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Every year, 160,000 children worldwide arediagnosed with cancer. It also kills morechildren in Canada and

the U.S. than any other disease.So the St. Baldrick’s Founda-

tion has dedicated itself to fund-ing the most promising researchto find cures for childhood can-cers. And a group of determinedand enthusiastic local residentsis helping.

On Saturday, March 17, at 4p.m., Centreville’s eighth annualSt. Baldrick’s Day celebration willbe held at Fast Eddie’s in theNewgate Shopping Center atRoutes 28/29. In a cheerful, fun-filled atmosphere, participantswill have their heads shaved baldwhile friends and families cheerthem on.

Steve Ratliff of Centreville’sCountry Club Manor communityis organizing the event with helpfrom Pleasant Hill’s Meg Crossettwhose daughter Rachel died ofneuroblastoma in 2001 at age 6.

He’s also been shaving his hair and beard at thisand other St. Baldrick’s affairs for 10 years now.

“It’s an uplifting event,” he said. “And when yougo to a hospital receiving a grant for research, andsee the kids firsthand, that’s what it’s all about —that’s why we do it. I’ve got two, healthy childrenand I can’t imagine going through anything likethat. It’s only hair; so if we keep shaving, theneventually we won’t have to do it.”

The St. Baldrick’s Foundation began March 17,2000, when three reinsuranceexecutives decided to transformtheir St. Patrick’s Day party intoa fund-raiser for children withcancer. With the help of 17 col-leagues, they hoped to raise$17,000 on the 17th by havingeach person collect $1,000 to beshaved. That event yielded morethan $104,000, and a traditionwas born.

The effort caught on world-wide and St. Baldrick’s is now thelargest, volunteer-driven, fund-raising program for childhoodcancer research. Since 2000,more than 189,660 volunteers —including some 17,200 women— have shaved in solidarity withchildren with cancer at events indozens of countries and in everystate in America.

The result has been more than

St. Baldrick’s annualfund-raiser is March 17.

Shaving Away Childhood Cancer

Samantha Lubkin withher son Kai at 7 and ahalf months old. She’sone of Centreville’sshavees this year. See Shaving Away, Page 11

From left: At last year’s St. Baldrick’s Day event, Valon Salon’s Monica Arringtonsheared Liberty Middle eighth-grader Luke Fritzke, while Valon Salon colleague DanaLightel did the same to Holcomb Rogers, a sixth-grader at Union Mill Elementary.

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There’s rejoicing atWestfield High. Theschool’s thespianscaptured a state

championship Saturday, March 3,at the VHSL One-Act Play compe-tition in Charlottesville.

Their winning entry was“Oleanna,” a drama by playwrightDavid Mamet. It took second atDistricts and Regionals, but roaredto the top for Westfield’s first-ever,One-Act victory at states. ChantillyHigh’s comedy, “Going to School,”came in fourth.

“We were incredibly ecstatic,”said “Oleanna” student directorJoey Biagini. “I don’t think any oneof us ever expected to win it. We

had modest expectations becausewe were coming in as the secondseed from the Northern Region.”

The show had a cast of only two— juniors Mitchell Buckley andMadeleine Bloxam — and, inhonor of their talents, they eachreceived “Outstanding Actor”awards at states, recognizing themas among the best actors in Vir-ginia.

“Oleanna” is about a college pro-fessor and a female student whoaccuses him of sexual harassment.The outcome of this case will af-fect whether he gets tenure.Bloxam plays Carol, the student,who sees an ulterior motive to ev-erything her teacher does. As theprofessor, Buckley portrays the

Trophy TimeFor WestfieldThespians win VHSL One-ActPlay State Championship.

From left are Mitchell Buckley, Joey Biagini andMadeleine Bloxam.

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Helping Wounded WarriorsSYA Basketball recently held a charity event to benefit the Wounded Warriors of Fairfaxcalled “SYA Youth Basketball Free Throws for the Wounded Warriors.” During a Decem-ber weekend, SYA boys and girls basketball players in the travel and house leagueprograms each took 20 free throws. Each player collected pledges of $1 per made freethrow. The event raised $16,800 and will support the Virginia Wounded Warriors pro-gram as well as the Friends of the Wounded Veterans. The donation will aid and assistseverely wounded soldiers and their families in our area. From left: Coach Ryan; SamRyan, player (raised the most amount of money); Charlie Velasco, SYA coach and eventorganizer; Friends of the Wounded Veterans Area Director; Virginia Wounded WarriorProgram Regional Director, and Dave Scanlon, SYA basketball commissioner.

Studying —and Making— the NewsTiger Den 6 fromCentreville Pack2011 learnedabout differenttypes of media atits Den Meetingon Jan 27.

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6th Annual Father Daughter DanceCentreville Elementary School held its 6th annual Father Daughter Dance on Friday,Feb. 3. More than 100 CES girls and their male role models came to celebrate theevening. Thanks to the Flock of Eagles band, who played live at the event with amix of pop tunes and some 80’s rock for the adults, the girls and their Dads dancedwell into the night. Centreville Dance Academy sponsored the event by taking aprofessional portrait of each couple, which is given to each girl as a keepsake.Other local business sponsors were Bonefish Grill, Brick’s Pizza, Domino’s Pizza,Virginia Tire and Auto, Banners Hallmark and Dr. Wash.

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Free Carseat InspectionsCertified technicians from the Sully District Police Station will

perform free, child safety carseat inspections Thursday, March 8,and March 22, from 5-8:30 p.m., at the station, 4900 StonecroftBlvd. in Chantilly. No appointment is necessary. But residentsshould install the child safety seats themselves so technicians mayproperly inspect and adjust them, as needed.

However, because of time constraints, only the first 35 vehiclesarriving on each date will be inspected. That way, inspectors mayhave enough time to properly instruct the caregiver on the cor-rect use of the child seat. Call 703-814-7000, ext. 5140, to con-firm dates and times. More than 1,000 people had carseats checkedand adjusted there in 2011.

Smoke Alarms, Escape PlansThis Saturday, March 10, from 9 a.m. to noon, firefighters will

canvass homes in selected neighborhoods throughout FairfaxCounty, checking for working smoke alarms. They’ll also providefamily escape plans in case of a fire. It’s part of the nationwide“Install. Inspect. Protect” campaign that emphasizes that smokealarms save lives. According to authorities, more than 3,000 peoplein the U.S. die in home fires each year; most of these fatalitiesoccur in homes without a working smoke alarm.

Spring Forward One HourDaylight Saving Time starts this Sunday, March 11, at 2 a.m.

So before going to bed, Saturday night, be sure to turn thoseclocks, recording devices and watches ahead one hour.

Athletic Field Lights at E.CLawrence Park

The Fairfax County Park Authority will hold an informationalmeeting about the upcoming installation of athletic-field lightingon rectangular field number 3 at Ellanor C. Lawrence Park. It’sslated for Monday, March 12, at 7 p.m., in the Sully District Gov-ernmental Center, 4900 Stonecroft Blvd. in Chantilly. There’ll bea presentation, plus an opportunity for residents to speak withstaff and ask question.

Park Authority to MeetThe Fairfax County Park Authority will meet Wednesday, March

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Race and Help Save LivesOn Saturday, March 24, at the Fairfax Corner Shopping Center,

Rogue Racers and Rev3 Adventures will hold the Rev3 Run Rogue5K, with proceeds going to Life with Cancer www.http://lifewithcancer.org/ and the National Brain Tumor Society http://www.braintumor.org/.

It’s a fun, family-oriented event where participants may walkor run a USATF-certified 5K course at 8:30 a.m., or participate ina 1K kids’ fun run at 8 a.m., before the main event. Cash prizeswill be given to the top three male and female finishers, and thefirst-place winners will also receive coupons for a free pair ofBrooks shoes. There’ll also be age-group awards and over-40 cashprizes. Sign up at http://www.runrogue5k.com/Run_Rogue_5K/Race_Info.html.

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By Bonnie Hobbs

Centre View

There have been three homicides in theSully District since Capt. Purvis Dawsonbecame commander of the Sully DistrictPolice Station, in April 2010 — and all

three had domestic components.So last Tuesday, Feb. 21, Fairfax County Police

Domestic Violence Det. Jacqi Smith talked to thestation’s Citizens Advisory Committee about this is-sue.

“I wanted her to educate peopleabout involving the police depart-ment or other domestic resources,when necessary,” said Dawson.“I’m just trying to protect that nextperson from getting hurt, maimedor killed.”

Smith’s served 18 years as anofficer with Fairfax County, 5 anda half as a domestic-violence de-tective. She’s currently assigned tothe Sully District Station.

There’s one such detective ateach district station. Couples of-ten fight over money and, saidSmith, “With the economy beingso bad, domestic-violence callshave increased, the last severalyears.”

Legally, domestic violence is de-fined as an assault and batteryagainst a spouse, former spouse,sibling, parent, step-parent, childin common, grandparent, boyfriend or girlfriend whocurrently live together or have done so within thelast year. In-laws who live with the abuser are alsoincluded in this definition.

When a person feels in danger of physical abuse,he or she may pursue a protective order to keep awaythe person threatening him or her. And there arethree different kinds of orders:

❖ An emergency protective order is issued whenthe police issue an arrest warrant for domestic as-sault, and it’s good for 72 hours.

❖ A preliminary protective order obtained fromJuvenile and Domestic Relations Court is good fortwo weeks.

❖ A “permanent” protective order — the longestone available in Virginia — is good for two years.

“The last two come with certain conditions for pro-tection,” said Smith. “For example, no further actsof family abuse; no contact with the victim or theirchildren or other family members; or mental-healthand/or substance-abuse treatment for the abuser.”

Other conditions, she said, could be that the vic-tim may remain in the home, that the utilities not beturned off and that the victim may have possessionof the family vehicle. There could also be a condi-tion that the abuser not return to the family homewithin 12 hours of drinking alcohol.

“Domestic-violence detectives do follow-up withthe victim to get further evidence for court, such asphotos of injuries,” said Smith. “They’ll also obtainthe 911 call and any jail calls — for example, theoffender calling someone and making admissions orthreats or contacting the victim during the durationof the protective order.”

She said detectives like her explain the court pro-cess to the victim, go to court where they can and,basically, assist both the victim and the arresting of-ficers. Often, however, victims don’t want their abus-ers to go to jail.

“About 50 percent of victims minimize or denywhat’s happened,” said Smith. “That’s a big challengefor the officers, so we try to build the case withoutthe victims’ cooperation. We see if the abuser has a[criminal] record, if there were witnesses to theabuse, the severity of the injuries and any evidenceof the incident.”

Domestic violence is a Class 1 misdemeanor, pun-ishable by as much as a year in jail and/or a $2,500fine. But in the case of a first offender — and if thevictim’s injuries aren’t too severe — the abuser may

receive a deferred disposition incourt. The abuser must also agreeto take an 18-week abuse-preven-tion class and will be on probationfor two years. If the offender is ofgood behavior during that time, thecase is dismissed.

Stalking, also a Class I misde-meanor, is a troubling behavior, aswell, said Smith. “Ninety percent ofthem involve an intimate partner —an ex or a current one — puttingthe victim in fear of death, crimi-nal sexual assault or bodily injury.Stalking could involve assault, ab-duction, burglary, trespassing,threatening to harm a pet, com-puter trespass, unwanted contactwith the victim’s family and friends,making false allegations, or show-ing up at the victim’s work orchurch.”

She said stalkers often use tech-nology, such as phones, cameras,

GPS, computers, spyware and social-networkingsites, to keep tabs on their victims. But, she added,“These things also help police track their activities.”

ACCORDING TO SMITH, 81 percent of stalkingvictims who were stalked by a current or former in-timate partner report they were also physicallyabused by them. She said 73 percent of intimatepartners verbally threatened their victims with physi-cal abuse, as well.

“Domestic violence is a power and control issue,”said the detective. “If a woman breaks up with herboyfriend, he no longer has control over her.” So,said Smith, he may start stalking her to try to retainthat power. But that’s extremely dangerous, she said,because “physical abuse plus stalking equals a higherindicator of lethality [something capable of causingdeath] than either behavior, alone.”

“Most domestic violence goes on behind closeddoors, so get to know your neighbors,” Smith ad-vised her audience. “If you hear escalating argu-ments, things being thrown or see an unfamiliar carparked in your neighborhood, you can call the po-lice. Every life is precious, and we want to help any-body who’s in a domestic-violence circumstance.”

“If a friend or co-worker has a hard time explain-ing their injuries, encourage them to get a protec-tive order or call the Office for Women & Domesticand Sexual Violence Services hotline, 703-360-7273,”she continued. “Or they can contact other organiza-tions.”

“It’s OK to have an argument, as long as it doesn’tbecome physical,” said Smith. “Everyone should feelsafe in their own home.”

Analyzing Domestic ViolenceWhat it is, the dangers andwhat to do about it.

Police Det. Jacqi Smithdiscusses domestic vio-lence with the Sully Dis-trict Station’s CitizensAdvisory Committee.

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Centre View

The sounds of smooth, cool jazz will fill theair during the 32nd annual Chantilly High In-vitational Jazz Festival. It’s slated for Friday-

Saturday, March 16-17, in the school auditorium.“Almost 40 bands are coming from Virginia and

Maryland, and even one from Connecticut,” saidChantilly’s Band Director, Drew Ross. “We’re fortu-nate to have a large number of fantastic jazz pro-grams in our area, so we invite as many bands as wecan.”

The event is free to the public and runs March 16,from 4-10:30 p.m., and March 17, from 8 a.m.-9 p.m.So audience members may come and go as theyplease to listen to whichever bands they want to hear.(See schedule.)

“March is also ‘Music in Our Schools’ month, soit’s a great way for people to come into Chantillyand see these groups, plus a small sampling of whatChantilly does,” said Ross. “The audience will beblown away by group after group and seeing howtalented these musicians are. It’s overwhelminglyexciting to watch.”

Middle-school bands, as well as high-school jazzcombos and big bands, will be performing. They in-clude Westfield High’s guitar combo and big band,Stone Middle’s band, Robinson Secondary’s two bigbands and Chantilly’s two big bands.

“Each combo and band has different styles, andsometimes they play pieces never heard before, ontop of the standard repertoire,” said Ross. “I’m asold as this jazz festival, so it’s a daunting task to runsomething that’s been around as long as I have.”

He said the event provides an opportunity formiddle- and high-school students to “share a stageand play music for an appreciative audience. Theyalso play for three, professional adjudicators and sixto eight clinicians who provide feedback on theirperformances.”

In addition, each middle-school band and high-school band and combo will vie for first-, second-and third-place awards in their divisions. “The topthree, high-school bands compete at the end of theday on Saturday in a battle of the bands to deter-mine the jazz-festival champion,” said Ross. “Eachof the three bands gets a trophy.”

Awards are also presented to outstanding soloistsand rhythm-section players, and GMU gives scholar-ships to participate in its Summer Jazz Workshop.Chantilly High also awards three, $500 scholarshipsto outstanding senior musicians who plan on major-ing in music in college.

They’re funded by donations from three Chantillyband alumni — Mark Brandt, Shaun Jurek andNathan Panning — who perform together in a groupcalled The Mark Brandt Trio. They also work asweekly clinicians with the Chantilly Jazz musiciansas they gear up for this festival.

Besides the school bands, three feature acts withlocal ties will also perform:

❖ Prelude, led by Centreville resident DaveDetwiler, a former Army Blues trumpeter who teachesmusic and still plays professionally;

❖ The Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra. Baylock livesin Centreville and is the arranger for the Air Force’sAirmen of Note and the artist in residence atShenandoah University.

❖ The National Jazz Workshop Invitational BigBand, directed by Matt Niess and including current,local high-school musicians.

Performing from Chantilly High are its two bigbands, the Chantilly Jazz and Workshop Jazz, eachwith 18-25 musicians. Directed by Ross, the Chantilly

Jazz is the school’s advanced jazz ensemble and willplay several numbers. Said Ross: “We’re doing a setthat’s old, new, borrowed and blue.”

There’ll be a driving, funk tune by GordonGoodwin called “Get in Line,” plus a Chick Coreasong, “Spain.” There’s a new piece, “Jackson Square,”that’s performed in “a New Orleans, uptempo,celebratory style,” said Ross. “We’re also doing aCharles Mingus song, ‘Boogie Stop Shuffle,’ that Iborrowed from Westfield’s jazz director.”

The Workshop Jazz band, directed by Chris Single-ton, will play numbers including “Manteca” by DizzyGillespie and Chano Pozo, as well as “Lullabye ofBirdland,” which refers to legendary jazz saxophon-ist Charlie “Bird” Parker and also to the BirdlandJazz club in New York, which was named after him.

Westfield Jazz Ensemble Director Bill Schnepperis bringing the school’s advanced group, comprisedmainly of juniors and seniors. The class meets eachday and averages about 20 students a year. “Our headband director, Steve Panoff, and I believe that a well-rounded band experience includes both concert andjazz experience — even if the students’ experienceis just going to a great jazz concert,” said Schnepper.“Many of our students participate in our after-schooljazz band, which meets Mondays after marchingband season is over.”

He said Westfield’s young musicians love going toChantilly’s jazz festival. “I’ve been at Westfield forsix years and have taken our jazz bands every yearI’ve been here,” said Schnepper. “This year, we’replaying a nice funk tune called ‘Heart of the Matter,’a great swing piece called ‘The Joy of Cookin’ and amambo arrangement of ‘Birk’s Works.’ We love hear-ing all the professional groups that perform at thejazz festival, as well. [For us], The Alan BaylockOrchestra is always a highlight.”

And that’s why the jazz festival is so cool, said Ross,“because it’s unique. There are very few jazz festi-vals in the United States that feature such a widevariety of musicians and music. Aside from themiddle- and high-school bands, we showcase pro-fessional bands and local talent that the audiencemight not otherwise get to hear and see.”

However, it doesn’t come together overnight. “Dur-ing last year’s jazz festival, we were already takingnotes and planning this year’s festival,” said Ross.He also praised the Chantilly Band Boosters — es-pecially festival coordinators Liz and Tim Lisko —who, he said, “have gone above and beyond, orga-nizing the commemorative T-shirt designs, banquet,trophies, scholarships and advertising. Tim evenwrote a computer program for judging this year’sbands.”

With two days worth of entertainment on tap, it’llbe a full weekend of music. And, said Ross, “If theaudience likes what they see, they’re invited to re-turn to Chantilly, May 23-26, for the 26th annual Jazz& Pizzazz show.”

Hot Music, Cool Vibe at ChantillyInvitational Jazz Festival: March 16-17.

Chantilly saxophone players Ryan Doherty(left) and David Bevins are two of thestudents who’ll be performing in theChantilly High Invitational Jazz Festival.


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Everything that can go wrong does go wrongin The Alliance Theatre’s production of“Laughing Stock.” But that’s the way it’s sup-

posed to be as the local thespians portray membersof a theater company putting on three different playsduring their summer season.

It’s an affectionate glimpse at what it takes to puton a show. And when scenes and characters from“Dracula,” “Hamlet” and “Charley’s Aunt” acciden-tally get jumbled together, laugh-out-loud comedyis the result.

“It gives the audience a look into a part of theaterthey don’t get to see,” said Director Zina Bleck. “Thescript is extremely well-written, with wonderful com-edy that’s absolutely hilarious. The audience will haveas much fun as the actors are having on stage.”

The play will be presented in the Mountain ViewHigh School theater, 5775 Spindle Court inCentreville (off Braddock Road and behind GloryDays Grill). Show times are Friday-Saturday, March16-17, at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, March 18, at 2 p.m.;Friday-Saturday, March 23-24, at 7:30 p.m.; andSunday, March 25, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $16, adults;$14, children 12 and under, and senior citizens 65and over. Go to [email protected]/.

The cast and crew of nearly 30 have been rehears-ing since January, and Bleck says things are goingwell. “They’re a tight-knit team and have gotten toknow each other, both on and off stage, and thatbrings them closer as performers,” she said. “Theytrust each other enough to take chances on stage,which makes the show more real and interesting forthe audience.”

And just as art often imitates life, Producer MaggieSwan says the play’s about “how the community-the-ater group you’re working with becomes your fam-ily. It has all the different personality types — andwe can relate to people in our own theater group inthis show.”

Calling it both funny and witty, Swan said, “WhenI read this play, I just loved it.” Because the theatertroupe is trying to perform three plays at once, shesaid, “Lines and scenes get mixed up. For example,as Dracula prepares to bite someone’s neck, some-one from ‘Charley’s Aunt’ comes in and offers himtea.”

Annie Ermlick portrays Sarah, the troupe’s stagemanager. “She’s excellent at her job and sarcastic withan edge, but it’s to cover up how she really feels,”

said Ermlick. “She and the artistic director, Gordon,used to be married and she still loves him. But when-ever they’re alone together and have a vulnerablemoment, one of them puts up their guard.”

Ermlick likes her character’s substance — “Sarahhas a lot of layers and not everything meets the eye,”she said. “I also like her sarcastic delivery. Farce ismy favorite thing to do, but she’s not the typical far-cical character, so she’s interesting to me. I’m hav-ing fun analyzing what she does; she’s cocky to maskher vulnerability.”

She said the play’s well-written and the charac-ters are “dreadfully inept” actors, so “the audiencehas to be able to relate to them as ‘real people.’There’s lots of room for drawing them out and feel-ing out how they should be as individuals. And Zina’scomedic timing is perfect.”

Playing Gordon is Matt Jordan. “He’s been the the-ater company’s artistic director for 12 years, and he’snot sure if they’ll be able to continue,” said Jordan.“The money’s not coming in, so this play could makeor break them. Gordon’s feeling stifled because hecan’t do the shows he wants to do; he has to do theshows the donors want him to do. He’s passionateabout the theater and really loves it.”

Jordan wanted this role because he and his char-acter have a shared passion for the theater. “All of usactors have worked with these types of charactersbefore, and the audience should recognize them, too,and the situations they go through. They’ll like tosee the disasters that occur and how it all comestogether so the theater company is able to put on awonderful show and end its season on a high note.”

Michelle Ballard plays Kate Conlan, the managingdirector of The Playhouse in New England, wherethe summer-repertory shows are being staged. “She’sa bit of a theater geek and a numbers cruncher,”said Ballard. “She cares less about the personalitiesthat tread the boards than about how well the ma-chinery of the theater troupe functions.”

“She makes sure there are enough pencils, theCoke machines are filled, etc.,” said Ballard. “But allthese logistics become the bane of her existence, andshe doesn’t miss an opportunity to tell the othershow important the minutiae are. I love it; I’m a vet-eran musicals actor, and this is my first straight role.It’s different from anything I’ve played before. Kateprovides comedic relief in the play because she’s sodetail-focused and takes it a bit too far, so she’s alaughable character.”

Ballard said the show has “great zingers and one-liners” and will be fun for the audience to watch.“They’ll enjoy the debacle of the wannabe actorsfalling all over themselves,” she said. “They’ll alsolike getting a peek behind the scenes at repertoryactors — and the comedy that ensues when thingsgo wrong.”

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Who could have anticipated thatour elected officials would takeAfrican American Historymonth and Women’s History

month so seriously that they would literallytry to turn back the clock?

First in February, African American HistoryMonth, the assembly voted to make it harderto vote, knowing that the bill would make itless likely that some African-Americans in Vir-ginia would vote.

The bill, which “eliminates the provision thatallows a voter to sign a sworn statement thathe is the named registered voter he claims tobe in lieu of showing identification.” There isno evidence that this longstanding provisionhas been abused.

In an action that reminds many of the polltax, the General Assembly voted to requirespecific forms of identification at the polls inorder to vote, knowing that this will dispro-portionately affect minority voters, poor vot-ers and older voters, knowing that 15 percentor more of minority voters and older voters donot have such ID.

In the House of Delegates, the measurepassed 69-30, with Northern Virginia delegatesDave Albo, Barbara Comstock, Tim Hugo, JimLeMunyon and Tom Rust voting in favor; vot-ing against were Robert Brink, David Bulova,David Englin, Eileen Filler-Corn, Mark Herring,Patrick Hope, Mark Keam, Kay Kory, AlfonsoLopez, Ken Plum, Mark Sickles, Scott Surovelland Vivian Watts.

All Fairfax, Arlington and Alexandria sena-tors voted against the bill that forces voters toprovide one of a short list of identification inorder to vote, but the bill passed 20-to-20.

Senators George Barker, Adam Ebbin, BarbaraFavola, Mark Herring, Janet Howell, DaveMarsden, Chap Petersen, Toddy Puller and DickSaslaw voted against.

Now on to Women’s History.Northern Virginia holds a special place in

women’s struggle for the right to vote.From the Workhouse Museum in Lorton:“In 1917, women began demonstrating in

front of the White House for the right to vote.They decided they would rather be imprisonedthan be quiet. In response to their outspokenprotests during World War I, they were sen-tenced to fines or imprisonment. They choseimprisonment. Some of those arrested weresentenced to the Women’s Workhouse atLorton. The protestors were held under deplor-able conditions. As news of the sentencesspread, sympathy for the suffragists wasaroused. ... Finally the 19th amendment to theConstitution was ratified in 1919 and for thefirst time women were allowed to vote in theNovember 1920 national election.”

Women’s right to self-determination andequality has not come easily, and the transfor-mation to full equality is not complete.

The Virginia General Assembly neverthelessbecame the butt of jokes and a source of out-rage as it pursued a variety of bills that seek todeny women the right to have control overtheir own bodies.

We don’t need to revisit the many referencesto “transvaginal ultrasound.” The literal inva-sive parts of this bill were deleted, but still theassembly passed legislation that will requirewomen to have an ultrasound view of their

fetus before having an abortion.A bill that would provide “that unborn chil-

dren at every stage of development enjoy allthe rights, privileges, and immunities availableto other persons, citizens, and residents of theCommonwealth,” passed the House of Del-egates 66-32. Local delegates Dave Albo, Bar-bara Comstock, Tim Hugo, Jim LeMunyonvoted in favor; and voting against, RobertBrink, David Bulova, David Englin, EileenFiller-Corn, Mark Herring, Patrick Hope, MarkKeam, Kay Kory, Alfonso Lopez, Ken Plum, TomRust, Jim Scott, Mark Sickles, Scott Surovell,and Vivian Watts.

This bill died in the Senate at least for thisyear. Northern Virginia senators voting to killthis bill were George Barker, Adam Ebbin, Bar-bara Favola, Mark Herring, Janet Howell,David Marsden, Chap Petersen, Toddy Pullerand Dick Saslaw. No senator from Fairfax, Ar-lington or Alexandria voted to keep the billalive.

Outrage over these bills, assaults on women’srights, sparked demonstrations over the week-end.

Apparently the protest that ensued, withhundreds descending on Richmond, was darnscary; scary enough to turn out the riot squadand to prompt police to arrest protesters forsitting on the Capitol steps.

“Our state Capitol is becoming an armedgarrison,” said state Sen. Janet Howell. “Notsince the massive resistance days in the ’60shave I seen such a disgraceful display of ex-cessive police presence in my state.”

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Reenacting a Dark History? Turning back the clockin Richmond.

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By Stewart Schwartz

Executive Director

Coalition for Smarter Growth

Northern Virginia is getting a raw dealfrom Governor McDonnell. While weneed transportation investment to sup-

port this economic engine of the state, at least$1.5 billion in transportation funds are being di-verted to wasteful and unnecessary projects inrural areas. Meanwhile, the state refuses to ad-equately fund Dulles Rail, leaving Northern Vir-ginia taxpayers and toll payers to foot the lion’sshare of the bill. And, when it comes to makingdecisions about Northern Virginia’s most criticaltransportation needs, the Governor and Secre-tary of Transportation Connaughton want toshut-out our elected officials.

First, Dulles Rail. Northern Virginians andthe federal government are paying about 90percent of Phase 1. For Phase 2, the Governorbelatedly proposed contributing $150 millionbut has held up the funds to stop a Project La-bor Agreement and to gain other leverage.Even with the $150 million, Northern Virginiatax payers and toll payers would have to pickup about 95 percent of the cost of Phase 2,with tolls set at ever-higher rates because ofthe state’s failure to invest in this critical

project. In contrast, the state routinely pays100 percent of highway project costs using acombination of federal and state funds.

Last year, the Governor won approval for arecord infusion of funds into transportation.Where is he spending it? The Governor haspromised $750 million in grants and about$500 million in low-interest loans to the pri-vate toll-road proposal for Route 460 betweenSuffolk and Petersburg. Even Hampton Roadsofficials don’t see that project as a priority.Secretary Connaughton personally spear-headed the diversion of $200 million to thecontroversial and poorly conceivedCharlottesville/Albemarle Bypass, a projectwhich VDOTs own engineers say could cost upto $400 million. Millions more are going tothe remote Coalfields Expressway, which couldultimately cost $1.8 billion.

Unrecognized during the 2011 session, theGovernor’s proposals ensured that much of the$3 billion in borrowed money and other fundswas routed outside the state’s longstandingformulas. A particularly bad deal for NorthernVirginia, this meant that transit didn’t receiveits usual 14.7 percent, while also diminishingthe pool of funding for primary, secondary and

urban roads. Northern Virginia typically re-ceives about 70 percent of the state’s transitfunds and greatly depends on primary, second-ary and urban road funding.

The Governor’s 2012 transportation initia-tive (HB1248) has generated new concernsamong Northern Virginia officials. By siphon-ing a portion of the state sales tax and generalfund surpluses to transportation, his plan takesfunding from education and public safety. Atthe same time, while Northern Virginia gener-ates 34 percent of state sales tax revenues, theGovernor’s plan would only allocate about 6.8percent of the additional transportation fund-ing to Northern Virginia, according to Del.Vivian Watts.

Meanwhile, the Governor and Secretaryseem bent on pushing out our elected officialsfrom key transportation decisions. In both 2011and 2012 (HB601 and HB1291), the Gover-nor has sought to control the Virginia seats onthe Metro Board, even though Northern Vir-ginians provide about 70 percent of Virginia’sshare of Metro costs. The Governor’s push(HB1291) to combine two Northern Virginiatransportation agencies would particularly dis-enfranchise Fairfax and voters and would en-

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When it comes to healthy eating, Alex-andria wellness educator CherylMirabella encourages her clients toload up during meals, but she offers

a caveat. “Crowd out your plate with good stuff,”said Mirabella who has offices in Alexandria andWarrenton. “If you’re eating nutrient and fiber richfoods, you’re naturally going to be more full and moresatisfied and therefore you might not be reachingfor the junk food as often.”

In observance of National Nutrition Month,Mirabella is offering suggestions for making wisefood choices. She and other health experts say thatthat while trading in salt-laden potato chips for po-tassium-packed baked spuds might be challenging,making positive dietary changes is easier than onemight think, and is worth the effort.

“I believe that food is medicine and we can use itas a way to prevent diseases and heal our body,” saidMirabella “If we eat foods that are full of nutrientswe’re going to give our body everything itneeds to do what it does natu-rally. Food can be a very power-ful medicine in terms of diseaseprevention and reversal.”

Begin by simplifying foodchoices. “The first step is focusingon what isn’t food and then find-ing cleaner options,” said NinaElliot, an Arlington-based personaltrainer. “All the additives ... that arein many of our favorite foods cancontribute to obesity and health chal-lenges. Replacing processed foodswith whole foods may take a bit morework in the kitchen and a little more grocery money,but the health benefits are tremendous.”

Add fresh fruits and vegetables to each meal. “Veg-etables are high in antioxidants,” said Mirabella. “Fro-zen fruits and vegetables are an excellent choice too.They are affordable and they’re nutrient rich becausethey’ve been picked at the peak of their freshness.They went from the field to the freezer, so the nutri-ents are locked-in.”

Watch for hidden sodium. “Deli meat for example,is highly processed and high in sodium,” said PauletteHelman, a registered dietician in Potomac, Md.“You’re better off baking a chicken breast with a little

lemon juice.”Choose whole grains. “Whole grains are healthier

than plain, white processed grains,” said Jean Glossa,M.D., medical director, Fairfax Community Health

Care Network and Molina Healthcare. “Thecloser the food is to the way that it came outof the ground and the less processed it is thehealthier it is. But that doesn’t mean than byswitching to whole grains you can eat anunlimited amount of it. Portion size is stillimportant.”

When it comes to protein, keep it lean.“Ideally with every meal and snack, youwant to have protein,” said Mirabella. “Forexample, you might have eggs for break-fast and toss in spinach or broccoli and alittle feta cheese. If you have an applefor a snack you might dip it in a little bit

of peanut butter so that you get protein and healthyfat along with carbohydrates from the apple. Leancuts of meat are good, but you want to stay awayfrom saturated fat.

Nutritionists say gradual adjustments work best.“Making small changes is more manageable thanoverhauling one’s diet all at once,” said Elliot. “[Theyare] more likely to lead to the next positive change… which means people are [more] likely to want tocontinue improving … their diet.”

Plan ahead. “Try to eat three meals and two healthysnacks each day,” said Mirabella. “That is a great wayto keep your blood sugar in balance so you can makehealthier food choices all day long.”

Local nutrition expertsencourage healthy eatingduring National NutritionMonth and always.

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able the state to dominate the voting in the newagency. A separate bill (HB599) pushed by a high-way lobbying group, would take power from North-ern Virginia elected officials to select transportationpriorities and hand it to the appointed and unac-countable Commonwealth Transportation Board onwhich we have only three seats out of 17.

To make things worse, the Governor’s 2012 trans-portation bill (HB1248) would make VDOT a su-peragency with the power to deny a local land use

plan or project. A separate provision would grantVDOT the power to force a highway project onto acommunity no matter the legitimate objections andconcerns of local citizens.

Before this session ends, we need NorthernVirginia’s state legislators, both Republican andDemocrat, to unite. They should fight to protect ourrole in transportation decision-making and stop thecentralization of power in VDOT. They should chal-lenge the undermining of state transportation for-mulas and the diversion of funds from our criticalneeds including Dulles Rail.

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SIBELIUS: Finlandia

Saturday, March 17, 2012 • 8:00 P.M.GMU’s Center for the Arts, FairfaxSunday, March 18, 2012 • 3:00 P.M.

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Entertainment

TUESDAY NIGHTSWorld-Class Jazz. 6 to 9 p.m. Paul Langosch on bass and

Rick Whitehead on guitar. At the Copper Canyon, 5815Trinity Parkway, Centreville. Call 703-830-6600 forreservations.

ZUMBA FITNESS CLASSES IN CHANTILLYLatin-based dance fitness classes — no gym membership

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NOW THROUGH MARCH 29Artist Rosemary Gallick. Centreville artist’s work will be

on display at the Woodbridge Campus of Northern VirginiaCommunity College, 4th floor gallery. “Celebrating Multi-Cultural Diversity” honors the talents of many artists,including Melissa Etheridge, K. D. Lang, Yoko Ono, TinaTurner, Jimi Hendrix and Bob Marley. The gallery is open 8a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 5p.m. on Fridays. Admission is free. The WoodbridgeCampus is located at 15200 Neabsco Mills Road. ContactGallick at [email protected] or 703-878-5797.

SATURDAY/MARCH 10Panther Beach Carnival. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The beach and

boardwalk themed carnival features moon bounces, aninflatable obstacle course, penny pitch, bubble gum blow-out, flip flop fling and many other games with prizes. Don’tmiss the 50-50 raffle, cake walks, animal walks and thethemed gift baskets raffle. At Poplar Tree Elementary,13440 Melville Lane, off Stringfellow Road in Chantilly.

Spaghetti Dinner and Silent Auction. 5 to 8 p.m. Ticketsare $9/adults; $6.50 for kids 5-12; $4.50 for Scouts andsiblings; $7.50 for parents of Scouts. Come enjoy Spaghetti(with your choice of butter, vegetarian or meat sauce, ormeatballs and sauce), Caesar Salad, Garlic Bread,Antipasto Bar and Tiramisu/Cannoli’s for dessert. All madefrom scratch. Sponsored by Clifton Presbyterian Church.

SUNDAY/MARCH 11Dedication Concert. 7 p.m. Pender United Methodist

Church has a new grand piano and will honor organist BobChiralo with a celebration and dedication concert. AtPender United Methodist Church in the Sanctuary. Areception to follow.

MONDAY/MARCH 12St. Baldrick’s Fundraiser. 5 to 7 p.m. At the Chick-Fil-A off

Route 28 and Willard Road in Chantilly. This is a fundraiserfor St. Baldrick’s for childhood cancer research.

WEDNESDAY/MARCH 14St. Baldrick’s Fundraiser. 11 a.m. to 11:45 p.m. Mountain

View High School will be sponsoring a “head-shaving”fundraiser to support the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. Allproceeds will go to the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, achildhood cancer charity funding the most promisingresearch to help find cures for kids with cancer.Cosmetology students from Chantilly Academy will beshaving heads and also beading hair for participants whodon’t wish to cut their hair. Contact Kim Thomas at 703-227-2258.

MARCH 15Relay for Life Meeting. 7 p.m. Fundraiser for the American

Cancer Society. Meet at nZone, 14550 Lee Road, Chantilly.Come learn about Relay and the many ways to participate:forming a fundraising team of walkers; serving on theplanning committee; or volunteering at Relay on June 9,2012 at the nZone. Visit www.CentrevilleRelay.org orcontact Brandi Steward of the American Cancer Society [email protected] for more information.

MARCH 15-18National Trumpet Competition. Free. Highlights are

Thursday, March 15 at 1:30 p.m. — The U.S. Army Bandand Herald Trumpets with guest soloists; Friday, March 16at 2 p.m. — Doc Severinsen and the Army Blues; Saturday,March 17 at 2 p.m. — VIP recital with five performers. Alsoincludes master classes, adjudication, artists andperformances. At George Mason University.

FRIDAY/MARCH 16Asian Chamber Awards Gala. 6 to 11 p.m. Tickets are

$80/member; $100/non-member. With keynote speakerMaj. Gen. Antonio Taguba. At the Mason Inn ConferenceCenter and Hotel, GMU Fairfax Campus, 4352 Mason PondDrive, Fairfax. To purchase tickets, contact Cindy Shao at703-752-6292 or visit www.asian-americanchamber.org

MARCH 16 TO MARCH 25Home and Garden Show. Sponsored by Long & Foster

Realtors, the show will feature the latest in homeimprovement concepts. Featured will be bath and kitchendesigns by Capital Remodeling; Reamco Patio Enclosures;window treatments by Renewal by Andersen; LeafSolutions by Gutter Pros of Virginia; Long Fence and Home;and, Premier Window and Building. At Fair Oaks Mall. Call703-359-8300 or visit www.ShopFairOaksMall.com.

MARCH 16-18Super Pet Expo. Featuring 200 exhibits. Friday from 4 to 9

p.m.; Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to5 p.m. At the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly.

Get to Know a Great Dane. Friday, 4-9 p.m.; Saturday, 10a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. At 4320 ChantillyShopping Center. Sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic GreatDane Rescue League (MAGDRL). At the Super Pet Expo atthe Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly.

SATURDAY/MARCH 17Clifton Art Guild Show. 6 to 9 p.m. Some 15 to 20 local

artists will be exhibiting in various mediums at the grandopening show, sale and reception. Held upstairs at theNoVA Music Center, 12704 Chapel Road, Clifton.

Fairfax Symphony Orchestra. 8 p.m. George MasonUniversity Center for the Arts, 4400 University Drive,Fairfax. With pianist Rick Rowley. Stravinsky’s FirebirdSuite (1919 version), Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Themeof Paganini, Sibelius’ Symphony No. 7, and Sibelius’Finlandia. Free pre-concert discussion for ticketholders at 7p.m. Tickets $25-$55. [email protected].

SUNDAY/MARCH 18N Gauge Train Display. 1 to 4 p.m. The Northern Virginia

NTRACK members will have a display of N Gauge trainsrunning at the Fairfax Station Railroad Museum. At 11200Fairfax Station Road in Fairfax Station. Cost is $3 foradults; $1 for children. Information on the museum andshows is at www.fairfax-station.org phone 703-425-9225.Information on ad, contact Joyce Mitulla, 703-503-9711 [email protected]

MONDAY/MARCH 19Centreville Garden Club Meets. 7 p.m. “The Flora of

Virginia — Worth the 250-Year Wait,” a presentation byBotany Chair, Marion Lobstein, of the Prince WilliamWildflower Society, 8712 Plantation Ln., Manassas. Meetand carpool, March 19 at 7 p.m. at Sully GovernmentCenter, 4900 Stonecroft Blvd., Chantilly. Meetingsgenerally third Monday each month. Learn more atcentrevillegardenclub.blogspot.com oremail:[email protected]. Visitors welcome.Call 703-830-2942.

Republican Women of Clifton. 7:30 p.m. Featuring aMeet and Greet for men and women to interact with localpolitical candidates after brief talks by each one. Scheduledspeakers are Matt Ames, Jay McConville, CongressmanFrank Wolf, Anna Lee and John Whitbeck, who are runningfor 10th Congressional District Chairman. At CentrevilleHigh School’s Media Center. Visit www.cliftongop.com.

The Wildcat Bands at Centreville High Schoolare hosting the Fairfax County District 11 Band Assess-ment again this year. The county’s high school bands willbe performing on Thursday, March 8 and Friday, March9, from 3 p.m. until 9 p.m. and Saturday, March 10 from3 p.m. until 10 p.m. in the CVHS Auditorium. The bandswill be assessed by a panel of four judges on a variety ofcategories (i.e. appearance, tone quality, rhythm, incan-tation, sightreading, etc..).

Sixty-eight Fairfax County Public Schools students havebeen named to the Virginia All-State Chorus for 2012 andwill perform as a group April 28 at E.C. Glass High Schoolin Lynchburg. FCPS students selected for the 2012 VirginiaAll-State Chorus and as alternates are:

❖ Centreville High School: Emmie Dohse and al-ternates Taylor Da Costa, Emily McLenigan, and LukeWilbur.

❖ Chantilly High School: Erica Jensen and alter-

nates James Baker and Michael Palmer.❖ Fairfax High School: Jula DeCosse and alternate

Sarah Newman.❖ Robinson Secondary School: Austin Chang,

Amy Jones, Mary Meier, and alternates Brian Bui, MayaDavis, Liam Dillon, Shannon Keating, and Zachary Miller.

❖ Westfield High School: Rebecca Holley, MelanieRobison, Valeria Sierralta, and alternates William Cox andZachary Gore.

Twenty-three middle school students from FairfaxCounty Public Schools (FCPS) have been named to the2012 Virginia American Choral Directors Association(ACDA) Middle School Honors Chorus.

❖ Carson Middle School: Brigid Doebrich, SaeedRazavi, Daniel Sprague, and alternates Meredith Brookerand Neha Rao.

❖ Rocky Run Middle School: Venkata Doodala,Jacob Rechner, Matthew Schelhorn, Emily Zou, Kevin Zu.

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Eight schools total from all overVirginia competed in the One-Actchampionship, but Westfield stoodout from the rest. “The judges toldus they loved our ‘incredibly nu-anced performance,’ and that wasone of the things I was going for asa director,” said Biagini. “Even theway someone’s leaning against adesk can convey emotion. It’s thestyle of the show; David Mamet isso exact in his language, so the chal-lenge is in being able to draw themeaning out of every sentencefragment.”

Biagini has won Cappies before,but nothing like this honor “where Ipresented myself as an artist anda director, and it was validated,”

Westfield Wins VHSL One-Act Play State Championship

The “Oleanna” cast and crew with their trophy and medals (front row, from left):Theater Director Susie Pike, play director Joey Biagini and Westfield Principal TimThomas; (back row, from left) Perry Cowdery, Alex Mann, Joe Drzemiecki, MitchellBuckley, Madeleine Bloxam, Allie Koenigsberg and Dieter Stach. (Not pictured:Corinne Holland.)

he said. “It was great to know thatthe team of people I put togetherput on such a great show. I felt myjob was to focus more on being anactor coach, rather than, for ex-ample, creating stage pictures. Inthis show, everything else takes aback seat to the acting.”

He said winning the VHSL One-Act championship was also “coolbecause I believe Westfield was theonly student-directed show at thestate competition. I beat all thesetheater teachers.”

Biagini hasn’t yet decided wherehe’ll attend college, but says his fu-ture will involve theater somehow.He also had high praise for Bloxamand Buckley. “I’m so thankful to beable to work with such amazingperformers,” he said. “In the end,our play’s success was on theirshoulders.”

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In Centreville, said Ratliff, “Last year, we broke ourgoal of $25,000 and our 34 shavees raised $35,450.In the seven years we’ve done it, we’ve had 221shavees and raised just over $200,000. This year’sgoal is also $25,000 and, so far, we have $14,000and 23 shavees. My own goal is $1,000 and I’ve raised$400 so far.” To donate to his efforts, go to http://www.stbaldricks.org/events/mypage/149/2012.

Brian Groves of Centreville’sWoodland Glen communitylearned about the event from a co-worker of his who lost her son,Westfield High student DaltonGulsby, 16, to cancer in 2010. Forthe past decade, he’s shaved hishead as his normal style; but for the upcoming St.Baldrick’s event, he’s let his hair grow out since Sep-tember 2011 and has even grown a beard.

This is his first time participating and, said Groves,“I think it’s great — something everybody should beinvolved in, in some form — whether it’s St. Baldrick’sDay or Relay for Life — to raise money for researchand a cure.” He said it’s also a way to raise aware-ness.

“I’m sure everyone knows somebody who’s hadcancer, but people may not be aware of the differenttypes and their effects on the person and theircaregivers,” he said. “The cure’s not going to finditself — we’ve got to raise funds to do that.”

Also a first-time shavee, Country Club Manor’sWayne Malick said it’s his time to participate. “I hada stroke, 1 and a half years ago, so I’m doing what Ican to give back,” he said. “I’ve raised $175 so farand hope to raise $1,000. I think the more researchto solve more diseases, the better. If we learn aboutcancer, we can learn about lots of other things, too.”

Kevin Pearson of Centreville’s London Towne com-munity is becoming a shavee in honor of his late fa-ther-in-law. Before he died five years ago, he coachedthe SYS MatDogs wrestling team that prepares youthfor Westfield’s team.

Besides that, said Pearson, “I’ve known lots ofpeople who participated in St. Baldrick’s and I feltGod was telling me to give back to the communityand to the people affected by cancer. Childhood can-cer is the least-funded cancer, and it’s just sad.”

He’s on Team Kyle Hahne, named after a Cub RunElementary second-grader who’s currently battlingleukemia. “I met him at a wrestling event,” saidPearson. “He likes baseball and is a cool, little kid —and it tears my heart apart to know he’s so youngand is battling something so vicious. He needs a fu-ture, just like the rest of us, and this is my way ofhelping to find a cure so he can someday graduatehigh school and college.”

Shaving Away Childhood CancerPearson said he can only do so much but, together,

people can chip in toward the cause and have a largeimpact. “Our team’s raised $2,700 of our $5,000goal,” he said. “But even $1 is one step closer thanwhere we were yesterday.”

Centreville High freshman Luke Fritzke is shavingfor the fourth time. “It’s a good cause, and my hair isworth saving the kids,” he said. “I’ve raised $415 ofmy $1,000 goal; my mother solicited donations fromher Facebook friends, and I got some from my formerschools, Liberty Middle and Union Mill Elementary.”

His neighbor, Holcomb Rogers, a Liberty seventh-grader, is shaving for his secondtime. He’s raised $305 of his$500 goal by asking his teach-ers and getting his neighborsand relatives to donate. “It wasa lot of fun to participate lastyear, and I like helping people,”he said. “My mother died of skincancer in 2002, so I do this in

her honor.”This will be the third time Samantha Lubkin of

Sterling is shaving. Her hair’s shoulder-length andshe hopes to donate it to Locks of Love. In 2004, sheraised $1,400 for St. Baldrick’s, and in 2008, $6,000;so this year, her goal is $10,000. She’s received$2,000 via Facebook, has e-mailed friends and co-workers and passed out flyers at work, her dentist’s,chiropractor’s and pediatrician’s offices and to ran-dom people she meets.

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“My cousin died of colon cancer at age 30, and it’sunnatural that a parent should watch their child die,”said Lubkin. “And hearing other people’s stories, thecancer heartbreak they went through is beyondimagination.”

Her son is now 11 months old, and the thought ofanything ever happening to him, she said, is “justunbearable,” so she does what she can to help oth-ers. When she shaved before, said Lubkin, “Peoplewould see my bald head and ask about it. Then they’dtell me their cancer stories; it made them feel theycould connect to me.”

Stone Middle seventh-grader William Dzubak isshaving for his fifth time. “It feels really good to raisemoney for kids because you know you’re helpingthem out,” he said. “My goal is $1,000, and I’m rais-ing it through Facebook, my church and my dad’soffice.”

“Lots of people come to St. Baldrick’s Day and it’sa fun event,” said Dzubak. “Fast Eddie’s is a goodplace to do it because it’s a really nice environmentand everyone has a good time.”

To join a local team for Centreville’s event, con-tact Ratliff at [email protected]. To donate toits participants, go to www.stbaldricks.org.

Another Way to HelpAn additional fund-raiser for

Centreville’s St. Baldrick’s Day event will beheld Monday, March 12, from 5-7 p.m., atthe Chick-Fil-A off Route 28 and WillardRoad in Chantilly. St. Baldrick’s will receivepart of the sales during that time.

Cheerleaders of the YearSam Culin, a Liberty Middle School 8th grader,and Graciela Perez, a Robinson Middle School 8thgrader, were both awarded Cheerleader of theYear by the Fairfax County Youth Football Leagueat their annual Hall of Fame ceremony on Sunday,March 4 at the McLean Hilton. Both girls cheerfor Southwestern Youth Association’s ExtremeSilver cheerleading squad.


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By Rich Sanders

Centre View

Winning one indi-vidual state title isan accomplish-

ment any high school wrestlerwill treasure. But winning twois an enormous feat when oneconsiders the pressure to liveup to the high expectations ofa state champion and the factthat every opponent is highlymotivated to defeat the bestwrestler out there.

Beau Donahue, WestfieldHigh’s sensational junior grap-pler, won his first individualstate championshipin 2011 as a sopho-more in the 140-pound weight divi-sion. This winter(2012), he success-fully defended hiscrown at the statetournament, held afew weeks ago atRobinson Secondary,by sweeping throughhis 152-weight class,including a finalsmatch win over For-est Park High seniorKevin Johnson.

“This one I was alittle bit more prepared for,”said Donahue, of this year’sstate tournament.

Earlier in the postseason,Donahue successfully de-fended his region crown witha 3-1 title match win over JakeSage of Lake Braddock. Goingon to win another state cham-pionship two weeks later wasthe exclamation point to an-other banner season.

“It’s the best feeling know-ing you worked hard to get thisgoal and coming out on top isa huge accomplishment,” saidDonahue, of another statecrown to his name. “I know Ican win no matter what be-cause of where I’ve come fromwith my coaches and team-mates supporting me.”

Donahue is part of a Westfieldteam, under head coach ChuckHoskins, which captured itsfourth region team title in fiveyears this season before finish-ing eighth at states.

Donahue, this past fall, wasa member of the WestfieldHigh football team which had

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The Westfield High boys’basketball team struggledto get its footing early on

in its first-ever Virginia State AAAplayoff game last Friday night ver-sus Henrico High of Richmond. Per-haps it was a case of opening minutejitters which played a role in a slug-gish first quarter in which the Bull-dogs, this year’s Northern Regionchampions, committed nine turn-overs and scored just six points.

Whatever it was, Westfield gath-ered itself thereafter and played asolid three quarters of basketball. Inthe end, the Bulldogs, right on theverge of a victory which would haveboosted them to this week’s statesemifinals round at the Siegel Cen-ter in Richmond, were victimized bya late Henrico three-pointer and lost56-52 in the riveting game playedat Robinson Secondary.

“This is a landmark season for us,”said disappointed Westfield seniorguard Mark Gibson following theseason-ending defeat. “[What weachieved] is another goal for futureWestfield teams to reach and pass.”

It was certainly Westfield’s bestseason in the school’s relatively brief12-year history. The team, follow-ing an outstanding regular season,had been jolted with a close upsetloss to Robinson in the ConcordeDistrict tournament finals a fewweeks ago. But the Bulldogs re-sponded by winning four straightNorthern Region tournamentgames, including a title game vic-tory over Edison High, for their firstregion crown ever. Prior to this sea-son, the furthest Westfield had everadvanced at regionals was to thesemifinals on two occasions.

Hopes were soaring following thevictorious region tournament, inwhich senior center Zach Elcanohad been named the tournamentMVP, and the Bulldogs had their eyesset on continuing their winningways at the eight-team state tour-nament. At the same time they weretaking nothing for granted going

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an extended season as a resultof playing in the Div. 6 North-ern Region championshipgame. As a result, Donahue gota little bit of a late start to themat season.

Before he knew it he wascompeting with his team at theearly season Salem Classicwhere he faced and lost toKevin Johnson, the same op-ponent he would ultimatelydefeat for the 152 state crownnearly three months later.

He said capturing the statetournament title was extraspecial because he defeated anopponent in Johnson he had

lost to early on in the winter.“This one is sweeter because

I lost to Kevin Johnson [earlierin the season] at the Salem Clas-sic,” said Donahue, of the op-ponent from the Northwest Re-gion. “The first time I’d wrestledhim I’d been practicing onlythree days. I knew going in I’dhave a tough match. I thoughtI’d see him again.”

AT STATES, DONAHUE didnot simply breeze to the finalsmatch. His most decisive vic-tory was a first round 18-6 winover Michael Ramos, the No.4-seeded wrestler from CentralRegion’s Matoaca High (Ches-terfield). His next two winswere 6-4 decisions over Or-ange County’s Ryan Almondand Thomas Dale (Chester,Va.) wrestler Alex Turley, thelatter match coming in thesemifinals. Almond was theNo. 2-seed from the NorthwestRegion and Turley was the topseed from the Central Region.

In the championship versus

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Westfield’s Julius Rosa goes up for ashot during the Bulldogs’ state playoffgame against Henrico last Friday nightat Robinson. Bulldog senior QuentinBasil is to the right.

Breakthrough Season toRemember Ends for WestfieldRegion championBulldogs, at stateplayoffs, takeHenrico to thewire in four-pointloss.

into their opener against a Henricoteam (Central Region) carrying a27-2 record.

In the end, Henrico prevailed and,earlier this week, was set to play inthe state semifinals for the first timesince 1977. Meanwhile, Westfield,with the quarterfinals round loss,ended its season 24-5.

WESTFIELD LOOKED on theverge of victory Friday when, trail-ing 51-50 late in the game, seniorforward Quentin Basil scored a spec-tacular, soaring tip-in basket off theleft side following a mid-range jumpshot miss by teammate Gibson fromthe right wing. Basil’s close rangefollow-up score gave the Bulldogs a52-51 lead with 43 seconds remain-ing.

But Henrico hardly batted an eye,quickly getting the ball back up thecourt and getting the game’s biggestbasket when junior guard Tim Jones(12 points), from around the top ofthe key, converted his third and fi-nal three-point shot of the night togive his team the lead again at 54-52 with 36 seconds showing.

“I thought we could get a stop andbe able to win the game,” said Ba-sil. “But they came down and gotthe `three.’

Westfield, with possession of theball and trailing by one, calledtimeouts with 26 and 11 seconds

left. But on the Bull-dogs’ final play, theteam could not get theball inside to Elcanoand lost possession ona turnover. Westfieldquickly committed afoul but Henrico madefree throws with sixseconds left to clinchthe win.

It was a tough end-ing to the season forthe Bulldogs.

“We should keep ourheads up,” said Basil,as Westfield playerswere preparing tomake the trip back totheir school 30 min-utes or so followingthe game. “We wentfurther than any teamin Westfield [boys’ bas-ketball] history. Ourschool has alwaysbeen known for foot-ball.”

Now, that haschanged with the Bull-dogs, under headcoach Doug Ewell,

having made positive history of theirown on the hardwood.

IN THE OVERALL LOW scoringgame, Westfield’s Basil (11 points,10 rebounds) was the lone Bulldogplayer in double figures in the lossto Henrico. Elcano, the team’s pivotplayer, finished with nine points, sixrebounds, and four blocked shots.Gibson and junior backcourt mateChauncey Beckett both tallied eightpoints, junior frontcourt player KrisPerry scored six, and senior guardJulius Rosa had five. Junior forwardChris Mullins came off the bench toconvert a game-tying three-pointerfrom the left corner to make thescore 22-all in the latter stages ofthe second quarter.

Senior guard Jay Allen ledHenrico with a game-high 19 points.

“I felt we made them play ourgame,” said Elcano, of Westfieldwanting to slow the pace a bitagainst a Henrico team capable oflighting up the scoreboard. “Usuallythey score in the 70s or 80s.”

Westfield got off to a tough startwith five turnovers over the game’sfirst three minutes and trailed 12-6after one quarter.

The second quarter started wellfor Westfield with Elcano scoring ona driving basket before, momentslater, blocking a shot at the defen-

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Westfield High junior wrestlerBeau Donahue, on the bottom,won the state 152-weight class.

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sive end which led to a transitionthree-pointer by Rosa from the leftcorner to get the Bulldogs within12-11. Later in the quarter, Rosagave his team its first lead of thenight at 19-18 on two free throwswith 3 minutes, 37 seconds left inthe half.

Henrico scored nine of the final14 points of the quarter to go intothe halftime with a 27-24 lead.

Early in the second half, withWestfield trailing 29-26, Gibson, offan assist from Elcano, scored on acatch-and-shoot, close range chanceoff the right side. Later in the quar-ter, Westfield’s Perry, off an assistfrom Rosa, broke Henrico’s full courtpress with a driving fast break layupoff the right side to tie the game at30.

Another big play for Westfieldcame about 90 seconds later whenElcano scored from close rangewhile being fouled. His ensuing foulshot gave the Bulldogs a 35-34 leadwith 3:13 left in the third quarter.Moments later, Gibson, on a driv-ing basket from the left, upped theBulldogs’ lead to 37-34.

Westfield led 39-36 following freethrows by Beckett with 1:13 show-

ing but Henrico scored the final fivepoints of the quarter and led 41-39.

Beckett nearly closed the thirdquarter in spectacular fashion whenhis launching, three-quarters lengthshot at the third quarter buzzerbarely missed.

Henrico built a 43-39 lead earlyin the final quarter before Basilscored the game’s next five points,three on free throws, as Westfieldregained the lead at 44-43 with 6:35left to play. Henrico scored eight ofthe following 10 points, however,

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Johnson, the match was dead-locked at 1-1 near the end of thethird period. With both wrestlers ontheir feet, Johnson took a shot at atakedown, surging forward atDonahue. But Donahue posted hisopponent, drove him to the mat andgot behind him for two points withabout 27 seconds remaining forwhat proved to be the winningmove.

Throughout the match and go-ing into the latter stages, Donahuesensed Johnson was tiring.

“I just had to stay in good posi-

Donahue

and held a 51-46 lead with 4:46 re-maining.

Westfield baskets by Beckett, theBulldogs’ exciting 5-foot-10 inchball handler who scored on severaldriving baskets through the lane,and junior guard C.J. Hill, whonailed a 15-foot jumper off the rightside, got the Bulldogs within 51-50.

Neither team scored again fornearly three minutes before Basil’sathletic tip-in put-back basket putthe Bulldogs ahead in the finalminute.

tion the whole time and try towear him down,” said Donahue,of the strategy he implemented.He was tired [later in the match],I could tell. But I was tired too.Near the end of the third quarter Iknew I needed to push the paceand be aggressive.”

In the moments after winninghis second state championship intwo years, Donahue felt a hugesense of relief.

“It was kind of like a big weightoff my chest,” said Donahue, ofhaving successfully defended hisstate crown. “But I was also soexcited [to win]. I had to take themoment in. It was the best feelingknowing I was on top.”

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Well there’s five seconds that fellow super-market-shopper won’t have back anytimesoon. The question, the curiosity is: will shehave nightmares and/or live to regret staring atme so intently that I think I may have seen thewhites of her eyes – and it wasn’t even remote-ly dark? Two chemotherapy infusions in (withfour more to go), the toll has begun to betaken: hollow eyes, smooth beard, thinningand wispy hair, ashen gray and hospital-likepallor; granted, I’m not a pretty sight, butplease madam, control yourself.

And not that I’m the least bit self-conscious,but I am sensitive and aware of some of theinadvertent and awkward, embarrassed-to-be-caught, staring-type glances cast in my direc-tion. Though I wear a hat whenever I’m out inpublic (almost always in private too), I amdetermined to live as normal a life as I candespite the wear and tear of chemotherapy.Unfortunately, it’s not Halloween, so myready-made costume can serve no greatergood. However, if it were the end of October,my services as a haunted house-type propwould be most valuable.

So far, my energy level (drawn from one’sred blood cells) is still reasonably normal, ena-bling me to actually get off the couch and shopif necessary. Eventually though, the chemother-apy will destroy enough of these cells (alongwith the white blood cells) so that getting offthe coach will become more difficult. Notpainful. More like challenged. I equate it withnot having any gas in the tank. The car will notdrive/move without it. It’s nothing personal. It’snothing professional. It’s not indicative of abigger problem. It’s simply not able tofunction.

As concerns those white blood cells, theytoo are also being targeted by the chemother-apy in an attempt to eradicate any remainingcancer cells hiding in their midst. Once thewhite blood-cell count has been lowered bythe treatment, my immune system will be seri-ously compromised. As such, I will becomemore susceptible to germs, infections, sickness,etc. Purell, the hand sanitizer, will become myconstant companion. Bottles of it will be every-where in my house – and cars – as I attempt toremain vigilant in my attempts to fend off thesickness that my weakened immune systemmust inevitably endure.

Unfortunately, killing the cancer cells –however temporary, has the related effect oflooking like it’s killing the patient, too.Apparently, that’s what this female shopperwas reacting to: my rather sickly appearance,and so close to Valentine’s Day, too. In fact, wewere both in the card aisle. Presumably shewas looking for a little color, not the absence ofcolor – as in the color missing from my face,and it startled her almost; and to tell you thetruth, she really didn’t deal with it too well – atleast in my presence, anyway. And her inabilityto not stare at me surprised me at first: what’sshe staring at? (You have a problem, ma’am?)Then I realized what – and why, she was star-ing at: me. I don’t look so good. In fact, I maybe starting to look bad. And though I don’t feelas bad as I might already be looking, to thecasual observer however, it may be thoughtthat as bad as I look, I probably feel worse.Which I don’t – and haven’t. Nevertheless, it’sa peculiar sort of mixed presumptions. Andthere’s nothing I can or care to do about it.Still, as I noticed this woman “eyeballing” me, Ithought, oddly enough; something must bewrong with her. Imagine that? Somethingwrong with her? And she looked normal.How’s that for mind over matter. I don’t mindif it matters to someone else. I’m going to livemy life. I have to.

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