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Guests examine thewaterfall in thebackyard of thehome of LeslieHanna and DanMiller, which wasone of the stops onthis year’s RestonHomes Tour.

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Did you know that the Fairfax Education Association, Fairfax Zero ToleranceReform, and the Fairfax County Federation of Teachers,are endorsing the SAME CANDIDATES for School Board?

• It’s time for a change that will bring the necessary resourcesto our neediest students, and provide differentiated supportfor all FCPS kids,

• It’s time for a change that will bring greater sensitivity and a restorative,educational, and therapeutic discipline process to our children,

• It’s time for a change that will bring greater professional autonomyfor our teachers to start teaching with creativity, and not ‘to the test’.

These candidates will bring about change for the better:• Braddock: Megan McLaughlin • Lee: Tamara Derenak Kaufax

• Providence: Patty Reed • Dranesville: Louise Epstein • Mason: Sandy Evans• Mt. Vernon: Dan Storck • Hunter Mill: Pat Hynes• At-Large: Lolita Mancheno-Smoak, Steve Stuban

Every child, parent, and teacher matters.VOTE ON NOVEMBER 8th ~ SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS MATTER!

Teachers Say…Get Educated!Did you know?

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There’s Never Been a Better Time For a Change…

VOTE FOR THE FCPS BOND REFERENDUM ON NOVEMBER 8TH TO IMPROVE OUR SCHOOLS!

President’s Award

Congratulations to• SANDY EVANS (Mason) • TINA HONE (At-Large)

• PATTY REED (Providence)Recipients of the 2011

Fairfax County Federation of TeachersPresident’s Award

For Outstanding Advocacy for the Employees of FCPS.Thank you all for your continuous support, empathy, and service.

You are appreciated!


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By Alex McVeigh

The Connection

The Reston CommunityCenter Lake Anne offi-cially cut the ribbon on

its 4,500 square feet of reno-vated space, which includestwo fitness studios, a wellnessstudio and a 3-D media studio.The previous ribbon cuttingwas delayed after the Sept. 8flooding.

Leila Gordon, executive di-rector of the Reston CommunityCenter, said that the expansionwas a direct response to theoverwhelming need for moreprograms at the communitycenter.

“This board made a constanteffort to address the frustra-tions of people who wanted tobe involved in our programs butfor whom we literally did nothave space,” Gordon said. “Ourfitness programs and our artseducation, our fine arts pro-grams were a big part of thedemand that led to this under-taking.”

Bill Bouie, a member of theboard of governors, said theyhave been waiting a long timefor this expansion.

“This will be a great additionto Lake Anne and to NorthernReston,” he said. “The fitnessand wellness studios are a ma-jor part of what we’re going tobe able to offer now.”

Part of the expansion includesa 3-D media studio, which cen-

ter arts education directorCheri Danaher said will take alot of pressure off of the mainarts studio.

For those who create theirworks of art at RCC Lake Anne,they won’t have to go far to dis-play them. The expansion in-cludes a hallway display wheresculpture, pottery and otherworks made at the communitycenter are on display and forsale.

Sharon Bulova, chairman ofthe Fairfax County Board ofSupervisors, said she was verypleased with the new space.

“I had an opportunity whenwe had a naturalization cer-emony at Lake Anne to get asneak peak of the expansionand it really does give us awonderful space,” she said. “Itdoesn’t happen by accident, ithappens because you havefolks that get it, and you havea community that’s willing toinvest the time, energy and re-sources into making this spaceand programs for people toengage in.”

Supervisor Cathy Hudgins(D-Dranesville) said that hav-ing a special tax district for thearea was essential for theReston Community Center tomaintain its mission.

“It really works well in termsof us being able to identify ourcommunity needs and uniquelyfund them and help the com-munity,” she said. “For Restonthat’s important.”

From left, Reston founder Robert Simon, Chairmanof the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors SharonBulova and State Sen. Janet Howell (D-32) prepareto cut the ribbon on the expanded Reston Commu-nity Center Lake Anne Sunday, Oct. 16.


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By Alex McVeigh

The Connection

State Sen. Janet Howell (D-32) will face off with Re-publican challengerPatrick Forrest for the

32nd district senate seat inVirginia’s General Assembly.

The 32nd district changed dur-ing the recent redistricting, withHerndon, Great Falls and North-ern McLean going to the 31st dis-trict, and areas in Oak Hill,Chantilly, Oakton, Vienna and Ar-lington added. According to theVirginia Public Access Project, ofthe 25 new precincts added, 11voted strongly Democratic (inwhich 2008 and 2009 electionswere decided by more than 10percent), seven are Democratic,two voted strongly Republican andfive are Republican.

FORREST said that if elected, oneof his first priorities would be tosolve the disconnect between landuse and transportation issues.

“Transportation issues are deter-mined at the state level, land useissues are determined at the local level. This is a dis-connect I will not allow to continue,” he said. “I’llsubmit a piece of legislation right away that giveslocal jurisdictions authority over transportation is-sues. We are the ones who best understand what ourlocal traffic issues are.”

He also said he would immediately support legis-lation that would make it easier for small businessesto thrive in the area. He pointed to the Business Pro-fessional Occupancy Licensing Tax as an example ofgovernment hindering small businesses.

“This is a regressive tax that was brought about inthe War of 1812 to fund the war and was originallyput on blacksmiths,” he said. “We need to roll thattax back for the first five years of a new business togive them reasons to come to our area and not makeit difficult on them for those first couple of yearswhen they’re trying to set up shop and they prob-ably aren’t making a profit.”

Forrest Challenges HowellFor 32nd Senate SeatTwenty-year incumbent Democrat Janet Howell facesRepublican challenger Patrick Forrest.

Patrick Forrest Patrick Forrest, 34, is a Baltimore

native who attended Virginia MilitaryInstitute. Until March 2011, he was asenior official at the Department ofHomeland Security. He received a JurisDoctor from Syracuse University and aMaster of Laws from George Washing-ton. He currently lives in Reston.

Janet Howell Janet Howell, 67, has lived in Reston

for 37 years, was elected to the senatein 1992. She has also been president ofthe Reston Community Association(now the Reston Citizens Association),and a member of the Reston Interfaithboard. She received her bachelor’s de-gree from Oberlin College and hermaster’s from the University of Pennsyl-vania. She is married to Hunt Howell,and they have three children.

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32nd Senatedistrict.

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Reston Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic

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Forrest also said he hoped to lure more manufactur-ing companies to the area.

“We need to incentivize the repatriation of highlycomplex manufacturing back toVirginia. I want to set up an of-fice in the governor’s officewhich coordinates and providestechnical assistance, from soupto nuts, going out and target-ing industries that are involvedin highly complex manufactur-ing, showing them… this is howyou can do business in Northern Virginia.”

According to VPAP, the Forrest campaign has raised$135,997, with $24,441 in cash contributions ofmore than $100; $47,135 of in-kind contributionsof more than $100; and $55,075 in loans received.

More information on Forrest can be found atwww.forrest2011.com.

HOWELL said if re-elected, she hopes to ensure thatVirginia continues to weather the tough economictimes.

“We cut more than $6 billion from the budget, andit was difficult, but I think we were able to get to-gether and make compromises that were the best ofa bad situation,” she said. “I don’t buy the notionthat we have a surplus. We had to borrow and relyon stimulus money, and those options aren’t thereanymore.”

In regards to Dulles Rail Phase Two, Howell saidthe state needs to pursue more funding options, in-

cluding federal Transportation Infrastructure Financeand Innovation Act funds.

“We need TIFIA funding, we need the flexibility ofthat bonding to keep our options open,” she said.“The airports authority itself needs to do some things.

They need to toll the accessroad. That’s only fair. And theyneed to impose some fees onthe airlines to pay for thisproject, that will help all ofNorthern Virginia, especiallythe airports.”

When it comes to attractingbusinesses, Howell says she hasa Joint Legislative Audit and

Review Commission study currently looking at howincentive programs are working.

“We now have about 11 [incentive programs]. Wedon’t know if they’re having the desired effect or not.We don’t know if repatriation is going on. We don’tknow that if we encourage big business to come toVirginia if they’re displacing our small businesses,”she said. “What my study is doing is finding out ex-actly how are these working. Because we’ve got todo the most intelligent and effective things, and makecertain we’re not inadvertently harming our ownbusinesses.”

The Howell campaign has raised $440,616, accord-ing to VPAP. Of that money, $396,864 is from cashcontributions of more than $100; $15,003 in cashcontributions of $100 or less; and $28,772 has comefrom in-kind contributions of more than $100.

More information on Howell is available atwww.janethowell.com.

Howell, Forrest Run for 32nd

Candidates DebateA forum featuring 32nd Senate district can-

didates Patrick Forrest and Janet Howell willbe televised on Comcast Channel 28 Wednes-day, Oct. 19 at 8:30 p.m.

The forum is also available online atwww.rctv28.com.


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By Alex McVeigh

The Connection

As difficult economic timescontinue, many peoplehave been forced to moveinto more affordable

homes, which often means smaller.For six of the homes on this year’sReston Homes Tour, smaller doesn’tmean a downgrade.

This year’s theme was “Finding theUpside of Down,” as the homeownersalong the tour had all recently movedinto smaller residences.

“Though the operative word maybe ‘down,’ down market, downsizing,downgrading, these homeownersexemplify the positive,” said BonnieHaukness, chair of the event. “Theyhave created, in their new and al-tered spaces, a nest to delight theirspirit and show us the upside.”

This was the 10th year of the an-nual tour, which is the majorfundraiser for the Reston Historic Trust. Itfeatured homes, apartments andtownhouses from around Reston, from theurban living of Reston Town Center to themore natural scenery of Reston’s lakes.

Nancy Hunter and David Whetton’s LakeAnne townhouse was one such testamentto Reston’s natural beauty. They purchasedthe home in 2010, and have spent much ofthis year renovating it.

LAKE ANNE provides a backdrop to the

living room and master bedroom, and thelarge windows provide plenty of viewingspace.

“It’s awe-inspiring to have the beauty ofthe lake present in so many areas of thehouse,” said tour guest Hannah Uscher ofReston. “The house is just so bright and airy,not what you’d expect when you hear of atownhouse.”

The house’s design pays tribute to Hunterand Whetton’s travels, which they both en-joy as a hobby. Much of the house was de-

signed with a Tuscan feel, especially thekitchen, which Hunter says is the way hermother’s kitchen was.

Kimberly King’s condo has a similar back-drop on the shores of Lake Thoreau. Usingdark furniture and countertops to contrastwith bright wall and decoration colors inthe kitchen and office, the sides of the condoaway from the lake.

“The use of color in the one side of thehouse was quite striking,” said GeorgeLarkin of Reston. “For example, the darkerfurniture in the office make the AndyWarhol-style portrait pop, and the chairs

and other decorations match thatpainting well.”

On the side of the house closest tothe lake, the condo is configured totake in much of the natural light. Theliving room is closest to the lakesideporch, and the adjacent dining roomhas a mirrored wall opposite theglass doors, making sure no incom-ing light goes to waste.

The backyard waterfall and hot tubat the home of Leslie Hanna and DanMiller are the only aquatic featuresof their home, but their yard doesback up to another of Reston’s sig-nature locations, the 13th green ofthe Hidden Creek Golf Course.

The house was totally remodeledfrom 2007 to 2008, as the previoushouse had flooding in the basement,leaks from the roof and a narrowbasement stairway. The renovation,done by architect Michael Miller,fixed the problems, widened thestaircase, and changed the overallimpression of the house.

“We added a curved wall to orientthe front of the house more,” MichaelMiller said of the wall of windowsthat leads from the garage to thefront door. “Before, you would pullinto the carport and not even be able

to see where the front of the house was.”The kitchen was moved to the back of the

house, and it flows into the living room andporch that overlooks the golf course with-out any barrier.

J.P. and Deborah Brehony know firsthandwhat it’s like to go from one end of the spec-trum to the other. They lived in a house inVienna built by J.P.’s homebuilding com-pany. They moved to Midtown in RestonTown Center in what was supposed to be atemporary move.

Reston HistoricTrust hosts 10thannual RestonHomes Tour.

Homes Tour Shows Upside of Downsizing

Guests enjoy the open living room/kitchen/dining room in the home ofLeslie Hanna and Dan Miller, which overlooks the 13th green of theHidden Creek Golf Course.

The office of the Lake Thoreau condo of Kimberly King features an AndyWarhol-style portrait of the owner, as well as accessories around theroom that match.

Guests tour the dining room of the homeof Jerry and Bunny Bonnes, one of thestops on this year’s Reston Homes Tour.

Guests make their way through theTuscan-inspired kitchen of the LakeAnne townhouse of Nancy Hunter andDavid Whetton, one of the stops on thisyear’s Reston Homes Tour.

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Last month, we noted the beginningof the annual bow-hunting season aspart of deer management in FairfaxCounty. We invited readers to share

their experiences with deer, and we’ve had in-teresting responses.

Among the comments: people shared theirexperience with Lyme disease, families withexperiences with deer-vehicle collisions, naturelovers who were dismayed to run intobow hunters in their local parks, bowhunters who sincerely want to be partof the solution, and one letter outlin-ing one family’s negative experienceswith bow hunters. We end with a report fromthe Fairfax County police, which notes thedeath of an Arlington man when his motor-cycle struck a deer in Clifton.

Here are a few excerpts:

From Springfield:“It’s been almost two years since I was diag-

nosed with Lyme disease. I woke up one morn-ing … and I quickly realized that I couldn’thear anything in my right ear. It was almosttwo months later before I learned it was LymeDisease which caused the hearing loss. Whileit’s still a rare manifestation of the disease, thehearing specialist I saw said he’s seeing it morefrequently in recent years. … I never got myhearing back.”

From Centreville:“I am one of the archers in the county’s bow

hunting program. … Thanks for giving a bal-

anced view and pointing out the inherent dan-gers of having such a massive concentrationof deer and the associated problems.”

From Oakton:“My son has hit (or been hit by) two deer,

causing several thousands of dollars of cardamage and raising our insurance rates. Weare thankful that neither he nor his friend were

injured. We saw a van flip rounding adownhill curve on Oakton Road whenBambi leapt out of the brush. The carwas totaled, luckily the driver miracu-lously was not seriously injured. [This

writer’s daughter also had Lyme disease.]“Also we have lost several thousands of land-

scape dollars even though we always boughtsupposed shrubbery and plantings deer did noteat. … We now pay $80 every two weeks tohave a noxious deer repellent sprayed in ouryard. It does seem to work.”

From Fairfax Station:“We are not happy with the destruction deer

bring and we both have had automobile dam-age because of deer, but our experiences withhunting and its questionable efficacy make itunsupportable.

“Our first experience was … two unsuper-vised boys approximately 12-14 years old walk-ing through our yard with hunting bows whileour [Golden Retrievers] ran around. It’s morethan a little disconcerting to come across un-supervised children carrying deadly weaponsacross your property.

“The last experience occurred when my wifeentered our development in her car. A freshlyshot deer was dragging itself across the roadin front her and ended up collapsing on theside of the road in a neighbor’s yard. … Whilewe stood there, the hunter came down fromhis stand, walked to the deer and shot it sev-eral times with arrows until it finally died.”[This writer also relates observing two deerliving with arrows protruding from them, hadtheir “no hunting” signs torn down, and hadsomeone butcher a deer on their property, leav-ing the entrails behind.]

From Great Falls:A woman called to recount her discomfort

at finding a bow hunter up in the tree whenshe was hiking in River Bend Park.

From Clifton:Fairfax County police report that Timothy

Ray Schleeter, 50, of Arlington, died in Augustthe day after he collided with a deer whileriding his Harley Davidson motorcycle onCompton Road near the intersection ofBalmoral Forest Road.

We welcome your stories about deer, andinvite you to send your photos. You can findmore on our website,www.ConnectionNewspapers.com by search-ing with one word: deer.

— Mary Kimm,

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on Twitter, @marykimm

More on Deer Sharing anecdotes fromreaders; No easy answers.

Editorial

Letters to the Editor

By Kenneth R. “Ken” Plum

State Delegate (D-36)

The standard civics classlesson is that voting is aprimary responsibility of

citizenship. We are often remindedat patriotic events that our menand women in uniform protect ourrights and freedoms including par-ticipating in our government by

voting. Yet,with all the im-portance as-

signed to voting, voter participa-tion rates in this country areamong the lowest of democraticgovernments. More people stayhome than go to the polls. Forwhatever their reasons for not vot-ing, these people by their inactionaffect the outcome of elections.

Unfortunately, some political op-eratives have recognized thatkeeping voter turnout low is a wayto influence the election outcomes.Laws are on the books in Virginiaand are being debated in otherstates to require an official identi-fication document in order to vote.Elimination of voter fraud is givenas the justification for such laws,although there have been few

documented in-stances of voter fraud.The real effect is toadd to the complexi-ties of the voting pro-cess to discouragepersons from voting.With an expectedclose presidentialelection coming up in2012, it is likely that there will bemore legislation introduced in thestates affecting voter participation.

Virginia has historically hadamong the lowest voter participa-tion rates of any state. Virginiaonce had a host of laws to limitvoting and voter registration. A lit-eracy test requiring certain infor-mation to be written on a blanksheet of paper kept many well-educated people from being ableto register to vote. Supporters ofthe Byrd Machine could pass thetest whether or not they could reador write; African-Americans couldseldom pass the test. The poll taxof $1.50 kept many people fromvoting because they simply did nothave the money. Beyond theamount of money the requirementthat the poll tax had to be paid forthree years in a row at least six

months before the elec-tion kept even morepeople from voting. De-sirable voters were re-minded to pay their polltax in May in order tobe able to vote in No-vember. Incidentally,the poll tax was the onlytax on the books that

was not enforced. If you did notpay it, nobody came to collect it.The tax was not about raising rev-enue but was about limiting theright of people to vote. The fed-eral Voting Rights Act of 1965eliminated most of the voter sup-pression laws that existed in Vir-ginia and in the South and otherstates. There are few legal barri-ers to voting. We need to be vigi-lant to ensure that laws are not en-acted that would have the effectof discouraging people to vote. Ifyou are going to be away on Elec-tion Day, unable to go to the polls,or are away from home for morethan eleven hours, apply for an ab-sentee ballot or vote early in per-son. For details, go towww.fairfaxcounty.gov/eb or call703-324-4706. Do not let anyoneor anything suppress your vote.

Voter Suppression

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Commentary

Not JustAnother TaxTo the Editor:

When it comes to finding solu-tions to funding our Transporta-tion Infrastructure needs in North-ern Virginia (or just Virginia), weneed to be looking toward 21stCentury solutions.

Although funding our manytransportation needs is a complexissue, there are some fundamen-tals that we need to understandat the basic level. One critical no-tion is that when you add a tax onto something, the cost to purchasethat item will go up.

One easy solution put forwardby politicians who are not focusedon the future is to increase the gastax. In my opinion, relying on thegas tax as a sustainable fundingsource for our many needs is anti-quated thinking.

In fact, it is a diminishing sourceof revenue each and every year forthe following reasons:

1 - Better MPG in each new gaso-line powered automobile that hits


Opinion

By Jack Kenny

Past President, Republican

Club of Greater Reston

Telephone conversation:Mr. Candidate? This is theFairfax County Chamber

of Commerce. Mr. Candidate: Yes?CofC: I have been asked to con-vey to you that the ChamberNOVABizPAC has decided to en-dorse the incumbent for the office

that youseek. Mr.Candidate: Ido not under-stand their

position. I pointed out a numberof very questionable decisions,high taxes, out of control bureau-cracy, wasteful spending on non-essential programs, and the lackof addressing critical problems —particularly the anti local businessactions. CofC: You must under-stand that the Chamber alwaysendorses the incumbent. Mr. Can-didate: What would happen if Ishould win? This is a very closerace. CofC: Well, Mr. Candidate,If you should win, the Chamberwould support you. Mr. Candidate:I see. Well, thank you for the call.

Believe it or not, areasonable facsimileof this conversationactually did takeplace — so much forendorsements.

One may wonderabout the duties ofthe Board of Supervi-sors. First, I doubtthere is little misun-derstanding of themeaning of the word supervisor.We expect the Supervisors to ex-ercise their authority to ensurethat our local government is effec-tive and our tax dollars are wiselyspent. However, a number of in-stances leads one to think that isnot happening. The School Boardhas adamantly refused an outsideaudit to ensure our taxpayer dol-lars are being effectively spent.The BOS does have control overthe funds collected for education.Should they just throw the moneyat the School Board and wash theirhands of the accountability. Bal-derdash!

The Chief Budgeting Officer (theChairman) has not come forth toexplain where we will be gettingthe $1.7 billion to pay for infra-

structure needs forRail-to-Dulles sta-tions. As a matter offact, the whole fi-nancing plan forRail-to-Dulles is adisgrace. The major-ity Board voted downa proposal in May2011 by SupervisorPat Herrity to do anEconomic Impact

Study on the increase in tolls onthe Dulles Toll Road. Bipartisan-ship is a buzz word for do it myway. We read of denials of $17 fora one-way trip to Tyson’s — by theway, $10 is more acceptable?

It is no accident that the currentBoard of Supervisors is followingin the traditions of the Boards ledby Jean Packard, Audrey Moore,Gerry Connolly, and SharonBulova. Russ Banham provides arich history of BOS inept govern-ment. (Banham, Russ, The Fightfor Fairfax: A Struggle for a GreatAmerican County, GMU Press,2009). It’s time to get control overthe stealth arm of our local gov-ernment: the Staff. Vote Tuesday,Nov 8, 2011.

Endorsements

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News

By Amiee Freeman

The Connection

Stories and poems by 18 well-knownand award-winning authors andpoets have been brought togetherin one book, “What You Wish For,”

by Reston residents, mother and son,Lorraine and Logan Kleinwaks, to benefitDarfur refugees living in camps in Chad.

“What You Wish For” features 13 originalstories and five poems written for readers12 and older. The stories are linked to thecentral theme of wishes. All proceeds fromthe book will be donated to United NationsHigh Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)to help build libraries in Darfur refugeecamps in Chad.

UNHCR estimates that more than a quar-ter of a million refugees have been producedby the conflict in Darfur, which began in

2003. Refugees have been living in campsin Chad for the past eight years; a dispro-portionate number of the refugees are chil-dren.

LORRAINE AND LOGAN’S QUEST tohelp Darfur refugees began in September2007. Lorraine recalls reading an article

about a young refugee from Darfur whospoke of his mental anguish at having tore-read the same books over and over. “Ifyou love to read, that is torture,” saidKleinwaks. Logan suggested that they finda way to send the young man some books.

“It only took us one week to figure outthat no one had any books to read. Send-ing books seemed like something we coulddo to make a difference,” said Kleinwaks.

Working with UNICEF, Lorraine and Lo-gan learned that the number one requestamong the refugees was to learn English.Logan and Lorraine created Book Wish, anon-profit foundation, and began raisingfunds to purchase textbooks and send themto refugee camps.

Following the donation of books, Lorraineand Logan became aware of other needs inthe refugee camps. Refugees needed notonly books to study English, but also read-ing glasses, solar lights and school supplies.Book Wish Foundation has donated 1,500pairs of reading glasses, crates of books andeven worked with solar light companies tofield test solar lights. The next logical stepwas providing libraries that would alsoserve as community centers.

Alexander McCall Smith, perhaps bestknown for his novel “The No. 1 Ladies De-tective Agency,” is one of the most promi-

nent authors to appear in the volume ofshort stories. In addition to his well-knownbooks for adults, McCall Smith also has aseries of books for younger readers.

McCall Smith’s short story, “The StrangeStory of Bobby Box,” is included in the book.In a recent interview with UNHCR’s LauraPadoan, McCall Smith outlined the story:

“Bobby Box is a boy who finds what he’slooking for, which is a home, and that’s thegeneral lesson in it. But children don’t wantto be preached at, so it’s meant to be anexciting story of a boy who succeeds againstthe odds and, in particular, ends up work-ing in a circus,” said McCall Smith. A linkto the full interview can be found on BookWish’s website: www.bookwish.org.

Karen Hesse, winner of the NewberryMedal in 1998 for “Out of the Dust,” alsocontributed to the book with a short storyentitled, “Now.”

Two stories have appeared before.The author of “Inkheart,” Cornelia

Funke’s short story, “Inquest,” appearedbefore in German. The story’s inclusion inthis book will be the first time it has beenpublished in English.

One of the most prolific writers in theEnglish language, Joyce Carol Oates, alsohas a story appearing in the book; her storyhas also been previously published.

Supporting Darfur RefugeesReston mother, sonpublish a book tohelp build librariesin Chad.

Lorraine Kleinwaks


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Entertainment

By David Siegel

The Connection

Come disappear for a whileinto the decadent worldof the 1920s; when cham-

pagne flowed, the caviar waschilled and all the world was aparty — for the wealthy anyway.And there are plenty of mix-ups,mayhem and a fun wedding toenjoy,” said director Josh Redfordof the Reston Community Playersseason opening musical “TheDrowsy Chaperone.”

“The Drowsy Chaperone” won2006 Tony Awards for Best Scoreby Lisa Lambert and GregMorrison and Best Book by Bob Martin and DonMcKellar. “The Drowsy Chaperone” starts off as aman, alone in his home one evening, spins a rare,long-playing show tune album remembering a par-ticular Jazz Age musical. His rich imagination craftsthe play-within-a-play musical comedy evening thatensues.

For Redford “this is a big cast show with some-thing for everyone to sink their teeth into.” The de-lightful score tells the fictional story as elaboratescenes come into the audience’s view. In preparingto direct the show, Redford said he “researched theJazz Age for its pacing, physicality and stylized dancemovements.” He also delved into the comedy duos

of the period for “their word play, skits and how com-ics worked seamlessly together.”

“I fell in love with the score and loved the idea thatthis musical comedy is about someone, in this case a

Reston’s Big Happy Musical

From left, Jennifer Lambert and Colleen Arnold in theReston Community Players production of ‘The DrowsyChaperone.’

Where and WhenReston Community Players, “The Drowsy Chaper-

one,” at CenterStage, Reston Community Center, 2310Colts Neck Road, Hunters Woods Village Center,Reston. Performances through Nov. 5, 2011. 8 p.m. onFridays and Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. matinees on Oct. 23and 30.Tickets: $18-$21. Call 703-476-4500 or visitrestonplayers.org. Note: Recommended for ages 8 andup.

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The Rotary Club ofReston deliveredmore than 1,400 dic-tionaries to third

grade students at Fox Mill, Hunt-ers Woods, Forest Edge, Lake Anne,Terraset and Dogwood ElementarySchools over the past three weeks.The effort is part of their elemen-tary outreach program.

“Of course words can be foundon the computer, but not everyonehas access to a computer all thetime, and these don’t need batter-ies and will work when the poweris out,” said CarolAnn Babcock,secretary of the Reston RotaryClub. A total of 758 English dictio-naries and 673 English-Spanishdictionaries were delivered. FoxMill was the only school not to re-ceive the English-Spanish dictio-naries, due to their Japanese Im-

mersion Program. “The RestonRotary Club really believes in edu-cation, they know that a good edu-cation leads to good opportunitiesto become a responsible and re-spectful student,” said William

Vardeman, assistant principal atDogwood. “We want these dictio-naries to be in everybody’s handso as soon as they find a word theydon’t know, they can look it up.”

Students used the dictionaries to

look up all sorts of things withinseconds of receiving them. Somelooked up the weights and mea-sures tables, others found the cor-rect spelling and definition of theirfavorite word, or how to say it in

Spanish.“It doesn’t take them longto start flipping through and youcan just feel the energy that comeswith the students getting excitedabout learning new words,”Babcock said. The Reston RotaryClub also helps fund virtual fieldtrips to Colonial Williamsburg forlocal school, which began at thestart of this school year. They alsoprovide scholarships to NorthernVirginia Community College.

Rotary Club of Reston Helps Students Find Right WordsRotary hands outdictionaries tothird graders.

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Former Lake Braddock standout, AndrewWeidinger, was presented the National Foot-ball Foundation’s Eastern Region Scholar

Athlete Award on Sept. 30. Weidinger is now amember of the William and Mary Football Squad,and was selected as the Eastern Region ScholarAthlete winner, and will represent the Eastern Re-gion at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City onDec. 6.

Weidinger represents the National Capital Re-gion local chapter #115. He is the third athletethat has won such an award from the local chap-

ter in our area. The National Capital Region chap-ter has had three national winners in their firstfive years (2007, 2008, and now 2011), and servesNorthern Virginia, Washington, D.C., and South-ern Maryland.

The Northern Virginia Fidelity offices have joinedto assist and sponsor the local Scholar Athlete Pro-gram with the National Capital Chapter. They aresponsors of the chapter’s Eastern Region Award.

Organizations interested in becoming local cor-porate partners, should contact National CapitalRegion President Greg Oliver at 703-787-0714.

Andrew Weidinger Receives Scholar Athlete Award

ScottRowland,Vice Presi-dent of theReston Fidel-ity Invest-ments TownCenter/InvestorCenter (right)presents theScholarAthleteAward toAndrewWeidinger.

Third graders at Dog-wood Elementary Schoolexamine their newEnglish and English-Spanish dictionariesFriday, Oct. 7. The dictio-naries were presented tothird graders at six localelementary schools bythe Reston Rotary Club.

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Former Lake Braddock standout, AndrewWeidinger, was presented the National Football Foundation’s Eastern Region Scholar Ath-

lete Award on Sept. 30. Weidinger is now a memberof the William and Mary Football Squad, and wasselected as the Eastern Region Scholar Athlete win-ner, and will represent the Eastern Region at theWaldorf Astoria in New York City on Dec. 6.

Weidinger represents the National Capital Regionlocal chapter #115. He is the third athlete that haswon such an award from the local chapter in ourarea.

ScottRowland, VicePresident ofthe RestonFidelityInvestmentsTown Center/InvestorCenter (right)presents theScholarAthlete Awardto AndrewWeidinger.

Andrew Weidinger Receives Scholar Athlete AwardThe National Capital Region chapter has had three

national winners in their first five years (2007, 2008,and now 2011), and serves Northern Virginia, Wash-ington, D.C., and Southern Maryland.

The Northern Virginia Fidelity offices have joinedto assist and sponsor the local Scholar Athlete Pro-gram with the National Capital Chapter. They aresponsors of the chapter’s Eastern Region Award.

Other organizations who are interested in becom-ing local corporate partners, should contact NationalCapital Region President Greg Oliver at 703-787-0714


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Gretchen Jean Croghan, 70, ofReston, passed away Wednesday,Oct. 5, 2011 at Fairfax Hospital

after bravely battling pancreatic cancer forover a year.

She was born June 9, 1941 in Mount Airy,N.C., to the late George and MargaretHarwick.

Gretchen grew up traveling the world inan Air Force family, attending grade schoolin Tokyo, Japan and high school in Paris,France.

She spent the majority of her adulthoodraising her children and had a successfulcareer later in life as an executive assistant.Gretchen was happiest when spending timewith family and friends. She also enjoyedcaring for animals, gardening, reading,travel, foreign cultures, and history.Gretchen had many talents, including play-ing the piano, drawing, painting, and writ-ing.

She was married twice, first to GeraldBarrack and then to William Croghan.

Gretchen is survived by a brother, AlexHarwick; six children, Carla Barrett, KarenTheron, Jennifer Lindsay, Brian Croghan,Kevin Croghan, and George Croghan; tengrandchildren; three great-grandchildren;and two cats.

She loved life and people. Her kind heartand positive spirit touched the lives of allwho knew her.

“Rest in eternal peace Mom, you will bedeeply missed. Your amazing spirit will liveon in our hearts and memories forever,” herfamily statement read.

A memorial service will be held on Sun-day, Oct. 30, 2011 at 2:30 p.m. at the Mead-owlark Botanical Gardens in Vienna.

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Letters to the Editor

the road;2 - More hybrids and electric

cars being used each and everyday;

3 - Expansion of mass transit(Metro, Passenger Rail, Buses);

4 - Increased use and support ofTeleworking policies

5 - Transit Oriented Develop-ments that focus on bringing thelarge majority of needs to live intoa compact area — thus further re-ducing the need of hopping in yourcar.

With that being said, why wouldKen Plum, a 30-year incumbentbelieve that “Evidence indicatesthat you can put 5 cents on the gastax and not raise the cost of gas?”How does that math work? Howis that possible that we could ex-tract more revenue from the gastax without each and every one ofus paying more?

The answer: It can’t! If we aregoing to attempt to solve our prob-lems in transportation funding inNorthern Virginia and the state —we need a representative that un-derstands simple math and its im-plication to your bottom line

Hugh “Mac” CannonCandidate for 36th District

Supporting HynesTo the Editor:

As a school educator for over 40 years — with 27 years in adminis-

tration — I just have to say, luckyme!! I was able to get “up closeand personal” with Pat Hynes asmy trusted PTA President andschool volunteer for many, manyyears. In fact — she loved educa-tion so much that she left being“The Good Lawyer” for the “goodof kids.” She was a recognizedNew York attorney but she just fellin love with the education of ourchildren — and perhaps this iswhat impresses me most about PatHynes — she loves creating newpossibilities for the benefit ofschool children at every level.

She was carrying Emma (herdaughter) in her arms when I mether in 1992 as she registered Jackfor school. What she loved mostabout Louise Archer ElementarySchool wasn’t our gifted center butmore so the rich history and granddiversity that our school commu-nity offered to our children andour families. She frankly justwanted to be present in the edu-cational arena to make a differ-ence.

As a PTA president she wasamazing and I have had many PTArelationships over my school ca-

reer with FCPS. I immediately rec-ognized “reason” and saw firsthand the kindness and justice forall — as I watched Pat in action.

And then this accomplished at-torney said to me one day, “Judy,you know, I want to be a teacher!”With such zest and love, I knewthat she would be a natural.

And she did — with swift re-solve, taking the courses, under-taking the internships — Pat wasindeed a natural: intelligent, intui-tive, caring and resourceful, soFairfax County Public Schools waslucky to hire her.

I believe that “true passion” isthe first requirement for any job.Pat has passion for her childrenand their families, politics wouldalways take a back seat.

Pat has initiatives that are firstrate and bold and brave, and Pathas the resolve to take all of thisto the finish line, as this is whatPat Hynes has always done.

Pat is not a political candidatewith a hidden agenda. She is acommitted, solidly caring womanwith reason, education, experi-ence and skill who will take usthrough important initiatives forthe next century.

Judy AzzaraFormer Principal, FCPS

Reston


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p.m. George Mason University PatriotCenter, 4500 Patrioy Circle, Fairfax.Tickets $15-$70, available at 1-800-551-SEAT, www.ticketmaster.com;and www.patriotcenter.com.www.disneyonice.com.

Teen Read Week Party. 7 p.m.Reston Regional Library, 11925Bowman Towne Drive, Reston. Hearabout the latest in graphic novels andlearn to make comics with illustratorMatt Dembicki. Trade used comicsand manga. Pizza and more. Teens.703-689-2700, TTY: 711.

THURSDAY/OCT. 20Disney On Ice: Dare to Dream. 7

p.m. George Mason University PatriotCenter, 4500 Patrioy Circle, Fairfax.Tickets $15-$70, available at 1-800-551-SEAT, www.ticketmaster.com;and www.patriotcenter.com.www.disneyonice.com.

One-on-One Computer Tutoring. 2p.m. Oakton Library, 10304Lynnhaven Place, Oakton. Learn thebasics of the Internet, Word andExcel. Call for appointment. Adults.703-242-4020, TTY: 711.

Book Discussion. 7 p.m. OaktonLibrary, 10304 Lynnhaven Place,Oakton. Evensong by Gail Godwin.Adults. 703-242-4020, TTY: 711.

Toddler Storytime. 10:30 a.m.Reston Regional Library, 11925Bowman Towne Drive, Reston.Stories, songs and fingerplays. Age 2-3 with adult. 703-689-2700, TTY:711.

Ollabelle with Kris Delmhorst. 8p.m. The Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635Trap Road, Vienna. Roots music. $20.www.wolftrap.org.

FRIDAY/OCT. 21Herndon Spooktacular. 6:30 p.m.

Herndon Community Center, 814Ferndale Ave., Herndon. Ghoulishgames, creepy cuisine, pumpkincontest and trick or treating duringthe costume parade. Registration feecovers all activities, treat bag andMagic Show. Ages 3-8 with parent.703-787-7300.

Disney On Ice: Dare to Dream.10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. GeorgeMason University Patriot Center,4500 Patrioy Circle, Fairfax. Tickets$15-$70, available at 1-800-551-SEAT, www.ticketmaster.com; andwww.patriotcenter.com.www.disneyonice.com.

16th Annual Craftsmen’s FallClassic Arts & Crafts Festival.10 a.m.-6 p.m. Dulles Expo CenterSouth Hall, 4320 Chantilly ShoppingCenter, Chantilly. Original designsand work from hundreds of artistsand craftsmen. Admission $7, $1 age6-12, under age 6 free. 1-336-282-

5550.Battlefield Band. 8 p.m. The Barns at

Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Road, Vienna.Scottish revival music. $24.www.wolftrap.org.

“Mother Wove the Morning.” 8p.m. Unitarian UniversalistCongregation of Fairfax, 2709 HunterMill Road, Oakton. One woman’ssearch for the feminine face of God.Proceeds benefit the FistulaFoundation. $20, $10 students,seniors, and low income. Advancetickets available at www.uucf.org.

Time To Fly Foundation 10thAnnual Gala Fundraiser. 5:30-9p.m. Grace Conference Church &Conference Center, 4600 BrookfieldCorporate Drive, Chantilly. In honorof National Domestic ViolenceAwareness Month, help restorefamilies and break the generationalcycle of dating/domestic abuse. Free.Register at www.timetofly.org or877-570-9488.

SATURDAY /OCT. 22Signed Trail Update Walk. 1:30

p.m. Reston Museum, 1639Washington Plaza, Reston. Meet atReston Museum for a 3-mile walkand an update on Reston’s signedtrails between Lake Anne and RestonTown Center. 703-709-7700 [email protected].

Disney On Ice: Dare to Dream.10:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.George Mason University PatriotCenter, 4500 Patrioy Circle, Fairfax.Tickets $15-$70, available at 1-800-551-SEAT, www.ticketmaster.com;and www.patriotcenter.com.www.disneyonice.com.

Fairfax Symphony Orchestra. 8p.m. George Mason University Centerfor the Arts, 4400 University Drive,Fairfax. With the Alturas Duo.Sibelius’ Tapiola, Farias’

Commissioned Concerto, andBeethoven’s Symphony No. 3,“Eroica.” Free pre-concert discussionfor ticketholders at 7 p.m. Tickets$25-$55. [email protected].

16th Annual Craftsmen’s FallClassic Arts & Crafts Festival.10 a.m.-6 p.m. Dulles Expo CenterSouth Hall, 4320 Chantilly ShoppingCenter, Chantilly. Original designsand work from hundreds of artistsand craftsmen. Admission $7, $1 age6-12, under age 6 free. 1-336-282-5550.

Centreville Day. 6:30 p.m. HistoricCentreville Park, 4630 StonecroftBlvd., Chantilly. Walk the banks ofthe Cub Run stream and hear thestories of the people who once calledit home.

Find out why Rock Hill could beconsidered cursed and hear thestories of the Hutchinson bothers andtheir parts in the revolutionary andcivil wars. $4 for Fairfax Countyresidents, $6 for out-of-countyresidents. 703-817-9407.

Breast Cancer Fundraiser. 11 a.m.-4p.m. 711 Pine St., Herndon. SilentAuction with sports memorabilia,artwork and jewelry plus raffles. Allproceeds benefit the Tiger LilyFoundation, a non-profit charitybased in Reston.703-435-8002.

“Mother Wove the Morning.” 8p.m. Unitarian UniversalistCongregation of Fairfax, 2709 HunterMill Road, Oakton. One woman’ssearch for the feminine face of God.Proceeds benefit the FistulaFoundation. $20, $10 students,seniors, and low income. Advancetickets available at www.uucf.org.

“The Hands of Orlac.” 8 p.m.ArtSpace Herndon, 750 Center St.,Herndon. A 1924 classic silent filmpresented with an original scoreperformed live by Vicodin HarlotOrchestra. Presented by the Society

of Art Rock. $5. Reserve at 703-956-6590. www.artspaceherndon.org.

SUNDAY/OCT. 23Festival on the Square. 12-5 p.m.

Westin Reston Heights, 11790Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston. Pettingzoo, face painting, children’s activitesand more. Z Car Club’s Judging andPeople’s Choice Awards (Sports Cars)and outdoor restaurant grills. 703-476-9377.

8th Annual Help the HomelessWalk to Benefit RestonInterfaith. Reston Heights, 11750Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston.Registration begins 12 p.m. and theWalk at 1:30 p.m. A 3-mile walk toincrease awareness abouthomelessness in the Greater Restonarea and to raise funds for those inneed of housing, childcare, food, orfinancial assistance.www.restoninterfaith.org or 571-323-9555.

Scarecrow Making Workshops. 1p.m. and 2 p.m. Frying Pan FarmPark, 2709 West Ox Road, Herndon.Bring an outfit and a pair ofpantyhose for each scarecrow. Wesupply special touches for faces.Held outdoors, dress for the weather.Cancelled in the event of rain.Admission $7 per scarecrow .Registration required at 703-437-9101.

Disney On Ice: Dare to Dream.12:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. George

Mason University Patriot Center,4500 Patrioy Circle, Fairfax. Tickets$15-$70, available at 1-800-551-SEAT, www.ticketmaster.com; andwww.patriotcenter.com.www.disneyonice.com.

16th Annual Craftsmen’s FallClassic Arts & Crafts Festival.10 a.m.-5 p.m. Dulles Expo CenterSouth Hall, 4320 Chantilly ShoppingCenter, Chantilly. Original designsand work from hundreds of artistsand craftsmen. Admission $7, $1 age6-12, under age 6 free. 1-336-282-5550.

MONDAY/OCT. 24UFOs: The Secret Story. 7 p.m.

George Mason University StudentUnion Building 2 (HUB) Ballroom,Fairfax. A 90-minute lecture andslide show concerning the U.S.government’s secret response toUFOs, based on thousands ofdeclassified Air Force, FBI and CIAdocuments that confirm UFOs doexist and that these mysteriousobjects are of the greatest concern tothe U.S. Air Force and theintelligence community. Hasting hasalso interviewed over 120 formerU.S. military personnel. Free. 505-263-3815 or www.ufohastings.com.

English Conversation. 10:30 a.m.Oakton Library, 10304 LynnhavenPlace, Oakton. English practice fornon-native speakers. Adults. 703-242-4020, TTY: 711.

Entertainment

“Solace at Salt Pond” by Karen Danenberger. There willbe an Artist’s Reception on Sunday, Nov. 6 from 2-4 p.m.at the JoAnn Rose Gallery, Reston Community Center atLake Anne, 1609-A Washington Plaza in Reston, for KarenDanenberger’s solo show “Escapes,” with 34 oil paintingsdepicting water scenes from Italy and Cape Cod. Theexhibit will be open from Nov. 1-29. 703-476-4500,www.restoncommunitycenter.com or http://karendanenberger.wordpress.com.

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Musicalman in a chair, who is both outside watching the

action on stage and at the same time part of the pro-duction,” said Mark V. Deal who handles the musicaldirection with its pastiche score of more than a dozensongs. The orchestra includes keyboards, drum-set,trumpet, trombone and reeds.

Andrew JM Regiec is the central character, knownas “the Man in the Chair.” Regiec is “passionate aboutmusical theater and can relate to his character as

one who likes to listen to show tunes and restagethem in his head.” His character “takes you to an-other place and time as an escape from real life. Thisis a fun, fluffy, love letter to musical theater.”

There is, of course a “Drowsy Chaperone” charac-ter known to upstage anyone played by veteran Jen-nifer Lambert. Colleen Arnold, a newcomer to theReston Community Players, has a central role as theglamorous, celebrity bride-to-be struggling along asher wedding day nears.

With a big smile, Arnold described her characteras “not the brightest crayon in the box, but is justnot stupid as she struggles.”


Sports

The Oakton High girls’ field hockey team completedthe regular season with a 3-1 win at Herndon lastFriday. The Cougars (13-3) are the top seed at thisweek’s Concorde District tournament. They werescheduled to play a semifinals round game atWestfield High School on Wednesday, Oct. 19 of thisweek versus the Centreville/Robinson first roundwinner.

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Reston National GolfCourse will host a ‘Rally for theCure’ tournament on Thursday,Oct. 27 to benefit the Susan G.Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.The four-person scramble will be-gin at 9 a.m. and will includegreens and cart fees, putting con-test, lunch, and prizes. Entry is $85per player with proceeds going tothe foundation. Sponsorship op-portunities are also available.

For more information, or to reg-ister for the tournament, go towww.restonnationalgc.com, or call703-620-9333.

The Northern Virginia Se-nior Olympics (NVSO), held inlate September, drew over 620participants. The events were heldover a 10-day period with morethan 40 events at 18 different ven-ues.

During the events, nine seniorsover 90 years of age won goldmedals, including Cora Parsons(Ashburn) and Trong Trongtonil(Alexandria) in eight ball pool;Carla Convery (Alexandria) infrisbee throw and mini javelin;Chester Myslicki (McLean) infreestyle swimming; Ray Kaminski(Springfield) in Wii bowling; andMike Lowe (Springfield) in stand-ing long jump. A gold medal in the80-89 age range went to theHeatherwood Hotties line dancingteam from the Heatherwood Re-tirement Community in Burke. Formore information about NVSO orto volunteer, call 703-228-4721 orcheck the website at www.nvso.us.

Potomac Inline Hockey inChantilly is offering free, year-round ‘Learn to Skate, Learn toPlay’ lessons for youngsters inter-ested in playing inline hockey. Les-

sons are held on Saturday morn-ings from 8-9 at The Box inChantilly. Registration can be doneonline atwww.potomachockey.com. Con-tact [email protected] call 703-961-8280 for full de-tails.

Langley High captured theNorthern Region golf champion-ship last week with a winningscore of 605. The Saxons finishedahead of second place Chantilly(617). The postseason event tookplace Oct. 3-4 at Twin Lakes GolfClub. Both the Saxons and Charg-ers, by finishing first and second,respectively, qualified for VirginiaState AAA Championships.

Langley’s top scorers atregionals were: Will Byrne (148),Matt DiSalvo (151), Chris Brugge(152), Edric Wung (158), DerrickPaxton (163), and Chad Deese(176).

Chantilly’s top scorers were:Steve Aanstoos (151), Juhee Bae(152), Mike Gagne (156), JackDargle (162), Tim Harwick (162),and Mike Sciorra (163).

The following were the top re-gional individual finishers andmedalist winners: Chris Brugge(148) of Langley; Tyler Spears(150) of Lee High; Keon Ho Song(151) of Centreville High; SteveAanstoos (151) of Chantilly; andEdric Wung (151) of Langley.

The following were the indi-vidual state tournament qualifiers— not including members of thetop two region team finishers(Langley and Chantilly): TylerSpears of Lee; Keon Ho Song ofCentreville; Julie Luo of ThomasJefferson; Matt Ashley of StoneBridge; Joel Choi of Madison; andPatrick Milkler of Herndon.

Sports Roundups

By Rich Sanders

The Connection

Herndon High, after coming so close to anupset football win over unbeaten Oaktontwo weeks ago, got a much-needed victory

this past Friday night when it defeated non-districtopponent and host team Washington-Lee, 47-25, ina scoring fest played in Arlington.

The win improved Herndon’s record to 2-5 on theseason. Two weeks ago at home versus ConcordeDistrict opponent Oakton on Oct. 6, the Hornets lostone of the metropolitan area’s highest scoring gamesof the season, a 42-41 heart-breaker to the Cougars.

But Herndon showed fortitude by coming back andgetting a win versus the Generals of Washington-Lee,a member of the National District and a programwhich reached the Div. 5 Northern Region semifi-nals of the playoffs a year ago.

Herndon’s other win this season came back in weektwo when the Hornets defeated cross-town rivalSouth Lakes, 33-7, in a non-district game played onSept. 12 at South Lakes. But after that, Herndon lostlopsided affairs to Yorktown, Centreville, and BroadRun before giving Oakton a scare.

“Our kids have been working really hard and wehave improved each week,” said Herndon coach JoeSheaffer. “Unfortunately, it hasn’t showed in the wincolumn. We have shown if we continue to improveand we can get healthy we can play with anyone.”

With the much-needed win over W-L, whichsnapped a four-game losing streak, Herndon can nowput all its focus on its upcoming district home game

versus Robinson this Saturday afternoon at 1. It willbe the Hornets’ Homecoming Game.

The visiting Rams, like Herndon, are 2-5. But theyare coming off a huge 24-7 home win over local ri-val Lake Braddock, the defending Div. 6 region cham-pions. Robinson’s only prior win came over T.C. Wil-liams in a week three game.

HERNDON, in the win over Washington-Lee, puttogether an outstanding game on offense for the sec-ond straight week. Running back Josh Schow rushedfor 120 yards and three touchdowns and backfieldmate Darrius Hicks (56 yards) ran for two scores.The Herndon passing game was also clicking as quar-terback Ky Gilmore-Parrott, an efficient seven-of-ninepassing, tossed touchdown passes to both Tony Potts(16 yard scoring strike) and Denzel Weaver (6 yards).

Herndon, ahead 20-11 at halftime, put the gameaway with three third quarter touchdowns. Herndonsenior kicker Alex Bednarek converted six point-af-ter kicks in the win.

The prior week versus Oakton, both Schow (164yards, 2 TDs) and Hicks (149 yards, 1 TD) had hugegames running the football behind the Hornets’ po-tent offensive line.

Scoring catches came from Ryan Griffin (79 yardtouchdown play), Potts (20 yard TD), and Hicks (64yards). Zach Goldsby played quarterback that gamefor Herndon and was 7-for-17 for 76 yards and atouchdown.

OAKTON has big games from running backs MikeWandey (104 yards, 3 TDs) and Kelly Brooks-Muse(83). Quarterback Tuck Masker also rushed for 50yards and completed nine-of-18 passes for 133 yardsand a touchdown. ßThe game was tied at halftime,14-14, and Oakton led 35-28 after three quarters.

Oakton, which improved to 7-0 with a win thispast week at Chantilly, will host Westfield, also un-beaten, this Friday night.

Herndon quarterback Ky Gilmore-Parrott (7) threw two touchdown passes in the winover Washington-Lee.

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Address ................................ BR . FB .HB .. Postal City ... Sold Price .... Type .............. Lot AC .. PostalCode ................. Subdivision12000 MARKET ST #308 ................ 1 ... 1 ... 0 ....... RESTON ......... $300,000 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ................... 20190 SAVOY AT RESTON TWN CNTR1630 BARNSTEAD DR .................... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ....... RESTON ......... $300,000 .... Townhouse ........... 0.03 ......... 20194 ............................... RESTON1755 IVY OAK SQ #95 .................... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ....... RESTON ......... $295,000 .... Townhouse ............................ 20190 ................... IVY OAK SQUARE11609 WINDBLUFF CT #09/009 ...... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ....... RESTON ......... $285,000 .... Townhouse ............................ 20191 ............................... RESTON1700 LAKE SHORE CREST DR #22 ... 2 ... 1 ... 1 ....... RESTON ......... $284,500 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ................... 20190 . EDGEWATER AT TOWN CNTR1705 LAKE SHORE CREST DR #24 ... 2 ... 2 ... 0 ....... RESTON ......... $280,000 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ................... 20190 . EDGEWATER AT TOWN CNTR12202 NUTMEG LN ........................ 5 ... 3 ... 1 ....... RESTON ......... $262,555 .... Detached .............. 0.10 ......... 20191 ............................... RESTON11612 IVYSTONE CT #05/100 ......... 2 ... 2 ... 0 ....... RESTON ......... $258,000 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ................... 20191 ............................... RESTON11709 KARBON HILL CT #612A ....... 2 ... 2 ... 0 ....... RESTON ......... $251,100 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ................... 20191 ....................BRISTOL HOUSE2233K LOVEDALE LN #412A ........... 2 ... 2 ... 0 ....... RESTON ......... $250,000 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ................... 20191 ....................BRISTOL HOUSE11039A VILLARIDGE CT .................. 2 ... 1 ... 0 ....... RESTON ......... $232,500 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ................... 20191 .......................... VILLARIDGE11723 KARBON HILL CT #204 ......... 3 ... 2 ... 0 ....... RESTON ......... $230,000 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ................... 20191 ...................... SPRINGWOOD11760 SUNRISE VALLEY DR #312 .... 1 ... 1 ... 0 ..... HERNDON ....... $225,000 .... Hi-Rise 9+ Floors ... 0.00 ......... 20191 ........................ THE MERCER1960B VILLARIDGE DR #1960B ....... 2 ... 1 ... 0 ....... RESTON ......... $222,000 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ................... 20191 .......................... VILLARIDGE11618 IVYSTONE CT #04/301 ......... 2 ... 2 ... 0 ....... RESTON ......... $219,900 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ................... 20191 ............................... RESTON1339 NORTHGATE SQ .................... 3 ... 1 ... 1 ....... RESTON ......... $219,000 .... Townhouse ........... 0.03 ......... 20190 ............................... RESTON11723A SUMMERCHASE CIR .......... 2 ... 1 ... 0 ....... RESTON ......... $217,500 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ................... 20194 ..................... SUMMERRIDGE11857 COOPERS CT ....................... 4 ... 2 ... 2 ....... RESTON ......... $210,199 .... Townhouse ........... 0.03 ......... 20191 ............................... RESTON2394 SOUTHGATE SQ .................... 4 ... 2 ... 1 ....... RESTON ......... $203,000 .... Townhouse ........... 0.03 ......... 20191 ............................... RESTON2260 COVENT GARDENS CT ........... 4 ... 1 ... 2 ....... RESTON ......... $181,500 .... Townhouse ........... 0.03 ......... 20191 ............................... RESTON2052 ROYAL FERN CT #23/22B ....... 2 ... 1 ... 0 ....... RESTON ......... $147,900 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ................... 20191 ......................... SOUTHGATE2233 CASTLE ROCK SQ #2B ............ 2 ... 2 ... 0 ....... RESTON ......... $116,000 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ................... 20191 ....................... SHADOWOOD2317 FREETOWN CT #21/22C ........ 3 ... 1 ... 0 ....... RESTON ......... $115,000 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ................... 20191 ............................ GLENVALE11605 STONEVIEW SQ #65/2B ....... 2 ... 2 ... 0 ....... RESTON ......... $107,000 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ................... 20191 ....................... SHADOWOOD2319 FREETOWN CT #23/11C ........ 3 ... 1 ... 0 ....... RESTON ......... $105,000 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ................... 20191 ............................ GLENVALE

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Home Sales In August 2011, 73 Reston homes sold between $870,000-$105,000.This week’s list represents those homes sold in the $300,000-$105,000 range.

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But the couple was struck by the uniqueness ofthe apartment, which was built out of the corner ofthe building’s parking garage. The concrete, glass andsteel appealed to them and Deborah Brehony fur-nished it with items she found at places like Ikea,Target and J.C. Penny.

“It proves you don’t have to spend a fortune onfurnishings and accessories to have a finished, first-hand look,” she said. “It’s all about the mix.”

Jerry and Bunny Bonnes moved into their homeon Owls Cove Lane in 2003. The gray, contemporaryhouse is filled with art and artifacts they have col-lected, with only one rule: “one piece in, one pieceout,” to prevent clutter.

They also did work on the deck between the houseand garage, as well as on the back porch.

“The courtyard was such a cool part of the prop-erty,” said Mary Jackson of Reston. “It was open, yetsecluded, and the fountains and plants there and onthe back porch were a great touch. They added sucha natural feel to go with the surrounding trees.”

THE HOME also features an “ego room,” as Jerryand Bunny call it, filled with programs, playbills andother memorabilia from the duo’s years of involve-ment with local community theater.

The house of Lisbeth and Peter Poulos, on Sour-wood Lane exists in a very different state than it usedto. Located on a corner lot, it was originally a one-story rambler built in 1968.

Now it has a second story loft, featuring a livingroom, several bedrooms and an office. The walls thatused to form the rooms of the original house havebeen taken out, resulting in a large, open living room,dining room and kitchen with high ceilings.

Also present throughout the house is their collec-tion of mid-century modern furniture and severallarge, colorful abstract paintings by Peter Poulos’scousin, artist George Kokines.

“Looking at the photographs of what this place usedto look like, it’s like night and day,” said AmandaGardner of Reston. “It sits on this great property, andit’s nice to see the house, with the huge downstairsrooms and the cool layout of the second floor loft, istaking advantage of the piece of land.”

Creativity on DisplayThe home of

Peter andLisbeth Poulos

was a one-story ramblerbuilt in 1968,until a series

of renovationsadded a sec-

ond floor loftand other

features. Itwas one of the

stops on theannual Reston

Homes Tour.

Photo by

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As I continue to live beyond my originalprognosis: “13 months to two years,” mytreatment has evolved, matured you mightsay. The timing and frequency of lab work,chemotherapy, CT Scans, Bone Scans andBrain MRIs, along with follow-up appoint-ments with my oncologist (always post-scanto discuss results), have all been adjusted tocompensate for the extremely favorable factthat (A) I have outlived the original progno-sis – by a significant amount of time and (B)Due to the additional fact that there havebeen no “randomized trials” to actuallyquantify and develop treatment protocolsbased on such favorable results, notanecdotal-type opinions for survivors likeme (lucky to have lived for as long as Ihave), how to treat/proceed is not exactlycrystal clear. As such, my doctor is as con-cerned with not creating a problem as he iswith treating the one (stage IV lung cancer)that we know about. Minimizing my expo-sure to harmful radiation (the scans) as anexample, is as much a consideration as isthe taxing of my kidneys as they filter outboth the chemotherapy infusion I receivemonthly and the miscellaneous drugs I’mprescribed to treat the not-unexpected sideeffects. Living this long, oddly enough, pre-sents its own complications.

Nevertheless, when your oncologiste-mails you the following post-scan mes-sage: “CT looks good, all stable,” it is as I’vesaid repeatedly: “News I can live with.” Butfor how long? (I always wonder.) Howeverencouraging this kind of positive news is, Ican’t help thinking it’s still a matter of time.Moreover, the salesman in me rationalizes:it’s simply getting closer to a negative (bad)result (“each ‘no’ you receive is one stepcloser to a ‘yes’” is the adage). As excitingand stress-reducing as it is to learn that yourcancer has not progressed (moved, en-larged), I feel, as serious as the underlyingproblem is: stage IV lung cancer, theincreasing inevitability that the next scanhas to indicate change – for the worse.

Still, it’s not like I completely ignore ordismiss the results. Hardly. I embrace themwith all my emotional strength. But I can’thelp “introspecting” – in this context, any-way: why me? Who am I to not suffer thesame fate as so many others similarly diag-nosed who have preceded me? Stage IVlung cancer is not curable, as my oncologistadvised way back when, at the initial TeamLourie meeting: “I can treat you, but I can’tcure you.” More disturbing words you’lllikely never hear. In effect, being told thatyour life is ending, somewhat prematurely –given my overall health and age: 54, andthe additional fact that there was no signifi-cant family history to consider and moreo-ver, that both my parents lived into theirmid-eighties.

But life has gone on, 31 months andcounting, in spite of the original prognosis.And the longer I live – and continue to begrateful for this gift of life I have miracu-lously received, the closer I sense that I’mfalling victim to this terrible disease. Afterall, lung cancer is said to be terminal: youget diagnosed, you die. Just because I’vesurvived this long doesn’t ever cause me toforget my circumstances or doubt the seri-ousness of my underlying diagnosis.Continuing to receive positive news is won-derfully uplifting. But there are no guaran-tees here. Actually, there are two guaran-tees: death and taxes. Taxes I can live withbut death I can’t. And scans don’t cure.

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

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