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By Victoria Ross

The Connection

The final debate Sunday betweenRepublican Barbara Comstockand Democrat John Foust was

arguably the most fiery and combativedebate in the race to replace retiring U.S.Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R) in Virginia’s 10thCongressional District.

The candidates took their seats nextto each other on the stark stage of theMcLean Community Center’s Alden The-ater, and battled for 90 minutes over whowould really bring a bipartisan approachto Congress.

Comstock cited her work on severalbills that received bipartisan support inthe Virginia House of Delegates, includ-ing legislation to combat human traffick-ing and Lyme disease. Foust said that asa Fairfax County supervisor, he hasworked in cooperation with Republicansto balance seven county budgets.

Co-hosted by The McLean Citizens As-sociation and the Great Falls Citizens As-sociation on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 26,the debate drew a crowd of nearly 400

Northern Virginia residents, many sportingComstock t-shirts or wearing Foust buttons.

In response to a question about how the

candidates would help the region’s manyfederal workers impacted by sequester cutsand last year’s government shutdown,

Comstock argued that she could be moreeffective than a Democrat.

“It’s important to have a Republicanvoice fighting for our federal employees,and I will be that voice,” she said. “Wedon’t need to have the budget balancedon their backs.”

She said the government shutdown of2013, was “unconservative, irresponsibleand it should never happen again,” draw-ing applause.

THE GLOVES WERE OFF for Foust,the Dranesville District supervisor who,political pollsters say, has lost some elec-toral ground to Comstock in the past fewweeks. Foust repeatedly accusedComstock of being a “hyper-partisan”operative and confronted Comstock onher record regarding social issues, a topicthat was off-limits in previous debates.

Foust called Comstock’s position ongun control “scary,” and blasted her voteto repeal Virginia’s law limiting handgunpurchases to once a month. “She gets an

See Final Debate, Page 12

Photo by Victoria Ross/The Connection

The stark stage at McLean Community Center’s Alden Theater served asthe backdrop for the final debate between Republican Barbara Comstockand Democrat John Foust co-hosted by The McLean Citizens Associationand the Great Falls Citizens Association on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 26.

Final Comstock-Foust debate gets emotional asboth candidates debate social issues for first time.Mutiny at the Debate

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By Victoria Ross

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The race to replace U.S. Rep.Frank Wolf (R) in Virginia’ssprawling 10th district has beenexactly what political prognos-

ticators said it would be: one of the mostwatched, most expensive and most con-tested races in the 2014 midterm elections.

For years, local Democrats liked to jokethat the seat was not so much an “R” seatas a “W” seat, and if they could field a can-didate named Wolf, they would have theseat regardless of party affiliation.

But they didn’t expect a shot at the seatanytime soon.

Until last December, when Wolf delivereda game-changer by announcing that hewould not seek re-election to an 18th termin Congress.

His retirement announcement came as asurprise to both Republicans and Demo-crats, and set off a feeding frenzy amongpolitical hopefuls throughout the district.

By the end of January 2014, 15 candi-dates stood in line for a chance at the cov-eted seat.

The news also sparked a flurry of specu-lation about the district’s possible politicalshift. Democrats became bullish on the seat

that had not been competitive for 30 years.In February, The Rothenberg Political Re-

port rated the race as “leans Republican,”noting that in recent elections, the districtsupported both Republicans and Democratsin presidential and gubernatorial races. TheWashington Post ranked the seat as “thesixth most likely seat to flip control” in the2014 election.

“The 10th district had become increas-ingly liberal and diverse,” said Toni-MichelleC. Travis, an associate professor of govern-ment and politics at George Mason Univer-sity. She noted that while Democrats heldjust three congressional districts, votersswept Democrats into all three statewideoffices last year, and went for PresidentObama twice.

“These districts are shifting and they arenot set in stone anymore,” Travis said. “The10th now includes a chunk of LoudounCounty, and voters are going to see theworld differently from voters in FairfaxCounty. It’s possible that’s where the racewill be won or lost.”

IN REACTION to the news of an open seat,both parties were frantically maneuveringto select a candidate. Many Democrats werealready coalescing around Fairfax CountySupervisor John Foust, who had announced

his candidacy in September to run againstthe incumbent Wolf.

“I remember being in the GovernmentCenter when Wolf announced his retirement… my Blackberry started buzzing like crazy.I was surprised, but I knew my chances towin just shot up,” Foust said.

On Jan. 24, Northern Virginia Republi-cans announced the party would run afirehouse primary on April 26 to choose anominee. The firehouse primary had neverbeen tested in the state’s congressional his-tory, and it was a process that caused sig-nificant intra-party strife. But it would givetheir nominee an early start. If the partyopted for a state-run primary or convention,it would not have been held until June 10.

In reaction, Fairfax County Democrats

MoneyBoth Foust and Comstock have received and spent

millions of dollars in the race to replace retiringCongressman Frank Wolf (R). Congressional candi-dates are required to file up to seven main reportswith the Federal Election Commission during the2014 midterms. Below are Foust and Comstock’smost recent quarterly reports, filed Oct. 15.

COMSTOCK:Beginning Balance: $575,890.52Total Contributions for Reporting Period:

$1,300,412.84Expenditures: $1,075,722.43Cash on Hand: $800,580.93

FOUST:Beginning Balance: $1,125, 718.40Total Contributions for Reporting Period:

$1,008,833.03Expenditures: $1,492,681.95Cash on Hand: $641,869.48

Source: Ballotpedia.org

Photo by Victoria Ross

Fairfax County Supervisor JohnFoust (D-Dranesville), stands by hisshipment of new signs that hereceived in September – "This isFoust Country."

As 10th District race heads into homestretch,Foust, Comstock continue to battle for voters.

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Del. Barbara Comstock (R-34)greets supporters during a cam-paign stop in Clifton last month.

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Phyllis Payne has been fighting for moresleep for a decade. On Oct. 23, it all paidoff.

The co-founder of Start Later for Excel-lence in Education Proposal - or SLEEP - saw theFairfax County Public School Board approve to movehigh school start times ahead by 30 minutes, 11-1.

“This means the school system is getting a policyon what is best for the kids,” she said after the vote.“It’s been a labor of love.”

She said she was proud of Superintendent KarenGarza and the board members for approving themotion. The change means that high school starttimes will be between 8 and 8:10 a.m. next schoolyear, about a 30 minute push forward. Middle Schoolstart times will be 7:30 and elementary start timeswill remain unchanged.

The only board member to not vote yes on the pro-posal was Sully District board member Kathy Smith.

“I was really hoping when this process started thatI could be in a place where I could vote yes,” Smithsaid.

She said many of her constituents did not wantschool start times to change, and she wanted to bethe one voice for them.

“I have once been a lone no vote on the board,and it’s not easy,” said Hunter Mill District boardmember Pat Hynes. “I want to mention it, becausewe are models for our students always.”

SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS became emotionalas they talked about the reasons they supported it -whether they supported it along with Payne for thepast decade or decided more recently to approve theproposal.

Mason District board member Sandra Evans, whois also a co-founder of SLEEP and made the motionfor the proposal, said some students are picked upas early as 5:45 a.m.

“Sleep deprivation is a public health crisis,” shesaid.

With more sleep, she said, students would be atless of a risk for depression, attendance loss, low testscore and car accidents.

During the public comment period, mother of threeKaren Keys-Gamarra spoke about pulling her threeboys out of bed to wake them up every day of theirschool years. See School Board, Page 17

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“As I jostled my sons repeatedly during those pre-dawn hours, pulling off their covers while rushingto prepare breakfast, I instinctively knew somethingwas wrong,” she said. “I knew that these brutallyearly start times could not be healthy.”

Two of her sons have already graduated, but thethird one is a sophomore at Madison High Schooland will benefit from the later start times next year.

“It’s not about taking away teens’ electronics, for-bidding caffeinated drinks or forcing them to go tobed early,” she said. “It’s about hormones, body clocksand circadian rhythms. Trust me, my husband and Icould and would make our boys go to bed early. Butwe could not make them sleep.”

The impact will be even bigger for disadvantagedand students with disabilities, according to ShereeBrown Kaplan with Fairfax Alliance for AppropriateSchool Education.

“This has been a long time coming,” she said afterthe motion was approved. “This isn’t about savingmoney. It’s about the kids.”

During her speech in the public comment portionof the meeting, she said disadvantaged students feelthe effects of sleep deprivation more than other stu-dents do.

“An insufficient sleep can exacerbate certain men-tal illnesses like bipolar disorders and anxiety disor

School Board approveslater start times.

High Schools to Start Later Next Year

Later school start times advocates PhyllisPayne, former Executive Director of SLEEPTerry Tuley and Oakton Elementary sixthgrade student Thomas Tudan, who will beable to benefit from later high school starttimes in the future.

Members ofSLEEP, or StartLater for Excel-lence in Educa-tion Proposal,celebrate afterlater high schoolstart times wereapproved byFairfax CountyPublic Schools'School Board.

Photos by Beth Tudan


Vote Yes onTransportationBondReferendumTo the Editor:

On Nov. 4, Fairfax County resi-dents will vote on a Transporta-tion Bond Referendum. TheLeague of Women Voters supportsthe Bond Referendum and urgesvoters to approve it.

If accepted, the Bond wouldfund three types of projects:

❖ Spot Road Improvements:These include adding or lengthen-ing turn lanes; upgrading turn sig-nals and signage; constructingwalkways and providing cross-walks; and making popular desti-nations more accessible.

❖ Pedestrian Improvements:These include building missingsidewalk and trail links; addingand improving signalized cross-walks and other pedestrian-friendly intersection improve-ments.

❖ Bike and Trail Improvements:These include developing new bi-cycle facilities, constructing trails,adding bicycle parking, and mak-

ing popular destinations and masstransit more accessible.

These upgrades would increasethe capacity of our transportationnetwork by allowing it to carrymore people, whether they drive,walk, bike or take mass transit. Goto fairfaxcounty.gov/bond/ for in-formation about cost, project de-tails and answers to other fre-quently asked questions.

Here’s something else to con-sider: Fairfax is one of only 32counties in the United States witha AAA Bond Rating. This allowsthe County to borrow at lower in-terest rates. And because Fairfaxhas access to other fundingsources, this Bond represents only7 percent of the cost of these im-provements.

The League of Women Votersurges you to vote on Nov. 4. Andwe encourage you to say YES tothe Transportation Bond Referen-dum. We believe that theseprojects will reduce congestionand make it easier and safer forall of us to get to the places wherewe need and want to go.

Julia Jones and Helen Kelly,Co-Presidents

League of Women Voters of theFairfax Area

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The NeverNever BondTo the Editor:

The British call credit cardcharges the “Never Never.” Thatis the attitude of the Fairfax Boardof Supervisors (the BOS) with thecurrent $100 million bond issue onthe ballot. Buy anything you wantthat sounds good and put it on theNever Never. Let future BOS fig-ure how to pay for it.

Certainly don’t even disclose tovoters what is to be financed. In-stead call it a “TransportationBond Referendum.”

In one sentence the BOS couldhave disclosed on the ballot thepurpose of the bond issue. Theproposed expenditures are: Vari-ous sidewalks and signs, $77.5million; six spot road improve-ments, $16 million; 14 bike trailimprovements, $6.5 million.

This referendum will not affecttraffic jams one iota. There areno measures of congestion relief,U.S. Transportation Departmentcost-benefit analysis or even stud-ies showing the obvious lack ofexisting bicycle trail use.

The Fairfax County Taxpayers’Alliance urges voters to oppose the

bond issue as unjustified, obligat-ing taxes for wasteful projects inthe future. The BOS has been rais-ing taxes at a rate twice the rateof inflation. As a result, the BOShas driven over six billion dollarsof income out of Fairfax to nearbycounties as shown inwww.howmoneywalks.com.

Thomas L. Cranmer,Great Falls

First VP, Fairfax CountyTaxpayers’ Alliance

Voting for TaxesTo the Editor:

Since John Foust has told usnothing about himself, I thought Iwould look for myself at hisrecord. Turns out John Foust hasvoted or supported to raise a lotof our taxes.

First he’s voted to raise our prop-erty taxes six out of the seven yearshe’s been in office after he prom-ised as a candidate to “lower thetax burden on homeowners.” Ourproperty taxes have gone up 22percent since Foust made that bro-ken promise and increased ourtaxes by over $300 million. He also

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Who says big bureaucracies can’tmake big changes?

One year into the tenure ofKaren Garza, we have two huge

changes that between them impact almost ev-ery single student, every family with childrenin Fairfax County Public Schools.

Last week, the Fairfax County School Boardvoted to move high school start timesall after 8 a.m. beginning next Septem-ber. Garza, superintendent of FairfaxCounty Public Schools, announced thissummer the implementation of full-day Mon-days, another previously insurmountable task.

A plan emerged that made this possible forunder $5 million (original estimates werewildly and prohibitively higher) while keep-ing elementary school times the same (orwithin 5-10 minutes). The goal is to movemiddle school start times later in the future.

Change comes in mysterious ways. Part ofthe support for this change comes from thescience.

The American Academy of Pediatrics this fall:“A substantial body of research has now dem-onstrated that delaying school start times is

an effective countermeasure to chronic sleeploss and has a wide range of potential benefitsto students with regard to physical and men-tal health, safety, and academic achievement.

“The American Academy of Pediatricsstrongly supports the efforts of school districtsto optimize sleep in students and urges highschools and middle schools to aim for start

times that allow students the opportu-nity to achieve optimal levels of sleep(8.5–9.5 hours) and to improve physi-

Later start times, full-day Mondays; who knows,next maybe gifted-and-talented programs forpoor students?

cal (eg, reduced obesity risk) and mental (eg,lower rates of depression) health, safety (eg,drowsy driving crashes), academic perfor-mance, and quality of life.”

We commend the leadership of the advocacygroup SLEEP in Fairfax, which never gave up,even in years when this change appeared im-possible.

We suspect the key ingredient is new lead-ership at the top at FCPS, Karen Garza.

A superintendent across the river, JoshuaStarr, will have to ask himself what’s holdingup such changes in Montgomery County Pub-lic Schools.

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wants a new $80 million meals tax thateven fellow Democrats oppose. In additionhe’s supported $1 trillion in health caretaxes which include taxes on investments,medical devices and a surtax on good healthcare plans. Then he supported raising taxeson the sale of a home or the purchase of acar or a hotel stay.

Seems this John Foust is a real one noteJohnny – and the only tune he knows israising our taxes. Yet his ad feebly claimshe cut spending of about $5 million in thetime he raised our taxes by hundreds ofmillions and supported billions more in taxincreases. Is he serious? And, finally he saysin a recent mailing he’s going to “hold theline on taxes.” Priceless!

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Champion forVeteransTo the Editor:

I am writing to bring the attention of vot-ers to the importance of the choice theyhave in the election for the 10th Congres-sional District.

John Foust is the candidate who hasshown he deserves the support of veterans.

John supports Governor McAuliffe’sworkforce development plan which includesa much needed effort to create more jobsin Virginia. A feature of this program is theVirginia Values Veterans program, whichwill ask 10,000 businesses to sign a pledgeof commitment to hiring more veterans. Byworking with these businesses in Virginiaservice members are provided opportuni-ties for a successful transition back to thecivilian life. Our veterans deserve nothingless.

Recently Governor McAuliffe also signedExecutive Order 23 establishing “The NewVirginia Economy” Workforce Initiative. Asa U.S. Army veteran I believe the most im-portant part of this initiative will be to helpsecure employment opportunities for theyounger generation of veterans.

With the Governor’s initiative and thesupport of Northern Virginian Democratslike John Foust who is running for Congressin the 10th CD Veterans will have a betteroutlook in the future job market in Virginia.

John is the son of a WWII veteran and hehas always supported veterans and militaryfamilies causes. As a Vietnam veteran I haveconfidence that when John Foust is electedin November he will continue to be a cham-pion for veterans and military families andour issues.

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Katherine Tan may havegraduated from Lan-gley High School lastyear, but one teacher

has made an impact on her to thisday.

The Yale University freshmannominated her former AdvancePlacement [AP] chemistry teacher,Leah Puhlick, for this year’s YaleEducator of the Year award - andshe was one of this year’s recipi-ents.

“She loves chemistry andwants her students to enjoy ittoo, so in addition to explainingconcepts in the clearest, mostconcise way, she creates scaven-ger hunts with chemical com-pounds or proposes interestingexperiments like turning penniesinto ‘gold’ to make chemistrymore ‘real’ than just some lifelessequations on paper,” said Tan.

PUHLICK said she found out shewon the award days before theschool year began. According toYale University’s website, 54 teachers and 30 coun-selors from all over the world were chosen out ofthe 306 nominations written.

“When I read more about the award, I found outthat she had to write an application and they selectedit out of so many others,” she said. “One thing likethat makes such a difference. It’s knowing youtouched a student’s life like that.”

Puhlick has been teaching for a total of 22 years,19 of which have been at Langley High School. Shesaid she found out how much she enjoyed teachingChemistry while tutoring her classmates her fresh-man year at the University of Virginia.

“During my second semester that first year, I hadother students who asked me for help in chemistry,”she said. “They told me I was really good at it and Ishould be a teacher. I’ve been doing that ever since.”

In the classroom, she likes to make learning chem-

istry a hands-on experience.“I’m always looking for new

ways to catch a student’s attentionand make things more interest-ing,” she said.

She focuses on creating teamactivities so students can learnfrom one another in the rigorous,college level class.

“I think [my students] woulddescribe my classes as interestingand hands on,” she said. “I hopethey would feel it was a comfort-able enough environment wherethey could ask questions.”

Those outside of the classroomtake notice of Puhlick’s creativityin the classroom.

“Leah has always been one ofthe most dedicated and hard work-ing teachers,” said Dranesville Dis-trict School Board member Jane

Strauss. “She does so much forstudents. Her passion for sciencemakes all her students feel likegenuine scientists who contrib-ute to the knowledge of theworld around them.”

Puhlick coached Tan for theScience Olympiad and ScienceBowl. The AP chemistry teacheralso dedicates time coaching theacademic team, who she saidwon a state championship lastyear.

“When I first started taking APChemistry with her, she encour-aged me to join the ScienceOlympiad Team, where students

compete in events of various science and engineer-ing fields,” said Tan. “She volunteers hours of hertime after school to organizing the team or helpingteam members come up with ideas—mainly encour-aging students to be creative and have fun. By com-petition day, her room resembles a science war zonewith wood scraps or earth science textbooks strewnaround the counters, and the faint smell of burntnylon fibers in the air.”

Tan said that she is not the only student to appre-ciate Puhlick’s effort in the classroom and beyond.

“At a certain point in the year, many of us studentshad taken to calling her ‘mom’ because she put somuch time and effort into helping us succeed.”

FOR MORE INFORMATION about this award,including other award winners, can be found at http://admissions.yale.edu/educator-award.

Leah Puhlick re-ceives the YaleEducator of theYear Award.

Langley High TeacherReceives National Award

Leah Puhlick, Langley HighSchool AP ChemistryTeacher, is one of thisyear’s recipients of the YaleEducator of the Year awardafter being nominated by aformer student.

“Her passion forscience makes all herstudents feel likegenuine scientistswho contribute to theknowledge of theworld around them.”

— Dranesville District SchoolBoard member Jane Strauss

Leah Puhlick, one of thisyear’s recipients for the YaleEducator of the Year award,has been a teacher for 22years, 19 of which have beenat Langley High School.

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Thomas Jefferson High School forScience and Technology (TJHSST), theRegional Governor’s School for scienceand technology in Northern Virginia,will hold its annual open house forstudents in grades 4-8 on Saturday,Nov. 15, from 9 a.m. to noon.

Due to construction at the highschool, the open house will be held atHolmes Middle School, 6525 MontroseStreet in Alexandria, less than half amile from TJHSST.

Families with students in grades 4-8are invited to learn more about theschool and meet TJHSST teachers,administrators, students, parents, andalumni. Information sessions given byTJHSST administrators and theTJHSST admissions director will alsobe held throughout the morning.

TJHSST is a Fairfax County publicschool, but accepts students fromArlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, andPrince William Counties as well as theCity of Falls Church. The school offersa comprehensive college preparatoryprogram where students with excep-tional quantitative skills and aninterest in science, technology,engineering, or mathematics canpursue higher levels of academicachievement in those subjects inpreparation for the pursuit of ascience, technology, engineering, ormathematics-focused profession.

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Kim Todd remembershow she felt at homeat Franklin ShermanElementary School in

the late 1970s.Nearly 40 years later, she is

serving as the school’s ParentTeacher Association centennialcoordinator and has seen threeof her children enter the schoolas she had.

The school celebrated its cen-tennial year carnival style withthe community on Sunday witha petting zoo, cotton candy andfair-style rides and games.

“This school is dear to myheart,” said Todd.

She said that the first McLeanDay was actually a fundraiserfor the school, which was thefirst consolidated school in thecounty.

“When I was here, they weredoing the open plan classroomdesign, which was the new waveof thinking,” she said, remem-bering how loud the construc-tion at the school was to com-plete the design.

The PTA gifted the school aglobe for its 100th anniversaryto represent the diversity withinthe school walls as well as theneed to prepare students for achanging world.

“For over 100 years, students

have crossed these doors to be rep-resented in the four corners of theworld,” said PTA President VanceGore.

Pat Bullock already had two chil-dren attend the school and waslooking forward to a third, 5-year-old Zach Bullock, also attending

next year.“It’s small, everyone’s really

friendly and the teachers aregreat,” she said. “The kids have areally great community of friends.”

State officials like state SenatorsJanet Howell (D-32) and BarbaraFavola (D-31) and Del. Marcus

Simon (D-53) spoke at the car-nival to commend the school’sachievement.

“Franklin Sherman is one ofthe very best schools in the Com-monwealth, so give yourselvesa hand,” said Favola.

Simon said the House of Del-egates passed a resolution to cel-ebrate the school’s centennial,but it still needed to be passedby the state Senate before itcould be presented.

Dranesville School Boardmember Jane Strauss’ three chil-dren went to the school, shesaid, and she was the PTA presi-dent in the 1980s. She said theschool has been reincarnatedfive different times and has heldjousting competitions in theplayground when McLean hadhorse racing competitions. Thecurrent building itself has beenrenovated several times.

Fairfax County Chief of StaffMarty Smith, a former FranklinSherman principal, also madean appearance. He noted thatwhen he was the principal, theschool was gearing up for its90th anniversary.

“It’s just amazing to think howmuch has changed in the past10 years,” he said.

Centennial bashfor school withhistoric roots inMcLean.

Franklin Sherman Celebrates 100 Years

McLean High School cheerleaders perform at FranklinSherman Elementary’s Centennial Celebration on Sunday.

Photos by Reena Singh/The Connection

Zach Bullock, 5, tried to hit the bell with all his might atFranklin Sherman’s Centennial Carnival on Sunday.

Caitlyn Michalski, 14, daughter of a Franklin Shermanteacher, holds a chicken in the petting zoo during theschool’s centennial carnival.

“For over 100 years,students havecrossed these doorsto be represented inthe four corners ofthe world.”

— PTA President Vance Gore


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Election 2014

announced in March theywould cancel a convention, andselect Foust as their nominee.

Avoiding a costly primarywould give Democrats an edgein building widespread districtsupport for Foust before Repub-licans named their nominee ina firehouse primary in April.

State Del. Barbara Comstockhandily won the GOP“firehouse” primary in April.The former Wolf aide and estab-lishment favorite beat out fiveother contenders for the nomi-nation.

Her win ensured a heatedgeneral election contest for thebattleground district, and sig-naled the official start of thehigh-stakes race.

For the past six months, bothcandidates have been cam-paigning hard.

Foust’s campaign likes to lookat the race in terms of numbers.They boast that the campaignhas made 960,000 phone calls,knocked on 120,000 doors andregistered 1,500 new voters inthe quest for the seat.

But the midterm cycle is asteep climb for Democrats, and a win oftencomes down to a vigorous get-out-the-voteeffort.

Republicans, outflanked by a superiorDemocratic turnout operation in the pasttwo presidential elections, have been spend-ing tens of millions of dollars to improvedata collection to achieve a rough parity.

President Obama’s approval ratings are

hovering near all-time lows, and Republi-cans have successfully persuaded their coresupporters that the election is a referendumon him.

IN EARLY OCTOBER, National Demo-crats delivered a blow to Foust by cancel-ing a multimillion-dollar television ad buyin the race, shifting money from the 10th

to shore up vulnerable incumbents, such asfreshman Rep. Ami Bera, a California Demo-crat.

“Ad reservations are changing every week,and John Foust is running an aggressivecampaign in a tough climate,” DavidBergstein, spokesman for the DemocraticCongressional Campaign Committee, saidin response to the move.

Foust said he still sees a pathto victory. Campaigning Satur-day in Prince William County,Foust told supporters that thecampaign is at a “critical point.”

“I like to say both BarbaraComstock and I will have morethan enough supporters to winthis election, there’s no questionabout that. But because it’s alow turnout election, the onewho is going to win is the onewho has the ground game, andI know we have the groundgame.”

Comstock’s campaign saidthey have been working theirfield operation too.

“As we enter the final week,our campaign has the momen-tum,” Comstock said Friday.“We have ongoing Get Out TheVote efforts and will continue toreach voters through ElectionDay. I am pleased with all of thepositive responses we get everyday throughout this diverse dis-trict.”

Johanna Persing, a spokesper-son for Comstock’s campaign,said Comstock and her volun-teers have been knocking ondoors every day. “We are reach-ing voters in all corners of the

district… our strong ground game and Get-Out-the Vote effort will be instrumental tovictory on Nov. 4.”

“The point is not everything is moving inone direction. Different groups are respond-ing in different ways to the candidates andthe message,” said longtime campaign ac-tivist Frank Blechman of Fairfax. “Bottomline: It’s too close to call so get out and vote.”

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Virginia’s sprawling 10th district, originally created in 1952, stretches from inside theCapital Beltway in Northern Virginia west to the Shenandoah Valley.

A from the National Rifle Association,”Foust said dryly.

Comstock said she worked on Virginia’srecent mental-health reforms that shesaid would make Virginians safer whilepreserving their Second Amendmentrights.

She also said she supports addingschool resource officers to schools. “Weneed to help prevent violence and keepstudents safe,” she said, “not just againstguns, but for bullying and human traf-ficking. Virginia has been a model forother states. It’s another example ofbipartisans coming together to protectour second amendment rights whilemaking us secure.”

Foust was scathing in his reply.“There have been 87 school shootings

since Sandy Hook … that’s unconscio-

nable. Frankly, Delegate Comstock’s posi-tion is scary,” Foust said. “She voted to letpeople have guns in bars. Virginia was thegun-running capital of the south, andDemocrats said let’s limit the purchase ofguns to one a month for 12 months. Lastsession, Delegate Comstock voted to elimi-nate that law. Virginia is now open for busi-ness, and it’s a huge step backwards.”

Foust also slammed Comstock for heropposition to the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roev. Wade decision legalizing abortion, andher vote in favor of the controversial “trans-vaginal ultrasound” bill in the Virginia leg-islature.

“First of all, there are good people on bothsides of these difficult issues,” Comstocksaid, “What we do in Congress is about fed-eral funding of abortion, and I’ve alwayssupported funding in cases of rape, incestor when the health of the mother is in dan-ger.” Comstock said she also supports mak-

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“I don’t demonize people,” Comstockadded. “I want to work together, to findways we can bring people together and notfight …”

“Of course you don’t want to fight aboutit,” Foust shot back, calling Comstock’s po-sition on abortion “beyond the pale.”

“What you really want to do is get peopleoff your back for not standing up for awoman’s right to make her own health carechoices,” Foust said, drawing loud applausefrom his supporters.

Foust continued blasting Comstock forserving as co-chair of the Susan B. AnthonyList, a political action group dedicated toelecting pro-life candidates, and claimingthat Comstock called herself “a ‘warrior’ inthe pro-life movement.”

WHEN MODERATOR Sally Horn, MCA’s

Final Comstock-Foust Debate Gets Emotionalpresident, said there was no time left inthe 90-minute debate for Comstock togive her rebuttal, and suggested the can-didates move on to their three-minuteclosing statements, the audience be-came mutinous, booing and hissing ateach other, the moderator and the can-didates.

After Comstock’s closing statement,supporters erupted with loud, sustainedapplause and whistles, delaying the startof Foust’s closing remarks.

When Foust launched a call-and-re-sponse in his closing statement – askingseveral times if “Barbara Comstock canbe trusted” – audience members com-peted with shouts of “yes,” “no” and “shutup.” The shouts interrupted his remarksso many times that Horn offered him anopportunity to start over. That actionsparked a brief scuffle in the balcony sec-tion of the theater.


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“The Addams Family” features an original scoreby Andrew Lippa, and focuses on the classic Addamsfamily antics. Wednesday Addams, the ultimate prin-cess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in lovewith a sweet, smart young man from a respectablefamily - a man her parents have never met. As if thatweren’t upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in herfather and begs him not to tell her mother. Now,Gomez Addams must do something he’s never donebefore - keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia.Everything will change for the whole family on thefateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s“normal” boyfriend, Lucas, and his parents, Mal andAlice Beineke.

Santiago Alfonzo-Meza leads the MTC cast asGomez. Helena Doms and Nora Logsdon appear asMorticia; Lily Lord and Nicole Sheehan as Wednes-day. Jack Posey appears as Lucas with RachelLawhead and Matt Lucero appearing as Alice andMal Beineke respectively.

“The Addams Family” runs Oct. 31–Nov. 9 at theBurks Auditorium with tickets ranging from $10-$15,kicking off with the special 11 p.m. Halloween nightdebut. Attendees are encouraged to attend in cos-tume to celebrate the season. For more informationand tickets, visit www.mcleandrama.com. “TheAddams Family” is presented through special arrange-

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McLean Theatre Company comprises students,parents and teachers at McLean High School work-ing together to produce challenging and award win-ning theatrical productions. The home of McLeanTheatre Company is the 700 seat Burks Auditoriumand the more intimate 75 seat Black Box Theater at1633 Davidson Road, McLean.

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By Jon Roetman

The Connection

Madison quarterback JasonGastrock scrambled to hisleft, jumped in the air andfloated a pass toward re-

ceiver Jordan Ebersole, who was standingin the end zone.

Ebersole made the catch near the side-line and was promptly blasted by a McLeandefender and knocked to the ground.

“I saw the guy coming out of the cornerof my eye,” Ebersole said. “I’ve been taughtthat you’re going to get hit anyway, so youmight as well catch it.”

Ebersole took the hit, held on to the balland scored a 4-yard touchdown. Likelyneeding a four-game winning streak to earna playoff spot, Ebersole and the Warhawksplayed as if they weren’t ready for theirpostseason dreams to end.

The Madison football team thumpedMcLean 40-0 on Oct. 24 at Madison HighSchool. The Warhawks dominated fromstart to finish, building a 27-0 halftime lead.Madison outscored its last two opponents93-0 and likely needs to win its last twogames to reach the postseason despite a 2-4 start.

“We’re in playoff mode,” Madison headcoach Lenny Schultz said. “That was ourgoal: to turn this program around in a hurryand make the playoffs. We know we haveto win out to do that.”

THE WARHAWKS took the next step to-ward the postseason with strong perfor-mances on both sides of the ball against theHighlanders. On offense, Madison scoredsix touchdowns and produced the team’ssecond-highest point total of the season.Gastrock connected with Ebersole for threetouchdown passes.

“It just seemed like,” Gastrock said, “hewas open the entire time.”

Gastrock threw a 20-yard touchdown passto Ebersole with 3:25 remaining in the firsthalf, giving Madison a 20-0 lead. He alsofound No. 14 for a 27-yard score with 1:50left in the third quarter, extending theWarhawks’ advantage to 33-0.

Ebersole had eight catches for 75 yards.“I feel like they played great together to-

night,” Schultz said about Gastrock andEbersole. “They’re connecting.”

Nate Williams also had a big night catch-ing passes, finishing with 12 receptions for80 yards.

“Nate’s been consistent all year makingplays,” Schultz said. “We knew Jordan coulddo it [too]. … If they want to bracket Nate,then we’ll go to Jordan.”

Gastrock completed 26 of 31 passes for210 yards.

“He’s coming into his own,” Schultz said.“He’s leading the team in practice [and] he’sdeveloping into a good young quarterback.”

Gastrock also made things happen withhis legs, keeping plays alive by scramblingor taking off down field. He rushed for 51yards and a touchdown on seven carries.

“I definitely had a better running gamethan I have in the past,” Gastrock said. “Idon’t really consider myself that much of arunning quarterback, but I had some goodplays today.”

Sophomore running back Wiley Countscarried six times for 41 yards and a touch-down.

On defense, Madison recorded its secondconsecutive shutout and held McLean to179 yards of offense.

During a 51-35 loss to Herndon on Oct.2, McLean quarterback Brian Maffei set astate record for completions in a game with

42. On Friday, the Highlanders signal callercompleted 18 of 36 passes for 140 yardsand was intercepted once.

“A lot of it was pressure on the quarter-back,” Madison linebacker Joe Koshuta saidwhen asked about the Warhawks’ defensivesuccess. “They run quick routes out on thefield, so we had to get on the quarterbackand get pressure.”

After a season-opening win over SouthLakes, Madison dropped four of five, includ-ing a 16-14 loss to Oakton on Sept. 5 and a7-3 defeat against Chantilly on Sept. 12.With a 2-4 record, the Warhawks respondedwith a 53-0 win against Thomas Jeffersonon Oct. 17 and Friday’s shellacking ofMcLean.

Madison will close the regular season with

road games against Langley (Oct. 31)and Marshall (Nov. 7).

Friday’s loss dropped McLean’srecord to 4-4.

“This is not indicative of the teamthat we have over here,” head coachShaun Blair said. “We could make alot of excuses … [but] that would takecredit away from [Madison]. Theyfreakin’ came out and they laid it tous.”

MCLEAN ENTERED Friday’s contestaveraging 27 points per game, butcouldn’t get anything going on of-fense. The Highlanders’ previous lowpoint total was 19 against StoneBridge on Oct. 10.

McLean receiver Jordan Cole caughtfive passes for 52 yards, and OwenPilewski had six receptions for 43yards. Maffei and Tom Shue each hadsix carries for 15 yards.

“Give credit to [Madison],” Blairsaid. “They had a very good gameplan. They made it very difficult tomove the ball. Obviously, there weresome instances where we didn’t ex-ecute, but they did a lot in order tocause that to happen.”

McLean will host Thomas Jeffersonat 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 31, andwill travel to take on rival Langley at7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 7.

“The beauty part of the whole thingis that we still control our own fate,”Blair said. “We win, we take care ofbusiness the next two weeks, [a] 6-4[record] gets you in. We’re going tohave to [travel in the playoffs], andthat’s fine. We’ve had adversity all sea-son, our backs are going to be againstthe wall, but we’ve been there beforeand, with the exception of tonight,we’ve come out on top. We like ourchances.

“… You can’t allow them to beat youtwice. How that happens is you dwellon it too long. We’re going to do ourfilm, we’re going to do our corrections,we’re going to look at it as a team andwe’re going to flush it fairly quicklybecause the season continues.”

QB Gastrock, WR Ebersole connect forthree touchdown passes.

Madison Continues Playoff Push withShutout of McLean

Madison quarterback Jason Gastrock threw three touchdown passes andran for one against McLean on Oct. 24.

McLean quarterback Brian Maffei throws a pass against Madisonon Oct. 24.

Photos by Craig Sterbutzel/The Connection “I saw the guy comingout of the corner of myeye. I’ve been taught thatyou’re going to get hitanyway, so you might aswell catch it.”— Madison receiver Jordan Ebersole

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ders, leading to higher rates of problem behaviorin school, loss in structural time and academic fail-ure,” she said. “

Although the cost for the first year was originallyprojected at $30 million, board members creditedAssistant Superintendent of Facilities and Transpor-tation Jeffrey Platenberg for helping reduce the costto $4.9 million.

Springfield District board member ElizabethSchultz said the cost per student per day is 15 cents.

“If we can’t invest 15 cents per student per day injust one year, and that’s not the advertised cost, toimproving the social, emotional, health, physicalacademic, athletic and extracurricular activities,nevermind the sacrosanct time that children need tospend with their family, then we do not have ourpriorities straight,” she said.

Schultz also thanked who she called the naysayers- the people who came before the board disapprov-ing of the measure. Because of those who questionedeach step along the way, she said, a proposal thatmet many of those concerns could be formed. Whileshe said this is not a perfect solution, it is the bestsolution for now.

“This is just a starting point,” she said.

DR. GARZA noted that there are some things towork on to make later start times run smoothly nextyear, but said there was nearly a calendar year tomake sure those items can be resolved. While sheknew there are many teachers working outside the

county who will have to wake up just as early asbefore to fight traffic coming to school and stay laterrather than being with their families, she said manyof those teachers still supported the change becauseit was the best decision for the students.

“I know that FCPS employees and teachers care sodeeply about our children and what’s best for ourchildren,” she said.

At large board member Ryan McElveen said he oncefought against later high school start times while hewas in high school because it gave students moretime in the evenings for homework and extracurricu-lar activities.

“As we know, history moves in arcs and we are atanother arc,” he said.

Although Student Representative Harris LaTeef willnot be able to benefit from the change, he was ex-cited for the classes below him. In past meetings, hesaid this proposal would be the most important oneduring his tenure as student representative.

“As I said before, we can provide students with atop notch, rigorously designed education, but if wedon’t have our physical and mental health in check,the education the county provides us really has littlemeaning,” he said.

After the proposal passed, supporters jumped outof their chairs, cheering and hugging one another.The next five to 10 minutes of the meeting was animpromptu break for board members and the publicalike.

“It’s probably going to take me a little while toprocess it,” said Payne. “I was definitely in tears forthe first few minutes. It’s a little overwhelming.”

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Each year, the Northwest FederalCredit Union Foundation (NWFCUFoundation) awards a total of$100,000 in college scholarships –$5,000 each – to 20 students whohave demonstrated qualities of lead-ership, dedication and commitmentin school, at home and in the com-munity.

“These students have displayedthe qualities that will make themfuture leaders in our community,”said Chris McDonald, Chairman ofthe NWFCU Foundation and Presi-dent/CEO of Northwest FederalCredit Union. “We are pleased tomake an investment in their future –and our community’s future – byhelping them pay for college.”

Winners of the 2014 Ben DeFeliceScholarships from our area include:

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❖ Jamie Joeyen-Waldorf, gradu-ate of Langley High School. She willattend Northwestern University.

❖ Jennifer Prosser, graduate ofOakton High School. She will attendthe University of Notre Dame.

❖ Sydney Sampson, graduate ofJames Madison High School. She willattend the University of Virginia.

Twenty-five students fromFairfax County Public Schools(FCPS) have been named 2015 Na-tional Achievement Scholarshipprogram semifinalists in an academiccompetition for Black American highschool students conducted by theNational Merit Scholarship Corpora-

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❖ Lake Braddock SecondarySchool: Leul Berhane-Meskel andKinaya Hassane.

❖ Langley High School: LeahYirga.

❖ Madison High School: RachelBostick, Jesse Ernest, and BenjaminJackson.

❖ Marshall High School:Natascha Whyte.

❖ South County High School:Maya Armstrong and Olivia Jones.

❖ Thomas Jefferson High Schoolfor Science and Technology(TJHSST): Azeez Abdikarim, ArielleAmpeh, Rebecca Clark-Callender,Theodore Richardson, Hannah Wied,and Rollin Woodford.

❖ West Potomac High School:Zoe Smith.

❖ Woodson High School: RobertCuyjet and Daniel Pryce.

The semifinalists will compete formore than 800 Achievement Scholar-ship awards, worth $2.5 million, tobe awarded next spring. The awardswill be supported by corporations,professional organizations, founda-tions, and funds from the NMSC. Tobe considered for a scholarship,semifinalists must advance to the fi-nalist level by fulfilling additionalrequirements.

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Not that I’m the least bit worried (actually,I’m the most bit worried), but surviving a ter-minal cancer diagnosis years beyond one’soriginal prognosis does present its ownunique set of problems. Most notably, andmost personally for me, they concern treat-ment options. Specifically, what drugs, tar-geted or otherwise, can be infused and/orswallowed (when in pill form, like Tarceva)and for how long, when signs of internalorgan damage are indicated on regular labtests? The answer is, generally speaking, solong as your body – as indicated by lab workand any physical symptoms/diagnostic scans– tolerates it. Once the results turn negative,however, and the drug no longer appears tobe working, change – in the form of newmedicine – is warranted, according to myoncologist. Cancer cells figure it out eventu-ally, and the drugs become ineffective.Moreover, going back to previous drugs –infused or orally (first line, second line, etc.) –that were likewise once effective and then nolonger were, is also rarely advisable since thedrugs don’t magically become re-effectivewith non-use. Apparently, the cancer cellsdon’t forget, either.

The problem then becomes/has become,for me, given some of the now pre-existinginternal organ damage nearly six years ofnon-stop chemotherapy can cause, is that apatient can run out of treatment options. Infact, I’m on the last oncologist-recommendedone, of those with acceptable risks and sideeffects. Barring any new drug making it out ofthe research/FDA-approval pipeline, my nextoption is experimental/a clinical-type study(N.I.H./Johns Hopkins come to mind) oralternatively, a 100-percent non-Westernapproach. Fortunately, I’m not quite thereyet; I was almost there last September after aweek-long stay in a hospital due to fluidbuild-up in my lungs, when after my release,my oncologist took a bit of a chance and pre-scribed Alimta (an infused chemotherapydrug, the one he characterizes as “the lastmiracle drug” on the market) for me, whichhas been miraculous. I’m not cancer-free, butneither am I curled up in a fetal position.Alimta has become my new best friend.

I can’t say I worry about “what next” everyminute of every day, but I certainly worryabout it most days, and most definitely worryabout it every third Thursday while I awaitthe results from my every-three-week, pre-chemotherapy lab work. Once my creatinineand bilirubin (kidney, liver respectively),exceed acceptable levels, my chemotherapystops (and if my next CT Scan shows tumorgrowth and/or movement, likewise the che-motherapy stops) and the “what next” ques-tion rears its ugly head. Quality of life, qualityof treatment. I’ll have entered the land of theunknown. No more FDA-approved protocols,no more drugs whose efficacy can be meas-ured. No more predictability. Life as I’vecome to l know and love it will likely take aturn for the scary.

So far, my body – and my mind, havemostly withstood the chemical and emotionalonslaught that almost six years of chemother-apy can exact. I don’t imagine, given myoriginal “13 month to two-year prognosis”back in late February, 2009, that this routinegoes on forever. As much as I want to believeand live like I have a future, sometimes it’sdifficult not to live day-to-day, or at most,every-three-weeks-to-every-three-weeks.

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The Mystery of Oolong Teas. 1-3 p.m. ColvinRun Mill, 10017 Colvin Run Road, Great Falls.Taste a variety of “wulong” teas as you learnhow they are created and what makes each stylespecial, while enjoying some tea infused treats.Advance reservations and payment ($30 perperson) required through the Mill at 703-759-2771.

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