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Intelsat U.S.headquartersrelocation mostprominentannouncementof the year.

In 2012, the Fairfax CountyEconomic DevelopmentAuthority (FCEDA) worked

with 186 businesses adding8,438 jobs to the Fairfax Countyeconomy.

Companies in the profes-sional services and informationtechnology sectors dominatedthe year’s announcements.

The most prominent an-nouncement during the yearcame from Intelsat, the world’sleading provider of satellite ser-vices. It will relocate its U.S.headquarters to the Tysons Cor-ner area from Washington,D.C., bringing more than 430employees when it relocates in2014.

Another high-profile an-nouncement came from TASC,which provides systems engi-neering and decision-supportservices to intelligence and de-fense communities and is add-ing 494 jobs to the countyeconomy.

“For close to 200 companiesto announce the addition of al-most 8,500 jobs in 2012, whilemuch of the rest of the Wash-ington area continued tostruggle economically, is a tes-tament to the kind of economythat we have worked so hardto create in Fairfax County,”said Gerald L. Gordon, Ph.D.,president and CEO of theFCEDA.

“It also is gratifying to see ourstrategy of diversifying the eco-nomic base pay off with com-panies from many differentfields, of all sizes and back-grounds, and from the U.S. andabroad, contributing to jobgrowth here,” Gordon said.

Of the 186 companies, 138are U.S.-based businesses. An-nouncements in 2012 camefrom healthcare provider KaiserPermanente, adding 146 jobswith the opening of a TysonsCorner medical center; IT solu-tions provider Carahsoft Tech-nology, adding 109 jobs; andFulcrum IT Services, an IT ser-

vices provider, adding 80 jobs.“Carahsoft has grown from

zero to more than $1.4 billionin eight years and as we con-tinue to grow we are pleasedto call Fairfax County homebecause of the access thecounty provides to a high-cali-ber workforce and the kind ofamenities that help us attractand retain our team members,”said Craig P. Abod, president ofCarahsoft. “In 2012, we hiredmore than 100 new employeesto expand our business devel-opment, sales, marketing andgovernment contracting re-sources, and we anticipate hir-ing more than 150 employeesin 2013.”

Seventeen minority-owned orveteran-owned companies areamong the U.S.-based expan-sions. They include OMNIPLEXWorld Services Corporation,which provides security servicesto government agencies, adding325 jobs; DISYS, a minority-owned IT staffing and consult-ing firm, adding 150 jobs; andOnyx Government Services, aservice-disabled veteran-ownedsmall business that providesdata management services,adding 25 jobs.

Thirty-one foreign-ownedfirms announced expansions in2012, including VolkswagenGroup of America (Germany),adding 107 jobs; Newgen Soft-ware (India), adding 40 jobs;ASCOM Network Testing (Swit-zerland), which develops tech-nologies to analyze mobile net-works and is adding 11 jobs;and MobileAccess (Israel), add-ing 15 jobs. Almost 400 foreign-owned firms from 44 compa-nies maintain operations inFairfax County.

—Victoria Ross

Del. David Bulova (D-37) addresses colleagues on the floor of the House of DelegatesMonday, Feb. 18.

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By Victoria Ross

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In a rare display of bipartisan unity, the Vir-ginia General Assembly overwhelmingly passeda bill Tuesday that makes it easier for parentsand guardians to swiftly access minors' online

accounts after their death.The digital assets bill—co-sponsored by Delegates

David Bulova (D-37) and Tommy Wright (R-Amelia)—is now headed to Governor RobertMcDonnell’s desk for signature.

Specifically, the bill allows a representative of theminor to obtain access to his or her digital accountswithin 30 days of submitting a written request anddeath certificate to the social media site.

Bulova said he met with the governor earlier thisweek and is “hopeful” McDonnell will sign the bill,which would then become law on July 1, 2013 andcould be applied retroactively.

“Honestly, when I submitted the bill, I had abso-lutely no clue what I was getting into. … But, whatI am most grateful for is that my colleagues allowedDelegate Wright and me lots of time to get this allfigured out,” Bulova said, noting that the bill wentthrough numerous committees, hearings and ver-sions before four separate bills were rolled into onebill.

On Monday, the Virginia Senate unanimouslypassed the legislation; on Tuesday evening, theHouse passed the Senate version of the bill.

“Most other bills with these kinds of implicationswould probably have been looked upon sympatheti-cally, but tabled,” Bulova said.

One Family’s Journey:‘When the silence wasbroken … ’

In 2010, Ricky and Diane Rash, who owned a dairyfarm in rural Nottoway County, had little use for so-cial media sites such as Facebook and Twitter.

They were happy to raise their four children in thesame house Ricky Rash grew up in, and wanted toimpart the same values of faith, family and commu-nity service that they had grown up with as a foun-dation.

But their life was suddenly and irrevocably changedon the morning of Jan. 20, 2011, when they learnedtheir 15-year-old son, Eric, had committed suicide.

“The silence was broken that morning at 5 a.m.,when the sheriff called and said a body had beenfound, and they thought it was Eric,” Rash said.

Rash said the shock of seeing his son’s body—ly-ing in field not far from the family’s dairy farm inrural Nottoway County—could have easily brokenthe family’s spirit as well. But the grieving parents,who have three young daughters, were determinedto find answers instead.

“When I was at scene, investigators asked me awhole litany of questions, and I answered them,”Rash said, pausing. “The one question I could notanswer, do you have any idea why?”

Why, they thought, would Eric, a straight-A stu-dent who had plans to attend Virginia Tech anddreamed of going to Harvard Law School, take hislife?


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By Victoria Ross

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Virginia may be for lovers, but bi-cyclists? Not so much.

On Monday, the Virginia Houseof Delegates killed the last bicycle

bill to come before the body in a vote of55-42. The bill, SB1060, would have addedbicycles to the list of vehicles that cannotbe tailgated.

Other bills killed by the House includeanother version of the tailgating bill, and abill that stated car doors should not be reck-lessly swung into traffic.

“All of these bills applied to and benefited

all vehicles, not simply bicyclists. All are partof universal vehicular safety,” said MichaelGilbert, co-founder of RideRichmond.

The Republican-controlled House hadpreviously rejected an identical measure(HB1950) from Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Ar-lington County.) Both bills would haveadded bicycles and other non-motorizedvehicles to the list of those that can’t be fol-lowed “more closely than is reasonable andprudent.”

In addition to legally tailgating bicyclists,it is also permissible to open your car door

into the path of an oncoming bicyclist.Sen. Chap Petersen’s (D-34) “anti-

dooring” bill passed the Virginia Senate, andthen a House transportation subcommittee.It looked like a win.

But it was essentially struck down whenthe House transportation committee voted7-7 on the question of reporting it to thefull House, since a tie vote equals a loss inthe General Assembly. Virginia now remainsone of only 10 states in America that donot prohibit “dooring.”

“Cycling has become an increasinglypopular way of getting around NorthernVirginia, and providing for rider safety onour congested roads would not seem to becontroversial. Cyclists also sought the lawso that insurance companies could not re-ject their medical claims by saying that nofault had been assessed by police after abike-vs.-car door accident,” said Gilbert.

The down vote on SB1060 ends the 2013session’s bicycle safety package, advocatedby Fairfax Advocates for Better Bicycling(FABB), the Virginia Bicycling Federation,Bike Virginia, RideRichmond, and otherregional bicycling organizations.

“Making our roads safe for all users—driv-ers, pedestrians and cyclists is simply goodpublic policy,” said Champe Burnley, North-ern Virginia president of the Virginia Bicy-cling Federation.

“As we transition to other forms of trans-portation over the coming years, it is criti-cal that the laws protect all our road usersand penalize those who cause injury ordeath to others. These bills would helpmake our roads safer for everyone. Howsomeone would vote against them is beyondme,” Burnley said Monday.

“We only have one year left before the

2015 World Road Cycling Championships.The vast majority of other states have theselaws, and once again, Virginia is being leftbehind due to … backwards views on uni-versal vehicular safety,” said Gilbert.

In 2015, Virginia will be host of the UCIWorld Road Cycling Championships with anestimated viewership of 300 million. TheUnited States has not hosted the event for29 years, since 1986.

More than 450,000 spectators fromaround the world are anticipated in theCentral Virginia region.

Virginia Lawmakers Strike Down Bike Safety BillsLocal cyclists vow return in 2014.

State Senator Chap Petersen (D-34)works the phones in his Richmondoffice after Monday’s GeneralAssembly session.

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School BoundaryMeeting Set

Chantilly High, Fairfax High, FallsChurch High, Oakton High, RobinsonSecondary, Woodson High, FranklinMiddle, Frost Middle, Jackson Middle,Lanier Middle and Rocky Run Middleare all schools involved in the bound-ary study students to relieve overcrowd-ing at Fairfax High and Lanier MiddleSchool.

And the public is invited to participatein a community dialogue regarding pos-sible scenarios for the movement of stu-dents from one school to another. It’sset for Tuesday, Feb. 26, from 7-9 p.m.,at Woodson High School, cafeteria,9525 Main St., Fairfax (snow date:March 6).

For more information, to sign up forthe meeting and to submit questions andcomments, go to http://www.fcps.edu/fts/planning/fairfaxlanier/index.shtml.

Help Prevent TeenSuicide

On March 18, 2009, FCPS studentJoshua Lee Anderson was just 17 whenhe committed suicide. Afterward, hisgrieving family formed The Josh Ander-son Foundation (JAF) to keep hismemory alive and to raise funds for theeducation and prevention of teenage sui-cide. Its goal is to promote youth, men-tal-health awareness by bringing inno-vative, creative and effective programsdirectly into high schools.

Area residents can also help preventteenage suicide by donating to JAF’s larg-est fundraiser of the year, The Rock ’n’Roll Half Marathon/Marathon run slatedfor Saturday, March 16.

To help, go to http://www.active.com/donate/joshafoundation2013 or makechecks payable to The Josh AndersonFoundation and send them to 1300 Carp-ers Farm Way, Vienna, VA 22182.

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It doesn’t take any higher level computationsto evaluate the success of Mark Twain MiddleSchool MATHCOUNTS teams, just simple frac-tions. Like 6/10: the number of times in the

last decade the school’s entrants finished first at theregional level; in the remaining 4/10, they were run-ners-up.

In the George Washington chapter of the 2013Northern Virginia regionals, held on Saturday, Feb.2, at Lake Braddock Secondary School, the all-eighthgrade team of Caulton Wilson, Zachary Hayden, Pe-ter Zhao and Arnav Gupta added another victory.Sweetening the win was a first place finish in indi-vidual competition by Twain’s Hanhsen Zhao.

ALL FIVE TWAIN STUDENTS will compete at thestate level of MATHCOUNTS, being held March 16in Glen Allen, Va.

MATHCOUNTS is a 30-year-old nationwide com-petition aimed at developing not only advancedmathematical skills in middle school students, butalso powerful problem-solving abilities. For most, itis an after-school activity—the Twain group meetsfor an hour and a half every Wednesday.

There is also an emphasis on taking math beyondthe classroom, promoting its utility in and preparingyoung minds for mathematical, scientific and tech-nical careers. So the stakes are certainly high, evenwithout a winning reputation to uphold.

“When you come in the front door and look to theright, there’s a big case,” said mathematics teacherand Twain’s MATHCOUNTS coach RachelMoneypenny. “It’s MATHCOUNTS MATHCOUNTS,MATHCOUNTS. The kids know we have a history ofcompeting and doing well.”

But despite the perceived pressure, her studentskeep things in perspective by focusing on the task athand rather than the implications of winning or los-ing. Going to the regional and state competitions ismore about the experience, according toMoneypenny.

“They like the challenge, that’s the biggest thing,”she said. “The kids who end up doing well are theones who would do it anyway, who would do it evenif there wasn’t a competition at the end of the year,because they just enjoy problem-solving.”

Now in her third year at Twain as an Honors Mathand Geometry teacher, this is Moneypenny’s secondyear with the

MATHCOUNTS team and first as its head coach.She and the team begin preparing each fall for Feb-ruary competition, going over concepts that may nothave been covered in the school curriculum yet, suchas special right triangles and trigonometry.

Moneypenny keeps a grade book of each student’sperformance and ranks them; by December, she takesthe top 16 students, groups them in teams of fourand begins mock rounds of MATHCOUNTS competi-tion. From there she selects the top four students forthe regional team, with those ranked five through10 allowed to compete in an individual circuit.

In her role as coach, Moneypenny strives to actmore as a facilitator of peer-based learning ratherthan simply a front-of-room teacher. Whether it’smodular arithmetic or binary, once she’s presentedher students with the necessary tools, “I can sit backand listen to them argue about how to solve a prob-lem,” she said.

“For me, that’s so integral to mathematics, science,to education—learning how to collaborate, but alsobounce ideas off of one another. If you can talk aboutthe math, that’s one way to tell you really under-stand it.”

Given the history, the Mark Twain MATHCOUNTSstudents look to be talking about math for years tocome.

MATHCOUNTS ChampionsMark Twain wins regionalcompetition, advances tostate level.

Other Counters from GeorgeWashington Chapter TEAM2nd place: South County Middle School, team of Timothy

Arndt, John Wilkie, Sarah Trans and Michael Brockway;coach Gina Evans.

3rd place: Carl Sandburg Middle School, team of EmmaCuddy, Christopher Letai, Robby Scherer and OliviaScheidt; coach Bob Scherer.

INDIVIDUAL2nd Place: Michael Caballero, Queen of Apostles Catholic

School3rd Place: Timothy Arndt, South County Middle School4th Place: Emily Shin, St. Bernadette School

From left, LynnGilmore (corporatecitizenship director,Northrop GrummanInformation Sys-tems), RachelMoneypenny, PeterZhao, Caulton Wil-son, Zachary Haydenand Heather Naples(president, BrownConstruction Ser-vices) pose after thetrophy presentationat this year’sMATHCOUNTS re-gional competition.

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Opinion

By Omar Joseph Samaha

Brother of Reema Samaha

After my sister Reemawas killed at VirginiaTech on April 16,2007, our lives

changed forever. I say “ourlives” changed forever becausegun violence doesn’t just affectthe direct family of the personkilled, but an entire community.As I learned more and moreabout gun violence, I found thaton a daily basis, this ripple ofpain and suffering is repeated34 times in 34 communitiesaround the country, that’s a Virginia Tech mas-sacre every day.

This all became even more apparent when Idrove around the country on the Fix GunChecks tour. The campaign promoted respectfor the second amendment and fixing our back-ground check system on gun purchases to pre-vent dangerous, prohibited purchasers fromacquiring them.

The campaign began shortly after the Tuc-son, Ariz. massacre where U.S. Rep. GabbyGiffords was shot along with many other in-nocent Americans. For months I campaignedacross the country, holding public events insmall towns and big cities. When I made it toTucson, Gabby was still recovering from hergunshot to the head, yet I had the opportunity

to meet her sister and those affected by theshooting. Her sister gave me a bright bluebracelet that had inscribed on it, “Gabby,” alongwith a peace sign and a heart. I’ve cherished it

and worn it ever since alongwith my “Hokie Hope” braceletas I’ve hoped and prayed for herrecovery and for all those af-fected by gun violence.

IN EVERY STATE I traveledto, I met with families and sur-vivors of gun violence, mayors,congressional members, lawenforcement officials, doctors,gun owners and NRA members.From the rural countryside, tothe suburbs, to the inner cities,I witnessed the same thing; gunviolence affects people in everycommunity and from all walksof life. The resounding plea

from everyone I met along the way is that wemust do more to prevent gun violence in ourcountry while respecting our second amend-ment rights. This can and must be done in acomprehensive manner in order to have realresults.

After the Newtown shooting, everythingchanged, and Americans could not bear thethought of inaction. We can see that a pushfrom citizens could cause the president andCongress to finally act to prevent these trag-edies from occurring.

I went to the White House last Tuesday tospeak with the first lady and other policy advi-sors and on Capitol Hill I spent much of theday meeting with congressional members. Ev-eryone is now committed to working on the

complex issue of gun violence preventionaround our country while making sure ourConstitutional rights are not infringed.

On Capitol Hill, U.S. Rep. Jim Moran hasbeen a very strong vocal leader in gun violenceprevention and has worked closely with us overthe years. He invited me to be his guest to theState of the Union. I was honored to attendalong with many others who have experiencedgun violence in their lives and even more sowhen President Obama acknowledged ourpresence.

The president spoke strongly about how thetime for talk is over and the time for action, tovote on gun violence prevention measures, isnow. He reiterated, “They deserve a vote!”when referring to those who have been mur-dered in the growing number of massacres, forthe 34 Americans killed every day, for the fami-lies and communities affected, and for the sur-vivors who live their lives with permanent in-juries and trauma.

SHORTLY AFTER the State of the Union ad-dress, as I was leaving, I randomly got to meetone of those survivors, Gabby Giffords. She wasbeing escorted by her husband, Capt. MarkKelly. I had the feeling that one day we wouldcross paths. I introduced myself to her andthough I don’t believe she knew who I was,when I showed her the bracelet with her nameon it her expression changed to one of excite-ment and enthusiasm.

Although Gabby is still recovering and re-learning how to speak, the words we ex-changed were enough to give us more hopeand energy, to continue on until we get thatvote we all deserve, for our safety, for our chil-dren, and for our families and communities.

From Fix Gun Checkstour to White House.

To ‘Get That Vote We All Deserve’

Time to Vote OnGun ControlTo the Editor:

A powerful moment wasreached during the State of theUnion address when PresidentObama spoke of America’s respon-sibility to survivors of gun vio-lence. The president said, “theydeserve a vote” — on gun reform.Representatives from Virginiashould heed this call.

“They” also applies to the count-less Americans who, like myself,remain concerned and disheart-ened by horrific gun violence.Though I was hundreds of milesaway at school in Washington,D.C., on the day of the VirginiaTech massacre, just watching theimages on television and knowingI had friends at Va. Tech at the timeinvoked a tremendous sense ofshock and sadness that I still haveto this day.

Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) has the responsibility, in hiscapacity as chairman of the House

Judiciary Committee, to make aserious effort to find ways to makeour communities safer. Our Con-gressman Frank Wolf (R-10)should, too, take this opportunityto strengthen our state’s, and ournation’s, gun laws.

The time for a vote is now. It istime to close loopholes and in-crease preventative measures thatwere not, but should have been,in place.

These are just some of the mean-ingful reforms that will reduce gunviolence.

Some lawmakers may declarethat today’s most pressing issue isthe economy and looming seques-ter, but that should completely notrule out a plan for gun reform.Simply sweeping any chance forgun reform under the rug is fool-hardy. It’s time to tackle the issuehead on, because we, as concernedcitizens of Virginia and of the na-tion, deserve a vote.

Velginy HernandezGreat Falls

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Letters to the Editor

Does VRE NeedMore StateOversight?To the Editor:

Two bills (SB 1210 and HB2152) before the Virginia Gen-eral Assembly would give thestate two more votes on the Vir-ginia Railway Express (VRE) Op-erat ions Board. The boardstrongly objects because it wasnot consulted in advance andstate taxpayers contribute just16 percent towards its budget.They were shocked by this re-quest because the state’s lonerepresentative has never com-plained about this 20-year ar-rangement. They feel that thismatter should be negotiated in-stead of forced down theirthroats.

Over the last 20 years, the rail-way has grown by leaps andbounds. Station parking lots havebeen massively expanded numer-ous times. Seventy new coaches

and 20 new locomotives were pur-chased. Ridership records are rou-tinely broken to the point thatclose to 20,000 trips are made perday. On-time performance nowreaches an astonishing level of 97percent. This transit system passedthe stress test of 9/11 with muchpraise.

All local members of the currentboard are selected from a pool ofelected officials. If they make baddecisions they could lose their bidsfor reelection. This “club” worksfine because board members keepgetting reelected, and VRE’s rid-ership and on-time performancekeeps rising.

What the railroad really needsis more money. The fundingamount in the transit portion ofthe governor’s plan needs to begreatly expanded so VRE can beextended to Gainesville/Haymarket and can build a newmid-day train storage yard.

Dick PeacockManassas

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SATURDAY/FEB. 23Speed Stacking Tournament. 9 a.m.-

1 p.m., at North SpringfieldElementary School, 7602 HemingCourt, Springfield. Single and double(parent and child) cup stackingcompetitions held concurrently withprizes; food for sale to benefit theschool $4. 703-658-5563 [email protected].

Sixth Annual MonopolyTournament. 9 a.m.-2 p.m., at theWorkhouse in Gallery W-16, 9601 OxRoad, Lorton. The tournamentbenefits the Lorton Community ActionCenter, a food bank and humanservices nonprofit serving southeastFairfax County; $500 cash prize fortournament winner and continentalbreakfast, raffle tickets and lunchprovided for all. Register. $25.www.lortonmonoploy.com.

Robinson Gives Back. 7 p.m. at Lordof Life Lutheran Church, 5114Twinbrook Road, Fairfax. A benefitconcert organized by the Tri-M MusicHonor Society members at Robinson,including small ensemblesrepresenting String Quartet, CelloEnsemble, Woodwind Quintet, BrassQuintet, Guitar Ensemble, and twochoirs, Robinson Singers and SelectWomen’s Ensemble. Free and open tothe public, with donations suggested,all of which will go to WoundedWarriors.

SUNDAY/FEBRUARY 24Purim Fest. 5-8 p.m., at Ohev Yisrael

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Artistic Duo IVWatercolor artist Carolyn Grossé and photographer Stephen Gawarecki exhibit

their work at a joint show at Green Spring Horticultural Center Gallery, 4603 GreenSpring Road, Alexandria, from Tuesday, Feb. 26, through Sunday, April 28, dailyfrom noon-4:30 p.m. Grossé’s paintings range from realistic to abstract andGawarecki’s work features a window series as well as moody landscapes. The art-ists’ reception is on Sunday, April 7, from 1-3:30 p.m. 703-642-5173.

for children. www.workhousearts.org.Springfield Art Guild Opening

Reception. 7-9 p.m., at NorthernVirginia Community College, RichardJ. Ernst Community Cultural Center—Building CE 2, 8333 Little RiverTurnpike, Annandale. The SpringfieldArt Guild, in collaboration with theAnnandale Campus of the NorthernVirginia Community Colleges,presents a month long exhibit andsale in the Ernst Auditorium lobbies.

FRIDAY/MARCH 8Josh DeWeese Ceramics. 7-9 p.m., at

the Workhouse, 9601 Ox Road,Lorton. Josh DeWeese, assistantprofessor of art at Montana StateUniversity, Bozeman, and formerresident director of the Archie BrayFoundation for the Ceramic Arts inHelena, Mont., exhibits ceramic piecethat have been thrown then altered,using pottery as an expressive artform in a contemporary context.www.WorkhouseArts.org.

Saawariya: Dinner and a MovieNight. 8 p.m., at the W-3 Theatre inthe Workhouse, 9601 Ox Road,Lorton. Film, dinner and soft drinksmake it an arts experience to savor;the Bollywood masterpiece directedby Sanjay Leela, inspired byDostoyevsky’s White Nights, shows.Reservations (indicate dietary needs).$39 per person.www.workhousearts.org.

SATURDAY/MARCH 92nd Saturday Art Walk. 6-9 p.m.

Workhouse Art Center, 9601 OxRoad, Lorton. Meet each building’sfeatured artist, a reception in W-16

from 6-7 p.m. and more.www.WorkhouseArts.org.

City Works Opening Reception andBook Signing. 6-9 p.m., in Studio 4,the Workhouse, 9601 Ox Road,Lorton. The paintings of John Gascotand Mary Gallagher-Stout, or “The ArtMonkeys” explore urban life, cultureand architecture—their collaboration,or “ongoing conversations,” beganwith their first children’s book, USA toZ: Artful ABC’s for Kids of All Ages.www.TheArtMonkeys.com.

Northern Virginia Chorale. 7:30p.m., at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church,5800 Backlick Road, Springfield. Thechorale, accompanied by a jazzensemble, presents “AmericanJourneys,” a sentimental musicaljourney that recalls sights and soundsacross the nation from Route 66 toNew York, New York and the like. $20at the door; $15 in advance.www.northernvirginiachorale.org.

SATURDAY/MARCH 16Fairfax Symphony Orchestra:

Masterworks V. 8 p.m. GeorgeMason University Center for the Arts,4400 University Drive, Fairfax.Conductor Christopher Zimmermanperforms J. Strauss’ Emperor Waltzand Tick Tack, Pizzicato, Trisch-Tratsch Polkas and Overture to DieFledermaus; R. Strauss’ Suite fromDer Rosenkavalier, Till Eulenspiegel’sMerry Pranks and Salomé’s Dance.$25-$55. 703-563-1990 orwww.fairfaxsymphony.org.

THURSDAY/APRIL 182013 Fairfax County Volunteer

Service Awards. 8 a.m-10 p.m., atWaterford, 6715 Commerce St.,Springfield. The Fairfax CountyVolunteer Service Awards serve as acommunity-wide celebration ofvolunteerism and the awards honorindividuals, groups and organizationsthat have given outstanding volunteerservice. Nominations/onlineapplication are due: Feb. 4 by 4 p.m.703-246-3825 orwww.volunteerfairfax.org.

SATURDAY/MAY 11Fairfax Symphony Orchestra:

Masterworks VI. 8 p.m. GeorgeMason University Center for the Arts,4400 University Drive, Fairfax.Conductor Christopher Zimmerman,tenor Brennen Guillory and sopranoJoni Henson perform Wagner’s“Prelude and Liebestod,” Tristan undIsolde and Prelude to Act 3, Lohengrin;Verdi’s Overture to La Forza delDestino, Overture to I vespri siciliani,Love Duet Finale Act I Otello, “Dio tigiocondi, O Sposo” Otello, “Dio mipotevi, scagliar” Otello, Willow SongOtello and “Libiamo,” La Traviata.$25-$55. 703-563-1990 orwww.fairfaxsymphony.org.

Terminal Road, Suite 0, Lorton.Celebrate Esther’s obedience to theLord resulting in the salvation of theJewish people; games, prizes, story,food, and cake walk. 703-550-0888 orwww.ohevyisrael.org.

TUESDAY/ FEB. 26Halley Race for Technology 5K &

Color Fun Run. 8:30 a.m., at HalleyElementary School, 8850 Cross ChaseCircle, Lorton. Run through a coursewith obstacles and color misting or inthe more traditional 5k withChronoTrack timing system foraccuracy in the Crosspointesubdivision around HalleyElementary, to be awash in color, forthe race to raise funds for classroomtechnology. www.halleypto.com.

WEDNESDAY/FEB. 27Women Gone Wise in a Wild

World: Exploring Desires. 10-11:30 a.m., at Kirkwood PresbyterianChurch, 8336 Carrleigh Parkway,Springfield. Area moms are invited toa casual gather on the topic ofmodern sexuality; coffee, tea,homemade breakfast fare andchildcare provided. $7. [email protected].

SATURDAY/MARCH 2The Broken Spell. 1 p.m., at the

Workhouse in the W-3 Theatre, 9601Ox Road, Lorton. A children’s theatreperformance that tells the story of theprincess that keeps falling asleep untilher parents try to fix it by spell.However, it doesn’t work and truelove must be found. $12 for adults; $8

By David Siegel

The Connection

The importance of danceis clear to StonerWinslett, artistic direc-

tor of the Richmond Ballet.“Dance is the expression of thehuman spirit through move-ment. It is the instinctive lan-guage of our hearts and minds,”she wrote.

The Richmond Ballet has beendesignated The “State Ballet ofVirginia.” This year the Rich-mond Ballet added a secondprofessional company, Rich-mond Ballet II (RB II). RB II per-forms and provides educationand community outreach pro-grams. Soon the RB II troupewill dance at the Jewish Com-munity Center of Northern Vir-ginia for non-members andmembers alike.

RB II will also teach a masterclass to dance students of theJCCNV Dance Academy.

“Ballet is a major componentof our Dance Academy,” saidDan Kirsch, JCCNV Cultural Artsdirector. “We wanted to presentdance from local and regionalcompanies that would show dif-

ferent styles of dance and engageour students and audience withgreat storytelling.”

Why learn ballet? “Ballet is agreat foundation for all dance, asvocabulary and proper techniqueare key to being successful in anystyle, and both are learned throughballet,” said Alicia Ronquillo,JCCNV dance director.

“There are so many attributes toa ballet class that push past theclassroom and into life,” addedRonquillo. These include disci-pline, respect for oneself and learn-ing your limitations.

In her reactions to the forthcom-ing RB II master class, Elle Cryan,one of the Dance Academy stu-dents, noted “I really appreciatethe opportunity to take a masterclass with the Richmond Ballet IIbecause I will be able to experiencewhat it is like to work with a pro-fessional ballet company.”

The RB II performance will in-clude a number of distinct works.Some of the works will be “Classi-cal Symphony,” with choreographyby Malcolm Burn, the RichmondBallet’s own ballet master, withmusic by Prokofiev. Another is

“Fairy Doll,” set in a late 19thcentury toyshop where at nighta toymaker’s dolls magicallycome to life and dance.

There also will be“Djangology” with choreogra-phy by Val Caniparoli, with mu-sic by jazz master DjangoReinhardt, as well as songs suchas “Georgia on my Mind” and“Ain’t Misbehavin.”

The piece was described as“exciting, zany, and utterly irre-sistible.”

The RB II is led by IgorAntonov, who danced leadingroles with the Richmond Ballet.

Inviting Northern Virginia au-diences to the Richmond BalletII performance, Kirsch said that“the quality of their storytelling”is just outstanding.

Where and WhenRichmond Ballet II at Jewish Community Cen-

ter of Northern Virginia, 8900 Little RiverTurnpike, Fairfax.

The master class for JCCNV Dance Academy stu-dents, held Friday afternoon, March 1, is taught byIgor Antonov, Richmond Ballet II director.

Richmond Ballet II performance at the JewishCommunity Center of Northern Virginia on Sun-day, March 2, at 7:30 p.m. for non-members andmembers. Tickets: $18-$22. 703-573-3000 orwww.jccnvarts.org.

A Passion for Dance Richmond Ballet II to perform andteach master class.

Ben Maloneand ElenaBello ofRichmondBallet II in“Djangology”by ValCaniparoli.

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By Marilyn Campbell

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While most of Wash-ington is bravingthe winterweather, April

Toman has been planning for sum-mer. At the top of her list: choos-ing a camp for her two children,Claire, who is in fifth grade, andWill, who is a second grader.

“I start thinking about it in Janu-ary,” said Toman, who lives in Al-exandria. “I talk to my kids aboutwhat they are interested in taking.There are so many options and thepopular camps fill up quickly.”

Education experts say summercamp is an important part of achildhood experience, and parentsshould start considering optionswell before the end of the schoolyear.

“I think summer camps are won-derful for kids,” said Tammy Davis,a doctor of education and a pro-fessor of psychology atMarymount University in Arling-ton. “Sometimes kids loseground over the summer,especially with regard totheir mental activity. Sum-mer camp can continuebrain development, espe-cially with regard to creativ-ity, mental activity, physicalactivity and social activity.”

Davis, who is a formercamp counselor, elementaryschool teacher and schoolcounselor, said children who arenot exposed to new social activi-ties could become isolated. “If yourkids are only playing video gamesor going to the pool every day, theyrun the risk of cocooning them-selves,” she said. “Choose a campthat expands your child’s horizons,that will be stimulating and engag-ing and where they will developnew friendships without the pres-sure of an academic environment.”

Toman, whose children will at-tend summer camp at St.Stephen’s & St. Agnes School inAlexandria, says that from tradi-tional day camps to specialtycamps, the options for children areplentiful. “My children have donejunior veterinarian camp in thepast, and this year we might tryan eco-adventures camp.”

FROM SPORTS TO SCIENCE,the Washington region is filledwith camps that will suit almostevery child. For example, Annie

Moyer, director of the Sun & MoonYoga Studio in Arlington andFairfax, says yoga camps are op-tions for children who have neverpracticed yoga. “No yoga experi-ence is necessary,” she said. “Wedo yoga games and poses, breath-

ing, artistic expression and,weather permitting, outdoor play-ground time.”

For youngsters with a passion forall things artistic, JeanneLoveland, education director forthe Greater Reston Arts Center,suggests art camp. “Our camps arebased on the GRACE mission,which is contemporary art” shesaid. “There are some discussionsand there are art projects. Thereis one camp of messy art projectsthat your mom would never letyou do at home. The camps areeducational, but also fun. We willbring in local artists.”

Loveland added that during onesession, students will learn aboutpublic art, and “will create a pub-lic art work that will be displayedpublicly after the camp.”

Jim Supple, director of summerprograms at St. Stephen’s & St.Agnes School, encourages parentsto consider specialty camps aswell as traditional day camps.

“Specialty camps are great waysto try new things, to expand ho-rizons, and to challenge yourself,”he said. “Children are naturallycurious and specialty camps pro-vide a way for children to learnmore about their interests. If a

child is not the most athleticand would rather learnabout fashion or photogra-phy, acting or magic, spe-cialty camps provide thatoutlet. They allow childrento find things that they aregood at and lets them beproud in that activity.”

While the thought of aca-demic camps might causesome children to cringe,

Mollianne Logerwell, Ph.D., direc-tor of science education at GeorgeMason University’s Virginia Initia-tive for Science Teaching andAchievement, says that does nothave to be the case. George Masonhosts science camps, and “studentsfrequently tell us that camp was notonly fun, but also increased theirinterest in science,” she said. “Ad-ditionally, classroom teachers havetold us that students who attendeda VISTA camp ask higher-levelquestions and are more engaged inscience lessons than students whodid not attend camp.”

Logerwell said VISTA camps aregeared toward low-income stu-dents. “It’s also a great way to ex-pose families with limited knowl-edge to the possibility of attend-ing and affording college.”

WITH SO MANY OPTIONS forsummer camps, choosing the bestcamp for your child can be over-whelming. “When parents are

cancellation policies.”For those who may not be able to

afford the cost of summer camp,Rechen suggests that parents do alittle research. “Many summer campsoffer financial aid,” he said. “Thereare also foundations that give grantsfor camps.”

No matter which camp a childattends, however, Davis has onecaution: “Be careful about over-scheduling camps, doing back-to-back camps and not giving chil-dren down time,” she said. “Somepeople use camp as day care andthat is not always a good thing.”

Region offers programs to tempt children with interestsranging from sports to drama to science.

Choosing a Summer Camp

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Gabrielle Summers, who is plan-ning to send her children to sum-mer camp at the Norwood School,says that she considers safety first.“Second, [I consider] the qualifi-cations of counselors and leader-ship and their love of the children.[Then] I look at cost, early birddiscounts, payment due dates and

Students attending the Norwood School summer camp inBethesda, Md., spend time with a firefighter.

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Sports

Lake Braddock Wins FirstDistrict Title Since 2002Gregorits named MVP ofPatriot District tournament.

By Jon Roetman

The Connection

The Lake Braddock boys’ basketball teamconquered the Patriot Districttournament’s top seed in the semifinals,beating Woodson 57-54 on Feb. 14.

The following evening, when Lake Braddock trailedlate in the district final, the Bruins had enough gasleft in the tank to overcome a fourth-quarter deficitand capture their first championship in more than adecade.

Lake Braddock won its first Patriot District titlesince 2002 by defeating South County 50-40 on Feb.15 at Lake Braddock Secondary School. The fourth-seed Bruins held a four-point advantage entering thefourth quarter, but the seventh-seed Stallions tookthe lead a minute later after a 3-pointer and a layupby Justin Williams. The South County senior scoredagain with 3:05 remaining in the contest, giving theStallions a 37-35 lead, but Lake Braddock closed thegame on a 15-3 run to secure the title.

“We knew they were going to come in there, giveus a run for our money,” Lake Braddock sophomoreA.J. Alexander said, “but we just had to stay settleddown, keep a cool head and we knew we were goingto pull it out.”

Alexander and junior Will Gregorits led LakeBraddock, with each making a significant contribu-tion in the paint. Gregorits finished with 21 pointsand six rebounds, and Alexander scored 16 pointsand grabbed eight boards.

“We don’t win if [Alexander] and Will don’t re-bound like they did,” Lake Braddock head coachBrian Metress said. “That was our whole emphasisbefore the game: we said, championship if you re-bound.”

“It’s the best feeling in the world,” Gregorits said.“I’ve never had a feeling like this. It’s probably thesingle-greatest event of my high school career so far.To be over 10 years without winning [a district title],we had to get it—we just had to.”

Alexander was named to the all-tournament team,along with Woodson’s Eric Bowles, T.C. Williams’Landon Moss and South County’s Williams and Jus-tin Hampton.

Williams led the Stallions with 16 points in thedistrict final. Hampton, a first-team all-district se-lection, went scoreless in the first half, but finishedwith 10 points, including a trio of 3-pointers. Thesenior converted a four-point play in the third quar-ter, cutting South County’s deficit to 26-17.

The Stallions finished district runner-up for thesecond straight season.

Lake Braddock followed its district champion-ship with a 60-43 victory against Stuart, the No.4 seed from the National District, in the openinground of the Northern Region tournament on Feb.18. The following night, Lake Braddock’s seasoncame to an end with a 46-43 loss to Robinson,the Concorde District’s No. 2 seed, in the regionquarterfinals.

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The Woodson girls’ bas-ketball team overcamea 0-6 start to the sea-

son, qualified for the NorthernRegion tournament for the firsttime since 2010 and, thanks toa 40-point outburst from KearaFinnerty, played in a districtchampionship game for the firsttime since 2004.

The Cavaliers accomplishedplenty during the 2012-13 cam-paign, but T.C. Williams assured“district championship” wouldnot be on Woodson’s list of ac-colades.

T.C. Williams defeatedWoodson 58-35 in the PatriotDistrict tournament final onFeb. 15 at Lake Braddock Sec-ondary School.

Two nights earlier, Woodsondefeated three-time defendingdistrict champion and No. 1seed West Springfield 61-43 inthe semifinals. Finnerty, a se-nior guard, scored 40 points,made 8 of 11 3-point attemptsand shot 73 percent from thefield.

“From an offensive stand-point, I’ve never seen anythinglike it at Woodson,” said Neri,who has been on the Cavalierscoaching staff for 13 seasons,

including eight as head coach.“Even the years when I was anassistant and we went to thestate semis, we didn’t have any-body put up those kinds ofnumbers.”

Against TC, Finnerty andAnna Walker each scored 10points for the Cavaliers.Madeline Nguyen finished withnine points.

The Titans took control in thesecond quarter, outscoringWoodson 19-2 in the period enroute to a 34-12 half time ad-vantage. The Cavaliers cut theTitans’ lead to 12 when a three-point play by Walker made thescore 41-29 at the end of thethird, but Woodson would getno closer.

TC’s Rejoice Spivey led allscorers with 29 points. AngieSchedler finished with 14.

Finnerty and Nguyen werenamed to the all-tournamentteam, along with TC’s ChristianRoberts and Baylee Simpson,West Springfield’s AmyBerglund and Lake Braddock’sNatalie Butler. TC’s Spivey wasnamed MVP.

Woodson’s season ended witha 56-29 loss to Edison, the No.2 seed from the National Dis-trict, in the opening round ofthe Northern Region tourna-ment on Feb. 18.

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he Northern Region basketball tournamentsemifinals will take place Thursday and Fri-day at Robinson Secondary School.

The girls’ semifinals will take place on Thursday.Edison, the No. 2 seed from the National District, willface Centreville, the Concorde District champion, at 6p.m. The second game of the doubleheader will matchOakton, the Concorde District runner-up, against SouthLakes, the No. 2 seed from the Liberty District.

The boys’ semifinals will take place Friday. The 6p.m. matchup will be a Patriot District showdownbetween Woodson, the district’s No. 2 seed, andSouth County, the No. 3 seed. Woodson won bothregular season matchups with the Stallions.

Woodson defeated Yorktown (N3) in the openinground of regionals and beat Herndon (C1) in thequarterfinals. The Cavaliers went 13-1 in the PatriotDistrict during the regular season and entered the

district tournament as the No. 1 seed, but lost to No.4 Lake Braddock in the semifinals.

South County lost its final six regular-season dis-trict games and finished 3-11. The Stallions enteredthe district tournament as the No. 7 seed and upsetNo. 2 West Potomac and No. 3 T.C. Williams to reachthe championship game, where South County lostto No. 4 Lake Braddock. In the regional tournament,the Stallions defeated Mount Vernon (N2) in theopening round and beat Chantilly (C4) in thequarterfinals.

The 8 p.m. matchup will be between Robinson,the Concorde runner-up, and Wakefield, the NationalDistrict champion. Robinson defeated Wakefield 57-41 during the regular season on Dec. 1.

Robinson lost to Herndon in the Concorde Districtchampionship game, but bounced back with regionalwins against McLean (L3) and Lake Braddock (P1).


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In their search for clues about theirson’s death, Ricky and his wife, Diane,tried to access their son’s Facebookpage. They thought Eric may haveposted something on Facebook thatcould shed light on their son’s stateof mind. Citing state and federal pri-vacy laws, Facebook denied them ac-cess.

Rash said he and his wife werestunned to learn that they had no le-gal control over their minor son’s digi-tal legacy.

They wrangled with Facebook for

nearly a year to divulge their son’spassword, but were repeatedly lockedout. If Eric had left any clues on hisFacebook page, that informationwould be forever out of reach to hisdistraught parents.

That’s when they began to lobbystate lawmakers to tackle the issue.

“If Eric had left a journal, or any-thing tangible, we would have hadaccess to it as his parents. Parentsshould have the same rights and ac-cess with anything online,” Rash said.

“We never dreamed we would haveto get into these issues,” Rash con-tinued. “But it’s imperative that par-ents understand that the Internet andsocial media have overreached intheir privacy laws, and that wewanted to change that.”

Social Media andPrivacy Laws

Rash learned that social media hasevolved faster than the federal law,and the question of who controls orstewards online legacies lacks legalclarity and consistency.

In fact, the last federal law dealingwith digital privacy was enacted byCongress in 1986, nearly 20 yearsbefore Facebook was created.

The Electronic CommunicationsPrivacy Act allows children to enterinto “terms of service” agreements, acontract all users must agree to whenthey sign up with social-media sites,such as Facebook and Twitter.

Legal experts say the law was in-tended to protect the privacy of the

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State Senate Passes‘Digital Assets’ Bill

living, but it is generally interpreted by so-cial media giants as forbidding them to giveparents access to their deceased child’sonline accounts.

Ironically, it was the “terms of service”agreement that allowed lawmakers Bulovaand Wright to craft a bill that many say issolid enough to withstand a future legalchallenge.

“We decided to plant the law on socialmedia’s ‘terms of service’ agreements, be-cause it’s contract law, which makes it un-der the purview of the state,” Bulova said.

While five states have passed laws ad-dressing “digital assets,” the legislation var-

ies widely and is largely un-tested. As a result, the UniformLaw Commission—a nationalgroup of lawyers that researchesand drafts uniform state lawsthat can be adopted by state leg-islatures—formed a committeelast year to study hot-button is-sues such as the right to “digitalassets.”

But a uniform law could takeyears, Bulova said, and he did

not want parents to be in the same positionas the Rash’s—locked out of their deceasedchild’s online life.

State Senator Chap Petersen (D-34), whospoke in favor of the bill on Monday, agreed:

“If the feds pass a law in the meantime,great. But we’re not going to sit around andwait if we can do something now,” Petersensaid. “As a parent of teenagers, it seems thatparents ought to have access to what theirchild posts online, especially when the childdies.”

Rash predicts Virginia’s law—and otherstates tackling similar issues—will forcesocial media companies to “take notice.”

“They don’t want to become experts ina patchwork of laws from 50 differentstates, so this effort in Virginia may pushthe Uniform Law Commission to come upwith something regarding digital legaciessooner rather than later,” Rash said Tues-day evening, after learning that the billhad passed both chambers of the legisla-ture.

Passage of the bill has given the Rash fam-ily some measure of comfort.

If the bill becomes law, they know otherparents won’t have to go through the samestruggle to see their child’s online life.

Rash said the past 24 months have beena journey his family never wanted to em-bark upon, but the support from Eric’sfriends, family members and other parentshas helped the family remain strong.

“I think Eric would be proud … parentsare making progress for once,” Ricky Rashsaid Tuesday evening.

“The support has been overwhelming.There were times we wanted to withdraw,but hearing stories about Eric, knowing thatwe could help other parents, we were ableto push this thing to the bitter end.”

“Most other bills with thesekinds of implications wouldprobably have been looked uponsympathetically, but tabled.” — Del. David Bulova (D-37), who co-sponsored

Virginia’s “digital assets” bill


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Address .................................... BR FB HB ..... Postal City ..... Sold Price .. Type ....... Lot AC .. PostalCode ........ Subdivision .......... Date Sold

1 9117 OAK CHASE CT ................ 5 .. 3 .. 1 ... FAIRFAX STATION .. $745,000 ... Detached ... 0.40 ........ 22039 .......... CROSSPOINTE ......... 12/05/12

2 3835 PARKLAND DR ................. 4 .. 4 .. 1 .......... FAIRFAX ......... $740,000 ... Detached ... 0.18 ........ 22033 ......... PENDERBROOK ......... 12/13/12

3 7230 RITA GRAY LOOP ............. 4 .. 3 .. 1 ...... ALEXANDRIA ..... $725,000 ... Detached ... 0.16 ........ 22315 ........ WINDSOR KNOLL ....... 12/20/12

4 6810 CORDER LN .................... 4 .. 3 .. 1 .......... LORTON ......... $720,000 ... Detached ... 0.53 ........ 22079 ............ MOUNT AIR ........... 12/27/12

5 6317 STILL SPRING PL .............. 4 .. 4 .. 1 ...... ALEXANDRIA ..... $718,000 ... Patio Home 0.09 ........ 22315 KINGSTOWNE/NORTHAMPTON 12/28/12

6 8311 PERIWINKLE PL ............... 5 .. 3 .. 1 ... FAIRFAX STATION .. $710,000 ... Detached ... 0.22 ........ 22039 .......... CROSSPOINTE ......... 12/20/12

7 9830 HAMPTON RD ................. 5 .. 3 .. 1 ... FAIRFAX STATION .. $710,000 ... Detached ... 2.00 ........ 22039 ........ HAMPTON HILLS ........ 12/21/12

8 10806 SECOND ST W ............... 5 .. 4 .. 1 .......... FAIRFAX ......... $707,550 ... Detached ... 0.17 ........ 22030 ........ FAIRFAX HEIGHTS ....... 12/06/12

9 8092 PAPER BIRCH DR ............. 5 .. 4 .. 1 .......... LORTON ......... $700,000 ... Detached ... 0.18 ........ 22079 .... LAUREL HILL LANDBAY ... 12/02/12

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Local REAL ESTATE December 2012 Sales$700,000~$749,999

2 3835 Parkland Drive,Fairfax — $740,000

5 6317 Still Spring Place, Alexandria — $718,000

6 8311 PeriwinklePlace, Fairfax Station— $710,000

7 9830 Hampton Road, Fairfax Station— $710,000

8 10806 Second Street West, Fairfax— $707,550

9 8092 Paper Birch Drive, Lorton— $700,000

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