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Volume XXV, NO. 1
SOUTHERN EDITION
Centreville ❖ Clifton ❖ Little Rocky Run
AUGUST 9-15, 2012 25 CENTS Newsstand Price
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By Bonnie Hobbs
Centre View
Each year, WWII comes alive for seventh-graders at Rocky Run Middle School.That’s because, besides what they learnabout it from their textbooks, they get
to hear firsthand from those who lived through it.Before school ended, history teacher Jamie
Sawatsky organized the annual, WWII Oral His-tory Day. Both veterans and civilians came to theschool. Some addressed large gatherings, whilestudents interviewed others insmall groups. Some interviewswere videotaped and sent to theLibrary of Congress for its Vet-erans’ History Project.
“It’s an exciting, once-in-a-lifetime moment for me,” saidstudent Steven Schwarz, serv-ing as the guide for 87-year-oldArmy veteran Richard Graff. “Ithelps me relate to the situations they’ve been inand see a new window on history.”
Pleased to participate, Graff was glad to be atRocky Run. “This is a privilege, and I’m proud thatthe students come and listen to me,” he said. Aformer infantry PFC, Graff said he and his Armybuddies had reunions every year from 1946-2010.And, he said, “We all agreed, we can’t let the worldforget about it.”
“War is not glamorous, and you’ve got to dowhatever it takes,” said Graff. “You do what you’re
Veterans tell Rocky Run students about WWII.Learning History Firsthand
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The owner and president ofa pain clinic in Chantillywas convicted Friday,
Aug. 3, in Federal Court of con-spiring to distribute and actuallydistributing oxycodone, a con-trolled drug. Paul PhotiadisBoccone, 56, was also found guiltyof healthcare fraud and payroll taxevasion in connection withChantilly Specialists Ltd. painclinic.
In addition, a nurse practitionerwith the clinic, Charles Brown Jr.,51, was convicted of the same twonarcotics charges. When they’resentenced this fall, Boccone could
Chantilly Pain ClinicOwner Is ConvictedOxycodone distribution, tax fraud.
By Bonnie Hobbs
Centre View
Since he was a boy, WilliamGarrett knew he’d grow upto be a firefighter. Although
he and his family have lived inCentreville six-and-a-half years, hewas born and raised inAlexandria’s Gum Springs commu-nity — and that’s where the sparkwas ignited.
“Four generations of my familylived there,” he said. “When I wasa kid, my friends and I would playbasketball with some of the
firefighters at the Mount VernonFire Station. I told them I’d be afirefighter someday, but they toldme to go to college and get a goodeducation first.”
Realizing a DreamGarrett beginsjob of deputyfire chief.
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Madeline Rich, of Centreville’s Manorgate community, tells the students aboutbeing a Jewish girl in German-occupied France.
told — boots on the ground. War is about deathand piles of bodies, and every combat soldier hasgot to get that behind him. But it still stays in yourmind.”
But camaraderie and family are also important,he said. “I carried a Bible with a steel plate in it toprotect my heart,” said Graff. “It was from my sis-ter. We go to war for continuity of lifestyle, and Ibelieve part of our mission is to remember it.”
Grayson Bishop served in the 106th Infantry inGermany and Belgium and was a Browning auto-matic rifleman in the Dec. 16, 1944 Battle of the
Bulge. “It was the biggest landbattle ever fought by U.S. landforces anywhere and involved750,000 to 1 million men,” hesaid. “But we lost more men tothe terribly cold weather thanto the Germans. Our shoes weresubstandard and we got frost-bite; they were neither warm,nor waterproof.”
He said that battle began around 5:30 a.m. with“a tremendous, artillery-and-mortar barrage.” Andinitially, just four U.S. divisions were facing 29German divisions. “I was so busy shooting Ger-mans, I didn’t have time to feel anything,” saidBishop. “We shot for about three hours straight.During that time, we only lost one man from ourtwo platoons, and there were probably 300 deadGermans.”
Still, he said, “I didn’t think we were heroic; we
Deputy Fire Chief WilliamGarrett
receive as much as 350 years inprison, and Brown, 160 years.
A business description of theclinic on the ezlocal.com Web sitestates, “It is the mission ofChantilly Specialists Ltd. of Vir-ginia to deliver meaningful andeffective treatment to its patientswho are suffering with chronicpain … Simply put, it is our mis-sion to do good medicine.”
But in reality, said prosecutors,although Boccone prescribedmedication — and sometimes re-ferred to himself as a doctor — hedidn’t have a medical license. Andevidence confirmed that, duringthe course of the conspiracy, at
“I never realized thedanger we were in.”
— Madeline Rich, a Jewishchild in WWII in German-
occupied France
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William Garrett’s first day asdeputy fire chief was July 28.
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Garrett followed their advice and has nowbeen with the Fairfax County Fire and Res-cue Department for 23 years. And he hasn’tjust done the job — he’s excelled. In 2009,he was named the county’s Firefighter ofthe Year. In June, he was promoted todeputy fire chief; and on July 28, he begansupervising 37 fire stations and 350 person-nel throughout the county.
“I’m very humbled by it,” he said. “Some-times we don’t see our own potential; butevery step of the way, someone did. Theyoffered me some type of advice or guidance— and I’ve taken hold of it.”
That realization made Garrett see the di-rect connection between the Fire Depart-ment and the community. “It’s still theretoday, and it gave me a different perspec-tive on community outreach,” he said. “Iknow it’s not just about delivery of service.It’s also about giving sound advice,mentoring and communicating with ayoung audience.”
After graduating from West Potomac
High, Garrett joined the Franconia Volun-teer Fire Department. Nine months later, hewas hired as a county firefighter. AttendingNOVA part time, he eventually received anassociate’s degree in administration of jus-tice. Next came a bachelor’s from GMU inforeign language with a concentration inSpanish — and with good reason.
“About 10 or 15 years ago, as a firefighter,there was an unconscious Hispanic childand a frantic mother trying to communi-cate with us,” said Garrett. “We had to gothrough a language line to understand her,and it pained me that we couldn’t speakwith her directly.”
He began his professional career at theDunn Loring station in 1989, riding on fireengines. He also became a paramedic andhas been one for 22 years. And, he added,“It’s even more important now as the popu-lation ages and increases.”
Garrett was a paramedic at the Restonstation and became an EMS sergeant at theLorton station. (That title was later changedto EMS lieutenant). Afterward, he became
a fire investigator. “It was something dif-ferent, and I thought it would be cool to tryto figure out why someone would start afire,” he said. “That helped me with fire sup-pression because you’ve got to know howand where fires start so you can put themout.”
That job also set the foundation forGarrett moving up the ranks and later be-coming a fire lieutenant. “I loved it; it wasa typical ‘whodunit,’” he said. “Sometimes,an anomaly in a piece of equipment causesa fire. But we also see a lot where caution,intervention or education could havechanged the outcome dramatically.”
What it taught him, said Garrett, is theimportance of “maintaining a situationalawareness of what’s going on and howthings work. That’s why I’m big into com-munity outreach and fire prevention — tak-ing the time to educate folks about safety.It’s something subtle, but it speaks vol-umes.”
He said it can be something as simple,yet vitally significant, as advising residents
to move hot barbecue grills on balconies anddecks away from the house — or remind-ing them to keep space heaters away fromcombustibles. So, said Garrett, “Every timewe have a citizen contact, we use it as anopportunity to educate.”
Then, promoted to fire lieutenant, hemoved to the Woodlawn station on Rich-mond Highway. “It was a dream-come-truebecause it’s where I grew up,” he said. “ThenI returned to Franconia — where I’d volun-teered.” This time, though, he was an of-ficer.
Afterward, a position became available for
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By Bonnie Hobbs
Centre View
Susan and Mark Culin and Jelaire Grillo havesomething to cheer about — literally. They’vejust opened Phase Cheer & Dance, an all-star
gym in Chantilly where they’ll train competitivecheerleaders.
“It’s cheer, dance, stunts and tumbling, all com-bined into a two-and-a-half-minute routine set tomusic,” said Susan Culin. “They’ll learn one routinefrom September to May and keep perfecting it forcompetition.”
Planned are five cheer teams divided by age andskill level and ranging from five to 32 athletes perteam. There’ll also be one competitive, hip-hop danceteam for ages 11 and under. It currently has six mem-bers, but will be expanded to add more; some of themare also on the cheer teams.
“We have about 75 kids so far in the cheer-and-dance program,” said Culin. “We just have girls nowon the teams, but boys are welcome to join. We’llaccept people for all teams through August.”
The gym is at 14807-L Willard Road, between CoxCommunications and Bowl America, and around thecorner from Westfield High. To sign up, and for in-formation about cost and practice hours, go towww.phasecheeranddance.com. The facility also of-fers open gym for non-team members who just wantto work out, Fridays, from 6-8 p.m., and Saturdays,from 1-3 p.m.; cost is $10. “Several high-school girlspreparing for cheerleading tryouts have also cometo it,” said Culin. “We have coaches here or they canpractice on their own.” Tumbling classes are alsoavailable to the public, plus Saturday, 11 a.m., adulthip-hop classes. Information is on the Web site.
Susan Culin is a Fairfax County police captain andthe commander of the department’s Traffic Division.Her husband Mark retired from the department andnow owns his own accident-reconstruction and in-vestigative-services business.
Grillo moved to Centreville’s Centre Ridge com-munity four years ago. Before then, she coached run-ning and cheering for girls’ competitive teams at theUniversity of Florida. She began coaching SYAcheerleading in 2008 and, from 2009 through thisMay, coached SYA’s competitive cheerleading squad,
A member of the senior 3 team performs a tumbling routine for her teammates.
Something To Cheer AboutAll-star gym forcompetitive cheerleadingopens in Chantilly.
The Lunar Rays mini-team, comprised of6-8 year olds, performs a lift with thehelp of a coach in the background.
At the new, all-star gym are (back row)Mark Culin and (front row, from left)Jelaire Grillo, Sam Culin, Becca andHannah Weinert and Susan Culin.
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Free Carseat InspectionsCertified technicians from the Sully District Police Station will
perform free, child safety carseat inspections Thursday, Aug. 9and 23, from 5-8:30 p.m., at the station, 4900 Stonecroft Blvd.in Chantilly. No appointment is necessary. But residents shouldinstall the child safety seats themselves so technicians may prop-erly inspect and adjust them, as needed.
However, because of time constraints, only the first 35 vehiclesarriving on each date will be inspected. That way, inspectorsmay have enough time to properly instruct the caregiver on thecorrect use of the child seat. Call 703-814-7000, ext. 5140, toconfirm dates and times.
No I-66 Exit to Parkway SouthMotorists, listen up: From this Friday, Aug. 10, at 10 p.m.,
through Monday, Aug. 13, at 4 a.m., the ramps from eastboundand westbound I-66 to southbound Fairfax County Parkway willbe closed for paving. At the same time, the southbound parkwaywill be reduced to one lane.
The closures and paving are part of the work involved in theongoing interchange project at Fair Lakes Parkway and FairfaxCounty Parkway. The following detour signs will direct drivers:
❖ From westbound I-66: Take Route 29 (Exit 52) north toaccess the Fairfax County Parkway.
❖ From eastbound I-66: Route 50 west (Exit 57B) to south-bound West Ox Road (Route 608) to the Fairfax County Park-way.
Drivers may also take the northbound Fairfax County Parkway(Exit 55), turn right on Fair Lakes Parkway and right on West OxRoad to return to the Fairfax County Parkway.
Through the weekend, the Fairfax County Parkway will brieflybe reduced to one lane southbound between Fair Lakes Circleand the Route 29 interchange (about 4300 feet). Drivers areasked to use alternate routes through this area to avoid delays.
For more details, see the VDOT project page: http://w w w. v i r g i n i a d o t . o r g / p r o j e c t s / n o r t h e r n v i r g i n i a /fairfax_county_parkway-fair_lakes.asp.
Help WFCM Collect BackpacksWestern Fairfax Christian Ministries (WFCM) is collecting back-
packs for students attending 23 elementary, middle and highschools in Centreville, Chantilly and Clifton. They go to childrenwhose parents can’t afford to buy them and, this year, the schoolsneed 1,550 backpacks. WFCM is collecting them through Aug.17 and is counting on local residents to help meet the demand.
Elementary schools have requested midsize backpacks forgrades K-three, and standard 17-inch backpacks for grades four,five and six. Middle-school students need the 17-inch or largerbackpacks with compartments, and high- school students needthe larger 18-inch backpacks, also with compartments. Backpacksshould be new and without wheels. They may be dropped offMonday through Friday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., and Wednesday, 5-8 p.m.,at the WFCM food pantry/thrift store, 13981 Metrotech Drive inChantilly (near Backyard Grill and Bar). Backpack donations aretax-deductible, and WFCM will give receipts to contributors. Formore information, contact Bush at [email protected].
Women’s Self Defense ProgramThe Fairfax County Law Enforcement Foundation is partnering
with the Fairfax County Police Department to offer the Women’sSelf Defense Training program. It’s based on the SAFE programformerly provided by the Police Department, but now beingtaught by C&J Security Corp.
The program is a two-day class that will meet on consecutiveTuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:15-9:30 p.m. It’s cur-rently offered free and all class materials are included. Programfunding is provided through the Fairfax County Law Enforce-ment Foundation. The course is offered to females, age 13 andolder. A female guardian must accompany girls 13-18. No menother than the instructors are permitted to be present during aclass. For more information, call 703-246-7806, [email protected] or go to www.fairfaxfoundation.org.
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just did what we were supposed to do. Ev-ery family was involved, and there was nobitterness or protests.”
Bishop said Rocky Run’s students im-pressed him because “they have a goodgrasp of history.” Oral History Day is im-portant, he said, because “if they’re goingto appreciate their country, they ought toknow about it.”
Madeline Rich, 82, of Centreville’sManorgate community, spoke to studentsin the media center. Her grandchildren at-tended Rocky Run; but during WWII, shewas a young, Jewish girl living in German-occupied France.
“People have no idea what civilians in thewar went through, and everybody has adifferent story,” she said. “I came here be-cause I believe it should be told, and I don’twant it to be forgotten. You can’t readabout it; even a movie isn’t a true rendi-tion.”
Rich said most of the Germans “were justpeople like us. Not everyone was bad.” Shewas just 9 on Sept. 2, 1939 in Metz, Francewhen her mother sent her to the grocerystore. “When I came out, people were say-ing, ‘The war is started; the German’s in-vaded Poland,’” said Rich. “We were wor-ried, especially as Jews, because France
wasn’t far from Poland.”She said people afraid of the Germans
blamed the Jews for the invasion, and sheremembers asking her mother, “What didwe do?” Said Rich: “My mom said, ‘Noth-ing,’ but she packed us up to leave. My fa-ther had already gone to the south of Franceto find a place for us to escape the Ger-mans.”
She and her mother; sister, 6; and brother,3; fled to Dunkirk, planning to head to En-gland from there, but couldn’t. So they keptmoving seven more times to stay ahead ofthe Germans. “I never realized the dangerwe were in,” said Rich. “Dad was in theFrench Underground, blowing up bridgesand helping Jews escape from the Ger-mans.”
When the war ended, she was just 15.People were so happy, she said, they weredancing in the streets. She came to Americain 1951 and eventually married. “My hus-band had been in a concentration camp,”she said. “It took him years and years be-fore he was able to talk to our childrenabout it.”
Also sharing his story was Dr. NormanIkari, 93, a Japanese American who servedwith the 442nd Regiment in Italy. His par-ents came to the U.S. in 1913, and he wasborn six years later in Seattle. His family
Veterans Tell Rocky Run Students about WWII
Rocky Run studentSteven Schwarz andArmy veteran RichardGraff.
Grayson Bishop wasan Army riflemanduring the Battle ofthe Bulge.
Dr. Norman Ikari, aJapanese Americanborn in Seattle, servedwith the U.S. Armywhile America de-tained his wife.
moved to Southern California in 1930, inthe midst of the Depression.
“I remember people standing in line for aloaf of bread,” he said. Graduating fromhigh school in 1936, he registered for thedraft and then attended L.A. City College.But in his second semester, on Dec. 7, 1941,the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.
“I was shocked and I wondered whatwould happen to me and the other 100,000Japanese living in the U.S., mainly west ofthe Rockies,” said Ikari. “At that time, sev-
eral thousand Japanese were already in theArmy. On Jan. 20, 1942, I was drafted andsent to a camp for medics in Illinois.”
But, he said, “In my second month of ba-sic training, President Roosevelt signed anorder to evacuate all Japanese people. Theywere rounded up, taken from their homesand placed behind barbed wire. There were10 camps and my wife was put into one ofthem.”
In May 1944, as part of the 442nd InfanSee Veterans, Page 5
War from Two Different Perspectives
By Bonnie Hobbs
Centre View
Although WWII involved the wholecountry, people’s perspectives on itvaried, depending upon where they
lived and whether they were civilians ormilitary personnel. Below are two, personalaccounts of the war given by people whoparticipated in Rocky Run’s recent WWIIOral History Day.
CIVILIAN LIFE“My dad was an Army doctor at the air
base at Fort Shafter in Honolulu when PearlHarbor was bombed,” said Judy Heisingerof Centreville’s Bull Run Estates community.“I was 6 and I didn’t know what that meantor what war meant. But then uncles andcousins went to war, as well. I think everyfamily I knew had someone in the war.”
So she told the Rocky Run students howthe country came together then “becausewe were all doing the same things. I wasliving in New Martinsville, W. Va., and wecollected metal and rubber to turn in forthe war effort. My elementary school wassent out to a field to collect milkweed podsto use for parachutes instead of silk.”
During the war years, said Heisinger, “Ev-erybody had a victory garden and there wasfood rationing. But if three or four familiessaved their ration cards, we could buy sugar
for ice cream once a year. And with the alu-minum foil from candy wrappers, we madeballs and turned them in to be used for air-plane and ship parts.”
She said families didn’t have butter andpeople were limited to two pair of shoes ayear. Students in her school sent kits filledwith combs, soap, toothbrushes, socks andmittens to children in Norway, which wasthen occupied by Germany. Heisinger andher classmates also brought dimes to schooland, she said, “When you had $18.75, yougot a war bond that, years later, would beworth $25.”
She’s spoken at Rocky Run during threeOral History programs. “I come here tohonor the veterans who fought during thattime and to let the kids know what life waslike for civilians in a war situation,” she said.“I also get to hear other people’s stories andmeet the veterans.”
MILITARY PILOTRussell O’Connell, 91, flew P-47 aircraft
over France and Germany with the ArmyAir Corps, racking up 99 missions in a year.He was just 20 when he enlisted, so hisparents had to sign for him. “There wereno P-47 instructors,” he said. “We had toteach ourselves. But it was one of the big-gest thrills of my life.”
He eventually flew that aircraft so wellthat he became an instructor pilot. “We flewprotection for the fighter pilots,” saidO’Connell. “Although, we couldn’t protectthem from the flak on the ground. We sawtragedies over Berlin — some of the guys
bailing, planes exploding or spinning — andwe’d pick them up and escort them home.”
As part of the 9th Air Force, he said, hisgroup bombed bridges, factories and rail-roads. “We put out 3,000 rounds [of am-munition] a minute,” he said. “We were cut-ting off transportation and, if anythingmoved, we shot it.” Then came D-Day, June6, 1944, and O’Connell was impressed byall the planning that went into it. “We werethe first squadron to land in France, aboutsix days after the invasion,” he said.
His most memorable moment came whenhe and other pilots were bombing trains ina railroad yard and the enemy shot back.“Both wings were hit and I didn’t want tobail out because I was afraid they’d shootme [while dangling] in my parachute,” said
Russell O’Connell tells Rocky Runstudents about flying P-47 aircraftover France and Germany.
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A civilian and a pilotshare their stories.
O’Connell. “So I bellied into a big field andblew up the radio so they wouldn’t get ourcodes.”
“I saw a Frenchman, but he ran from me,”continued O’Connell. “I found a woodpileand covered myself up and prayed. When Ilooked up, there was a Jeep with a French-man and a G.I., who’d been reconnoiteringthe area. They took me to a place with C-47 aircraft and flew me back to my base.”
Despite what he’d just been through, thatafternoon he had to fly another mission. Buthe didn’t mind because, like many pilots,he had what he considered a good-luckcharm — red socks his wife had knitted forhim. Said O’Connell: “I wouldn’t fly with-out them.”
Seventh-grader Ashley Chang (onleft) was the guide for Centreville’sJudy Heisinger, who was 6 whenWWII began.
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try Regiment comprised of Japa-nese Americans, Ikari went to Italy,where his unit fought the Germansnorth of Rome. That July, a bulletwent through his left leg. “I wasafraid to move; I was yelling forthe medic and saying prayers,” hesaid. “The medic and another per-son carried me back.”
After four months in a hospital,he was reassigned and, when thewar ended in August 1945, hewent to Fort Bragg, N.C., and thento school at UCLA, George Wash-ington University and GeorgetownUniversity. Ikari then became amicrobiologist at the NIH, retiringin 1980. He and his wife have fourdaughters and three grandchil-dren, and he’s spoken at RockyRun since 2005.
“It’s a part of history and, for me,unique history, because of myJapanese parentage,” he ex-plained. “After Pearl Harbor,America was shocked and angeredand had an intense hatred of allthings Japanese. Even today, 70years after the war, I still experi-ence anti-Asian prejudice.” OnNov. 2, 2011, the 442nd Regimentwas awarded the Congressional
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Firsthand History from VeteransGold Medal – the nation’s highestcivilian award.
After the oral history event, sev-enth-grader Lilly Hill Pensamientosaid she enjoyed listening to theveterans’ stories about “how theyhelped us have the life we havetoday. They each fought in theirown way and, as you hear themtell their stories, you can actuallyvisualize what happened.”
She said learning firsthandabout the sacrifices they made fortheir country made them more realto her than if she’d read aboutthem in a book. “It makes megrateful that we have this eventand can have the honor of talkingwith them,” she said. “It alsomakes me realize how life-or-death the war was. I don’t think Icould do what they did.”
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While reducing the federal defi-cit is critical to the nation’s eco-nomic health in the long run,the knee jerk, slash and burn
method based only on cuts that is coming atus like a freight train will do immense damageto the economy nationally. But no place wouldfeel the pain more intensely than Northern Vir-ginia.
Last week, hundreds of technology workersgathered in Arlington, wavingstop-sign shaped pickets thatsaid “stop sequestration.” Self-serving? Perhaps, but the
mindless and catastrophically timed cuts wouldhurt everyone in Northern Virginia.
“The risk posed by these cuts taking effect isnot a gamble that Virginians can take,” saidU.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly, who addressed thegroup along with Gov. Bob McDonnell, U.S.Reps. Jim Moran and Frank Wolf, NorthropGrumman CEO Wes Bush, SAIC CEO JohnJumper, Northern Virginia Technology Coun-cil Chair Brad Antle, Aerospace Industries As-sociation CEO Marion Blakey and FairfaxChamber of Commerce CEO Jim Corcoran andothers.
“A third of our economy here in NorthernVirginia and in the National Capital Region is
dependent directly on federal investment andspending, Connolly said, calling for compro-mise in Congress.
The Budget Control Act of 2011 sets the stagefor automatic spending reductions over thenext 10 years beginning Jan. 2, 2013 resultingin Pentagon spending cuts of $800 billion, $700billion in cuts from other agencies with a $200billion reduction, mostly from Medicare, inmandatory programs. This is according to SteveFuller and the GMU Center for Regional Analy-sis.
According to the analysis, Virginia would besecond after California in job losses to the statesin the next two years, with a potential loss ofmore than 200,000 jobs (136,191 defense-re-lated jobs lost and 71,380 non-defense jobs).
It’s important to note that the vast majoritythese job losses would be in Northern Virginia,and the looming problem is one reason FairfaxCounty is asking all departments to preparefor a possible five percent reduction in each ofthe next two years.
There are hundreds, possibly thousands, ofways to begin to fix the deficit; this is not one.
You can read the George Mason analysis athttp://www.aia-aerospace.org/assets/Fuller_II_Final_Report.pdf
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The Deer Park ElementarySchool PTA would like to thank thefollowing businesses for helping uswith our 2012 spring clean-up:Bricks Pizza, Cox Farm, DunkinDonut, Giant Food, Home Depot,Meadow Farms Nursery and Vir-ginia Bagel.
With their support, we were ableto beautify our school grounds andfeed all of our wonderful volun-teers.
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Support from these businesses inour local community allows us tohelp enrich our children’s schoolexperience at Deer Park Elemen-tary School.
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Beyond Schools’And TJ’s ControlTo the Editor:
I’m writing in response to the op-ed regarding the lawsuit againstThomas Jefferson High School.This lawsuit is deeply flawed andis not a serious attempt to addressthe socioeconomic causes of in-equality.
You come close to acknowledg-ing this in the editorial. You writethat “The disparities and lack ofdiversity at Northern Virginia’sstellar magnet school, ranked thetop high school in the nation, is asymptom of a much more perva-sive problem in Fairfax County.”You point out that “TJ has made avariety of attempts to address theexclusive nature of admissions,”and that “The problem runs muchdeeper than freshman admissionto Thomas Jefferson.”
Then why not come out and saythis lawsuit is a mistake? It’s anattempt to scapegoat what by allaccounts is an excellent educa-tional facility for the inequities oflife.
Using population numbers tomake a case for discrimination isalso intellectually dishonest. Mostpeople know that just because Ahappened before B, that doesn’tmean that A caused B. There is no
question that by these numbersBlack students (1.4%) and Latinostudents (3.8%) areunderrepresented at ThomasJefferson, based on overall schoolpopulation. As a reader of yourshas already pointed out, Whitestudents (26.2%) are alsounderrepresented, while Asianstudents are vastly overrepre-sented (64%).
What should we do about this?Expel enough Asian students tobring the numbers in line? Acceptmore White, Black and Latino stu-dents, whether they meet the highadmission qualifications or not?
Absurd of course, but that’s thedanger of identifying students asrepresentatives of ethnic groupsrather than as individuals. And thedanger of focusing on outcomes,not inputs.
My wife and I have no children.We have no first hand experienceof the staff at Thomas Jefferson,though a neighbor’s son wentthere and did well. However, I’mwilling to bet that the staff thereworks very hard to avoid discrimi-nating against any student, andwould very much like to admitmore disadvantaged students ifthey could. This suit attempts tomake them (and the broaderschool system) responsible for so-cioeconomic factors totally beyondtheir control.
Perhaps the goal of this lawsuitis publicity, to bring more atten-tion to the topic of educationalinequality. It may do that, but Ithink not the right kind of atten-tion for the reasons mentionedabove. Plus, lawsuits usuallyharden positions and sow discord,not accommodation.
We enjoy reading the Gazetteand appreciate the recurring focuson those less fortunate in our area.That topic needs to be addressed,as does improving the prospects ofevery student in Fairfax County.But all students would be betterserved by more honesty in thisdebate, and perhaps more realismregarding how completely thepublic school system can counter-balance economic disparities.
Christopher Parente
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least four of the clinic’s patients died ofoverdoses related to the drugs they’d re-ceived there.
Opened in 2005, the clinic was originallyon Parke Long Court before relocating,around January 2011, to 4200 LafayetteCenter Drive, Suite R. However, a notice onits Web site advises that, effective March16, Chantilly Specialists Ltd. “is no longerseeing patients.”
According to court records and evidenceat trial, even though Boccone wasn’t atrained or licensed medical practitioner, hetreated patients and prescribed narcotics byeither forging the signatures of medicalpractitioners or encouraging medical prac-titioners to endorse prescriptions that hewrote.
Brown was the lead nurse practitionerthere, and prosecutors said he helpedBoccone by continuing to prescribe largeamounts of narcotics to patients withoutmedical need for them.
The case against the two men was de-tailed in the 36-page indictment filed Dec.22, 2011, in U.S. District Court in Alexan-dria. A federal grand jury indicted Bocconeon 28 criminal counts, and Brown — alsoknown as Charles Conway — on fourcounts. The document stated the illegal ac-tivities occurred over a six-year period from
Dec. 22, 2005 until the indictment date.Boccone ran the clinic’s daily operations,
hired and directed employees, approvedpayments from the company, signed pay-roll checks and made financial decisions onbehalf of the company. But that’s not all hedid, said prosecutors.
THE INDICTMENT states that he told themedical providers at Chantilly Specialiststhat “customers were to be provided withSchedule II narcotic pain medication, some-times in direct contrast with the medicalprovider’s clinical opinion.” Schedule IIdrugs have a high risk of being abused bytheir users, which may in turn lead to se-vere, psychological or physical dependence.
People would often travel long distances— in some cases more than 350 miles oneway, or a round trip of more than 12 hours— to be treated for reported severe pain. Butaccording to the indictment, “Chantilly Spe-cialists would ‘examine’ 25 or more patientsper provider per day. [However], each ofthese customers would receive only cursoryexaminations prior to being prescribedSchedule II narcotics. [At] one point, egg tim-ers were utilized to ensure no patient waswith a provider longer than 20 minutes.”
Making matters worse, the documentstates that “Medical providers at ChantillySpecialists, including Brown, provided largeamounts of prescription medication to cus-
tomers they knew to be drug addicts — in-cluding patients who were not examined inperson prior to issuance of the prescriptions.”
It stated that Boccone would intercede onbehalf of customers and “would coerce orthreaten medical providers who did not pre-scribe the desired medication … He alsowould sign [a particular] supervisingphysician’s name on prescriptions.” In addi-tion, existing patients were encouraged byBoccone to solicit new ones to the practice,regardless of their medical requirements.
According to the indictment, in a one-yearperiod, under Boccone’s direction, Brownprescribed “over 800,000 oxycodone-basednarcotic pills to approximately 600 custom-ers. [One particular] customer was pre-scribed [some] 14,400 oxycodone-basedpills.”
The document further states that underBoccone’s control, Brown “continued to pre-scribe excessive amounts of controlled sub-stances, knowing that these distributions[had] resulted in numerous overdoses and,in some cases, deaths to customers.” Threemen and one woman died Oct. 3, 2009,April 7, 2010, and Feb. 1 and March 4, 2011.
Adding to the conspiracy, the indictmentnotes that, at Boccone’s direction, Brown“altered at least one customer’s file afterChantilly Specialists learned of his death.[And] Boccone, under subpoena to producecertain customer files, altered those files.”
Prosecutors also say the two men and oth-ers “obtained substantial income and re-sources from their illegal distribution ofcontrolled substances.”
Regarding the healthcare fraud, to sub-mit claims to Medicare for services ren-dered, a physician is required to enroll withMedicare and obtain and register his or herindividual Medicare Provider Number. Butalthough the clinic treated patients on Medi-care and submitted claims for their services,Boccone never obtained a provider number.
As for payroll tax evasion, the indictmentstated that from Jan. 1, 2006 until Dec. 31,2008, Boccone “did willfully fail to truth-fully account for and pay over to the Inter-nal Revenue Service all of the federal in-come taxes and FICA taxes” he’d withheldfrom his employees’ paychecks.
Following Boccone’s and Brown’s convic-tions, last Friday, Aug. 3, U.S. District CourtJudge Claude Hilton set their sentencing forNov. 9. The case was investigated by theFBI Washington Field Office; IRS; Depart-ment of Health and Human Services, Of-fice of the Inspector General and FairfaxCounty Police Department.
Assistant United States Attorney MichaelP. Ben’Ary and Special Assistant UnitedStates Attorney and Virginia Assistant At-torney General Marc J. Birnbaum are pros-ecuting the case. Ben’Ary is a former FairfaxCounty assistant commonwealth’s attorney.
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Home Life StyleHome Life Style
By Marilyn Campbell
Centre View
Lifestyle and social considerationsare as important as design andaesthetic decisions when remod-eling or renovating a home, say
some local designers. From bathrooms witha water closet to second floor laundry ar-eas and kitchens that flow freely into thefamily room, homeowners should deter-mine how the space will be used beforebeginning a remodeling project.
“I try to figure out how the family lives,”said George Hodges-Fulton of BOWA. “If Iknow who is doing what where and when Ican design around it. If something drivesyou up a wall and you’re ready to go seeDr. Phil with your spouse, let’s just designaround it.”
Hodges-Fulton restructured the datedkitchen of a McLean home to add morespace for an active family that includes threeteenage boys. An addition extending fromthe rear wall of the kitchen expanded thefootprint of the home. The plan included abutler’s pantry, family dining area, sittingroom and screened porch. The addition ofwindows allowed natural light to streaminto the space.
“The specific reason that the addition wasput on was to provide the husband with aplace to read the Sunday paper and still beengaged with the family,” said Hodges-Fulton. “He travels quite a bit, but the ideawould be that the family would have a Sun-day morning gathering space. The additiondefinitely changed the dynamic and im-proved family time.”
Guy Semmes of Hopkins and Porter Con-struction in Potomac, Md. transformed thecramped, dark interior of a Damascus, Md.,home into a haven of light and nature. Floorto ceiling windows make up the entire rearwall of the addition, which also unified thekitchen, family room and living room, cre-ating an open, flowing space with a pan-oramic view of the tree-filled backyard.
“We wanted to take advantage of all thesouthern light from the backyard and tomake the home feel more expansive,” saidSemmes. “We integrated the outdoors withthe interior spaces. It made everything flow
so much nicer.”
HUSBAND AND WIFE DESIGN teamSuzanne and Robert Kalmin of RJK Con-struction in Fairfax created a space in thebathroom of a Reston home to make laun-dry less laborious. “The homeowner had anactive family,” said Suzanne Kalmin. “Shehad to do laundry for three kids and twoadults. The washer and dryer were in thebasement. She wanted a laundry area thatdidn’t require her to run up and down thestairs constantly.”
The Kalmins remodeled the large second
floor master bathroom to include a spacefor the washer and dryer. “All of the bed-rooms are on the top level, so it made moresense,” said Robert Kalmin. “Instead ofwalking up and down the stairs she couldjust go straight across the hall. She coulddo laundry at night while relaxing in herbedroom.” Potomac, Md.-based designerSusan Matus of Case Design/Remodelingtransformed an outdated Bethesda home,creating a space that would feel inviting tothe homeowners’ daughter, son-in-law andthree grandchildren. The design included aground level office and family room, and arenovated basement with room for a pooltable and bar. Even the walls were strippedof the existing wood paneling.
“The family room walks out to the back-yard where there is a very beautiful pool,”said Matus. “Before the renovation, the fam-ily room did not have a clear exit out to thepool area. We added French doors that opento the patio.”
When renovating a kitchen, an Alexan-dria homeowner wanted the warm look ofa slate floor, but not the high-maintenancethat comes with a natural stone surface ina high-traffic area. Designers Allie Mannand Jim Wrenn of Case Design/Remodel-ing suggested a porcelain slate with highvariation to provide the look and feel ofslate without the tiresome upkeep.
From free-flowing rooms to low-mainte-nance spaces, designers say that are able toincorporate most homeowner requests intoa remodel or renovation. “Every home-owner has their own style,” said RobertKalmin. “When it comes to construction,we’re able to accomplish everyone’s style.”
Remodeling and Renovating Local designers design a home thatis compatible with one’s lifestyle.
When remodeling this Fairfax kitchen, designers at RJK Constructiondemolished an existing enclosed porch and removed nearly half of anexterior wall.
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Northern Virginians love the region’s forgiving climate. Yes, the temperature dropsbelow freezing, but with a little focused
heat source a fall day on the deck is quite sublime.Likewise, those short spans of subtropical siroccobecome pleasingly exotic with the aid of a Casablancafan, a pitcher of cold tea and a woodland view.
And extending the season outside is always a plea-sure — a bit like being treated to an unexpected va-cation.
“We’re clearly seeing a demand for finely elabo-rated indoor/outdoor solutions,” said Craig Durosko,founder and principal of Sun Design Remodeling inBurke. “When people have been in their homes for awhile they naturally begin exploring remodelingideas that support lifestyle interests.”
Durosko should know. He’s been a trendsetter inthe reinvention of local home spaces for more than20 years, winning dozens of design awards.
“People are converting houses into homes,”Durosko said. “Lifestyle interests are major factordriving local remodeling.”
Case in point: the owners of a 25-year-old split-level in Springfield.
Yes, the owners have a taste for collectible racecars,gourmet cooking, exceptional wine and fine cigars.These are refined pursuits they’ve cultivated overmany years.
Actualizing rarified tastes into an action plan thatcauses walls to move is another matter. It’s claimingthe house as your own. And if such a proposal is tobe seriously entertained, it had better be thought-fully conceived, well-integrated and considerate ofevery person in the household.
“Integrating all the parts of a diverse wish list isalways a fascinating creative challenge,” Duroskosaid, describing changes to the Springfield residencethat resulted in a substantially enlarged gourmetkitchen, a 300-sq.-ft. dining deck, and even a lower-level cigar and wine tasting salon.
“Our role is to help the owner articulate and shapetheir personal vision, finding out what’s feasible —
Gourmet’s DelightTwo-level indoor/outdoorsolution extends theseason and satisfieslifestyle pursuits.
A 200-square- foot kitchen addition extends onto a 16’x 47’ deck, which provides outdoor dining for six. Thepergola lends definition — but is also equipped withrotating fans, directional heating units and a soundsystem. The Trex-clad decking is weather resistant,easy to maintain.
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The custom-designed island combines an induc-tion cooktop, an oven and a three-stool diningcounter. Diagonal patterns of cork flooringundergird the cook’s work station.
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and what’s budgetable.”In this case, such considerations were
particularly pressing since Sun Design wastaking over architectural plans that hadturned out to be both over-budget, and outof compliance with county setback require-ments.
THE PROJECT’S SCOPE was the biggerchallenge, though, and it included a com-pletely re-designed rear-elevation and newconstruction upgrades on two levels.
Three owner requirements prevailed:❖ First, at 211 sq feet, the existing kitchen
was cramped, outdated and dark. The own-ers wanted a gourmet facility — with acooktop island, in-kitchen dining and awarmly, textured interior focused on sweep-ing back yard view.
❖ Secondly, since the house backs up toa lovely wooded surround, a dining deckdirectly accessible from an extended and up-graded kitchen was the obvious call. Theplan would accommodate a table setting forsix, but also provide a means to keep theparty comfortable even when temperaturessomewhat rise, or somewhat fall.
❖ Finally, the husband in particular waslooking for a dedicated out-of-the-wayspace to comfortably sample (and store) anexceptional portfolio of wines and cigars.
Caveat: the whole should also be perfectly
of work triangles. The new custom built-inis also a pleasant spot for a cup of coffee orsimple quiet time.
Interior finishwork is pristine throughout.Diagonal patterns of cork flooring (underthe cook’s feet) converge with a softly beigeceramic tile. Marble counter surfaces abutChiaro Saraceno mosaic backsplashes ac-centuated with Durango Rope detailing.Amenities include an induction cooktop, awine refrigerator, and dedicated space foran espresso coffee maker.
Outside, an eagle-headed pergola span-ning a wrought-iron table with seating forsix provides an appropriate structural tran-sition from inside to out.
To extend the season a bit, the perogla iswired with both overhead rotating fans anda pair of directional space heaters. There’salso a four-speaker sound system.
From here, the plan literally veers off intwo directions. A staircase descends to alanding which exits north towards a flag-stone walk bordered by planters, or southto discretely concealed supplemental stor-age and a new patio lounge.
Pass through a pair of French doors, andyou enter a custom-designed cigar and winetasting salon complete with wine racks andleather club chairs.
A quiet retreat to explore life’s finer plea-sures while watching the sun set in the trees.Ah, Wilderness!
integrated into a developable landscapingscheme, which would be afforded easy ac-cess from the deck.
SOLUTION: Architecturally, Sun Design’ssolution presents a neat convergence of a
sensible space enlarge-ment strategy with struc-tural necessity. After re-moving most of the ex-isting rear kitchen wall,the plan calls for a 16’ x47’ deck (spanning frommid-house to the cornerof the garage) which alsoaccommodates a 200-sq.-ft. kitchen extension.
The new Trex-surfaceddeck is now accessiblefrom both an existingrear door and a newnorth-facing “cook’sdoor” a few strides fromthe outdoor dining table.
The original, visually-restricted kitchen win-dows have been replacedwith a running wall ofdouble hung Mi win-dows that frame a pan-oramic portrait of back-yard gardens.
The kitchen extension boasts a cathedralceiling set off by exposed rafters — a changethat makes the entire room feel that muchmore expansive.
A mid-room cooktop island with diningcounter provides the chef with welcomeconvenience in negotiating a whole series
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enjoy a relaxed evening with aspecial Shabbat barbeque atCongregation Beth Emeth inHerndon. The evening includeshamburgers, hot dogs, games andsports followed by services heldoutdoors at 7:30 p.m.Prospective members arewelcome as our guests at no fee.For more information or to RSVP,visit www.bethemeth.org/summerbbq.htm.
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MONDAY/AUG. 27Blood Drive. Virginia Tire & Auto,
the Fairfax-based full-serviceprovider of automotivemaintenance, repair and tireservices, is partnering with InovaBlood Donor Services as it hosts ablood drive from noon-6 pm atthe Ashburn/Dulles (44285 Ice
Rink Plaza) and Centreville(14611 Lee Hwy) facilities.Customers who donate blood willreceive a voucher for a free oilchange at any of its 11 locations(or $30 off any service).Appointments are preferred, butwalk-ins will are welcome at thetwo Virginia Tire & Auto facilities.To schedule an appointment visitinova.org/donateblood, clickdonate blood 2x, and entersponsor code 8000 for Ashburn/Dulles or enter sponsor code 7929for Centreville or call 1-866-BLOODSAVES.
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Project, Senthil Kannan.Noon- 4 p.m. Bikes for the WorldUsed Bike Collection. Donate yourused bike (and bike parts) tomake a difference in someone’slife. A $10 donation along with adonated bike (both are tax-deductible) covers shipping andhandling, and the donation willhelp reduce landfill waste. REIFairfax in Fairfax Corner, 11950Grand Commons Ave. [email protected] www.bikesfortheworld.org.
ONGOINGThe Chantilly Academy Auto
Technology and AutoCollision Repair classes arelooking for used cars asdonations. Call Ann Booker at703-227-3041 or Kenny Brown at703-222-7466.
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TUESDAY NIGHTSWorld-Class Jazz. 6-9 p.m. Paul
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“Acappella” with the Fairfax Jubil-Aires men’s barbershop chorus.Members of the Barbershop HarmonySociety. At Lord of Life LutheranChurch (West), 13421 Twin LakesDr. Visit www.fairfaxjubilaires.org orcontact Aaron Watts at 703-793-7166or [email protected].
MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYSZumba. 7-8 p.m. Latin-based dance
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THROUGH AUG. 31Summer Camp. For ages 3 to rising
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TUESDAY/AUG. 14Needle Craft. 6:30-8:30 p.m.
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THURSDAY/AUG. 16Hands-on History. 1:30-3:30 p.m. A
new program at Ellanor C. LawrencePark, 5040 Walney Rd., provides anopportunity to experience howchildren lived in the 1800s. Acostumed interpreter will lead theprogram, adding to the authenticityof the experience. Participants willpractice penmanship, wash clothes,churn butter, and make ice cream.This program is suitable for childrenages 4-9. $10 per child per session.Register at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/ecl/calendar.htm. Call 703-631-0013, or visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/ecl.
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SATURDAY/AUG. 25Civil War Reenactment.
Commemoration of the 150thanniversary of the MedicalEvacuation of wounded soldiers willbe held at the Fairfax StationRailroad Museum, 11200 FairfaxStation Rd. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Outsideactivities are free. Museum fee is $5adults; $1 children 5-10. Under 5 arefree. Call 703-425-9225 or visitwww.fairfax-station.org.
Concert with “Heritage Brothers”from West Virginia. 6:30 pm.Oakton Baptist Church, 14001Sullyfield Circle, Chantilly. Thechurch is located on Route 50, 1/5mile east of the Route 28 overpass onthe corner of Route 50 and SullyfieldCircle. Call 703 631-1799.
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Civil War Reenactment.Commemoration of the 150thanniversary of the MedicalEvacuation of wounded soldiers willbe held at the Fairfax StationRailroad Museum, 11200 FairfaxStation Road in Fairfax Station. 10a.m.-5 p.m. Outside activities arefree. Museum fee is $5 adults; $1children 5-10. Under 5 are free. Call703-425-9225 or visit www.fairfax-station.org.
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Eight-year-old Hanani Donajumped up and down in supportof her older sister, 17-year-oldReanna, during a medal cer-
emony at the Northern Virginia SwimLeague Individual All-Stars meet on Aug.4. Hanani’s involvement in the day’s eventswasn’t limited to cheerleading, however, asthe younger sibling received her own rec-ognition.
Reanna won the 15-18 girls’ 50-meterbutterfly and finished second in the back-stroke, and Hanani finished third in the 8U25-meter butterfly and first in the back-stroke at their home pool: Waynewood Rec-reation Association in Alexandria. Reanna,a 2012 graduate of West Potomac HighSchool and rising freshman at Ohio StateUniversity, finished with an NVSL season-best time of 28.55 seconds in the fly. In thebackstroke, she was one of two swimmersto break 30 seconds. Her time of 29.66 wasbested only by Janet Hu’s NVSL record timeof 28.21.
Hanani swam 18.81 in the fly and 19.94in the backstroke.
“I actually made it a point to watch[Hanani],” Reanna said. “… We have sucha huge age difference between us, I wasn’tsure whether she’d like swimming or not.At her age, I was not making it to all-starsas an 8-and-under. I didn’t know what all-stars was. The fact that she knows what’sgoing on is just really great for her.”
While the Dona sisters shined in theirhome pool, Hu rewrote the NVSL recordbook. A member of the Mosby Woods Raid-ers (Fairfax) and a rising junior at OaktonHigh School, Hu broke her own record inthe 15-18 50 freestyle with a time of 28.21.Hu set the previous record of 28.52 oneweek earlier at divisionals, according to theNVSL Web site.
“It’s pretty exciting,” Hu said, “to knowI’m still improving.”
Hu also won the 50 free with a time of26.5. She set the NVSL record in the eventone week prior with a time of 26.27.
Laura Schwartz, a member of the CamelotCommunity Club Knights (Annandale) andrising senior at Falls Church High School,entered the 15-18 girls’ 100 IM as the No. 1seed and didn’t disappoint. She finishedwith an NVSL season-best time of 1:06.5.
“I try not to think about it,” Schwartz saidof being an event’s top seed. “I guess it kindof gets me a little bit excited because I think,‘I have to make sure I get first place sinceI’m seeded first.’”
Schwartz had to come from behind tocapture the win. “I actually had no ideawhere I was until I came off the breaststroketurn,” she said. “… I breathed to my leftand I saw the other girl and I was right ather hip. I was like, ‘Oh gosh, I’m seededfirst, I need to win this,’ so I had to kick itinto another gear to out-touch.”
While Schwartz fulfilled her duty as a fa-vorite, Ben Lambert’s victory in the 15-18boys’ 50 fly was an upset. Lambert, a mem-ber of Hayfield Farm Seahawks (Alexan-dria) and rising sophomore at Hayfield Sec-ondary School, won the event with a timeof 26.3 despite being seeded outside of thetop three.
“It was all mindset,” Lambert said. “Mycoach from a while ago told me that if youbelieve you’re the best one out there andyou swim like it, then you can be and that’swhat happened today. … I actually kind oflike having people ahead of me because itinspires me to go faster and it gets me morehyped.”
Paul O’Hara, a member of the HollinMeadows Barracudas (Alexandria) and arising senior at Gonzaga College HighSchool in Washington, D.C., finished firstin two events. After finishing in a first-placetie in the 15-18 boys’ 100 IM (1:00.65),O’Hara won outright the 100 freestyle witha time of 23.74. “I was kind of amped upfor the second event,” O’Hara said, “becauseafter the tie, it was kind of disappointing.”
Zachary Fountain, a 2011 West Spring-field High School graduate and risingsophomore at Indiana University of Penn-sylvania, tied with O’Hara in the 100 IMand won outright the 100 breaststroke(30.82). Fountain represented the OrangeHunt Sharks (Springfield).
In boys’ butterfly action, winners in-cluded: Sleepy Hollow’s Liam Redman (8U,Falls Church); Highlands Swim’s BenCharles (9-10, McLean); Chesterbrook’sJaya Kambhampaty (11-12, McLean) and
McLean’s Christopher Murphy (13-14). Ingirls’ butterfly action, winners included:Hunter Mill’s Alexandra Dicks (8U, Vienna);Little Rocky Run’s Emily Drakopoulos (9-10, Clifton); Greenbriar’s JacquelineClabeaux (11-12, Fairfax) and OrangeHunt’s Robyn Dryer (13-14, Springfield).
In boys’ IM competition, winners in-cluded: Highlands Swim’s Charles (10U);Dunn Loring’s John McClorey (11-12,Vienna) and Lee-Graham’s Miller Surette(13-14, Falls Church). In girls’ IM action,winners included: Wakefield Chapel’sMadelyn Donohoe (10U, Annandale);McLean’s Isabella Rongione (11-12) andCommonwealth’s Hannah Baker (13-14,Fairfax).
In boys’ freestyle action, winners in-cluded: Fox Mill Woods’ Tomasz Kleczek(8U, Reston); Lee-Graham’s William Jack-son (9-10, Falls Church); Little Rocky Run’sMyles Brown (11-12, Clifton) and VillageWest’s Aidan Pastel (13-14, Springfield). Ingirls’ freestyle competition, winners in-cluded: Ravensworth Farm’s Emily Suris(8U, Springfield); Little Rocky Run’sDrakopoulos (9-10); Greenbriar’s Clabeaux(11-12) and Commonwealth’s Baker (13-14).
In boys’ backstroke competition, winnersincluded: Tuckahoe’s James Ewing (8U,McLean); Lee-Graham’s William Jackson (9-10, Falls Church); Overlee’s Jonathan Day(11-12, Arlington); Overlee’s Ryan Baker(13-14, Arlington) and Annandale’s KyleTyrrell (15-18). In girls’ backstroke action,winners included: Sully Station SS’s EliseMozeleski (9-10, Chantilly); Hamlet’s GraceGent (11-12, McLean) and Orange Hunt’sDryer (13-14).
In boys’ breaststroke competition, win-ners included: Donaldson Run’s DrewHarker (8U, Arlington); Sully Station SS’sBrian Patten (9-10, Chantilly);Chesterbrook’s Sam Gollob (11-12,McLean) and South Run’s ChristopherStankiewicz (13-14, Springfield). In girls’breaststroke action, winners included:Ravensworth’s Suris (8U); Hunt Valley’sCarrie Morrison (9-10, Springfield); MountVernon Park’s Holly Jansen (11-12, Alexan-dria); Little Hunting Park’s Sarah Cahill (13-14, Alexandria) and Crosspointe’s BrookeMalone (15-18, Fairfax Station).
NVSL Season Concludes with Individual All-Star MeetWaynewood’sDona sisters winat home pool.
Greenbriar’s Jacqueline Clabeaux won the 11-12 girls’ 50-meterfreestyle and butterfly at the NVSL Individual All-Stars meet on Aug. 4.
Hayfield Farm’s Ben Lambert won the 15-18boys’ 50-meter butterfly at the NVSL IndividualAll-Stars meet on Aug. 4.
Hunter Mills’ Alexandra Dicks won the 8U girls’25-meter butterfly at the NVSL Individual All-Stars meet on Aug. 4.
Reanna Dona, a 2012 West Potomac graduate,finished first in the girls’ 15-18 50-meter but-terfly and second in the backstroke during theNVSL Individual All-Stars meet on Aug. 4. Themeet was held in Dona’s home pool:Waynewood Recreation Association.
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their daughter Sam, now 13, was on that squad. “Wegot to know Jelaire and see her talent,” said SusanCulin. “The team was hugely successful and won firstplace in the U.S. finals in May in Virginia Beach. Itwas later ranked number two in the country in rec-reational cheerleading.”
But SYA Extreme didn’t have dedicated practicespace and had to rent space in three different places.So, said Culin, “We got to talking and decided wehad these great kids, ages 5-17, who were very tal-ented and wanted to go to the next level in a spacewhere they could further their skills. So we decidedto join forces and open an all-star gym.”
The Culins and Grillo are equal owners. “Jelairehas the knowledge about coaching, competing andrunning the teams,” said Culin. “Mark and I havethe managerial side and know how to get the facilityup and running and stocked and do the books. That’sour experience — dealing with budgets, personneland facility issues.”
The program is called Phase because it’s anotherphase in Grillo’s cheer life. The letter “s” in that wordis written as a lightning bolt, so one wall of the gymis designated as Bolt’s Corner. On it are inspirationaland encouraging sayings written by the girls.
“This is a family-oriented program and recognizesthe girls for their accomplishments both here and inschool,” said Culin. “We’re there for the kids outsideof cheer, as well.” In addition, the girls are currentlydoing three service projects. They’re collecting minitoiletries for soldiers hospitalized at Walter ReedNational Military Medical Center; they’re also col-lecting can pop-tops for the Ronald McDonald House.And they’re doing what they can to help Cheer Fu-sion, a cheer gym in Fredericksburg that was leveledby a tornado on July 8.
“We created a spirit box and filled it with candyfor their kids, and our kids took photos of themselveswith encouraging signs,” said Culin. “We’re also col-lecting money to make a contribution to them.” Todonate to Cheer Fusion Devastation Relief, go towww.wepay.com/donations/cheerfusion.
Although the girls participate in a competitive ac-tivity, Culin said gyms should support another.“Teaching the kids sportsmanship is important to us,”she said. “We cheer for all teams and never cheeragainst another team. We’re trying to build a posi-tive atmosphere.”
Phase Cheer & Dance opened in June and will haveits first competition in December. Choreographersteach the girls their routines.
“We also plan to have a seasonal team start in mid-to late November for high-school girls who’ve fin-ished their high-school-football cheering season,”said Culin. “They’ll still be an all-star team, but won’tbegin competing until January [2013], since they’restarting late.”
The teams practice in the late afternoon and
evening, so the Culins go to the gym after work. Andthey’re excited about the program’s potential.
“We’d like to grow the teams and have the girlsimprove their skills so we’ll be able to have higher-level competitive teams,” said Culin. “And already,it’s amazing how fast these kids have progressed.”
Her daughter Sam, a rising freshman at CentrevilleHigh, is delighted to be part of the new endeavor.“It’s awesome just being able to come practice when-ever and have a lot of fun,” she said. “I’m good attumbling, but want to improve my jumps. I’m tryingout for high-school cheer, so this’ll get me more prac-tice. Jelaire will also be the assistant varsitycheerleading coach at Centreville High, so she knowsthe skills I’ll need for high school and will be able tohelp me.”
Becca Weinert will be a Centreville sophomore and,in cheerleading, she’s a flyer — the person at the topof the pyramid formation. “I really like being able tocome by with my friends [at Phase] and improve mystunting and tumbling,” she said. “I’m also doinghigh-school cheer.”
Her sister Hannah, an incoming Centreville fresh-man, is at the new gym, too. “Jelaire has been mySYA coach for three years, so I wanted to come andcontinue with her because she’s a really good coach,”said Hannah. “I’m really excited for Jelaire and ev-erybody who gets to come here because it’s such anice gym,” she said. “It has two spring floors for do-ing routines, a tumble track — like a trampoline,and a dance floor without springs because that’s whathigh-school kids dance on.”
“We also have lots of other types of equipment andmats to help them with their tumbling skills,” addedCulin. And Sam, Becca and Hannah enthusiasticallyrecommend that others join the program, too.
“Oh, my gosh, come,” said Hannah. “You’ll learnso much.” Sam called it “an amazing gym and a tonof fun.” And Becca said, “We’re like a family and ac-cept everybody. It’s fun to be around people you likeat practice, while learning new skills and doing whatyou love.”
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a captain in the Hazardous Materials andInvestigative Services section and, follow-ing another promotion, the job wasGarrett’s. He later opened the Crosspointestation and, in March 2007, he said, “I gotmy dream job as commander of the PennDaw station in Alexandria.”
There, he was thrilled to turn that sta-tion into the focal point of that area’s com-munity outreach. Furthermore, he said, “Itwas great serving along the Route 1 area— a place I had a stake in and was involvedwith.” Then in January 2010, Garrett waspromoted to battalion chief of the FairfaxStation/Clifton/Burke/Crosspointe/Pohickarea. He supervised 40-50 people provid-ing emergency services out of six differentstations.
“It’s a whole different look at emergencyservices,” he said. “It required me to thinkmore strategically. Instead of just being fo-cused on the task or on firefighting tactics,I had to consider the impact to the commu-nity. I had to make sure our personnel werewell-trained and the equipment well-placedso that, when calls came in, we were readyto go.”
In October 2010, he was assigned to workon a special project to modernize FairfaxCounty government’s finance and human-resource systems. His participation resultedin the final product taking into consider-ation the Fire Department’s special needsas a 24/7 service.
Then on June 28, Chief Ronald Mastinpromoted Garrett to deputy fire chief, plac-ing him in charge of C-Shift operations forthe entire Fire Department. As such, he’sbecome a senior staff member and an inte-gral part of the department’s core leader-ship.
“I’m responsible for the overall, day-to-day operations and management of 350-plus firefighters,” he said. “And I’m now incharge of the seven battalion chiefs.”
Garrett will visit all the stations under hiscommand and plans to “continue the chief’sobjectives and motivate the shift to do that,as well. And because firefighters influencedme at the start, I want to support thecommunity’s needs — whether by collect-ing backpacks or coats or doing a food drive.I want to support the residents.”
And he’s not the only one in his familywho feels that way. His wife Lauretta is apolice MPO with the Sully District Stationand, in January, she was honored as Officerof the Quarter. During the ceremony, herstation commander, Capt. Purvis Dawson,told her, “You’ve set a standard for othersto emulate. Each day you pin on your badge,you make Fairfax County a better place.”
The Garretts have been married 15 yearsand have two children, 13 and 11. Dad’salso an assistant SYA basketball coach fortheir children’s team. Serving the commu-nity is important to the couple, and that’swhy the new deputy fire chief is so excitedabout his new position.
“I love it because we’re such an integralpart of society – what we do makes a dif-ference,” said Garrett. “It’s a meaningful job,and I know that what I do makes a directimpact.”
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