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Kent GardensLearns fromA CousteauNews, Page 3

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President of the McLean Historical society,Jacque-Lynne Schulman, converses withHenry Mackall, an alumnus of Franklin

Sherman Elementary, whose family has beenin McLean since before the Civil War.

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McLean can add another name toits list of resident celebrities.With the end of the Bush admin-

istration, former Vice President Dick Cheneyand his wife, Lynne, have moved into theirhouse on Chain Bridge Road, just outsidethe Langley CIA headquarters.

The property was purchased in Januaryof 2000, shortly after Cheney took office,for $1,350,000, according to the county taxmap. The house was built last year and in-cludes four bedrooms and nine bathroomsin about 7,300 square feet of living space.The property’s current assessed total is al-

most $4 million.The Cheneys join a long roster of major

political players living in McLean, includ-ing former Secretary of State Colin Powell,the Kennedy family and former DemocraticNational Committee chair Terry McAuliffe,currently a candidate for governor of Vir-ginia.

— Mike DiCicco

The Cheneys house was built last year and includes four bedrooms and nine bathrooms in about7,300 square feet of living space.

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When Kent Gardens Elementaryteacher Isabelle Brazell askedthe students gathered in the

school’s gym who Jacques Cousteau was,almost all of themraised their hands, al-though they gave differ-ent answers. A scientist,said one student. Anoceanographer, said an-other. A third studentsaid Cousteau had beena filmmaker. They were all correct.

On Thursday, Feb. 12, the students wereabout to meet the eminent French explorer’sdaughter-in-law, Jan.

“We all came from the ocean, a very, very

long time ago, didn’twe?” asked JanCousteau, who is presi-

dent of EarthEcho, a nonprofit organizationdedicated to protecting and restoring theworld’s oceans. But, she said, until JacquesCousteau began exploring the underwaterworld, people knew very little about the

depths where life had originated.

JAN COUSTEAU interspersed film clips byand about her father-in-law and his familywith warnings about the dangers humanscan pose to environment, as well as per

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The Washington Area Chapter ofChildhelp, a nonprofit dedicat-ing its resources to the treat-ment and prevention of child

abuse, holds its 4th Annual Fashion Showand Luncheon on Saturday, Feb. 21, at theReston Hyatt Regency. WJLA TV News an-chor, Cynne Simpson, will emcee the fash-ion show featuring more than 26 models,from moms to teens, “tweens” and children.“Healing the Hearts of Children” is thisyear’s theme.

“This is a party with a purpose,” said eventco-chair, Bootsie Humenansky of Great Falls.“We did try to make it a lot of fun. It’s anopportunity for people to throw off the win-ter blues, to introduce spring fashions andtrends,” Humenansky said. “It’s a good girls’day out.”

For members, sponsors, friends, tennisteams and book clubs, it’s a chance to so-cialize for a good cause, Humenansky said.The luncheon menu features butternutsquash soup, spice-rubbed chicken breaston a bed of saffron-herb orzo with broccoliniand thyme bordelaise, and key lime pie.

Most of the models are from the McLean/Great Falls area, and several of the teensand preteens are members of WINGS, aChildhelp mother/daughter service-ori-ented group.

Childhelp holdsbenefit fashion showand luncheon.

Show ofSupport

In 2008, JP Vinter signs his auto-graph for Childhelp Fashion Showand Luncheon co-chair, BootsieHumenansky of Great Falls.

Jan Cousteau enlists the aid of Kent Gardens FrenchFocus teacher Isabelle Brazell while demonstrating thescuba technology her father-in-law pioneered.

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Kent Gardens Learns from a Cousteau

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sonal recollections of expeditionswith her husband, Philippe, whodied in a plane crash in 1979 atthe age of 38.

The students learned howJacques Cousteau had pioneeredunderwater exploration, workingwith friends and colleagues to in-vent scuba gear, underwater cam-eras and sea scooters.

Jan Cousteau recalled divingamong coral walls, some as tall as130 feet, and she told the studentsthat many of them were in dan-ger. “Oftentimes, coral reefs arereferred to as the rainforests of thesea,” she said, noting that the mas-sive constructions of calcium car-bonate provide a home not onlyto the tiny polyps that build them,but also to innumerable otherplants and animals. However, thereefs, which form over thousandsof years, are threatened by pollu-tion, disease and rising tempera-tures and can die off much morequickly than they were formed,she said. “When that happens,we’ve lost a very important partof our environment.”

Another threat to marine biol-ogy, Jan Cousteau said, is oceanacidification, which results fromincreases in carbon dioxide in theatmosphere and disrupts the

growth of shells on marine ani-mals. This threatens not only ani-mals like clams, oysters, shrimpand krill, but also the animals thatfeed on them, such as whales andotters, she said. Jan Cousteau saidhigh levels of carbon dioxide are“bad for our health, bad for ourfood crops, bad for our oceans.And what’s bad for our oceans isbad for us.”

Before her husband’s death, JanCousteau went along with him on22 expeditions, to New Caledonia,Micronesia, Bermuda, Zambia,Rwanda, Egypt and other places,she said. Off the coast of Nicara-gua, they recorded the first foot-age of sharks sleeping and theyfilmed manatees in the watersaround Florida.

SHE POINTED OUT her hus-band in some of the film clips sheshowed, including a couple offilms with Steve Irwin, the late“Crocodile Hunter.” Footage of thecrew stumbling around the cabinof Jacques Cousteau’s famed ship,the Calypso, when the waves werehigh got a good laugh and film ofotters busily pounding clam shellsagainst rocks set on their belliesinspired much spontaneous imita

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“This year will be the most fun,” said Humenansky.“We’re trying to grow every year.” Title sponsor, BoozAllen Hamilton, has been “very, very helpful” to thechapter, she said.

Last year, guests said they wished they had moretime to mingle and browse the boutique vendors.For 2009, the event opens an hour earlier, at 10 a.m.Jewelry, accessories, beauty products, home fashions,children’s books and hand painted glassware are fea-tured among the 20-plus vendorboutique. There is both a silent anda live auction, as well as a raffle.

Kathylee Forrester, who createdtherapeutic stuffed bears, will berecognized with a “Champion forChildren” award at the luncheon.Forrester is an adult survivor ofchildhood abuse; her father wasthe perpetrator. Born of her per-sonal terror, Forrester became anadvocate of stronger laws to protect children. Shehas designed Patches the bear to help children ex-press their emotions. Forrester donated 300 bears tothe national organization and to the ChildhelpChildren’s Center of Virginia.

“We’re raising money through this luncheon tosupport the Childhelp programs in the Greater Wash-ington area, including our shelter on Waples MillRoad,” said publicity co-chair, Denise Balzano. Lastyear, the fashion show and luncheon netted theGreater Washington Chapter of Childhelp more than$35,000 for distribution to the Fairfax shelter and

the residential treatment facility outside Culpeper.

EACH DAY IN AMERICA, more than four childrendie as a result of child abuse in the home.

Childhelp is one of the oldest and largest nationalnonprofits dedicated to the treatment and preven-tion of child abuse and neglect. The organizationprovides a broad continuum of child abuse preven-tion and treatment programs that directly serve chil-dren and their families, including The Childhelp

National Child Abuse Hotline (1-800-4-A-CHILD), residential treat-ment villages, children’s advocacycenters, abuse prevention trainingfor children and adults, as well asgroup homes and foster care. º

“IT’S A GOOD TIME to renewfriendships, socialize, and get abetter look at all the vendors andsilent auction items,” said

Humenansky. “And have a Mimosa.”Tickets for the Childhelp luncheon and fashion

show are $75. Call Bootsie Humenansky at 703-444-3839 or e-mail her at [email protected] to buy tick-ets or to reserve a seat. Payment in advance is bycheck or cash. The schedule is: 10 a.m.-noon, bou-tique sales and silent auction; noon, lunch servedand presentation of award to Kathylee Forrester;12:30 p.m., one-hour fashion show begins; boutiquesales continue until 3 p.m.

For more information on Childhelp, seewww.childhelp.org.

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Superintendent of Schools Jack Daleand other Fairfax County Public schooladministrators persist in pressing forthe purchase of a new, additional

building next to its current headquarters.School Board members and Board of Super-

visors members should push back against thisproposal.

So far, proponents of buying the 275,000-square-foot building next door to the 210,000square foot existing headquarters say that thisis the only way they can vacate 15 properties.

Vacating those buildings will save millionsof dollars they say by terminating leases andavoiding renovations; plus some are neededfor new schools. These savings lead proponentsto call this program “self funded.”

But now that we are in a different economy,local government will have to learn to thinkdifferently about such problems.

Leaders will have to find a way to vacate 15buildings without spending nearly $100 mil-lion, thereby reaping the savings without go-ing into debt for part two of a school Taj Mahal.

There are some 600 employees in GatehouseI, and plans to move some 700 more to

Gatehouse II. That’s nearly half a mil-lion square feet of top quality officespace for administration. There will beno teachers or students in these buildings.

We should note that this proposal comesfrom good intentions. We hear that camarade-rie, synergy and communication have all im-proved from having a critical mass of adminis-tration and services located in a single place.It’s a benefit Dale, Dean Tisdadt and othersrightly would like to expand.

But administrators of the Fairfax CountyPublic School system do not need office spacefit for a top-flight law firm. Space insideGatehouse I could be reconfigured so that al-most all employees had their own cubicles —not offices. A few small conference rooms couldmake room for private conversations andphone calls as needed.

Many employees already telecommute, orcould, on some days, and others spend mostof their time in a variety of schools. Theseemployees should share space; a cart for theirfiles and a laptop should enable them to usemodular space, greatly increasing the numberof workers who could be accommodated in-

side the existing building.FCPS also purchased three acres next to

Gatehouse I where the original proposal wasto build Gatehouse II. Now the proposalis to purchase an adjacent existingbuilding.

Instead, the schools should installmodulars (trailers) on the three acres to ac-commodate any employees who need to va-cate the 15 buildings but don’t fit inside areconfigured Gatehouse I.

There are also problems with the processbeing used in this decision. There have beenno public hearings on the subject. And theBoard of Supervisors is scheduled to considerthis next week. When we modernize or buildschools here, voters get to weigh in by meansof a referendum, and Fairfax voters have over-whelming supported school projects. Why don’tvoters have a say on this, which has been inthe works for years?

This way, the schools can save $100 milliontwice.

Don’t just take our word for it, read theschool system’s arguments in favor of buyingGatehouse II at http://www.fcps.edu/news/office.htm.

— Mary Kimm,

[email protected]

Almost $100 million for second school HQbuilding is pre-meltdown thinking.

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Letters to the Editor

Bizarre ExcusesTo the Editor:

The nonsense spouted by VDOTspokesman Steve Titunik bodeslittle good to come from VDOToversight of this venture. (“Route123 to Lose Lanes into 2011,” Con-nection, Feb. 4-10). Already thestealthy deforestation of stagingareas — its speed motivated, per-haps, by an understandable desireto avoid demonstrators, though inmost cases a minimal screen oftrees could have been left — ap-parently surprised VDOT as muchas everyone else. Now VDOT hasannounced that six-lane Route 123will be narrowed to four, for 24 to30 months total.

The McLean Citizens Associationpreviously heard that closureswould last only 90 days; despiteclaiming that he said “90 days ata time,” Mr. Titutnik says hedoesn’t know “where the 90 days... is coming from.” Indeed, it isstill not clear whether the 24-30months refers to individual clo-sures or the total span of closures,from first opening to last closing.It appears from parsing the articlethat the latter is what he meant.

At any rate, he admits that thespan has grown from nine-12 to24-30 months. His explanation forthis is bizarre. Some of the blame

is given to the desire to “coordi-nate the HOT lanes project withMetrorail construction, so thework on both projects could becarried out while the lanes wereclosed.” This is curious: doing bothjobs simultaneously takes longerthan doing them sequentially.

The other excuse for takinglonger is that it is now planned tomove two of the four HOT lanesfrom along the Outer Loop toalong the Inner Loop. This madeit necessary to build anotherbridge over Route 123 adjacent tothe Inner Loop, thereby requiringmore time. When I viewed the site,the reason for the move appearedto be that there is not enoughspace between the Outer Loop andthe circumferential road withinTysons Shopping Center to placefour lanes and associated accessroads. It did not take a rocket sci-entist to see this long ago. At anyrate, work has not yet started onthe required Inner Loop bridge,whereas the pilings alreadyemplaced in conjunction with theInner Loop bridge (see the photoaccompanying the referenced ar-ticle) seem adequate to supportthe now too-wide four-lane bridge.

Mr. Titunik extols this as a posi-tive example of the “design-build”model of planning. I thought that“design-build” meant that the

same organization was responsiblefor both designing and building aproject, so that confusion and poorcommunication would not existbetween the (otherwise different)designing and building organiza-tions. Here it seems to mean “we’llmake it up as we go along.”

(And don’t think that the design-build organization will absorb allthe cost overruns attendant to thepresent redesigning. We may nothave to advance cash, but we’llmake it up, with interest, in tolls.)

John B. WalshMcLean

Dale is WrongOn Gatehouse IITo the Editor:

Just when you thought that youhave heard enough about bailouts,wait until you hear about this one.… On Feb. 12, 2009, Superinten-dent Jack Dale sent his marketingmessage to the Parent AdvisoryCouncil (PTA) to drum up supportfor spending $94.5 million dollarson his pet project of acquiring an-other administration building forhis staff. The public is expected tobelieve that purchasing this build-ing will generate cost savings of$62 million — up $40 million from

just a few months ago. Wow —imagine that — $40 million in sav-ings appeared out of no where.With that kind of magic, we couldsolve our economic crisis instantly.

Dale’s message to the PTA, “Nomoney will be taken away fromschools or students, the projectwill be fully self-funded throughsavings and efficiencies and nopayments will need to be madeuntil fiscal year 2013.”

No payments until fiscal year2013 — yes, and the law of eco-nomics says that if you are borrow-ing money and not repaying theprincipal, guess what? The debtbalance goes up. This is part of thereason for the mortgage mess.Putting off payment for three yearsis not a savings nor is it efficient.

Dale is wrong. Spending $94.5million of scarce funds to buy andrenovate another administrationbuilding does take money awayfrom students, teachers and ourschools. If South County HighSchool can be paid for by EDAbonds, so can other schools reno-vations.

So here are three novel ideas forDale, School Board members andthe Board of Supervisors who willgo behind closed doors to discussand vote on this proposal on Feb.

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Kent Gardens StartsEnvironmental ClubFrom Page 4

tion. Scenes of sharks being de-finned and dumped back into thewater, whales being hunted andotters covered in spilled oil weremet with somber silence.

“I thought it was pretty interest-ing,” sixth-grader Michelle Luna-Victoria said of the presentation.

Classmate Kamile Baranauskaiteagreed. “I almost started to crywhen they showed the animalsgetting killed,” she added.

TALK of environmental protectionwas not to end with Jan Cousteau’sdeparture from the school. Afterthe presentation, the sixth-gradersstayed in the gym and Brazell an-nounced that a new environmen-tal club was going to be started atKent Gardens. “We think you canset the example and the rest of theschool will follow,” she told thesixth-graders.

They were broken up intogroups and each group was to de-cide what constituted the mostdangerous threat to the environ-ment. In Michelle and Kamile’sgroup, Zach Gikakis, who hadbeen elected the group’s speaker,

thought the answer might be dam-age to coral reefs.

“Global warming, maybe,” JohnShort suggested and the groupagreed.

However, as other groups begangiving their answers, Zach startedhaving second thoughts. “I thinkit’s pollution,” he said.

“Doesn’t pollution cause globalwarming in the first place?”Michelle asked. Group membersweren’t sure that it did.

In the end, the group was over-looked and didn’t have to give ananswer.

When asked to come up with away to help the environment,Kamile suggested, “Conservestuff.”

“Turn off the water when you’renot using it,” Michelle said.

Piggybacking on the idea, Johnadvised, “Turn off the lights whenyou’re not in the room.” Then, hewent a step further: “Turn off thesun when you’re not outside.”

At that point, Michelle objected.With 10 seconds left to come up

with an answer, the group was stilldebating when Zach hit on the re-sponse, “Reduce, reuse, recycle.”The matter was settled.


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Chris Haslam at Commonwealth Cat Rescue in Oakton at703-568-3600.

Kitten and Cat Adoption Extravaganza washeld on Saturday, Jan. 31, at the DolleyMadison Library in McLean. KarmellaMoten, a volunteer, says goodbye to herfoster kitten Timmy. Timmy and hisbrother Bruce lived for a while withMoten. The two cats were recentlyadopted.

Diane Frey has been volunteering withCommonwealth Cat Rescue on the week-ends. Frey is holding Snowball.

Chris Haslam of Com-monwealth Cat Rescuein Fairfax holds Sarah.Sarah was born with-out sight. “The kittenhas adapted quickly toher environment atthe shelter and isready for adoption tothe right home,”Haslam said.

Candace Shepley visits with Snowball held by volunteerDiane Frey. Candace and her brother James already havecats, but couldn’t resist a visit with the kittens.

Adoption Day at the Dolley Madison Library

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Don’t Miss The Opportunity to Save23. First, the $94.5 million gen-

erated by selling EDA bond shouldbe used to renovate those schoolsthat have been sitting in the queuefor decades. The parents of West

Springfield High School shouldbe appalled that this is not theplan.

Second, under the leadership ofthe new board chair, SharonBulova, the discussion betweenthe School Board and supervisorsshould come out from behindclosed doors. There should be pub-lic vetting with a public hearingfor this proposal.

And finally, return the adminis-trators who were once teachersback into the classroom. Then youwon’t need another building andour children would be getting abetter education.

Kim FarrellVienna

More Arms,Less CrimeTo the Editor:

Your Opinion in the Feb. 11,2009 Connection [“Gun ShowLoop Hole Stays Open”] was verymisleading. First of all, there wasno “affront” to the Virginia Techvictims’ families. The criminal thatcommitted the murders did notpurchase any of his arms from gunshows. You also failed to mentionthe fact that criminals do not buyguns at gun shows. In fact, it wasliberal privacy policies that pre-vented the shooter from being reg-istered into the instant check sys-tem. You also failed to mentionthis situation was corrected inJanuary 2008 by the passage of HR2640, which was signed into lawby the president. This is evidencedby your inability to identify anyviolent crime committed with agun show purchase. This is be-cause criminals buy illegal guns onthe black market. Gun shows sellmostly collectible items, which aregenerally rare, expensive and notof much utility to criminals. Youfailed to discuss why the law failedto pass. It is because the law woulddo nothing. For example, wheredoes the gun show begin and end?If an unscrupulous seller steps out-side the building, is the sale nolonger at the gun show. Whatabout if the sale is made after theshow ends? The State of Virginiais one of the most heavily armedin the union and has one of thelowest crime rates. I challenge thispaper to find an area of the coun-try with gun bans that has low-crime rates.

Sam LowensteinVienna

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Mae, Shirock and The Daylights.Rock. 7 p.m. at Jammin’ Java, 227Maple Ave. E., Vienna. $20. 703-255-1566 or jamminjava.com.

Tiny Tot Tales. Stories and activities.Age 13-23 months with adult. 10:30a.m. at Dolley Madison Library, 1244Oak Ridge Ave., McLean. 703-356-0770.

Chapter 227 of Vietnam Veteransof America, 7:30 p.m. All veterans,friends and general public are invitedto attend the chapter meeting atNeighbor’s Restaurant, 262D CedarLane, Cedar Lane Shopping Center,Vienna. The public is invited, andadmission is free. Len Ignatowski,703-255-0353 or www.vva227.org.

Italian Love Affair. 6:30-8:30 p.m.,Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner, 1700Tysons Blvd., McLean. This coursefeatures an oenological tour from thenorthern regions to the southernprovinces.

Cyber Summit. 7 p.m., Vinson HallAuditorium, 6251 Old DominionDrive, McLean. The Safe CommunityCoalition will host its third annualCyber Summit. The theme of thisyear’s program is Internet & DigitalTechnology: Teaching Our Childrenabout Cyber-Safety, Cyber-Ethics, &Cyber-Security. Free and open to all.Visitwww.safecommunitycoalition.net.

FRIDAY/FEB. 20‘A Raisin in the Sun,’ 7 p.m. at James

Lee Community Theatre, 2855-AAnnandale Road, Falls Church.Angela Hansberry’s 1959 play about afamily’s experiences in WashingtonPark. For tickets, contact NomikkaHunter at 703-324-555. Admission$5. www.fairfaxcounty.gov/rec.

Luke Brindley. Acoustic/rock. 8 p.m.$12. Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave.N.E., Vienna. 703-255-1566 orwww.jamminjava.com.

Jonathan Edwards, folk singer. 8 p.m.at The Barns. Tickets $24. Wolf TrapFoundation for the Performing Arts,1645 Trap Road, Vienna. 1-877-WOLFTRAP.

L.A. Theatre Works and “The GreatTennessee Monkey Trial,” 8 p.m.at George Mason University’s Centerfor the Arts on the Fairfax campus of

George Mason University, at theintersection of Braddock Road andRoute 123. Tickets are $19-$38.Charge by phone at 888-945-2468 orat www.tickets.com. www.gmu.edu/cfa.

Citrus Fruit Sale. 8 a.m.-6 p.m.,American Legion Post 270, 1355 BallsHill Road, McLean. Temple Oranges,Seedless Grapefruit, ValenciaOranges, Honey Tangerines freshfrom Florida and maple syrupavailable for purchase. Call 703-356-8259.

Chris Ayer. 7:30 p.m., Alden Theatre,1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean. Singer/songwriter Chris Ayer will perform hisoriginal music. Tickets: $15/person,$12/McLean residents. Call 703-573-SEAT or visit www.ticketmaster.com.

Pig Farm. 8 p.m., 1st Stage, 1524Spring Hill Road, Tysons Corner. 1stStage presents “Pig Farm,” a comedyby Greg Kotis, playwright of“Urinetown.” Tickets: $25/adults,$15/students; call 1-800-838-3006 orvisit www.1stStageSpringHill.org.

SATURDAY/FEB. 21Second City National Touring

Company. Improv. 7:30 p.m. at TheBarns. Tickets $20. Wolf TrapFoundation for the Performing Arts,1645 Trap Road, Vienna. 1-877-WOLFTRAP.

Luke Brindley. Acoustic/rock. 8 p.m.$12. Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave.N.E., Vienna. 703-255-1566 orwww.jamminjava.com.

Robbert Bobbert and the BubbleMachine, powerpop for little boysand girls. 11 a.m. at Jammin’ Java,227 Maple Ave E, Vienna. $15. 703-255-1566 or www.jamminjava.com.

Building a Garden. 10 a.m.,Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, 9750Meadowlark Gardens Court, Vienna.Horticulturist Lorie Short willdemonstrate how to build a trough.Recipes, forms, curing processes andtexturing techniques will also bediscussed. Free. Reservationsrequired. 703-255-3631.

Childhelp Fashion Show. 10 a.m.-2p.m., Hyatt Regency Reston, 1800Presidents St., Reston. Spring clothingcollections for ladies, teens, andchildren, silent and live auctions,raffle and boutique sales. Proceedsbenefit Childhelp’s child abusetreatment and prevention programs.Admission $75. 703-444-3839 [email protected].

Langley High Fashion Show. 7 p.m.,Langley H.S. Auditorium, 6520Georgetown Pike, McLean. Mystique,a Cirque du Style dense with liontamers, acrobats and ringmastersgalore will perform. For ticketinformation, e-mail Tricia Poythressat [email protected]

Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra, 8 p.m.at the George Mason Center for theArts, on the Fairfax campus of GeorgeMason University at the intersectionof Braddock Road and Route 123. Apre-performance discussion, free toticket holders, begins at 7:15 p.m. onthe Center’s Grand Tier III. Ticketsare $19-$38. Age 12 and under, halfprice. Charge by phone at 888-945-2468 or visit www.tickets.com.www.gmu.edu/cfa.

The Northern Virginia CountryWestern Dance Association, 7:30p.m. at Luther Jackson Middle School,3020 Gallows Road, Falls Church.Dancing lessons begin at 7:30 p.m.with open dancing from 8:30-11 p.m.$12 per person. 703-860-4941 orwww.nvcwda.org.

Citrus Fruit Sale. 8 a.m.-12 p.m.,American Legion Post 270, 1355 BallsHill Road, McLean. Temple Oranges,Seedless Grapefruit, ValenciaOranges, Honey Tangerines freshfrom Florida and maple syrupavailable for purchase. Call 703-356-8259.

Sports Cards and Comic Books. 10a.m.-3:30 p.m., Crowne Plaza TysonsCorner, 1960 Chain Bridge Road,

McLean. The Sports Cardand Comic Book Showwill be held. Admission:$3/person. Call 301-990-4929.

Pig Farm. 4 and 8 p.m., 1stStage, 1524 Spring HillRoad, Tysons Corner. Acomedy by Greg Kotis,playwright of“Urinetown.” $25 adults,$15 students. 1-800-838-3006 orwww.1stStageSpringHill.org.

Night Sky Festival. 6:30-8:30 p.m., RiverbendPark Visitor Center, 8700Potomac Hills St., GreatFalls. Space enthusiastsof all ages will enjoyguided stargazing,peering through atelescope and listening toancient stories about theconstellations around acampfire. Other activitiesand games will be heldthroughout the evening.Hot chocolate, tea, coffeeand snacks will beavailable for purchase. $5per person. To make areservation, please call703-759-9018.

SUNDAY/FEB. 22Pianist John Eaton will perform a

variety of American songs bycomposers popular in the 1920-1950era, 3 p.m. at the Alden Theatre, 1234Ingleside Ave., McLean. Tickets: $29/person, $23/McLean districtresidents. Go to theatre box office,call 703-573-SEAT or visitwww.ticketmaster.com to purchasetickets.

‘Pianofortissimo’ featuring TheSilver-Garburg Piano Duo, withthe Amadeus Chamber Players.Mozart’s Concerto for Two Pianos,Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saens and more. St. Luke Church,7001 Georgetown Pike, McLean.Admission $25, including post-concertrefreshments and a chance to meetthe performers. Age 17 and underfree. 703-759-5334 orwww.amadeusconcerts.com.

Second City National TouringCompany. Improv. 7:30 p.m. at TheBarns. Tickets $20. Wolf TrapFoundation for the Performing Arts,1645 Trap Road, Vienna. 1-877-WOLFTRAP.

An Evening with Fred Eaglesmith.Roots rock. 7:30 p.m. $20. Jammin’Java, 227 Maple Ave. N.E., Vienna.703-255-1566 orwww.jamminjava.com.

Celtic Concerts, 4,6, and 8 p.m., TheOld Brogue Irish Pub, 760-C WalkerRoad, Great Falls. Al Petteway andAmy White perform Appalachianmusical translations of Scotch-Irishtraditions with guitar, mandolin andCeltic harp. $15. 703-759-3309.

Charles Darwin’s Birthday. 2-4 p.m.,Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, 9750Meadowlark Gardens Court, Vienna.Learn about the life of Charles Darwinand the theory of evolution during abirthday party complete with cakeand celebration. $5 per person.Reservations required, call 703-255-3631 ext. 0.

Pig Farm. 2 and 6 p.m., 1st Stage, 1524Spring Hill Road, Tysons Corner. Acomedy by Greg Kotis, playwright of“Urinetown.” $25 adults, $15students. 1-800-838-3006 orwww.1stStageSpringHill.org.

Local Matinee with Thomas andBlack Bird Lewis, 2 p.m. atJammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave. E.,Vienna. $8. 703-255-1566 orjamminjava.com.

Belly Dancing. 11 a.m., The Alay’nyaStudio, 1437 Emerson Ave., McLean,will hold a class for women wishing tojoin ongoing Beginner’s belly danceclasses. $75. 703-268-6959.º

Freedom in Creation Benefit. 2

p.m., The Conscious Bean, 10123Colvin Run Road, Great Falls. Abenefit for Freedom in Creation, acommunity led arts-basedpsychosocial, education and waterdevelopment program aimed atempowering children of war-affectedNorthern Uganda. Art will be ondisplay and a concert by the BrotherPonies of Leesburg will be held. 571-237-3886.

MONDAY/FEB. 23Open Mic Night with Ron Goad. 7

p.m. $2. Jammin’ Java, 227 MapleAve. N.E., Vienna. 703-255-1566 orwww.jamminjava.com.

Animal Survival: Hands-onexploration of skulls, bones and fursassist us in finding out what ananimal eats and how it survives thewinter. 4 p.m. at Dolley MadisonLibrary, 1244 Oak Ridge Ave.,McLean. 703-356-0770.

Learn Languages with Jabberu,10:30 a.m. Introduce a foreignlanguage to your toddler. Great FallsLibrary, 9830 Georgetown Pike, GreatFalls. 703-757-8560.

TUESDAY/FEB. 24

Victory Red, Ringleader, TamiD’mar and Rana Mansour, 7:30p.m. at Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave.E., Vienna. $10. 703-255-1566 orjamminjava.com.

WEDNESDAY/FEB. 25Ian McLagan and the Bump Band.

7:30 p.m. $17 advance, $20 at thedoor. Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave.N.E., Vienna. 703-255-1566 orwww.jamminjava.com.

Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat. Cat and mousetales and activities. Age 2-5 withadult. 10:30 a.m. at Dolley MadisonLibrary, 1244 Oak Ridge Ave.,McLean. 703-356-0770.

THURSDAY/FEBRUARY 26George Winston, folk pianist. 8 p.m. at

The Barns. Tickets $35. Wolf TrapFoundation for the Performing Arts,1645 Trap Road, Vienna. 1-877-WOLFTRAP.

Griffin House and Charlie Mars.Rock/folk. 8 p.m. at Jammin’ Java,227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna. $15. 703-255-1566 or jamminjava.com.

The Common Threat, Along ThoseLines, The Hard Lessons andFall Back Plan, 10 p.m. at Jammin’Java, 227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna.

$10. 703-255-1566 orjamminjava.com.

FRIDAY/FEB. 27George Winston, folk pianist. 8 p.m. at

The Barns. Tickets $35. Wolf TrapFoundation for the Performing Arts,1645 Trap Road, Vienna. 1-877-WOLFTRAP.

Red Molly. Folk/bluegrass. 7 p.m. $12advance, $15 at the door. Jammin’Java, 227 Maple Ave. N.E., Vienna.703-255-1566 orwww.jamminjava.com.Antique Show and Sale. 11 a.m.-7p.m., Vienna Community Center, 120Cherry St. S.E., Vienna. Dealers willdisplay and sell a variety of furnitureand collectibles. Admission is $4.50.703-255-6360.

Pig Farm. 8 p.m., 1st Stage, 1524Spring Hill Road, Tysons Corner. Acomedy by Greg Kotis, playwright of“Urinetown.” Tickets: $25 adults, $15students. 1-800-838-3006 orwww.1stStageSpringHill.org.

SATURDAY/FEB. 28Aztec Two-Step. Acoustic duo. 7 p.m.

$20. Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave.N.E., Vienna. 703-255-1566 orwww.jamminjava.com.

George Winston, folk pianist. 7:30p.m. at The Barns. Tickets $35. WolfTrap Foundation for the PerformingArts, 1645 Trap Road, Vienna. 1-877-WOLFTRAP.

Planting Gardens. 10:30 a.m.,Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, 9750Meadowlark Gardens Court, Vienna.Chief Horticulturist Doris Rodriguezwill share ideas about removingexisting vegetation and the use of soilamendments and fertilizers, pluspreparing ground for planting. Free.703-255-3631.

Justin Trawick band. 10 p.m. atJammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave. E.,Vienna. $10. 703-255-1566 orjamminjava.com.

Antique Show and Sale. 11 a.m.-6p.m., Vienna Community Center, 120Cherry St. S.E., Vienna. Dealers willdisplay and sell a variety of furnitureand collectibles. Admission is $4.50.703-255-6360.

Dave Parsons Dance, 8 p.m. at theGeorge Mason University Center forthe Arts, on the Fairfax campus at theintersection of Braddock Road andRoute 123. The company includesBilly Smith, a 2007 George MasonUniversity dance alumnus. A free pre-performance discussion begins at 7:15p.m. on the Center’s Grand Tier III.Tickets are $22-$44. Charge by phone

Folk singer Jonathan Edwards will perform on Friday, Feb. 20 atThe Barns at Wolf Trap.

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Pig Farm. 4 and 8 p.m., 1st Stage, 1524Spring Hill Road, Tysons Corner. Acomedy by Greg Kotis, playwright of“Urinetown.” $25 adults, $15students. 1-800-838-3006 orwww.1stStageSpringHill.org.

Furia Flamenca. 8 p.m., AldenTheatre, 1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean.Local dance company Furia Flamencawill perform flamenco dance. $30/person, $25/McLean districtresidents. Purchase tickets at theAlden Theatre Box Office or call 703-573-SEAT or visitwww.ticketmaster.com.

SUNDAY/MARCH 1The Master Singers of Virginia

present Francis Poulenc’s three best-known works, the Mass in G Major,the Prayers of St. Francis for men, andthe Petites Voix for women. 4 p.m. atSaint Luke Catholic Church, McLean.Season tickets are $38 for adults and$30 for seniors or students; individualticket prices are $15 for adults and$12 for seniors or students in advance($2 more at the door). 703-655-7809or www.msva.org.

Bo Bice. Southern roots and blues. 7:30p.m. at The Barns. Tickets $25. WolfTrap Foundation for the PerformingArts, 1645 Trap Road, Vienna. 1-877-

WOLFTRAP.Celtic Concerts, 4 p.m., 6 p.m. and 8

p.m. at The Old Brogue Irish Pub,760-C Walker Road, Great Falls.Celtic music by Iona. $15. 703-759-3309.

Antique Show and Sale. 12-5 p.m.,Vienna Community Center, 120Cherry St. S.E., Vienna. Dealers willdisplay and sell a variety of furnitureand collectibles. Admission is $4.50.Call 703-255-6360.

Pig Farm. 2 and 6 p.m., 1st Stage, 1524Spring Hill Road, Tysons Corner. Acomedy by Greg Kotis, playwright of“Urinetown.” Tickets: $25 adults, $15students. 1-800-838-3006 orwww.1stStageSpringHill.org.


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Faith Notes are for announcements andevents in the faith community. Send [email protected] is Friday.

Brethren, a Christian Musicgroup, will perform live Sunday, Feb.22, 6 p.m., at Providence BaptistChurch, 8980 Brook Road, McLean.Their repertoire encompasses every-thing from traditional hymns to patrioticstandards to contemporary popularmusic. Call 703-893-5330.

Redeemer Lutheran Church,1545 Chain Bridge Road, McLean, ishosting its semi-annual consignmentsale of baby, child and maternity items

Friday, March 20, 7-9 p.m. and Satur-day, March 21 , 8-11 a.m.703-356-3567.

McLean Women’s ThursdayBible Study, at 9:15 a.m. The Book ofProverbs will be the focus for the next12 weeks. Contact Martha Wiles at 703-448-2020 or [email protected].

St. John’s Episcopal Church sup-ports over twenty outreach ministries,including SHARE, Habitat for Human-ity, Martha’s Table, and the Gen. ColinL. Powell Leadership Club at MacfarlandMiddle School in Washington D.C. Ser-vices at 7:45 a.m., 9 a.m., 11:15 a.m.and 7:30 p.m. St. John’s Episcopal

Church, 6715 Georgetown Pike,McLean. 703-356-4902 orwww.stjohnsmclean.org.

The Shepherd’s Center ofOakton-Vienna will be holding itsquarterly “Lunch N’ Life” March 9, 12p.m. at Emmanuel Lutheran Church,2589 Chain Bridge Road. The programwill feature special guest speakerLinwood Holton, former Governor ofVirginia from 1970 to 1974. Gov. Holtonwill share life experiences, storiesandºanecdotes from his recently pub-lished memoir “Opportunity Time.”Cost: $8. Reservations and payment forlunch required in advance; call 703-281-0538 orºe-mail [email protected].

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Club AwardsScholarships toPimmit HillsGraduates

McLean Rotary president Lois Wilson with Jeffrey D’Costa.

Pictured, from left, Tenzin Khenrap, Jeffrey D’Costa,Daisy Cordova, David Eakin, Dunn Loring Rotary Clubpresident, Hiwan Adnew, Che-Yuan Hsu, Tenzin Namgyal.

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The Rotary Club of McLeanearlier this monthawarded six academic

scholarships to recent graduates ofPimmit Hills High School who willuse the funding for college-levelcourses. The scholarship recipients— Hiwan Adnew, Daisy Cordova,Jeffrey D’Costa, Che-Yuan (Brian)Hsu, Tenzin Khenrap and TenzinNamgyal — received a total of$3,750 from McLean Rotary. Since1996 Pimmit Hills students havereceived 24 scholarships from theRotary Club of McLean totaling$15,750.

Pimmit Hills High School is oneof three Fairfax County PublicSchools’ adult-alternative highschools. The programs at these al-ternative schools are designed toassist students who might notcomplete high school in a regularsetting because of age, languageproficiency or other life circum-stances. Eighty-five percent ofPimmit Hills students have immi-grated from other countries.

“The Rotary Club of McLean’sgenerosity changes lives,” saidDidi Crowder, career developmentcoordinator at Pimmit Hills. “Thestudents, families and teachers ofPimmit Hills applaud McLean Ro-tary for helping to change theworld one student at a time.”

McLean Rotary president LoisWilson said, “The Pimmit HillsScholarship Program is an essen-tial part of McLean Rotary’s com-

munity-service outreach. We canthink of no greater service to ourcommunity than helping to edu-cate our children and preparingthem to assume the mantle ofleadership in the future.”

The Rotary Club of McLeanscholarships were presented to thestudents during the Pimmit Hillsgraduation ceremony, which tookplace, Feb. 5, at Annandale HighSchool.

Elizabeth Turnage, Jason Stull and John Clark meet the students.

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The McLean Fire and Rescue Department visited Chesterbrook Elementary School last Fridayto give Ms. Irving’s second-grade class a presentation on fire safety and preparedness. Thechildren also took a tour of the fire engine and learned about all the equipment and how it is

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Local Girl Donates Locks of Love

Kendall Deese before thehaircut Feb. 14.

Kendall Deese with LuigiParasmo after the haircuton Feb.14.

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Haycock ElementarySchool fifth-grader,Kendall Deese, 10, is

on a mission to make sure that an-other child is able to enjoy lifeadorned with a natural hair wig.This Valentine’s Day saw Kendallgiving a real gift from the heart.Kendall learned about Locks ofLove as a second-grader when sheread an American Girl story aboutgirl heroes. Locks of Love is a non-profit organization that provideshairpieces to financially disadvan-taged children in the United Statesand Canada under age 18 suffer-ing from long-term medical hairloss from any diagnosis.

Kendall’s hair seems to grow veryquickly, so she donated her first 10inches of hair at age 7, her second10 inches of hair at age 9 and, onValentine’s Day, Kendall had herthird haircut of 10 inches. Sinceone wig requires between sevenand 10 “ponytails,” Kendall’s mis-sion is to give seven of her pony-tails before she graduates from highschool. As of Feb. 14, she is three-sevenths of the waythere. Kendall has learned that several friends havebeen motivated by her generosity to make this gift oflove. While it takes a good bit of discipline to let yourhair grow this long each year, Kendall loves the fun ofgetting a whole new look and challenging her friends

to help with this mission. She is grateful to LuigiParasmo at the Watergate Salon who generously do-nates his time for Locks of Love haircuts. Kendallwould love to know about other children who aremotivated to make a gift of the heart.

For more information, visit www.locksoflove.org.


The County Line

By Julia O’Donoghue

The Connection

Fairfax County Public Schools hasrevived a proposal to purchase asecond building for its central of-fice staff after initial efforts to ac-

quire the property stalled last fall.According to school staff, the new office

building would allow the school system toconsolidate many of its central administra-tion functions on one Merrifield campus andcould result in cost savings.

But following a closed door meeting inSeptember, the Fairfax County Board ofSupervisors rejected the school system’s firstplan for building acquisition. Several saidthey were skeptical that the $110 millionpurchase was fiscally prudent, particularlyin the current economic downturn and asthe county faced a projected $650 millionbudget deficit.

“The deal that was presented before I feltvery strongly was something we should notdo. I thought they were paying too muchfor the building,” said Supervisor John Foust(D-Dranesville).

On Feb. 23, school officials will return tothe supervisors with a new, cheaper plan topurchase the property at 8111 GatehouseRoad. In a matter of months, the cost of theproject has gone from $110.1 million to$94.5 million and the savings estimate as-sociated with the project has grown from$22.2 million to $62.2 million over the next30 years, they said.

ACCORDING to the school system, theseadditional savings were realized primarilybecause the owner agreed to drop the priceof the building from $52 million to $45million. Officials have also agreed to scaleback their renovationplans for the buildingfrom $58.1 million to$49.5 million by elimi-nating plans to acquirenew furniture, addparking and improvetraffic flow on the siteat this time.

The school systemhad also identified onemore leased building,the Instructional Cen-ter Support Systems warehouse, whichcould be vacated if the school system movedinto the new Gatehouse property. The renton the warehouse is currently about$502,000 annually and could go towardcovering the cost of the building purchaseinstead, said officials.

Since school officials brought forward theproposal this fall, the number of positionsthat would be eliminated as a result of themove has also increased from 18 to 28. By

cutting 10 more jobs, the school systemwould gain an extra $2 million annually incost savings, according to documents ex-plaining the merits of the building purchase.

YET SEVERAL PEOPLE, including at leasttwo supervisors, are still skeptical of theplan. They question the merits of the schoolsystem’s business case and wonder whetherpurchasing administrative offices during thecounty’s worst financial crisis in history ispolitically palpable.

Many argued that too much of the dis-cussion about the building’s purchase hastaken place out of the public eye in “backrooms.” Some critics said that the schoolboard should have conducted more out-reach to the public on the project.

“I would think spending $100 millionwould be something that they would wantthe community to respond to. I don’t seewhy they can’t take this out to the commu-nity before making a decision on it,” saidMichelle Menapace, president of the FairfaxCounty Council of PTAs.

Board of Supervisors Chairman SharonBulova (D) said sheis attempting tomake the dialogueover the buildingpurchase moretransparent. In-stead of having con-versations about theproject behindclosed doors, thesupervisors andschool officials will

discuss the new building acquisition pro-posal in public Feb. 23.

“I think it is appropriate and long over-due for us to have that discussion out front,”said Bulova, who added that holding a pub-lic hearing on the project did not seem nec-essary.

The supervisors are unlikely to vote onthe proposal directly after hearing theschool system’s presentation next week andwould probably make a final decision aboutthe building at a later meeting. In the mean-

time, Bulova said the school system has setup meetings with community stakeholdersto brief them on the revised building pur-chase plan.

“I encouraged presentations to be madeto as many community organizations andgroups as possible,” said Bulova.

FCPS Chief Operating Officer DeanTistadt added that many major county or-ganizations, including the local federationof civic associations and chamber of com-merce, had endorsed the previous plan.

“These are not groups that were going tosupport anything we put in front of them,”he said.

STILL, THERE are some groups and su-pervisors who said it is not likely that theywill be talked into supporting the purchaseof a building for central administrators un-der any circumstances.

“I don’t understand why anybody wouldthink it was a good thing to do,” said Su-pervisor Patrick Herrity (R-Springfield).

Herrity questions much of the schoolsystem’s analysis of the cost savings theproject would achieve.

Some of the cost savings show up becausethe building purchase has only been com-pared to one other option — the construc-tion of a new administrative building, saidHerrity. According to the Springfield super-visor, the financial picture, and savings,could change drastically if the building pur-chase was compared to other scenarios —such as maintaining the status quo.

The school officials’ numbers also assumethat the school system would have to con-tinue leasing office space for the same priceit currently does if officials did not have theopportunity to move into the newly pur-chased building. But many of the schoolsystem’s leases are up for renewal next yearand it is likely officials could negotiate bet-ter rates at that time, said Herrity.

And though the price of the building hascome down, Herrity added that it is still toohigh. The property’s present owners paid$45 million for the building in 2006 andthe school system should not be paying the

exact same price in 2009, when the com-mercial real estate market is in decline, hesaid.

“Their financial model is off. They aremaking the numbers work to justify whatthey want to do,” said Herrity of the cur-rent proposal.

Scott Chronister, who helps lead theFairfax Coalition of Advocates for PublicSchools (Fairfax CAPS), agrees with Herrity.He is concerned that many of the cuts tobring the project’s cost down will reappearin future years.

Chronister said he anticipates the trafficchanges that were originally planned as partof the project will be completed at a futuredate and that the school system will even-tually purchase new furniture for building,even if they took out those expenses in theirrecent proposal.

“We are going to pay for those trafficchanges as a result of [the project.] Theyare just taking it off the books and not re-flecting it in the project right now so theycan show some additional savings,” saidChronister.

THE SCHOOL SYSTEM had predicted itsfirst administrative building, Gatehouse I,would save them over $20 million. Instead,the building ended up reducing costs by $10million, in part because they were unableto eliminate as many positions as they hadoriginally planned.

“The first cost savings weren’t what theysaid they were going to be,” said Herrity.

Tistadt said the school system is likely to“realize” most of the costs savings that theyhad originally slated for the first adminis-trative building project when they purchasethe second office building.

At the request of Herrity and other su-pervisors, the school system will alsopresent “status quo” and “lease” optionsalong with the building purchase and build-ing construction scenarios next week, hesaid.

But the school system also has pressingfacility needs that would make the purchaseof second administrative building advanta-geous, said Tistadt. The school system in-tends to convert many of the smaller officebuildings where central office workers arecurrently housed into schools sites to dealwith the county’s growing student popula-tion, he said.

Some of the supervisors still think theadministrative building purchase will be atough sell to the public in a year whencounty residents are being asked to makelarge sacrifices in other areas of the bud-get.

“I think [the project] is a concept that hascome at the completely wrong time. Theperception of this matters. When you areincreasing class sizes and cutting police ser-vices, I don’t see how you can agree to pur-chase a new office building for administra-tors,” said Supervisor Jeff McKay (D-Lee).

“I just don’t know that this is the righttime to invest $100 million in an adminis-trative building. It definitely sends a wrongsignal,” said Foust.

The school system is coming back with a proposal to purchase thisbuilding for administrative purposes.

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— Michelle Menapace, president,Fairfax County Council of PTAs


Sports

The McLean High girls basketballteam finished the regular season last Fri-day night with a 51-38 Liberty District lossat South Lakes. The Highlanders finishedthe regular season 12-10 overall and 7-7 inthe district. McLean celebrated its SeniorNight on Feb. 5 in a game against StoneBridge. The Highlanders honored seniorsCaity Flint, Taylor Ancell and Amanda Ballduring pregame ceremonies. Then, in thegame, Flint scored a season-high 21 pointsin McLean’s 63-50 victory. This week,McLean was scheduled to play a first-rounddistrict tournament game at Madison onTuesday, Feb. 17. The winner of that ear-lier-week game advanced to the semifinalsand automatically qualified for next week’s16-team Northern Region tournament.

The McLean High freshmen girlsbasketball team was a perfect 13-0 goinginto its final three regular-season games.There is no postseason in freshmen basket-ball, so the Highlanders are looking to cap-ture the regular-season crown. The team,made up of good students and hard-work-ing athletes, is coached by Robert Bouchard.

The McLean High School Crew Clubhad a successful showing at the 2009 MidAtlantic Erg Sprints, held at T.C. Williams

High School in Alexandria in late January.The Mid Atlantic Erg Sprints brings togetherhundreds of rowers and coxswains of all agesand abilities to test their physical and men-tal toughness on rowing machines. McLeanrowers earned five gold medals, nine silvermedals and three bronze medals. McLean’snearly 200 points keeps the team in conten-tion for the High School Trophy.

The top individual performers earninggold medals for McLean were Zach Johnson,Aaron Lesher, Colleen Devlin, Colleen War-ren, Liz Gholimasgarha and Bridget Smith;silver medal winners were Nick Tobat, DanRussell, Zach Johnson, Colleen Warren, JoeSmith, Kelly Hall, Larry Petersson andVictoria Geithman; and bronze medal re-cipients were Brooke Bush, Cammie Meade,Melissa Frazee and Colleen Warren.

The McLean Crew Club held a Books-a-Million competition on Feb. 7 to raise fundsfor its annual Ergathon competition. Theclub was hoping to reach its goal of raising$12,000. For more questions regardingMcLean Club Crew, call Pam Smith, McLeanCrew publicity, at 703-255-5247 or 703-402-4406.

Madeira varsity girls basketballhosted top-ranked Georgetown Day lastweek in an Independent School League

By Rich Sanders

The Connection

The McLean High boys basketballteam was scheduled to beginplay in the Liberty District tour-nament earlier this week with a

first-round game at South Lakes. The High-landers (7-16) entered the district tourna-ment as the No. 7 seed, while South Lakesis a No. 2 seed.

A year ago, McLean, as a No. 6 seed, up-set No. 3 South Lakes. The Highlandersended up going to the district finals beforelosing to Langley.

McLean, earlier this week, needed to de-feat South Lakes in order to qualify for nextweek’s 16-team Northern Region tourna-ment. For the loser of the McLean-SouthLakes contest, the season will be over. Thewinner, meanwhile, will advance toWednesday’s semifinals against the Langley(No. 3 seed) versus Marshall (No. 6) win-ner. The district title game is scheduled forthis Friday night at South Lakes

W.T. Woodson is the tournament’s No. 1seed.

McLean, coached by Kevin Roller, wonfour district games during the regular sea-son, defeating Jefferson twice and also gain-ing wins over Madison and Stone Bridge.The Highlanders completed the regular sea-

son with a 68-65 home loss to South Lakeslast Friday night. McLean senior guard Pe-ter Brosnan scored 21 points for the High-landers. For South Lakes, senior guardTravis Williams scored a game-high 26points.

The No. 5 seed McLean High girls were

set to play Madison (No. 4) in a first-roundgame of the Liberty District girls tournamentearlier this week. The Highlanders lost atSouth Lakes, 51-38, to wrap up the regularseason last Friday night. Three Highland-ers scored in double figures in that game— junior forward Melissa Wilson (12points), sophomore guard Andie Romness(11) and senior guard Caity Flint (10).

McLean went 7-7 in district play this win-ter and was 12-10 overall going into thepostseason. Prior to last Friday’s loss toregular season district champion SouthLakes, the Highlanders had won back-to-back games over Stone Bridge and Marshall.

THE NORTHERN REGION WRES-TLING tournament took place last week-end at Fairfax High School. Westfield Highwon the team title with 220.5 points, aheadof second-place Robinson (198) and third-place South County (139). The fourth-placeteam finisher was Hayfield (110.5), fol-lowed by fifth-place Fairfax (89) and sixth-place Annandale (85).

Langley High’s David Helmer captured hisfourth career region title with a victory atthe 152-weight class. The senior defeatedSouth County’s Patrick Fitzgerald, 7-3, inthe finals. Also from Langley, AnthonyKotoriy (103-division) finished second. Helost his finals match to Robinson’s JakeSmith, 1-0. Marshall’s Andrew Embree wasa second-place finisher at 215-weight class.

McLean’s Palmer Dickson finished thirdin the 119 division. Langley’s Jay Ives fin-ished fifth at 130.

The state AAA wrestling championshipswill be held this weekend in Salem.

THE NORTHERN REGION SWIM andDive Championships took place last week-end at Oak Marr Recreation Center inOakton. The Langley High girls team fin-ished third overall with 198 points, finish-ing behind champion Robinson (301) andsecond place Fairfax (222).

The Langley boys, meanwhile, finishedfifth overall with 167 points. Oakton wonthe boys title with 232 points, followed bysecond-place Robinson (230.5), third-placeMadison (205) and fourth-place Fairfax(186).

McLean’s Eva Greene won the girls 100back event and was second in the 100 free.Teammate Margaret Harlow was third in the500 free.

For the Langley girls, Jayme Katis wasthird in the 200 free and fifth in the 100free. Other Saxon girls place finishers wereMegan Howard (fourth in 50 free); KimPilka (third in 1-meter diving); and JessicaHawken (fourth in 100 fly). The Langleygirls 200 free relay team of Hawken,Victoria Snare, Megan Howard and Katiswas second.

On the boys side, Langley’s 200 medleyrelay team of Stephen Richards, ChuckKatis, Alex Brumas and Chris Barnard fin-ished second.

Individual place finishes for the Saxonscame from Richards (second in the 200 IM);Chuck Katis (second in 100 breast, fourthin 200 IM); and Ryan Natal (fifth in 100fly).

McLean’s Charlie Putnam was second inthe 100 back and Marshall’s Cyrus Hashemiwas second in the 200 free and third in the500 free.

Highlander boyshope to make noisein playoffs.

Upset-Minded McLean Boys Taking on South Lakes

McLean High senior centerLeonard Gjino (44) tries to defenda layup attempt by Langley’sBarrett Hunter. Earlier this week,McLean was scheduled to play afirst-round Liberty District tourna-ment game at South Lakes.

Sports Notes

Photo by Craig Sterbutzel/The Connection

McLean High’s Palmer Dickson, right, finished third in the 119-weightclass at last Saturday’s Northern Region Wrestling Championships atFairfax High School. Dickson, a senior, won his third-place match overHerndon’s Josh Pike, 4-2. Next up for Dickson, the Liberty District cham-pion, is this weekend’s Virginia State Championships in Salem.

(ISL), Division A game. Although Madeirawas prepared and excited about the chal-lenge, Georgetown Day, which had only oneleague loss going into the contest, provedtoo athletic and quick and defeated Madeira,60-43. Georgetown Day, which led 35-19 atthe half, shot well from three-point territory.

Madeira played hard and well in the sec-ond half, outscoring its opponent, 28-25, inthe latter half. The spirited second half washighlighted by strong performances fromAudrey Hughes (14 points) and Tess Atkins(11). The team will be competing in theupcoming ISL postseason tournament.

McLean Conneection Sports Editor Rich Sanders

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How to get by on one income whilereally trying? That will not only be thequestion but the strategy as my wife, Dina,and I, attempt to adjust to the new unem-ployment paradigm: she’s out of work forthe first time in our 30-plus years of mar-riage. Her long-time employer, Tivoli’sRestaurant in Rosslyn (the deli and pastryshop remain open, however) closed afternearly 27 years serving the public (25years during which Dina worked in thesecond floor lounge as a waitress andbartender).

To say she made friends over all thoseyears would be an understatement of pro-digious proportions. To say she networkedan entire new family including the ownersand their families, employees and theirfamilies, and, of course, the thousands ofTivoli customers and their families,together creating a fabric of associationsand activities spanning the globe and last-ing an entire generation, and then some,would be more accurate.

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Moreover, given the middle age that weare, with the skill sets we possess, and fur-ther considering the inheritances that atpresent are unknown and unexpected,what we do, how we survive, what moneywe spend, seem unlikely to be replenishedanytime soon by some financial savior rid-ing in on a cash cow. It seems that we willhave to make do riding the horse onwhich we rode in on.

All of which we can manage, I think. It’smore that neither one of us expected to behorse-less at our present age, the age atwhich, accumulating for retirementbecomes not only an extremely seriousfamily business but maybe the mostimportant, to the exclusion of all other,family business. And being left to fendmore for ourselves than we had expectedor anticipated was hardly the plan I hadintended. Still, it’s not over yet. My fathermade more money between age 55 and70 than he had ever made previously,enough to fund my parent’s retirement forthe 15 years or so they had togetherbefore retiring for good.

If I am indeed my father’s son, then Iwill succeed just as he did. It may not beeasy but if I’ve inherited anything from myfather (aside from his sense of humor), I’veinherited his positive attitude. Dina’s beingout of work presents us with an opportu-nity. It’s up to us to make the most of it.

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The McLean Community Center is seek-ing candidates to run for a seat on its2009-2010 governing board. The boardsets policy and provides general oversightfor MCC facilities and programs, whichinclude the Robert Ames Alden Theatreand the Old Firehouse Teen Center.

All residents of the center’s tax district(Dranesville Small District No. 1A) are eli-gible to run for a seat on the 11-memberboard. Candidates are required to obtainthe signatures of 10 McLean district resi-dents in order to have their names placedon the election ballot. Nominating peti-tion forms will be available at the centerbeginning at 9 a.m., Monday, Feb. 23. Thedeadline for filing completed petitions is5 p.m., Friday, March 27.

Three adult positions and two youth po-sitions will expire this year. One youthmember will be selected from the areaserved by McLean High School and onewill represent the area served by LangleyHigh School.

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A petroleum release from former underground storage tank systems had occurred, and corrective actions have been im-plemented, at:

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Franklin Sherman ElementarySchool alumni from decadesgone by all gathered at theMcLean Community Center for a

meeting of the McLean Historical SocietyThursday, Feb. 12.

Franklin Sherman is a cornerstone ofMcLean, located on Brawner Street. It wasnamed for Capt.Franklin Sherman, amember of the SchoolBoard who lived on afarm in Tysons Corner.Before the founding ofLongfellow MiddleSchool and thenMcLean High Schoolin 1955, FranklinSherman also served as both a middle anda high school.

Most of the night’s attendees had beenstudents in the 1940s, ‘50s, and ‘60s. HenryMackall, whose family has been in McLeansince before the Civil War, was the oldestalumnus in attendance having started atFranklin Sherman in 1933.

Palmer Robeson, who entered first gradein the days before kindergarten at FranklinSherman in 1953, remembered one specificteacher, Mr. Gilkerson, “It was his first andlast year of teaching,” Robeson said.

HIS CLASSMATE, Billy Truex, elaboratedon the story, saying that, “we used to putcherry bombs and firecrackers in the cub-byholes, but one day someone took the dooroff of its hinges while it was locked. He wentto unlock it and the door fell right on him.”

Robeson’s mother, Mary, graduated high

school at 15 and then Virginia StateTeacher’s College at what is now JamesMadison University in 1929, to start teach-ing at 17, right before the Great Depres-sion. “They wouldn’t pay her when shestarted because she was a minor,” saidRobeson, “but when she turned 18 in Octo-ber they gave her her back pay, and thenthe stock market crashed.”

The small and tight-knit community alsocreated the opportunity for some interest-ing run-ins. Robeson brought to mind thetime his mother ran into a former student.“She had a reputation of having a lead foot,”he said. “She used to go to Clarendon toget ice cream because you couldn’t inMcLean. She gets pulled over by a police-man, who it turns out was one of her stu-dents. So she calls him by his first name

and says, ‘John, I haveice cream in the car,’and drives away.”

THE FORMERFranklin Sherman stu-dents bore witness tomany important his-torical events. FranklinSherman has existed

through countless wars, the Great Depres-sion and many moments of cultural signifi-cance. One guest recalled that, “we werethe first class in the nation to get the poliovaccine.” During World War II, studentscollected tinfoil, sold savings bonds and hadto put curtains on their windows to followair raid regulations.

Dan Smoot, who attended FranklinSherman for one year in 1952 as a first-grader, remembered that it was “the firstyear the baby boomers arrived and therewere not enough desks for everyone to sitin. It also happened to be an election yearand my parents were for Eisenhower, so Iwore an ‘I like Ike’ button to school.” Amongother things, Smoot also recalled the Sat-urday night movies for 25 or 50 cents inthe auditorium. “Every house had childrenin it,” he said. “There were always 30-40young people, watching a movie.”

McLean HistoricalSociety revisits earlyyears at FranklinSherman Elementary.

Old Days Remembered

Henry Mackall, who started atFranklin Sherman Elementary in1933, recalls his teachers and thelayout of the old schoolhouse.

Retelling past hijinks at his almamater, Franklin Sherman alumnusPalmer Robeson illustrates anec-dotes about his time at the school.

“There were always30-40 young people,watching a movie.”

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