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Herndon FestivalHosted inDowntownNews, Page 6
Just Stopping By in HerndonNews, Page 3
Nysmith ‘Know Brainers’Keep on Competing
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Food and craft vendors filled thestreets of downtown Herndon forthe 35th Annual Herndon Festival,a time-honored event for historicdowntown Herndon.
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The MOMS Club of Herndon will hostmonthly meeting on Thursday, June 18 from10 a.m.-12 noon at the Trinity PresbyterianChurch playground (651 Dranesville Rd,Herndon). In case of rain, the meeting willmove inside the church. All Herndon, VA(zip codes 20170 and 20171) stay at homemothers and their children are encouragedto attend. Bring the children, score a coolballoon, and hang out with the club mem-
bers for the morning.For more information or to RSVP contact:
Kelly McArter, Membership VP [email protected].
The MOMS Club (“Moms Offering MomsSupport”) is an International nonprofit sup-port group specifically for mothers whohave chosen to stay home with their chil-dren with over 2,000 chapters in sevencountries.
Week in Herndon
Herndon MOMS ClubTo Host Balloon Bonanza
To have community events listed in the Connec-tion, send to [email protected] the Friday prior to the following week’s paper.
TUESDAY/JUNE 9Alzheimer’s Warning Signs. 7-8 p.m. Tall Oaks
Village Center, 12052 North Shore Drive,Reston. Learn how to tell the difference betweenAlzheimer’s and typical aging and steps to takeif you recognize a warning sign in yourself orsomeone you know. Call 800-272-3900 toregister.
WEDNESDAY/JUNE 10Reston – League of Women Voters meeting
on affordable housing in Fairfax County.7:30-9 p.m., North County GovernmentalCenter, 1801 Cameron Glen Drive, Reston. Howbig is our homeless population? How and whencan we end homelessness? Join in thediscussion. Free, open to the public (men andwomen), call 703-757-5893. Background papersat www.lwv-fairfax.org.
TUESDAY/JUNE 23
INOVA Blood Drive. 12 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.The bloodmobile will be located besideReston Town Center Pavilion nearWilliams-Sonoma. On-site registration.Schedule appointments at 1.866.256.6372or online at www.inova.org/donateblood
ONGOINGFood Addicts in Recovery. Wednesdays at
7 p.m. at The Vine Church, 2501 GallowsRoad, Dunn Loring. Are you having troublecontrolling the way you eat? Food Addictsin Recovery Anonymous (FA) is a freetwelve step recovery program for anyonesuffering from food obsession, overeating,under-eating or bulimia. For moreinformation or a list of additional meetingsthroughout the U.S. and the world, call781-932-6300 or www.foodaddicts.org.
Fairfax County’s Meals on Wheelsurgently needs drivers in the Annandale,Franconia/Kingstowne, Reston, MountVernon and McLean areas. 703-324-5406,TTY 711 or www.fairfaxcounty.gov/olderadults.
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By Ken Moore
The Connection
More than 1,300 businesseshave made Herndon theirhome. On Wednesday, May27, Mayor Lisa Merkel,
Dulles Regional Chamber of Commercemembership director Lauri Swift, DennisHolste, Town of Herndon economic devel-opment manager, and Stephanie Barko,events manager with the chamber, visitedsix businesses to mark the occasion.
Panera opened its new location atWorldgate Herndon last week, and in addi-tion to a ribbon cutting, Panera hosted abread cutting to start the events.
10 a.m.Panera Bread13041 Worldgate Dr., Herndon, Va.703-251-0084www.panerabread.comPanera Bread is one of Herndon’s newest
businesses, and held a ribbon and breadcutting ceremony last Wednesday, May 27in its new Worldgate location.
“For people with a busy schedule whowant to get in and out quickly,” said YonasFisseha of Panera.
Customers can order online, order to go,avoid lines, and have orders ready to bepicked up or delivered.
The Herndon Panera is one of the firstfive Panera’s to operate in its new format,and the second of three in Northern Vir-ginia (Alexandria has opened, and a Ster-ling location is in the process.)
“It’s a new way of operating,” he said.
10:44 a.m.Washington Dulles Marriott Suites13101 WorldGate Drive, Herndon, Va.703-709-0400www.marriott.comMarriott opened its Herndon hotel at the
beginning of 1990.Views from its top balconies are lovely.Many class reunions hold receptions here
as well as wedding parties, said KristenMurphy of Marriott.
11:02 a.m.Quality Chiropractic and Rehab102 Elden Street, Suite #12, Herndon,
Va.703-581-8999http://qualitychirova.com/“I’m about to work with two patients,”
said Dr. Camille T. D’Amato.She left the Town of Herndon balloons
for her colleague, Dr. Frankie Velez.“Ahh, you’re the Mayor,” said Velez.Dr. D’Amato and staff are scheduled to
volunteer at the Athletes Village in Restonhelping those participating in the WorldPolice and Fire Rescue Games next month.
She also donates time to soccer tourna-ments.
11:38 a.m.HRI Associates718 Pine Street, Herndon, Va.703-435-3500Doug Downer started working in the HRI
insurance agency, his family business, im-mediately after graduating from Old Domin-ion University in 1982 and has been the soleowner and president since 2005.
Doug Downer’s father, Richard Downer,was one of the original founders of the lo-cal Chamber of Commerce.
HRI Associates, which offers homeownersinsurance, auto insurance, commercial in-surance, life and health insurance, insur-
Doug Downer’s father was one of the founding members of Herndon’sChamber of Commerce.
Owner Hank Allen gives a tour of Signarama to Mayor Merkel, LauriSwift and Dennis Holste.
Just Stopping By in Herndon Marking business appreciationmonth in Herndon.
ance quoting, business insurance and per-sonal insurance, moved to the formerchurch on Pine Street in 2008.
11:59 a.m.Dairy Queen779 Station Street, Herndon, Va.
Panera Bread is one of Herndon’s newest businesses.First the bread ceremony and then … The giant scissors and the ribbon cutting ceremony.
Chiropractors Dr. Camille T.D’Amato and Dr. Frankie Velezfrom Quality Chiropractic andRehab.
703-481-6173“You all are late,” said Dairy Queen’s Zaki
Zakaria, with a smile.Zakaria says 99 percent of his customers
are repeat customers.He knew Chamber of Commerce mem-
bership director Lauri Swift’s order beforeshe ordered, a Mint Chocolate Extreme.
The Herndon Festival’s carousel was vis-ible through the Dairy Queen’s Window.
12:28 p.m.SignaramaHank Allen, Owner703-481-8858Signarama moved to the middle of the
Reston-Herndon Business Park the firstweekend in May. The new space gives thecompany the opportunity to do vehiclewraps inside the business all year round.
“I am a pretty happy camper,” said ownerHank Allen.
“Since we started in Herndon, I wantedto do what we could to stay in Herndon,”said Allen, who established his businessapproximately 18 years ago.
“There’s nothing else in northwest FairfaxCounty that has this kind of space,” he said.
He gave the Mayor and Chamber of Com-merce a tour of his company, includingwhere a vehicle wrap was being done anda banner being made in action.
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By Burton Jay Rubin
Some 20 months on, theFairfax County police of-ficer who shot and killed
John Geer remains on “paid ad-ministrative duty,” despite the$2.95 million settlement thecounty has agreed to pay his fam-ily. The Commonwealth’s Attorneyis also seeking to empanel a grandjury to consider criminal charges.
Officer Adam Torres’ continuedtenure on the Fairfax County Po-lice Force is due to something of-ten referred to as “LEOBR,” “LawEnforcement Officers’ Bill ofRights;” a law in effect in Virginiathat provides police officers withspecial job security protectionsunavailable to other workers.
Most members of the workforce,in contrast, are subject to the “em-ployment-at-will” legal doctrine,under which they may be fired forany reason or no reason at all, ex-cept for certain very limited dis-criminatory reasons. UnderVirginia’s LEOBR, if you are a po-lice officer, you cannot be dis-charged, even if you hurt some-one, disobeyed orders, abusedyour office, or even broke the law,
without first being notified in writ-ing of the basis for your dismissal,given an opportunity to respondorally and in writing, with the as-sistance of a lawyer if you wish,and then, after all that, given theright to file a grievance under stateor local procedures, your choice.
There were no LEOBR laws formost of our nation’s history. Theycame into effect in the early 1970sas a result of a campaign by po-lice special interest groups. Priorto that time, police were actuallyheld to a higher standard of con-duct than citizens generally.
In New York City, for example,police officers were required tocooperate fully with criminal in-vestigations to the point of waiv-ing their constitutional privilegeagainst self incrimination or losetheir jobs. That requirement wasfound to be unconstitutional bythe U.S. Supreme Court in a 1968decision called Gardner v.Broderick. Even though the officerin that case actually won, policeinterest organizations pressed theissue, resulting in what might beregarding as a “second helping” ofemployment rights reflected inLEOBR laws today.
they are the targets for unjustifiedcharges of wrongdoing. That po-lice officers may be falsely accusedof misconduct is undoubtedly thecase, as it is for University of Vir-ginia frat boys, Duke University LaCrosse players and child careworkers, yet none of these groupsis accorded special legal protec-tions unavailable to the generalpublic.
Let’s be very clear, we are nottalking about punishing someoneor in any way short circuiting theprocess to which everyone is en-titled before being found guilty ofa crime and possibly sent to jail.We are talking only about howlong a community must keep apolice officer on the job, payinghim, after that community has lostall confidence in that officer andthe officer has lost his ability toserve in the position for which hewas hired.
When an officer has lost hiscommunity’s confidence and trust,that community should be able toask that individual to find employ-ment elsewhere. We need to re-think our LEOBR laws.
The writer is an attorney and civic ac-tivist in Northern Virginia.
Time to Re-think ‘LEOBR’It is sometimes said that the ex-
traordinary job security accordedto police officers is justified by thedangerous nature of their work.Just what the connection is be-tween how dangerous a job is andthe special job security providedto people in that job is not ex-plained. At any rate, the funda-mental premise is false. The aver-age police officer serves his entirecareer without ever firing hisweapon in defense of himself oranybody else.
According to Time.com, law en-forcement is not even among the10 most dangerous jobs in theUnited States. Logging and roof-ing are and we don’t provide work-ers in those occupations with spe-cial job security rights. Accordingto figures from the FBI, the num-ber of officers killed by criminalshas declined since the ‘70s whenLEOBR laws came into effect, andnow stands at its lowest point.Unfortunately, the number of citi-zens killed by police has increasedduring that same period and nowstands at its highest point.
Sometimes, it is said that spe-cial job protection rights for po-lice officers are justified because
Opinion
The death rate due to heroin over-dose more than doubled between2010 through 2013, according tothe Centers for Disease
Control (CDC), with an average in-crease of 37 percent per year in theUnited States.
What the statistics don’t say is that most ofthese deaths are preventable nearly to the lastbreath. Heroin and other opioids affect the partof the brain which regulates breathing, andopioids in high doses can cause respiratorydepression and death.
Naloxone, which is effectively an antidoteto opioid overdose, will completely reverse theeffects of an opioid overdose if administeredin time.
Emylee Lonczak, a McLean teenager whodied of an overdose in what was reported tobe her first encounter with heroin, might stillbe alive if the people with her at the time hadtaken her to a hospital or called 911.
New legislation designed to protect peopleseeking help for friends experiencing overdoseshould make it simpler to do the right thing.
State Sen. Chap Petersen sponsored the bill,Safe Reporting of Overdoses, which was signed
by Gov. Terry McAuliffe last week.“The next step is to get the word out to young
people: If a friend is in distress, you have aresponsibility and now you have legal protec-tions. Do the right thing. Make a call to save alife,” said Petersen said after the Governorsigned the bill.
The law also applies to alcohol overdoses.Petersen collaborated with a Fairfax HighSchool classmate, Gerald Lawson, now a pro-
fessor at Virginia Tech, in pressing forprotection for Good Samaritans inthese circumstances.
The Food and Drug Administrationlast year approved a hand-held auto-injectordesigned for family and caregivers who mightbe witness to an overdose to administer a singledose of the drug naloxone.
Safe reporting of overdoses SB 892,summary as passed.
Establishes an affirmative defense to prosecution ofan individual for (i) simple possession of a controlledsubstance, marijuana, or controlled paraphernalia; (ii)intoxication in public; or (iii) the unlawful purchase,possession, or consumption of alcohol if such indi-vidual sought or obtained emergency medicalattention for himself or for another individual becauseof a drug-related or alcohol-related overdose and if theevidence for the charge was obtained as a result of theindividual seeking or obtaining emergency medicalattention. The bill provides that the affirmative defensemay only be invoked by an individual who (a) remainsat the scene of the overdose or at any location to whichhe is transported for emergency medical attention untila law-enforcement officer responds to the report of anoverdose or, if no law-enforcement officer is presentat either the scene or the other location, cooperates
with law enforcement, (b) identifies himself to theresponding law-enforcement officer, and (c) cooper-ates, upon request, with any criminal investigationreasonably related to the drug or alcohol that resultedin the overdose. No individual may assert this affirma-tive defense if the emergency medical attention soughtor obtained was during the execution of a search war-rant or during the conduct of a lawful search or alawful arrest.
Send Photos forFather’s Day
Father’s Day is Sunday, June 21, and onceagain the Connection will publish a gallery ofFather’s Day photos.
Every year at this time, the Connection putsout the call for photographs of fathers and theirchildren, grandfathers and their children andgrandchildren.
Send in photos as soon as possible, with thefollowing information: the town where you live,the names of everyone in the picture, the ap-proximate date the picture was taken, the agesof the children and a sentence or two aboutwhat is happening and where the photographwas taken. Be sure to tell us your town nameand neighborhood. Photos are due by June 15.
You can submit your photos online atw w w. c o n n e c t i o n n e w s p a p e r s . c o m /fathersday. You can also email photos [email protected].
— Mary Kimm
New “safe reporting”law encourages peopleto seek help in time.
Overdose Deaths Are Preventable
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The Fairfax Chapter of PhiDelta Kappa recently hon-ored the Dulles Regional
Chamber of Commerce as the2015 Friend of Education for itscommitment to education. Theaward recognizes an outstandingperson or organization that im-proves the quality of the educa-tional experience for students intheir community.The presentationwas made at the Country Club ofFairfax on May 20.Accepting on the chamber’s behalfwas Eileen Curtis, President of theDulles Regional Chamber. JayGarant, who oversees Office ofBusiness-School Partnerships forFairfax County Public Schools,cited the Chamber’s long-standingcommitment to education.It is a partner to six area schoolsin western Fairfax: Centreville,Chantilly, Herndon, and WestfieldHigh Schools, as well as MountainView Alternative High School andChantilly’s Governor’s STEM Acad-emy. In that capacity, the chamber
Dulles Regional ChamberReceives Education Award
Accepting the award on the chamber’s behalf was EileenCurtis, president of the Dulles Regional Chamber.
has, over the years, staged studentjob fairs, ethics days, college fairs,and financial literacy training. Itprovides STEM-H scholarships toeach of its partner schools, and itinvolves the students in STEM-H(Science, Technology, Engineer-ing, Math, and Health) relatedprograms, such as cybersecurityand healthcare jobs of the future.
A unique educational offering ofthe Dulles Regional Chamber is itsannual public recognition of Edu-cators of the Year for each partnerand member school.
This year, the presentations weremade at the chamber’s ChantillyDay, with FCPS SuperintendentKaren Garza assisting in the pre-sentation.
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Crossfield Sixth Grader Wins Clean Air Partners AwardWUSA9 meteorologist HowardBernstein, Crossfield ElementarySchool sixth grader Faiza Ibrahim,Virginia State Delegate EileenFiller-Corn (D-41) and AAAspokesman Lon Anderson pose fora photo at the annual Clean AirPartners Awards ceremony lastWednesday evening at the Tor-pedo Factory in Alexandria. Faizareceived first place in the Cat-egory #1 slogan contest. Category#1 included students in Virginia,D.C. and Maryland in gradesfourth through sixth. Her sloganis “Take a bike, plant a tree, makethe world a better place for youand me!”
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Thursday, May 28 wasthe first day of the 35th
Annual Herndon Festi-val, a time-honored event forhistoric downtown Herndon.This year featured many of thesame favorite events includingcarnival rides, music entertain-ment and fireworks. The streetsof downtown Herndon werefilled with booths selling jew-elry, furniture, crafts and fineart. The festival ended on Sun-day, May 31.
The Herndon Festival BusinessExpo was held on Saturday andSunday along historic Pine Street.Over 50 business vendors wereavailable to have conversationsand discuss a variety of businessesincluding home improvement,health and wellness, animal care,education, insurance and more.Herndon Community Television,HCTV, provided live coverage of thefestival. “I think the festival is agood way for the community tobecome stronger,” said HerndonHigh school sophomore and HCTVvolunteer Allie Kassraie.
The festival took place in down-town Herndon, on Lynn Street andsurrounding areas.
Offsite parking and shuttle busesfrom Herndon High School andWorldgate was available. Admis-sion to the festival was free, whiletickets were required for carnivalrides.
There were four entertainment
stages with a variety of musical actseach day, including a FleetwoodMac tribute band, a Simon andGarfunkel tribute band, hip-hop,country, and more. There was aKids Alley stage with entertain-ment such as the Unicycle Lady,Monkey Man, mimes and jugglers.
Signe Friedrichs, ED of the Coun-cil for the Arts of Herndon, said,“The children’s hands-on art areawas magnificent this year. ChairElysa Birman came up with someamazing crafts. Potter’s Fire’ ownerMike Faul provided the amazingchalk art created by MelodySarecky, and hundreds of volun-teers turned out to make this thebest event ever!”
“The festival introduces a lot ofpeople to our business here,” saidHerndon resident and Great Har-vest Bread employee Walter Little.
Runners participated in the 2015Herndon Festival 10K and 5K races,held on May 31. Both the 10K and
5K courses were USATF certi-fied. Awards were presented tothe top two finishers from eachage group from the 10 and un-der, to 70 and over. Followingthe race, participants enjoyedrefreshments, door prizes, mu-sic and an award ceremony.Leaders in the 5K were AndrewGoldman with a time of00:15:52, and for the 10KDickson Mercer at 00:34:40.
The outdoor festival createda dynamic experience combin-ing the fun of an outdoor con-cert series with the thrill of asummertime carnival. Through-out the four-day event, therewere two fireworks displays, aswell as a Roller Derby demo onThursday and Wind Art Displayon Saturday. Major sponsors forthis year's festival includedVolkswagen Group, Dulles Elec-tric, Flagship Carwash andXfinity.
Streets of downtown Herndon were filled with boothsselling jewelry, furniture, crafts, photography and fineart during the 35th Annual Herndon Festival.
North Carolina woodcrafter Keith Hartman was one ofthe many artists who brought merchandise to the 35th
Annual Herndon Festival in downtown Herndon. Thefestival ended on Sunday, May 31.
Time-honored Festival Returns to HerndonTowncelebrates35th AnnualHerndonfestival.
Carnival rides were one of the attractions in this year’sannual Herndon Festival. The outdoor festival creates adynamic experience combining the fun of an outdoorconcert series with the thrill of a summertime carnival.Throughout the four-day event, there were two fire-works displays.
Herndon Community Television volunteers helpedprovided live coverage of the 35th Annual HerndonFestival held from May 28-31 in downtown Herndon.Pictured are Herndon High students Jack Norcross andEmily Yen.
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THROUGH SUNDAY/JUNE 28HestiaMa’at Exhibit. ArtSpace
Herndon, 750 Center Street,Herndon. In Hestia Ma’at artistsMilagros Pongo from Paraguay/Peru,Alex Garcia from the DominicanRepublic, Celso Trufel, from theDominican Republic, and VickyBenitez, from Uruguay/Paraguaypresent a bold exhibit of art andphotography resonating with theartists’ spirit of inner peace and faithin life.
THROUGH FRIDAY/AUG. 28Herndon Friday Night Live. 6:30
p.m. 777 Lynn Street, Herndon. Listento great music on Friday nights duringthe summer. Visit herndonrocks.com/schedule.php for more.
SATURDAYS/MAY 30-SEPT. 5Reston Concerts on the Town. 7:30-
10 p.m. Reston Town Center. The25th season is extended throughSeptember 5 and kicks off withswing/jump blues favorite Big Joe &the Dynaflows. Bring lawn chairs orpicnic blankets and enjoy live musicin the Pavilion Saturday nights. Free.Rain or shine. Presented by RestonTown Center and Reston Town CenterAssociation. Alcohol permitted atrestaurants only. Concert information:703-912-4062www.restontowncenter.com/concerts
THURSDAY/JUNE 4Community Cookouts. 5 p.m.
Hunters Woods Pool, 2501 RestonParkway, Reston. Bring the family outfor a free cookout at the pool.Cookouts are co-sponsored by RestonAssociation and the RestonCommunity Center. Hot dogs,hamburgers, chips and drinks areprovided along with live music.
Farmers Market. 8 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Old Town Herndon, 700 block ofLynn Street, By the Red Caboose.Every Thursday vendors sell productsthey grow and are located within a125-mile radius.
FRIDAY/JUNE 5Ikebana International Special
Event. 10 a.m. Sheraton RestonHotel, 11810 Sunrise Valley Drive,Reston. Ikebana is the ancient art ofJapanese flower arranging. There willbe a Ginza, starting at 10 a.m.,featuring pottery and Japaneseartifacts, with a small exhibition offlower arrangements from membersof different ikebana schools.Luncheon will be seated at 11:30a.m., followed by the demonstrationat 1 p.m. It is possible to attend onlythe demonstration, if wished. Theguest demonstrator is NaohiroKasuya, Iemoto(headmaster)designate of the Ichiyo School ofIkebana, Tokyo Japan. His father,Akihiro Kasuya, the currentheadmaster, is traveling with him.
SATURDAY/JUNE 6Hestia Ma’at Exhibit Artist
Reception. 7-9 p.m. ArtSpaceHerndon, 750 Center Street,Herndon. An opening reception of thisbold exhibit of art and photographyresonating with the artists’ spirit ofinner peace and faith in life. Theexhibit and artists reception are freeand open to the public.
The 2nd Annual Born to RunMemorial 5K and Family FunRun. 8:30 a.m. Sponsored by theFranklin Middle PTA, it’s in tribute toformer Franklin P.E. teacher JannineParisi, a domestic-violence victim whodied Nov. 20, 2013. The majority of
proceeds will go to the NationalAlliance on Mental Illness of NorthernVirginia. All participants will receivemedals, and those registered by May24 will receive commemorative T-shirts. For more information and toregister, go to https://prracing.enmotive.com.
History of the C&O Canal. 2 p.m.Reston Regional Library, 119235Bowman Towne Drive.Mike High,author of the C&O Canal Companion,will present an illustrated lecture onthe ways Great Falls, the PotomacRiver, and the C&O Canal shaped thehistory of Northern Virginia. Bookswill be available for sale and signing.Adults.
Herdnon Fornightly 20th Birthday.11 a.m. Herndon Library, 768 CenterStreet, Herndon. Beautiful FortnightlyLibrary building opened its doors inJune 1995. Help us celebrate ourbirthday with crafts, stories, a balloonartist, and other party activities. Storytime starts at 11 a.m., with crafts andballoon artist from 12-2 p.m. All Ages.
SUNDAY/JUNE 7Solar Oven Workshop. 2 - 4 p.m.
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With all four members run-ning sub-60 minute splits, theSouth Lakes girls’ 4x400 meterrelay team won the event andeclipsed a 28-year-old regionmeet record at the 6A Northregion outdoor track and fieldchampionships on May 30 atRobinson Secondary School.
Seniors Jordan Lozama(58.1), Claire Nieusma (57.7),junior Golden Kumi-Darfour(56.5) and sophomore DevynJones (59.7) ran a 3:52.50 inwinning the event and settingthe record. The previous markof 3:54.01 was set by HayfieldSecondary School in 1987.
Both the boys’ and girls’ SLHSteams finished sixth in the 26-team event.
The girls’ 4x800 relay team offreshmen Olivia Beckner andEmily McGrath and juniorsMonica Lannen and Kumi-Darfour finished fifth with aschool-record time of 9:24.37.Sophomore Nikayla Hoyte andseniors Ozioma Chinaka, Com-fort Reed and Samantha Webbran a 50.01 for fourth place inthe 4x100 meter relay.
Along with their relay accom-plishments, several membersalso did well in individualevents: Jones was third in the100-meter hurdles (15.26) andfifth in the 300-meter hurdles(47.26). Kumi-Darfour tookthird in the 800 meters(2:16.83), Nieusma finishedfifth in the 400 meters (59.21)and Webb was seventh in the100 meters (12.78). Senior
Natalie Schauer scored for theSeahawks with her eighth-placefinish in the discus throw (96-04.00).
Senior Nathan Stone led theboys’ team with a photo-finishvictory in the 110 high hurdles(14.84). Junior Anas Fain fin-ished third in that event (14.78)as well as in the 300-meterhurdles (39.58). Fain teamedwith juniors Nikolai Waithe,Skander Ballard and senior SamArpee for third in the boys4x400 meter relay (3:22.59).Ballard, junior Eric Kirlew, se-nior Timothy Logan and sopho-more Timiebi Ogobri ran a43.59 for sixth place in the4x100 meter relay.
In individual events, Kirlewfinished fifth in the triple jump(44-11.75), senior JeremiahNorman was seventh in the dis-cus (129-02.00), junior AlexRudison also placed seventh inthe pole vault (12-00.00) andOgobri was sixth in the 100meters (11.38). Arpee, who rana state qualifying time of 50.16in Friday’s preliminaries, fin-ished seventh in the 400 meterfinals (51.07).
On the opening day of com-petition (May 28), junior JohnLeBerre and seniors AndrewMcCool, Collin Weirick andSean Miller finished ninth in the4x800 meter relay but with astate qualifying time of 8:08.06.
SLHS will have all six relayteams competing in the 6AState Championship June 5-6 inNewport News.
South Lakes Girls’ 4x400 RelayTeam Sets Record at Regionals
Photo by Ed Lull
The South Lakes girls’ 4x400 relay team of ClaireNieusma, Jordan Lozama, Golden Kumi-Darfour andDevyn Jones turned in a record-setting performanceat the 6A North region meet.
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With the score tied and the bases loadedin the bottom of the seventh inning,the defending state champion SouthCounty softball team had the chance
to finally shake the up-and-coming South LakesSeahawks and advance to the 6A North regionquarterfinals.
Next up in the Stallions batting order: Cara Yates.Did head coach Gary Dillow have any advice for
his shortstop?“She’s a senior. She’s been through a lot,” Dillow
said. “… I didn’t need to say anything to her.”Yates came up clutch, driving in the game-winning
run with a single as the Stallions defeated theSeahawks 2-1 on Friday in the opening round of theregional tournament at South County High School.
A SINGLE by South County second baseman SydneyHaas, a walk to pitcher Aubrey Bates and a single bycenter fielder Victoria Figueroa loaded the bases withno outs in the bottom of the seventh, setting the stagefor Yates. The senior shortstop fell behind 0-2 beforepulling a pitch through the left side of the infield.
“I was just pretty much looking to get the ball inplay because I felt like if I just hit it hard somewherewe would get a run in,” Yates said, “and if I didn’t, Iknew the people behind me would.”
South County was scheduled to face Robinson onMonday in the region quarterfinals.
Yates and sophomore Haas each finished 2-for-3at the plate. Figueroa, a freshman, went 2-for-4. Se-nior third baseman Elyssa Dunn and Bates each hada double, and senior first baseman Riley Wilkinsonhad a single.
Yates’ walk-off single gave South County its onlylead of the night against a South Lakes team makingits first regional tournament appearance in at leastfive years. The Seahawks, the No. 3 seed from Con-ference 6, took a 1-0 lead in the top of the third in-ning, when third baseman Jazmyn Stokes’ single anda South County error allowed a run to score.
The Stallions, the No. 2 seed from Conference 7,tied the score during the following half inning whena South Lakes error allowed a run to score.
South County pitcher Aubrey Bates took over fromthere, surrendering just a pair of infield singles dur-
ing the final four innings. The junior right-handerearned the win in the pitcher’s circle, allowing oneunearned run on seven hits while walking one andstriking out four in seven innings.
South Lakes had at least one runner in scoringposition in four separate innings, but managed justone run.
“She did great,” Dillow said about Bates. “Shedidn’t have her best stuff tonight and she just kindof battled through. They had some good at-bats andthey had quite a few baserunners. Aubrey pitchedout of jams when she got into them. I’m very happywith her performance tonight.”
Former South County standout Rebecca Martin wasthe Stallions’ go-to pitcher in big games during herfour-year career, culminating with a victory in the 2014state championship game. Did Bates feel any pres-sure taking over the role of regional-playoff pitcher?
“I didn’t really feel much pressure,” she said. “Ijust went into it like any other game.”
Winning Friday’s game kept South County’s sea-son alive and improved the Stallions’ record to 17-5.Meanwhile, South Lakes ended its most successfulseason in recent years with a 14-9 record.
“These guys truly turned the program around inthe last few years,” said first-year head coach CarlosSoto, who spent the previous six seasons coachingthe JV program. “South Lakes hasn’t had a great his-tory of getting his far.”
SENIOR PITCHER Tess Rayle gave the Seahawksa chance to win both in the circle and at the plate.The right-hander allowed two runs — one earned —on nine hits in six-plus innings. She walked one andstruck out three.
“I don’t know what their pitcher was throwing,”Dillow said. “She was very crafty. [She] kept us offbalance. We didn’t get a whole lot of good swings onthe ball.”
At the plate, the South Lakes’ leadoff hitter andonly senior starter finished 2-for-4, including a doubleto deep left-center in the top of the first inning.
“At the beginning of the season, Tess was probablybatting fifth, sixth,” Soto said. “She worked her wayup to bat [in] the leadoff spot and she was our sparkalmost every time she was there.”
Sophomore third baseman Stokes, sophomorecatcher Danielle Barr, sophomore center fielder NataliePritz, sophomore shortstop Rachel Abelson and jun-ior first baseman Anne DiMaio each had a single.
Rayle earned first-team all-conference honors.Stokes was a member of the all-conference sec-ond team.
Seahawks finish seasonwith winning record.
South Lakes Softball Falls to SouthCounty in Region Tournament
South Lakessenior TessRayle allowedtwo runs —one earned —in six-plusinnings in thepitcher’scircle andwent 2-for-4 atthe plateagainst SouthCounty onMay 29.
Photo by Louise Krafft/The Connection
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By Andrea Worker
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The school year is coming to aclose – but that doesn’t meanthere isn’t time for the studentsat the Nysmith School in
Herndon to squeeze in a few more compe-titions and maybe a trophy or two beforethat last bell rings.
Eighth grader Shaan Bhandarkar did hisschool proud recently, being one of only fourstudents from Fairfax County to reach the“You Be the Chemist” State Challenge inSuffolk, Va. Presented by the Chemical Edu-cational Foundation, the competition is anational contest that encourages studentsin grades 5-8 to explore chemistry andSTEM (Science, Technology, Engineeringand Math) concepts. The contest is in a quiz-bowl format, and the students take on thechallenge as individuals, rather than inteams. Going at it alone didn’t seem tophase Bhandarkar as he made his waythrough the practice, school and regionalrounds to the state event, answering theseries of questions with only 10 seconds al-lotted for each one.
Bhandarkar has participated in math com-petitions in the past, but this was his firstforay into chemistry at a competitive level.“I am pretty passionate about chemistry,”he said. “This seemed like a really greatopportunity to learn more and to go beyondthe classroom and our regular curriculum.”
While Bhandarkar wishes he could havetaken the state crown and advanced to thenationals (“I would have liked to have donethat and gone even further for my schooland all the people who supported me.”) hisreasons for entering the competition weremore personal and long-term than the firstprize title.
“This experience helped me prioritize mytime and my learning methods. This is astep towards other things I can learn andaccomplish,” Bhandarkar said.
While Bhandarkar was busy preparing tobe regularly peppered with questions aboutchemistry, another group of Nysmith stu-dents were stretching their educational ho-rizons as the school’s “Odyssey of the Mind”team.
CALLING THEMSELVES the “NysmithSchool Know Brainers,” eighth gradersBryce Nabulsi (Great Falls), Chris Huynh(Potomac Falls), Anika Schipma (Oakton),Chris Nguyen (Chantilly), Maxwell Jones(Herndon) and Ilina Gobburu (Herndon)started getting ready months ago to defendtheir State Championship Title and take aimat nationals held May 20 – 23 at MichiganState University in East Lansing, Mich.
“Odyssey of the Mind” is the largest in-
ternational creative problem-solving com-petition, with some 800 teams, rangingfrom kindergarteners to college-aged stu-dents from around the U.S. and 25 othercountries registered to compete in their ageand geographic divisions. Maybe it’s expe-rience talking (this group, with the excep-tion of newest team member Chris Huynh,has been participating in the event for fouryears), but the Know Brainers didn’t showany signs of pre-finals jitters during an in-terview at the school.
“Sure, I get a little nervous about things Ican’t control,” admitted team memberNabulsi, “but you get help from the wholeteam during the competition. They’re yourbackup, and we have learned to improvisewhen we need to.”
Anika Schipma agrees. “One time we hada problem with our presentation, but therest of the team just fixed things as we wentand I didn’t even know there had been aproblem until afterwards.” It probably helpsthat the team actually does presentation
“fire drills” to practice for potential pitfalls,or it could be that the team has chosen “Ex-periencing Technical Difficulties” as theirproblem to work and present.
Tasked with designing, building and dem-onstrating various devices, the team has towork within a theme where technical fail-ures occur and must be resolved. The com-petition includes a “hands-on” piece, a ver-bal portion, and a combination of both, aswell as a spontaneous segment. There is alist of tasks that must be included in theproblem-solving endeavour, they are scoredon how creatively they present their solu-tions, and there’s one more major twist –all of their creations must be powered byrubber bands! If that requirement wasn’tenough to make a few heads spin, whenthe students compete, their project para-phernalia must fit into no more than twoboxes of specific measurements and mustbe constructed on site as part of the com-petition.
THE TEAM has worked their chosen prob-lem throughout the school year and alreadypresented their efforts at the regional andstate events, “but it keeps changing,” saidMaxwell Jones. “You take the feedback youget and go back and adapt your project tomake it better and give your team a stron-ger chance at going all the way.” Makingchanges along the way doesn’t throw themembers of the “Know Brainers” at thisstage of their journey. The hardest part ac-cording to Schipma, with nods and lots ofvocal agreement from all, was the brain-storming and decision-making sessions be-fore everyone was agreed and the projectcould begin taking shape. The Nysmith gangagreed that this was a long, but effectiveprocess and came with its own benefits, likelearning to listen, to compromise and towork as a team. “And even some carpentryskills,” laughed Ilina Gobburu.
With their graduation from the NysmithSchool looming, these youngsters are fo-cused and ready for their final competition,but admit that it will be difficult to saygoodbye. “We’ve built such a great bond,”said Nabulsi, “with each other, with otherschool friends and our great teachers.”
Nysmith ‘Know Brainers’ Keep on Competing‘Know Brainers’Compete inWorld Finals
The Nysmith School “KnowBrainers” are back from the WorldFinals of the “Odyssey of the Mind”competition at Michigan State Uni-versity, held between May 20 - 23.After winning their division in theVirginia State event, the eighth grad-ers finished in eighth place out of the46 teams that competed in their di-vision and their chosen problem. It’sthe team’s fourth straight year toreach the finals.
Eighth graders take“You Be the Chemist”and Odyssey of theMind challenges.
Shaan Bhandarkar, of Potomac Falls, is an eighth grader at The NysmithSchool in Herndon. A member of the school’s “MathCounts” team and awinner of the school’s annual Science Fair, Shaan turned his academicattention to the individual “You Be the Chemist” competition, going allthe way to the State Challenge this year. “It was a great experience,”said Shaan. “I had never focused on chemistry like this before, so Ilearned a lot.”
From left — Bryce Nabulsi, Anika Schipma, Ilina Gobburu, coachMarwan Nabulsi, Chris Huynh, Maxwell Jones and Chris Nguyen tooktime out of their busy schedules and their preparations to talk abouttheir experiences as the Nysmith School’s “Know Brainer” Team.
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plant operations in a commercialoffice-building environment. Please fax
resume to 301-838-2229.
MEDICALASSISTANT
Busy Internal Medicine Office inBurke. Part time. Flexible hours.
No nights or weekends.Experience preferred.
Email resume to:[email protected]
EducationalInternships
Unusual opportunity tolearn many aspects of thenewspaper business.Internships available inreporting, photography,research, graphics.Opportunities for students,and for adults consideringchange of career. Unpaid.E-mail [email protected]
12 ❖ Oak Hill/Herndon Connection ❖ June 3-9, 2015 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com
