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Marching Bands, Music,Fireworks and a ParadeNews, Page 10
What’s Offensive aboutRedskins Pride?News, Page 8
Korean-language students perform a Koreanfan dance in the Fairfax Academy for Communi-cations and the Arts celebration of its students’creative achievements.
Music, Dance,Photos and
FashionNews, Page 9
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Nine students from theFairfax Academy’s Ko-rean 4 class have trans-
lated the City of Fairfax Commis-sion for Women’s brochure intoKorean. Guided by their teacher,Song Johnston, they spent fiveweeks translating, proofreadingand revising the document. Thisbrochure may now be used by theCity to help Korean speakers whenthey visit the area.
This is the second time the Ko-rean 4 class has taken on such aproject. Three years ago, the stu-dents translated information fromthe Historic Blenheim Civil WarInterpretive Center into Koreanand made a photo book from it,using pictures they personally tookat the center. They then donatedthe book to the City of Fairfax.
— Bonnie Hobbs
Korean-Language StudentsTranslate City Brochure
Pictured are (back row, from left) Devon Yi, Jason Lin,Samantha Kim, Christina Vu, Serena Gregory and Chris-tian Lee; and (front row, from left) Vanessa Nguyen, BebeTran and Hanna Poeschl.
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By Bonnie Hobbs
The Connection
Fairfax High School is a nationalchampion. On June 14, at theEmerald Coast Conference Centerin Fort Walton Beach, Fla., its ro-
botics team won a national competitioncalled the Mini-Urban Challenge.
Sponsored by the U.S. Air Force ResearchLaboratory, it challenges high-school stu-dents to design and operate a robotic car toautonomously navigate through a modelcity. The cars are created using LEGO®MINDSTORMS® education kits.
The Fairfax team members are ThomasDabney, Jack Rizek, Calvin Rizek, WilliamChang, Philip Simpson, Paul Huravitch, andFrancis Winn. And they all learned researchand developmental engineering from theirteacher, Emre Ege.
“The sheer success of our students comeswith their excessive preparedness and plan-ning,” he said. “But they managed to bringa U.S. championship to our school, FairfaxCounty and the Commonwealth of Vir-ginia.”
It was the sixth annual Mini-Urban Chal-lenge, and teams who win first and secondplaces in regional competitions are invitedto compete. These five regional competi-tions are organized by the U.S. Air ForceResearch Laboratory and Doolittle InstituteInc.
Doolittle is a Florida nonprofit dedicatedto finding solutions for modern-day prob-lems by creating an innovative environmentwhere cutting-edge thinkers from therealms of industry, government and educa-tion can collaborate. It also promotes STEM(science, technology, engineering and math)education.
ONE OF THE REGIONAL COMPETI-TIONS was in Washington, D.C. “Everyyear, our school team is invited to the Na-tional meets,” said Ege. “But this is the firsttime our school earned a U.S. champion-ship in robotics.”
The 2014 competition involved all ele-ments of navigational robotics. “Studentsdesign and assemble a robot capable of go-ing distances accurately, based on a student-written program plus signals received fromits color and light sensors on a painted mat,”explained Ege.
The challenge, he said, is programmingthe robot within 45 minutes so that it stopsin seven assigned locations during the com-petition. The robot must follow colored linesand obey traffic and speed rules by stop-ping at red lines, slowing down on yellowlines, parking only in designated spots andnot running over pedestrians.
Teams earn 70 percent of their pointsfrom this part. The other 30 percent comesfrom a live presentation by the team mem-bers. The robot competing is a LegoNXTprogrammable Brick. “It’s part of our cur-riculum in Research and Development En-gineering within the Technology and Engi-neering Department,” said Ege. “I teachseven courses all related to engineering andarchitectural disciplines.”
Although Fairfax High has Robotics, En-gineering and Architectural clubs, he saidthis particular type of robotics study is “toodemanding” for only a club activity. “Classactivities involve learning and applyingLegoNXT and RobotC programming lan-guages and assembling a navigational ro-bot according to specifications,” said Ege.
“It’s a lot of fun for creative, resourceful,productive and engineering-minded stu-dents,” he continued. “And the students alsolearn competitive presentation and market-ing skills in cooperation with our Businessand TV Production departments.”
BESIDES BEING THRILLED with his stu-dents’ performance in Florida, Ege’s alsohappy that his program at Fairfax is gettingnational recognition. “I have been settinggoals very high for the students, but alsokeep it motivating, fun and interesting,” hesaid. “Creating self-motivated students[geared] toward problem solving is perhapsmost important challenge for any teacherin secondary education.”
“I am happy for my students who aremotivated to program robots and [delve]into automation because it seems to be thatwe all are at the threshold of a new age ofautomation and robotics,” said Ege. “Stu-dents graduating today are likely to estab-lish the superstructure of the robotics in-dustry of tomorrow.”
National Championship for Fairfax High SchoolRobotics teamcaptures first placein Mini-UrbanChallenge.
(Standing, from left) are teacher Emre Ege, an Air Force Research Centerpromoter, Jack Rizek, Philip Simpson, Calvin Rizek, Doolittle InstitutePresident Mark Simpson, William Chang, Fairfax’s team leader andprogrammer Thomas Dabney, and a Doolittle Institute volunteer; (frontrow, from left) are Paul Huravitch and Francis Winn.
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Zoning RewriteMeeting
The City’s zoning ordinance rewrite be-gan in December 2013 to identify areasfor improvement in the City’s land-useregulations and procedures. In March2014, a public workshop obtained feed-back on the consultant’s initial findingsfrom the listening sessions, plus theconsultant’s independent review of theCity’s zoning ordinance.
The actual zoning ordinance revisionsare now underway, and the first draft –covering development review and pro-cedures – is done. It’s at: http://www.zoningfairfax.com/library/code-drafts/.
The community is encouraged to com-ment at http://www.zoningfairfax.com/we-are-listening/. Messages may be sentto the project team at: http://www.zoningfairfax.com/contact/.
The public’s also invited to the Zon-ing Rewrite Advisory Committee meet-
ing Tuesday, July 1, at 6 p.m. It’s in room111 of City Hall, 10455 Armstrong St. inFairfax. For more information, contactBrooke Hardin at 703-385-7821 [email protected].
July 4thVolunteers Needed
The City of Fairfax’s Independence DayCelebration Committee needs volunteers tohelp at the information booths during theFourth of July parade, from 8:30 a.m.-noon.Volunteers will receive free, commemora-tive T-shirts and prime seats in the shadeunder the information tents. Call Mitzi Tay-lor at 703-385-1710.
City Council MeetsJuly 8
The next meeting of the Fairfax City Coun-cil is Tuesday, July 8, at 7 p.m., at City Hall,10455 Armstrong St. in Fairfax.
New Red-LightCamera
City of Fairfax police have installed aphoto, red-light enforcement camera tomonitor westbound Main Street at PickettRoad. Warning notices will be mailed to vio-lators through July 11.
Enforcement of red-light violations willbegin July 12.
Since July 2011 the City has conductedphoto, red-light enforcement at the inter-section of University Drive and North Streetand at Fairfax Circle. Traffic signs indicat-ing that a photo red light has been adoptedas a safety measure are placed next to theaffected intersections.
Fairfax CityFarmers Markets
Two farmers markets are open for theseason in the City of Fairfax. They’ll runthrough Nov. 1 at the corner of West and
Main streets.The Downtown Fairfax Coalition Com-
munity Market is held Saturdays, from8 a.m.-1 p.m. The Sunday Farmers Mar-ket will will run from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Formore information, call 703-642-0128.
City Seeks ParadeConvertibles
The City of Fairfax Independence DayCelebration Committee is seeking con-vertibles with drivers to participate inthe Independence Day Parade on July 4at 10 a.m. Contact Leslie Herman [email protected] or call 703-385-7949.
2014 Fairfax50+ Plan
Fairfax County projects a dramatic in-
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By Emma Harris
The Connection
Upon learning she had stage threemetastatic breast cancer, NancyCappello was shocked, she said.
And as a woman who had never missedher annual mammogram in 11 years, shewas even more shocked, the guest speakerand executive director and founder of AreYou Dense, Inc., a public charity dedicatedto informing the public about dense breastand early detection of breast cancer, toldabout 75 local physicians and healthcareprofessionals at the open house of the newlyrenovated Breast Diagnostic Imaging Cen-ter at Fairfax Radiological Consultants Tues-day, June 3.
But after researching and talking to herdoctors, Cappello learned that like 40 per-cent of American women, she had densebreast tissue. While Cappello’s cancerouscells had been in her body, themammograms were not creating picturesher doctors could use to properly detect thecells due to the density of her breast tissue,she said.
As of Tuesday, June 3, Fairfax Radiologi-cal Consultants is one of the first two medi-cal establishments in the country to havethe technology to see cancerous cells muchmore easily in women who have densebreast tissue, as opposed to fatty tissue, saidElise Berman, medical director of breastimaging at Fairfax Radiological Consultants.
The Invenia Automated Breast UltrasoundSystem by GE Healthcare, or ABUS, in con-junction with mammography “can improvecancer detection by more than 30 percent
in women who have dense breasts,” Bermansaid.
In a mammogram, dense breast tissue iswhite, said Marana Coluccio, a sonographerat Fairfax Radiological Consultants. Cancer-ous tumors are white as well, making it dif-ficult for doctors to see them, she said. “It’slike looking for a white marble on a whitecarpet.”
The ABUS has “one big probe that takesa film of the entire breast tissue,” Colucciosaid. Traditionally, smaller handheld ultra-sound probes were used to target one area,making it easy to miss small tumors, shesaid.
With the ABUS, cancers are black anddense breast tissue is white, so detectionmuch easier, said Tabatha Fair, a represen-tative of GE Healthcare.
“The cancers that we are able to find withautomated breast ultrasound are those can-cers that are clinically significant, meaningthey are the invasive cancers that tend tobe less than a centimeter in size,” Bermansaid. “Those are the cancers that we wantto find, and we want to find them early.That’s why it’s really exciting to have thistechnology here,” she said.
Robert Thompson of General Electric Healthcare, Nancy Cappello of AreYou Dense, Inc. and Elise Berman of Fairfax Radiological Consultants cutthe ribbon to the newly renovated Breast Diagnostic Imaging Center.
New UltrasoundSystem Comes to FairfaxFirst medical facility inthe nation to have thetechnology that drasti-cally improves breastcancer detection.
Nancy Cappello, executive directorand founder of Are You Dense, Inc.tells her cancer story and speaksof the importance of women’sknowledge of dense breast tissue.
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crease in its older population. Between 2005 and2030, the county expects the 50-and-over popula-tion to increase by 40 percent and the 70-and-overpopulation by 88 percent. So the Fairfax CountyBoard of Supervisors, together with the Fairfax AreaCommission on Aging and local residents, has beenworking with the community to create the 2014Fairfax 50+ Plan.
What’s proposed is at http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dfs/olderadultservices/fairfax50plus.htm under the topic headings of Safety& Health, Housing, Transportation, Community En-gagement, Services for Older Adults & Caregivers,and Long-Range Planning & Trends Analysis. Com-ments may be emailed [email protected] until June 30.
Citizens Police AcademyPeople interested in law enforcement and who’d
like to learn about the Fairfax County Police Depart-ment and meet many of those who serve in it maynow do so. They may apply to join the Sept. 11-Nov.15 session of the Citizens Police Academy. It’s a free,10-week program put on by the Police Departmentand is open to people who live or work in this county.
Participants complete some 40 hours of learningto gain a better understanding of and appreciationfor police via a combination of lectures, tours andhands-on activities. Topics covered include the 911Call Center, patrol, traffic stops, Adult DetentionCenter, gangs, financial crimes and SWAT team.
To apply, go to http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/po-lice/services/citizens-police-academy.htm or [email protected].
Send notes to the Connection [email protected] call 703-778-9416. Deadline isFriday.
Dated announcements should besubmitted at least two weeks prior tothe event.
Fairfax Baptist Temple, at thecorner of Fairfax County Parkwayand Burke Lake Roads, holds a biblestudy fellowship at 9 a.m. Sundaysfollowed by a 10 a.m. worship ser-vice. Nursery care and children’schurch also provided. 6401 Mission-ary Lane, Fairfax Station,703-323-8100 or
www.fbtministries.org.
The Guhyasamaja BuddhistCenter, 10875 Main St., Fairfax Cityprovides free classes to both newcomersand advanced practitioners of TibetanBuddhism.
The center emphasizes working withthe mind and learning how to under-stand the workings of the mind,overcoming innner causes of suffering,while cultivating causes of happiness.Under the direction of Lama ZopaRinpoche, the center is a place of study,contemplation and meditation. Visithttp://www.guhyasamaja.org for moreinformation.
Lord of Life Lutheran offersservices at two locations, in Fairfaxat 5114 Twinbrook Road and inClifton at 13421 Twin Lakes Drive.Services in Fairfax are held on Satur-days at 5:30 p.m. and Sundays at8:30 and 10 a.m. Services in Cliftonare held on Sundays at 8:15 and10:30 a.m. 703-323-9500 orwww.Lordoflifeva.org.
First Baptist Church ofSpringfield offers Sunday school at9:15 a.m., followed by a 10:30 a.m.worship service at 7300 Gary St.,Springfield. 703-451-1500 orwww.fbcspringfield.org.
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Independence Day is a national celebra-tion, and for many, that celebration in-cludes alcohol. The summer overall andJuly 4 in particular are times of greater
risk for drinking and driving.Make a plan. Plan to celebrate with access
to public transportation. Plan to have a desig-nated driver. Plan to celebratein a place safe and comfort-able to spend the night.
But in case those plans goawry, here is a safe alternative.
The Washington Regional Alcohol Programwill offer free taxi rides home (up to $30) be-ginning 10 p.m. the night of July 4 for six hoursuntil 4 a.m. the morning of July 5. Participantsmust be at least 21. Call 1-800-200-TAXI.
On July 4, 2013, nearly 300 people usedWRAP’s SoberRide service rather than possi-bly driving home impaired.
In summer, 44 percent of all U.S. trafficdeaths are caused by alcohol-impaired drivers,according to statistics provided by WRAP.SoberRide is a way to help keep local roadssafe from impaired drivers during this tradi-tionally high-risk holiday.
For parents of young adults who may be liv-ing at home and parents of those under 21,this is time to talk. Ask about plans, ask spe-cifically about getting home. Remind thoseover 21 to take the WRAP phone number withthem.
While you hope that young adults under 21aren’t drinking — because there are lots ofdangers to binge drinking beyond drinking anddriving — you know that many of them willbe drinking. Let your younger family membersknow that you would much rather pay for acab or come get them yourself than run therisk of losing them.
Since 1993, WRAP’s SoberRide program hasprovided 60,565 free cab rides home to would-be drunk drivers in the Greater Washingtonarea.
For more information, visitwww.soberride.com.
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Call for Pet ConnectionThe Pet Connection, a twice-yearly special
edition, will publish on July 23, and photosand stories of your pets with you and your fam-ily should be submitted by July 16.
Our favorite pictures include both pets andhumans.
We welcome short stories about how you gotyour pet, a noteworthy talent or anecdoteabout your pet, tales of the bonds between yourfamily and your pet, plus drawings, paintingsor other artwork of your pet by children oradults Please tell us a little bit about your pet,identify everyone in the photo, give a brief de-scription what is happening in the photo, andinclude address and phone number (we willnot publish your address or phone number, justyour town name).
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FACETS
Sandara was scared of herspouse so she fled and lefther life and job behind.
Tom suffered from an undiag-nosed disease that cost him his job,home and life savings. These un-fortunate events led to both be-coming homeless and living in thewoods of Fairfax County. That’swhere on a cold winter morningvolunteers organized by FACETSand other local nonprofits foundthem while participating in the100,000 Homes Fairfax: A Homefor All Campaign, which is part ofthe national 100,000 Homes pro-gram, which counts, photographs,and interviews the chronicallyhomeless in an effort to endhomelessness.
Fairfax County has nearly 2,900people who are homeless—14 per-cent of whom are chronicallyhomeless. Over the course of threemornings, our volunteers met andinterviewed more than 400 peoplewho are chronically homeless. Thefindings were used to create pro-files of people to ensure that eachindividual experiencinghomelessness is counted and thattheir progress in finding housingand services can be better tracked.
Supporting the County’s 10—year plan to end homelessness, the100,000 Homes Campaign is fo-cused on building efficient localsystems that target resources toindividuals who are most vulner-able. Campaign partners are com-mitted to getting half of the peoplemost vulnerable who are chroni-cally homeless in supportive hous-ing in three years—which will savemoney and possibly lives.
Already we have seen success.With the data collected by staffand volunteers, we were able toconnect Sandara and Tom withservices that have helped them
regain their lives, safety, and dig-nity. Less than a year later, wecelebrated with each of them and16 others at a housewarming cel-ebration, hosted by FACETS, anonprofit that opens doors byhelping those who suffer the ef-fects of poverty in Fairfax County.
During the housewarming, wewelcomed these neighbors expe-riencing homelessness into theirown apartments through our newprogram called TRIUMPH II Hous-ing, which also provides support-ive services. These recent suc-cesses have propelled the commu-nity to meet our goal of 50 people
housed in a year—and we stillhave two years to go for this cam-paign with a goal of housing 50people each year!
We also had the chance to cel-ebrate the program’s nationwidesuccess. Last week, I attended anevent in DC with Becky Kanis, thedirector of the national 100,000Homes program, to announce amajor milestone as the 100,000thperson—a vet who has beenhomeless from Arlington, Va.—moved into housing through thisambitious effort. In announcingthe milestone, she emphaticallydeclared: “We can forever dispensewith the Neanderthal view thatpeople don’t deserve or aren’tready for housing.”
Although the “100,000” numbersounds big, it’s the people part thatmakes it special. Through thiscampaign, we are able to put alocal face on homelessness withreal stories about real people.Some are grandmothers, fathers,sons, daughters, and friends.Many work and others have pro-tected our nation. When we metthem, they lived in cars, encamp-ments or on the streets, but theycontinued to smile and seemedhopeful that our caring commu-nity would help find them a home.And for 100,000 of them andcounting, we have.
100K Reasons to Find People Homes
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Providence Chapter of theDaughters of the AmericanRevolution (DAR) has an-
nounced the 2014 recipients oftwo DAR awards. The DAR YouthCitizenship Medal is presented tofifth and sixth grade students whofulfill the qualities of honor, ser-vice, courage, leadership, and pa-triotism. The Outstanding Workin American History Medal is pre-sented to students in any grade forexcellence in American historystudies.
Students receiving the DARYouth Citizenship Medal fromtheir schools were Megan Le andMikey McCabe (Oak View Elemen-tary), Harrison Roderick andCharles Wolfer (Greenbriar EastElementary), Cecilia Ohanion andJanna Foy (Greenbriar West El-ementary), Connor Harry andChristina Ni (Oak Hill Elemen-tary), Melody Crawford(Brookfield Elementary), andPatrick Mountcastle and JuliaYoon (Lees Corner Elementary).Students receiving the Outstand-ing Work in American HistoryMedal were Molly Dinneen(Chantilly High School); LayneJohnson, Brittany Narel, AmyTruong, Joshua Link, Jason Eison,Christina Amatucci, and Ngan“Kelly” Nguyen (Robinson MiddleSchool); Charlie Fisher and CarlyDaffan (Oak View Elementary);Manish Balamurugan, Hunter
Hamilton, Claire Jones, JuliaJones, and Hailey McDonald(Greenbriar East Elementary);Ryan Xu and Thomas Maher(Greenbriar West Elementary);Aditya Kumar and Jack Massingill(Oak Hill Elementary); NohaWasfy and Rhea Khurana (PoplarTree Elementary); MatthewMendoza (Brookfield Elemen-tary); and Noah Brown (Lees Cor-ner Elementary).
More than 15 DAR chapters arelocated in the Fairfax County area.Providence Chapter is responsiblefor providing awards to theschools in the Chantilly andRobinson pyramids. The schoolslisted are the ones that chose to
participate in these DAR awardprograms this year.
The National Society Daughtersof the American Revolution wasfounded in 1890 to promote pa-triotism, preserve American his-tory, and support better educationfor our nation’s children. Its mem-bers are descended from the pa-triots who won American indepen-dence during the RevolutionaryWar.
With more than 175,000 mem-bers in approximately 3,000 chap-ters worldwide, DAR is one of theworld’s largest and most activeservice organizations. To learnmore about the work of today’sDAR, visit www.DAR.org.
Fairfax County Students Receive DAR Awards
Robinson seventh graders who received DAR awards.
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The Citadel has recognized CadetMartin Krawczak of Springfield onthe school’s dean’s list for his academicachievement during the spring semes-ter. Recognition on the South Carolinamilitary school’s dean’s list is reservedfor students who were registered for 12or more semester hours and received agrade point average of 3.2 or higherwith no grade below a C for the previ-
ous semester’s work.
Corinne (Corrie) McNulty, ofFairfax Station, graduated Summa CumLaude on May 17 from Grove City Col-lege in Pennsylvania with a degree inmiddle level Education. She will beteaching 2nd grade in the fall at Domin-ion Christian School in Oakton, Va.
Alissa Caitlin Feudo, daughter ofDr. Christopher V. and Melanie L.Feudo, of Fairfax Station, graduatedMagna Cum Laude on May 9 from Chris-topher Newport University, in NewportNews, Va. Alissa was awarded a number
of ribbons and medallions, and receivedthe highest award, ‘Excellence in Psycho-logical Research’ from the PsychologyDepartment. Alissa was the awardee ofthe 2012 Honors Program Summer Re-search Stipend, the International HonorsSociety in Psychology Smithfield-Goodwin Scholarship, selected for theDean’s list for all four years, elected toDirector of the Research Lab (for all 4years), and was Solo Author presenter atfive (5) conferences. She was also co-Au-thor of an article for the InternationalPsychology Community. She is a talentedmusician on her way to pursue herdreams, as a song-writer and singer.
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Van Metre Com-panies FormsFoundation
The Van Metre Companies, oneof the largest privately held andlocally owned homebuilding, de-velopment, commercial real estateand property management compa-nies in the Washington, D.C. Met-ropolitan Area, has announced theformation of the Van Metre Com-
panies Foundation, Inc.The Foundation will be run by a
group of current employees whowill serve as the Board of Directorsand Officers of the Foundation, andwill have full discretion for dis-bursement of the funds of which itgenerates. Julie van der Vate hasbeen named the Chairman andPresident of the Foundation, withCandy McCracken, Tom Marable,Rebecca Gizzarelli, and StaciCichocki, fulfilling the remainingroles on the Board of Directors.
The Van Metre Companies Foun-dation is dedicated to improvingthe lives of people in the commu-nities where Van Metre carries onits business. The Foundation willcomplement and supports the in-terests, values, and vision of theVan Metre Companies and its em-ployees. It will provide financialsupport to qualified educational,medical, human welfare services,and other 501(c)(e) charitable or-ganizations.
To learn more, visit
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VRE EarnsSecurity Awardfor EmergencyDrill at LakeAccotink Park
The Virginia Railway Express(VRE) earned a Gold Security Ex-
cellence Award last week from theAmerican Public TransportationAssociation for a safety drill heldat Lake Accotink Park in Spring-field.
The drill was a full-scale, realis-tic emergency simulation of anighttime passenger train derail-ment in the heavily wooded area.
“Safety is a top priority for VRE,”said Braddock Supervisor JohnCook who serves as Vice Chair forthe VRE Operations Board. “TheGold Award is recognition that the
VRE is leading the industry in pro-active training exercises.”
The drill brought together firstresponders from the Fairfax CountyPolice Department and Fire andRescue, and utilized the police he-licopter to locate a missing passen-ger.
This award comes in addition tothe Transportation SecurityAdministration’s 2014 BaselineAssessment for Security Enhance-ment audit which gave VRE a “GoldStandard” rating.
By Victoria Ross
The Connection
A lifelong Redskins fan,Fairfax state Sen.Chap Petersen (D-34)has had it up to here
with all the talk about the needto change the name of his be-loved football team.
He vented his frustration andindignation on his blog — OxRoad South — but said he wasleery of tackling what hedeemed the forces of politicalcorrectness in the “War Againstthe Redskins” until June 18,when the Federal Patent Officeblocked the team’s Redskinstrademarks, declaring that thename was “disparaging” to Na-tive Americans at the time thetrademarks were registered —as far back as 1967.
That action pushed Petersenoff the sidelines to lead an of-fensive attack.
On Monday, June 23, he an-nounced the formation of the“Redskins Pride Caucus,” a bi-partisan alliance with two otherstate lawmakers from NorthernVirginia — Republican Del.Jackson Miller (Manassas) andRepublican Del. DavidRamadan (Loudoun.)
The three men scheduled anews conference at the StateCapitol the same day. By thetime the news conferencestarted, several other lawmak-ers joined the group in an-nouncing the caucus: Sen.Louise Lucas (D-Portsmouth),Sen. Frank Ruff (R-Mecklenburg), Del. LionellSpruill (D-Chesapeake), Del.Michael Webert (R-Fauquier),Del. Michael Futrell (D-PrinceWilliam) and Sen. Bill Stanley(R-Franklin).
After the news conference inRichmond the same day,Petersen became the popularpick for making the case onnews shows and sports talkshows. The story was picked upby dozens of newspapers — in-cluding USA Today and TheBoston Globe — sparkingheated debates by people post-ing on media websites.
THE CAUCUS gained momen-tum throughout the day, and byTuesday afternoon comprised
Americans call themselves“redskins,” and that the name“Oklahoma” is based on“Choctaw Indian words whichtranslate as “red people.”
“This is truly political correct-ness on steroids,” Miller said atthe news conference.
The Redskins public relationsteam also attended the newsconference, but released a state-ment asserting that neither thefranchise nor Snyder was be-hind the formation of the cau-cus in any way.
Snyder has been stalwart inhis defense of the name. In aletter he sent to season ticketholders last October, he citedthe association of the nameRedskins with the team’s longNFL history and its symbolicimportance to himself and fans.
DURING THE NEWS CON-FERENCE, Lucas — whosenephew is Redskins playerDeAngelo Hall — said “none ofus feel there is any racism andwe love the name,” Lucas said.
Petersen said he wants peopleto know that the caucus is notthe KKK. “We’re not just a bunchof insensitive old white guys,”Petersen said, “People whoknow me may say I’m a boringold white guy … Seriously, I amhere because I believe in theRedskins, and the name wasintended to honor AmericanIndians”.
Petersen said the response tothe caucus has been over-whelming, and overwhelminglypositive. “I am appreciative ofall the comments I’ve received— even negative ones.”
But one letter from KarenFettig of McLean, “really struckme as important, and perhapsoffering a solution to the end-less ranting. I asked her for per-mission to print it on my blog,and she said yes.”
“Chap: I happened to catchyour bit on the news last nightre: The Redskins name. I couldnot agree with your more. Youmay recall that I have a goodbit of Native blood in me. It in-furiates me to see all these‘white people’ telling me that Ishould be offended by thename. It’s quite the opposite.Even before I moved to thisarea, I was a Redskins fan be-cause of their name. It is a veryproud heritage. Not one mem-ber of my family is offended ei-ther. The bottom line is that 90percent of true Native Ameri-cans are not offended in theleast. The answer is simple: takea poll of only Native Americans.Whatever that poll says shouldbe the answer. End of story.”
State Sen. Chap Petersen (D-Fairfax – center), stands withRepublican Delegates David Ramadan of Loudoun (left)and Jackson Miller (Manassas) right, during a news con-ference at the Capitol in Richmond Monday, June 23,announcing the formation of the “Redskins Pride Caucus.”
What’s Offensive about Redskins Pride?Absolutelynothing, ifyou’re stateSen. ChapPetersen.
Virginia Members of theRedskins Pride Caucus
In the first day, the following members announced they were joining theRedskins Pride Caucus:
❖ Senate of VirginiaMajority Leader Tommy Norment (R- James City County)Minority Leader Dick Saslaw (D-Fairfax)Senator Chap Petersen (D-Fairfax)Senator Bill Stanley (R-Franklin)Senator Louise Lucas (D-Portsmouth)Senator Frank Ruff (R-Mecklenburg)Senator Walter Stosch (R-Henrico)Senator Steve Martin (R-Chesterfield)Senator Frank Wagner (R-Virginia Beach)Senator Richard Stuart (R-Spotsylvania)Senator Ralph Smith (R-Roanoke)❖ House of DelegatesMajority Leader Kirk Cox (R-Colonial Heights)Majority Caucus Chair Tim Hugo (R-Fairfax)Majority Whip Jackson Miller (R-Manassas)Delegate David Ramadan (R-Loudoun)Delegate Lionell Spruill (D-Chesapeake)Delegate Michael Webert (R-Fauquier County)Delegate Michael Futrell (D-Prince William County)Delegate Dave Albo (R-Fairfax)Delegate Scott Lingamfelter (R-Prince William County)Delegate Lee Ware (R-Powhatan)Delegate Scott Taylor (R-Virginia Beach)
top leadership from both houses ofthe legislature — and from bothparties — including Senate Major-ity Leader Tommy Norment (R-James City County), Senate Minor-ity Leader Dick Saslaw (D-Fairfax),House Majority Leader Kirk Cox(R-Colonial Heights) and HouseMajority Caucus Chairman TimHugo (R-Fairfax). “I wanted tospeak for fans who say ‘You knowwhat? Enough is enough,’”Petersen said in an interview Tues-day. “(Who) has the back of a fewthousand loyal Redskins fans whonever did anything wrong, exceptto love a football franchise thatunited this town in way nobody didbefore?” The Redskins Pride Cau-cus had scored, giving a voice toRedskins fans of all stripes.
“I don’t get the controversy,” saidDaniel Flores, a 47-year-oldRedskins fan from Burke. “Thename was chosen to represent thebravery and fierce fighting abilitiesof Native Americans. It’s a respect-ful name, not insulting.”
“The government has no place inforcing [franchise owner Dan]
Snyder’s hand,” said StephanieSullenger of Vienna. “The issueshould be left to the franchise andthe fans themselves as no one butSnyder can seem to get Snyder toact. But in the end, shouldn’t therebe a separation between Sport andState?” One of the caucus’ statedgoals is to prevent the U.S. Con-gress from forcing a name changeupon the NFL team.
In the past six months, pressureto change the name has beenmounting.
In May, 50 senators — half of theU.S. Senate — sent a letter to theNFL urging the team to change itsname. Several Native Americangroups have declared their oppo-sition to the name. During the NBAfinals a few weeks ago, the YochaDehe Wintun National paid for anad that highlighted the history ofNative Americans, and took a part-ing shot at the Redskins.
“Look, if I felt like this was anhonest complaint, I would pull itback. But I see so much misinfor-mation about this issue,” Petersensaid, adding that many Native
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Playing the flute (in center) is digital-music composition teacher Chris Johnston withstudents Cameron Welke and Anna Malatinszky. They’re performing “Ergersi,” written bypianist Alessandra Mitter (in back).
Music, Dance, Photos and FashionIn June, the Fairfax Academy for Communications andthe Arts celebrated its students’ creative achievements.
Senior Christine Choi designed this prin-cess dress with a short front.
Senior Rhiannon Kerruish designed thisone-shoulder dress with a hand-pleatedskirt.
Senior Marvin Funes and his photography.
Shreeti Kandel designed this dress withblack-satin roses.
Amy Lee created this fur coat and Chinese-silk dress. Junior Anna Otto with one of her photos.
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By Bonnie Hobbs
The Connection
For fun, music, fireworks and a rousingparade, the City of Fairfax is the place tospend the Fourth of July. The festivities be-gin at 10 a.m. with a parade through thedowntown Fairfax Historic District, con-tinue with open houses and a firefighters’competition and culminate with rock mu-sic and colorful fireworks at Fairfax High.
“For nearly 50 years, the City has workedhard to ensure a day that will become a fondmemory for Fairfax and Northern Virginiafamilies,” said Mayor Scott Silverthorne.“It’s the most popular of all our City eventsand, while I may be a bit biased, I believeours is the best Independence Day celebra-tion in Virginia.”
Huge ParadeRain or shine, the 48th annual Indepen-
dence Day parade will run from 10 a.m.-noon, starting at the Massey Building at4100 Chain Bridge Road. It will then travelin a loop past the old courthouse, alongMain Street and University Drive and pastthe reviewing stand in front of City Hall onArmstrong Street. Except for service ani-mals, parade attendees are asked to leavetheir pets at home, and tents aren’t allowedalong the parade route.
This year’s parade features eight high-school marching bands from as far west asCalifornia to the City’s own Fairfax HighMarching Rebels, plus bands from Woodsonand West Springfield. The WashingtonRedskins Marching Band will also partici-pate, as will the Northern VirginiaFirefighters’ Emerald Society Pipe Band.
Other parade entries include horses,clowns, color guards, firefighters, police,Boy and Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, dancegroups, musicians, barbershop singers, andthe Grand Marshal, Uncle Sam. Participat-ing, as well, will be the Rough Riders Jun-ior Buffalo Soldiers Drill Team, City ofFairfax Theatre Co., large inflatable bal-loons, local and state politicians and theuniquely entertaining City Of Fairfax Re-gional Library Precision Book Cart DrillTeam.
Parking, ShuttlesStreets on the parade route will close at
7:30 a.m., but shuttle buses will run from8:30-10:30 a.m. from parking areas atGeorge Mason University (GMU), WoodsonHigh and Fairfax United Methodist Churchand return again from 12:30-1:30 p.m.GMU is at 4400 University Drive; Woodson,9525 Main St.; and Fairfax UMC, 10300Stratford Ave.
Open HousesSeveral, historic Fairfax buildings will be
open to visitors on July 4. They include theFairfax Museum and Visitors Center, 10209Main St., 9 a.m.-4-p.m.; and the Ratcliffe-Allison House, 10386 Main St., 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Rock Music,Fireworks
In the evening, the festivities shift toFairfax High, 3501 Rebel Run.
There, starting at 7 p.m. in the footballstadium, people may enjoy listening anddancing to the music of Leggz, a band that’llperform everything from Motown favoritesto classic rock & roll to hits of the 1970sand ’80’s.
Later on, the City of Fairfax Band will playthe “1812 Overture” to herald the spectacu-lar fireworks display slated to begin at 9:30p.m.
The fireworks will be shot off from thebaseball field; afterward, Leggz will performa grand finale to cap off the day’s enter-tainment. Rain date for the fireworks onlyis July 5 at 9:30 p.m.
On July 4, Old Lee Highway will be closedfrom Ridge Avenue (just past Artie’s Res-taurant) to Layton Hall Drive from about9:15-11 p.m.
Items that could puncture the syntheticturf aren’t allowed on the stadium’s field.No smoking, alcohol, tents or animals, ex-cept for service animals, are allowed atFairfax High, and all bags are subject to in-spection.
Evening Parking,Shuttles
Shuttle buses will run from 6-9 p.m. fromWoodson High to Fairfax High. Followingthe fireworks, buses will return spectatorsto Woodson until 11 p.m. Only limited pub-lic parking will be available at Fairfax High.However, it will offer handicapped parking;call 703-385-7858.
Rain date schedule, if July 5 fireworks arenecessary: Shuttle buses will run from 7-9p.m. from Woodson to Fairfax High. Buseswill return spectators to Woodson after-ward.
Sponsors, VolunteersMany sponsors are helping to make this
celebration a reality, but the main ones areFair City Mall and 97.1 WASH-FM radio.Organizing the parade are the Indepen-dence Day Celebration Committee and theCity of Fairfax Parks and Recreation Depart-ment.
Also making this event possible are amyriad of volunteers who’ve tirelessly do-nated their time and talents. For more in-formation on any of the activities or to vol-unteer, call 703-385-7858 or seewww.fairfaxva.gov.
Marching Bands, Music, Fireworks and a ParadeCity of Fairfaxplans rip-roarin,’rousing Fourth ofJuly celebration.
Map of the parade route.
Fourth of July logo.
Fireworks such as these will light up the sky above Fairfax High.
Fireman’s DayFollowing the parade, visitors may watch
area fire companies compete in a variety ofevents during an old-fashioned Fireman’sDay.
It’ll be held from 12:30-3 p.m. at Fire Sta-tion 3 at 4081 University Drive.
Vying against City of Fairfax firefighterswill be teams from the Centreville, Burkeand Falls Church volunteer fire depart-ments, plus the Fairfax County Fire andRescue Department and the West Spring-field fire station. The event includes food,beverages and games.
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FRIDAYS/JUNE 27-AUG. 29Braddock Nights Concert Series.
7:30-8:30 p.m. Royal Lake Park,5344 Gainsborough Drive, Fairfax.Listen to musical performances in thegreat outdoors. Visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/performances/ for location andschedule.
FRIDAY/JUNE 27Tiny Tots Music. 10:30-11:15 a.m.
Burke Centre Library, 5935 FredsOak Road, Burke. Develop yourchild’s language skills with music,songs and play. Ages 1-2 with adult.Register at http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/bc/ under “Events.”
Explore It with the Smithsonian’sSpark! Lab. 2-2:45 p.m. RichardByrd Library, 7250 Commerce Street,Springfield. Create a musicalinstrument. Ages 6-12. Register athttp://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/rb/ under “Events.”
Read! Build! Play! 2-2:45 p.m. BurkeCentre Library, 5935 Freds OakRoad, Burke. Read a story, build withDUPLOs, and play with friends. Ages3-5 with adult. Register at http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/bc/ under “Events.”
Keeping Up with the Kids — Learnabout Flickr, Facebook,YouTube, Twitter, and Skype. 2-3 p.m. Kings Park Library, 9000Burke Lake Road, Burke. Learn thebasics with our one-on-onetechnology volunteer about the socialnetworking tools that can help youstay in touch with your kids andgrandkids.º703-978-5600.
4th Annual Bachelors andBachelorettes for Breast CancerFashion Show and Auction. 7 –11 p.m. Waterford Springfield, 6715Commerce Street, Springfield. ClarkeEntertainment is hosting its 4thAnnual Bachelors and Bachelorettesfor Breast Cancer Fashion Show andAuction. Come enjoy the eveningwhile bidding for a date with localsupporters.
SATURDAYS/JUNE 28-AUG. 23Burke Arts in the Parks. 10 - 11 a.m.
Burke Lake Park Amphitheater, 7315Ox Road, Fairfax Station. Entertainchildren, teach them the importanceof protecting our natural resources,introduce them to live entertainmentin an informal kid friendlyatmosphere, and forge a connectionbetween kids and parks. Call 703-323-6601.
SATURDAY/JUNE 28The Sixth Generation-Spring
1960s Sock Hop Series. Sundayat 5 p.m., Saturday at 8:30 p.m.Workhouse Arts Center, 9601 Ox Rd,Lorton. Award-winning rock-n-rollersThe Sixth Generation will performlive in the McGuireWoods gallery,playing hits from the 1960s as well asoriginal songs about the era.Admissions: $10-$15.www.workhousearts.org. 703-584-2900.
Workshop: DIY Painted GardenFlags. 9:30-11:30 a.m. Green SpringGardens, 4603 Green Spring Road,Alexandria. Horticulturalist NancyOlney leads you through thissummer-fun project with dyed fabric,fabric paint, adhesive and templatesprovided. $45. Register atwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/greenspring or 703-642-5173.
Workshop: Ikebana FlowerArranging. 10-11:30 p.m. GreenSpring Gardens, 4603 Green SpringRoad, Alexandria. Learn the richsymbolism and fundamentals ofJapanese flower arrangement andtake home your own arrangement.
$55. Register atwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/greenspring or 703-642-5173.
Mount Vernon Nights: The RhodesTrain Troubadours. 7-8 p.m.Workhouse Arts Center, 9601 Ox Rd,Lorton. The Rhodes TavernTroubadours are a post-pop and rootsgroup, covering songs by MarkNoone’s Slickee Boys, Jake Flack’sThousand Dollar Car/Neptunes, andeverything in between. Picnicbaskets, lawn chairs and blankets arewelcome, but outside alcohol is notpermitted. www.workhousearts.org.703-584-2900.
Storytime and Rhyme. 10:30-11:15a.m. Pohick Regional Library, 6450Sydenstricker Road, Burke.Storytelling, music and movementwith Wolf Trap teaching artist KofiDennis.º703-644-7333.
Classics Book Reading Group. 12-2p.m. Richard Byrd Library, 7250Commerce Street, Springfield. JoinProfessor Roger Lathbury and exploreclassics in literature in a casualsetting. This month’s title: EthanFrome by Edith Wharton. 703-451-8055.
Teen Author Elisa Nader andCover Art Contest. 2:30-3:30 p.m.Kings Park Library, 9000 Burke LakeRoad, Burke. Elisa Nader, author ofteen thriller Escape from Eden and agraphic and user experiencedesigner, discusses her book andshares design tips for creating teenbook covers. Age 12-18. 703-978-5600.
Saturday Farmers Market. 8 a.m.-1p.m., at the parking lot at theintersection of West and Main Streetsbehind Wells Fargo Bank in Fairfax.Every Saturday there is freshproduce, goods and wares at themarket. [email protected] www.FairfaxSaturdayMarket.com.
SATURDAY/JUNE 28- AUGUST 9Children’s Theatre: The Ice
Queen. 1 p.m. Workhouse ArtsCenter, 9601 Ox Rd, Lorton. Thisoriginal fairytale follows the IceQueen’s search for the love of herlife. Will the Ice Queen and JackFrost make the perfect pair and livehappily ever after? Admissions: $9-$12. www.workhousearts.org. 703-584-2900.
SATURDAY/JUNE 28 –WEDNESDAY/JULY 2 Arts from the Turkic World
Exhibit. 3950 University Drive,Fairfax. The exhibition will feature acollection of works from variousTurkic countries and territories aswell as the works of featured artistsof Turkic descent.
SUNDAY/JUNE 29Walkathon. 8 a.m. Burke Lake Park,
7315 Ox Road, Fairfax Station. ThisWalkathon benefits the INOVAChildren’s Hospital and BAPSCharities. BAPS Charities is a501(c)(3) registered nonprofitinternational charity organizationcommitted to sincerely serving theworld by caring for individuals,families, and communities.
Rufus the Dog. 10:30-11:15 a.m.Burke Centre Library, 5935 FredsOak Road, Burke. Blue Sky PuppetTheatre story of a special dog and hissearch for friendship. Register athttp://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/bc/ under “Events.”
Sunday Farmers Market. 10 a.m.-2p.m., at the parking lot at theintersection of West and Main Streetsbehind Wells Fargo Bank in Fairfax.Every Saturday there is freshproduce, goods and wares at themarket. [email protected] www.FairfaxSundayMarket.com.
MONDAY/JUNE 30Let’s Grow Garden Club. 10:30 a.m.-
12 p.m. Green Spring Gardens, 4603Green Spring Road, Alexandria.Every-other-Monday meetings tokeep 3-8 year old minds active forhands-on gardening, crafting, naturalscience lessons and nature walks.$75. Register atwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/greenspring or 703-642-5173.
Top Secret. 7-8 p.m. City of FairfaxRegional Library, 10360 NorthStreet, Fairfax. Steve Somers, TheAmazing Teacher, in a readingadventure that takes you around theworld! Age 8-12. 703-293-6227.
TUESDAY/JULY 1- AUG. 19The Bodzin Art Gallery “Fine Arts
Open Exhibition.” JewishCommunity Center of NorthernVirginia, 8900 Little River Turnpike,Fairfax. This annual show spotlightsthe many talents our own members,staff and creative community throughthe display of a variety of media.www.jccnvarts.org.
THURSDAY/JULY 3 Workhouse Farmers Market. 3-6
p.m., at the Workhouse, 9601 OxRoad, Lorton. Every Thursday on thequad is a producer-only market fordiscerning shoppers featuring locallygrown fruits and vegetables, locallyraised meats and poultry and localfoods from breads to salsas andsausages. www.smartmarkets.org.
FRIDAY/JULY 4City of Fairfax Independence Day
Parade. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. 4100 ChainBridge Road, Fairfax, around HistoricOld Town Fairfax and passing theReviewing stand on ArmstrongStreet. Come see eight high schoolmarching, large inflatable paradeballoons, horses and clowns. http://www.fairfaxva.gov/about-us/special-events/independence-day-celebration.
Old Fashioned Fireman’s Day.12:30-3 p.m. Fire Station 3, 4081University Drive, Fairfax. Enjoywatching area fire companiescompete. http://www.fairfaxva.gov/about-us/special-events/independence-day-celebration.
Evening Show and Fireworks. 7p.m. Fairfax High School, 3501 RebelRun, Fairfax. Music and dancing torock & roll favorites; the City ofFairfax Band will play the 1812during the fireworks display at 9:30p.m. Rain date: July 5. http://www.fairfaxva.gov/about-us/special-events/independence-day-celebration.
Historic Open Houses. 9 a.m.-4 p.m.Come see the Fairfax Museum andVisitors Center, 10209 Main Street,Fairfax and Ratcliffe-Allison House,10386 Main Street, Fairfax. http://www.fairfaxva.gov/about-us/special-events/independence-day-celebration.
Lorton’s Fourth of July Parade. 11a.m.-2 p.m. VRE Parking Lot, 8990Lorton Station Blvd., Lorton. Lorton’sfourth annual Independence Dayparade.
SATURDAY/JULY 5Homeless Animals Rescue Team
Dog Adoption. 12-3 p.m. PETCO,Greenbriar Towncenter, 13053 LeeJackson Mem. Hwy., Fairfax.
Yoga with Marilyn. 8 a.m.Workhouse Arts Center, 9518Workhouse Way, Lorton. Enjoy Art ofMovement classes featuring Yoga,Mat Pilates, Tai Chi and Hula.www.workhousearts.org.
Send notes to the Connection at [email protected] or call 703-778-9416. The deadline is the Friday prior tothe next paper’s publication. Dated announcements should be submitted at least two weeks prior to the event.
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Sports
By Jon Roetman
The Connection
The 2013-14 high school sportsseason was full of memorablemoments and accomplishments.The following is a look back at
some of the highlights from around Fairfax,Fairfax Station, Lorton, Burke and Spring-field.
Spring SportsThe South County softball team won the
program’s first state championship, beatingpreviously undefeated Cosby 4-1 in the 6Afinal. Stallions pitcher Rebecca Martin fin-ished her high school career with anothergem in the circle, tossing a complete-gamethree-hitter while striking out 10. CatcherHaylea Geer hit a momentum-swinging solohome run in the fourth inning.
“She’s been clutch from Day One,” SouthCounty head coach Gary Dillow said aboutMartin. “She came in as a freshman and wonthat 12-inning game against [WestPotomac] for our first conference champi-onship with this group. Nothing fazes her.She’s always relaxed. She’s pitched everyclutch game for us the last four years andusually when we lose, it’s because we don’tscore, it’s not because she hasn’t pitchedwell.”
The Stallions finished with a 26-3 record.South County was runner-up in Conference7, but responded by winning 6A North re-gion and state titles. Prior to 2014, SouthCounty’s last trip to the state tournamentcame in 2009.
The Lake Braddock softball team also hada strong season, finishing with a 25-3 recordand reaching the state playoffs. The Bruinswon their second straight Patriot District/Conference 7 championship and qualifiedfor states with a 3-2 win over Langley inthe region semifinals. However, LakeBraddock dropped its final two games ofthe season, losing to South County in theregion final and Cosby in the state semis.
Lake Braddock will lose all-region pitcherAshley Flesch to graduation, but the Bruinsfigure to return all but two members of thisyear’s team.
“We’re good,” Lake Braddock head coachGeorge Rumore said. “We’re going to loseAshley and we’re going to lose AmandaPatterson, but we have pitching. … We’refine. The future still looks good.”
In baseball, West Springfield won its firstconference/district championship since2009. The Spartans advanced to the regionsemifinals, where they lost to Chantilly. WestSpringfield finished the season with an 18-7 record and one win shy of the state tour-nament.
West Springfield’s conference-champion-ship season came one year after failing toqualify for regionals with a loss to Lee inthe opening round of the 2013 district tour-nament.
“In our locker room, we believed in eachother and we knew we had a pretty good
Braddock 66-56 in the region final. TheCavaliers had lost their previous threematchups with Lake Braddock by a com-bined eight points.
“[I’m] really happy for our kids, reallyhappy for our school community,” Woodsonhead coach Doug Craig said. “This was avery difficult week. The fact that our Cav-alry (student section) was out in such greatnumbers says a lot about the school com-munity. To give them an hour-and-a-half,hour-and-45-minute distraction tonight,something to feel good about, that’s whatsports is supposed to be about at the highschool level.”
The Lake Braddock boys’ basketball teamrepeated as Patriot District/Conference 7champions. The Edison girls’ team won the5A North region championship, the Eagles’second consecutive region title. The WestSpringfield girls’ team won the Conference7 title and reached the state tournament forthe fourth time in five years.
The Paul VI boys’ and girls’ basketballteams each won WCAC and VISAA champi-onships.
In wrestling, Robinson won its third statechampionship in four years. Rams’ heavy-weight Jake Pinkston won his fourth con-secutive region championship, reached thestate final for the fourth straight year andwon his second state title. Lake Braddockfinished third in the state and had threeindividuals reach their respective state fi-nals, with Darius Wiles winning the 113-pound title. South County’s Hunter Manleywon the 132-pound state championship.
In gymnastics, South County’s Collea Bur-gess won the 6A North region all-aroundtitle. Hayfield’s Molly Overstreet won theindividual bars state championship.
In swimming, the Robinson boys’ teamtook home a state championship.
Fall SportsThe Lake Braddock football team won its
first 12 games of the 2013 season, winningthe Conference 7 championship along theway. But the Bruins failed to hold a 13-pointfourth-quarter lead against Westfield in the6A North region semifinals, and ended theirseason with a 19-16 loss.
The South County and Robinson footballteams reached the region quarterfinals.
In field hockey, Fairfax and South Countyreached the 6A North region semifinals.
In cross country, West Springfield seniorCaroline Alcorta won the 6A girls’ individualstate title with a meet-record time of 17minutes, 13 seconds at Great Meadow.
“I was just hoping to win,” Alcorta said.“I didn’t expect to get the course record.”
Lake Braddock’s Hannah Christen placedsecond and Katy Kunc was third, leadingthe girls’ team to a third-place finish. Theboys’ team finished state runner-up, led byAlex Corbett’s second-place finish.
In volleyball, South County reached theregion semifinals before losing to eventualstate champion Langley.
squad and we knew we had a lot of talent,”West Springfield head coach Jason Olmssaid. “We just had to put it all together andgo out and compete.”
In lacrosse, the Robinson boys’ team wonits first state championship since 2007. TheRams started the season 1-3, but closed with17 consecutive victories, including a 9-7 winover Langley in the state final. Robinson alsowon Conference 5 and 6A North regiontitles.
“I knew we had what it took,” Robinsonsophomore Johnny Daniel said about reach-ing the state final. “In the beginning of theyear, I doubted it for a second. We definitelystepped it up after we lost to Landon. …We promised to Coach [Matt] Curran thatwe wouldn’t lose any more games, becausethat’s the worst feeling you can possiblyhave. We just stuck to our word and did thebest that we could.”
In tennis, the Lake Braddock boys’ teamwon the 6A state title, defeating Langley in
the state final and wrapping up an unde-feated season. Lake Braddock’s JacobDaugherty and Long Huynh won the boys’doubles title.
The South County girls’ track and fieldteam finished state runner-up, and the LakeBraddock girls’ soccer team reached the re-gion semifinals.
Winter Sports Members of the W.T. Woodson boys’ bas-
ketball team dealt with the death of twoclassmates during the 2014 6A North re-gion tournament. While the tragedies af-fected the emotions of several Cavaliers, theteam found a way to continue winning andeventually captured the program’s secondconsecutive region title.
Woodson secured a berth in the Virginiastate tournament by defeating Herndon 63-62 in overtime in the region semifinals. Thefollowing evening, Woodson defeated Lake
High School Sports Season Produces Memorable Moments
Photo by Louise Krafft/The Connection
Members of the South County softball team celebrate with Haylea Geer(2) after the catcher hit a solo home run in the fourth inning of the 6Astate final against Cosby.
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Members of the Woodson boys’ basketball team and Cavalier fans cel-ebrate the team winning the 6A North region championship.
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