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Parents wait for their children while they ride a miniature Ferris Wheelduring the McLean Day festivities on Saturday.

NewsMcLean Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic

703-917-6428 or [email protected]

By Abigail Albright

The Connection

Amid the joyful screams andcommotion that surroundsthe annual McLean Day, thecommunity took a break to

recognize two teens.The McLean Citi-

zens Association pre-sented SarahMendelsohn, a jun-ior at Langley HighSchool, and ChloeYazdini, a senior atMcLean HighSchool, with theTeen CharacterAward on Saturday.

Mendelsohn hasspent almost everySaturday of the past two years volunteer-ing at Spirit Open Equestrian, a thera-peutic riding center.

She has worked with special needs chil-dren, teens and adults.

“I started horseback riding prior to vol-unteering and I saw how good work be-ing done was helpful to the people who

needed it,” Mendelsohn said. “It helpedgive them confidence, so I wanted to helpout.”

Yazdani has spent her free time volun-teering for at least two hours a week atthe Lewinsville Senior Center. Sheteaches Spanish and computer classesand helps out in various areas of the cen-ter.

“I like working with the seniors group,and I always feel really at ease and com-fortable working with them, and I thinka lot of people tend to forget about theelderly,” Yazdani said.

AWARD PRESENTERS SupervisorJohn Foust (D-Dranesville), School BoardMember Janie Strauss (Dranesville) andRob Jackson, president of the McLean

Citizens Associationpraised the teens fortheir efforts.

“These are youngpeople who havedone this on theirown,” Strauss said.“This is their volun-teering not becauseit was required for aschool credit orproject, they’re do-ing this because they

want to give of themselves to the com-munity to help other people. That’s oneof the reasons this award was founded,to encourage kids to step forward anddo what’s right to give back to the com-munity and these kids have done it beau

Supervisor John Foust (D-Dranesville); award recipient ChloeYazdani, a senior at Langley High School; Rob Jackson, McLeanCitizens Association president; award recipient Sarah Mendelsohn,a junior at McLean High School; and School Board member JanieStrauss (Dranesville) after the presentation of the Teen CharacterAwards at Saturday’s annual McLean Day.

Two Teens HonoredSarah Mendelsohnand Chloe Yazdinireceive CharacterAward for theircharitable work.

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Noah Schneier, 7, of McLean, triesto win a goldfish while attendingMcLean Day celebrations with hisparents on Saturday morning.

Naomi McDonald, Tegist Brook andAndrew Visocan, all of McLean,ride the Pharoah’s Fury on Satur-day morning in McLean whileenjoying the festivities of theannual McLean Day festivities.

Visitors to the annual McLean Day event on Saturday enjoyed perfor-mances from a variety of musical, dance and other performance groups.

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“These kids are doingit all on their own justout of the goodnessof their hearts and weapplaud them.”

— Janie Strauss

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By Mike DiCicco

The Connection

Melanie Coates has a rising kindergartenerwho will attend

Haycock Elementary. By the timehe moves on to middle school,renovations of the old and over-crowded school still may not becompleted.

Coates and a roomful of otherHaycock parents, faculty and stu-dents were told at a meeting Mon-day night that the school shouldbreak ground on a major renova-tion in 2014, and a six-classroommodular building would containovercrowding in the interim years.

“By the time [the renovation]finishes, he’ll be long-gone,” shesaid of her son. She noted that noother elementary school in thecounty had more trailers thanHaycock, which has 13, and thathardly time was available to teachcooking classes in the cafeteriabecause it was so small that lunchshifts run through much of theschool day.

“I understand yourhands are somewhattied, but we need somehelp here,” said Coates,to school officials. She wonderedif any creative solutions, such asraising private money, might atleast get the school a 10-roommodular building.

Haycock’s PTA has been pushingfor a renovation for years. Theschool is 55-years old and 169 stu-dents over capacity and has neverhad a major renovation. When theschool system’s Capitol Improve-ment Plan (CIP) that came out in2008 didn’t include Haycock, thePTA stormed a School Board meet-ing, but to no avail. Recently, whenthe next school bond referendumwas announced and includednearby Spring Hill Elementary,which is not overcrowded, but notHaycock, parents demanded an-swers.

Monday’s meeting was theschool’s second in as many weekswith School Board member JanieStrauss (Dranesville), who alsobrought planning staff and at-largeSchool Board member Jim Raney.

Strauss explained that theSpring Hill project was not a reno-vation but an expansion due toprojected overcrowding. No actual

renovation, which is what Haycockneeds, was planned this year be-cause the budget outlook was sogrim, she said. “If we hadn’t beenin the midst of an economic col-lapse, you would have seen a verydifferent CIP.”

Dean Tistadt, head of the schoolsystem’s Department of Facilitiesand Transportation Services, as-sured the skeptical crowd that theschool would appear on the nextCIP, to be part of the 2011 bondreferendum, with constructionlikely to begin in 2014. “I don’t seeany way, shape or form that youwouldn’t be on the CIP,” he said,noting that other officials mayhave made that promise before,but he had not. With the recent

drop in construction costs, Tistadthoped that a number of schoolscould get their projects underwaya year earlier than expected.

“I would never argue with thiscommunity that your schoolshouldn’t be renovated andshouldn’t be renovated today. Itshould,” Tistadt said, noting thatmoney was tight and the schoolshad been caught off guard by adrop in out-migration that begantwo years ago, about the time thehousing market began to slide.Enrollment in the county schoolshas risen by 5,000 students sincethen, with no sign of slowing.

Members of the school’s StudentCouncil Association (SCA) pre-sented school officials with a peti-tion signed by more than 200 stu-dents that called for renovations.“The students have been com-plaining,” said sixth-grader andSCA President Maddie Zug, notingthat officials could show slides allday long without alleviating theimpacts of overcrowding on thestudents. “They care about it andthey want something to happen.”

As for the six-room modular

building, Tistadt said, “I am not yetpersuaded, frankly, that we needto do a 10-room modular.” He saidthe county had a six-room and a10-room modular building thatcould be moved this summer, andhe was sending the 10-room build-ing to Riverside Elementary in theRoute 1 corridor, where there wasa pervasive need for space for spe-cial-needs students. He said themost recent study did not show aneed for 10 more rooms atHaycock and that the six-roombuilding would do just as much toaddress the most frequent com-plaint he had heard — a lack ofbathrooms.

“If I’m wrong a year from nowand I have to add to the modular,

I’ll add to the modular,”he said.

When a parent men-tioned that a 10-roommodular building at

Churchill Road Elementary wasunder capacity, Tistadt promisedto look into the matter.

He suggested that the schoolform a small working committeeto meet with him and school plan-ning staff to learn more about howenrollments are projected andschools selected for improve-ments.

Tistadt emphasized that theschool would not be on a the shortlist for renovation if Strauss hadn’tpushed last year for its needs tobe examined.

Because of the resulting engi-neering study, Strauss said,Haycock had jumped ahead of 33schools.

After the meeting, PTA VicePresident Alison Senold said shetrusted Tistadt but that the schoolhad been told too many times byother people that it was about tobe included in the CIP. “I don’t feelthat optimistic,” she said, addingthat she was “very disappointed”that the school could not even getfour rooms added to the comingmodular. “I think that’s a prettybitter pill to swallow.”

Haycock Elementary Looks for Relief

Photo by Mike DiCicco/The Connection

From left, Haycock SCA members Maddie Zug, AllisonMeakam, Ross Dempsey and Madison Hauser present astudent petition calling for renovations, as PTA VicePresident Alison Senold stands by.

PTA at old,overcrowded,un-renovatedschool demandsanswers.

“I don’t feel that optimistic.”— Alison Senold, Haycock PTA vice president

Burglar Nabbed by Police K-9Fairfax County Police officers arrested a man for burglary fol-

lowing an extensive search. On Monday, May 18 at approxi-mately 11:15 a.m., the homeowner, a 46-year-old woman, re-turned home to the 7200 block of Churchill Road and found anunknown vehicle in the driveway. As she approached her home,she saw two men running from the rear of the house. She calledpolice who responded quickly. A patrol officer was able to brieflypursue the suspects, but lost sight of them. A perimeter wasestablished while other officers, the helicopter and several K-9teams, to include a blood hound, searched the area. Approxi-mately two hours later, one suspect was found hiding in thebushes of a nearby home. He was taken into custody withoutincident. The second suspect has not been located and the in-vestigation continues. The victim was not injured.

An 18-year-old Arlington man was detained and charges arepending.

Detectives are still looking for one suspect described as a His-panic man in his late teens. He was wearing a dark, windbreakerjacket.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Solversby phone at 1-866-411-TIPS/8477, e-mail atwww.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org or text “TIP187” plus your mes-sage to CRIMES/274637 or call Fairfax County Police at 703-691-2131.

Robbery at 7-Eleven StoreThree men entered a 7-Eleven Store on Old Gallows Road

and took cigarettes and cash. A 33-year-old male clerk was stand-ing by the register on Monday, May 18. At about 3:50 a.m.,three men, each armed with a handgun, entered the store. Theyordered the victim to open the register. The victim compliedand was not injured.

The suspects fled after taking an undisclosed amount of cashand cigarettes.

The suspects were described as one white male and two blackmales.

All were approximately 5 feet 8 inches tall and 170 pounds.They were wearing all black clothing and black ski masks.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Solversby phone at 1-866-411-TIPS/8477, e-mail atwww.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org or text “TIP187” plus your mes-sage to CRIMES/274637 or call Fairfax County Police at 703-691-2131.

MCF Named Non-Profitof the Year

The McLean Citizens Foundation (MCF), charitable arm ofthe McLean Citizens Association, received the Greater McLeanChamber of Commerce 2009 Non-Profit Organization of the YearAward.

MCF is a 501 (c)(3) community foundation and for more than28 years has been making grants to projects that have a lastingbenefit to McLean residents and surroundings. “We’re very ex-cited that the Foundation has been recognized by the Chamberfor its work in the community,” said MCF Trustee Trish Butler.

The Foundation is closing in on its $1 million mark in fundingto local organizations. Some recent grant recipients include theMcLean Volunteer Fire Department, Fairfax Trails and Streams,Capitol Hospice, Churchill Elementary School and SHARE, Inc.

The MCF Web site [www.mcleancitizensfoundation.org] listsa history of grants made to the community. Not-for-profit orga-nizations in the McLean Planning District are encouraged to goto the site for grant policy guidelines and the application form.

Grant applications are reviewed three times a year. The nextdeadline for grant applications is June 1.

Individuals and businesses can support the work of the McLeanCitizens Foundation by making tax deductible contributions toMCF, P.O. Box 75, McLean, VA 22101.

For more information on the GMCC awards or to register forthe award ceremony on June 24, go to http://www.mcleanchamber.org/calendar_day.asp?date=6/24/2009.

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McLean Citizens Association President RobJackson announced

earlier this month that he wouldrun for a third term as the head ofthe organization. As far back asanyone can remember, he said, nopresident of the 95-year-oldMcLean Citizens Association(MCA) has kept the position formore than two years.

Although the MCA bylaws donot stipulate a term limit, Jacksonsaid, “It has been tradition that thepresident serves up to two years.”He said turnover among thegroup’s leadership helped to in-volve different parts of the com-munity.

However, as the time neared toformalize a slate of candidates fornext year’s MCA governing board,no one stepped up to take over aspresident. “With all the big issues,it’s a pretty steep learning curve,even for people who have been

involved,” Jackson said, notingthat keeping track of and weigh-ing in on projects in the area, es-pecially the Tysons Corner rede-velopment, required a grasp ofmany intricate issues. Also, hesaid, “It’s mind-boggling howmuch work it is.”

Nonetheless, he said a couple ofmembers had expressed interest inrunning but then found themselvesin job situations that could get inthe way of presidential duties.

Jackson said he had consultedwith a number of members andpast presidents before deciding tobreak with tradition and runagain. All were amenable to theidea, and many encouraged him,he said.

He said the nature of the workmade him willing to keep the jobfor another year. “It’s been themost fulfilling thing I’ve done inthe last 10, 15 years,” he said, add-ing that he enjoyed working with“wonderful people” and making adifference in his community.

“I wanted to do what’s necessaryto help the organization and thecommunity but not to upset theapple cart,” Jackson said.

— Mike DiCicco

Jackson Runs for Third TermMCA presidentstays on, in breakwith tradition.

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“It’s been the mostfulfilling thing I’vedone in the last 10,15 years.”

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Deutsch, now a student at theLongfellow Middle School, saidthat Wilson never raised her voiceonce and was the most patientteacher she has ever had.

“Whenever we didn’t get some-thing, she’d help us along until wegot it, she’s so patient,” Hannahsaid. “And she let us do our ownchoreography for the puppet show,which was really cool.”

Chesterbrook Elementary prin-cipal Bob Fuqua said that Wilsonteaches not only her students butalso the community by example.

“She lives exactly what sheteaches,” he said. “She looks ateverybody’s gifts and is not look-ing for anything else. It is a trulyexceptional person who can dothat. The 18 years of this show isjust a little part of what she’s doneto develop their talents and givethem something to move on intothe world.”

One of Wilson’s current stu-dents, Daniel Arnold, was one ofthe narrators of the show, and hefollowed in the footsteps of his sis-

ter and brother, who were alsonarrators. Both were at the lastperformance to show their supportfor Wilson and their brother.

“Mrs. Wilson is really funny andshe knows how to connect withanyone,” said Allie Arnold,Daniel’s older sister, who is in theseventh grade at LongfellowMiddle School.

LAST YEAR, Wilson asked herclass and Chesterbrook to partnerwith a school in Guatemala. Theschool, Escuela Caracol, wasstarted by Wilson’s son Joshua andhis wife Courtney. Everyone tookon the partnership with more en-thusiasm than Wilson had everexpected.

“We gave the kids seeds packetsas we were ‘planting the seeds’ tohelp Escuela Caracol, and they allwent home and planted their littlegardens,” Wilson said. “Nowthey’re raising all the money theycan, and giving it to the school. Ieven have kids baking bread to sellto raise money for the school,these are 7-year-olds.”

“We’re learning about friendshipand the whole class is our family,”said Jessi Ende, one of Wilson’scurrent students. “I’m going tomiss Mrs. Wilson very much.”

Many of these goals areachieved through puppetry. Wilsonsaid that it is an art form that in-corporates academic and artisticdisciplines, and the children seemto respond to it.

“She’s just an amazing person.She expects a lot out of you and

Daniel Soberman smiles with his teacher SuzanneWilson on Friday after the last puppet show. The classpresented Wilson with a bouquet of their traced handsby which to remember them.

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— Rachel Deutsch

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By Abigail Albright

The Connection

Friday, May 15 marked thelast performance of an18-year-long tradition ofpuppet shows in McLean.

Suzanne Wilson is retiring fromChesterbrook Elementary School,where she has taught the secondgrade for 18 years. At the end ofevery one of those years, her classhas put on professional level pup-pet show, something that has be-come a tradition to the schoolcommunity.

The final show was called“Hands Up!” and celebrated thestudents, parents and school withhands up.

“It’s not learning by seeing, it’slearning by doing,” said RachelDeutsch of Wilson’s teaching style.Two of Deutsch’s children were inWilson’s class, and the puppetshow.

“She has them do these poetrybooks,” Deutsch said. “I rememberwhen both my kids brought themhome, and they were bound booksand they would say, ‘Look mommy,I made a book’ and it was theirown poems in there. I’ll have thosefor the rest of my life. That’s whatshe does. It’s not ‘let’s study po-etry,’ it’s ‘let’s make the book, let’swrite it and let’s be the poet.’”

DURING WILSON’S TIME atChesterbrook Elementary, she hastouched the lives of countless stu-dents, parents and teachers. Afterthe last puppet show, studentswere running to her, trying to gether attention, show her somethingand she listens to them all. Shethen said, “Most of these kidsaren’t even mine. They go to theschool, but they’re not in myclass.”

Wilson said one of her chiefgoals over the years has been toprepare her students not only aca-demically, but to be good peoplein the world and help them de-velop their individual talents.

“She sees a star in every kid andshe gets them to achieve their bestand to love life, love learning, loveschool and respect each other,”Deutsch said. “She does it all witha kind heart and a caring soul.”

Beloved ChesterbrookElementary Schoolteacher retires.

Curtain Closes onPuppet Show Tradition

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Miriam McGuireLoughery, 90,Dies

Miriam “Mickey” McGuireLoughery, a resident of McLean for53 years, died April 24 of compli-cations from a stroke at age 90.

She was married to thelate Richard MillerLoughery, former adminis-trator and CEO of Washing-ton Hospital Center, whodied in 1996. They were marriedin 1943 and moved to the FairfaxCounty area in 1953.

Miriam Loughery is survived by

four children: Suzanne L. Gabbertof Ashburn; Cynthia Mitchell(Patrick) of Seattle, Wash.; Rich-ard McGuire Loughery (Phyllis) ofOak Hill; and Michelle Moss(Steve) of Indianapolis, Ind. Thematriarch of a large, extendedIrish family, Miriam Lougheryleaves 11 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; seven nieces and

nephews; five great- niecesand nephews; one great-great nephew; and a hostof cousins.

A native of Knoxville, Tenn.,Miriam Loughery is preceded indeath by her parents, KatherineKennedy McGuire and Thomas J.McGuire, an immigrant from

County Donegal in Ireland; two sis-ters, Catherine Gibney (Laurence)of Knoxville, and Charlotte Miller(Ted) of Minneapolis, Minn.

She was a member of St. Luke’sCatholic Church in McLean andthe McLean Garden Club.

Miriam Loughery was a gradu-ate of the University of Tennesseeand a lifelong, devoted fan of theuniversity’s football team. A homeeconomics major, following hergraduation, she taught high schoolin Edinburgh, Ind., where she mether husband.

A memorial service took placeat the Old Brogue Inn in GreatFalls. Burial was in Knoxville,Tenn.

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General Assembly, we passed sev-eral bills to help our active mili-tary and our veterans cope withthe stresses of combat and thecompeting demands of “normalcy”in civilian life. Each of these mea-sures passed with broad bipartisansupport.

One important bill (HB 1727)establishes an Interstate Compacton Educational Opportunity for

Opinion

By Margi Vanderhye

State Delegate (D-34)

Each year as Memorial Dayapproaches, a wave of nostalgia washes over me as I

remember my hometown’s annualparade, our special tribute ceremo-nies and a big family cookout withgrandparents and cousins that fea-tured root beer floats and flag pin-wheels. Yet every year, the celebra-tion had an undertone of poignantrecollection: All the men at thefamily gathering had experiencedcombat and had lost comrades; allthe women had known sacrificeand uncertainty and grief. We“Baby Boomer” kids learned earlythat the real purpose of the Me-morial Day was to honor the fallenthat gave their lives to protect ourfreedom.

During this past session of the

Military Children. The compact isdesigned to remove barriers toeducational success imposed onmilitary families because of fre-quent moves and deployments oftheir parents.

I co-sponsored a bill to stream-line the process of preparing vet-erans’ disability claims (HB1732).Another important bill (HB2279)will ensure that benefit claims as-sistance is provided to veterans ona regular basis at locations otherthan established service offices —a great way to access and expe-dite assistance to our Virginia vet-erans.

We also passed a constitutionalamendment (HJ 648) to exemptfrom taxation the real propertythat is the principal residence of aveteran (or widow or widower ofa veteran) if the veteran has beendetermined to have a 100 percentpermanent service-connected dis-ability. To amend our Virginia con-stitution, this resolution will haveto be passed again in the 2010 leg-islative session before voters see

it on a ballot.Here in McLean, we have a won-

derful non-profit organizationcalled “Our Military Kids” that pro-vides support to the children ofNational Guard and Reserve per-sonnel who are deployed or weregrievously wounded in Iraq or Af-ghanistan. This nationally recog-nized program can always usemore volunteers and assistance. Tolearn more, see their Web site atwww.ourmilitarykids.org.

Through the passage of laws andby the donations of our time andtalent, we can all make a differ-ence in the lives of our militaryfamilies. Today, the best way tohonor the sacrifices of ourcountry’s countless fallen heroesis to make life better for the quietheroes still among us. This Memo-rial Day, we have several opportu-nities to attend patriotic programsin McLean and Great Falls. Regard-less of the activities we choose tomark the day, let’s take a momentto remember why we are celebrat-ing and offer thanks.

Honoring Quiet Heroes Among UsMemorial Day,past and present.

In January, a biopsy of a lumpI discovered in my breast re-vealed that I had an early butaggressive breast cancer.

In February, I had surgery to re-move the tumor, and in March, Ibegan chemotherapy.

Saturday, May 15, I opened myenvelope from the Susan G.Komen Race for the Cure, pullingout a pink T-shirt that reads, “Ibelieve … I hope … I am a survi-vor.” Unfolding that message —about me for the first time — wasjolting and emotional.

I’m now more than halfwaythrough my chemotherapy treat-ments (and bald). In July, I’ll be-gin radiation for six weeks plus alittle.

I have long defined myself as apathological optimist (note, still inthe newspaper business). I’ve beenupbeat through my treatment sofar, able to work and walk, if a bitmore slowly. It might seem like alot at once — breast cancer, localrecession, downturn in newspaperrevenues — but I remain firmlyoptimistic on all fronts.

Because of the paths of millionsof women before me, because ofefforts for early detection, becauseof the research funded by Komenfor the Cure and others, becauseof the efforts of thousands of sci-entists, by Labor Day my cancercould be behind me for good.

There is no good news when youare diagnosed with cancer. Butthere are successful, targetedtreatments for many kinds ofbreast cancer; if detected early, itis among the most treatable can-cers.

It takes more than money toensure that women are in the bestpossible position to discover anybreast cancer early on — it takesthe kind of awareness that comeswith 50,000 people coming to-gether to run a 5K race, it takeseducation, it takes energy, timeand effort.

On June 6, I plan, along withfriends and family, to walk on theNational Mall with 50,000 or soothers in the Race for the Cure.

I encourage you to join the Racefor the Cure; there is still time toregister and take part in the 5K it-self. There are many ways to par-ticipate, including walking, run-ning, and even a “Sleep in for theCure” option (you still get a T-shirt).

But most of all, I urge thewomen reading this to be sure thatthey are taking care of themselves,for everyone reading this to be

sure the women in their lives areas well.

Early detection is the key, and Ioffer you no excuses. There is nohistory of breast cancer in my fam-ily. My mammogram five monthsbefore I found this lump was clear.Breast cancer is detected early byself-exams, by doctor exams andby mammograms. Be sure youshow up for all of the above onyour own behalf.

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Mary Kimm, pictured here with daughter, Emma KimmDixon, 21, and son, Colin Kimm Dixon, 26, at Emma’sMay 9 graduation from Earlham College.

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The French Connection Exhibit, at the HermitageDesign & Gallery, is offer-

ing the McLean community an op-portunity to experience the workof two Persian-raised and French-inspired artists.

Over 30 years ago, featured art-ists Leili Mohseni and SoheilaNiknam were classmates of MehriHosseini, the owner of HermitageDesign & Gallery in McLean, at theUniversity of Tehran. The threehave kept in touch ever since.

“I try to bring international art-ists here, to give an opportunityfor people in McLean to see theinternational flavor,” Hosseinisaid. “It is completely different. Itis not something you see in a regu-lar gallery.”

Don and Gloria Misner ofMcLean said they enjoyed the ex-hibit and had visited past showsat the gallery.

“It’s very interesting,” GloriaMisner said. “It’s a little differentfrom things we have seen here be-fore.”

Misners said they were thankfulto Hosseini for bringing different

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her in the area, with a master’s infine art from the University ofTehran,” Don Misner said.

Hosseini said that upon gradua-tion from the University of TehranMohseni and Niknam receivedscholarships to Paris to study art.They both married Frenchmen, are

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“I wanted to present somethingthat is not easy to find,” Hosseinisaid. “Everybody doesn’t have thechance to go around the word andsee the different places and meetthe different artists and this is areally great opportunity.”

Mila Rehfield of Falls Churchsaid that she found out about theexhibit through friends and thatshe enjoyed many of the pieces.

“The art is very nice,” said EllenCrowder of Alexandria. “It’s abeautiful setting with the combi-nation of the art and the gallery.Rather than just having stark wallslike a lot of galleries do, it’s kindof a home-like setting.”

Although they speak very littleEnglish, Mohseni and Niknam wereappreciative of the support and re-action of the community.

“I enjoy it, I like the way theypaint,” said Jaleh Nourbaksh ofBethesda. “They put their feelings,their thoughts and their own imageinto the paintings.” The gallery wel-comed the artists with an openingreception on May 15, and the ex-hibit will run until May 30. Admis-sion is free to the public and theartists’ works are for sale.

French-Inspired Persian Artists Come to McLeanLeili Mohseni,Soheila Niknamdisplay their artat the HermitageDesign & Gallery.

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Featured artists Leili Mohseni and Soheila Niknam talkwith longtime friend and gallery owner Mehri Hosseini infront of Niknam’s pieces ‘Red Apple’ and ‘Movement 2,’at the opening reception on May 15. The exhibit features29 works by Niknam works and 27 by Mohseni.

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The interest in ballroomdancing, swing, salsa,mambo, etc. has growndramatically in recent

years, fueled, to some extent, bypopular shows like “Dancing withthe Stars”. This growing number ofenthusiasts is faced with the issueof finding the place to practice theirdance skills. For years, area resi-dents have made the arduous trek

across the bridge to Glen Echo Parkand its historic Spanish Ballroom.Now they need only drive over tothe McLean Community Center.

The McLean Community Center,for years a focal point of the com-munity, is getting into the dancebusiness and offering the first ofwhat is hoped to be many commu-nity dances for local residents. Thefirst of these is a “Summer Swing”dance on Friday, June 5 in theCenter’s community hall, theCenter’s largest room and home to

a variety of ballroom dance classes.MCC Executive Director JulieRasmussen, on board for just ninemonths, hopes that the “SummerSwing” dance will be the first ofmany community dances held atthe Center. “With its high ceilingsand sprung wood floor, the com-munity hall is ideal for dancing,”Rasmussen said. “There is a short-age of large rooms like the one wehave here, and the demand fordance space is increasing. We’d liketo help the community take fulladvantage of this wonderful re-source that’s right in their ownneighborhood.”

The event will feature live mu-sic from the 18-piece Loudoun Jazz

Ensemble. Refreshments are in-cluded in the ticket price and a cashbar (beer and wine) will be avail-able. For those who feel their skillsmay be a little rusty, there will bea free one-hour dance lesson, cour-tesy of the Fred Astaire Dance Stu-dios, from 7-8 p.m. immediatelypreceding the dance. No partnersare required. The MCC’s Instruc-tional Director, Margaret Shea saidthe dance will provide an enjoyableevening for teens and adults. “For-mal dancing has become increas-ingly popular and many youngadults want to learn the samba andother ballroom dances they see ontelevision. This is an opportunityto get out on the dance floor and

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WEDNESDAY/MAY 20Book Discussion Group. 7:15 p.m. at

the Dolley Madison Library, 1244 OakRidge Ave., McLean. Adults; call fortitle. 703-356-0770.

BeTaRaZ DMV Showcase Vol. 3, K-Beta, Thad Reid and more, 9 p.m.at Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave. E.,Vienna. $12. 703-255-1566 orjamminjava.com.

Organ Recital. 1 p.m., St. Luke

Catholic Church, 701 GeorgetownPike, McLean. The “Third Wednesdayat One” recital series ends its seasonwith an organ recital by PaulSkevington, director of music andliturgy at Saint Luke Catholic Church.Free. Visit www.musicinmclean.org orcall 703-356-0670.

Milkshake. 12:30 p.m., Alden Theatre,McLean Community Center, 1234Ingleside Ave., Lisa and Mikel of the“Milkshake Band” will perform a liveshow for children. Free. Call 703-790-0123 or visit www.mcleancenter.org.

THURSDAY/MAY 21Astronomy Where the Skies Are

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7 p.m. at the Great Falls RegionalLibrary, 9830 Georgetown Pike, GreatFalls. Dr. Phillip Ianna of theUniversity of Virginia (Emeritus) talksabout astronomy. Adults. 703-757-8560.

Crash Boom Bang, The Scenic andThe Dance Party, 7 p.m. atJammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave. E.,Vienna. $12 in advance, $15 at thedoor. 703-255-1566 orjamminjava.com.

FRIDAY/MAY 22A Prairie Home Companion with

Garrison Keillor, 8 p.m. at theFilene Center. $22-$48. Wolf TrapFoundation for the Performing Arts,

1645 Trap Road, Vienna. 1-877-WOLFTRAP.

SATURDAY/MAY 23A Prairie Home Companion with

Garrison Keillor, 5:45 p.m. at theFilene Center. $22-$48. Wolf TrapFoundation for the Performing Arts,1645 Trap Road, Vienna. 1-877-WOLFTRAP.

Butterfly Boucher, 7 p.m. at Jammin’Java, 227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna. $10.703-255-1566 or jamminjava.com.

Bliss FM, DJ MAF, RA the MC,Lyriciss and more, 9:30 p.m. atJammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave. E.,Vienna. $10 in advance, $12 at thedoor. 703-255-1566 orjamminjava.com.

Vienna Flea Market. 8 a.m.-1 p.m.,Emmaus Church, 900 Maple Ave. E.,Vienna. Browse a collection of plants,baked goods, books/CDs, children’sitems and more.º Crafters andVendors can rent space for $20. CallJanelle Swensson at 703-255-2416.

Project Natale Jazz Quartet. 5-7p.m., Palladium Civic Place Green,1445 Laughlin Ave., McLean. TheProject Natale Jazz quartet willperform live. Free. Call 703-288-9505.

Hispanic Festival. 1-3 p.m., EpiphanyMethodist Church, 1014 Country ClubDrive N.E., Vienna. ChiCeLaCu! isholding the fourth annual HispanicFestival for Children. CelebrateHispanic culture by enjoying Hispanicdance, music and food. Free. CallMaureen Santamaria at 703-470-2600, Araceli Nuñez at 703-785-3027or [email protected].

Spring Iris Show. 1-4 p.m.,Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, 9750Meadowlark Gardens Court, Vienna.Enjoy a display of bearded Iris bloomsin the Visitor Center sponsored by theC&P Iris Society. Free. Call 703-255-3631.

SUNDAY/MAY 24National Men’s Chorus. 5 p.m., St.

Luke Catholic Church, 7001Georgetown Pike, McLean. TheNational Men’s Chorus will concludeits tenth anniversary season with itsannual Memorial Day concert. Worksfeatured include an extended versionof the “Star Spangled Banner,”“Columbia the Gemof the Ocean,”“Battle Hymn of the Republic” andmore. Tickets: $10/adults, free/students and children. Call 202-244-7191 or visitwww.nationalmenschorus.org.

Counter Culture Fest. 10 a.m.-10p.m., The Soundry, 316 DominionRoad, Vienna. The area’s finest artistsin comic book art, alternative art, liveentertainment and workshops will beon hand for the fourth installment of

this festival. Visitwww.dcconspiracy.com.

2009 Summer Blast Off. 8 p.m., WolfTrap Foundation for the PerformingArts, 1645 Terap Road, Vienna. Kickoff summer with “The President’sOwn” United States Marine Band anda fireworks display. Free. ºCall 1-877-WOLFTRAP or visitwww.wolftrap.org.

MONDAY/MAY 25Open Mic Showcase hosted by Ron

Goad, 7 p.m. at Jammin’ Java, 227Maple Ave. E., Vienna. 703-255-1566or jamminjava.com. 703-255-1566 orjamminjava.com.

Photography Field Day. 5 a.m.-9p.m., Meadowlark Botanical Gardens,9750 Meadowlark Gardens Court,Vienna. Enjoy a full day ofphotography and the 95 acres ofgardens and woodlands. Optionalevents allow you to learn skills fromarea experts and to photograph livehawks and owls. $5/non members,free/members. The optional events,which require registration, includefees. Call 703-255-3631 forregistration and complete schedule ofevents.

Memorial Day Ceremony. 11 a.m.,Great Falls Library, 9830 GeorgetownPike, Great Falls. The annual MemorialDay Ceremony at the Great FallsFreedom Memorial will be held inmemory of the citizens of Great Fallswho have died in our country’s service.Keynote speaker Lt. Gen. William R.Maloney, USMC, Retired, andSupervisor John Foust (D-Dranesville)will lead the Pledge of Allegiance andlay a commemorative wreath at themonument. The St. Thomas a BecketYouth Choir and Ensemble willperform. Call 703-757-8560.

TUESDAY/MAY 26Eric Lindell “Gulf Coast Highway”

CD Release, 8 p.m. at Jammin’ Java,227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna. $20. 703-255-1566 or jamminjava.com.

WEDNESDAY/MAY 27Puppet Play - Over in the Meadow.

10:30 a.m. at the Dolley MadisonLibrary, 1244 Oak Ridge Ave.,McLean. 703-356-0770.

What’s Next? Financial Planningfor Today’s World. 7 p.m. at thePatrick Henry Library, 101 Maple Ave.East, Vienna. Investment advisorThomas Cymer on selectinginvestments and strategies forsurviving the market. Adults. 703-938-0405.

Steve Moakler and Green RiverOrdinance, 7:30 p.m. at Jammin’Java, 227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna. $10in advance, $12 at the door. 703-255-1566 or jamminjava.com.

Jammin’ Juniors. 12:30-5 p.m.,McLean Central Park, 1468 DolleyMadison Blvd., McLean. Alex and theKaleidoscope Band will perform musicgeared for ages 2-5 as part of theAlden Theatre’s “Jammin’ Juniors”series. Free. Call 703-790-0123.

THURSDAY/MAY 28The Dreamscapes Project, Poor

Man’s Lobster, Bobby T and theMV and Cheryl B. Engelhardt, 8p.m. at Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave.E., Vienna. $10 in advance, $12 at thedoor. 703-255-1566 orjamminjava.com.

Rat Pack Tribute. 8 p.m., Wolf TrapFoundation for the Performing Arts,1645 Trap Road, Vienna. A tribute toFrank Sinatra, Joey Bishop, DeanMartin and Sammy Davis, Jr. on stagewith a live big band performing“That’s Amore,” “Fly Me to the Moon,”and many more. Tickets: $75, $40,$25. Call 1-877-WOLFTRAP or visitwww.wolftrap.org for tickets.

The Art of Easy Appetizers. 7-9 p.m.,McLean Project for the Arts, 1234Ingleside Ave., McLean. Learn theshortcuts to delicious and beautifulappetizers. $10 donation suggested.Reservations required; RSVP [email protected].

Italian Wine Dinner. 6:30 p.m., DanteRistorante, 1148 Walker Road, GreatFalls. Dante Ristorante, Rick’s Wineand Gourmet and Grappoli Importspresent an Italian Wine Dinner, whereassorted foods will be paired withItalian Wines. $100/person. Call 703-823-4600 for reservations.

FRIDAY/MAY 29The Pirates of Penzance, 8 p.m. at

the Filene Center. $8-$48. Wolf TrapFoundation for the Performing Arts,1645 Trap Road, Vienna. 1-877-WOLFTRAP.

Matthew McGinn and Adam Swink,7 p.m. at Jammin’ Java, 227 MapleAve. E., Vienna. $10. 703-255-1566or jamminjava.com.

Splinters. 6:30 p.m., Vienna TownGreen, 144 Maple Ave. E., Vienna.Rock band “The Splinters” willperform live as part of “Summer onthe Vienna Town Green,” a freeconcert series. Brings chairs orblankets for seating. No alcoholicbeverages allowed. Call the ViennaParks and Recreation Department at703-255-6360 or visitwww.viennava.gov.

Charles McCain. 7 p.m., Barnes &Noble, Tysons Corner Center, 7851 L.Tysons Corner Center, McLean.Charles McCain, author of the newbook “An Honorable German,” a novelabout a German naval officer and U-boat commander who fights formorality instead of the Reich, will bein the store. Call 703-506-2937

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McDonnellMeets McLeanSupporters

Republican gubernatorial candi-date Bob McDonnell spent a dayin McLean on Wednesday, May 12,concluding at the home of Jeff andTracey Carlton, where over 100residents gathered to meet theformer Attorney General and todiscuss with him Virginia’s mostpressing issues.

CJ Jordan, Bob McDonnell and Paige Hahn.

Bob McDonnell, thethird from the right,

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By Rich Sanders

The Connection

In a display of tenacity andwell-executed playoff soccerFriday night, May 15, theMcLean and Woodson High

girls’ teams went back and forth,putting wave after wave of offen-sive scoring threats together.

But, the Liberty District cham-pionship contest ended up beinglow scoring. It took extra play todecide the affair as McLean, be-hind a game-winning overtimegoal by Kristina Bettner, upendedthe Cavaliers, 2-1, in the title gameplayed at Woodson.

McLean (13-2), the eight-teamtournament’s No. 2-seed, won thegame over top seeded Woodsondespite playing nearly 15 minutesof the second half and overtimeshort-handed, the result of a redcard given to freshman cen-ter midfielder Josie Seebeck.The penalty was called on aplay in which both Seebeckand a Woodson player werejumping high into the air ina head ball situation ataround the midfield area.

McLean Assistant CoachMarc Cascio was so irked bythe officials’ call that, following ananimated argument in defense ofSeebeck’s play on the ball, he wasthrown out of the game.

From then on, McLean, undersecond-year head coach LauraO’Brien, appeared more deter-mined to win, despite having just10 players on the field toWoodson’s 11.

“I can’t express to you [theachievement of] winning with 10players against a team like this,”said O’Brien, who admitted to hav-ing doubts as to whether her teamcould win the contest followingthe red card loss of Seebeck. “I’ma realist and didn’t know if itwould happen. But the chemistryon the team this year has been in-credible. That second half was allabout heart.”

It was a sweet win for McLean,which a year ago reached the dis-trict tournament finals before los-

ing to Madison.This week, McLean, with the dis-

trict tourney title under its belt,was set to compete in the 16-teamNorthern Region tournament. TheHighlanders were scheduled tohost Centreville in a first roundcontest on Tuesday night.

FRIDAY NIGHT’S DISTRICTtitle game was close throughout.At the time of the Seebeck red card

penalty, the game was deadlockedat 1-1. Thereafter, the gamereached greater intensity as bothteams made rushes at theiropponent’s net. In one instance,Woodson senior forward LindseyOttavio got free for a straight-on,close range shot. But her attemptsailed over the McLean crossbarwith 7 minutes, 40 seconds re-maining in regulation.

Four minutes earlier, McLeanhad nearly broke the tie when se-nior forward Jasmine Mohandesisent a sizzling shot towards thegoal from six yards out, only to seethe quality attempt thwarted as aresult of a sliding block save byWoodson’s Brett Thomas.

Ultimately, the game went intoovertime where McLean hit paydirt a few minutes into the second,five minute OT session whenBettner, a sophomore midfielder,knocked the ball in from the right

side, despite colliding with on-rushing Woodson goalie MarleeStynchula, who was trying to blockthe shot.

The score was set up by a 40-yard pass from Highlander KateYensen from the other side of thefield.

“Kate has a whiz of a kick andmade a great feed,” said Bettner.“I saw [Kate’s kick] was short andwent to the middle [for the ball].

I got smacked by the goalie.The shot was off the outsideof my left foot. I saw it go-ing in when I was goingdown. It was inspiring.”

The McLean players wereecstatic following the goal,which put McLean ahead, 2-1, but the team still had tocomplete the final 2 1/2

minutes of the five minute sessionto preserve the win. Woodson,however, never threatened toscore again and the game ended.The final whistle ignited a spon-taneous Highlander celebration.

Moments later, Tom Herman,the McLean director of studentactivities, presented the Highland-ers with the district championshiptrophy. After that, the thrilledMcLean players posed for victorypictures, enjoying the program’sfirst district tournament title since1997.

The victory was the final punc-tuation to a remarkable districttournament run for the Highland-ers, who dominated South Lakes,6-0, in a quarterfinals round winbefore needing penalty kicks totriumph over No. 3-seed StoneBridge. Then, against Woodson, ateam the Highlanders had lost toin the regular season by 3-0,

McLean showed no drop off or let-down in play, despite coming offthe emotional win over the Bull-dogs.

McLean and Woodson, in thedistrict finals game, played ascoreless first half before the Cava-liers struck with a goal by JaneMiller, who, from the right side,sent a crossing, 12-yard shot intothe far side net to give the Cavs a1-0 lead six minutes into the lat-ter half.

McLean earned the equalizer

nearly 15 minutes later whenYenzen, following a long kick intothe box area from teammate ElisaEnriquez, gained possession of theball. With a defender houndingher and Woodson goaltenderMarlee Stynchula charging,Yenzen managed to tap the ballinto the net for the key score.

From there on, both teamsplayed all out. Even with the redcard given to Seebeck later in thehalf, McLean managed to pull outthe hard-fought win.

“[The red card] was a little de-moralizing,” said McLean goalieAlexis Longwell, who earned thewin in the net. “Josie goes in hardon everything. We knew we hadto win for her.”

Longwell said the Highlanderswere motivated to avenge theregular season loss to Woodson.

“The win is great and it feels likeredemption,” she said. “That[regular season loss] definitelymotivated us. We had to step it upand get it done.”

McLean sophomore midfielderAndie Romness, an All-DistrictFirst Team selection this season,said the Highlanders have beenhighly focused over the latterstretch of the season.

“Our intensity has been reallyhigh lately,” said Romness. “We’veplayed with a lot of heart.

Highlander Girls Triumphant in District Soccer FinalsOT goal byBettner givesshort-handedMcLean teamtitle win overWoodson.

Photo by Robbie Hammer/The Connection

The thrilled McLean players posed for victory pictures, enjoying the program’s firstdistrict tournament title since 1997.

“Our intensity has beenreally high lately. We’veplayed with a lot of heart.”

— Andie Romness, McLean Midfielder

Marshall’s Chaillo WinsRegion Singles Tennis Title

McLean Connection Sports Editor Rich Sanders

703-917-6439 or [email protected]

It was a sweep for Marshallin Monday’s Northern Region individual girls’ tennis

finals. Freshman Faby Chaillokept her unbeaten streak aliveby knocking off a previous re-gional champion, senior YilanZhang of Westfield, 6-2, 6-2, tocapture the region crown.

The match started off withboth players testing each otherand the first few games werefairly lengthy. Then Chaillo,starting to find her range andchoosing her shots smartly, goton a roll. She went on to win thefirst set, 6-2. She carried thatmomentum into the second set,building a 5-0 lead. Zhang madea brief comeback, but Chailloquickly closed the door with an-other 6-2 win to capture thematch and region crown.

Following the singles play,Chaillo and doubles partner Ana

Dominguez returned to thecourts and kept their unbeatenstreak alive by defeating a teamfrom Yorktown in the finals.With the win, the Statesmenduo captured the regiondoubles championship.

Next, Chaillo and Dominquezwill advance to the state AAAindividual championships, setto take place at Lewinsville Park(McLean) June 4-6.

The following Marshall Highplayers garnered postseasonawards during the regionaltournament: No. 1 singlesplayer Faby Chaillo (First TeamAll-Region); No. 2 singles playerAna Dominguez

(First Team); No. 4 singlesplayer Amanda Crider (FirstTeam); and No. 6 singles playerKelly Crider (First Team). SarahDoan earned Honorable Men-tion All-Region.


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A fun-filled day highlighted the learningexperience of over 100third-grade students at

Chesterbrook Elementary’s annualGRECO day on April 28. “GRECO”stands for Greece, Egypt, Chinaand Other ancient cultures. Stu-dents, faculty and parents im-mersed themselves in these an-cient cultures by dressing in cos-tumes of these cultures, and par-ticipated in activities that focusedon an aspect of a certain culture,and activities and games that chil-dren of that ancient culture actu-ally played.

“GRECO Day is important to ourthird-grade students as they pre-

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The students rotated throughvarious stations including makingChinese dragons and playing an-cient Chinese games, making mo-

saic frames, and a simulated ar-cheology dig where the studentsunearthed “artifacts” such asbeads, broken (papier mâché) pot-tery and coins. Students also par-ticipated in a tomb crawl and theoutdoors “Olympic games” pat-terned in the Greek tradition.

In its 12th year as a much-an-ticipated third grade event,GRECO Day also hosted an ever-expanding “museum” of ancientartifacts and handicrafts. Anotherpopular station featured food tast-ing from these cultures, in whichthe students learned about the

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Chesterbrook Elementary students celebrated GRECO Day.Students immersed themselves in ancient cultures bydressing in costumes of these cultures.

foods and herbs used long ago.“Our students literally brought his-tory alive as they spent the day atthe school transformed into thisfestival of ancient cultures, andthey returned home with a deeperknowledge and appreciation ofthese cultures,” said Fuqua said.


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OF VALUABLE

IMPROVED REAL ESTATE

Improved by the premises known as

1514 Laughlin Avenue, McLean, Virginia

In execution of a Deed of Trust from Faris A. Alsamarai and Samar M. Zacharia, dated March 16, 2006, and recorded March 22, 2006, in Deed Book 18306 at page 1350 among the Land Records of Fairfax County, Virginia, the undersigned sub-stitute trustee will offer for sale at public auction at the front en-trance of the Judicial Center for Fairfax County, at 4110 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax, Virginia, on

Monday, June 1, 2009 at 11:00 a.m.

the following property being the property contained in said Deed of Trust, described as follows:

Lot 43, Second Addition to Bryn Mawr Subdivision, as the same appears duly dedicated, platted and recorded in Deed Book 543 at page 309, among the Land Records of Fairfax County, Virginia.

Commonly known as 1514 Laughlin Avenue, McLean, Virginia22101.

TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $100,000.00 or ten percent (10%) of the sale price, whichever amount is less, in the form of cash or its equivalent will be required of the pur-chaser at the time and place of sale; the balance of the pur-chase money being due and payable within fifteen (15) days after sale, time expressly being of the essence, with interest at the rate of 5.875 percent per annum from date of sale to date of settlement. Provided, however, that if the holder of the se-cured promissory note is the successful bidder at the sale, no cash deposit shall be required, and part of or the entire indebt-edness, including interest and costs, secured by the Deed of Trust, may be set off against the purchase price.

Any defaulting purchaser shall forfeit the deposit and stand the risk and cost of resale.

Sale shall be made subject to all existing easements and restrictive covenants as the same may lawfully affect the real estate. Sale is further subject to mechanic's and/or materi-alman's liens of record and not of record. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, covenants, restrictions, rights of redemption of federal lienholders or encumbrances, and agree-ments of record affecting the same, if any.

In the event the undersigned trustee is unable to con-vey to the purchaser good title, then purchaser's sole and ex-clusive remedy shall be in the refund of the deposit paid at the time of sale.

The subject property and all improvements thereon will be sold in "as is" condition without warranty of any kind. Pur-chaser shall be responsible for any and all building and/or zon-ing code violations whether of record or not of record, as well as for all unpaid and enforceable homeowners' or condomini-um owners' association dues and assessments, if any. Pur-chaser also shall be responsible for obtaining possession of the property at his/her expense. Purchaser shall assume the risk of loss and shall be responsible for any damage, vandal-ism, theft, destruction, or the like, of or to the property occur-ring after the time of sale. Conveyance will be by special war-ranty deed. Conveyancing, recording, transfer taxes, notary fees, examination of title, state stamps, and all other costs of conveyance are to be at the expense of purchaser. State and local taxes, public charges, and special or regular assess-ments, if any, shall be adjusted to the date of sale and there-after shall be assumed by the purchaser.

The undersigned trustee unconditionally reserves the right: (i) to waive the deposit requirement; (ii) to approve or dis-approve the creditworthiness of any bidder and/or purchaser; (iii) to withdraw the property from sale at any time prior to ter-mination of the bidding; (iv) to extend the time for bidding; (v) to reject any or all bids; (vi) to postpone or set over the date or time of sale; and (vii) to extend the period of time for settlement hereunder.

Additional terms and conditions of sale may be an-nounced at the time of sale.

DAVID N. PRENSKYSubstitute Trustee

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Perhaps you’ve noticed, as I have, thatover time, certain familiar consumer prod-ucts generally available at the supermarket(if all else fails, people at the very least,have to eat and clean and “hygiene” them-selves) rework their appearance/packaging.I don’t mean what’s inside, I mean what’soutside. And even though the old adage ofnot judging a book by its cover has to be asfamiliar to food/household product manu-facturers as it is to the rest of us, the pack-aging/presentation of products does seemto change, for good reason, I’m sure.Perhaps there’s a marketing cycle manufac-turers follow that relates to a consumer’sbuying habits. (Yeah, it changes to retainthe old customers and entice some newcustomers.)

Recently I’ve noticed changes in thepackaging for a brand of orange juice I nolonger buy (acid reflux issues) and for abrand of deodorant I most certainly stillbuy. And, though the packaging is definitelymore attractive and eye-catching than pre-viously (or maybe it’s simply that change,any change in a familiar product is notice-able, style over substance you might say), Icannot say — so far as the deodorant isconcerned — that the change in the pack-aging has provided me any noticeablebenefit. So far as I can tell, I still stink whenI’m supposed to and still smell fresh as adaisy when, after a shower, I apply myunscented gel.

All things considered, am I continuingto buy — or not buy — these products inspite of their packaging, because of their“new” packaging or does the packaginghave zero effect on my decision-makingother than as an aid in helping me locatethe item on an increasingly crowded gro-cer’s shelf?

If it is, indeed, not about the quality ofthe product (the inside), and more aboutthe presentation (the outside) — then notonly am I judging a book by its cover, I amjudging that book by how it looks in com-parison to its neighbor’s covers (adjacentproducts on the shelf). And, when it comesto what I eat or how I personally “hygiene”myself, I would hate to think that all thestudies that have been completed, focusgroups paid and opinions solicited, todetermine, from a distance exactly whatwould get me — the consumer — to buy aparticular product (at least once to try) haveno bearing on the real marketing reasonbehind the product’s unique appearance.Moreover, is what I see on the grocer’sshelves actually less about quality and moreabout quantity (the space allocated to aparticular manufacturer/product on thatextremely crowded shelf)?

If so, this attempt at market/consumermanipulation apparently is what makes theconsumer’s world go ’round. Still, when itcomes to the food I eat and the house-hold/manufacturer’s products I buy and themanner in which I try to keep myselfhealthy and fit, I resent that outside inter-ests are attempting to manage what goes oninside my house and inside my body.

I imagine one could say that this is sim-ply the free-market system at work, andhaving the freedom to choose enables/empowers the consumer to buy or not tobuy for their own personal reasons and notbe effected by any of these psychologicalploys. Still, I can’t help wondering where allthis theorizing starts and strategizing stops.

Kenny Lourie is an Advertising Representative forThe Almanac & The Connection Newspapers.

Marketing101By KENNETH B. LOURIE

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kids really rise to the occasion,” said BettyEnde, Jessi’s mom. “She does it in such apositive way that it makes you want to dowhat you never thought you could do. Inthe classroom the kids have learned so muchabout teamwork, the world and taking careof the world. She’s given them so many lifelessons in addition to academic”

Now that she is retiring after 25 years ofteaching, Wilson plans to travel, especiallyto Guatemala to Escuela Caracol; relax andswim; take care of her family and of course,remain involved at Chesterbrook.

“All three of my daughters were luckyenough to have Mrs. Wilson when they were

in second grade,” said Anne Kinghorn,mother of Lauren, Allison and Paige. “Myeldest has just graduated with an educa-tion degree and I hope she becomes the kindof teacher that Suzanne Wilson is.”

Wilson said that most of all, she is goingto miss the smiling faces of her students,and the hugs they would give her every day.

“There are so many students I rememberand I’ve loved them all,” Wilson said. “Thechallenging kids I’ve loved as much as theeasy ones, everybody has things to work on.I try to teach that in my classroom, we’vegot to help each other find what we aregood at, because not everyone is good atthe same things. We have to help each otherto find our passions.”

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tifully.”In addition to teaching the Spanish and

computer classes, Yazdani helped to regis-ter voters, update the center’s database andassist with any office duties.

“I really enjoy teaching the computer classand seeing them be able to check their e-mails,” Yazdani said. “Some of them didn’thave e-mail accounts before and they’vebeen able to practice e-mailing other stu-dents in the class.”

Because Yazdani enjoyed volunteeringwith seniors so much, she has chosen tostudy gerontology in college. She empha-sized the importance of helping others andgiving back.

When working at the equestrian center,Mendelsohn prepares the horses for therapy,gives lessons and helps clean up aftertherapy. She is never late, and is usually oneof the last to leave.

“My favorite part is seeing how benefi-cial it is to the children. For example, one

girl used to have bad spasms and now shecan even walk,” Mendelsohn said.

She said she enjoyed helping peoplethrough something she loves.

“These kids are doing it all on their ownjust out of the goodness of their hearts andwe applaud them,” Strauss said.

JAN AUERBACH of McLean founded theTeen Character Award in 1996.

“I was chair of the Education Committeethrough the McLean Citizen’s Associationat the time and a woman approached meand really felt that her son needed to berecognized,” Auerbach said. “He was doingso much for his family and at the time therewas no way to recognize somebody likethat, so we started raising the idea.”

To be eligible for the award, teens mustbe nominated by two adults (one can be aparent), and the service they are doing mustnot count for school credit or communityservice hours.

“We’re just trying to honor kids who aredoing the right thing, for the right reason,”Auerbach said.

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PrestwoodReceives EagleScout Award

Samuel Prestwood received hisBoy Scouts of America Eagle Scoutrank on April 27 at St. John’sEpiscopal church in McLean.Prestwood has been a member ofTroop 128 since 2005 and is afreshman at Thomas Jefferson HighSchool of Science and Technology.He plans to stay active in scoutingalong with being in the band, sportsand the robotics club at TJ.

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