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Meadow LanePark Rededicated

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Mayor M. Jane Seeman and U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly(D-11th), with help of Town Council members and the South-

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Mayor M. Jane Seeman and U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly(D-11th), with help of Town Council members and the South-

west Vienna Citizens Association, cut the ribbon re-dedicat-ing Meadow Lane Park after its sidewalks enhancement.

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By Julia O’Donoghue

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At 10 p.m. the night before the Republicanprimary election in Virginia 11th Congressional District, Fairfax resident Bill Bartoand his wife decided which candidate they

would casting votes for the next day.Barto, who considers himself a Republican, said

the couple spent the evening looking over the cam-paign websites of Oakton businessman Keith Fimianand Supervisor Patrick Herrity (R-Springfield). Bartoconsidered both candidates strong but he and hiswife ended up supporting Fimian.

“He has more practical experience than his oppo-nent,” said Barto.

SEVERAL FIMIAN supporters said they were drawnto the self-made millionaire, who founded and ran anational home inspection company for 25 years, pre-cisely because of his lack of experience as an electedofficial and his success in the private sector.

“I like the fact that he is a CPA and an entrepre-neur,” said Ken Monroe, a volunteer for the Fimiancampaign at the Oak View Elementary School pre-cinct.

Fimian beat Herrity by winning approximately 56percent of the vote in a contentious primary electionJune 8. Overall, he received 20,072 votes to Herrity’s15,813 votes.

Herrity, who is serving his first term on the FairfaxCounty Board of Supervisors, grew up in FairfaxCounty and has been active in the Republican Partyfor several years. His father, Jack Herrity, served asFairfax County chairman for 12 years on the countyboard in the 1970s and 1980s.

AS THE REPUBLICAN nominee for Virginia’s 11thCongressional District, Fimian will face first-termincumbent U.S. Rep. GerryConnolly (D-11) in a Novembergeneral election. Connolly beatFimian in a 2008 race for thesame congressional seat, winning55 percent of the vote to Fimian’s43 percent at that time.

Fimian said his chances of beat-ing Connolly have improved in2010. The Republican, who hadnever run for office before 2008,is a far more experienced candi-date now.

The political climate has also changed drastically,said Fimian. Voters are upset with Connolly’s recordof supporting legislation like the health care reformbill that passed earlier this year, according to Repub-licans.

In 2008, Connolly was also running alongside two

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very popular candidates, U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and President Barack Obama (D). In November,Connolly will be running on his own at a time whenvoters are generally upset with incumbents, saidFimian.

“People are worried about the government in a waythat I have not seen in my adult lifetime,” he said.

BUT THE DEMOCRATS said Fimian demonstratedduring his primary campaign that he was far moreconservative politically than the majority of voters,Democrat or Republican, in Virginia’s 11th Congres-sional District.

“I just don’t think he is comfort-able fit for this district. This is acommunity that values civic en-gagement and political modera-tion,” said Connolly.

Two years ago, Fimian charac-terized himself as a political mod-erate. But over the past fewmonths, he has embraced someideas floated by the Tea Partymovement, including the abolish-ment of the Department of Edu-cation at the federal level, said

Rex Simmons, chair of the Fairfax County DemocraticCommittee.

“I think this is the real Keith Fimian. He is a radi-cal, right wing conservative,” said Simmons.

O.P. Ditch, Keith Fimian and Chuck Nesbypose for picture at Fimian’s electionvictory party June 8. Fimian beat Supervi-sor Patrick Herrity (R-Springfield) tobecome the Republican nominee forVirginia’s 11th Congressional District.

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Vienna’s most popularpark, with its outdoortoys, extensive play

equipment and shade trees, gota safety and aesthetic boostwith the completion of the newsidewalks running around thepark’s perimeter. Town ofVienna officials, U.S. Rep. GerryConnolly (D-11) and officers ofthe Southwest Vienna CitizensAssociation showed up to re-dedicate Meadow Lane Park.

The Department of Parks andRecreation provided free icecream bars, a moon bounce andfacepainting to families enjoy-ing the park’s amenities.

“The sidewalks define thepark and make it safer,” saidMayor M. Jane Seeman. Thesidewalks travel down Court-house Road directly into thecommercial area of Vienna andalong Ware Street and MeadowLane.

Until the renovation, an openculvert lined the periphery ofthe park along the Meadowlane side. Storm water pipeswere installed from FrederickStreet to Ware Street onMeadow lane and sidewalksreplaced the culvert. The Townof Vienna matched a $150,000grant given to it by the federal

government through the Vir-ginia Department of Transpor-tation (VDOT).

Seeman, Connolly, Depart-ment of Parks and RecreationDirector Cathy Salgado andTown Council members EdytheKelleher, Laurie Cole and LaurieDiRocco participated in the re-dedication program. With asnip of the town’s oversizedscissors, the mayor and hon-ored guests cut the ribbon lin-ing the new sidewalk.

Meadow Lane Park is locatedon the corner of Meadow Lane,Ware Street and CourthouseRoad. Since the park doesn’thave a parking lot, drivers com-ing to the playground park theirvehicles on the roadway wherethe culverts had been. The park-ing situation never deterredvisitors. Large old shade treesform a canopy over the playarea and young children can befound out there during the day-time. Residents of the surround-ing community donate usedoutdoor toys and kiddie ridesfor public use. The 3.43-acrepark has two lighted tenniscourts, basketball court,ballfield, playground equip-ment, restrooms and pavilion.The park pavilion has eighttables and one grill.

“All the trees make the parkcool even in the summer,” saidCole, noting the popularity ofMeadow Lane Park.

— Donna Manz

Meadow LanePark RededicatedNew sidewalksline perimeter ofpark for safety.

Meadow Lane Park, with its mature shade trees andplay equipment, is a popular spot for young families.

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“People are worriedabout thegovernment in a waythat I have not seenin my adult lifetime,”

— Keith Fimian

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Paperback books sold for $1, hardcover for $2.Treasures, such as rare or out-of-print books, waitedon the front porch for buyers.

Late Sunday afternoon, buyers could purchasebooks-by-the-bag at reduced prices.

The HVI booksale takes three full months to pulloff. The committee begins planning in March andbegins collecting and sorting from April 1 to June 1.The sale itself takes several days to put together, in-cluding tent, table and signage set-up, and movingthe tens of thousands of books.

Boy Scout troop 152, based at nearby Vienna Pres-byterian Church, arrives early Saturday morning tohelp bring the books out of the Freeman House base-ment and relocate the books to their appropriate tables.

Troop 152 volunteer Valerie Wrobel said the scoutsreceice service hour credits for their help and anopportunity to choose a free book. Before the 90-degree heat could melt videotapes, the scouts on late-morning duty were on hand to move the boxes to ashaded spot.

For the past few years, HVI has netted close to$10,000 after expenses, the most major expensesbeing tent and table rental charges. The money goestoward operational expenses of HVI, administratorof Freeman House and the Little Library.

For more information on Historic Vienna, Inc., seewww.historicviennainc.org

— Donna Manz

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Free Smoothie at Oakton CafeTropical Smoothie Café in Oakton is preparing to flip the switch

on summer with its 4th Annual National Flip Flop Day event thatwill give the first 500 customers who visit the restaurant wearingflip-flops on June 18 a free 24-ounce Jetty Punch smoothie.

Coinciding with the local event will be a month-long fundraisingeffort that lasting through June 27, that will raise funds to ben-efit children with life-threatening illnesses. The goal this year isto raise upwards of $325,000 in donations across the 285-unitfranchise system to send more than 200 families to Camp Sun-shine, a retreat in Maine that provides respite, support, joy andhope to its visitors.

“We look forward to seeing people out and about in their flipflops feeling good and enjoying the summer fun with TropicalSmoothie Café,” said Janet Golzar, owner of Tropical SmoothieCafé in Oakton.

Customers visiting the Tropical Smoothie Café location inOakton will have the opportunity to purchase paper flip flopsposted throughout the store as well as donate online atwww.nationalflipflopday.com and www.paypal.com. Additionally,cell phone savvy consumers can text their donation to CAMP at20222 to donate $10. That charge will be made directly to theirmonthly phone bill.

Summer Basketball LeaguesBegins June 22

The Men’s Summer Basketball League sponsored by the ViennaParks and Recreation Department begins June 22 through Aug.10.Two 10-team divisions will play a round-robin schedule, with thetop teams from each division competing in a league champion-ship tournament.

The fee is $600 per team plus an additional charge of $20 foreach non-Fairfax County player. For more information, callEnrique Guzman at 703-255-6352 or e-maileguzman@viennava.gov.

Summer Stories and Sprinklerson Wednesdays

Vienna area children and their parents are invited to enjoy “Sum-mer Stories and Sprinklers” each Wednesday, June 23-August 11,at 1 p.m.

Listen to stories at Vienna’s original one-room library locatedon the grounds of the historic Freeman House, 131 Church St.,N.E., and then take a run through the sprinklers on the lawn ofthe adjacent Town Green.

The program is free of charge; bring a lawn chair or blanket forseating. For more information, call the Vienna Parks and Recre-ation Department at 703-255-6360.

Have Tea atGreen Spring Gardens

A trip to Green Spring Gardens in Alexandria, sponsored by theVienna Parks and Recreation Department, is scheduled for Thurs-day, June 24. A charter bus will leave at 9 a.m. from the ViennaCommunity Center, 120 Cherry St., S.E. and return around 4 p.m.

The cost of $80 for Town of Vienna residents and $100 for out-of-town participants includes transportation, docent-led tour, fullEnglish tea, and chocolate tasting.

For more information, call the Vienna Parks and Recreation De-partment at 703-255-6360 or visit www.viennava.gov.

Teen Center to HostEnd-of-School Party

Vienna area 6th, 7th and 8th graders are invited to an end-of-school party at 3:30 p.m. Friday, June 25, at Club Phoenix TeenCenter, located in the Vienna Community Center, 120 Cherry St.,S.E. This activity is free of charge.

Week in Vienna

It took more than 30,000 books, more than 50volunteers and a Vienna Boy Scout troop tokick off the annual Historic Vienna, Inc. mega-book sale on June 12. Under tents on the

grounds of Freeman House, hundreds of readers anddealers with barcode readers pored over tables ofused books at the weekend book sale. From politicsand history to health, mystery, cooking and every-thing in between, name a genre and it was repre-sented.

Dealers weren’t the only people using high-techscanners to check out price ranges on books theypicked up. Historic Vienna, Inc., (HVI) too, used aportable barcode reader. “We now have the sametechnology the dealers do,” said HVI volunteer Sa-rah Jane Brady. The electronic readers scan thebarcode and pull up price ranges for each found book.The dealers are less likely to get their hands on valu-able books at a discounted price when HVI sees whatthey do.

As is tradition, children had their own dedicatedchildren’s space under shade trees where they werefree to browse and find books on their own.

Historic Vienna, Inc.conducts annual two-daymega-booksale.

Books by the Boxful

Book loversand bookdealers werewaiting at 9a.m. for theHistoricVienna, Inc.book sale toopen on June12. The annualtwo-day ex-travaganzakicks off withapproximately30,000 books.

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What do you like about the Historic Vienna, Inc.book sale?

John Anevski,Fairfax

“We saw thebanner across thestreet. It’s a goodbook sale, reallynice. I love booksales.”

Hope Bingham,Vienna

“We always comewith our grandpar-ents. It’s fun to look atall the differentbooks. I like it and Iwould tell my friendsto come.”

Barbara Tozzi,Vienna

“I’m here buyingbooks for mygrandsons, 8 and 6.If my grandkidswere here, they’dcome, too. Theycame one year andthought it was thebest thing going.They don’t have abook sale like thiswhere they live, andthey liked this onevery much.”

Quing Lan, Vienna“My kids are here

because they lovebooks. I think it is agood sale. We getgood bargainsbecause new bookscost a lot.”

Kaye Bredehorst,Vienna

“We come to thebook sale everyyear. I read a lot, goto the library a lot.Sometimes, it’s niceto have a book youdon’t have toreturn. We droppedoff books, too. Ithink it’s a greatsale.”

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Several Democrats said Fimian leans far more tothe political right than former U.S. Rep. Tom Davis(R), who represented the 11th Congressional Dis-trict for 14 years before retiring in 2007.

“I don’t think they have anything in common otherthan their party label,” said Connolly of a Davis andFimian comparison.

“I am reaching out to moderate Republicans andindependents like I always have but this nomineemakes that easier,” said the congressman.

DURING THE PRIMARY race, several Republicanactivists also expressed concerns about Fimian’s abil-ity to beat Connolly in the fall.

Much of the local Republican Party establishmenthad endorsed Herrity, including almost all Republi-can elected officials in the area and the Fairfax CountyRepublican Committee chair Anthony Bedell. Manysaid they thought Herrity would be the stronger can-didate to beat Connolly and Fimian’s more conser-vative campaign platform would turn off indepen-dent and moderate voters in the fall.

“Pat can appeal to a broader base of voters. Hisstyle is more moderate,” said Larry Krakouer, chairof the Braddock District Republican Committee, whilestanding outside a polling station.

“The voters here are not too ideological. They ex-

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pect you to get something done,” he said.Unlike Fimian’s supporters, Herrity’s advocates said

they valued their candidate’s experience in electedoffice.

“Going to Congress without any experience inelected office is like going directly from kindergar-ten to high school,” said Joe Underwood, a Fairfaxresident and active member of the Fairfax CountyRepublican Committee.

THOUGH HE LOST the overall race, Herrity didwin Fairfax County with 51 percent of the vote toFimian’s 49 percent. The supervisor ran particularlystrong in Springfield, Clifton and Fairfax Station,communities that he currently represents on thecounty board.

Fimian chalked up large margins of victory in theareas of the 11th Congressional District outside ofFairfax County. He won Prince William County with76 percent of the vote and the City of Fairfax with63 percent of the vote.

In certain parts of Fairfax County — particularlyMount Vernon, Lorton and Vienna — Fimian alsotended to attract more supporters than Herrity.

But Democrats and other critics of Fimian said thevoters who turned out during the primary electionare not representative of the general electorate. Only7.7 percent of all registered voters turned out to par-ticipate in the June 8 primary.

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Fimian to Challenge Connollyin November

On May 25, the Town of ViennaPolice Department along withVienna Youth Incorporated hon-ored several individuals that hadvolunteered their time to theVienna Police Department during2009. Attendees were treated todinner at Artie’s Restaurant inFairfax. Each volunteer was thenpresented with a black leather DayTimer bearing the artwork of theseven-point star worn by officersof the Vienna Police Department.

Chief of Police Col. Robert A.Carlisle and Vienna Youth FootballLeague Chairman Mark Meanahosted the event. During 2009, hon-

orees served the community andassisted the police department inmany different ways. Some servedas Auxiliary Police Officers (APO’s),some assisted with informationmaintenance and record keeping,and others helped instruct theR.A.D. women’s self defense classes.

Vienna Youth Football, Inc.Chairman Mark Meana donatedthe funds to cover the costs asso-ciated with the meal.

For more information on becom-ing involved with the Town ofVienna Police Department in a vol-unteer capacity, contact MPO BillMurray at wmurray@viennava.gov.

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We love our pets.Dogs and cats and other crea-

tures great and small are essen-tial members of our families.

They offer us unconditional love, joy, comfort,companionship, humor. We know our childrenbenefit from learning to empathize, care forand love our family pets.

We don’t hesitate when it comes to spend-ing on their health care or rearranging our livesaround basic needs.

To celebrate, we plan to publish the Pet Con-nection, including your family’s pets, in late July.

We invite photos of your pets with you, yourchildren or with whole family. We’ll prefer pho-tos that picture the pets with their humans.

We also invite children’s artwork of theirpets.

We also welcome short stories (200 wordsor less) about your pet. Tell us a funny story,or explain how your pet helped you or a mem-ber of your family through a tough time. Tellus about how you came to adopt or rescue yourpet. Tell us about your favorite places to gowith your pet, or how you solved a particularchallenge concerning your pet.

We haven’t forgotten horses, fish, birds, rep-tiles and amphibians, guinea pigs, hamsters,and other more unusual pets — we hope for

photos about them all.Be sure to identify the full names of every-

one pictured in any photos, include informa-tion such as breed and age of the pet and chil-dren pictured, and (very important) the com-munity where you live.

We prefer digital submissions, delivered onCD or via email. Please send in submissions assoon as possible, but at least before July 10. E-mail to vienna@connectionnewspapers.com,and write “Pets” in the subject line. You canmail submissions to Vienna Pet Connection,1606 King St., Alexandria, VA 22314.

Please be sure to include the name of theartist or author, and name of the home town,along with address and phone number to beused for verification purposes only.

Be Part of the Pet ConnectionSend us your photos and stories of yourfavorite creatures for our July edition.

What tips do you have for someone new toyour town? What interesting, almost secret,places would you like to have learned aboutearlier when you moved in?

We invite you to share the expertise you’vegained in living in your hometown with yourneighbors and with people new to the area inour Newcomers and Community Guides, com-ing later this summer.

Connection staff members and interns arealready working on the annual Newcomers andCommunity Guide, which will publish at theend of August.

We invite residents, businesses and organi-zations to send us suggestions. We invite cal-endar listings for major events for the upcom-ing year, information on how to get involvedin nonprofits and charities, details about yourclub or other organization.

When are the major festivals, celebrations

and other events at your church or temple ormosque?

We also invite readers to contribute directlyto the newcomers and community guides. Sendus a short letter: what do you love about yourcommunity? Tell us about one special placeyou’ve discovered. Does you family have differ-ent favorites in different seasons? How did youget involved in your town? Share your favoritepark. Tell us about your favorite annual event.

Helping pets adapt to new surroundings canbe a big part of any family’s move. Share tipsyou have for acclimating a pet to a new home.Do you have a favorite dog park?

Send your comments and submissions tovienna@connectionnewspapers.com or mail toVienna Newcomers Guide, 1606 King St., Al-exandria, VA 22314.

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What is the most important thing you learned from your father?— Donna Manz

Cathy Salgado,Town of ViennaParks and Recre-ation Director(Father died flyingover England, doingcivilian airlifts, 34years ago)

“I learned perse-verance. What thatmeans is that you

never give up. Even if you don’t have allthe talent in the world, if you try hard-enough, you may just achieve all yourgoals. He also said there are no guaran-tees in life.”

Joy Harrington,Reston (Parents livein Vienna)

“I learned how tobe loving and respect-ful to others. Ithelped me to becomea wonderful danceeducator to children,and to become aloving wife.”

John King, Town ofVienna Parks andRecreation staffmember (Father died40 years ago afterlong illness)

“He was quiet like Iam. He was sick for along time of cancer,and was too sick towatch me play sports.

That was kind of a disappointment. Ilearned to be myself.”

David Thornton, 8,Vienna

“I think the mostimportant thing iswhen my dad teachesme how to buildthings, like tents.”

U.S. Rep GerryConnolly (D-11)

“Perseverance, notgiving up, fighting forwhat’s important toyou. My dad foughtback from a stroke,heart bypass surgeryand cancer. He’s stillgoing strong.”

Jesse Smider, 10,Alexandria

“He taught me a lot ofthings. Not to talk tostrangers because one ofthem can hurt you.”

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What is the most important thing youlearned from your father?

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Grace Verwys, 6, Vienna“How to read.”

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“The most important thing hetaught me was support and loveof family. He always put familyfirst and taught me to do that, aswell.”

M. Jane Seeman, Mayor,Town of Vienna

“That I could achieve anythingI wanted to, no glass ceilings,you just ‘do.’ If you want to dosomething, you can make ithappen.”

Faith Notes are for announce-ments and events in the faithcommunity. Send to vienna@connectionnewspapers.com. Dead-line is Friday.

The Guyasamaja BuddhistCenter will host Glenn Mullin,an author, poet, translator, andteacher of Tibetan Buddhism. OnSunday, April 11, Mullin willteach two classes open to all-frombeginners in Buddhist practice toadvanced practitioners. 1 -5 p.m.Location: The Unitarian/Univer-salist Church, 1625 Wiehle Ave.,Reston VA 20190. Suggested do-nation: one class $10; both $15.

Epiphany United Method-ist Preschool, 1014 CountryClub Drive, N.E. in Vienna, is nowenrolling 3-4-year-old studentsfor the 2010/2011 school year.Contact 703-938-2391 orwww.epiphanypreschool.com.

The Jewish Social ServicesAgency (JSSA) offers a widevariety of support groups forthose with emotional, social, andphysical challenges. Contact GaryAxelrod, 301-610-8309 orgaxelrod@jssa.org, orwww.jssa.org.

HAVEN of Northern Vir-ginia offers a variety of freebereavement support groups,meeting on a weekly basis. Con-tact 703-941-7000 orwww.havenofnova.org for sched-ules and registration information.

Faith Notes

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The County Line

By Julia O’Donoghue

The Connection

It might seem obvious why studentschoose to attend Thomas JeffersonHigh School for Science and Technol-ogy. U.S. News and World Report has

rated it the best high school in the countryfor the past three years.

“I came here because of the academicopportunities,” said Thomas Woodruff, ajunior from Centreville who spends 90 min-utes each weekday commuting to and fromJefferson’s Alexandria campus.

Students at the Northern Virginia mag-net school, commonly referred to as TJ,have genuine interest in school and academ-ics, which creates a more congenial atmo-sphere, according to some current students.

“The people here are so much friendlier.They are nice to each other. You can leaveyour stuff in the hallway and no one willtake it,” said Alan Barte, a freshman fromHerndon.

But one problem a few current studentsvoiced about TJ is the homogenous studentbody. Less than five percent of TJ’s studentsare black or Hispanic. Over 80 percent ofthe pupils are white or Asian.

“The only thing I don’t like is how halfthe students at the school are Asian. I wishthere was more diversity,” said Mary KimWeidman, a freshman who is part Koreanand from Reston.

GETTING ACCEPTED to TJ is not an easytask for anyone. The school admitted only15.3 percent of the 3,119 student who ap-plied to be part of the Class of 2014. Thatmeans TJ had a lower acceptance rate forits incoming freshman class than eitherCornell University or Swarthmore Collegethis year, according to information on U.S.News and World Report’s website.

Fairfax students also compete with chil-dren from around the region for slots at theNorthern Virginia magnet school. About 80percent of TJ’s student body comes fromFairfax but residents from Arlington,Loudoun, Prince William and Fauquiercounties and the City of Falls Church canalso attend the school.

Students who are black, Hispanic or poorhave a particularly hard time getting ad-mitted to TJ. Out of 480 students admittedto next year’s freshman class, just four areblack and 13 are Hispanic. Only nine areconsidered poor enough to qualify for free-or-reduced-priced lunch.

And across all four grades at TJ last year,approximately 1.78 percent of studentswere black, 2.84 percent of students wereHispanic and 1.74 percent were poor.

Fairfax schools’ countywide enrollment isfar more diverse than that of TJ. Across theschool system, 18.1 percent of students areHispanic and 10.5 percent are AfricanAmerican. Approximately 25 percent of all

county students are considered poor.None of Fairfax’s other 24 high schools

posted such low percentages of black orHispanic students as TJ.

Only one high school, Langley in McLean,has a lower percentage of poor studentsenrolled.

TJ does enroll a higher-than-average per-centage of Asian students, who will makeup almost 58 percent of incoming freshmanclass next year. Countywide, Asian studentsaccount for just 18.5 percent of the schoolsystem population.

“There are a lot of people from a lot ofdifferent ethnic backgrounds here. But Iwould like to see more African Americans,”said Sarah Sam, a sophomore who is partAfrican American and a member of theschool’s Black Student Union.

FAIRFAX COUNTY Public Schools hasstruggled to boost enrollment among blackand Hispanic students at TJ since 1998,when the school board ended an affirma-tive action program at the school.

In 1998, the last year of the affirmativeaction program, TJ admitted 49 black andHispanic students. By 2003, this number hasdropped to just 16, prompting the schoolboard to form at blue ribbon commissionon the TJ admissions process that year.

The commission, which included admis-sions officers from Yale University and theUniversity of Virginia, concluded TJ wasbehind other elite high schools and colleges,when it came to certain groups of minori-ties and poor students.

At the Bronx High School for Science inNew York City for example, a school rankedfourth on U.S. News and World Report’s“best high schools” list in 2008, approxi-mately 12 percent of the student body wasblack or Hispanic and one in three studentswas considered poor.

UNDER THE OLD admissions process, TJadmissions gave a rank to all the childrenin the applicant pool based on a formula inwhich a student’s admissions test resultsaccounted for 80 percent of their overall“score” and their grade point average [GPA]accounted for the 20 percent.

The current admissions process gives sig-nificantly more weight to grades as opposedto the entrance exam. The pool of semifi-nalists is also approximately twice as large.

The school board had concluded that oneof the barriers to increasing black and His-panic enrollment was the low number ofstudents from these groups that made it intosemifinalist round in the first place.

One year, as few as seven of the 800 stu-dents who made it past the first round ofadmissions for TJ were black, according toschool board documents.

But this year, TJ admitted just 17 blackand Hispanic students. Last year, 14 stu-dents from these minority groups were ac-cepted. The percentage of TJ’s student bodythat is Asian has jumped from 32 percentto 57.5 percent.

MINORITY STUDENT advocates saidthere are several reasons why black andHispanic students struggle to gain admis-sion to TJ.

“There is not a lot of enthusiasm for go-ing at this point. People look at the num-bers and say there is not a lot of support forme going to that school,” said John Johnson,chair of the School Board’s Minority Stu-dent Achievement Oversight Committee.

Approximately 50 private companies andtutors offer test preparation specifically forthe TJ admission exam. Since black andHispanic families are more likely to be low-income, they are less likely to have themoney to spend for a private tutor for theentrance exam, said Johnson.

Even minority and poor students whomake it past the initial screening and intothe semifinalist round may not have asstrong applications as those from affluentbackgrounds. In the final round of the TJapplication process, staff look for an indi-cation that students are interested in mathor science. And students at-risk are lesslikely to have gone to math camp or awayon a science expedition to another country.

“Those families who are financially giftedhave the means to provide more enrichmentactivities,” said Johnson.

Not enough students who are black, His-panic or poor are being prepared earlier onin their educational careers for gifted andtalented programs like TJ, said minoritystudent advocates.

The majority of Fairfax public school stu-dents who attend TJ have come throughelementary and middle school gifted andtalented centers. And of the 10,514 studentsenrolled in those elementary and middleschool gifted and talented centers, only 400are black and 438 are Hispanic, accordingto Fairfax County Public Schools.

According to Johnson, there are also 22elementary schools in Fairfax that do notoffer accelerated math. These schools tendto have larger populations of black, Hispanicand low-income students. And although stu-dents are not required to take Algebra I bythe end of seventh grade to get into TJ, 80percent of those accepted this year had doneso. Starting next fall, advanced math at thesixth grade level will be available on all el-ementary campuses, said Paul Regnier,spokesperson for the school system.

While affluent parents may have beenpreparing their children’s list of activitieswith an eye toward applying to TJ for years,many lower-income parents — includingthose who are black and Hispanic — havenot had such foresight, said AbrahamLerner, head of the diversity committee forTJ’s Parent Teacher Student Association.

“You have families who are doing every-thing that they need to do to get their chil-dren into TJ by the time they are in thirdgrade. There are other parents who arelearning about TJ for the first time whentheir children are in eighth grade,” saidLerner, who conducts outreach to the fami-lies of black and Hispanic middle schoolchildren who have high GPAs and couldmake good candidates for TJ.

In Diversity, TJ Is Low-PerformerNew admissions process has failed to increaseminority and poor student enrollment.

Sophomore Sarah Sam and freshmen Kleo Greenwood, Alan Barte andMary Kim Weidman enjoy Thomas Jefferson High School for Science andTechnology but said they wish the school had a more diverse student body.

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On Sunday evening, June 13, George C.Marshall High School junior Orla Conwayreceived the Cappie award for Featured Ac-

tress at the 11th Annual Cappies Gala at the John F.Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Conway wasgiven the award for her performance in Marshall’sproduction of “Peter Pan.”Conway’s performance was described by McLeanCappie critic Kate Marlette: “Slightly, one of the LostBoys played by Orla Conway, stood out among thecast. Her over the top reactions and huge gesturesturned her into a character that called attention whenonstage. Always bringing energy to the stage,Conway brought Slightly to life.

After the award presentation for best FeaturedActress, Conway said: “Slightly Soiled, a lost boy, isrowdy, has a slingshot and a Brooklyn accent andhe’s the craziest one. I’m amazed [with our win]; wedid ‘Peter Pan’ in November-December 2009, andthat’s a long time ago. So it makes me feel ecstatic; Ican’t even believe it.”

And the Winners Are …Orla Conway of Marshall High wins Best FeaturedActress Award, Madison and McLean High studentsalso win Cappies.

McLean High senior Julia Katz, who won theGraduating Critic awards, said: “I’m so excited. I’vebeen a critic for four years, so this is the greatestway to top it off.”

Madison High received the award for Props & Ef-fects for its production of “Singin’ in the Rain.”

“It’s surreal,” said junior Chris Foote. “This is re-ally cool. I think we won because it rained on stage.This has been an amazing experience. I’m glad theylet us be a part of this.”

“It’s so amazing,” said junior Chris Rosecrans. “We’llgive the Cappie to the Theater Department.”

“This is so great,” said senior Kristen Bouchard, ofMadison High, who won the Supporting Actress in aMusical award. “I heard how everyone else was sogood and to win is one of the greatest things that’shappened in my whole life. I’m shaking, laughingand crying. I think part of the reason I won was myvoice; every time I went on stage, I felt so great. Ihad so much fun, and I wouldn’t trade the experi-ence for anything.”

Featured Actress, Orla Conway, G.C.Marshall High School, ‘Peter Pan.’

Supporting Actress in a Musical, KristenBouchard, James Madison, ‘Singin’ inthe Rain.’

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THURSDAY/JUNE 17Fred Eaglesmith and The Ginn

Sisters. 8 p.m. Jammin’ Java, 227Maple Ave. E., Vienna.jamminjava.com.

The Glass Onion. 7:30 p.m. NottowayPark, 9537 Courthouse Road, Vienna.Beatles tribute band. Free. 703-324-7469 or www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/performances.

Artists’ Reception. 7 p.m. at McLeanProject for the Arts, McLeanCommunity Center, 1234 InglesideAve., McLean. Multi-media juriedexhibition ‘Fantastic Journeys’. Free.www.mpaart.org or 703-790-1953.

Lavender Wand Workshop. 10 a.m.Cherry Hill Farmhouse, 312 ParkAve., Falls Church. Make a lavenderwand sachet and tour the 1845farmhouse. $5. Reserve at 703-248-5171.

FRIDAY/JUNE 18Summer on the Green: Sunny

Daze. 6:30 p.m. at the Vienna TownGreen, 144 Maple Ave. E., Vienna.Bring chairs or blankets for seating.No alcoholic beverages allowed. It isrecommended that pets be left athome. 703-255-6360 orwww.viennava.gov.

Cats. 8 p.m. at Wolf Trap Foundation forthe Performing Arts, 1645 Trap Road,Vienna. $44-$245. 703-938-2404 orwww.wolftrap.org.

Struan Shields CD Release, Berrettand Harrison and Alexis Babini.6 p.m. Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave.E., Vienna. $12. jamminjava.com.

Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound. 9:30p.m. Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave.E., Vienna. $20. jamminjava.com.

“Suburban Motel.” 8 p.m. 1st Stage,1524 Spring Hill Road in TysonsCorner. A funny cycle of plays with apack of bizarre characters determinedto survive. $25 adults, $15 students.www.1stStageTysons.org/motel.

English Conversation. 10 a.m. PatrickHenry Library, 101 Maple Ave. East,Vienna. Group for non-native Englishspeakers of all levels. Adults. 703-938-0405.

NVTA 2010 One-Act Play Festival.7:30 p.m. James Lee CommunityCenter, 2855 Annandale Road, FallsChurch. $14-$35. 703-615-6626 orwww.nvtaweb.org.

Center for Ballet Arts: “SwanLake”. 7 p.m. at Oakton High SchoolTheatre, 2900 Sutton Road, Vienna.Tickets $15.

SATURDAY/JUNE 19Memories of the Korean War:

Concert & Picture Exhibition. 7p.m. at George Mason Center for the

Arts, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax. Achoral art performance inremembrance of the Korean War 60years ago. Samuel Barber’s Agnus Dei,U.S. military Songs and moreaccompanied by a full orchestra. AKorean War Picture exhibition willalso be a part of honoring andappreciating Korean War Veterans.Free for veterans; reservationsrequired. $25-$45. 240-483-5593 orclee13@hotmail.com.

Become a Pilot Family Day andAviation Display. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. atthe Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Air & SpaceCenter, 14390 Air & Space MuseumParkway, Chantilly. Explore anoutdoor aviation display withapproximately 50 visiting vintage,recreational, military, and homebuiltaircraft. Talk to pilots and find outwhat skills are needed to fly. Testyour piloting skills in flightsimulators. Story time and activitiesfor children. Free event. Parking $15.www.nasm.si.edu/becomeapilot.

Cats. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. at Wolf TrapFoundation for the Performing Arts,1645 Trap Road, Vienna. $44-$245.703-938-2404 or www.wolftrap.org.

Rocknoceros Family Happy Hour. 7p.m. Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave.E., Vienna. $10. jamminjava.com.

Box & Won and Shawn Sky. 9:30p.m. Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave.E., Vienna. $10. jamminjava.com.

“Suburban Motel.” 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.1st Stage, 1524 Spring Hill Road inTysons Corner. A funny cycle of playswith a pack of bizarre charactersdetermined to survive. $25 adults,$15 students.www.1stStageTysons.org/motel.

Fairfax County Master GardenersAssociation, Inc. 10 a.m. City ofFairfax Regional Library, 10360 NorthSt., Fairfax. Horticultural tips,techniques and advice. 703-293-6227.

Northern Virginia Country WesternDance Association. At LutherJackson Middle School, 3020 GallowsRoad, Falls Church. Line dancelessons at 7:30 p.m., couples specialtydance at 8 p.m. Open dancing 8:30-11 p.m. $5-$12. www.nvcwda.org or703-860-4941.

Woven Green. 5 p.m. Outdoors at thePalladium

Civic Place Green, 1445 Laughlin Ave.,McLean. Free. 703-288-9505.

NVTA 2010 One-Act Play Festival.7:30 p.m. James Lee CommunityCenter, 2855 Annandale Road, FallsChurch. $14-$35. 703-615-6626 orwww.nvtaweb.org.

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a.m.-3:30 p.m. at Sully Historic Site,off Air & Space Museum ParkwayEast, 1⁄4 mile north of Route 50 andfour miles south of the Dulles TollRoad in Chantilly, More than 400antique and classic vehicles, foreignand American cars, trucks andspecialty vehicles through 1976.Watch a Model T take-apartdemonstration. Face painting, music,games and a coloring contest. Livemusic by Bach to Rock, Jumpin’Jupiter and the Fairfax SymphonyDixieland Band. Admission $9 adults,$8 seniors and $6 children. Freeparking. 703-324-8662 orwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks.

Summer on the Green: Randy BarrettMama Tried - Bluegrass. 6:30 p.m. atthe Vienna Town Green, 144 MapleAve. E., Vienna. Bring chairs orblankets for seating. No alcoholicbeverages allowed. It is recommendedthat pets be left at home. 703-255-6360 or www.viennava.gov.

Cats. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. at Wolf TrapFoundation for the Performing Arts,1645 Trap Road, Vienna. $44-$245.703-938-2404 or www.wolftrap.org.

Acoustic performance by JustinCurrie and Graham Colton. 8p.m. Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave.E., Vienna. $18. jamminjava.com.

Puccini’s “La Rondine.” 3 p.m. at theMcLean Community Center, 1234Ingleside Ave., McLean. A semi-stagedperformance of one of the composerslast works, in the original Italian withprojected English surtitles. $25 adults,$15 students.www.RiverbendOpera.com.

“Suburban Motel.” 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.1st Stage, 1524 Spring Hill Road inTysons Corner. A funny cycle of playswith a pack of bizarre charactersdetermined to survive. $25 adults,$15 students.www.1stStageTysons.org/motel.

MONDAY/JUNE 21Earth, Wind & Fire. 8 p.m. at Wolf

Trap Foundation for the PerformingArts, 1645 Trap Road, Vienna. $58-$471. 703-938-2404 orwww.wolftrap.org.

Marc Capponi’s Summer SolsticeSpectacular. 7:30 p.m. Jammin’Java, 227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna. $10.jamminjava.com.

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THURSDAY/JUNE 17Chapter 227, Vietnam Veterans of

America Inc. 7:30 p.m. atNeighbor’s Restaurant, 262D CedarLane, Cedar Lane Shopping Center,Vienna. Jim Thur, Virginia’s WoundedWarrior Regional Director andVietnam War veteran, will discuss theprogram to assist Virginia militaryveterans including National Guardand reservists and the newPresumptive Eligibility for AgentOrange benefit. Free, open to thepublic. 703-255-0353 orwww.vva227.org.

Beulah Road Al-Anon Group. 7:30

p.m. at the Antioch Christian Church,1860 Beulah Road, Vienna. Practicingthe Twelve Steps, welcoming andgiving comfort to families ofalcoholics, and giving understandingand encouragement to the alcoholic.revku@cox.net.

FamilyNews Summit.com. 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at Tysons Corner Marriott,8028 Leesburg Pike, Vienna. Thissummit is designed to highlight familyliving, marriage, child development,health & fitness, investments,entrepreneurship and more. Dr. BillCosby, educator and entertainer willhost the character educationcomponent from “Fat Albert and theCosby Kids’ episodes. Free healthscreening for posture, cholesterol,glucose, vision, hearing and bodymass index available. $5 in advance,$7 at the door.

SATURDAY/JUNE 19Federal Job Application Workshop.

10 a.m. The Women’sCenter, 127 Park St. N.E., Vienna. 703-

281-2657.

TUESDAY/JUNE 22Tysons Corner Kiwanis Club

Meeting. 7:30 p.m. at George C.Marshall High School, Room 229A7731 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church.Meeting is public and Individualslooking to volunteer in theircommunity welcome.www.tysonscornerkiwanis.org.

WEDNESDAY/JUNE 23Our Daily Bread “Credit Smart”

Course. 6:30 p.m. at Chantilly HighSchool, 4201 Stringfellow Road,Room 253, Chantilly. A course FairfaxCounty-based non-profit Our DailyBread, Inc. to help participantsimprove their credit ratings and gaina better understanding of the processof buying a home. Free. Dinner andchild care provided. Register at 703-273-8829 or www.our-daily-bread.org.

THURSDAY/JUNE 24Beulah Road Al-Anon Group. 7:30

p.m. at the Antioch Christian Church,1860 Beulah Road, Vienna. Practicingthe Twelve Steps, welcoming andgiving comfort to families ofalcoholics, and giving understandingand encouragement to the alcoholic.revku@cox.net.

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Nevie Brooks (left) as Denise, Brian Razzino as Michael, and Leigh Jameson as Carol in‘Suburban Motel’ at 1st Stage in Tysons Corner. The show runs through July 3. Ticketsare available at www.1ststagetysons.org/motel.

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Father’s Day Gallery

Bill Carey of Vienna, with daughterIssie, 12, teaching Luke, 9, how tosurf in Kennebunkport, Maine, lastsummer.

Super-dad, Brian Feeney of Vienna,with children Neil, 13, and Quinn,8, demonstrates he can juggleanything.

Grandpa, Pelagio Verba fromCalifornia, took Rebecca VerbaHonigford, 4, from Vienna on aBahamas cruise.

Stan Smith of Vienna with his daughters Sarah, Hannah, Emma and Lena.

Daughter Regina, 6, and fatherRick Honigford on the way toattend the Vienna’s Girl ScoutFather Daughter Dance/Luau inMay 2010.

Rebecca, 4, with father RickHonigford on their way toRebecca’s Vienna Youth SoccerPractice in May 2010.

Joseph Varsalona and daughter Juliana openingher Christmas gift.

Kyle and Bridget, of Vienna, are exploringLuray Caverns with Dad in summer 2009.

Lee Chichester or Vienna, after completing theAvon two-day walk in honor of his late mother,poses with his two boys, Carson and Brody.

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Sports

By Rich Sanders

The Connection

Rest assured, the Madison Highgirls’ softball team’s season willnot be defined by its VirginiaState AAA championship game

showing against Lee-Davis High and itsdominant pitcher, Kelly Heinz, who tosseda perfect game, no-hitter in her team’s 3-0victory over the Warhawks last Fridayevening, June 9 at Westfield High Schoolin Chantilly.

Madison, which captured both the LibertyDistrict and Northern Region titles this sea-son, simply could not generate any offenseagainst Heinz, a softball flame thrower wholed the Confederates to a second place fin-ish in the Central Region this season. Few,if any, teams across the state would haveenjoyed success against Heinz on Friday.

The right-hander, relying exclusively onher moving fastball and pin-point accuracy,threw a fastball that Madison coach JohnSchneeberger compared to being theequivalent of a 100 miles per hour baseballfastball, taking into consideration theshorter proximity of the softball pitchingmound to home plate.

Heinz, perhaps somewhat drained, wasnot quite the same overpowering pitcher thefollowing day, when the Confederates lostto McLean, 4-2, in the state title game. Boththe semifinals and finals were played inscorching hot summertime temperatures,and perhaps that was a factor in Heinz prov-ing more mortal against the Highlanders,who racked up seven hits against her.

The state semifinals loss hardly dimin-

ished what Madison, under Schneeberger,accomplished this spring in going 26-3 over-all and winning the program’s first regioncrown since 2005. But that didn’t make theseason-ending loss any easier to take.

“It’s exciting to be here,” saidSchneeberger, of his team getting as far asthe state semifinals. “I would have liked tohave won. It’s hard for the kids to lose any-time.”

It might have been adding salt to thewound for the Warhawks when, duringpostgame handshakes between the twoteams, the public address announcer, in-formed the crowd it had witnessed statetournament history.

“Ladies and gentlemen,” said the an-nouncer. “Congratulations to Lee-DavisHigh School pitcher Kelly Heinz, who justpitched a perfect game.”

Meanwhile, a song, “Perfect Day,” playedas a backdrop.

To Madison’s credit, the Warhawk play-ers, as usual, were gracious during thehandshakes and postgame award ceremo-nies.

“Our season has really been great,” saidMadison junior pitcher Sam Brady, perhapsthe Northern Region’s best pitcher this sea-son who earlier in the postseason, in backto back region playoff outings, threw a per-fect game and a no-hitter. “There were alot of positives and it definitely was a suc-cess. We did our best.”

BRADY HAD A SOLID outing against Lee-Davis (Mechanicsville), allowing three runs(two earned) on four hits while striking outseven and walking one. But she was over-shadowed by the pitching of Heinz, whostruck out 11 and never reached a three-ball count.

Madison did come close a few times togetting base hits. Senior Stephanie Buchko,with one out in the bottom of the fourthinning, hit a line drive ball down the right

field line which the Lee-Davis right fieldermade a nice running catch on. It is not cer-tain whether the ball would have landed infair or foul territory, but it was a nice at-batby Buchko.

The following inning, with two outs,Madison senior center fielder Laura Wolflaid down a beautiful bunt and ran as hardas she could to first base, barely beingthrown out on a nice play by the thirdbaseman.

Madison shortstop Khristin Kyllo, in lead-

ing off the Warhawks’ sixth, smashed a siz-zling grounder to third base, which wasplayed well defensively for the putout. Andin Madison’s final at-bats in the seventh,leadoff batter Emily Fogel hit a ball into thehole between shortstop and third. The Lee-Davis shortstop gloved the ball and made along throw on a close out call at first.

It was just a game in which Madisoncouldn’t get on base in any way.

“I had faith in our offense, but that pitcherjust shut us down,” said Brady. “She’s defi-nitely different than anything we’ve seen.She kept us off balance. I didn’t see muchoffspeed [pitches] but she had spin on her[fastball]. We didn’t adjust.”

Wolf, Madison’s No. 6 hitter, was im-pressed.

“She was the best we’ve seen all season,”said Wolf, a team tri-captain. “She had re-ally good movement.”

Schneeberger said Heinz would likelyearn Pitcher of the Year accolades in thestate.

“She not only had the velocity, but shemoved the ball around,” he said.

Wolf said Madison has a lot to be proudof this season.

“I think we’ll look back and be pleased,”she said. “We had a lot of experienced se-nior starters and we were real consistent.It will be great to look back and say, ‘we arethe region champs.’”

Schneeberger loved the group of playerswho made up the 2010 Madison softballteam this spring.

“They worked hard and never quit,” saidthe coach, who added that Brady’s outstand-ing pitching all season long was a huge fac-tor in his team’s success. “I’m real proud ofthese girls.”

Madison’s Marvelous Softball Season EndsWarhawks shut downin state semifinals lossto Lee-Davis High.

Madison catcher Emily Fogel (shown) and battery mate pitcher SamBrady worked well together in limiting Lee-Davis’ offense to just fourhits during last Friday’s state semifinals game at Westfield.

Madison’s offense was shut down by Lee-Davis pitcher Kelly Heinz.There were several occasions, however, where the Warhawks nearlyearned base hits.

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George Marshall High has announcedthe hiring of Frank Johnson as theschool’s new girls’ volleyball head coach.Coach Johnson comes to Marshall fromSouth Lakes High where he was a var-sity assistant coach. Originally from

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A play where the music does most ofthe talking, not the actors. The instruments are not hiding below the

stage, but are in sight. The actors are knownas narrators, because they have few linesthat say a lot.

The story was about Romeo and Juliet.In the beginning of the musical story, therewas mostly Pyotr Tchaikovsky music. It wasmore joyful music because it representedwhen Romeo and Juliet meet. The narra-tors act as the characters while the instru-ments fade in and out helping to tell thestory. As the story gets tenser, the musicchoice changes too. The story makes a bigjump and goes on to Sergey Prokofiev. Themusic has a sad tone to it. In the end, themusic changes again. The music is still sad,but more of mourning. It is by Hector Berlioz.

I enjoyed all of the music that was played.I am not sure of the name of my favoritesong, but it is a very well known song. Ihave heard it in a lot of movies, usuallywhen a big monster is walking in. It wasmy favorite song because it made my imagi-nation feel like I was right there whereRomeo and Juliet had been. The songsplayed where all classical songs. At the be-ginning of the concert, the director told usthat the three musicians in the concert wererarely ever put together. The level of per-formers was advanced. It was advancedbecause it was mostly adults who have beenplaying since they were kids. The instru-ments used in the performance went fromstrings, to woodwind, and brass and otherinstruments. I heard a lot of dynamics inthe songs. Also, the way the strings wouldstaccato (pluck) was amazing because itsounded like jumping.

I think the performance was amazing. Iwould definitely recommend it to a friend.I would recommend it because it was a newway to see a concert. It would have the nar-rators start it and the music tells the rest ofthe story. I really noticed that the narratorsweren’t moving like in a regular play. Theyjust acted with their tone of voice and fa-cial expression. The narrators also stood ona balcony high above the orchestra.

I felt really moved by how hard they allhad worked. I was also starting to thinkduring the concert that all instruments arealike. The voice has all the same thing thata violin has. If the voice is off key, it needsto be tuned just like a violin. I imaginedwhen singing, legato is like moving the bowreally slowly and smoothly across thestrings. It was the best orchestra concert Ihave been to. I really liked it and I want togo to another one of their concerts. It is oneof the first musical concerts I have been towhere the musicians really got in to theirmusic and put heart into it.

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A little perspective goes a long way, and sotoo does an unexpected stage IV lung cancerdiagnosis affect a life-long non-smoker at age54; and so my perspective has changed (as in,“There are no atheists in foxholes,” a quotemost often attributed to World War II journal-ist, Ernie Pyle), evolved you might say,matured even, and now I’m redrawing someof those lines. I’m certainly not on the frontlines, it’s more of a rear guard-type action. I’mnot addressing and/or stamping those enve-lopes or calling prospective donors over thephone, nor am I soliciting in public. I’m sim-ply contributing, financially, more frequentlythan I have in the past. (That’s not sayingmuch, but it is saying something.) On the onehand, I figure it’s not too late. On the other, Ifigure, given my prognosis, it’s now or never. Idon’t think I’m making a Faustian-type deal,but neither do I know for sure that unselfishacts made in the face of death won’t result insome kind of positive feedback down the line(under the line? up the line? across the line?).Still, I’m a long way from committing myself toa potential spiritual-type purity that might, infact, alter the course (or is that curse?) of thatfuture line. Nevertheless, I’d rather be safethan sorry, or at least think I’m being safe somaybe I won’t be sorry. But who knows,really?

So yes, I suppose there is an ulteriormotive. Now, whether a few dollars spreadaround (by me) to those less fortunate than I(cancer issues not-always-withstanding,although likely underlying every decision Inow make; subconsciously probably, con-sciously definitely) and/or contributing tomore charitable endeavors (other than myself)won’t likely help me in this life, I can’t seehow it would hurt, either. Nor am I countingchickens or hatching a plan. I’m simply tryingto consider the bigger picture.

It’s not like I’m donating all my worldlypossessions or going on a pilgrimage to thePromised Land to find the true meaning of life– and death. I’m still living my normal (rel-atively speaking for a cancer patient receivingchemotherapy every three weeks) life, but try-ing to work into that “normal” life more dosand less don’ts, and to be more sensitive tothose who have not rather than to those whohave a lot.

I wouldn’t say this benevolence hit merecently. I would say it’s been a gradual year-or-so ago awakening, having hit me on Feb.27, 2009, when my internal medicine doctorfirst called me with the results of my biopsy.The “m” word has a way of sharpening yourfocus and maybe even redefining your valuesa bit.

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Alexander McPherson Burner hasgraduated with a bachelor of arts in eco-nomics from Hampden-Sydney College. Heis the son of Dr. and Mrs. William L. BurnerIII of Vienna, and is a graduate of JamesMadison High School.

Katherine Saavedra of Vienna hasgraduated with a bachelor of science in bi-ology from Providence College of Provi-dence, R.I.

Cadet Nicholas McCormick has beeninducted into the Spanish National HonorSociety and the National English HonorSociety at Randolph-Macon Academy ofFront Royal. The sophomore is the son ofMichael and Gabrielle McCormick.

Rebecca Henry of Vienna has gradu-ated with dual degrees, a bachelor of artsin music and a bachelor of arts in medievalstudies from Rice University of Houston, Tx.

Stephanie Chen of Vienna has gradu-ated with a bachelor of arts in mathematicsand psychology from Rice University ofHouston, Tx.

Elizabeth M. Bernat of Vienna hasgraduated magna cum laude with a bach-elor of science in mathematics from the Uni-versity of Mary Washington. Bernat receivedDepartmental Honors in mathematics.

Patrick K. Love of Vienna has gradu-ated cum laude with a bachelor of sciencein psychology from the University of MaryWashington. Love received DepartmentalHonors in psychology.

Oakton residents Jeffrey Ostendorff(B.A., art) and Devon Richardson (B.S.,nursing/2nd degree) have graduated fromMarymount University of Arlington.

These Vienna residents have graduatedfrom Marymount University of Arlington:Abdullah Abotaleb (B.A. in liberal stud-ies), Mazen Alasad (B.S. in informationtechnology), Yazeed Aldosari (B.S. in in-formation systems), Safa Almustafa (M.Sin health care management), MoroojAlwazir (B.A. in business administration),Caroline Autry (B.A. in fashion merchan-dising), Spencer Ball (B.A. in History),Fiona Barry (B.A. in business administra-tion), Alexandra Bernier (B.S. in Nurs-ing), Carla Bitterman (M.Ed. in elemen-tary education), Ashley Carney (B.A. inliberal studies) and Samuel Dabbs (M.S.in management).

The following Vienna residents havegraduated from Marymount University ofArlington: Hallah Dakhil (B.A. in busi-ness administration), Ahmad Emam (B.S.in computer information systems), JoshuaMacNabb (cum laude, B.A. in history),Richard Manzer (M.S. in informationtechnology), Gisele Murad (B.S. in biol-ogy), Jennifer Porter (M.Ed. in elemen-tary education), Rosalita Santiago(M.Ed. in elementary education), Shahin

Sharifi (M.B.A.), Jennifer Taylor (B.A.in History), Christopher Tearno (B.S. innursing, 2nd degree) and CourtneyTrowbridge (M.Ed. in elementary educa-tion).

Ellen Jean Chapin of Vienna hasearned a Jefferson Scholarship to the Uni-versity of Virginia. Jefferson Scholarshiprecipients receive stipends for the completecost of attending the University for fouryears, including tuition, room and board,books and other University-related ex-penses, as well as leadership training pro-grams and foreign travel or study. Chapinis the daughter of Douglas and MartyChapin, and a graduate of George C.Marshall High School. Chapin is a NationalMerit Commended Scholar, a member of theNational Honor Society and the Math,French, and English Honor Societies. Shereceived the Frederick Douglas and SusanB. Anthony Outstanding Student in the Hu-manities & Social Science Award given byMarshall’s history department in conjunc-tion with the University of Rochester, anacademic letter all four years of high schooland Marshall’s Statesmen of the 21st Cen-tury Award. Chapin also coordinated“Chanx for Haiti,” a variety show where allprofits were sent to assist Haiti.

The following Vienna residents havegraduated from the University of MaryWashington: Allison Brooke Crerie(cum laude with a B.A. in English), Bran-don P. Altmann (B.S. in business admin-istration), Christopher Lee Erdwins(B.S. in economics), Emily KrausRatzenberger (M.S. in elementary edu-cation), James Spenser Fitzella (B.S.in business administration), Lauren E.Bates (B.S. degree, psychology), MichaelAlexander Gionfriddo (B.A. in classicalcivilization), Michelle Janine Rother(with distinction with a B.A. in theatre),Nicole Marie Barrea (M.S. in elemen-tary education), Ruth Kavita Dhanaraj(B.S. in business administration), Sarah R.Bosworth (M.S. in elementary education)and Varin Zimmermann (magna cumlaude with a B.S. in biology)

The following Oakton residents havegraduated from the University of MaryWashington: Ainsley Erin Hilburn (M.S.degree, elementary education), Erin Lind-say Keeler (cum laude with a B.A. in in-ternational affairs), Jessica Anne Wrenn(cum laude with a B.A. in international af-fairs) and Mary Kathryn Wagoner (cumlaude with a B.A. in political science)

Kathryn A. Britton of Oakton hasgraduated with a bachelor of arts in politi-cal science at Bucknell University ofLewisburg, Pa. She was also named to thespring 2010 dean’s list. She is the daugh-ter of Richard and Christine Britton and a2006 graduate of Oakton High School.

Daniel W. Markwalter of Vienna hasbeen named to the spring 2010 dean’s listat Bucknell University of Lewisburg, Pa.Markwalter is the son of Brian and HollandMarkwalter and a 2009 graduate of Tho-mas Jefferson High School.

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By Donna Manz

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One day last week, thestudents of Our Ladyof Good Counseltoured the world.

The Vienna school conducted itsfirst school-wide International Dayand, for the all-day event, the stu-dents created exhibits, Power Pointpresentations and crafts. Manydressed in ethnic dress. Their par-ents prepared food from easternEurope, western Europe, SouthAmerica, Central America andAsia, and points in-between.

“We’re living in a global society,”said OLGC principal Austin Poole,a native of England. “The kids

have to be tolerant of each otherand also of other nations and cul-tures.”

Spanish teacher Marivi Mata ofCosta Rica transformed an earlierversion of a fifth-grade interna-tional studies project into the all-grade global adventure. “Ourschool has representation fromalmost all parts of the world,” saidMata. “Ireland and the Philippinesare most represented.” Thirty-sixcountries were represented over-all, with input from teaching staff.

EACH STUDENT answered aquestionnaire, “What I learnedabout the world today.”

“We try to highlight what peoplefrom that country would like other

people to know,” Mata said.What OLGC parent Yvette

Davila of Panama would like otherpeople to know is the location ofPanama and the importance of itslocation, particularly as it pertainsto the construction of the PanamaCanal.

Chile, said Regina Benico, a Bra-zilian married to a Chilean, pro-duces great wine and has the dri-est desert in the world.

“Chile is not a little island,” saidChilean-born Rodrigo Hurtado,Benico’s fourth-grade son. “Youcan be where you want to be. It’svery beautiful. The sky is usuallyvery blue.”

Fifth-grader Molly Cox, adoptedfrom China, learned that Chinahas a Great Wall and that PopeJohn Paul II was born in Poland.

The seventh-graders in ElaineLockard’s homeroom went all-outfor the classroom’s Germany focus.

Each classroom featured one ormore countries. Students createdartwork and crafts, and preparedinformation on the nations forother classes to learn. Teacherschose the countries their studentsconcentrated on. Classes followeda rotation, each class visiting all

the classroom displays.International Day closed with a

parade of students in native dress,

All-day school-wide project high-lights diverse cultures.

OLGC Goes International

First-grader Lily Supernorsaid she learned that‘French people eat crois-sants every day.’

Rodrigo Hurtado, who grewup in Chile, said the coun-try is very beautiful and thesky is usually very blue. Hismother, Brazilian ReginaBenico, contributed nutsweets to the buffet, as wellas her time volunteering.

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followed by a cultural show ofsong and dance taught by parentvolunteers.

FIRST-GRADER Lily Supernor,wearing a Lithuanian dress and aFrench beret, said she learned that

“Lithuania has a pretty flag and thepeople wear nice clothes, includinga babushka.” Lily has a Lithuanianheritage, and her mother, Pat, maderugelach for the lunch buffet. Lilyrecalled learning a thing or twoabout France. “French people eatcroissants every day.”

International Day was meant tocelebrate diversity and expose stu-dents to different expressions ofculture within ethnic back-grounds. The children who de-scribed their new knowledge ac-complished much of the purposeof the activities.

Molly Cox, adopted fromChina, wears traditionalChinese dress.

Barbara DiTullio of Austria,Regina Benico of Brazil,Marivi Mata of Costa Rica,and Yvette Davila ofPanama show off theirethnic attire.

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Nick Delgado, whosemother comes from Ger-many, and Fernando Matawho attended a Germanschool while living in CostaRica, both said theylearned a lot about dividedGermany and the BerlinWall. Their homeroomteacher, Frau ElaineLockard, comes from Ger-many.

Cultures Meet at Vienna School

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