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By Alex McVeigh

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Governor BobMcDonnell spoke atthe Dulles Area

Transportation Association’sholiday luncheon Monday atthe Hyatt Regency Reston. Dur-ing his speech McDonnell ad-dressed the current financialstate of Virginia and what itmeans for the future of Dullesdevelopment such as theMetrorail Silver Line.

“We’ve just come out of thetwo worst fiscal years in Vir-ginia history, we’ve never hadtwo years in a row negative rev-enue growth,” he said. “Thegood news is, we’re projectedto grow by about four percentthis year and we’re pretty wellon track.”

With the slow economic timeshave come more competitivebids for various projects,McDonnell said, and that isgood news when it comes togetting things done.

“There has not been a time inmodern Virginia history, wherewe’re getting better deals ontransportation projects,” hesaid. “It’s important to getprojects done now, not in three,

four or 10 years.”McDonnell praised Virginia

Transportation Secretary SeanConnaughton for helping getthe $750 million in stimulusfunds contracted out for trans-portation improvements thatwere sorely needed.

“One-quarter of Virginia’sroads, pavement and bridgesare in need of major reconstruc-tive work,” he said. “We werelast in the nation committingstimulus funds, and we werechewed out by congress for ourlackadaisical approach. Secre-tary Connaughton took that onas a top issue to get those con-tracts committed, and by theend of September, I’m glad tosay, 100 percent of the stimu-lus funds have been commit-ted.”

McDonnell called the rail toDulles “critically important” tokeeping Virginia competitivewhen it comes to attractingbusinesses.

“We’re trying to sell our state,we have a great state. We havea great business climate here,”he said. “I’m doing everythingI can to get all those businessesthat are fleeing California to[re]locate in Northern Vir-ginia.”

Getting It Done NowGovernorspeaks onDullestransporta-tion issues.

Virginia GovernorBob McDonnell

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By Alex McVeigh

The Connection

Most of Reston was snug in their bedsat 7:30 a.m. Saturday morning. Butmore than 7,000 came out to run fivekilometers around Reston Town Cen-

ter for the annual Girls on the Run of Northern Vir-ginia Reindeer Romp. More than 3,500 of the run-ners were girls from age eight to 13 from the Girlson the Run program, which is a nonprofit dedicatedto involving young girls in a curriculum-based pro-gram designed to help them achieve a sense of self-awareness and team-building.

The girls trained together as part of the 10-weekprogram, which included physical activities and semi-nars on issues like bullying, contributing to the com-munity, peer pressure and self-esteem.

“They taught us about acting right and being nice,”said Emily Treacy, 8, who goes to Forestville Elemen-tary School and participated in the program. “Butthe best part of the whole thing was crossing thefinish line.”

Her twin sister Lauren agreed, and credited theprogram for helping her reach the finish line.

“It was fun, but sometimes you had to push througha lot,” Lauren Treacy said.

The runners took off on their route just after 7:30a.m., starting at the corner of Fountain Drive andFreedom Drive. The five kilometer (or just over threemiles) route took them around Reston Town Centerand the surrounding developments before finishingat the corner of Fountain Drive and New DominionParkway.

“Talk about a heck of a way to wake up on a Satur-day morning,” said Steve Shelton of Fairfax, who ranwith his daughter. “I haven’t run in something likethis since college, so it was a bit of a shock, but itwas a fun thing to do as a family.”

Shelton had to walk slightly further than his daugh-ter, Kylie, who climbed on her dad’s shoulders be-tween the finish line and the line of volunteers hand-ing out water and bananas.

Allison Kelly coached the team from Haycock El-ementary in Falls Church, and said it was well worthit.

“Believe it or not, we actually lucked out with theweather today, in years past it hasn’t been this dry,”said Kelly, who ran with her nine-year-old daughter

Katherine. “It was my first time coaching, which wasa lot of fun.”

Schools from across Fairfax County were repre-sented, as well as other institutions such as FortBelvoir.

“It really says a lot about a program like Girls onthe Run that you’ve got so many people from all walksof life coming out to support them like this,” saidPaula Fry of Springfield, a participant. “It shows thatthere are a lot of parents who are invested in thewell-being of their children, and also a group of girlsthat can say they were able to accomplish somethinglike this at a relatively young age.”

Waves of runners start their 5K runSaturday at Reston Town Center. The racewas the culmination of a 10-week pro-gram held by Girls on the Run of North-ern Virginia, and featured more than7,000 runners.

Runners take off at the Girls on the Run of Northern Virginia Reindeer Romp 5K atReston Town Center Saturday.

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THURSDAY/DEC. 9Lupus Support Group. 12 p.m. at

Reston Hospital Center, The WestWing, 1850 Town CenterParkway, [email protected] orwww.lupusgw.org.

MONDAY/DEC. 13NARFE Dulles Chapter 1241

Luncheon Meeting. 1 p.m.Amphora Diner, 1151 Elden St.,Herndon. Installation of 2011officers. Music by pianist ErnestSmith and The Chorus of OldDominion. 703-435-3523.

WEDNESDAY/DEC. 15The Advisory Board of the

Northwest Center for MentalHealth Services. 7-9 p.m. atNorthwest Center for CommunityMental Health, 1850 CameronGlen, Reston. Volunteers areneeded to serve and act as


News

By Lynne Garvey-Hodge

History Commissioner

With more than 100 attendees, the Sixth Annual Fairfax County

History Conference, PreservingOur Paths in History, Nov. 6 was atremendous success this year.

Dedicated to the memories oflocal historians Nan and RossNetherton, event was sponsoredby the Fairfax County HistoryCommission, the Fairfax CountyPark Authority, the Fairfax Mu-seum & Visitors Center and Pres-ervation Virginia.

Conference Committee mem-bers were Rob Orisson (Preserva-tion Virginia), Dr. ElizabethCrowell, Fairfax County Park Au-thority; Fairfax County HistoryCommissioners Naomi Zeavin,Esther McCullough, Sallie Lyons,Barbara Naef, Anne Barnes, CaroleHerrick, Mary Lipsey and MikeIrwin; and Susan Gray, FairfaxMuseum & Visitor Center.

NINE AUTHORS AND NINEEXHIBITORS participated aswell and Fairfax County Board ofSupervisors Chairwoman SharonBulova (D-At-large) kicked off theconference reminiscing about theimportance of historic preserva-tion, by sharing the story of Ilda,an early 20th century interracialcommunity enclave near the siteof the Jewish Community Centeron Route 236. The community hadbeen long forgotten and then re-discovered when the Virginia De-partment of Transportation beganto expand the roads at that inter-section.

Bulova also presented historyawards to outstanding citizenswhich included Lifetime Achieve-ment Awards to Ed Wenzel, for his22 year work preserving and pro-tecting Ox Hill Battlefield; JohnMcAnaw, for more than 25 yearsof dedicated service as a Civil Warhistorian and protector of land inthe Kings Park area; and MichaelRierson, for more than 33 years ofdedicated service with the FairfaxCounty Park Authority in preserv-ing and protecting numerouscounty sites from Sully Plantationto Frying Pan Park.

John Browne was presentedwith the Beth Mitchell award forhis work researching theRavensworth estate, dating back

to 1796, the original home of Wil-liam Fitzhugh and land that oncecovered nearly an eighth of thecounty.

Susan Hellman received the NanNetherton award for her outstand-ing research and documentationon the property called “Kenmore.”

Cora Foley was not present, butshe received the first Cultural Heri-tage Engagement Award, MaddyMcCoy, also not present, receiveda Distinguished Service award forher assistance on the “Kenmore”paper as well as for her work cre-ating the African-American Slaveindex of Fairfax County.

Rick Castelli received the EdithMoore Sprouse award for his ex-tensive research on Fenwick Park.

THE HUNTER MILL DefenseLeague History Committee re-ceived the most prestigious awardthat the Fairfax County HistoryCommission bestows, the RossNetherton Award, for their workin creating the DVD “Danger Be-tween the Lines,” a documentaryrelating the story of the people liv-ing amid the turmoil along HunterMill Road during the Civil War.Tom Evans, Jim Lewis, CharlieBalch, Bob Eldridge and Steve Hullaccepted the award.

The Awards committee includedCommissioners Naomi Zeavin,Bob Beach, Jack L. Hiller andLynne Garvey-Hodge, chair-woman.

“We have never received somany awards nominations as wehave this year, and we are de-lighted with the quality of thework done in preserving thecounty’s history”, said Hiller.

Thomas Jefferson High Schoolstudents, under the leadership of

history teacher Larry Helm, alsosubmitted historic papers.

The keynote speaker was Eliza-beth Kostelny, who spoke on theimportance of historic preserva-tion, even during economicallydifficult times. As executive direc-tor of Preservation Virginia, shespoke on “Growing Virginia’sMovement – Historic Preservationin the 21st Century” and encour-aged Fairfax County to continuedoing good work in preserving therich historic resources of thecounty and affirmed the confer-ence as evidence of this goodwork.

Michael C. Rierson gave a lively,animated talk on his time with thePark Authority, “It Docent Matter— The Beginnings of a Museum &Historic Preservation Program.”

Andrea Loewenwarter from theFairfax Museum & Visitors Centershared the history of preservingthe newly renovated and pre-served Blenheim Mansion, “Pre-serving Historic Blenheim” and thecounty Archaeology staff was onhand to discuss their work in theiroffices located at the conferencesite, the James Lee CommunityCenter. Local railroad historianRon Beavers spoke with tremen-dous energy and exuberance on“Fairfax County Railroads — Pre-Civil War & What is Left Today”and the final presentations of theconference reflected preservationof a number of local sites. ChuckMauro spoke on the preservationand history of Laura Ratcliffe’shome, “Merrybrook,” David Goetzon John Singleton Mosby’s homein Warrenton, “Brentmoor” andMary Lipsey spoke on the goodwork of the Fairfax County Cem-etery Preservation Association.

Recipients of the Ross Netherton Award are membersof the Hunter Mill Defense League History Committee,from left, Tom Evans, Bob Eldridge, Jim Lewis, CharlieBalch and Steve Hull. The award was presented byFairfax County Board of Supervisor ChairwomanSharon Bulova (D-At-large) and Conference Chair-woman Lynne Garvey-Hodge.

Coming Together for Historic PreservationSixth AnnualFairfax HistoryConference asuccess.

RA to Host ElectionInformation Session

Residents interested in knowing what’s needed to run for oneof the seats on the Reston Association Board of Directors are in-vited to attend an election information session on Wednesday,Dec. 15, at 7 p.m. at the Reston Association offices at 12001 Sun-rise Valley Drive.

Seats are open for the Hunters Woods/Dogwood district andfor one at-large seat. All members of the association, includingthose who rent, are eligible to run.

In the spring of 2011, Restonians will elect two members to theReston Association Board of Directors, which represents the in-terests of the 62,000-member community association. Represen-tatives serve three-year terms and are eligible to be elected toone additional term. For more information, contact Cate Fulkersonat [email protected] or by phone at 703-435-6512.

Clay Courts Close for WinterThe Reston Association’s clay courts at Glade and North Hills

are now closed for the season. Look for them to reopen in earlyApril 2011.

Meantime, the lighted courts at Lake Newport, Glade,Shadowood, North Hills, Hook Road and Autumnwood will beopen from 4-9 p.m. throughout the winter, weather permitting.For more information, log onto the website: www.reston.org andchoose “tennis” or follow Reston Tennis on Facebook:www.facebook.com/restontennis.

Designing For aGreener Tomorrow

Anne Smyers of House to Home One-Day Redecorating, a RestonInterior Redecorating Company, has completed her “Green Mem-ber Accreditation”, of the Interior Redecorators Network, an or-ganization of one-day redecorators.

A Greener Lifestyle is the new trend towards Eco-Friendly liv-ing through reducing, reusing, and recycling.

The IRN has been committed to green principles through “usewhat you have” and now supports formal continuing educationof its members in this area through its rigorous Green MemberAccreditation.

Reston’s PotbellySandwich Collects Toys for Tots

Potbelly Sandwich Shop in Reston will be an official drop offlocation for new and unwrapped toys that community residentsand the local workforce wish to donate to Toys for Tots. Individu-als who donate a toy through Thursday, Dec. 23, will receive acoupon for one free cookie that can be redeemed at any Potbellylocation.

The mission of Toys for Tots is to collect new and unwrappedtoys and distribute those toys as holiday gifts to children in needfrom the local community.

Potbelly Sandwich Shop is located at 12150 Sunset Hills Road(next to Reston YMCA), 571-203-0750.. Shop Hours: Sundaythrough Thursday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11a.m. to 10 p.m.

FISH Needs Volunteer DriversVolunteers are needed by Herndon-Reston FISH, Inc., to peri-

odically drive people to and from their medical appointment. FISHreceives more than 100 calls per month for rides, primarily fromlow-income elderly folks, but cannot come close to meeting theneed. If you have the time to help your community in this way,please sign up to drive.

Expect to submit to a background check. For more informationabout the driver program, please contact the FISH Informationand Referral Service at 703-758-0346. To learn about all of FISH’sprograms, visit www.HerndonRestonFISH.org.

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Francesca Caroline Gunn ofReston has received a bachelor ofarts degree from Bard College ofAnnandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.

Michael Rabinowitz ofReston has been named to thespring 2010 dean’s list at Univer-sity of the Sciences in Philadel-phia, Pa. Rabinowitz is a doctor ofpharmacy student.

Reston residents Katie Cleve-land, Cailin Clinton, LarryStern and Vanessa Oakes havegained membership to the March-ing Virginians at Virginia Tech,commonly known as The Spirit ofTech. Cleveland is a sophomoreand a trumpet player, majoring inmechanical engineering in theCollege of Engineering.

Clinton is a freshman and a clari-

net player, majoring in mathemat-ics in the College of Science. Sternis a senior and a trumpet player,majoring in both chemical engi-neering and chemistry in the Col-lege of Engineering and College ofScience.

Stern is also a band sectionleader. Oakes is a senior and flagtwirler, majoring in biological sci-ences in the College of Science.

Sara Schlegel a junior fromReston majoring in biological sci-ences in the College of Science, isnow serving as a Hokie Ambassa-dor for Virginia Tech.

Hokie Ambassadors primarilyprovide tours for prospective un-dergraduates. The Hokie Ambas-sadors exemplify what it means tobe a Hokie through dedication andservice.

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Opinion

The Northern Virginia TransportationAlliance quotes Gov. BobMcDonnell’s remarks to the DullesArea Transportation Association

earlier this week. “I can’t emphasize how im-portant it is to get started now,” McDonnellsaid, to take advantage of favorable infrastruc-ture pricing [due to the recession] by startingto invest more in transportation.

But the Alliance, which advocates for spend-ing on roads and highways, points out thatMcDonnell “provided few details as tonew funding sources, but promised thatspecifics would surface in the weeksahead.”

Last January was the “now” to get started totake advantage of “favorable infrastructurepricing.”

McDonnell has been in office a year now, andwon in Northern Virginia largely because ofhis vigorous campaigning on transportationissues. But he allowed the first year of his ten-ure, including the first year’s session of theGeneral Assembly, to pass without a seriousproposal on how to fund transportation im-

provements in Northern Virginia or elsewherein the state.

Instead, McDonnell has spent the last monthstalking up a liquor privatization proposal as asolution to transportation. In fact, that proposalwould possibly pay for one intersection or over-pass improvement project in Northern Virginiabefore moving on to cost state funding for edu-cation, public safety and social services tensof millions of dollars a year by turning overthe revenues for private companies’ profit.

Meanwhile, localities in NorthernVirginia received essentially zero dol-lars from the state for transportationimprovements in past year.

More on the outlook ahead for public ser-vices from Deputy County Executive Ed Longas he prepared the budget forecast for the com-ing year:

❖ While home values are up for the first timein five years, the county still faces a multimil-lion dollar shortfall and the future of the localeconomy is uncertain.

❖ Government contracts are a major com-ponent of the Northern Virginia economy. In

Fairfax County alone in 2008, federal procure-ment contracts totaled $17 billion. Since thisis such a large component of the local economy,the discussion of cutbacks in federal contractsis a major concern.

❖ The Fairfax County budget gets less than20 cents back from Richmond of every tax dol-lar it sends to the state.

❖ There are 30,000 unemployed people inFairfax County, with the current unemploymentrate approximately 4.9 percent, or close to halfthe national rate. Still, 30,000 people is a hugenumber of unemployed.

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It’s early and much of the holiday eating sea-son is still in front of us. But most of us willengage in some soul searching and resolutionmaking around the New Year. In the first issueof 2011, the Connection will share the NewYear’s resolutions of individuals and offices.Send us your resolutions, plus your tips onkeeping resolutions. Feel free to offer resolu-tions for local officials as well.

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To the Editor:Kathleen Driscoll-McKee, Reston

Association Board President, hasmentioned in recent articles …that people should get involved inPhase 2 of the revision of Reston’sMaster Plan. In Phase 2 the TaskForce will recommend zoningchanges to add residential unitsand more commercial and retailspace to the village centers. WhatMcKee neglects to spell out is thatthe neighborhoods around the vil-lage centers will be considered bythe Task Force for rezoning tohigh-density.

What does this mean? It meansdevelopers will be able to buy outentire neighborhoods and rede-velop whenever they want. TheVirginia Legislature passed H2954in 2007 which counteracts theSupreme Court Kelo vs. New Lon-don decision. Our neighborhoodscannot be taken by eminent do-main by the county to increaserevenue. However, developers can“consolidate” neighborhoods bymaking us offers we can’t refuse.They can buy us out. Once thezoning is changed, Reston will bewide open for residential redevel-opment

Currently the “footprints” of thevillage centers include some exist-ing neighborhoods. The Task Forceset up by Supervisor CathyHudgins will consider whether toexpand, contract, or leave thosefootprints as they are. Countymaps that indicate village centerfootprints are attached.

Hunters Woods Village Centerfootprint includes the followingneighborhoods: Glade at HuntersWoods Condos, Hunters WoodsVillage Condos, Hunters WoodsApartments (retirement). In addi-tion, Hunters Square, HuntersCrossing Condos and GlenvaleCondos may be considered for re-zoning to high-density due to theirproximity to the village center.

South Lakes Village Center foot-print includes Harbor Point Con-dos and Thoreau Place AssistedLiving (retirement). In addition,Villa Ridge Condos, Lakeport andSouthbridge may be consideredfor rezoning to high-density dueto their proximity to the villagecenter.

North Point Village Center foot-print includes The Apartments atNorth Point and North Point Vil-lage Condos. In addition, SummerRidge Condos, Hampton PointeCondos, and St. Johns WoodsApartments may be considered forrezoning to high-density due totheir proximity to the village cen-

ter.Tall Oaks Village Center foot-

print includes Tall Oaks at RestonApartments (retirement). In addi-tion, Bentana Park Condos andVillas de Espana may be consid-ered for rezoning to high-densitydue to their proximity to the vil-lage center.

RA Board President McKee inher Patch and Reston magazinearticles has not indicated how resi-dents may participate in the plan-ning process. Currently the TaskForce is heavily weighted withdevelopers, their attorneys, archi-tects, and engineers. Many are notresidents of Reston. Recently rep-resentatives of RA, RCA and ARCHsuggested to Supervisor Hudginsthat a different configuration ofthe Task Force is needed for Phase2. Local residents need to be rep-

resented to discuss and vote aboutpossible rezoning and redevelop-ment of their own neighborhoods.Supervisor Hudgins has indicateda willingness to considerreconfiguring the Task Force toinclude residents on subcommit-tees of the Task Force.

Neighborhoods in the vicinity ofthe village centers need to appointrepresentatives to participate inPhase 2. This needs to be donenow. Phase 2 will begin early nextyear.

Supervisor Hudgins can be con-tacted at the North County Gov-ernment Center, 12000 BowmanTowne Dr. Reston, VA 20190, 703-4 7 8 - 0 2 8 3 ,[email protected].

Kathy KaplanReston

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A hobby I pursue infrequently is performingmagic tricks. Recently I

did a magic show for preschoolersto help the United Christian Par-ish Preschool that my wife Jane di-

rects to raisemoney to im-prove the pre-school library.

As I explained to my eager au-dience, magic can make the seem-ingly impossible take place. Whenthe children were insistent thatsticking a balloon with a needlewould cause it to pop, they heldtheir ears as I inserted a longneedle in one side and out theother side of a transparent bal-loon. When I removed the needle,I told them they were right allalong, and I popped the balloonby pricking it with the sameneedle. Part of the fun of perform-

ing magic is in knowingthe secret technique,sleight-of-hand, or ap-paratus that makeswhat appears to bemagic happen.

There is no sleight-of-hand or trickery thatwill help in my regularduties as a member ofthe House of Delegates,although some mem-bers continue to act as thoughthere may be. Responses to ourtransportation challenges havebeen more illusionary than real inrecent years.

A seminar sponsored last weekby the Northern Virginia Transpor-tation Alliance (NVTA) entitled,“What Everyone Needs to Knowabout Transportation Funding,”promised “just the facts.” Actuallythe facts on transportation fund-ing are well known, having beendiscussed thoroughly by NVTAPresident Bob Chase in an article

in the Fall 2010 editionof Virginia Issues andAnswers from VirginiaT e c h(www.via.vt.edu). Asthe career professionalCommissioner ofVDOT expressed it atthe seminar, “VDOTdoes not have themoney to do its job.”As Bob Chase ex-

pressed it in his article, “the needfor new, dedicated, reliable trans-portation funding is paramountand undeniable.”

Some of Governor McDonnell’stricks to fund transportation likeoffshore oil drilling and selling theABC stores have been shown notto be viable. Recent discussions onthe issue seem to be more magicshow patter than real solutions. Inthe end, there is no magic solu-tion. What is needed is what BobChase refers to in his article as “po-litical will.”

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A Herndon-based Conservatory Ballet presents the “Nutcracker Bal-let” performances at Reston Center Stage at 2310 Colts Neck Road inReston from Wednesday, Dec. 8 to Sunday, Dec. 12, featuring youngarea dancers. Tickets are $22 for adults and $17 for children 12 andunder. For Sunday’s 11 a.m. shortened performance, aimed at capti-vating young audience, tickets are $20 and $15. Call 703-476-4500ext 3; Visit: www.ConservatoryBallet.com.

Sugar Plum FairyGeorgina Greenleaf,Herndon High sopho-more, and her CavalierAdrian Lamoureux, SouthLakes High sophomore,weave fairy tale magic onarea residents in theConservatory Ballet’sproduction of “The Nut-cracker.”

South Lakes freshman Rebecca Mattern performs theSnow Queen in Conservatory Ballet’s annual productionof “The Nutcracker.”

A huge Reston crowdturned out Saturdaynight to see and hearthe Reston Chorale

perform a combination of clas-sical and popular music relatingto the holiday season. The Com-munity Center staff had to pro-vide a large number of extrachairs as, once again, the Cho-rale holiday concert proved tobe extremely popular.

The performance had serioussacred numbers, featuring pro-fessional soloists and a harp ac-companying Benjamin Brittan’sten part “A Ceremony of Carols.”

Franz Biebl’s modern and yettimeless “Ave Maria” generatedloud and long applause andthen the “Chanukah Prayer forChildren” was directed by CarolFram.

Artistic Director David Langput together a program that hadthe audience wrapped and en-raptured in beautiful music forthe entire evening. RestonFounder Robert E. Simon, Jr.and his wife Cheryl Terio Simoncongratulated Lang enthusiasti-cally at the conclusion of theprogram.

The Reston Chorale’s nextconcert is on Feb. 26 and willalso be at the Community Cen-ter. Their popular annual “Pops”Concert is titled “Give My Re-gards to Broadway.”

—Mike McKee

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Reston ChoraleRings In Holidays

B.J. Nash, Megan Mott, Debra Gellert and Joanna Kuoperform “The Christmas Song.”

Lloyd Kinzer, as Santa, handed out gifts to the audi-ence, as Sarah Coulter sang “Santa Claus is Coming toTown.”

Send announcements [email protected] is Thursday for the followingweek’s paper. Photos/artwork encouraged.For additional listings, visitwww.connectionnewspapers.com.

THURSDAY/DEC. 9“Nutcracker Ballet.” 7 p.m. at Reston

Center Stage, 2310 Colts Neck Road,Reston. Presented by ConservatoryBallet. $22 adults, $17 age 12 andunder. 703-476-4500 orwww.ConservatoryBallet.com.

FRIDAY/DEC. 10Waverly Consort’s “A Christmas

Story.” 8 p.m. at George MasonUniversity Center for the Arts, 4400University Drive, Fairfax. In the spiritof the medieval church dramas andmystery plays, eight singers and fiveinstrumentalists play reproductions ofmedieval instruments. $21-$42, youththrough grade 12 half price. Ticketsavailable at 888-945-2468 orcfa.gmu.edu.

“Nutcracker Ballet.” 7:30 p.m. atReston Center Stage, 2310 Colts NeckRoad, Reston. Presented byConservatory Ballet. $22 adults, $17age 12 and under. 703-476-4500 orwww.ConservatoryBallet.com.

SATURDAY/DEC. 11Family Friendly Irish Set & Ceili

Community Dance. 7 p.m. atFrying Pan Park Visitors Center, 2739West Ox Road, Herndon. Live musicby the Bogwanderers Ceili Band &Friends. $12-$35.www.ccepotomac.org or 703-521-4340.

Synergy Brass Quintet: “Christmasin Brass.” 8 p.m. at George Mason

University Center for the Arts, 4400University Drive, Fairfax. Brassarrangements of Bach’s choral works,Handel’s triumphant “Messiah” and aselection of classic Christmas carols.$22-$44, youth through grade 12 halfprice. Tickets available at 888-945-2468 or cfa.gmu.edu.

Holiday Recital. 4 p.m. at The MusicLoft, 1141 Elden St. Suite 212,Herndon. Holiday and classical piecesperformed by Music Loft students.Refreshments served.www.TheMusicLoftOnline.com.

Local Civil War Authors BookSigning. 6-8 p.m. at Jimmy’s OldTown Tavern, on the corner of Eldenand Spring Streets in Herndon. Withlocal authors Eric Buckland, DonHakenson and Chuck Mauro. 703435-5467.

Make A Winter Wreath. 10:30 a.m.Walker Nature Education Center,11450 Glade Drive, Reston. Makingfestive wreaths for your home. Listento seasonal music, enjoy mulled ciderand cookies. All supplies provided.$15 per wreath for Reston Associationmembers, $20 per wreath for non-members. Open to all ages, butreservations required at 703-476-9689 or [email protected].

“Nutcracker Ballet.” 11 a.m., 2:30p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at Reston CenterStage, 2310 Colts Neck Road, Reston.Presented by Conservatory Ballet.Tickets $15-$22. 703-476-4500 orwww.ConservatoryBallet.com.

Winter Holiday Open House. 10a.m. Oakton Library, 10304Lynnhaven Place, Oakton. Enjoytraditional holiday treats served bythe Friends of Oakton Library. Allages. 703-242-4020.

Holiday Open House. 11 a.m. RestonRegional Library, 11925 BowmanTowne Drive, Reston. Join the staffand Friends of the Reston Regional

Library for a holiday open house.Enjoy live music and refreshments.Children can enjoy Chuck’s balloonhats and more. 703-689-2700.

The Wonder of the Nutcracker. 3p.m. Reston Regional Library, 11925Bowman Towne Drive, Reston.Dancing snowflakes, little mice, asugar plum fairy and more charactersread in storybook form. Crafts. Age 3& up with adult. 703-689-2700.

SUNDAY/DEC. 12The Holidays at Mason: Believe in

Miracles. 7 p.m. at George MasonUniversity Center for the Arts ConcertHall, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax.The Mason Symphony Orchestra,University Chorale and UniversitySingers perform selections composedby Alan Silvestri, Glen Ballard andJohn Rutter. Audience-sing-along.$20 adults, $15 students and seniors.Limited number of free tickets forstudents with a valid Mason ID.Charge tickets at 888-945-2468 orcfa.gmu.edu.

Christmas Cantata. During the 8 a.m.,9:15 a.m. and 11 a.m. worshipservices at Floris United MethodistChurch, 13600 Frying Pan Road,Herndon. Presented by the Florischoirs and a full orchestra.www.florisumc.org.

Voce Chamber Singers: Home forChristmas. 4 p.m. St. Timothy’sEpiscopal Church, 432 Van Buren St.,Herndon. Christmas carols, classicaland contemporary holiday music. $23adults, $18 seniors, $8 for age 24 andunder. Tickets at the door anadditional $2. Purchase atwww.voce.org/tickets or 703-277-7772.

Alternative Giving Event. 2-4 p.m.United Christian Parish, 11508 NorthShore Drive, Reston. Children’sChristmas shop as well as alternativegifts offered by the Missions Ministry,including a Heifer International(www.heifer.org) Project, a HaitiHousing project and OpportunityInternational (www.opportunity.org).www.unitedchristianparish.org.

“Nutcracker Ballet.” 12 p.m. and 3p.m. at Reston Center Stage, 2310Colts Neck Road, Reston. Presentedby Conservatory Ballet. Tickets $15-$22. 703-476-4500 orwww.ConservatoryBallet.com.

TUESDAY/DEC. 14ESL Advanced. 10:30 a.m. Reston

Regional Library, 11925 BowmanTowne Drive, Reston. Practice Englishin a group with a volunteer facilitator.Adults. 703-689-2700.

Preschool Storytime. 10:30 a.m.Reston Regional Library, 11925Bowman Towne Drive, Reston. Storiesand activities. Age 3-5 with adult.703-689-2700.

Read to the Dog. 7 p.m. RestonRegional Library, 11925 BowmanTowne Drive, Reston. Read aloud to atrained therapy dog. Call or sign uponline for a 15-minute session. Age 6-12. 703-689-2700.

WEDNESDAY/DEC. 15Senior Movie Day. 9:15 a.m. at the

Reston Town Center Cinemas. TheReston Association presents “Meet Meat the Movies”. Refreshments areprovided and door prizes. Movie titlesposted at www.reston.org or [email protected] or 703-435-6577.

ESL for Jobs. 6:45 p.m. RestonRegional Library, 11925 BowmanTowne Drive, Reston. Englishconversation and job skills. 703-689-2700.

All Aboard! 7 p.m. Reston RegionalLibrary, 11925 Bowman Towne Drive,Reston. A family celebration of the25th Anniversary of The PolarExpress. All ages. 703-689-2700.

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Schools

More than four hundredSouth Lakes HighSchool seniors learned

last Tuesday that “Justice” is notequal to “Legal,” but that it is big-ger, broader and deeper and in-cludes principles of “Ethics.”

Both the shy and the assertive,males and females, all aged 17-18,learned that the tough decisionsinvolved in “Doing the RightThing” can be complicated andquite difficult.

They spent an entire day at theSheraton Hotel before theirThanksgiving Day break debatingproblems involving organ dona-tion, peer and parental pressure,illegal driving and in general whatit takes to develop “Good Charac-ter.”

South Lakes Principal Bruce But-ler was present to oversee the pro-gram and many of his staff ap-peared in the roles necessitated bya program of this magnitude. Alarge number of organizationssuch as the Greater Reston Cham-ber of Commerce, the Reston As-sociation, the Reston CommunityCenter and corporations such asBAE Systems, Fidelity Invest-ments, Comcast, the Reston Hos-pital and many others contributedtheir time and talent.

The seniors first were dividedinto large groups of about 100who went into large rooms wherethey were separated into teams ofonly six-to-eight students, eachwith a trained, adult table leader

that facilitated discussion. The se-niors discussing behavioral stan-dards at times referred to theirgoals as being righteous, correct,obligations, OK, and even simplyas just the right thing to do. Theyalso reviewed the six pillars ofgood character: citizenship, re-sponsibility, trustworthiness, re-spect, caring and fairness. All thiswas put into hard, practical workas they discussed a series of ethi-cal dilemmas.

Bruce Butler, Principal of South Lakes High School,Officer Scott Bacon and Judge Glenn Clayton, FairfaxCounty Juvenile District Court, supervised “The CourtRoom Dilemma.”

Lisa Colaianni of Washing-ton Regional TransplantCommunity and NancySusco, a nurse at RestonHospital, focus on theDonor Remembrance Quiltpatch dedicated to Susco’sson.

South Lakes Seniors Learnthe Difficulties of ‘Ethics’

South Lakes senior class officers Kevin Muir, KrishnaHosi and Alex Turner expressed their gratitude to allthe Ethics Day volunteers.

The students agreed that theywanted to strive to always meet acode of good character and eth-ics.

Toward the end of the day, theyindicated that they wanted to holdthemselves to a higher standardthan only the written law. In con-clusion, the SLHS seniors weregrateful for a day thought-provok-ing day.

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Faith

Chabad of Reston-Herndon Lights UpThe pictures captureChanukah happeningsaround town: The IceMenorah at Lake Annekindled by Reston founderRobert E. Simon and themenorah and dreidel work-shop at the Home Depot.For more information onChabad visitwww.chabadrh.org

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Faith Notes are for announcementsand events in the faith community, in-cluding special holiday services. Send [email protected] is Thursday.

Washington Plaza BaptistChurch, 1615 Washington Plaza inReston, has announced their Christmasweek events. All are free and open to thep u b l i c .www.washingtonplazachurch.com

❖Christmas Concert. Saturday,Dec. 18 at 4 p.m. A reception will followin the church’s Plaza Room. Cannedfood will be collected for local food pan-try Reston Interfaith.

❖Service of Light and Dark. Sun-day, Dec. 19 at 6 p.m. Prayers, specialhymns and thoughtful mediation aboutgrieving led by Rev. Amy Butler of Cal-vary Baptist, D.C.

❖Christmas Eve Service. Friday,Dec. 24 at 6 p.m. A candlelight, com-munion and mediation service with Rev.Elizabeth Hagan.

Minister Regina Boyd, M.Div,will lead an Advent Discussion GroupSunday, Dec. 14 at 7 p.m. at PaneraBread, 460 Elden St., Herndon. Thetopic will be “Locating Our TheologicalWorld in Preparation for the ComingChrist.”

Contact 703-758-0527 [email protected].

Floris United Methodist Church,13600 Frying Pan Road in Herndon,presents “A Service of Light and Hopefor the Christmas Season” on Thursday,Dec. 16 at 7:30 p.m.

Receive Holy Communion, hear thegift of music, and light a candle to cel-ebrate the peace that Christ offers theworld. 703-793-0026 orwww.florisumc.org.

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Sports

By Rich Sanders

The Connection

One of the yearlyhighlights of theearly high schoolwinter sports sea-

son is the annual Northern Vir-ginia (NOVA) Wrestling Classic,the large showcase extravaganzathat is hosted by Fairfax HighSchool and includes most of thepublic schools from across theNorthern Region as well as otherpublic and private schools fromthe metropolitan area and furtherout.

The Classic has been one of themost successful and longest-run-ning booster-sponsored events inthe region. This year’s Classic, theunofficial starting point of the lo-cal prep school wrestling season,is believed to be in its 23rd straightyear, although that fact is a littlefuzzy to event coordinators.

“We were trying to do a count-down and we think this is the 23rdyear,” said Tim Gordan, FairfaxHigh’s Director of Student Activi-ties, in a recent e-mail regardingthe event. “But our memories arefading!”

THE CLASSIC will be held thisFriday, Dec. 10 and Saturday, Dec.11 at Fairfax High. The action willbegin at 10 a.m. on both days.

Thirty-one teams are expectedto participate in this year’s Clas-sic, including local schools such asHerndon and South Lakes.

Last year’s top five team finish-ers at the 2009 NOVA Classic werechampion Westfield, second placeFairfax, third place Woodbridge,fourth place Annandale and fifthplace Potomac Falls of the DullesDistrict.

Robinson Secondary won theteam title in 2008 and Westfieldtook the crown in 2007. (Robinsonis participating at another tourna-ment this weekend in Annapolis).

SOUTH LAKES, under headcoach Bruce Hall, has gotten offto a good start this season. TheSeahawks won all three of theirteam matches at the HerndonQuads on Dec. 4 - victories overthe host Hornets, 62-18, Washing-ton-Lee, 48-34, and Langley, 54-

28. Langley’s squad consisted of JVwrestlers as the Saxons’ varsitywas competing in a meet atMcDonogh High in Maryland.

“Their varsity is going to betough,” said Hall, of Liberty Dis-trict rival Langley. Of the host Hor-nets, Hall said, “The Herndonteam is undermanned but the kidsthey have wrestled hard and did agood job.”

South Lakes, at the HerndonQuad, was without key wrestlersJake Slover, the defending districtchamp at 171-weight class, andfour-year wrestler GeorgeRamirez. Both were taking theirSAT’s. Harris Hafizi, a four-yearstarter at 145, was also not avail-able.

“I had no idea what to expect,”said Hall, who used some youngerwrestlers to fill in some of theholes in the line-up.

Several South Lakes wrestlers

were a part of the Seahawks’ suc-cessful fall football team whichreached the second round of theregion playoffs. As a result, theywere not on-hand to wrestle forthe first couple weeks of the win-ter season practices.

“The problem with having agood football team that goes deepinto the playoffs is that you don’tget those guys back at the start ofthe season,” said Hall. “We hadseveral starters and a great wres-tler [Belmin Rivera] get injuredduring football season.”

Rivera (215) is rehabbing a kneeinjury he suffered midway throughthe football season.

Other football players who gotlate wrestling starts included ChrisMaginniss (140); two-time districtchamp Ryan Forrest; and districtplace-winner Justin Williams.

Williams wrestled at 145 at theHerndon Duals and went 3-0.Other Seahawks who won all threeof their matches were Josh Forrest(135), Maginniss (140), Forrest(152), Owen Wolfe (215), andheavyweight Eduardo Molina.

“When Haris Hafizi and JakeSlover are added to the lineup,we’re going to be very tough in themiddle of our lineup,” said Hall.

Forrest, who was third in theregion last year, is South Lakes’ topreturning wrestler.

“Ryan will probably wrestle Div.1 in college,” said Hall. “If hewasn’t such a great all-around ath-lete, he’d be a better wrestler buthe’s pretty good to begin with. Hepinned three kids in the first andsecond periods [at Herndon] wres-tling up [at 152].”

Magginniss, at 140, is a muchimproved wrestler from last year.

“He’s going to be a force soon,”said Hall.

Josh Forrest, Ryan’s youngerbrother, is wrestling at 135 for theSeahawks.

“Josh will place high in the dis-trict and hopefully place in theregion and go to states as a fresh-man,” said Hall. “He is a tough,tough kid.”

The team’s 125-pounder is four-year starter Andrew Goldberg.

Other key members of the line-up are Kevin Argueta (103), whoearned a varsity letter as a fresh-man last year; freshman TerryPetersen (112); Ian Spencer(119); Hafizi (152); and sopho-more Michael Shoebottom (160),who earned 14 pin wins last year.

Slover, a team captain and thedefending district champ at 171,should be in for another standoutyear. Kevin Canales or Owen Wolfewill wrestle at 189 for theSeahawks. Rivera, when he re-turns to health, will be at 215 andsenior Eduardo Molina, perhapsthe squad’s most improved wres-tler, will be at heavyweight.

“Our goal this year is to win thedistrict tournament pure andsimple,” said Hall. “It’s not how westart, it’s how we finish. Our goalis also to have everyone academi-cally eligible for the tournamentseason. That has become a majorpoint of emphasis for our program.Whatever it takes, academics is thepriority. “I’m proud of these kidsand my coaching staff,” said Hall.“We’ve put South Lakes on themap in wrestling in Northern Vir-ginia. Hopefully, we can maintainthat in the years to come. It’s agreat high school and we’re veryproud to be called Seahawks.”

For Wrestling Enthusiasts, It’s a ClassicNOVA Classicwrestling meetset for this week-end at Fairfax.

Fairfax High will, once again, be hosting the annual earlyseason Northern Virginia Wrestling Classic this Fridayand Saturday.

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D.J. Christian, a junior forward on theSouth Lakes High boys’ basketball team,converted two free throws with 1.9 sec-onds remaining in the fourth quarter tobreak a tie game and lift the Seahawksto a 56-54 season-opening win over vis-iting Yorktown on Dec. 3.

South Lakes, under new headcoach Andrew Duggan, overcamea 10-point, first half deficit inearning the non-district victory.

South Lakes rallied in the final quar-ter to win, getting a huge emotionalboost when junior point guard JDWallace scored on a breakaway dunkshot. Ultimately, Christian, with his twolate free throws, helped put theSeahawks into the victory column. Chris-tian finished the game with 21 points.

Fairfax Adult Softball (FAS) hosts

a bowling tournament each year, benefit-ing Northern Virginia Special Olympics andFairfax County Park Authority field improve-ments. The 11th annual tournament will beheld on Jan. 30, 2011 at the Bowl AmericaShirley in Alexandria. It is time for FairfaxAdult Softball to solicit raffle prizes and

tournament sponsorships in hopesof raising the maximum amount offunds for the Special Olympians.

Two types of sponsorships areavailable to choose from: Raffle prize/Goods Sponsorship - FAS conducts a bigprize raffle auction at the event. Do youhave college or professional sports teamtickets, restaurant gift cards, movie ticketsor concert tickets you would be graciousenough to donate? FAS would love to havethem! The more raffle items FAS receives,the more tickets are sold and the moremoney is raised for the special Olympians.

D.J. Christian converts his clutch free throws to lift South Lakes to itsseason-opening basketball win over Yorktown.

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My reaction was to say aloud somethinglike: “The bank made an error in my favor?Wow! That never happens.” As soon as I saidthat ‘bank error’ line, I was transported – figu-ratively speaking, since I wasn’t in a hot tub atthe time, back some 45 years to those youthfuldays of playing board games, “Monopoly,” spe-cifically, on our back porch on Athelstane Roadin Newton Centre, Ma., where my brother andI would play for hours on end (I always chosethe dog, he chose the iron) until one playerhad all the money and/or all the property andthe other player was unable to pay for landingon their Hotel/Utility/Railroad.

There I was, “Taking a ‘Chance’ on ‘Comm-unity’s Chest’ (as I always intentionally mispro-nounced them) to see what fortune – or misfor-tune – would befall me: “Advance Token toBoardwalk,” “Take a Ride on the Reading,”“Elected Chairman of the Board, Pay EachPlayer $50,” “Pay School Tax of $150,” “YouHave Won Second Prize in a Beauty Contest,Collect $10,” and of course, “Bank Error inyour Favor, Collect $200;” that was as much“found money” as there was in “Monopoly.”Granted, the check I received in the mail wasonly for $25, but collecting money out of theblue like that, when you’re not expecting any –and having done nothing to deserve it, madethat $25 feel like $200. It was as if “Comm-unity’s Chest” had advised me to “Advance ToGo” and “Collect $200,” or even better, I hadlanded on “Free Parking” and collected the“kitty,” as we called the money paid to thegame/placed in the center of the board.

As much as anything though, receiving that$25 check and remembering “Monopoly” andthe simpler, much less complicated days of myboard game-playing youth, brought a smile tomy face and a slew of wonderful memories tomy mind. I had a happy childhood and it allcame rushing back to me when I read theexplanation for the check: “Bank error,” arefund of a fee or overcharge, or something tothat effect. It was a warm and fuzzy moment,that’s for sure; one which always included milkand cookies because if my brother and I werein the house playing a game like that, therewas always milk and cookies; my mother sawto that.

She (I can still hear my father admonishingmy brother and I: “Don’t call your mother‘she’”) was determined to make sure mybrother and I drank our eight glasses of milkevery day; the medical prescription in the 50sand 60s to guarantee children consumedenough calcium in order to develop strongbones. And to make sure we drank our milk,we needed to eat something for it to washdown and cookies were the obvious choice:Oreos (before there was “Double Stuf”), ChipsAhoy or some other kind of chocolate chipcookie and Keebler’s Fudge Town or FudgeStripes; these were the most popular, therewere others. And though it was a board gamewe were playing, we weren’t bored. We were“Monopolized.” It made us happy and it madeour parents happy. No wonder it’s a fondmemory, everybody was happy and the livingwas good, so far as we knew.

Ah, the innocence of youth. There’s norecapturing it, but it was sure nice remember-ing it.

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

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This holiday season, the Reston police department is trying somethingit has never done before: it is orga-

nizing a donation drive to help the ArtemisHouse, a group that helps victims of domes-tic violence through sheltering and offer-ing donated provisions.

Under the direction of Captain DeborahBurnett, the police station will serve as adrop-off point for people wanting to donatesupplies for victims who seeking shelter ina moment of extreme need.

“Many leave [their homes] with little orno belongings,” said Burnett.

The drive is still in its beginning stages.The station has created a flyer to introducethe efforts and Burnett hopes that the mes-sage can spread quickly throughout theReston community.

“This is a grassroots effort that came outof the Reston station,” she explained. “We’rehoping that … we can get the message out.”

Reston police struck the partnership withthe Artemis House in attempt to try a newmethod of reaching out to the community.It fits well with the everyday operations ofthe station since the Reston police have theirown domestic violence coordinator.

Items that are needed for the drive arenon-perishable foods, tools and medicalsupplies. For example, the Artemis Houseputs to good use crackers, batteries, clothes,thermometers, diapers, etc.

“We need to be prepared for at least fivedays,” said Artemis House director HananScrapper, referring to the usual length ofstay for victims.

The shelter contacted the police directlythis year to solicit support from the station.In the past, the domestic violence wing ofthe Reston police has helped the programcoordinate and contact local victims.

“When we were thinking about ways to

involve the community and raise donations,we thought ‘Who better than the police?’”said Scrapper.

“We usually get a lot of support from thecommunity,” said Scrapper. Unfortunately,the need for support never vanishes, andthis year Reston citizens have an easy wayto reach out and help their neighbors.

“I really want families and clients to seethe police is on their side,” said Scrapper.

A concentrated effort to help victims ofdomestic violence has existed since 1979with the formation of the Women in CrisisCoalition. In 1991, the Artemis House wasformed to provide a more permanent ref-uge for victims of the violence.

Staffed by volunteers, the Victims of Vio-lence Intervention Program that runs in tan-dem with the Artemis House offers advo-cacy and support groups, children’s pro-grams and networking with law enforce-ment agencies.

The shelter can be contacted at 703-435-4940. If you or someone you know is thevictim of domestic abuse, call that numberor law enforcement immediately and seekshelter.

To make donations to the Reston policedrive, visit the station at 12000 BowmanTowne Dr., Reston, or call 703- 478-0904for more information.

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