silverthorne host domestic violence awareness fundraiser.

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victim,” said Cook. “Some of thevictims most harmed are children.”

A spokesperson from Cook’s of-fice said the event was on par withlast year’s effort, raising between$500 and $1,000, to be split be-tween the organizations.

— Tim Peterson

(From left) Jesus Sorto, Fairfax Circuit Court; JeseniaAlonso and Ina Fernandez, Fairfax Office for Women &Domestic and Sexual Violence Services, enjoy refresh-ments and support raising domestic violence awareness atthe Coyote Grille in Fairfax.

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(From left) Shelter House Executive Director Joe Meyer,Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey Kincaid, Fairfax Mayor ScottSilverthorne, Fairfax CASA Executive Director DarcyCunningham and Braddock Supervisor John Cook gatherat Fairfax’s Coyote Grille to raise money for the two orga-nizations.

Jolie Smith with Shelter House shows off one of the PurplePurse Challenge purses, part of a domestic violenceawareness and fundraising effort sponsored by Allstate.

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When Alec Zacaroliand his wife Amyhosted a boyhoodfriend from South

Africa, they didn’t expect their liveswould change in one evening.

Alex Hetherington showed theFairfax Station couple a pair ofdocumentary films his wife hadproduced. One was on the environ-ment. The other chronicledNazareth House, a century-oldconvalescent home in Cape Town.

In 2003, Alec said, Nazareth wasthe first organization to offer shel-ter and support to orphans withAIDS. “There were these little kidswith sores and they’re just strug-gling to survive,” Alec said. “Therewas no AIDS medication getting tothe people there.”

Amy was raised in foster care inSpringfield, before finally beingadopted by a foster family. “I saw it andthought: How did I not know this was goingon, and not do anything,” she said. “We wereboth pretty emotional. We have to do some-thing.”

Alec recalled feeling a profound sense ofpurpose. “That moment there, we were like‘This is where God put us.’”

The couple, members of Burke CommunityChurch, prayed over the situation and decidedto found a nonprofit organization. They namedthe group 25:40 after the verse from the bookof Matthew in the Bible that reads, “The Kingwill reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you didfor one of the least of these brothers and sis-ters of mine, you did for me.’”

“We didn’t really know what we were get-ting into at the time,” said Amy. “We just sortof jumped in feet first, just trusting whateverwas going to happen would happen.”

25:40 started out by raising funds forNazareth House. Amy and Alec visited SouthAfrica in 2004 and through the Hetheringtonsgot involved with a group called Homes forKids in South Africa.

Seeing the poverty and illness firsthand was“soul-crushing in some respects,” said Alec.

try) for these children. “And wetalk to them about having a re-lationship with God,” Alec said.“So they understand they’reloved, that there’s a moral codeto walk by.”

“What they’re doing is takingall these resources and dedicat-ing it to at-risk children whowill help the community be-come a stronger one,” said MaryMiller of Fort Hunt, the newoutreach coordinator for 25:40.

The advocacy includes tryingto motivate local social work-ers. “If we want to parachute inand do everything ourselves, it’sjust ridiculous,” said Alec. “Wego to the social worker in townand say, ‘Do your job. Did youeven know this kid exists?’”

BY MODELING THEIR PRO-GRAM, Alec and Amy are hopeful others likeit can spread beyond Canzibe Mission, drivenby local people.

“We don’t pay people,” said Alec. “We sup-port with food and materials, walk hand inhand with you. That’s what we envision goingforward. That’s they way you reach 1,500 kids.”

Amy and Alec raise funds for 25:40 back inNorthern Virginia from a grassroots group, withsome corporations matching the giving. EverySeptember they host a “Walk for the Kids”fundraiser around Lake Accotink, and on Dec.14 they’re hosting a benefit Christmas concertat the Brightbox Theater in Winchester, Va.

“All we want to do is open people’s eyesaround here,” said Amy, “to what kind of thingspeople go through in South Africa, and mostof sub-Saharan Africa.”

Alec maintains a full-time job as a lawyerand Amy volunteers at their church. The couplevisits the Eastern Cape twice to three times ayear, often taking turns in order to bring somecombination of their son and three daughters.

“It’s opened their eyes,” said Amy. “There’smore outside Northern Virginia. To see thisis not normal, when it comes to the rest ofthe world.”

Fairfax Station couple’s ministrysupports vulnerable children in

South Africa.

Writing Their Verse

“But you just can’t help but say there’s still hopethere.”

ON THAT SAME FIRST TRIP, the Zacarolisalso met a doctor working in the rural areas ofthe Eastern Cape. They eventually followedhim with their ministry. And in 2008, theyjoined with a mission near the town of Nthathacalled Canzibe Mission, close to the home ofNelson Mandela.

At that point, 25:40 began to take a moreactive role in supporting the local children.

They hired 32 village workers to cover a 360square mile radius and conduct a study to seejust how bad the orphan situation was. “It’snot like they just come to your doorstep.”

The survey identified 1,504 “orphans andvulnerable children” by South African stan-dards. Now that number is up over 2,000, Alecsaid. “Kids are much more than AIDS orphans.They’ve been moved, picked up by somebody,some relative, and those situations quicklybecome abusive.”

Following the results of the survey, 25:40’s“OVC Action Program” offers supplementaleducation, health monitoring, advocacy andskills development (like gardening and carpen-

Photos courtesy of Alec Zacaroli

Alec and Amy’s daughter Rebecca Zacaroli met Rev.Desmond Tutu when he was on his way to visit a funeral ina village nearby the Canzibe Mission in the Eastern Cape.

Amy Zacaroli sits with a preschool girl on the CanzibeMission in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.

Alec Zacaroli hangs out with boys in Coffee Bay, SouthAfrica, near the 25:40 afterschool program.

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THROUGH FRIDAY/OCT. 31Pumpkin Patch. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

Messiah United MethodistChurch, 6215 Rolling Road,Springfield. Pumpkins areavailable from 10 a.m. – 8p.m. daily until Oct. 31, whenthe patch closes at 6 p.m. 703-569-9862.

THROUGH FRIDAY/NOV. 3Adventures in Learning. 9:30

a.m.-2:45 p.m. Lord of LifeLutheran Church, 5114Twinbrook Road, Fairfax. Thisprogram is open to all adultsage 50 or better. Registrantsbring a bag lunch and stay fora full day of classes/activitiesand socializing, or pick andchoose the classes that interestthem the most. $30.www.scfbva.org or 703-323-4788.

THROUGH WEDNESDAY/DEC. 31War on the Doorstep:

Fairfax Militia in the Warof 1812. Exhibition. The CivilWar Interpretive Center atHistoric Blenheim, 3610 OldLee Highway. Open Tue.-Sat.10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free tours at 1p.m. 703-591-0560.

THROUGH SUNDAY/FEB. 8, 2015Dressing for the Occasion:

An Exhibition ofCostumes and TextilesRepresenting FairfaxPersonalities and Events.Exhibition. Fairfax Museum &Visitor Center, 10209 MainStreet, Fairfax. Open daily 9a.m.-5 p.m. 703-385-8414.

FRIDAY/OCT. 31-SATURDAY/NOV. 1Interstate Haunted Maze. 7-

10 p.m. Interstate ServiceGroup, 8601 MorrissetteDrive, Springfield. InterstateHaunted Maze event supportsECHO, a nonprofitorganization that helpsprovide for those in need inNorthern Virginiacommunities. admission is anynon-perishable food donation.

Workhouse Arts CenterHaunted Trail. 7-10 p.m.9601 Ox Road, Lorton. Duringan exclusive event for six hair-raising nights only, visitors canwalk the Haunted Trail withfriends and family. Visitorswill experience the macabreoutdoor scenes in the lessertraveled areas of the historicprison campus and enjoyspecial effects, live scareactors and a nightmarish,immersive storyline about agrowing horde of infecteddrones. Evening trail, $10;daytime trail, $5.

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Free Choral Event: Duruflé’sRequiem Mass. 7:30 p.m. St.Peter’s in the Woods Church, 5911Fairview Woods Drive, FairfaxStation. Performed by the choirs ofSt. Peter’s in the Woods, St. John’sMcLean, and students of GMU.www.stpetersinthewoods.org

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Crafts Show. Saturday: 9 a.m. – 4p.m. Sunday: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. 7550Reservation Drive, Springfield. This isan annual favorite for visitors lookingfor holiday gifts and unique hand-crafted items. Beautiful jewelry,intricate woodworking, photography,painting, glasswork, clothing, dollsand pottery to purchase. Admission is$3, and free for children 12 andunder. Visit www.nvhg.org. or call571-278-9621.

Cabaret Series: Heroes Cabaret. 8p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m Sunday. W-3 Theatre, Workhouse Arts Center,9518 Workhouse Way, Lorton. Songsand music of heroes and anti-heroes.703-584-2900.www.workhousearts.org.

THURSDAY/NOV. 2Nate Hausmann Author Talk. 2

p.m. Jewish Community Center ofNorthern Virginia, 8900 Little RiverTurnpike, Fairfax. j.talks event.Author with autism shares his story.$11/$9/$7. 703-323-0880.

New Orleans Legends: Featuringthe Preservation Hall JazzBand and Allen Toussaint. 7p.m. George Mason University’sCenter for the Arts, 4400 UniversityDrive, Fairfax. Join us for an eveningof music. The legendary jazz andNew Orleans R&B pianist AllenToussaint recently received thehighly prestigious National Medal ofArts by President Obama inrecognition of his seminal influenceon New Orleans music. Tickets: $29-$48.

MONDAY/NOV. 3Move & Groove with Mr. Skip.

10:30 a.m. Old Town Hall, 3999University Drive, Fairfax. Mr. Skip,who is all about music andmovement, sings original and classickids songs like Old McDonald to thefive and under crowd. He gets thekids off their seats and moving. Formore information, visitwww.fairfaxarts.org or call 703-352-ARTS.

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Consumer Event. 5:30-8:30 p.m.Ted Britt Ford, 11165 Fairfax Blvd.,Fairfax. Customers can test-drive thenew 2015 F-150. 703-218-4644.

“South Pacific Cauldron.” 7 p.m.George Mason Regional Library,70001 Little River Turnpike,Annandale. Author Alan Rems, a 10-year volunteer at the FairfaxRegional Library, will discuss andsign his book, “South PacificCauldron,” It’s about WWII in theSouth Pacific, plus the cover-up of aMarine Corps general’s death.

Book Signing. 7 p.m. George MasonRegional Library, 70001 Little River

Turnpike, Annandale. Author AlanRems, a 10-year volunteer at theFairfax Regional Library, will discussand sign his book, “South PacificCauldron.” Enhancing hispresentation with vivid, rarely seenphotographs, he’ll talk about theforgotten WWII battlefields of theSouth Pacific, especially Bougainville,where the Allies and Japan fought fornearly two years.

FRIDAY/NOV. 7Martha Graham Dance Company.

8 p.m. George Mason University’sCenter for the Arts, 4400 UniversityDrive, Fairfax. Tickets: $28-$46. Formore information call 888-945-2468.

SATURDAY/NOV. 8Christmas Craft Fair and Bake

Sale. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. New HopeChurch, 6905 Ox Road, Lorton. Beginyour holiday shopping early. Crafts,artwork, holiday items, inspirationalitems, soaps/scrubs, jewelry, bakedgoods, jams/jellies, candies/nuts/fudge, raffles, stuffed animals, food,etc. Free. Doris Lama, 703-644-0139/571-234-7322.

I’ll be Seeing You with the FairfaxSymphony Orchestra. 8 p.m.George Mason University Center forthe Arts, 4400 University Drive,Fairfax. Based on actual letters fromMr. Frazier’s family written duringWorld War II, the evening includessongs of the era by Gershwin, Kern,Carmichael, Ellington, and more.Tickets $25, $45, $60. Students ages6-25: free fairfaxsymphony.org

Annual Christmas Craft Bazaar. 10a.m. – 3 p.m. Annandale UnitedMethodist Church, 6935 ColumbiaPike, Annandale. Handcraftedjewelry, ornaments, glass art, bathand body, purses, Spirit wear, pinsgreeting cards, needle work, childrenclothes, fabric art and blankets.

Fairfax County’s 10th AnnualHistory Conference. 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Stacy C. SherwoodCommunity Center, 3740 Old LeeHighway, Fairfax. The theme of theconference is “Fire, Flight & Fury!”The War of 1812 in Fairfax County-200 years later.

Fairfax Symphony Orchestrapresents “I’ll Be Seeing You”by Luke Frazier. 8 p.m. GeorgeMason University’s Center for theArts, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax.For more information call 888-945-2468.

Art Auction. 6:30 p.m. King of KingsLutheran Church, 4025 Kings Way,Fairfax.

There will be art for everyone’s taste andbudget, in all media and priceranges. Event benefits the PreschoolScholarship Fund and the youthprogram.

Admission: $20 per person - $35 percouple. For more information or toreserve your tickets call Judi Cooperat 703-378-7272, ext. 225 or [email protected].

SUNDAY/NOV. 9Taste of Greater Springfield. 3-7

p.m. Embassy Suites, 8100 LoisdaleRoad, Springfield. Will featurecuisine from 20 local restaurants.Tickets for adults are $30 atwww.togs.us Sponsored by the WestSpringfield Rotary Club Foundation.

“Hands On” Modeling Day. 1-4 p.m.The Fairfax Station RailroadMuseum, 11200 Fairfax StationRoad.

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Burke Lake Road, Burke (behind Kings ParkLibrary). Election of branch officers and at-largemembers of the Executive Committee. To vote inthe branch election, you must be a member ingood standing and branch membership must bedated before Oct. 16, 2014. A form of ID isrequired. 703-591-4488.

THURSDAY/DEC. 4-SUNDAY/DEC. 7Huge Holiday Book Sale. Times vary. Richard

Byrd Library, 7250 Commerce Street,Springfield. Come and find those perfect books,CDs and DVDs for the holiday. Call for hours,703-451-8055.

ONGOINGSingers Wanted for the Celebration Singers.

The women’s show choir is interested in newtalent to perform at various Northern Virginiacommunity sites. Practices are Wednesdays10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. in Burke. Contact GayleParsons, 703-644-4485 or [email protected].

Online Scavenger Hunt. Visit Fairfax tasks thoseinterested in becoming “citizen ambassadors” tothe county (those informed on fun, creativeweekend outings in the area) to find two FairfaxCounty Ambassador icons hidden throughoutthe fxva.com website in order to join theambassador team; those who find all five hiddenpins will receive a complimentary gift.www.fxva.com/online-ambassador.

Senior Fall Prevention Classes. 1:30-2:30p.m., at the Woodlands Retirement Community,4320 Forest Hill Drive, Fairfax. Tuesday and/orThursday classes in a heated pool designed towork on balance and core muscles for injuryprevention. $10. 703-667-9800.

American Red Cross CPR, First Aid andAED. Various times, at 2720 State Route 699,Suite 200, Fairfax. One-year certification, digitalor print materials and continued education onMondays through Thursday and Saturday. $70-110. www.redcrossnca.org.

Dementia Care Givers Support Groups.Various times, at Lord of Life Lutheran Church,5114 Twinbrook Road, Fairfax. The groups arefor those caring for someone with dementia orfor those interested in learning more aboutproviding care giving to a person with a disorderthat affects memory and cognition and mayimpact behavior and physical abilities. 703-451-8626 or [email protected].

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Send notes to the Connection [email protected] or call 703-778-9416. Deadline is Friday. Dated announcements shouldbe submitted at least two weeks prior to the event.

Twenty-five students from Fairfax CountyPublic Schools (FCPS) have been named 2015National Achievement Scholarship program semi-finalists in an academic competition for BlackAmerican high school students conducted by theNational Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC).The students represent 12 high schools in FCPS.

The semifinalists are:❖ Annandale High School: Yonatan Ayele.❖ Edison High School: Maxine Morgan and Sha-

lom Yiblet.❖ Fairfax High School: William Sampong.❖ Hayfield Secondary School: Camryn Bishop,

Reese Cloud, and Dominique Edwards.❖ Lake Braddock Secondary School: Leul

Berhane-Meskel and Kinaya Hassane.❖ Langley High School: Leah Yirga.❖ Madison High School: Rachel Bostick, Jesse

Ernest, and Benjamin Jackson.❖ Marshall High School: Natascha Whyte.❖ South County High School: Maya Armstrong

and Olivia Jones.❖ Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and

Technology (TJHSST): Azeez Abdikarim, ArielleAmpeh, Rebecca Clark-Callender, TheodoreRichardson, Hannah Wied, and Rollin Woodford.

❖ West Potomac High School: Zoe Smith.❖ Woodson High School: Robert Cuyjet and

Daniel Pryce.The semifinalists will compete for more than 800

Achievement Scholarship awards, worth $2.5 mil-lion, to be awarded next spring. The awards willbe supported by corporations, professional organi-zations, foundations, and funds from the NMSC.To be considered for a scholarship, semifinalistsmust advance to the finalist level by fulfilling ad-ditional requirements.

Jacob Augelli, an eighth grade student atRobinson Secondary, finished in fourth placeoverall in the 2014 United States Geography Olym-piad, junior varsity division. The competitionconsisted of two parts: a written exam and a quiz

bowl tournament; Augelli placed sixth in the examand tied for seventh in the quiz bowl tournament;overall scores were compiled by averaging eachcompetitor’s ranking for each part. Over 70 juniorvarsity students from as far away as Guam com-peted in the written exam and in a preliminary quizbowl round, while those with high scores advancedto the final quiz bowl round. Questions ranged indifficulty from naming countries by their capital toidentifying obscure islets in the North Atlantic. Thetop four varsity students earned the right to rep-resent the USA at the 2014 InternationalGeography Olympiad in Krakow, Poland, this sum-mer. The Geography Olympiad was sponsored byHoughton Mifflin Harcourt and HISTORY, com-monly known as the History Channel, which alsosponsors the National History Bee and Bowl. Formore information on the competition, please visitwww.geographyolympiad.com.

The Citadel has recognized Cadet MartinKrawczak ofºSpringfield on the school’s dean’slist for his academic achievement during the springsemester. Recognition on the South Carolina mili-tary school’s dean’s list is reserved for students whowere registered for 12 or more semester hours andreceived a grade point average of 3.2 or higher withno grade below a C for the previous semester’swork.

Yihan Zhou, Fairfax, earned a place on theDeans Honor Roll at Fort Hays State University,Hays, Kan., for the spring 2014 semester. Zhou isa junior majoring in general studies. To be eligible,students must have enrolled in 12 or more credithours and have a minimum grade point average of3.60 for the semester.

Cadet Carson Giammaria, son of Rick andKim Giammaria of Lorton, graduated from the U.S.Military Academy on May 28. Giammaria gradu-ated from Hayfield Secondary School in 2010.While at West Point, he concentrated his studies inEngineering Psychology. He was commissioned asa second lieutenant in the U.S. Army within theArmor branch and will report to Fort Benning, GA.,to attend Ranger School. Upon completion, he willbe stationed in Germany.

School Notes


SoCo FootballDemolishes Woodson

The South County football team remained undefeatedwith a 69-6 drubbing of Woodson on Oct. 24.

The Stallions (8-0) have outscored their last four op-ponents 252-51, scoring at least 56 points each gameand surpassing 60 three times.

South County will host Lake Braddock at 7:30 p.m.on Friday, Oct. 31.

Lake Braddock Thumps T.C.Williams

After suffering its second two-point loss of the season, theLake Braddock football team responded with a 52-7 victoryover T.C. Williams on Oct. 24, improving its record to 6-2.

The Bruins two losses came against West Springfield (16-14) and Robinson (19-17).

Lake Braddock will travel to face undefeated SouthCounty on Friday, Oct. 31.

West SpringfieldImproves to 6-2

The West Springfield football team beat Annandale35-10 on Oct. 24, giving the Spartans three straight winsand six in their last seven games.

West Springfield will travel to face T.C. Williams at1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 1 before concluding theregular season with a Nov. 7 home game againstWoodson.

Sports Roundups

Sports

By Jon Roetman

The Connection

When time expired in the firsthalf of Monday’s Confer-ence 6 field hockey tourna-ment final, the goose eggs

on the scoreboard initially signified Madi-son had escaped the opening 30 minutesunscathed against five-time defendingchampion Fairfax.

“Almost,” Fairfax senior Charlotte Dukesaid after the game.

While time ran out, play would continueas Fairfax had earned a penalty corner inthe closing seconds. The Rebels capitalizedwhen senior defender Mackenzie Burnettfound the back of the cage for the third timethis season, giving Fairfax a 1-0 advantage.

“Before [head coach Amber Beaudoin]told us all to press up, I was thinking tomyself, time is out, how great would it beto put one in and go into the second halfwith a leg up,” Burnett said. “It just hap-pened that I got to the ball and I turnedand I felt the goalie on me and I just placedit. I feel that that really gave us a push inthe second half.”

Duke added an insurance goal in the sec-

ond half and Fairfax won its sixth consecu-tive Liberty District/Conference 6 champi-onship with a 2-0 victory on Oct. 27 atFairfax High School.

The Rebels got off to a slow start againstthe Warhawks during their regular-seasonmeeting on Oct. 9, but eventually scored apair of second-half goals to win, 2-0. OnMonday, the teams were again on the vergeof entering the second half locked in a score-less tie, but Burnett’s goal gave the Rebels

a boost entering the break.“I think we knew that if we didn’t score

then,” Duke said, “then it would be a badhalftime for us and [Madison] would havemore confidence knowing that they sur-vived half the game without us scoring, onceagain.”

The Rebels started their championshiprun when Burnett was in the seventh grade.No. 21 didn’t want the streak to end on herwatch.

“It’s our six-peat, so it felt like more pres-sure,” Burnett said, “because you didn’twant to be the team to break the streak.”

Does this title feel any different than theprevious five?

“They’re all different,” Beaudoin said.“They’re different kids, they have differentpersonalities. This group is a group of fight-ers. … We’ve had injuries all year andpeople just step in and they play. I love thisgroup.”

The Rebels fought their way to a 16-3record this season with a roster loaded withtalented and experienced seniors. Last year,the Rebels finished region runner-up andearned a berth in the state tournament. Thisyear, Fairfax hopes to make another deeppostseason run. The Rebels faced Robinson,the No. 4 seed from Conference 5, in theopening round on Wednesday, after TheConnection’s deadline.

“We have a lot of pride in our school andour team,” Burnett said, “and we [want] toshow that out on the field.”

Fairfax’s Burnett, forward Duke, seniorforward Trisha Le, senior midfielder OliviaCummings, and senior defender Cori Blackeach earned first-team all-conference hon-ors. Junior midfielder Victoria Brzezynski,senior midfielder Meg Robertson and sopho-more defender Molly Tenerelli were namedto the all-conference second team.

The winner of Wednesday’s Fairfax/Robinson game will face the winner ofBattlefield/Lake Braddock in the regionquarterfinals on Thursday, Oct. 30.

Rebels beat Madisonto capture Conference6 championship.

Fairfax Field Hockey Wins Sixth Straight Title

Photo by Craig Sterbutzel/The Connection

Senior captain Cori Black and the Fairfax field hockey team defeatedMadison 2-0 on Oct. 27.

Photo by Craig Sterbutzel/The Connection

Fairfax senior Charlotte Duke, left, scored a goal against Madison in theConference 6 tournament championship game on Oct. 27 at Fairfax HighSchool.

Photo by Jon Roetman/The Connection

The Fairfax field hockey team won its sixth consecutive Liberty District/Conference 6 championship on Oct. 27.


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