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Nicole Rappaport, South Lakes High School Class of 2013 president, addresses thestudent body during graduation Friday, June 14.

South Lakes High School graduatingsenior Tiara Adams receives her diplomaFriday, June 14.

South Lakes Celebrates GraduationClass of 2013 features 104International Baccalaureate,119 honor graduates.

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The South Lakes High School Class of 2013gathered for the final time as students atthe school, leaving the building thatevening, Friday, June 14, as South Lakes

alumni. Five hundred and twenty eight seniors gradu-ated, including 104 students who graduated with theInternational Baccalaureate diploma, 119 honorgraduates and 23 who are the first in their family tograduate from high school.

“I had the privilege of being this class’s assistantprincipal for two years,” said South Lakes Princi-pal Kimberly Retzer, who was named principal lastJuly. “I remember them coming to this school asfreshman, standing outside of the office, lookingas if they were wondering if they belonged here.Looking out among them now, I can see they foundtheir way.”

The class is already working toward finding theirway at the next level, as the members of the classhave collectively been awarded more than $15 mil-lion in scholarship dollars.

The class also included two exchange students, onefrom Germany, one from Japan.

Class President Nicole Rappaport recalled Septem-ber 2009, when the class came to South Lakes, andsaid she was proud to watch the group’s evolutionover their high school careers.

“Sitting in front of me is a group of individualswho can do anything they want in their lives,” shesaid. “They’ve shown the ability, intellect, drive andpassion to accomplish anything.”

The Class of 2013 voted English teacher AlisonShreck to give the faculty address.

“Part of becoming an adult is that slowly, over time,

walking the path of the ordinary, you realize thatlife is not happening somewhere else, at someoneelse’s party, someone else’s job, someone else’s ca-reer. That it’s in your everyday choices, and it’s fullof opportunity,” she said. “The world does not needstudents who want instant success, it does not needstudents who want accolades simply by pushing but-tons on a smartphone. It needs people who can walkthe ordinary road and become the person they wantto be.”

Viewpoints

Where are you headed in the fall andwhere do you see yourself in 10 years?

Kyle Schuh“I’m going to Christopher

Newport to study organismalbiology. I’d like to turn that intoa career in athletic training andphysical therapy. In 10 years Iwant to be a successful physi-cal therapist, ideally with asports team.”

Stuart McAlpine“I’ll be attending Northern

Virginia Community College inthe fall, and I hope to eventu-ally transfer to an art school tostudy photography. In 10 years,I’d like to see my work on aglossy page somewhere.”

Jake Andich“I’m going to Christopher

Newport University, and I’mcompletely undecided aboutwhat I’ll study. I plan to do someexploring and find out what I’minto. In 10 years I’d like to havea good job somewhere, and beready to start a family.”

Riley Hart“I’m going to George Mason

in the fall to study biomedicalengineering. My passion isworking on prosthetic limbs,and I hope to find a way tomake them affordable and highquality for everyone who needsthem. In 10 years I’d like to bedebt free, done with college andhave a job and family.”

Yessenia Montoya, right“I’m currently in process of joining the Army. I hope to eventu-

ally become an optometry technician with my training. In 10 years,I’d like to still be in the military with a stable, nice home andliving my life the way I want to.”Hikari Sakamoto, left

“I came to South Lakes as an exchange student, so in the fall I’llbe back in Japan. In 10 years I’d like to be a diplomat, living allover the world and seeing as many different cultures as I can.”


Paint the Pub Purple Come one, come all event atO’Sullivan’s Irish Pub in Herndon.

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By Jennifer Benitz

The Connection

Prepare to “Paint the Pub Purple”when O’Sullivan’s Irish Pub inHerndon hosts a happy hour ben-efiting the Leukemia and Lym-

phoma Society (LLS) on Thursday, June 27.Taking place from 4-8 p.m., the happy hourwill bring together supporters with drinkand food specials and live music.

Event organizer and Team in Trainingparticipant Stephanie Kurspahic has teamedup with the Irish pub to raise money for theLLS through the Team in Training program.The program gives participants the oppor-tunity to train for endurance events whiletaking part in fundraising efforts to raisemoney for the LLS which, in turn, helps fundeverything from research to chemotherapyfor patients.

“I got involved [with LLS] because mybrother had leukemia,” said Kurspahic. “Ithought it’d be really cool to give back andhonor [his] memory.”

O’Sullivan’s has agreed to donate 15 per-cent of profits and 100 percent of the rafflesales raised during the happy hour.

“It’s for a good cause,” said Bar ManagerEnda Browne, now in his second time work-ing with Kurspahic to host an event ben-

Event organizer and Team in Training participant Stephanie Kurspahicstands with a sign that reads, “I tri for: Justin Steinberg” at the HonoredTeammate Picnic on June 15.

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efiting the LLS. “I like helping out localcharities and I enjoy seeing new faces inthe pub. It will be a good event all around.”

Happy hour attendees are asked to wearpurple, the Team in Training color, as theyshow their support. Customers will get toenjoy live music by local musician DavidThong throughout the event. In addition,

the raffle prizes will be auctioned off at $5a ticket, or $10 for three and $20 for 10.

The prizes include a signed print by localartist Harun Mehmedinovic, certificates forone month of free yoga and a one-hourtraining session at the Pedro Sauer TotalFitness Academy in Sterling, and gift cardsfor II Fornaio, Mon Ami Gabi, Midtown Jew-

elers and Bow Tie Cinemas.Since starting with Team in Training in

2009, Kurspahic hasn’t stopped in her questwith the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.Currently training for the Beach to Battle-ship Triathlon, a 70.3-mile race, that willtake place in North Carolina on Oct. 27, theReston resident hopes to get closer to herfundraising goal.

“The mission is to find a cure for bloodcancers and improve the quality of life forpatients and family,” Kurspahic said. “I willbe forever grateful for the meaningful im-pact that the LLS and Team in Training inparticular had on my family. We had a posi-tive experience [with the LLS] and I wantto be a part of the same thing for someoneelse.”

“I will be forever gratefulfor the meaningful

impact that the LLS andTeam in Training in

particular had on myfamily.”

—Stephanie Kurspahic, event organizer


Commentary

Bipartisan Approach Needed in Evaluating LegislatorsBy Kenneth R. “Ken” Plum

State Delegate (D-36)

The 2013 session of theGeneral Assembly wasa landmark one, ac-cording to most every-

one who follows politics in the OldDominion. It passed a sweepingtransportation funding packagethat had eluded approval for atleast a couple of decades.

Commentators are saying thatthe U.S. Congress should look atwhat happened in Virginia thisyear and emulate it. Republicansand Democrats in the House andSenate voted for tax increases thatwill fund long-needed transporta-tion improvements.

Clearly the passage of the billwas a bipartisan effort. NeitherDemocrats nor Republicans hadenough votes to pass the bill; ittook both parties voting togetherto get a majority in both chambers.Enough legislators from the sub-urbs, cities and rural areas cametogether to make up the narrowmajorities by which this historiclegislation passed.

The governor made it clear fromthe beginning that this was thesession at which action had to betaken to fund Virginia’s crumblingtransportation infrastructure. Hehad no more effective voice in car-rying the message forward than inthe Virginia Chamber of Com-merce. Throughout the legislativesession the state chamber encour-aged local chambers to come toRichmond to lobby on behalf of

the transportation bill. The billwas on the chamber’s list of billsbeing watched.

The surprise in the statechamber’s position on the trans-portation compromise came afterthe session. Recently the chamberissued its 2013 Legislative ReportCard that “recognizes legislatorsfor their support on initiatives thatwill help move Virginia forward.”The landmark transportation billwas given the same identical im-portance on the report card as 49other bills, some of which wereclarifying existing laws, directingstate agencies or creating a study.As a result, more than two dozenRepublicans were given an A scoreeven if they had voted against theground-breaking transportationbill that is expected to create13,000 jobs over six years as wellas relieve traffic congestion.

At a Chamber 2013 LegislativeAwards Banquet in May at the RitzCarlton in Northern Virginia,plaques of achievement were givento at least a half dozen Republicansfrom traffic-congested NorthernVirginia who voted against the

transportation bill. Not a singleDemocrat was recognized for work-ing on and voting for the transpor-tation bill that was seen as so im-portant just a few weeks earlier.Clearly the bill would not havepassed without a bipartisan vote.

Fortunately, local chambers ofcommerce have not been so one-sided in their recognition of mem-bers of both parties who workedto create an acceptable compro-mise. Virginia FREE(www.vafree.com), a non-partisanbusiness coalition that providesobjective information to ensure

Teens Deserve Sleep Before SchoolBy John Lovaas

Reston Impact Producer/Host

For about 10 years, area par-ent groups and child healthspecialists have been argu-

ing that high school start timesshould take into account the bodyclocks of high school students. Infact, research shows that highschool age teens do their best ifthey get a solid nine hours of sleep.Adequate sleep improves learning,memory and performance inschool. Inadequate sleep hasmany downsides.

Fairfax County high schoolshave the earliest class start timesin Northern Virginia. Our high school teens get lessthan the optimal sleep time. In fact, two out of threeFairfax teens are seriously sleep deprived—losing twoor more hours of sleep every school night. And itcosts them. School districts with start times like ours(7:20 a.m., in fact) have much higher teen car crashrates, for example. One in four Fairfax teens sufferssymptoms of depression. Fairfax County’s own stud-ies show that teens with adequate sleep are less likelyto show signs of depression.

SLEEP (Start Later for Excellence in EducationProposal), a local parents’ organization, has beenpleading the case for the teens—so far to no avail.(Go to www.sleepinfairfax.org). What is most frus-trating for the parents is that the school board doesnot disagree with the premise that a later start timewould improve student performance, health andsafety. The problem is that Fairfax County PublicSchools (FCPS) apparently lacks the political willand/or management skill to adjust the school sched-ule: 72 of 95 counties in Virginia have figured how

to operate high schools starting at8 a.m. or later. NeighboringLoudoun County high schools startat 9 a.m., while FCPS is still stuckon 7:20 a.m.

Why? First, there is a stronglobby for not changing after schoolsports programs schedules for fearof harming their competitiveness.Yet, Loudoun County operates ex-cellent and competitive sports pro-grams despite later class start andend times. Second, FCPS manage-ment would have to rework thescheduling of its substantial fleetof buses. No question, this wouldtake major rejiggering of times androutes. But, again, this is not

nuclear science, and somehow those brighter, morecreative folks in Loudoun County, Arlington Countyand others nearby have worked it out perfectly. Fur-ther, I understand that parents in other jurisdictionsquickly accommodated to later starts and indicatehigh rates of satisfaction with the later times.

Recently, the new FCPA Board passed a resolu-tion indicating their intention to study and intro-duce later start times. That, and a new superinten-dent and other changes in senior management arestirring cautious optimism among advocates foradequate sleep for our teens. Let’s hope the pon-derous Fairfax County system will stand and moveforward with overdue action critical to the wellbeingof our youth.

Then, might we imagine the Fairfax Supervisorsboldly moving forward on—dare I say it—road andinfrastructure improvements for the Wiehle Metrostation; the long-stalled Reston Master Plan; or, acounty police force held accountable to the publicfor the use of lethal force?

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that the General Assembly is re-ceptive and responsive to the in-terests of free enterprise, evalu-ated legislators solely on their voteon the transportation bill and rec-ognized Democrats and Republi-cans alike who voted for it. TheVirginia Chamber of Commerceshould look at the example of howlegislators worked together acrossparty lines for the benefit of thecommonwealth and give recogni-tion to this bipartisan effort in thefuture. The state chamber itselfmay benefit from a bipartisan ap-proach.

WEDNESDAY/JUNE 26Preserving Your Precious

Family Documents andPhotographs. 1 p.m., at theHerndon Senior Center, 873Grace St., Herndon. Learn fromLaura Wickstead of FairfaxRegional Library how to protectand preserve family heirloomphotographs, letters anddocuments. 703-654-6200.

THURSDAY/JUNE 27Leadership Fairfax Office. 4-

6:30 p.m., Among the topics thatwill be covered for each stageare:helping and protecting family,budgeting and saving with apurpose and choosing a financialadvisor. https://www.leadershipfairfax.org/.

MONDAY/JULY 22Art Submission Deadline. Reston

Bike Club and ArtSpace Herndoninvite artists to enter two-dimensional media for the Centuryride T-Shirt, with a theme relatedto Hamilton, Va., and road cycling;all mediums are acceptableincluding painting, drawing and

Bulletin Board

photography. $15. 703-956-6590or artspaceherndon.org.

ONGOINGArabic-speaking Older Adult

Social Visits. Fairfax Countyneeds volunteers who speakArabic to provide social visits toan elderly person in Reston forfour hours per month. 703-324-5406, TTY 703-449-1186,[email protected] www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dfs/olderadultservices.

The Herndon Senior Center at873 Grace St., Herndon, needs avolunteer musician to playsoothing music for participants;piano available. 703-324-5406,TTY 703-449-1186,[email protected] www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dfs/olderadultservices.

Long-Term Care VolunteerOmbudsman Program NeedsVolunteers. Ombudsmenadvocate for the rights ofresidents of nursing and assistedliving facilities—they also helpresidents resolve conflict andimprove their quality of life. 703-324-5861 TTY 711 [email protected].

To have community events listed in the Connection, send [email protected] by the Friday prior to the followingweek’s paper.

Fishing inthe RainFriday afternoon,June 7, JeremyCharles, a studentat Hartford Collegein Pennsylvania onschool break, pulledthis bass from LakeAnne in the rain.Three of the neigh-bors with fishingexperience esti-mated the bass,caught off the endof the main piernear the fountain,at easily 12 lbs.Charles returned itto the lake.


Opinion

Talking, Acting To Keep Them SafeReducing drug- andalcohol-related fatalities.

Editorial

The pages and covers of most of thisweek’s Connection Newspapersshow the joy and accomplishmentassociated with high school gradu-

ation. The day celebrates graduates who ac-complished much just by finishing, graduatesheaded to college and more.

Most area high schools also celebrate withan all-night graduation party, an event de-signed and coordinated by parents to providegraduates with safe and appealing fun, withmany schools organizing an annual party formore than 20 years.

It was, for example, the 25thannual All Night Drug and Al-cohol-Free Graduation Celebra-tion for T.C. Williams HighSchool when the class of 2013

held its party on Saturday, June 15. Since 1989,when this tradition began at T.C. Williams,there have been no drug or alcohol-relatedgraduation night fatalities.

Herndon High School parents have been pro-viding a memorable evening for our graduatesin an alcohol and drug free atmosphere formore than 20 years, and report that, “since theAll Night Grad Celebrations began, we arehappy to say there have been no alcohol ordrug related fatalities on graduation night.”

Summer is the beginning of many celebra-tions for young people in this area, and manyof them, whether underage or over 21, admitthat they celebrate with alcohol. Chances arethat if your household includes a high schoolstudent, that student sometimes consumes al-cohol. Graduation night is not the only dangerlurking, as everyone knows.

All night graduation parties provide not onlya safe place on graduation night, but also manyopportunities before and after to talk aboutdrinking and driving. There is no substitute forparents talking to their children about drink-ing, no matter how awkward, no matter how

many eye-rolls you must endure. Driving whileunder the influence, or getting into a car as apassenger with someone who is impaired, isnot the only danger of drinking, but it is oneof the most avoidable.

On graduation day in 2007, West PotomacHigh School endured the unimaginable trag-edy. Two young women who had graduatedjust hours before died in a car driven by an-other young woman who had alcohol in hersystem. The driver and another passenger, a2005 West Potomac graduate, also died in that

crash.If you’ve successfully raised a teenager

through high school graduation, it is unbear-able to think of losing him or her now. Talk.Tell them you love them. Tell them it’s beenway too much trouble to get to this point torisk losing them now. Tell them that you willcome and get them, without consequences, anytime they need a ride to avoid getting in a carwith someone who has been drinking and/orotherwise under the influence. Look them inthe eyes. Say the words.

Grant Leibow is joined by classmates Alex Frolia, Haley Holder, MichaelEvans, Alex Robinette and Cole Fleming in celebrating Marshall High School’sgraduation Friday, June 14.

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For Adults Who Need a Reminder

Washington Regional Alcohol Pro-gram will provide free rides forthose over 21 who find them-

selves out celebrating on the Fourth of Julywithout a safe ride home.

The 2013 Independence Day SoberRideprogram will be offered from 10 p.m. Thurs-day, July 4 until 4 a.m. Friday, July 5.

To receive a free cab ride home (up to a$30.00 fare), please call 800-200-8294(TAXI). You must be 21 or older to use the

SoberRide service.WRAP’s SoberRide has helped to ensure

greater Washington, D.C. residents have asafe way home on high-risk holidays. Since1993, WRAP has provided over 57,990 saferides home, keeping impaired drivers off theroad.

SoberRide operates during the December/January holiday season, St. Patrick’s Day, In-dependence Day and Halloween.

See http://wrap.org/soberride.

Letters to the Editor

Leaving LibraryWhere It IsTo the Editor:

The county’s suggestion that itis “desirable” to move the RestonRegional Library to a Metro sta-tion area is troubling to me. Thethird draft of the comprehensiveplan text written by county staffincludes language which should beof concern to all Reston residents.

The problem with moving thelibrary to a station area is thatthere will be restrictions on park-ing in the station areas. Manypeople will not be able to parktheir cars at such a facility. In ad-dition, there will be many hourseach day when people will not beable to reach a library situated at

a station area because of nearbygridlocked intersections. With noplans to build multiple bridgesacross the Toll Road, the libraryshould be left where it is. RestonRegional Library should not bemoved to serve a transit area atthe expense of the entire commu-nity. Our library is a critical ame-nity and a community resourceReston families depend on.

Here is the link to the draft:http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/

dpz/projects/reston/plantext/05-28-2013_dra f t3_p lan_tex t -areawide_reston_tsas.pdf.

This is the text:Library: The TSAs (transit sta-

tion areas) are served by theReston Regional library, located inthe RestonTown Center at 11925Bowman Towne Drive. This library

facility is one of the most heavilyused in the library system in termsof number of visits per year. Op-tions are currently being evaluatedto renovate and expand the library.Such a renovation and expansionwill be planned to accommodatethe future growth in the TSAs. Asan alternative, replacement of thecurrent facility with a new libraryincorporated into a mixed-use de-velopment within one of the TSAsis desirable.

If you have concerns, you shouldcommunicate with SupervisorCathy Hudgins and ChairmanSharon Bulova before this thirddraft is adopted by the RestonMaster Plan Special Study TaskForce. This draft, when approvedby them, the Planning Commissionand the Board of Supervisors, will

become the new Reston MasterPlan for the area of the Dulles cor-ridor in Reston and the RestonTown Center. Moving the libraryto a transit area is NOT desirableand this language should be re-moved from the third draft.

Kathy KaplanReston

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Photos by Stephen Barna/Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project

Silver LineTesting Continues

WMATA cars continuetesting all along the Phase 1

alignment from East FallsChurch to Wiehle Avenue in

Reston. In this photo, carsare being positioned on thetrail tracks for testing (west

of the Wiehle-Reston EastMetrorail Station) beforebeing temporarily stored.

Work insidethe mezza-nine level ofthe pedes-trian bridgeentranceportal at theWiehle-Reston EastMetrorailstationcontinues.Installationof floor tiles,handrails,ceilingpanels andlighting isnearingcompletion.


Center (RCC) Board of Governors.To the Editor:

I am a long-time Reston resi-dent, strong community volunteerand parent of age-group swim-mers. I am also a nationally rec-ognized swimmer and swimmingofficial. I support an IndoorAquatic & Recreation Facility atBaron Cameron Park.

This proposal indicates Reston’songoing commitment to health,fitness and sporting activities. I’mthrilled that Reston has supportedrecreation as it has grown andthrived. It’s also great that theReston Community Center (RCC),Reston Association (RA) and RSTA(Reston Swim Team Association)have worked together to maximizebenefit of pool facilities and aquat-ics programs.

I learned to swim very well inReston. Competing with RSTA formany years, I perfected mystrokes, starts, turns and relays.My parents supported the sport bygetting me to the pool, workingmeets and events, and bondingwith other swimmer families. Itwas a great, healthy experience forthe whole family.

As I grew, I received many ben-efits from swimming in Reston. I

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competed at the national levelwith Solotar Swim Team (laterassimilated under Curl-Burke,now the Nation’s Capital SwimClub). I was lucky to train with thisAAU/USS team at Reston’s HiddenCreek Country Club. While I at-tended South Lakes High School,I swam conveniently at the RCC.Ultimately, my strong Restonswimming background enabledme to swim on scholarship for theUniversity of Virginia (UVA). To-day, I still swim and compete. Inaddition, I officiate swim compe-titions for RSTA, South Lakes High& VHSL (Virginia High SchoolLeague) and USA Swimming.

At all ages, swimmers developvaluable traits in and out of thewater including good sportsman-ship, teamwork and mutual re-spect. Dedicated, busy swimmerslearn strong organization and timemanagement skills that help themthroughout life. Yet, friendship isone of the most important benefitsfrom swimming. Many of my clos-est relationships and peoplememories are tied to pool experi-ences.

As you evaluate proposals, I urgeyou to strongly consider need, us-age and payback opportunities fora 50-meter pool facility dedicated

to year-round developmental andcompetitive swimming. For over40 years, Reston has demonstratedits commitment to swimming.While we have many outdoor RApools, we outgrew the RCC facil-ity decades ago. Most Restonswimmers access other facilitiesand swimming organizations dur-ing the majority of the year.

There is considerable interestwithin Reston for year-roundswimming. There is also tremen-dous talent for it in our area, asdescribed in “The Nation’s TalentPool” article http://www.washingtonpost.com/ wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/06/A R 2 0 0 9 0 2 0 6 0 3 5 4 1 . h t m l ?referrer=emailarticle. A new facil-ity would enable Reston to trainswimmers as well as attract anddevelop knowledgeable instruc-tors, coaches and officials. Grow-ing up, I had the opportunity tovisit and compete in many com-munities dedicated to swimming.I believe that Reston has the quali-ties to make swimming equally sig-nificant in our town.

As you consider options and op-position from other constituencies,I urge you to examine the OakMarr and Audrey Moore proper-ties run by Fairfax County. By aptly

integrating recreation centers withopen space, parking and accessi-bility, they cater well to swimmingand other recreational interests ofmany members. I appreciate yourefforts.

Lisa Hering GrovesReston

Young RefereesFace VerbalAbuseTo the Editor:

Youth recreational basketball hasfinally ended. These days, childrencan play in house leagues from No-vember through final playoff gamesin June. What they need and can’tplay without however, not countingcoaches, league administrators andvenues, are the referees.

My 18-year-old son has been ayouth basketball referee for thepast six years. At 12 he refereedsecond grade boys and girlsgames. Each year he worked hisway up, reaching eighth gradegames this season. This year, healso spent $120 of his own moneyto join the Cardinal BasketballOfficial’s Association; a 10-week

program offering a blend of class-room and game-based learningthat is intended to get you readyto referee junior varsity highschool basketball.

It is a thankless job, and at timescan be stressful when dealing withspectators and coaches. What I’venever understood over all theseyears is the verbal abuse theseyoung referees experience fromcoaches and parents alike. Approxi-mately 75 percent of youth refer-ees quit within two years due to thisabuse. There would be no gamesor leagues without a cadre of good,dedicated refs. Countless times myson has been called at the lastminute to work a game. I’ve seenhim sacrifice personal time to makesure these games can be played.

So think about that, coaches andparents, the next time you yell atthe ref. Leave the Bobby Knightantics for the college and progames. Nobody gets every callright, but it’s not for lack of train-ing or effort. In the end, it’s notabout wins and losses at this level.It’s about teaching children thefundamentals of the sport andmore importantly, some basic fun-damentals of life.

Bill Byrne

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The Girls Excelling in Math and Sci-ence (GEMS) Club Initiative, Nova Labsand the Mid-Atlantic Girls Collaborative(MAGiC) have announced a newproject: The Girl Makers of NorthernVirginia.

The project—funded by a $3,500grant from the Community Foundationfor Northern Virginia’s Innovation Fund($1,000) and the Moore Family Founda-tion ($2,500)—builds upon two “TakeApart” sessions held at Nova Labs lastwinter. “We provide the recycled itemsand the tools and the girls provide theelbow grease and the enthusiasm,” saysBrian Jacoby, Nova Labs president. Thegoal, he says, is to inspire tinkering andto feed girls’ natural curiosity. “New

funding will allow us to expand the pro-gram,” Jacoby states. Take Apartsessions, like Girl Makers, aim to buildgirls’ interest in pursuing science, tech-nology, engineering and math (STEM)classes and careers.

Elizabeth Vandenburg, co-lead andoutreach director of GEMS and MAGiC,says, “Nearly 51 percent of the U.S.population: women. Girls need to get inthe pipeline, and Nova Labs is at thecutting edge 21st-century economic en-gine in STEM innovation spearheadingthis exciting project.” Founded in 1994,the GEMS Club initiative is an after-school effort to expose three fields.Third through eighth grade girls areexposed to the fun and wonder of STEM

Nova Labs through a nonprofit“makerspace” in Reston that provides acommunity workshop where people canlearn, teach and collaborate on creativeand technical works. Started atClearview Elementary School by volun-teers and teachers, the GEMS Club nowhas 35 clubs across Fairfax County Pub-lic Schools and expanded at the 2011Clinton Global Initiative in Chicago, Ill.The lab is part of the internationalMaker Movement, the trend of individu-als creating and selling self-made items,which is considered to be spreadingquickly in neighborhoods across theUnited States.

For more information call ElizabethVandenburg 703-774-7796.

Reston Organizations Teach Girls the Value of Science

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Today, Henry Lopez hasa bright future, com-plete with a full schol-arship to college. It

wasn’t always that way, however,and he remembers being a pre-school student in a foreign coun-try, unfamiliar with the languageand culture, fighting to learn, to fitin, to avoid falling into a gang.

The Boys & Girls Clubs provedan invaluable help to him in thisstruggle, and Henry was actuallyjust selected as the Boys & GirlsClubs Youth of the Year for Districtof Columbia and Commonwealthof Virginia.

“For my family, the Americandream when we came here in 1999was survival,” said Henry, whograduated from JEB Stuart HighSchool in Falls Church last week.“In Guatemala, my parents realizedthat there was no money [or] op-portunity to obtain it, so the onlyway to care for my [family] was tocome to the United States.”

THAT DREAM has gone far be-yond survival, as Henry was ac-cepted into George MasonUniversity’s Honors College andawarded a full academic scholar-ship to the Fairfax school as a Uni-versity Scholar. Henry was one of 21 students se-lected from a pool of 1,500 appli-cants who were expected to “pos-sess exemplary records of academicachievement … demonstrate evi-

dence of intellectual vision, a com-mitment to the obligations of citi-zenship and the potential to over-come obstacles and solve challeng-ing problems,” according to An-thony Dyer Hoefer. Ph.D., the di-rector of Mason’s University Schol-ars Program and an Old Town Al-exandria resident.

His college application wasn’tthe first time he impressed GeorgeMason officials, however. Whilestill in the eighth grade, Henry wasaccepted into George Mason’sEarly Identification Program,which supports and enriches stu-dents who will be the first in theirfamilies to attend college.

“He was an exceptional first gen-eration college student,” said LewisE. Forrest II, the program’s execu-tive director. “Recently, I was look-ing over his eighth grade applica-tion and he stated that his numberone goal was to go to college. Notonly has he met that goal, he hasgained a positive reputation beforehe has even enrolled in classes hereat Mason.”

Henry graduated with a 4.3 GPAas a member of the National HonorSociety, as well as vice presidentof the JEB Stuart High School’schapter of the Spanish Honor So-ciety.

Among an exhaustive list of aca-demic and extracurricular accom-plishments, he also served on hishigh school’s Student GovernmentAssociation and ran on the varsitycross-country team. While he’sproud of his accomplishments, hegives much of the credit to the sup-

port he received from his parentsand the Boys & Girls Clubs ofGreater Washington (BGCGW),Farifax region located in FallsChurch, Mount Vernon andHerndon.

Henry says his appreciation ofhard work came from his parents:Emerita Lopez, who works as ahousekeeper, and Arnoldo Lopez,a day laborer.

“Witnessing my parents physi-cally push themselves every dayhad a tremendous impact on me,”said Henry. “I saw their situationand they constantly reminded methat they didn’t want me to cleanhouses or mow lawns.”

Emerita said she and her hus-band had loftier goals for Henry,his 21-year-old sister Yuri andhis 13-year-old brother William.“I came here with my husbandbecause it meant a much betterlife for my kids, but I had towork hard every day,” she said.

THE LOPEZ FAMILY moved tothe Culmore neighborhood ofFalls Church 15 years ago. It’san area with affordable housing,but also gang activity, so theLopezes found protection fortheir children in the form of theCulmore Chapter of the Boys &Girls Clubs.

“I start working at 8 in the morn-ing and finished at 8 at night,” saidEmerita. “I work as a housekeeperso we don’t have much money forbabysitters. I was looking for a safeplace for my kids while I workedlong hours. When [they were] at

the club, I knew that [they were]safe.”

Henry says that at the time, hewas unaware of the danger thatlurked in Culmore. “I had to growup at a young age,” he said.

The Boys & Girls Clubs not onlyprovided safety, it taught him todream. “It would have been veryeasy to be influenced by gang ac-tivity because my parents wereworking all the time,” he said. “TheBoys & Girls Clubs gave activities,provided me a place to go to learnabout college and explore careers.Had it not been for the Boys & GirlsClubs, I would not have had thevision of going to college.”

Wonhee Kang, regional directorof the Fairfax County Region Boys& Girls Clubs of Greater Washing-ton, has served an important role

in Henry’s life. “When I first methim, he was 4,” she said. “It wasright after he arrived in this coun-try from Guatemala. When he firstcame to the club, he didn’t speakany English. He was hiding and hewas very shy.”

Over the past 14 years, Kang has

watched Lopez evolve from thatshy little boy into an eloquent ora-tor and a proficient scholar. “I’vebeen watching him grow year af-ter year. He learned slowly aboutculture, culture of the club andcommunity,” she said. “There weretimes when he didn’t have appro-priate clothes for speaking engage-ments and competitions so wemade sure that he had a suit. I tookhim to our Youth of the Year com-petition in Newport News, Va., andthat was his first time staying ahotel. The kids may not have[much] financially, but these areamazing young people.”

Kang said that Henry was alwaysinterested in academics. “He en-joyed the power hour, which is timefor studying and homework. Thatmade him strong academically and

helped him earn a scholarship toGeorge Mason University. He gotinto five universities, but he got afull scholarship from George Ma-son.”

Henry was selected to speak atthe 28th Annual Tim Russert Con-gressional Dinner presented by the

Boys & Girls Clubs of GreaterWashington last month, an impor-tant annual fundraising event forthe Boys & Girls Clubs. Kang alsoinvited Henry’s entire family “be-cause this is a once-in-a-lifetimeevent for Henry.

It was the first time in Henry’slife his father was able to attendone of his activities. “It is not thatdoesn’t want to,” Kang said. “A lotof times his work schedule doesn’tallow it, but he is also afraid to goto events where the majority ofpeople speak English and hedoesn’t.”

Kang’s effort to ensure thatHenry’s family attended the dinnerproved to be a profound gesture.“I was overwhelmed the wholetime because I had never gone tosuch an elegant event,” saidHenry’s father, Arnoldo, through aninterpreter. “Tears could not stayaway as [Henry] spoke. It was hardfor me to believe that he was talk-ing in front of so many people.”

DURING HIS SPEECH, Henrytold the crowd about the chal-lenges he faced growing up in Vir-ginia as an immigrant with finan-cial limitations.

“Looking back, the Clubs taughtme to channel my responsibilitiesand develop a balance, providingme with a normal childhood. If itwere not for the Boys & GirlsClubs, I would not be pursuing ev-ery resource to make a better fu-ture for myself and others.”

Representatives from GeorgeMason were in the audience forHenry’s speech. “There were mem-bers of Congress, multimillionairedonors and representatives fromthe community who spoke,” saidHoefer. Henry, however, “was theone person who blew the crowdaway. People were teary and get-ting choked up. He’s the best ex-ample of what those programs cando for kids who don’t have oppor-tunities.”

When Henry begins college thisfall, he will be embarking on a life-time of potential and fulfilling oneof the first goals that he set for him-self. “The chance of college is a realopportunity and I’m willing towork for it,” said Henry.

“It is personal story for me, butit is [also] a story for other youthin search of the American dreameven if they have financial limita-tions.”

Rising to Boys & Girls Clubs ‘Youth of the Year’With the help of the Boys & Girls Clubs, a localimmigrant student has received a full college scholarship.

Henry Lopez (pictured here in Guatemala with his sisterYuri) moved with his family to Falls Church in search ofthe American dream. Earlier this month, he graduatedfrom high school with a 4.3 GPA, was awarded a fullscholarship to George Mason University and was selectedas the Boys & Girls Clubs Youth of the Year for District ofColumbia and Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Henry Lopez, the Boys & Girls Clubs Youth of the Year for District ofColumbia and Commonwealth of Virginia, was selected to speak at the28th Annual Tim Russert Congressional Dinner presented by the Boys &Girls Clubs of Greater Washington.

Henry Lopez (center) is pictured at home with (from left) with his motherEmerita, his brother William, his sister Yuri and his father Arnoldo.Henry, who was selected as the Boys & Girls Clubs Youth of the Year forDistrict of Columbia and Commonwealth of Virginia, credits his parentsand the Boys & Girls Clubs of Fairfax with helping him realize his dreams.

“It would have been very easy to beinfluenced by gang activity because myparents were working all the time. The Boys& Girls Clubs gave activities, provided me[with] a place to go to learn about collegeand explore careers. Had it not been for theBoys & Girls Clubs, I would not have hadthe vision of going to college.”

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Town Center Gives Taste of RestonMore than 20 vendorsshow off signaturedishes at annual festival.

By Alex McVeigh

The Connection

Paul Jones of Reston has one secret to suc-cess when it comes to the annual Taste ofReston festival: where there’s smoke, there’s

food.“I follow the smoke because I’m mainly interestedin anything that can be grilled,” he said. “Burgers,hot dogs, sausages, seafood, chicken, whatever itis, that’s my main goal while I’m here.”

Jones found plenty to explore during the eventat Reston Town Center, trying each one in turn.Over 20 vendors brought out their signature dishesto the festival, many more exotic than simplegrilled meat.

“I like to explore different things, things Iwouldn’t get at a normal barbecue, or somethingmy friends couldn’t prepare,” said JeffFitzsimmons of Herndon. “This year, my clearnumber one was the prosciutto-wrapped trufflefries from Paolo’s. They were amazing, and un-like anything I’d ever tried before.”

Other visitors tended more toward the dessertitems, such as ice cream, smoothies, gelato andmore. “I’m here strictly for the sweets,” said TerriGrace of Herndon. “I’m the kind of person thatwill stick to funnel cakes and fried Oreos at a car-nival so I’m easy to please. I absolutely loved thegelato from Pitango.”

George Rodriguez of Sterling has another strat-egy.

“My first stop is always the biggest line, whichdrives my wife crazy, but I figure by the afternoon,that’s the place that’s getting repeat business be-cause they’re good,” he said. “This year it was thePeruvian charcoal chicken, which I’m well famil-iar with from different places in the area. And thisone didn’t disappoint.”

While Market Street was lined with food ven-dors, various entertainment options were avail-able throughout. Stages at each end of MarketStreet, as well as at the pavilion had live music,dancing and other demonstrations throughout theday.

“I enjoyed some of the cooking demonstrations,particularly the lobster ravioli,” said Jean Murnauof Reston, who watched a demonstration by SteveBenincasa, executive chef at Paolo’s. “I don’t thinkthere are many people who are better qualifiedto show off a recipe like that, and I can use all thehelp I can get.”

Crowds line up to try the vendors at the Taste of Reston Saturday, June 15 atReston Town Center.

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Karen Book and Henry Weisiger performas part of Blue Book Value Saturday,June 15 at the Taste of Reston Festival.

Entertainment

“Dawn” by Lori Green, one of Catherine Hillis’ watercolorstudents, whose work will be featured in a class exhibi-tion in the Sapphire Gallery at ArtSpace Herndon. Theexhibit is concurrent with Jill Poyerd and CatherineHillis’ exhibition of oils and watercolors, “It’s a Matter ofColor,” up through July.

Send announcements [email protected]. Thedeadline is the Friday prior to the follow-ing week’s paper. Photos/artworkencouraged. For additional listings, visitwww.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2013/apr/11/fairfax-county-calendar/.

SUNDAY/JUNE 16-TUESDAY/JULY 30Summer Vibes. 9 a.m.-9 p.m., at the

Reston Community Center HuntersWoods, 2310 Colts Neck Road,Reston. The League of Reston Artistsinvites painters, mixed media artists,photographers and artists in othertwo-dimensional media to submitworks for the upcoming “SummerVibes” exhibit.www.leagueofrestonartists.org.

THURSDAY/JUNE 20Trio Caliente. 7:30-8:30 p.m., at

Frying Pan Farm Park, 2709 West OxRoad, Herndon. Trio Calienteperforms gypsy rumba and Latin jazzgrooves, spiced with Flamenco pop,bossa nova, and salsa.www.triocaliente.com.

Casino Night Fundraiser. 6-10 p.m.,Pavilion at Reston Town Center.Enjoy professional Vegas-stylegambling, entertainment, music, horsd’oeuvres, wine, silent auction, raffleprizes and more. $75/person or$140/couple. 703-467-9797 orpublicartreston.org.

FRIDAY/JUNE 21Burnt Sienna. 6:30-10:30 p.m., on the

Town Green, 777 Lynn St., Herndon.The band known for covering a widevariety of genres, such as modernand classic rock, ’80s, and dance/party tunes. http://www.herndonrocks.com/.

SATURDAY/JUNE 22New Balance Fitting Event. 10 a.m.-

1 p.m., at the Pavilion, Reston TownCenter, 11900 Market St., Reston.Try New Balance shoes and enjoy arunning-form clinic, group run andprizes. 703-689-0999.

Cathy Ponton King. Noon, on EldenStreet, in Downtown Herndon. CathyPonton King and three stages ofmusic will perform and entertaincrowds at Herndon Fest. 703-435-6866.

The United States Army FieldBand. 6-9 p.m., at ArrowbrookCentre Park, 2351 Field Point Road,Herndon. Since its inception in 1981,The Volunteers has been telling theArmy story through rock, pop,

country and patriotic music.www.armyfieldband.com.

Pat McGee. 6-9 p.m., at ArrowbrookCentre Park, 2351 Field Point Road,Herndon. Singer, songwriter androck guitarist Pat McGee opensArrowbrook’s concert seasonSaturday, June 22 with an acousticevening. www.patmcgee.net.

Mingo Fishtrap. 7:30-10 p.m., at thePavilion, Reston Town Center, 11900Market St., Reston. Listen to MingoFishtrap’s soul, funk and horn-fueledpop. http://www.mingofishtrap.com/.

SUNDAY/JUNE 23Reston Town Center Grand Prix

Bicycle Races. 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m., atthe Pavilion, Reston Town Center,11900 Market St., Reston. Experiencethe speed and thrills of races throughReston Town Center featuring theMid-Atlantic’s top men and womenracers competing for thousands incash and prizes. evolutioncycling.org.

MONDAY/JUNE 24NARFE Luncheon Meeting. 11:30

a.m., at Amphora Diner, 1151 EldenSt., Herndon. Guest speaker MariamMirkel, pharmacy manager atWalgreens and Reston Hospital,speaks on common mistakes withmedications. Reservations by June20. $17. 703-435-3523 orwww.vanarfe.org/1241/1241.htm.

TUESDAY/JUNE 25INOVA Blood Drive. Noon-7 p.m., at

the Pavilion, Reston Town Center,11900 Market St., Reston. Donateblood and help support the INOVABlood Drive. 1-866-256-6372 orinova.org/donateblood.

Round Mountain Releases “TheGoat.” 7:30 p.m., at Amphora’sDeluxe Diner, 1111 Shaker WoodsRoad, Herndon. After years of globaltravel and immersion in Appalachian,Celtic, West African, Balkan andMiddle-Eastern music, brothers Charand Robby Rothschild bring listenerstheir music. 703-786-8894 or https://soundcloud.com/redboot/sets/round-mountain-the-goat/s-bK2SR.

WEDNESDAY/JUNE 26The Great Zucchini. 10-11 a.m., at

Frying Pan Farm Park, 2709 West OxRoad, Herndon. The Great Zucchini,a preschool and kindergartenentertainer, performs a colorfulmagic show where every child is astar and laughs are guaranteed.www.thegreatzucchini.com.


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By Lauren Young

The Connection

Phil Lilienthal, a longtime residentof Reston, founded a nonprofitgroup called Global Camps Africa(GCA) in 2003. Recently, he was

awarded The Sargent Shriver Award for Dis-tinguished Humanitarian Service from theNational Peace Corps Association. Thisaward is described as being awarded to, “aReturned Peace Corps Volunteer who con-tinues to make a sustained and distin-guished contribution to humanitariancauses at home or abroad or is an innova-tive social entrepreneur whose actions willbring about significant long-term change.”

When Lilienthal was serving the PeaceCorps abroad, he lived in Ethiopia from1965-67. He describes the Peace Corps as asupportive organization, and says, “There’sa family aspect to Peace Corps.” After re-turning from Ethiopia, he and his wifemoved to Reston, “When we came backfrom Africa we wanted to move south.” Sothey became residents of the 2,000-personcommunity, which included his step father-in-law, Robert E. Simon. After practicing lawin Reston until 1998, and running his fam-ily camp in Maine until 2003, he decidedto pursue his vision of opening a camp forchildren in Africa. The camp is located aboutan hour from Johannesburg, and the chil-dren mostly come from the town of Soweto.Camp was always a big part of his life.“What’s better than camp?” he asks. “Iwanted to do something I love … I used tobring the idea up at cocktail parties, and asI got to be 60 I decided I better do it.”

BY 2004, the camp was up and running.It’s run as a standard camp that lasts foreight days, and then children continue tomeet biweekly to focus on issues and skillsdiscussed at camp. Lilienthal describes whatgoes on at camp by listing the activities chil-

dren partake in, “We have swimming,sports, arts and crafts, theatre, adventureropes course, teambuilding, nutrition andlife skills.” The camp’s main mission is toraise awareness for HIV and AIDS preven-tion. A typical day at camp Sizani includeswaking up at 7 a.m., breakfast at 8, threeactivity sessions from 9 a.m.-12 p.m., lunchat 1, rest time until 2, three more activitysessions from 2-5, and finally the last activ-ity of the day, after dinner, can include any-thing from a camp fire to games. The camp-ers live in cabins designated for 14 kids andthree counselors. They have electricity andplumbing. Lilienthal states, “The cabins aresmall, but nicer than they’re used to athome.”

Restonian Recognized forWork in AfricaGlobal Camps Africa recognized byPeace Corps for work in South Africa.

Phil Lilienthalposes in LakeAnne Plaza, hisGlobal CampsAfrica officelocation.

Photo courtesy of Global Camps Africa

Phil Lilienthal gives campersphotos of President Obama to hangon their walls at home.

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Robberies onPaths PossiblyConnected

Detectives in the Reston PoliceDistrict are investigating four recentrobberies and assaults on Restonarea paths that may be connected.

In three of the incidents, victimswere walking when they were ap-proached by groups of young men,physically assaulted, then robbed. Ina fourth incident, the victim was abicyclist. Each of the incidents hap-pened during daylight hoursbetween 3:25 p.m. and 9 p.m.

The most recent incident tookplace Thursday, June 13 at around3:25 p.m. A 23-year-old man waswalking home from the store alonga path adjacent to a soccer field atHunters Woods Park when threemen approached him from behind,knocked him to the ground, de-manded his belongings andassaulted him. They took his belong-ings and walked away, northboundon the pathway. The victim sufferednon-life threatening injuries andwalked to a nearby business to con-tact police.

The suspects were described astwo black males, around 5-foot-9inches tall and 150 pounds. Onewore an orange tank top and ap-peared to be in his late teens or early20s. The other wore a light red poloshirt. The third suspect was possiblyHispanic, same height, between 18-20 years old and thin. He wore navy

and gray striped, loose pants andpossibly a gray shirt.

The other incidents:*Monday, June 3, 7:50 p.m.—Two

men were walking along a path nearMoorings Drive and North ShoreDrive when they were approached bya group of men who demandedmoney, assaulted them, stole theirbelongings and fled.

*Friday, June 7, 9 p.m.—A 31-year-old man was walking on a pathnear the community center at 12125Pinecrest Road when he was report-edly approached by four young menwho spoke to the victim, punchedhim and when took the victim’s be-longings after he fell to the ground.They fled down the path.

*Sunday, June 9, 6:20 p.m.—A42-year-old man was riding his bi-cycle on a path behind HuntersWoods Plaza when he was ap-proached by a group of four youngmen. One of them pushed the victimoff of his bicycle and began to assaulthim; punching and kicking. Theygrabbed the victim’s money and be-longings, yelled at him and fled. Thevictim yelled for help and a walkerassisted him and called police andrescue. The victim was transportedto the hospital where he was treatedfor broken bones and other non-lifethreatening injuries.

Anyone with information is askedto call Crime Solvers by phone at 1-866-411-TIPS/8477, e-mail atwww.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org or text“TIP187” plus your message toCRIMES/274637 or call FairfaxCounty Police at 703-691-2131.

By Matthew Auker

The Connection

The Gilder LehrmanInstitute of Ameri-can History hasnamed Katie

Blomquist, a fourth gradeteacher at Sunrise Valley El-ementary School, the 2013Virginia History Teacher of theYear. She will receive a cashaward of $1,000 and is eli-gible for the National Teacherof the Year Award, which ispresented in the fall.

The school will also be pre-sented with an archive of pri-mary historical materials inher honor. On Monday, June17 she was presented theaward in a ceremony at Sun-rise Valley Elementary, withrepresentatives from the Vir-ginia Department of Education and the county so-cial studies office on hand.

Blomquist is in her ninth year teaching, six of whichhave been at Sunrise Valley. Fourth grade social stud-ies in Fairfax County Public Schools is centered onVirginia’s history, a subject she is very passionate

about. Integrating outside sourcesand hands-on activities is a majorpart of her teaching style, asBlomquist explains when address-ing her teaching philosophy: “The

kids enjoy it more if you getthem away from the textbookand get them involved. Actuallyacting out things or gettingtheir hands on objects and re-ally diving more into the story.”

Principal Beth English alsohad high praise for Blomquist:“She builds each student’s senseof inquiry and wonder, creatinga classroom of lifelong learnersand history buffs.”

Blomquist captures her stu-dents’ knowledge and interests:“They get the morality of issues;they understand the ethics be-hind things very quickly,” shesays, adding, “For them to beable to understand that and theeconomic and political sides ofthings is something they reallyenjoy.”

The Gilder Lehrman Instituteis a nonprofit organization de-voted to the improvement of

history education. Each year the organization givesout awards and resources to schools in all 50 states,and its programs have been recognized by awardsfrom the White House, the National Endowment forthe Humanities, and the Organization of AmericanHistorians.

Sunrise Valley Teacher Honored

The Gilder Lehrman Institutenamed Katie Blomquist VirginiaHistory Teacher of the Year.

Katie Blomquist named the 2013Virginia History Teacher of the Year.

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Michael AnthonyRepshas, son of Don and DaleRepshas of Reston, graduatedfrom Dickinson College on May19 with a Bachelor of Arts ininternational business andmanagement.

The following students re-ceived Merit ScholarshipAwards by the National MeritScholarship Corporation(NMSC): Margaret M.Schaaf of Herndon High

School, National Merit ArizonaState University Scholarship; andIsaac W. Yampolsky ofHerndon High School, NationalMerit Northwestern UniversityScholarship.

Kelsey King Albanese,daughter of Dr. Jay Albanese andMs. Leslie King of Herndon, gradu-ated from Dickinson College onMay 19 with a BA in psychology.Albanese is a graduate of TheConnelly School of the Holy Child.

Lucia Lee of Herndon hasbeen appointed to the 10thDistrict’s Class of 2017 serviceacademies and will attend theUnited States Naval Academy.

The following Herndon stu-dents are National Merit Schol-ars, who will receive a $2,500scholarship for academic excel-lence: Amy J. Chen and YashM. Maniar, who both aspire toa career in medicine.

School Notes Send school notes to [email protected] by Friday.

Helping Celebrate All Night Grad PartySouth Lakes’ All Night Grad Party, held Friday, June14 after graduation, had three guest dealers from theFCPS School Board: Pat Hynes, Ryan McElveen and(pictured here) Chairman Ilryong Moon.

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Different from last week’s columnon the testing subject, “Full Circle,”this week’s column addresses anotheremotional battleground: the unknown.Other than selling computers out ofFrank Costanza’s house and reaching a“Serenity Now”-type nirvana witheach sale, outlets available to yourstruly – one of many terminal cancerpatients anticipating results from a CTscan of my lungs/upper torso, and inturn awaiting the electronic exchangefrom my oncologist advising me of saidresults – are difficult to come by. Andeven though I’m experienced at thisprocess, four-plus years and counting,literally; and accustomed as well to the“cycle of loom,” familiar it hasbecome; easier however, it has not.

In effect, this testing and waiting forthe results is its own test: of patience,self-discipline, endurance, forbear-ance; so I tell myself: “Serenity Now,”and hope there’s not insanity later, asthere was for Lloyd Braun on this mostmemorable Seinfeld episode.

However much I want to pretend,deny and minimize the significance ofthese results, the reality is, my life sortof depends on them. Moreover thedigital images that will appear on thecomputer screen in the doctor’s officewill indeed tell the tale, hopefully notof woe. Yours truly hemming and haw-ing and being asymptomatic are allirrelevant once the radiologist hits sendand the images/results end up in myoncologist’s inbox. That’s when therubber will truly hit the road and I willlearn if my future is now or later.

So you bet it’s a test, and it’s nostinkin’ multiple guess/multiple choicetest either. It’s a test of character, ofwill; you against yourself. And thoughyou’d like the best man to win and foryou to be the best man, the reality is:cancer may be the man and you maynot be. As much as you try, there’s aninevitability to science and medicineand not always does the best man win.Death and taxes are inevitable, as theold joke goes – for a reason!

Unfortunately, in many patients,cancer kills; it’s not a feeling, it’s a fact.My job as a cancer patient is to resistand not succumb to its devastatingdevices. Every day is a test, physicallyand especially emotionally. One’seffects I can attempt to semi control,the other, not so much. As I cyclearound to my next scan, I amreminded of how challenging thiswhole cancer trip has been. Andthough I’ve been there and been doingit now for nearly four and one halfyears post-diagnosis, each scan pre-sents new risks. For cancer patientsthough, these scans are a necessity oflife. Unfortunately – and this is ourharsh reality, they may also be a pre-cursor of death. Try studying for that.

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Experiencing All-American Football CampLocal players gainexposure to collegecoaches during campand develop skills forfootball and life.

By Andrew Miner

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Hundreds of high school foot-ball players took the twofields at Flint Hill UpperSchool for the All-American

Football Camp. There were participants, ris-ing freshman, sophomores, juniors and se-niors, from all across the mid-Atlantic re-gion including Delaware, Ohio and theCarolinas. They came and stayed throughthe varying weather conditions of desertheats and gushing rains to put in the effortand get better.

Over four hours of grueling position work-outs, offensive and defensive drills, and one-on-one they commanded the respect of thenumerous collegiate coaches in attendance.There were even two representatives fromthe Washington Redskins who helped coachthe offensive and defensive lineman. Overthe past two years, over 100 athletes whohave attended the camp are playing NCAAfootball, including 48 who received Divi-sion I scholarships in 2012.

Among those who have received a foot-ball scholarship is Lake Braddock quarter-back Caleb Henderson. The 230 pound, 6-foot-4 North Carolina Tar Heel commitjoked about turf toe and always vocally cel-ebrated enthusiastically when anyone madea big catch down the sideline during theone-on-ones, no matter who threw it.

IT WAS UNCERTAIN whether or notHenderson would be able to attend thecamp; however, he said that it was becauseof coach Kavanaugh that he came. “Thiscamp is really fun, I’m glad I came out to-day,” said Henderson. “I was debatingwhether to come because I just came backfrom the Elite 11 in Ohio yesterday, but Ihaven’t see coach K in a while. He’s a greatguy and I like him a lot.”

Another player who did not escape theattention of Kavanaugh was Centerville’slinebacker Chad Wiggins who runs a 4.67forty, stands 6-foot-1 and weighs 230pounds and is a top linebacker in the North-ern Virginia region. Wiggins’ favorite partabout being a linebacker is, of course, get-ting to hit people. Wiggins also loves the“exposure of the camp … hanging withthese guys and … show[ing] off what you’vebeen working hard for.” The LinebackerMVP of the camp, Wiggins is consideringVirginia Tech, yet wants to enjoy his seniorseason at Centerville first, looking forwardto “winning a state championship nextyear.”

Before the camp ended and the skyopened up there was what the players tookas the greatest drill of them all: the trenches.Here defensive and offensive linemenbattled mano a mano in a simulation wherea tackling dummy is used as the quarter-back. The goal is to either protect or attack.DeMatha’s offensive lineman Devante Foxdominated this drill and the one time hewas beat, sparking impromptu trash talkfrom his opponent. Fox silently answeredwith a swirl of his finger and pummeled hisovermatched defender to the floor the nexttime around.

IN THE FINAL CAMP MEETING atmidfield, Kavanaugh introduced pastor andKansas University’s character coach RandyBeeman to the group. Beeman stressed theimportance for young athletes to have theirlives in order, to prioritize and become menof character. He focused on the usefulnessof a guide, citing the Bible as his, and thenasked for a volunteer and for examples oftraits that men of character have. The vol-unteer was Jacob Atkinson and with eachtrait, integrity, trustworthiness, honesty,respect, and hence forth, Beeman place abrick in Atkinson’s hand. The student fromEast Christian Academy in Delaware and thecamp MVP held each five-stacked bricksbefore it became unstable and they fell tothe turf. The moral was to provide a real-ization that even having these traits of char-acter was meaningless without a solid foun-dation. A foundation, both Beeman andKavanaugh hope, that can lead to successlong after football.

The cornerbacks practice their footwork during specific position instruction.

The rising Lake Braddock seniorCaleb Henderson rockets a passdownfield during an offensive drill.

Centerville linebacker ChadWiggins (left) defends Clover HillHS tight end Chase Stanley (right)during a one-on-one drill.

DeMatha offensive lineman DevanteFox (center) lets out a victory yellafter successfully protecting hisdummy quarterback in a drill.

Jacob Atkinson, from East ChristianAcademy (DE), holds up motivationalspeaker Randy Beeman’s “CharacterBricks.” Each brick represented adifferent value; yet those values aredependent on a solid foundation.

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Townhouse ..... 0.07 ........ 20191 ................................... RESTON1215 HERITAGE COMMONS CT ....... 3 ... 3 ... 1 ........ RESTON .......... $467,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.03 ........ 20194 ................................... RESTON1236 VINTAGE PL ........................... 2 ... 2 ... 1 ........ RESTON .......... $465,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ........ 20194 ................................... RESTON1317 VINTAGE PL ........................... 2 ... 2 ... 2 ........ RESTON .......... $461,950 .... Townhouse ..... 0.03 ........ 20194 ................................... RESTON1805 WAINWRIGHT DR .................. 3 ... 2 ... 1 ........ RESTON .......... $457,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.03 ........ 20190 ................................... RESTON2054 SWANS NECK WAY ................. 3 ... 2 ... 1 ........ RESTON .......... $456,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ........ 20191 ................................... RESTON1432 NEWPORT SPRING CT ............ 3 ... 2 ... 2 ........ RESTON .......... $455,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ........ 20194 ................................... RESTON2223 GLENCOURSE LN ................... 3 ... 2 ... 2 ........ RESTON .......... $452,500 .... Townhouse ..... 0.06 ........ 20191 ............. GLENCOURSE CLUSTER1212 HERITAGE COMMONS CT ....... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ........ RESTON .......... $449,500 .... Townhouse ..... 0.03 ........ 20194 ................................... RESTON2311 HARLEYFORD CT ................... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ........ RESTON .......... $446,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.03 ........ 20191 .............................. DEEPWOOD1816 NORTH SHORE CT ................. 4 ... 3 ... 1 ........ RESTON .......... $445,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ........ 20190 ................................... RESTON1406 GREEN RUN LN ..................... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ........ RESTON .......... $440,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.06 ........ 20190 ................................... RESTON1518 PARK GLEN CT ....................... 4 ... 3 ... 1 ........ RESTON .......... $435,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.07 ........ 20190 ................................... RESTON11860 DUNLOP CT ......................... 4 ... 3 ... 1 ........ RESTON .......... $432,100 .... Townhouse ..... 0.05 ........ 20191 .............................. DEEPWOOD11992 SENTINEL POINT CT ............. 3 ... 2 ... 1 ........ RESTON .......... $430,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ........ 20191 ................................... RESTON11720 DRY RIVER CT ...................... 3 ... 2 ... 2 ........ RESTON .......... $429,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ........ 20191 ................................... RESTON2049 WINGED FOOT CT ................. 3 ... 2 ... 1 ........ RESTON .......... $422,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ........ 20191 ................................... RESTON11730 PUTTING GREEN CT ............. 3 ... 2 ... 2 ........ RESTON .......... $422,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.03 ........ 20191 ................................... RESTON12025 NEW DOMINION PKWY#209 .... 1 ... 1 ... 0 ........ RESTON .......... $415,000 .... Mid-Rise 5-8 Floors ........... 20190 .................... MIDTOWN NORTH2416 ANSDEL CT ........................... 4 ... 2 ... 2 ........ RESTON .......... $415,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.05 ........ 20191 .............................. DEEPWOOD1630 POPLAR GROVE DR ................ 3 ... 2 ... 2 ........ RESTON .......... $409,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ........ 20194 ................................... RESTON11570 IVY BUSH CT ....................... 3 ... 3 ... 1 ........ RESTON .......... $406,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.05 ........ 20191 ................................... RESTON1914 WINTERPORT CLUSTER ......... 2 ... 3 ... 1 ........ RESTON .......... $405,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.03 ........ 20191 ................................... RESTON1444 GREENMONT CT ................... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ........ RESTON .......... $400,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ........ 20190 ................................... RESTON11138 SAFFOLD WAY ..................... 4 ... 2 ... 1 ........ RESTON .......... $398,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ........ 20190 ................................... RESTON2055 HEADLANDS CIR ................... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ........ RESTON .......... $393,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.03 ........ 20191 ................................... RESTON12180 ABINGTON HALL PL#202 ..... 2 ... 2 ... 0 ........ RESTON .......... $387,500 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ............ 20190 . MADISON PARK AT WEST MARKET1512 CHATHAM COLONY CT .......... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ........ RESTON .......... $385,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.03 ........ 20190 ................................... RESTON2267 GUNSMITH SQ ...................... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ........ RESTON .......... $385,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ........ 20191 ................................... RESTON11128 HARBOR CT #11128 ............ 2 ... 2 ... 1 ........ RESTON .......... $385,000 .... Townhouse ..................... 20191 ........................ HARBOR POINT11404 GATE HILL PL #N ................. 2 ... 2 ... 0 ........ RESTON .......... $382,500 .... Garden 1-4 Floors0.00 ...... 20194 ......................... SUTTON RIDGE1616 SIERRA WOODS DR ............... 3 ... 1 ... 2 ........ RESTON .......... $380,750 .... Townhouse ..... 0.03 ........ 20194 ................................... RESTON1583 STOWE CT ............................ 3 ... 2 ... 2 ........ RESTON .......... $380,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.03 ........ 20194 ................................... RESTON1778 WAINWRIGHT DR .................. 3 ... 2 ... 1 ........ RESTON .......... $375,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ........ 20190 ................................... RESTON1966 WINTERPORT CLUSTER ......... 2 ... 2 ... 2 ........ RESTON .......... $375,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.03 ........ 20191 ................................... RESTON11110 SAFFOLD WAY ..................... 4 ... 2 ... 1 ........ RESTON .......... $370,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ........ 20190 ................................... RESTON2245 WHEELWRIGHT CT ................ 3 ... 2 ... 1 ........ RESTON .......... $366,500 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ........ 20191 ................................... RESTON1731 IVY OAK SQ #9 ...................... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ........ RESTON .......... $365,000 .... Townhouse ..................... 20190 .................................... IVY OAK11317 HEADLANDS CT ................... 3 ... 2 ... 0 ........ RESTON .......... $365,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.03 ........ 20191 ................................... RESTON1725 SUNDANCE DR ...................... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ........ RESTON .......... $365,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.03 ........ 20194 ................................... RESTON1543 AUTUMN RIDGE CIR .............. 3 ... 2 ... 2 ........ RESTON .......... $360,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.03 ........ 20194 ................................... RESTON1711 IVY OAK SQ ........................... 4 ... 2 ... 1 ........ RESTON .......... $350,000 .... Townhouse ..................... 20190 .................................... IVY OAK11688 GENERATION CT .................. 3 ... 2 ... 2 ........ RESTON .......... $350,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ........ 20191 ............................ GENERATION1307K WINDLEAF DR #K ................ 2 ... 2 ... 1 ........ RESTON .......... $341,000 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ............ 20194 ................................... RESTON11408H GATE HILL PL #120 ............ 2 ... 2 ... 1 ........ RESTON .......... $340,000 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ............ 20194 ......................... SUTTON RIDGE12009 TALIESIN PL #35 .................. 2 ... 2 ... 0 ........ RESTON .......... $338,000 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ............ 20190 ................................. OAK PARK1929 SAGEWOOD LN ..................... 2 ... 2 ... 0 ........ RESTON .......... $335,000 .... Townhouse ..... 0.02 ........ 20191 ................................... RESTON1307 WINDLEAF DR #G ................. 2 ... 2 ... 0 ........ RESTON .......... $335,000 .... Other ............................. 20194 ......................... SUTTON RIDGE1736 SUNDANCE DR ...................... 3 ... 2 ... 0 ........ RESTON .......... $334,200 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ........ 20194 ................................... RESTON1365 GARDEN WALL CIR #703 ........ 2 ... 2 ... 0 ........ RESTON .......... $330,000 .... Attach/Row Hse .............. 20194 ...................... BALDWIN GROVE2300 EMERALD HEIGHTS CT .......... 3 ... 2 ... 2 ........ RESTON .......... $329,500 .... Townhouse ..... 0.04 ........ 20191 ................................... RESTON

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Home Sales In May 2013, 148 Reston homes sold between $1,655,000-$110,733.This week’s list represents those homes sold in the $1,655,000-$329,500 range.

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The camp can hold 140 chil-dren per session, and hashosted more than 5,000 camp-ers since its opening in 2004.There are three permanent staffmembers that live in South Af-rica, and they choose the camp-ers that attend. Lilienthal said,“If we take 140 students from aschool, it’s a qualitative differ-ence in how they act aftercamp.” In addition to schools,the staff also chooses campersfrom orphanages and otheryouth serving organizations.Those who attend are betweenthe ages of 11 and 18.

In choosing who attends thecamp, one issue is of concern toLilienthal and his staff: “Wekeep an eye on if they can come to after-camp clubs.That’s a really important part of what we do to havea continuing relationship.” This follow-up shows dedi-cation and true concern for the children who attendCamp Sizani, whose name means, “helping one an-other.” Eric Sass, a friend of Lilienthal’s and a boardmember of GCA, remarks, “Phil just makes a differ-ence. In a most kind, friendly, enthusiastic, skillfuland unobtrusive way, he cares and puts his entirebeing into doing good, especially in changing the livesof thousands of children in South Africa.” In a De-

cember 2012 camp report,Keabetswe Letsika, a formercamper at Camp Sizani, sharedher experience: “For a long timeI used to hear my friends speakabout how they are loved andrespected and I had never ex-perienced that, but here at campI got that and more and I am sograteful to have been given thisopportunity to come learn andstart realizing that I can reachmy goals only if I believe.”

WHAT ELSE is Global CampsAfrica currently focusing on?According to Lilienthal, “Wework with other nonprofit orga-nizations to help them developcamps. We work with sustain-able NGOs because we wantsomething solid to work with.

We have three we’re working with this year. I’ve beenapproached by nonprofit organizations in Senegal,Liberia, Ghana, Kenya and Zimbabwe.” In responseto the award Lilienthal has received from the PeaceCorps, he only hopes this will help raise awarenessof the organization. “Any recognition for GCA is help-ful in winning people over to support us. We’re not anationally recognized group so any recognition helps.”

Lilienthal will receive his award the weekendof June 28-29 at the NPCA Peace Corps Connect-Boston.

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