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Virginia Says School Failed Student with DisabilitiesEducation department says South CountySecondary did not do enough to end bullying.

By Julia O’Donoghue

The Connection

On the first day of his senioryear at South County Second-ary School, Cory Nelson introduced himself to a fourth-pe-

riod automotive technology class. Almostimmediately, another student blurted out“retard,” prompting the rest of the room tobreak out in snickers.

This was the inauspicious beginning tothe 2008 school year. It was only the after-noon of Sept. 2 and Cory was already deal-ing with a room full of students laughing athim, he thought at the time.

Cory, 18, was all too familiar with teas-ing and school bullies.

At the end of the previous academic year,Cory’s parents had pulled him out of schooltwo weeks early because of harassmentfrom other students.

A handful of boys, some now in Cory’ssenior year auto class, had been threaten-ing to beat up Cory. One had even posted acomment on the social networking siteMySpace about hiding out in the schoolbathroom, waiting to ambush Cory with agroup of people.

“Cory was so afraid of being jumped, thatwhen he had a final exam outside in the

trailers, he asked that we pull our car asclose as possible to the trailer to ensure thathe got in safely,” wrote Alberta Nelson,Cory’s mother, in a statement to state edu-cation officials this year.

ALBERTA AND her husband BernardNelson, a homicide detective in PrinceGeorge’s County, Md., had hoped the bul-lying situation would improve during Cory’ssenior year. But their son’s problems endedup going from bad to worse during his fi-nal year of high school, which the Nelsonsblame on South County administrators andteachers.

The family said the school staff did nottake their son’s harassment seriously, some-times implying Cory’s parents were overre-acting or that their son wasn’t being truth-ful.

“The system has definitely failed our son,and it failed us as parents,” wrote Albertaand Bernard in a letter about Fairfax CountyPublic Schools to the Virginia Departmentof Education.

In July, the state education departmenttook the unusual step of siding with theNelsons and blaming FCPS for Cory’s pre-dicament. Typically, parents and studentsfind it very difficult to prove that school staffhas not done enough to curtail harassment

and officials usually rule in favor of the ac-cused school district, said Lisa Fagan, anattorney who worked on behalf of theNelson family.

But in the case of Cory and South County,the agency reprimanded Fairfax CountyPublic Schools for violating state and fed-eral regulations.

They said Fairfax schools failed to pro-vide Cory with a “free and appropriate edu-cation,” largely be-cause South Countystaff did not doenough to investi-gate Cory’s claims ofharassment or putan end to the intimi-dation. FCPS triedto reverse the deci-sion, but also lost anappeal of the case.

“I was told by theVirginia Department of Education that itwas really hard to win a disability harass-ment case so we are very, very pleased,” saidAlberta.

STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES areparticularly vulnerable to harassment, ac-cording to the school system’s own advisorycommittee on students with disabilities. Inthe advisory committee’s 2009 report listed“bullying of children with disabilities” asone of the most prevalent and pervasive is-sues the group’s members encounter.

“In many cases, these problems have oc-curred with alarming frequency in both el-ementary and secondary schools. The com-mittee is very concerned that the rights ofstudents with disabilities are being violated… and their access to the education avail-able to their non-disabled peers compro-mised,” the advisory members wrote in thereport.

“That is a nationwide problem. … Kidsneed to be taughtthat [bullying ofstudents with dis-abilities] is not anacceptable behav-ior,” said SchoolBoard memberTessie Wilson(Braddock).

According toWilson, FCPS hasimplemented at

least two programs to address the problemof bullying, including bullying of studentswith disabilities. She said the programs haveyielded some improvements in student in-teractions, particularly at the elementaryschool level.

The South County staff at best, seemedto ignore the harassment and also accusedCorey of lying about the situation or hisparents of overreacting, said Fagan.

“The adults involved have just refused to

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“The system hasdefinitely failed our son,and it failed us asparents.”

— Alberta and Bernard Nelson

Laurel Hill/Fairfax Station/Clifton Connection Sports Editor Reed Albers

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At left, Bagpiper MikeAhnell of Bridgewater,N.J., entertains alongMain Street. He was inClifton helping relatives,Tim and Paula Sullivan,celebrate their 25thanniversary. Ahnell alsoplayed at their wedding.

Above, Boy Scout Troop1104 of Clifton Presbyte-rian Church sells freshlemon halves with pep-permint sticks in them.From left are DarieceRau; her son Ian McClure,12; and troop secretaryBrenda Reese.

The crowd on Main Street enjoys the sunny day.

Clifton Day Shines OnThousands flock to annual celebration Sunday, Oct. 11.

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The Burdette Smith Group, P.C. took part in thefirst ever CPA Day of Service hosted by theVirginia Society of Certified Public Accountants,on Friday Oct. 1.

Williams, Sharkey To WedConnie and Bob

Williams of FairfaxStation announcethe engagement oftheir daughterCandace Page Will-iams to MichaelAlan Sharkey, son ofLeah and AlanSharkey ofPlainville, Mass. Awedding is plannedfor the fall of 2009.

Candace Williamsattended LakeBraddock Second-ary School andgraduated from theUniversity of Vir-ginia with abachelor’s degreesin economics andreligious studies.She is employed bythe Department ofDefense in Arling-ton.

Sharkey attended Bishop Feehan High School in Massa-chusetts and graduated from Virginia Tech with a bachelor’sdegree in business management. He is employed by the De-partment of Housing and Urban Development in Washing-ton, D.C.

The couple plans to reside in Arlington following their wed-ding.

Candace Page Williams andMichael Alan Sharkey

The Burdette Smith Group, P.C., a local CPA and Manage-ment Consulting firm, participated in the first ever CPA Dayof Service hosted by the Virginia Society of Certified PublicAccountants. On Friday Oct. 1, 12 BSG staffers scraped,primed and painted fences at the Northern Virginia Thera-peutic Riding Center in Clifton. This organization enrichesthe quality of life for individuals with disabilities throughhorseback riding in a therapeutic setting. (www.nvtrp.org).The efforts of The Burdette Smith Group, P.C. and other CPAsthroughout Virginia represent the CPA profession’s ongoingcommitment to serving the communities where we live andwork.

CPA Firm Helps NVTRC

The South County varsity cheerleading team, coached by Ashley Lintott, poses for aphotograph during the Stallions’ Homecoming game.

The 2009 Senior Homecoming court, from left, AllisonBarrale, Carlin Tettelbach, Karly Thompson and LenziHagerty.

It’s aStallionThingHomecomingKing and Queenduring halftime.

Senior Karly Thompson just moments after shewas crowned as the 2009 Homecoming Queen.

The South County marching bandand color guard perform duringhalftime of the Homecoming game.

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Opinion

Volunteer, Oct. 24 and Beyond

Volunteering to help your community,to help people in need, is good forsoul and good for families. But often it’s hard to know where to jump

in, how to be helpful, where your efforts willdo the most good.

But many local organizations have gearedup for Oct. 24, a national day of volunteerism,providing structured and specific opportuni-ties for people to help out for a day. And bystarting on that one day, perhaps your familywill find a way to volunteer several times ayear or more.

Many families find that they benefit fromvolunteering at least as much as the organiza-tion or people they are helping. Volunteeringdevelops a sense of community in children, andexpands their capacity for empathy. In thisarea, many families’ daily lives only bring theminto contact with other affluent families. Vol-unteer efforts can give children and teens per-

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spective, and more of an ability to count theirown blessings.

Some teens might conclude that they are notwell off because they drive an older car to highschool — a cruise around a local high schoolstudent parking area could lead to the conclu-sion that nearly everyone in our area is a mil-lionaire. A little time helping serve meals tohomeless, to collect food for families who are

having trouble putting food onthe table, to help with repairsin a homeless shelter can havea powerful effect.

Volunteer Fairfax: Saturday,Oct. 24, 15th annual Fairfax area day of ser-vice. VolunteerFest mobilizes hundreds of vol-unteers to help nonprofits accomplish tasksthat they would not have the time, resourcesor ability to do on their own.

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Letters

Who Will MilkThe Cash Cow?To the Editor:

The vote for governor is veryimportant to Northern Virginians.And we have one critical issue thatmakes this vote easy. Who will bestrepresent Northern Virginia asgovernor?

Bob McDonnell (R) grew up inFairfax and represented NorthernVirginia as a representative. Heunderstands our needs and willresist using Northern Virginia as acash cow. For too long we have hadto watch our taxes flow fromNorthern Virginia to Richmondand back to us at a fraction of whatwe sent. The 2004 tax increasewas one of the worst. For every $1we sent to Richmond, we got lessthan 30 cents in return. The other70 cents was spent on other partsof Virginia.

Mr. Deeds is from Southwest Vir-ginia and has spent his entireelected career introducing andvoting for taxes that use NorthernVirginia as a cash cow to fund therest of Virginia.

As governor, Bob McDonnell canuse the veto pen to stop this un-fair flow of taxes from NorthernVirginia to other areas of the state.The same can not be said for Mr.Deeds. Remember to vote Nov. 3.

Joe NashFairfax Station

Say No to HugoTo the Editor:

I want to thank the Connectionfor its candidate profiles for the

40th District House of Delegatesrace. Voters on Nov. 3 have an op-portunity to shape Virginia’s poli-cies by casting their votes for aGeneral Assembly delegate. I urgeevery registered voter to use thisright.

Unfortunately, incumbent Del.Tim Hugo (R-40) continues to ad-vocate approaches that will neverlead to any meaningful solutions

to our transportationproblems. Mr. Hugoand his downstatepals say that they willnot raise taxes, yet

time and time again, they deviseprograms that impose fees or shiftthe tax-raising to other officials.This is just a backdoor, deceitfulmethod of raising taxes. For ex-ample, Hugo was a principalchampion of the 2007 transporta-tion bill that the Virginia SupremeCourt declared unconstitutionallargely for its gimmick of havingunelected officials impose taxes.He also was the only Northern Vir-ginia delegate on the General As-sembly committee that tried tocharge abusive driver fees to Vir-ginia drivers and let out-of-statespeeders off the hook. Now headvocates taking on more debtwith bonds to push the taxes andfunding problems onto our chil-dren and grandchildren. Undoubt-edly, he hopes to have moved onso that he won’t have to be aroundto face raising revenue to paythese debts. Debt must be repaidand Mr. Hugo’s disingenuous ap-proach steals from tomorrow forour needs today.

Mr. Hugo also cries crocodiletears when he says he wants tolimit out-of-state students at pub-

lic universities. Mr. Hugo and hisultra-conservative companionswho run the House of Delegatescaused the problem of high out-of-state enrollment by continu-ously cutting needed higher edu-cation funding. Without sufficientstate funding, Virginia’s publicuniversities have few alternativesto raising tuition and acceptingmore students from out-of-state.Mr. Hugo’s idea to legally limit thepercentage of out-of-state studentswith no added funding is just ahidden tax on parents of collegestudents. This plan will furtherdrive up in-state tuition, whichalready greatly exceeds tuitioncharged in neighboring states andhas risen much faster than infla-tion for the past decade.

I also disagree with Mr. Hugo’smenacing efforts to take away awoman’s right to make her owndecision about abortion. While Mr.Hugo’s opponent, Susan Conrad(D), has a similar position on abor-tion, Ms. Conrad’s solutions toother pressing issues like transpor-tation are far superior to Mr.Hugo’s game playing and makeher the better choice in this elec-tion.

Rex SimmonsFairfax Station

Abuser FeesDear Del. Dave Albo (R-42):

The so-called abuser driver feelegislation you sponsored earlier(I believe in 2007) was repealedbecause more than 178,000 Vir-ginia citizens, including me,signed a petition asking for a re-peal. Is it true that you are now

planning to renew your efforts topass abuser driver fee legislation?David, as I told you before yousponsored the original legislation,I do not think it is a good idea touse law enforcement as a meansof raising money to build andmaintain Virginia’s roads andhighways. In my opinion, I stillthink it is just a dumb idea. I couldgive you many reasons, but youseem to have your mind alreadymade up.

Lon CaldwellSpringfield

What’s Different?To the Editor:

Democratic gubernatorial candi-date Creigh Deeds proposes tosolve the transportation fundingchallenge by throwing it to the leg-islature to come up with a plan,not only on what should be fixedbut also on what taxes should beraised.

Here’s the problem with that:Inviting any legislature (in thiscase, one with scores of powerfuldownstate interests) to create aplan is a little like inviting theSixth Fleet to a kegger. It quicklybecomes everyone for themselves.

We’ve been down this road be-fore. In 2004, the legislature pro-posed to “solve” education fund-ing by raising the sales tax, butwhen downstate legislatorsbalked, the General Assembly sim-ply changed the formula so thatNorthern Virginians, who paymore and have more students, gotless back.

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On Sept. 24,Lt. JohnChrisinger ofthe FairfaxCounty Sheriff’s Office received the 2009 CommunityPublic Safety Coordinator Award from the AmericanRed Cross-Greater Chesapeake and Potomac BloodServices Region. Chrisinger received the award at theRed Cross’ 18th Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon.Organizing six blood drives a year, Chrisinger has madeit easier for public safety officers and local communityblood donors to give ‘the gift of life.’ He increased thenumber of participants at each blood drive and de-creased the deferral rate by raising awareness, educat-ing donors and providing a positive experience for allparticipants. Shown here, Chrisinger receives awardfrom Board Chairperson Maryam Bhatti, left, and CEOGary Ouellette.

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do anything about it. I think the wholething could have been resolved if they hadjust looked into it. To the extent that theypaid attention, they just blamed Cory foreverything,” said Fagan, a Herndon residentwho is also a member of the Fairfax CountySchool Board’s advisory committee on stu-dents with disabilities.

Both the Virginia officials who made theinitial ruling in Cory’s favor and the legalexpert in charge of reviewing Fairfax’s ap-peal, Krysia Nelson of Charlottesville, alsosided with Cory and his family against theschool system.

“FCPS simply glosses over the fact thatthe student completed his senior year onhomebound – the most restrictive place-ment there is and one that physically re-moves the student from the school build-ing, [as a result of the harassment]” wroteKrysia Nelson in her ruling.

EVEN BEFORE the end of the first semes-ter in 2008, other students in Cory’s autotechnology class had made him so uncom-fortable that he dropped the course alto-gether, despite wanting a career as an automechanic.

A few months later, South County agreedto let Cory finish his last few months of highschool at home, after his doctor becameconcerned about the amount of stress andanxiety attending South County was put-ting on the teenager.

“I could no longer attend school, and inorder for me to go to my graduation re-hearsal and to the senior field trip, one ofmy parents had to make sure that I was safe.Being 18 years old, it is very embarrassingto have your parent go to your graduationrehearsal,” said Cory.

The teenager has been diagnosed withAsperger Syndrome, Tourette’s Syndrome,Attention Deficit Disorder, anxiety and alearning disability. He can be gullible andnaive, sometimes even childlike, because ofhis conditions, said his mother.

“Corey has classmates at South CountySecondary School, not friends. The studentstook advantage of Cory’s kindness and dis-ability. They wanted Cory to believe theywere his friends, in reality they were not,”wrote Alberta in a letter to the state educa-tion department.

Yet, Fairfax County schools, including sev-eral South County staff members, spentmuch of their written defense characteriz-ing Cory as a normal, slightly immature,high school student with overprotective,reactionary parents.

“Staff interviewed consistently describedCorey’s overall participation in the SouthCounty Secondary School community asthat of a typical adolescent,” noted Fairfaxschools in the system’s rebuttal.

Cory’s “normal behavior” caused severalSouth County staff members to questionwhether Cory was really being bullied tothe extent his parents claimed. SouthCounty staff members often observed Cory

in a good mood and socializing with otherstudents. Contrary to what Cory’s mothersaid, some South County staff membersclaimed Cory had “lots of friends.”

“When interviewed, staff consistently de-scribed Cory’s demeanor across all settingswithin the school, including hallways, caf-eteria and classrooms, as that of a happyteenager, comfortable in his environment,”wrote Kim Dockery, assistant superinten-dent for Fairfax schools in the system’s de-fense.

The school system also said it seemed oddthat Cory would choose to participate insenior class activities like prom, his classtrip and graduation if he was under as muchemotional stress as his parents claimed. ButAlberta points out that his father accompa-

nied him to these activities, to make sureCory wasn’t harassed.

State education officials countered thatCory and his parents had made some ratherextreme decisions if the bullying, indeed,was not having a significant impact on thestudent’s well being.

In addition to dropping out of Auto tech-nology class, previously his favorite subject,and opting to finish high school at home,doctors increased one of Cory’s anti-anxi-ety medications.

Cory’s mother said her son was tardy ormissed class — more than 50 times — onpurpose to avoid his bullies and to attendadditional doctors appointments that heneeded as a result of increased stress.

“[T]he record supports that the peer-to-peer harassment continued and was perva-sive enough to have impacted on Cory’sability to attend classes and receive his spe-cial education and related services,” wroteofficials in the Virginia education depart-ment official findings.

In particular, the Virginia education de-partment decided that South County staffhad not done enough to keep Cory in hisauto mechanic class.

Cory’s “individual education plan” — ablueprint of specific, individualized educa-tion goals drawn up for each student withdisabilities — called for him to receive autotechnology certification by his high schoolgraduation, since he was interested in be-ing a professional auto mechanic.

Now, as part of a compromise betweenthe Nelsons and the school system, Fairfaxwill have to cover the cost an alternativepath to auto technology certification, suchas a class at Northern Virginia CommunityCollege or another high school.

“Instead of working at Giant [Food], hecould be an automotive engineer and makea lot more money,” said Alberta.

“I am still very interested in working withcars,” said Cory, who currently works at agrocery store and had a difficult time find-ing a job.

THE VIRGINIA EDUCATION departmentis also requiring Fairfax County Public

Education

ings – rather than dismissing the student’sperceptions and feelings as inaccurate, mis-placed or unjustified. Fairfax County Pub-lic Schools perception of the situation is sim-ply irrelevant,” wrote Krysia Nelson in herlegal opinion of the case.

Fagan said Lipp and other South Countyadministrators concerns that the extra train-ing with Fairfax’s anti-bullying team wouldtarnish South County’s reputation wereabsurd, since most, if not all, schools havesome element of bullying taking place inthem.

“This is an example of what really goeson in schools. Why in the world would theschool system have a whole bullying pre-

State Says School Failed To Do Enough

Alberta Nelson said South County Secondary School did not protecther son from harassment.

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“The students tookadvantage of Cory’skindness and disability.They wanted Cory tobelieve they were hisfriends, in reality theywere not.”

— Alberta Nelson

Schools to provide more training to SouthCounty teachers and administrators on howto identify disability harassment and whatits implications might be.

In the state’s written explanation of theruling, education officials repeatedly foundthe Nelson’s perspective of specific eventsmore reasonable than that offered by SouthCounty staff, particularly when it came toassertions of Cory’s well being or the valid-ity of the Nelson’s concerns.

On several occasions, South County staffmembers, in sworn statements to the edu-cation department, stated that they couldnot verify whether Cory’s stories about be-ing bullied were true, since the accused stu-dents often told staff members the exactopposite, that Cory was threatening them.

Cory’s mother, Alberta, responded thatcommon sense would cause most people toquestion why her son, at 5-foot-7 and 120pounds, would have been threatening tobeat up five to six much larger students asone teacher claimed, especially since Coryhad a nearly spotless disciplinary recordduring his previous six years at the school.

“The Virginia Department of Education’spoint … is that Fairfax County PublicSchools is under an obligation to respondto the student – his perceptions and feel-

vention team if it wasn’t needed?” saidFagan.

“When this whole thing started, we askedthem to bring in the bullying preventionteam. The fact that they wouldn’t work with[the bullying prevention team] andwouldn’t do anything was the real problem.You have a whole department in the schoolsystem that is dedicated to doing this butyou won’t access it?” she added.

Many high schools and secondary schoolsbring in the bullying prevention team tootrain their staff on a regular basis, so theiradministrators and faculty can be up-to-dateon anti-bullying strategies, said ClarenceJones, coordinator of the school system’sstudent safety and wellness office, whichruns the program.

“The majority of schools will bring us inas a preventative measure,” said Jones.

Like most, if not all, schools districts inthe U.S., Fairfax struggles with bullying,said Jones, adding that bullying likely oc-curs on every one of the county’s campuses.

“Bullying has been around for thousandsof years and I think it is going to be aroundfor 1,000 more years. But it is definitelyimproving and we are starting to see moreof a decrease now that people are educatedthemselves about it,” said Jones.


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Visual Voices Speaker Series:“Teaching and Learning: ThePower of Creativity” by RuthLozner. 7:30 p.m., at HarrisTheater, on the Fairfax campus ofGeorge Mason University at theintersection of Braddock Road andRoute 123. Free.

Bingo. 7-11 p.m., at the SpringfieldVolunteer Fire Company Event Hall,7011 Backlick Road, Springfield.Come out and have an evening of funplaying bingo, sponsored by theVeteran’s of Foreign Wars. Proceedssupport our work in the community,with Veterans and active dutyfamilies in need.

FRIDAY/OCT. 16Virginia Opera: Puccini’s “La

Bohème.” 8 p.m., at George MasonUniversity’s Center for the Arts. Apre-performance discussion, free toticket holders, begins 45 minutesprior to the performance on theCenter’s Grand Tier III. The Centerfor the Arts complex is on the Fairfaxcampus of George Mason Universityat the intersection of Braddock Roadand Route 123. Tickets are $86, $72,$44. Charge by phone at 888-945-2468 or visit www.gmu.edu/cfa.

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By Bonnie Hobbs

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Spooky scenes and frightening creatures willbe ready to scare all who dare venture intoEight-Acre Park for the seventh annualClifton Haunted Trail. It’s set for Saturday,

Oct. 24, from 7-10 p.m. in the Town of Clifton.Tickets are $10, adults; and $5, children 12 and

under. Purchase them atwww.cliftonhauntedtrail.com and pick them up dur-ing the day at will call at the Clifton Café, 7144 MainSt. Tickets will also be available at the gate, but buy-ing them in advance will eliminate long lines thatnight.

Attendees are advised to wear sturdy shoes andflashlights are prohibited. The trail will be lit andGlow Sticks will be available. However, warned eventspokesman Michael Anton, “Parental guidance isstrongly encouraged for younger children who maybe easily frightened. But they can watch several,Halloween-themed movies that are kid-appropriateand family-friendly.”

Anton’s wife, Claudia, is Haunted Trail chairmanand, he said, “She’s got great things planned. There’llbe 15 skits and most are brand new, so this shouldbe one of the best years we’ve had.”

Scenes from lots of scary movies, such as “TheExorcist” and “The Amityville Horror,” will be re-enacted, and a slew of creepy creatures will sneakup on people when they least expect it. “The BunnyMan and moss men will be walking around the trail,and we’re trying to have a headless horseman on a

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the various characters, and Robinson SecondarySchool theater students will either make a cemeteryor do a zombie walk. “They’re even doing their ownmakeup and bringing their own props,” said Anton.“They’re totally excited about this, and we’re excitedto have them.”

There’ll be a vampire section where vampires willbe swinging from the trees, plus a scenario from themovie, “The Ring.” Anton called the latter “prettycreepy.”

“It’s always raised the hair on the back of my neck,”he said.

“We’ll also have a haunted, runaway train comingthrough that seems as if it’s coming right at the peopleattending,” he said. “And there’s a fun scenario fromthe ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ with music and adance.”

Parking will be along the streets, at the floodplainand at Clifton Elementary and then hayrides will ferryattendees to the trail. More than 100 volunteers helpset up everything and take part in the frighteningvignettes, but Anton said all the hard work is worthit.

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Beal, Andrews Lead Stallion Offense

Junior quarterback Evan Beal caught his coach’s attention when hetook over for an injured Andrews this season.

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South County Secondary School var-sity football Head Coach PeteBendorf doesn’t have a single go-to quarterback.

Instead, he unleashes a quarterback duo,each with his own skill set, to keep defenseshonest when facing the Stallions.

Junior Evan Beal, a 6-foot-4 pocket passeruses his accurate passing arm to hitdownfield targets, while senior AaronAndrews, a 5-foot-7' scrambler, has enoughspeed to burn around opposing defenses.

Together, the two helped lead the Stal-lions to a 28-16 victory against West Spring-field High School during the team’s Home-coming game on Oct. 9.

Bendorf used to rely solely on Andrewsas a starter, but Beal caught his eye withstandout play during an injury to Andrews.

“[Andrews] has been the starter for thepast three years, but Evan is playing reallywell,” Bendorf said. “[Andrews] was out thepast two weeks [with a sprained knee] andwe just got him back.”

Bendorf also said he didn’t mind havingtwo quarterbacks who provide different of-fensive styles.

“Both quarterbacks give me a differentelement,” Bendorf said. “Andrews is a dual

“Andrews is a dual threat... . Beal can throw theheck out of the football.”

— Head Coach Pete Bendorf

threat because he can run and pass. Bealcan throw the heck out of the football andhe can manage the game well. It’s nice tohave a change of pace on offensive.”

The quarterbacks split time by sharingalternating drives or stepping in whenBendorf needs to use their expertise.

It’s not uncommon to see Andrews handletwo consecutive drives before giving wayto Beal’s arm on the next two drives.

While some quarterbacks cite the need tofind a rhythm during the game and mightfind it frustrating to sit out a drive or two,Beal said he enjoys working in tandem withAndrews.

“It’s really good to have both of us inthere,” Beal said. “Having that dual threatis just awesome.”

Andrews, the senior, said he didn’t mindgiving way to his junior counterpart duringgames.

“It’s working great because if I get winded[from running], Beal can come in and workhis way,” Andrews said. “We have our ownways of running the offense, but they bothwork. They coincide with each other. It’sperfect.”

While the dual quarterback system ismeant to confuse opposing defenses, Bealsaid his own offense is comfortable now

with the system.“[The chemistry] was just there,” Beal

said. “The offensive line knows that I’m notgoing to be running around for my life. I’mgoing to try and throw the ball and just getit to the receivers.”

Andrews said that it took time to for theteam to fully grasp the concept and embracethe strange quarterbacking setup.

“It took time,” Andrews said. “We prac-ticed it during the preseason. “It took somegetting adjusting and then we got the hangof it. It’s been working fine so far.”

Although Beal and Andrews played alarge role in the Stallions’ victory, it wasn’tthe most productive day for the two. Bealcompleted five of 13 passes for 46 passingyards; Andrews completed two of fivepasses for 31 yards, including a 25-yardtouchdown pass to junior wide receiverMichael Vane.

The Homecoming win against the rivalWest Springfield team improved the Stal-lions’ record to 5-1.

“It’s a great win and a great rivalry,”Bendorf said. “We battle with them all thetime. You can see there is friendship therebut it gets heated.”

South County continues its season againstPatriot District opponent Lake BraddockSecondary School (4-3) on Oct. 16.

Woodson TopsW. Potomac, 42-7

The W.T. Woodson High School var-sity football team honor its Homecom-ing crowd by defeating West PotomacHigh School 42-7 on Oct. 9.

Quarterback Connor Reilly led theteam with 35 rushing yards and 232passing yards. He also threw threetouchdown passes including a 48 yardpass to Paul Fridley.

The Cavaliers are now 7-1 this sea-son and continue their 2009 seasonagainst T.C. Williams High School onOct. 17.

Robinson RunsOver Chantilly

The Robinson Secondary School var-sity football team extended its un-beaten streak to seven with its 35 to21 victory over Chantilly High School(3-3) on Oct. 9.

The Rams trailed in the first half 14to 7, but 21 third-quarter points helped

Robinson overcome the deficit.Key standouts in the game were running

backs Connor Riley, who had 122 rushingyards and three touchdowns, andjunior Jared Velasquez, who ranfor 106 yards and two touch-downs.

The Rams are now 2-0 in the ConcordeDistrict and continue their season againstWestfield High School (2-4) on Oct. 9.

Bendorf NamedCoach of the Week

On Oct. 14, The Washington Redskinsnamed Robinson Secondary School varsityfootball coach Mark Bendorf with Coach ofthe Week honors for the week of Oct. 5.

Bendorf has been the head coach atRobinson for 13 years and during that ten-ure has won two Virginia State FootballChampionships (1997, 2001) and is a two-time Virginia State Coach of the Year (1997,2001).

“Coach Bendorf develops a tremendouswork ethic in all of his players through ayear round strength and conditioning pro-gram that has built confidence in our stu-

dent-athletes,” Robinson Director of Stu-dent Activities Marty Riddle said in a pressrelease.

As an award for Bendorf ’shonor, the Robinson footballteam will receive a $1000 do-nation from the NFL Youth Foot-

ball Fund to their football program.The Rams are currently undefeated with

a 6-0 record this season.

Goblin Gallop FunRun Registration

The 16th annual Valvoline Instant OilChange Goblin Gallop 5K Race and 1K FunRun will be Sunday, Oct. 25, at the FairfaxCorner Shopping Center. The fun run startsat 8:30 a.m., and the 5K, at 9 a.m. Registerat www.Active.com.

Many participants wear Halloween cos-tumes, more than $3,500 in prizes are givenaway, and race proceeds benefit childrenwith cancer.

The Goblin Gallop starts and ends in frontof Coastal Flats restaurant. Entry fees are$20 for the 5K and $15 for the 1K. AfterOct. 19 and on race-day, registration is $25

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Woodson GirlsTake SecondAt Glory Days

The W.T. Woodson High Schoolcross country teams competed at theGlory Days Invitational on Oct. 10and finished near the top of the leaderboard.

The girls’ team finished in secondplace and were led by senior EricaHowes, Isabel Greenberg, AnnaMcAuley and Shoshana Oppheim.

The boys’ team came in fourth placeout of the 36 that competed and werelead by sophomore Paul Gates andjunior Phil Shutler.

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Letters

Indeed, in the first two yearsafter passage, Fairfax County’s tax-payers alone paid nearly $70 mil-lion in new sales taxes but receivedback only $32 million in new edu-cation funds.

Who got the difference?Nearly 50 non-Northern Virginia

localities used the extra money toreduce their local support for edu-cation. For example, the City ofBuena Vista got an extra $580 perpupil and reduced their local con-tribution by $531. Covington Citysnagged an extra $796 per pupil,cutting local support by $644.

Sen. Deeds, who represents boththose cities, voted in favor of send-ing more of Northern Virginia’s taxmoney to the rest of the state. Hisopponent, Bob McDonnell (R),voted against the scheme.

Why should anyone believe itwill be different this time?

Without effective leadership anda clear vision, which he has failedto offer in the campaign, Mr.Deeds’ proposal is nothing morethan another raid on the bankknown as “Northern Virginia.”

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Kingstowne/Alexandria (22315, 22310, 22309, 22307,22303)6407 11TH ST.............................$1,179,000 ....Sun 1-4 ....... Long & Foster.........Don Lawrence ............. 703-655-7444

6017 GROVE DR......................... $1,049,000 ....Sun 1-4 ....... McEnearney............Janet Price .................. 703-960-5858

2624 FT FARNSWORTH RD #208....$190,000 ....Sun 1-4 ....... Long & Foster.........Candace Rende............703-314-2461

8025 WASHINGTON RD .............. $1,099,000 ....Sun 1-4 ....... Keller Williams ....... Jason Quimby ............. 703-946-5298

4310 AGNEW AVE..........................$599,000 ....Sun.1-4 ....... Weichert.................Mary Smith ................. 703-626-9207

5644 GLENWOOD DR.....................$825,000 ....Sat. 1-4 ....... Coldwell Banker......Phyllis Patterson ......... 703-408-4232

1 NEELY ANN CT............................$825,000 ....Sun 1-4 ....... Coldwell Banker......Phyllis Patterson ......... 703-408-4232

8027 WASHINGTON RD .............. $1,059,000 ....Sun 1-4 ....... Keller Williams ....... Jason Quimby ............. 703-946-5298

Fairfax (22033,22030,22031)5134 1ST ROAD .........................$1,145,000 ....Sun 1-4 ....... Weichert.................Ann Petree ................. 703-280-5050

3317 JERMANTOWN RD ................ $439,900 ....Sun 1-4 ....... RE/MAX Gateway....Bryan Felder ................703-472-6550

11918 INVERNESS CT....................$448,000 ....Sun. 1-4 ...... Weichert.................Patricia Stack .............. 703-597-9373

3114 Plantation Pkwy .................... $459,000 ....Sun. 1-4 ...... Weichert.................Ron Fowler..................703-598-0511

10725 Norman Ave. ....................... $539,000 ....Sun. 1-4 ...... Weichert.................Ron Fowler..................703-598-0511


Kaleb C. Gerber, son of Rick andMaria Gerber of Clifton, and TraceyCollins of Port Orange, Fla., was namedto the Randolph-Macon Academy dean’slist for the fourth quarter. A studentmust attain a grade point average above3.3 to be named to the dean’s list. Kalebis a rising senior at the Academy.

Kristofer Monson of Fairfax Sta-tion graduated from the 2009Governor’s School of Agriculture at Vir-ginia Tech on June 28 to July 25.Monson, a senior from Robinson Sec-ondary School, was one of 96 risingjunior and senior high school studentsfrom across the commonwealth selectedto participate in the month-long sum-mer residential program for giftedstudents interested in agriculture andnatural resources.

Brian Sperry of Fairfax Station washonored at Virginia Tech’s spring com-mencement ceremony on May 15, inLane Stadium. Sperry received a masterof science degree in mechanical engi-neering from the College ofEngineering.

Mary Babcock of Lorton was hon-ored at Virginia Tech’s springcommencement ceremony on May 15,in Lane Stadium. Babcock received amaster of accountancy and informationsystems degree in accounting and infor-mation systems from the PamplinCollege of Business.

Kristine Thompson of Lorton was

honored at Virginia Tech’s spring com-mencement ceremony on May 15, inLane Stadium. Thompson received amaster of accountancy and informationsystems degree in accounting and infor-mation systems from the PamplinCollege of Business.

Richa Tahiliani, a graduate fromSouth County Secondary, received thePamplin Leadership Scholarship fromVirginia Tech for fall 2009.

Sarah Russell, a Fairfax Stationresident and a graduate of RobinsonSecondary School, received the TD BankScholarship. She plans to attend IndianaUniversity.

Clifton native William Eaton hasjoined Teach For America, the nationalcorps of top recent college graduateswho commit to teach for two years inurban and rural public schools and be-come life-long advocates for educationalequity. Eaton joins Teach For America’sincoming corps of 4,100 teachers, thelargest in its 20-year history.

Michael Shlossman, a VirginiaTech senior from Lorton and doublemajor in biochemistry and biologicalsciences, was one of 13 students thatcompleted their 10-week Summer Un-dergraduate Research Fellowship bypresenting results on projects.Shlossman studied “PhosphoinositideBinding Properties of the Avirulence h5,a Protein Effector that MediatesPhytophthora sojae Invasion to SoybeanPlants,” with mentor Daniel Capelluto,assistant professor of biological sciencesin the College of Science. Phytophthorasojae causes severe damage in soybeancrops and results in $1 million-$2 mil-lion in annual losses for commercial

farmers in the United States.

Clifton resident John Fite was re-cently awarded up to $10,000 in ascholarship from the II-VI Foundation tocontinue pursuing a post-secondary de-gree in applied physics for the 2009-10school year. Fite will be a junior atGrove City College.

Tiffany Fresco, a first-year studentat Susquehanna University learned thevalue of helping others during their firstweek on campus by participating in SUGIVE (Susquehanna University: Get IntoVolunteer Experiences). SU GIVE par-ticipates help out at one of nearly 40volunteer project sites serving organiza-tions in Selinsgrove, Pa. and thesurrounding communities. Fresco is agraduate of James W. Robinson Second-ary School and is the daughter ofManuel and Mary Ann Fresco.

Timothy Academy offers classesevery Saturday, from 9 a.m., at VirginiaKorean Baptist Church, 7200 Ox Road,Fairfax Station. Classes offered: basket-ball, judo, piano, violin, viola, guitar,drum and saxophone. Contact RebekahYang at 703-727-5144 [email protected].

.The following vocal musicians have

been named to the Virginia HonorsChoir for 2009:

❖ Hayfield Secondary School:Hannah Beamon.

❖ Woodson High School: NathanLee, Sarah Stucker, EmilyRudzinski and Zoe Weinstein.

Auditions were open to seniors en-rolled in choral programs at theirrespective schools. Twenty percent ofthe audition scores were based on thestudents’ ability to sight-read music.

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D.O.B. May 25, 2009, spayedfemale. Tennessee and herfriends are all looking for theirforever homes. We rescuedthem from a very overcrowdedshelter where their fate wasuncertain. They are thesweetest group of kittens youwill ever meet.

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Hairstylists Needed!For New Men’s Hair Salon in Alexandria

Too Hotties Haircuts a new men’s grooming salon in Alexandria, VA is searching for tal-ented hairstylists who are goal oriented & want to earn $60,000 or more a yr. We can of-fer you a guaranteed base salary & bonuses w/ no income cap, up to 21% product commis-sions and tips that are twice the industry aver-age. We will also provide the opporty for ad-vanced edu & positive career growth along w/ a proven marketing system that will help you build your clientele. We prefer hairstylists w/ exp in men’s haircuts & salon srvces. Must be professional & upbeat w/excellent client srvce skills. Too Hotties Haircuts provides a "Guy’s Night Out" atmosphere, while also creating a very family-friendly environment offering full salon services to men, women & children. Visit our website at www.TooHottiesHair-cutsVA.com. Send your resume w/references to Too Hotties Haircuts, ATT: Kurt Sayce at [email protected] or Call 571-213-9665

Enable seniors to live independently in their ownhomes with our non-medical companionship and homecare services. Rewarding P/T days, evenings, weekends,

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P/T MEDICAL RECEPTIONISTFriendly, energetic person needed for

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P/T Technician/Admin Assis’tAlexandria, VA. Mature, dependable & com-passionate AA needed 8-20 hrs/wk for Alter-native med pract near metro. Bachelor’s req’d. Skilled in working w/computers. Resps in-clude front desk admin & back office. Must be avail until 7:30 M-F & Sat mornings. $15/hrEmail res & cv ltr to: [email protected].

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F/T needed for busy Pediatric office in Springfield. Excellent customer service skills and exp. in collections required. Competitive compensation and excellent benefits. Fax resumes to 703-451-7219.

PORTER POSITIONFull-Time Porter position at Alex. Hi-Rise Condo. Experience in cleaning and maintenance required. Applicant must provide excellent references. Applicants may fax resumes to 703-960-5400 or call Glenda Lee at 703-960-9200.

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CITY OF FAIRFAXUnclaimed Property

Pursuant to Section 50-33 of the Code of the City of Fairfax, the City of FairfaxPolice Department will be disposing of the below listed unclaimed property bypublic auction conducted by an independent auction service. Any person who feelsthey have a legal claim to an item listed must contact MPO Lynn Coulter of theCity of Fairfax Police Department at 703-385-7829 within (15) days of this notice.

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5483 Revue Thommen Watch Vaughan Unknown7051 E Monster CPU Leightley QM1060040XXXX7051 Compaq CPU Leightley 9747BK52XXXX7051 HD/Floppy Unit Leightley None7770 Lantern Stand Leightley None7770 Wooden Stand Leightley None7770 Deer Statues Leightley None7770 2 Pink Flamingo Plant Stands Leightley None7770 Nokia Phone & Charger Leightley Unknown7770 6 Glass Lanterns Leightley None7831 Girls Bicycle - pink Buckley None8157 Lug Nut Wrench Myles None8171 Bolt cutters Duckett None8414 Sayno 8100 Flip Phone - silver M Sharp Unknown8499 Toyota AM/FM CS CD DE Poore 89CMCMM29251XXXX8499 Pioneer AM/FM/CD DE Poore CIMP1054XXXX8499 Motion CD Case - black w/10 CD’s DE Poore None8499 Projects CD Case - black w/18 CD’s DE Poore None8499 3 Logic CD Cases - 113 CD’s DE Poore None8499 2 CD Case - w/40 CD’s DE Poore None8499 Sony Face Plate Case DE Poore None8499 Motorola Cell Phone 772C (Verizon) w/case DE Poore SUG26XXXX8499 Texas Instrument Calculator DE Poore 3245XXXX8499 Alpine AM/FM/CD DE Poore S3026XXXX8499 Alwa Face Plate DE Poore None8499 Jensen Equailzer DE Poore None8499 Sony CD Player (portable) DE Poore 504XXXX8499 Car Charger DE Poore None8499 Misc Tools DE Poore None8499 MTX Audio Speaker Boxes - grey DE Poore None8499 Small Drum w/black case DE Poore None8781 Silver Chain Necklace Morency None8881 Womens Ring Bartholme None9068 T Blue Motorola Cell Phone Grimm Unknown9084 Ross Mens Multi-speed Bicycle Dever 885005XXXX9108 Razor Scooter M Morris N/A9168 VuPoint 3.1 mega pixels Digital Camera Buckley 50910XXXX9274 Verizon VX3200 Cell Phone Dever 410KSQE229XXXX9292 Acoustic Guitar - brown DG Poore None9310 Duffle Bag - green Bartholme N/A9313 Motorola Cell Phone - black, Rosary Beads - green Myles None9333 Digital Compass Bartholme None9333 Flashlight w/case Bartholme None9333 Soccor Ball Bartholme None9357 Pacific Explorer Mountain Bicycle - blue Mignon CA1061XXXX9384 HP Pavilion ZD8000 Laptop Computer Dever CNF543XXXX9395 iPod w/white earphones M Morris None9398 Giant Boulder SE 21 speed Bicycle - blue/silver Coulter C50HXXXX9403 Mountain Bicycle - yellow/blue/black Chauca OTD77XXXX9432 Sharp Mens Watch Scully None9464 Case w/25 CD’s McIntyre None9464 Necklace McIntyre None9469 “Rallye” Bicycle - pink Trahey None9475 Specialized 21 speed Mountain Bicycle - black J Johnson PW75XXXX9481 Trek Mountain Bicycle - black M Johnson T8AF09415-XXXX9483 Jeep Commanche TSI Mountain Bicycle - silver/red M Sharp UV0622XXXX9485 Sony Walkman CD Player Model D-NF430 McIntyre 522XXXX9508 Shimano 18” 10 speed Bicycle - blue/silver/red/yellow

Dever CA1020XXXX9511 Motorola Cell Phone Leightley None9517 Schwinn Bicycle - blue/silver M Morris SNIDC05M0XXXX9524 Motorola Cell Phone Leightley None9524 2 Goldstar A/C Units Leightley None9524 Xbox Games & Manuals Leightley None9524 Lock Kit Leightley N/A9561 Intima Comforter Bed Set - new Grimm N/A9568 Schwinn “Highember” Mountain Bicycle - blue/silver

Tucker SNIDC05K1XXXX

9581 Quasar Mountain Bicycle - grey Myles MC5406XXXX9582 Chain Necklaces, Mens Times Watch, Womens Edison Watch

Scully Unknown9590 Huffy 18 speed Bicycle - purple DG Poore KL050107XXXX9591 Rings Scully None9591 Baseball Cards Scully None9591 Singer Sewing Machine Attachment Scully None9591 Sony Handycam w/ case, Polaroid Camer Scully None9596 Mongoose Estes Bicycle - silver Meyers FSD0SECXXXX9599 “Next Turbo” Dirt Bicycle Myles 3453XXXX9609 Samsung Cell Phone - blue Bouton Unknown9613 Kettler Childs Pedal Car - black/grey/red Dever Unknown9625 Aprilla Motorized Scooter - grey Mignon DGM-501XXXX9646 Schwinn High Plains Mountain Bicycle Sayasithsena SNAUA060XXXX9656 Advanced Gameboy w/games Tucker XU7155XXXX9656 Nylon Case w/27 assorted CD’s Tucker N/A9656 DuraBrand CD Player w/powercord Tucker RS130DO-11XXXX9656 Portable Monitor for CD Player Tucker Unknown9661 Jack Knife Scooter - green Bartholme N/A9668 Dynacraft Next Sumber Party 20” Girls Bicycle -pink/purple

Dever 5214XXXX9684 Radioshack AM/FM Portable Radio - grey Dever Unknown9704 Pertlex 35m Camera & Bag DE Poore 550XXX9713 Mens 21speed Mountain Bicycle - turquoise Buckley 7FBXXXX9766 Pacific Quantum Bicycle - purple Trahey 94I4XXXX9769 Huffy Stone Mountain Bicycle - red/black Trahey AL06L00XXXX9797 Magnavox Radio Speaker Grimm N/A9780 Road Master “Mt Fury” - silver Murphy SNFSD06L6XXXX9786 Geneva Watch, Ring w/stones Bouton None9789 Mongoose Bicycle - grey Myles M5II7XXXX9806 Boys Bicycle - green/red Penman 340XXXX9810 Murry Boys Bicycle X2 Duncan 2-5369-04XXXX9814 Motorola Cell Phone Leightley Unknown9817 Pacific USA Kids Bicycle - black M Johnson HE091XXXX9820 Schwinn Girls Bicycle - red/grey Belk 00942/SNACXXXX9821 Mongoose R2220 Bicycle Castillo Unknown9838 Trek 800 21 speed Bicycle - blue Grimm XXXX9843 Boys Mongoose Bicycle Bouton AR33XXXX9869 Religious Metal - brown Dever N/A9890 Avaya Cordless Home Phone White XXXX9934 Motorola i870 Cellphone - silver Payne 364YGUXXXX9950 Magna Mountain Bicycle - blue Bartholme 85XX-XX9972 Triax Mountain Bicycle - grey Bartholme 878765XXXX9990 Girls Schwinn Mountain Bicycle - burgandy J Johnson SNIDL05D4XXXX9998 Kulpin Gun Case Scully None10003 Cell Phone - blue DG Poore Unknown10006 Boys Mongoose “Rebel” Bicycle Bouton SNCAB0485XXXX10025 2 Metal Crutches Hall N/A10031 Large Suitcase - green Meyers N/A10035 Trek 4500 Bicycle White TBI-0415C30GXXXX10044 Girls Magna Bicycle - pink wheels - green frame Gil 5712XXXX10054 Mens Gold Ring w/Stones & Cross Sharp, M None10059 Schwinn Mountain Bicycle - red Diaz Unknown10064 Giant Innova Mountain Bicycle Diaz GU3UXXXX10091 Pacific Cosmic Bicycle - red Meyers HH098XXXX10094 Jackhammer Bartholme 6X-XXX10094 Job Box Radio Bartholme Unknown10105 Trek Mountain Track 220 Bicycle - Grey Meyers ES67XXXX10116 Sanyo Cell Phone wcharger Wolfe Unknown10122 Shimano 21 speed Bicycle - silver Grimm Unknown10149 Pacific Cycle Bicycle - purple Rourke FSDXXXX10173 Mens Mongoose Sycamore 16.5” Multi-speed Bicycle - purple

Dever M5JS1XXXX10196 Minnelli Promenade Cromaly Bicycle - purple Duday Unknown10202 Bicycle - purple w/lock Grimm DH03D0XXXX10245 Pacific Mountain Bicycle - Grey w/lock Hall SNFSD08HXXXXX10258 Mongoose bicycle - silver/black Hall SNHUP06J2XXXX10278 Girls “Malibu Girls World” Bicycle - pink Burggeman 8880XXXX10282 Mens Huffy Style 26 Bicycle - black Dever 81729Huffy2XXXX10297 Trek 7500 Bicycle - green Davis Unknown10340 Murray Bicycle - red Sutherland 5-9976X7-08XXXX10340 Diamond Back Bicycle - grey Sutherland 08K006XXXX10318 Huffy Bicycle-red Duncan BB04A3XXXX10350 Schwinn Rock Bicycle - silver M Johnson SNIDC05B0XXXX10353 Talus North Face Mountan Bicycle - blue Mignon C002T1023852XXXX10355 Huffy Rock-It Bicycle - blue DG Poore BB02B02XXXX10362 Mongoose XR-75 Bicycle - red Minnich NFSD38CXXXX10370 Suunto Watch Bartholme None

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FOR SALEJohn Deere LX178 Lawn Tractor, 38-inch deck, Kohler water-cooled

engine, good tires, new battery. $850


29 Misc. for Sale 29 Misc. for Sale

➣ TRAINING ➣ INSTALLATION ➣ TROUBLE-SHOOTING➣ LET US TAME THAT BEAST FOR YOU

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HDI EASY COMPUTER SOLUTIONS FORINDIVIDUALS & SMALL BUSINESSES

JENNIFER O. SMITH • COMPUTER CONSULTANT

101 Computers 101 Computers

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ABC LICENSECK Choi, Inc trading as Cross-pointe Market, 8912 Village Shops Dr, Fairfax Station, VA 22039. The above establish-ment is applying to the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL for a Wine and Beer off premises license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages. Byong Sik Choi, President

26 Antiques

We consign/pay top $ for antique/semi antique furn.

including mid century & danish modern Teak

furniture, sterling, mens watches, painting/art glass,

clocks, jewelry, costume jewelry, etc. Call Schefer

Antiques @ 703-241-0790.

28 Yard Sales

Daventry CommunityAssociation Yard Sale

Sat, Oct 17 from 8 am to 1 pm Hunter Village Dr & surrounding area.

Yard Sale Cameron Station community wide. Duke St & Cameron Station Blvd. Alex.. Sat 10/17, 8:30am-1:30pm.

34 Pets

ADOPT CARAMEL!

The sweetest dog – playful, friendly, and very affection-ate. Abused and starved for several years before our res-cue took her in, Cara is about six years old, housetrained, very obedient, and has passed her AKC Canine Good Citizen Test. Caramel is animal-aggressive, but has improved and is very manageable. She loves going on walks, meeting new people, playing, & taking naps. Interested in adopting Caramel or have questions? Please contact her foster mom, Juliana, at 410.409.1683 or email

[email protected].

116 Childcare Avail.

Childcare in my Burke home, warm loving kind env. 703-424-8574 full/pt & wkends.

201 Import Auto

Safe, Reliable Car for Young Driver

Only 125,000 original miles on this third owner, classic six cyl-inder 1989 Mercedes sedan with roomy interior and 20+mpg. Offers great protec-tion and reliability for young driver, second family vehicle or hobbyist. Amazing condi-tion, low mileage and mechan-ical reliability for 20 year old car. Usual Mercedes luxury plus new ignition switch, up-dated AC system and Sony stereo/cd/mp3 player. Engine, transmission, power locks and all electrical (except power an-tennae) operate smoothly. Va state emissions valid through Sept, 2010. Minor paint, interi-or blemishes and barely visible rust bubble on left rear panel.Have too many cars for two drivers. $2900/offer.

Details, 703-862-7240

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Camps & Schools

Prior to Friday’s Homecoming football game, Lake Braddock students,faculty and families gathered on the black top for the Bite of Braddock.

Bruins’ Pre-Game RitualLake Braddock supporters enjoy pre-gamerepast at Friday’s Bite of Braddock.

Flipping hamburgers and handing out food at the DECA booth are, fromleft, junior Ashleigh Beben, DECA advisor Steve Sachs, senior Kate Garityand senior Andrew Hassett.

Showingtheir Bruinspirit beforethe Oct. 9Homecominggame are,from left,juniorsChristianKosko, RyanOwens andJosh Brito.

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Michael

O'Connell



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