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January 21-27, 2009 ❖ Volume XXIII, Number 3

Viennaand Oakton

Cougars GearingFor ‘Second Half’

Sports, Page 16

Of Spies andTheir CraftNews, Page 3

Vienna Writer Scripts‘Criminal Minds’ Episode

People, Page 6

Oakton coach Fred Priester and his squad have a perfect recordat 15-0, but the coach said there is still room for improvementfor his team over the second half of the district schedule.

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NewsVienna/Oakton Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic

703-917-6428 or [email protected]

By Donna Manz

The Connection

Patrick Henry Library had a recordturnout — 87 people — for thebook presentation given by theformer director of the CIA’s Of-

fice of Technical Service, Robert Wallace ofReston.

Frigid temperatures in the evening of Jan.15 were no deterrent as guests, from as faras Gainesville, listened to Wallace describeboth the tech gadgets used by U.S. spiesfrom the Cold War to the present, and theagents who relied on the copy and commu-nication devices developed under CIA su-pervision.

“Spycraft,” written by Wallace and H.Keith Melton, is a spy museum on paper.Former director of Central Intelligence,George J. Tenet, wrote the forward to the530-page history, illustrated with 125 pho-tographs and illustrations of devices rang-ing from a chamber of silence — remem-ber Get Smart’s “cone of silence?,” a deadrat flavored with Tabasco, inflatable torsos,a fountain pen enveloping a miniature cam-era and “life-support containers” to trans-port humans across borders. Oh, and then,there’s the live cat with a listening devicesurgically implanted in his ear canal.

A Power Point slide show, incorporatingimages of spy gadgets, as well as a video ofspy gear as used by super agents MaxwellSmart and James Bond, brought espionageresources to life. Co-author Melton pos-sesses the world’s largest collection of spygear.

“‘Spycraft’ is the story of America’s ‘Q,’”said Wallace alluding to Ian Fleming’s char-acter in the James Bond series. The booktraces the development and deployment ofspy gear from secret writing and buggingdevices to subminiature cameras and covertInternet communications.

THE MOST PRESSING question in espio-nage, Wallace said, is how do we conductand protect security communication. Ideasand concepts come forth readily, but execu-tion is the issue.”

He cited an example of a precursor to thehigh-occupancy vehicle dummy. An agentin Moscow insisted on meeting face-to-facewith his handler. As the vehicle, with agentand handler sped around a corner, followedby a Soviet tail, the agent rolled out of thecar unseen by the surveillance vehicle. How,though, to explain the loss of passenger?

The CIA developed an inflatable personto appear as the agent rolled out and away.There were, however, some problems withinflation and deflation, until a technical

staffer came upon the idea of a “jack-in-the-box” torso. It worked.

During the Cold War, the Soviets usedintelligence devices superior to those of thefledgling U.S. espionage community. By1970, the balance of advantage had shiftedto the U.S. The CIA handled more than adozen agents in Moscow by the 1980s,Wallace said, a technical feat. After the pre-sentation, Wallace fielded questions fromthe audience, many of whom were retiredor active CIA. One guest asked Wallace if itwere true that the CIA knows where BinLaden really is, but if Bin Laden is of moreuse out there than captured. “I don’t knowanything about that,” Wallace said. “Is itpossible that Bin Laden is dead and a look-

alike has replaced him? That would be themost difficult thing to achieve,” Wallacesaid. Another guest pointed out that voicerecognition would betray a look-alike.

WALLACE RETIRED from the CIA Officeof Technical Service in 2003.

“If there’s one thing I learned in 32 yearswith the CIA, it’s that it’s not career enhanc-ing to see one’s name in print.” It took threesubmissions to the CIA Publications ReviewBoard before final approval of the book.

Wallace stays busy in “retirement.” Hecontributed a chapter on counterespionageto “Vaults, Mirrors and Masks,” edited byJennifer Sims and Burton Gerber, which willbe released by Georgetown Press within thenext couple of weeks. “There are half adozen other ideas floating around so maybesomething else in the next couple of years,”said Wallace.

He spends some time each year fishing.“My goal is to fish on every continent. That’sone good reason to go to Australia since Ihaven’t been there before.” He said he usu-ally spends a week in Minnesota fishingwalleyes and another week in Montana af-ter trout.

Wallace maintains his interest in publicaffairs, both local and international, and hesaid he tries to keep current on the intelli-gence profession, especially agents and theirdevices, an interest that inspired “Spycraft.”

THE RECIPIENT of the Intelligence Medalof Merit, he is the founder of a private na-tional security firm and is a contributor tothe CIA’s Center for the Study of Intelli-gence.

Wallace lives in Reston with his wife of39 years, a retired South Lakes High Schoollibrarian. The couple has three grown chil-dren, a son and two daughters and threegrandchildren all under 2 years old. Theyare involved in a variety of church activi-ties and with their children, their familiesand the grandchildren.

“Our pets are the wild birds in the backyard that I try to keep well fed, especiallythe cardinals, yellow finches and hummingbirds,” Wallace said. “The gray squirrels arepests.”

Residents Reflecton Dr. MartinLuther King’sDream, ObamaInauguration

— Donna Manz

Viewpoints

LeeannMcGonagle,Vienna

“I believewe’re closer [tofulfilling thedream] …. Atthe time ofKing’s assassina-tion, he couldnot have

envisioned an African-Americanpresident elected in what wouldhave been his natural lifetime.”

SandraUthus,Vienna

“From theway I under-stand Dr. King’sdefinition of thedream, I’d sayso. I pray so.”

Joe Canale,Centreville

“I think theelection ofBarack Obamadoes tend tomove African-Americanscloser to thedream. I wishwe were not so

focused on the race issue, though.You’re either a good person or you’renot, talented or not.”

JohnTredwell,McLean

“Of course. Ithink it’s self-evident.”

TamikoYoungblood,Chicago/Vienna

“Absolutely, byall means. Ithink Dr. Kingenvisioned that,someday, hewould see ablack presi-dent.”

Patrick Henry Libraryhosts “Spycraft”author’s presentation.

Of Spies and Their CraftAbout the book

“Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA’sSpytechs from Communism to Al-Qaeda,” byRobert Wallace and H. Keith Melton http://ciaSpycraft.com

Robert Wallace, former director ofthe CIA’s Office of Technical Ser-vice and author of “Spycraft,”speaks to a packed room at PatrickHenry Library Jan. 15.

“The most pressingquestion in espionage …is how do we conductand protect securitycommunication.”

— Robert Wallace, author,“Spycraft”

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Dream Is Alive at St. Mark School St. Mark Catholic School kindergartners paid tribute to Dr. Martin

Luther King Jr. with a special “I Have a Dream” presentation for theschool community. This tribute to King was held Friday, Jan. 9. Kinder-garten students sang “Stand Up for Dr. King” and read about his contri-butions to our country. To honor him, they each dressed in costume aswhat they would like to be when they grow up and stated that individu-ally for the audience. Students dressed as doctors, teachers, policemen,chefs, football and hockey players, just to name a few. To end the presen-tation, the kindergarten students asked the audience to continue King’sdream of peace for all and to help them live out their dreams.

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Channel 7 Storm Chaser, Adam Caskey, visited fourth- andsixth-grade students at Louise Archer Elementary inVienna. He is pictured here with sixth-grade students.

Louise Archer principal, Michelle Makrigiorgos, welcomesStorm Chaser 7, Adam Caskey.

TV Storm Chaser VisitsLouise Archer Elementary

Boy Scouts RefurbishVolleyball Court

The volleyball court at Southside Park inVienna was refurbished recently by Boy Scoutsfrom Troop 872 and their leaders as well asfamily and friends who volunteered. Led byEagle Scout candidate, Dillon Franks, thegroup spread new sand and repaired the sid-ing of the overgrown court. Franks, 17, who isa 13-year resident of the Town of Vienna,wanted to complete a project in the TownBoundaries.

“I’ve spent a lot of time in the parks of Viennaand I am glad to be able to give somethingback”, sai dFranks, a Madison High School stu-dent. “My friends and I also got interested inoutdoor volleyball this past summer, so I’msure we’ll get good use out of this court thatwe have improved together”.

The Town of Vienna supplied the sand andtimbers for the project. Dillon Franks

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With 24 Scouts attending, the largest program was the traffic safety merit badge taughtby Officer Bill Murray of the Vienna Police Department.

Vienna Scouts Attend Merit Badge Day

More than 170 Viennaarea Boy Scouts and30 adult leaders at-

tended the annual Vienna MeritBadge Day at St. Mark’s Church onVale Road. Boys progress throughthe Scout program hoping toachieve the rank of Eagle Scout bydeveloping skills, building moralcharacter and engaging in commu-nity service. Merit badges play akey role in exposing the Scouts toa variety of life skills and charac-ter development, which are oftenunderemphasized in school orfamily life.

The Scouts had asked the Townof Vienna Police for assistance withthe community event and ChiefRobert Carlisle, who is a supporterof community-based policing, washappy to assist.

The Scout program, which in-cludes a combination of academicand practical training in topicssuch as emergency preparedness,fire safety, traffic safety, nuclearscience, oceanography, first aid

and others were offered. With 24Scouts attending, the largest pro-gram was the traffic safety meritbadge, which was taught by Of-ficer Bill Murray of the ViennaPolice Department.

Murray, who had been theD.A.R.E. officer for a number ofthe Scouts attending, provided adetailed discussion of traffic-re-lated issues, including criminalstandards and penalties for drunkdriving and racing. Although fewboys attending even had learner’spermits yet, all are thinking aboutthe day when they can drive, andthe Scouts were pretty interestedto hear that their vehicles couldbe seized if they were found to beracing on a public street.

The lesson driven home: cars onpublic streets are not toys.

On the academic side, Murrayran the boys through the physicsequations for vehicle speed versesstopping distance and coefficientof friction impacts of variable roadconditions. Lastly, the boys marked

out the stopping distance of ve-hicles traveling at speeds of 30, 50and 70 mph on the pavement,demonstrating that stopping dis-tance increases with the square ofthe initial velocity.

Volunteer professional fire fight-ers and members of the FairfaxCommunity Emergency ResponseTeam taught classes in emergencypreparedness and fire safety. Citi-zenship merit badges required theScouts to attend Vienna TownCouncil meetings, write letters toelected senators and congressmenand interview elected officials.

The program was hosted by St.Mark’s Church for the fourth yearin a row. St. Mark’s sponsorsVienna Troop 1978, led by theScoutmaster Al Fox with more than70 boys. Annie Peterson, a volun-teer from Troop 1887 and a districtcommissioner was the main pro-gram coordinator. Besides St. Mark’sTroop 1978, other troops attendingincluded Vienna Troops 4, 13, 152,427, 976, 979, 987, 1143 and 1887.

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Sen. Chap Petersen (D-34)

D-34

Right now the eyes ofthe world are focusedon Washington, D.C.It’s a comparatively

quiet time in Richmond, so it’s agood time to get things done.

Our first week of session is theopportunity to build consensuswith senators on issues I’ve beenstudying for months. As others areattending the Inaugural, I’m work-ing the halls of the State Capitol— looking for opportunities tomove Virginia forward.

On Jan. 14, I filed 18 bills. Thesebills reflect the priorities that Ihave in 2009. I trust that you willagree with these goals:

1. Jobs, jobs, jobs: Our firstpriority in Richmond is creatingnew jobs to jump-start oureconomy. Every job and every busi-ness has value, but some sectorsare critical due to recent events.We must position Virginia to maxi-mize federal grants from the newObama administration in the en-ergy and environment sectors, aswell as nurture “next generation”industries, which will supportlong-term jobs. Therefore, I amsponsoring SB 1124 and SB 1125which establish income tax cred-its for clean energy production andcreation of “green jobs” in Virginia.Passage of these bills will cost usvery little money now but willshow that Virginia is open for busi-ness in the 21st century.

2. Efficiency: No amount of in-vestment will succeed if our statecontinues its wasteful ways, par-ticularly in energy usage. This isnot just an environmental issue; italso causes higher taxes and elec-tric bills for working people. Tocurb this trend, I have three spe-cific proposals. SB 1126 sets a tar-get for our utilities to reduce percapita energy consumption for allVirginians to 90 percent of currentusage by 2022. SB1127 requiresthe state to (i) construct new build-ings according to LEED standards,and (ii) purchase 20 percent oftheir energy from renewablesources. It also streamlines our pro-curement by permitting the gover-nor to contract directly with en-ergy-saving auditors to save usmoney. SB 1128 enables geother-mal technology to come to marketso homeowners have a lower-costheating option. All these bills willsave us resources and governmentspending in the long run.

3. Transparency: There is notenough public knowledge about

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State senator files 18 bills in General Assembly.the state budget.We need to treatour citizens likes h a r e h o l d e r swho are due anannual report oftheir investment.Therefore, I amco-sponsoring

with Sen. Ken Cuccinelli (R-37) abipartisan bill, SB 936, to put allstate expenditures on-line for easyviewing and research. I am alsosponsoring a companion bill SB1129 to permit local governmentsto do the same. The more infor-mation to voters, the better.

4. Elder Care: The governor hasproposed a drastic cut in Medic-aid assistance which is a life-linefor frail and elderly Virginians thatcannot afford private nursing care.That’s one way to balance the bud-get. Here’s another way: my SB1133 takes the estate tax, whichis on a hiatus until 2011 in Vir-ginia, and brings it back for estatesover $5 million, exempting farmsand small businesses. The result-ing revenue is nearly $100 million,

which can be doubled with federalmatching funds. That money canrestore these programs and ensurethat our parents and grandparentslive the last years in the dignitythey deserve. Having seen mygrandmother’s last years and thestruggle we’ve had with mymother-in-law since her stroke, Ifeel strongly about these programsand our duty to restore them.

5. Sentencing Reform: Gov.Kaine has accurately focused onthe long-term cost of incarcerationin Virginia. Criminals need to bepunished, but the punishmentshould be proportional. Right now,our prison costs are too high —among the highest in the U.S. —and our budget can’t sustain it. MySB 1136 seeks to update our sen-tencing laws to reclassify minorproperty crimes as misdemeanors,while my SB 1135 requires ourParole Board to actually read therecord before they continue to in-carcerate pre-1994 felons now eli-gible for parole. Again, I’m notadvocating anyone’s release. But

See Town Hall, Page 15


People

By Donna Manz

The Connection

Mark Bruner grew up in exotic countries of the worldand in Vienna, graduatedfrom Langley High School

and the University of Virginia and, aftergraduation, moved to Los Angeles to workin the television industry. On Jan. 21,Bruner’s debut screenplay will air on CBS’“Criminal Minds.”

AT LANGLEY High School, Bruner playedsoccer, wrote “a lot of personal writing,” andwatched movies often. “I was just your av-erage nerdy kid,” Bruner said.

Bruner’s father was a career State Depart-ment employee and the Bruner familymoved around North Africa and Israel whenBruner was growing up. Bruner, now 23,said he “wrote a lot and watched a lot ofmovies” during those years he spent over-seas. When he was “just a kid,” he wantedto make short movies with his camcorder.

“Growing up overseas, my family was soimportant to me. They were always therefor me. Family closeness was sort of an in-spiration for my story.”

“Bloodline” is Bruner’s first producedscript, the story of a reclusive, serial-killingfamily. “We had never done a family of se-rial killers before,” Bruner said. “Basically,the plot is that the team is called into anAlabama town where young girls are beingabducted.”

Through a contact of Bruner’s father, thewriter got an internship with “CriminalMinds” in the summer of 2005, between hissophomore and junior years at UVA. Upongraduation, a bachelor of arts in media stud-ies in hand, Bruner took on a full-time po-sition with the program and moved to LosAngeles.

“Now that I’m getting paid to write andwatch movies, it’s kind of cool.”

BRUNER BEGAN HIS JOB at “CriminalMinds” as a personal assistant in the writ-ers department. He pitched his story ideashortly after coming to the program, and inAugust of 2007, he got approval for its pro-duction.

Writing, said Bruner, is very much a col-laborative field in television. The “writersroom” is just that, a room where theprogram’s writers sit around and brain-storm. They critique one another and throwout ideas and concepts. It was at a writers’brainstorming session that Bruner’s storyline took shape.

“I wrote out about 10 pages in storyform and then verbally explained the storyidea in a 20-minute oral presentation to

Elizabeth Doughty Kane, 29, is one of 200marchers who has been selected by theNational Peace Corps Association and theReturned Peace Corps Volunteers of Wash-ington, D.C, to represent Peace Corps vol-unteers around the world in the Presiden-tial Inaugural Parade in Washington, D.C.on Jan. 20, 2009.

A Vienna native, Kane graduated fromJames Madison High School in 1997 beforeattending the University of Virginia andmajoring in Foreign Affairs. She served inMalehice, Mozambique as a Teacher of En-glish as a Second Language volunteer from2001 to 2003. Kane is a second-generationvolunteer. Her parents, Vienna residentsRoger and Gail Doughty, were also PeaceCorps volunteers, serving in Iran as a CityPlanner and a Teacher of English as a Sec-ond Language Volunteer, respectively.

“I am thrilled to march in the inauguralparade, not only because of the historicnature of this election, but also to be repre-senting the Peace Corps community.”

In announcing the participation of thePeace Corps Community and theAmeriCorps Alums in the parade, President-elect Obama said, “These organizationsembody the best of our nation’s history, di-versity and commitment to service. VicePresident-elect Biden and I are proud to

Elizabet Kane in her Mozambicanoutfit and her husband, Ross Kanewho also volunteered in Africa,with the Episcopal Church inSudan and Kenya.

Peace CorpsVolunteer Marches inInaugural Parade

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have them join us in the parade.”Representatives of the Peace Corps Com-

munity have applied for each InauguralParade in recent history and last partici-pated in 1997.

The marchers—who served in 93 coun-tries—represented every decade of PeaceCorps service and included original PeaceCorps staff; former volunteers and staff; andcurrently serving volunteers.

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MPO Melissa Borja finished first in her class for women and well aheadof over half the males participating in the event.

Vienna Police Bicycle Officer Wins CompetitionMPO Melissa Borja of the Town of Vienna

Police Department recently competed in the2008 International Police Mountain BikeAssociation (IPMBA) Competition. The com-petition was the highlight of the 2008IPMBA Conference held in Indianapolis, Ind.

Officers from all around the nation gathereach year to learn about new policing strat-egies and techniques, and to share ideasrelative to policing on a bicycle. MPO Borjaserves as the lead officer for the ViennaPolice Bicycle Unit. She ensures the bicyclesare adequately maintained and also in-structs new riders from area departments

during a rigorous two week training course.The competition consisted of riding down

a flight of stairs, up another set of stairs,making a tight left turn, a U-turn through acone course, and then a sprint into a tightS-turn. From there she had to serpentinethrough another cone course, hop up on toa platform, negotiate a third very tight conecourse, ride her bike over three railroad tiesand perform another sprint to the finish.

Of the 75 riders participating in the event,MPO Borja finished first in her class forwomen and well ahead of over half themales participating in the event.

Mark Bruner of Vienna scripted theJan. 21 episode of “Criminal Minds,”titled “Bloodline.” The program isbroadcast on CBS at 9 p.m.

the producer.”Bruner credits Ed Benero, the show run-

ner, the man in charge of the whole pro-duction, for taking him under his wing.

“Mark has worked extremely hard foreverything he has accomplished,” KyleRudzinski of Great Falls, Bruner’s UVAroommate and Langley soccer teammate,said. “He’s not the type to go out and seekrecognition for himself. Mark’s as humble aguy as you’ll ever meet.”

Rudzinski said that it is through Bruner’shard work, creativity and innate talent as awriter that enabled his former teammate toachieve so much so early in his career. “Whoknows what he’ll accomplish by age 30?”

BRUNER IS WORKING on a televisionpilot now. He’s trying to get an agent andto do so, he needs a broadcast script andan original one. “Bloodline” fulfills the firstrequirement.

“Most of the high-school programs are setin California,” said Bruner. “I’m setting minein a high school in Northern Virginia. It’s afictitious version of myself growing up.”

Bruner’s parents live in the same houseoff Hunter Mill Road that they have livedin since Mark was in the sixth grade.

“My parents kept me very humble. I’m notinto the Hollywood scene, not into Holly-wood glitz,” Bruner said. “I still watch mov-ies back to back. I’m more into developingfriendships and getting to know people.

“I guess you would say I’m still nerdy.”“Bloodline” reairs on June 24 on CBS.

Mark Bruner’s“Bloodline” broadcaston Jan. 21 on CBS.

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“Now that I’m gettingpaid to write and watchmovies, it’s kind of cool.”

— Mark Bruner, scriptwriter,“Criminal Minds”


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Activities reported by the Vienna policedepartment through Jan. 9.

ARREST1100 Block Maple Ave. East. Jan.

10, 2:28 a.m. Officer Finelliconducted a traffic stop on a vehiclefor a traffic violation. As heapproached the vehicle, he observedthe driver and front seat passengertrying to switch places. Afterinteracting with the parties, OfficerFinelli detected signs of possibleimpairment. Officer Finelli had theoriginal driver perform field sobrietytests and subsequently placed himunder arrest for Driving WhileIntoxicated. He was transported toVienna Police Headquarters foranalysis of his breath to determineblood alcohol content. After testing,the driver, 25-year-old male ofBeltsville, Md., was transported tothe Fairfax County Adult DetentionCenter and formally charged.

Maple Ave. at Pleasant St. N.W.Jan. 10, 12 p.m. Officer Myersconducted a traffic stop on a vehicleas a result of a lookout following asuspicious event. After observing atraffic violation, Officer Myersstopped the vehicle and identified allparties inside the car. It was learnedthat one of the individuals waswanted on an outstanding warrantfor Failure to Appear at Jail on aDriving on a Suspended OperatorsLicense charge. The warrant wasfrom Culpeper, Virginia. Theindividual, a 48-year-old male ofJeffersonton was arrested andtransported to the Fairfax CountyAdult Detention Center where he isbeing held without bond.


Opinion

Watch Them LiveTwo steps for moreopenness in GeneralAssembly.

Editorial

This year for the first time, Virgin-ians can check in on what theirstate representatives are up to without a trip to Richmond.

The House of Delegates and the Senate ofVirginia will offer live streaming video of the2009 Legislative Session, broadcasting fromeach chamber every day of the session.

The daily broadcasts will begin when eachbody convenes.

The 2009 legislative session Virginia GeneralAssembly convened on Jan. 14, and will run45 days.

Go to http://legis.state.va.us/. Links forstreaming video and also an audio only op-tion, are appropriately front and center.

More than one-third of all leg-islation proposed in the VirginiaGeneral Assembly dies in sub-committee. And in previous

years, the votes of the subcommittee memberswere not recorded. There was no accountabil-ity for legislators who “tabled” proposals thatwere important to Virginians.

This year, subcommittee votes will be re-corded and available on the General Assembly’sWeb site. It’s an important step.

TIME FOR SMOKING RESTRICTIONS

Gov. Tim Kaine (D) is promoting legislationthat would ban smoking in restaurants in Vir-ginia. We support his efforts.

Secondhand smoke kills 1,700 Virginians peryear, according to the Virginia Department ofHealth. Levels of secondhand smoke are up tofive times higher in restaurants than in homeswith smokers, according to the American LungAssociation.

If the General Assembly doesn’t pass legisla-tion banning smoking in restaurants, it shouldat least allow localities the power to restrictsmoking within their borders.

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Richmond Report Letter to the Editor

Change Antiquated Grading SystemTo Members of the Fairfax

County School Board:I witnessed via television the

meeting last week where citizensspoke on behalf of “Fair Grade.” Iam a taxpayer whose children arenow in the business world. Two ofthe four are graduates of FairfaxCounty schools. Now my grand-children are in the same schoolsystem.

I have yet to understand whyour students are treated unfairlyin the current grading system. Atthe time our children attendedFairfax County schools maybethere were universities who knewabout Fairfax County schools. Notso anymore. Colleges are inter-ested in the test scores and GPA.Fairfax County grades are not con-sidered any differently than thosecoming from Union County, Ill.How long must our students suf-fer before you get this bit of rocketscience. Can any one of you on theboard give a justifiable reason why

this antiquated system is still be-ing used? Other than Mr. Gibson’sappeal to tradition.

Now to a slightly different sub-ject. Have you ever watched your-selves on television? At this meet-ing you appeared like kings look-ing down on their subjects — thoseparents and children dressed inwhite. Was it really necessary togo on and on complimenting eachother on your outstanding servicewhile hundreds of parents andchildren were held as a captiveaudience? I understand the neces-sity of electing the chairman andco-chairman, but the endless ku-dos were embarrassing. Your atti-tudes seemed to suggest thepeople in the audience were inter-fering with your importantagenda. Am I wrong? Don’t youwork for the citizens of thecounty?

Lois ScholzVienna

By Steve Shannon

State Delegate (D-35)

Beginning in 2004, theeditors of the Connec-tion Newspapers have

allowed me to write a regularcolumn during the General As-sembly session. This has beenan excellent opportunity tocommunicate with my constitu-ents and also to receive regularfeedback. I appreciate that theeditors are allowing me thesame opportunity this year.

The General Assembly con-vened Jan. 14 and it will stayin session through February.During the first week, legisla-tors submitted their bills, whichwill be considered by variouscommittees in the comingweeks. This year, members ofthe House of Delegates are onlyallowed to introduce 15 bills,which is a departure from pastpractice. As such, the total num-ber of bills considered likely willbe lower than in recent sessions.

AS TRADITION DICTATES,Governor Kaine spoke to mem-bers of the House of Delegatesand the state Senate in a jointlegislative session. His remarksprimarily focused on the effectof Virginia’s sluggish economyon the state budget. BecauseVirginia’s Constitution requiresthe state to operate with a bal-anced budget, he is proposing

targeted cutsin every cat-egorical areaof state’sgeneral fund.

Over thec o m i n gweeks, boththe House ofD e l e g a t e s

and the state Senate will havethe opportunity to propose al-ternatives to the governor’s planfor balancing the second yearof the biennial budget. The gov-ernor pledged cooperation in aneffort to meet our constitutionalresponsibility to balance thebudget while trying to minimizethe impact on core governmentservices.

IN ADDITION, the governorspoke of targeted efforts tostimulate the economy throughinvestments. Finally, the gover-nor discussed how a key focusof his final year in office willhighlight energy conservationefforts, renewable energy initia-tives and the creation of greenjobs in Virginia.

During the session, I wouldappreciate your input. We canbe reached at 804-698-1035 orby e-mail [email protected], if I can assist on theconstituent services front,please do not hesitate to con-tact my office as well.

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Jim’s Big Ego and Hamell onTrial. Rock. 8 p.m. $12. Jammin’Java, 227 Maple Ave. N.E., Vienna.703-255-1566 orwww.jamminjava.com.

FRIDAY/JAN. 23Chicago City Limits: Myspace or

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“An Empty Plate in Café du GrandBoeuf” at the Vienna CommunityCenter, 120 Cherry St., S.E. Vienna.8 p.m. $10 adults, $9 for studentsand seniors. 703-255-6360 orviennava.gov.

Chris Pureka and NicoleReynolds. Acoustic. 7 p.m. $10.Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave. N.E.,Vienna. 703-255-1566 orwww.jamminjava.com.

The Chuck Shaffer Picture Show,Irresponsible, The Secret Cooland RedShift. 10 p.m. $10.Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave. N.E.,Vienna. 703-255-1566 orwww.jamminjava.com.

Brown Bag University Seminar,12-1 p.m., Fairfax County EconomicDevelopment Authority offices, 8300Boone Blvd., Suite 450, Vienna.Learn how leading-edge architect/builder solutions can dramaticallyimprove the functioning, aestheticsand operational efficiency of yourhome or business

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Grand Boeuf” at the ViennaCommunity Center, 120 Cherry St.,S.E. Vienna. 8 p.m. $10 adults, $9for students and seniors. 703-255-6360 or www.viennava.gov.

Justin Roberts: Music for Kids.10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:30p.m. $15. Jammin’ Java, 227 MapleAve. N.E., Vienna. 703-255-1566 orwww.jamminjava.com.

Chicago City Limits: Myspace orYours? Comedy. 7:30 p.m. at TheBarns. Tickets $22. Wolf TrapFoundation for the Performing Arts,1645 Trap Road, Vienna. 1-877-WOLFTRAP.

Fiction Family featuring JonForeman of Switchfoot andSean Watkins of Nickel Creek.10 p.m. $20. Jammin’ Java, 227Maple Ave. N.E., Vienna. 703-255-1566 or www.jamminjava.com.

One-Act Festival. 10 a.m., George C.Marshall High School, 7731Leesburg Pike, Falls Church. Theentire Liberty District, comprised ofeight high schools, will compete forthe title at the Theater One-ActFestival with the two top schoolsadvancing to the RegionalTournament to be held at LakeBraddock High School Jan. 31. Free.

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door movies to indoor roller skating, fro-zen custard to ethnic cuisine, wine to chilidogs, there’s something for everyone.

MAKE FAMILY TIME Watch the stars. One night a month in the

summer, the Town of Vienna presents a familyfilm, outdoors, on the grounds of Glyndon Parkat Glyndon and Ayrhill roads. Bring a blanketand watch the stars on-screen and in the sky.Free. http://www.viennava.gov/Town_Departments/parks.htm.

Book’em. People of all ages make a beeline tothe twice-yearly book sales at Patrick Henryand Oakton libraries, and Historic Vienna Inc.’s[HVI] annual summer megatent book sale onthe grounds of Freeman House. Get there earlyon opening day at HVI’s book sale. Bookdealers from as far away as Baltimore scopeout the books for sale there. Behind FreemanHouse is a minishop dedicated to children’sbooks where parents may be spotted readingaloud to little ones.www.historicviennainc.org.

Bond. For young mothers, www.viennamoms.orgpresents a community Web site wheremembers share news and information on childcare, maintain a social network and offer usedbaby stuff. Members make friends with eachother, as do the babies.

Be a cheap skate. Family Skate Night is heldeach Friday beginning Jan. 16 through March27, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., no skating Jan. 23 orFeb. 27. Admission is $1 per skater. Bring yourown roller skates or in-line skates and safetyequipment. Children must be supervised byparent and parents are welcomed toparticipate.

Follow the train track. Owned and maintainedby the Northern Virginia Park Authority, theWashington and Old Dominion (W&OD) biketrail owes its birth to the railroad tracks thatran from Arlington westward. On weekends,particularly, families take to the path, adultstowing young children behind them andchildren on two-wheelers riding side by sidewith parents. Roller skaters take to thepavement, as well.

The caboose that got loose. Hugging theW&OD bike trail on Dominion Road, the shinyred caboose stands alone, but regally. Forchildren and for the children in adult clothes.

MANGIA!“Washingtonian” readers voted Bazin’s on

Church a Top-50 metro-area restaurant. It’spacked at lunch, packed on weekends … thefood, ambiance and service have made Bazin’sa local favorite since it opened five years ago.

In the mood for ethnic cuisine or nichefood? There’s also Italian, pizza, French,nouveau American, Brazilian, Thai, Turkish,Indian, Afghan, Mexican, New Mexican,Salvadoran, Chinese, Japanese, sushi, Greek,steakhouses, barbecue, ice cream — Nielsen’sand Baskin-Robbins, pastry shops, pie shops,vegetarian — Amma Indian and Sunflower,coffee houses, comfort food, deli food and fastfood. Johnny’s Pizza on Park Street has longbeen a Vienna pizza hangout.

LATE-NIGHT SNACKING Anita’s has been serving New Mexico-style

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Church Street Cellars boasts wine by the glass, wine by the bottle andbountiful grazing platters. Church Street Cellars owner, Mark Heider,explains the theory behind the high-tech wine dispensing machines.

Fans have voted Bazin’s on Church a Washingtonian magazine “Top50” Washington-area restaurant. Owner and executive chef, PatrickBazin, stops by a table full of retired Navy personnel.

than 30 years. Like the Vienna Inn, Anita’s is aVienna institution. Take-out is popular and thefood is substantial, hearty and spicy. 703-255-1001; 521 East Maple Ave. http://www.anitascorp.com/.

The Amphora has been Vienna’s “go to” spot forwee-hour noshing for more than 30 years.College students and high-schoolers hitAmphora when the rest of Vienna shuts downand in the morning, seniors make it toAmphora for plentiful breakfasts. Therestaurant’s baked goods come from its ownnearby bakery. Amphora is open 24-hoursevery day of the year. 703-938-7877 377Maple Ave. W. http://www.amphoragroup.com/Restaurant/tabid/792/Default.aspx.

The Vienna Inn is more than chili dogs, chilimac, chili cheese fries, beer and an entry infood guides. It’s blackened tuna and bratwurstand Gardenburgers and more. It’s for adultsand teens after hours. Owner Marty Volk is abig community supporter, too. A Vienna staplefor more than 45 years, the VI is open untilmidnight every night but Sunday. 123 MapleAve. E. http://www.viennainn.com/.

DRINK IT There’s nothing else like Church Street Cellars

in Vienna. A hybrid of wine store, wine bar andcafé, Church Street Cellars features wine soldby the glass, tapped off from a high-tech state-of-the-art wine dispenser that preventsoxidation. Appetizer platters add gusto to winesampling. The shop’s occasional wine dinnerspair wines with a gourmet menu. 703-255-0550; 111 Church St., Suite 103;www.churchstcellars.com.

STEP BACK IN TIME Vienna has maintained some of its

historical character through preservation.Historic Vienna Inc. operates Freeman Storeand Museum and the Little Library, Vienna’soriginal library. www.historicviennainc.org.

The Freeman Store and Museum has regularstore and museum hours Wednesday throughSaturday, noon-4 p.m., and Sunday 1-5 p.m.

Freeman Store: Old-time favorites and Virginia’sFinest. Where else can you find Virginiapeanuts, Virginia candles, Vienna Christmascards and cast-iron mechanical banks? Thereare Virginia puzzles, linens, books by localauthors. A pot-bellied stove lends nostalgicambience.

Freeman Museum: Features exhibits focusing onVienna’s past, its people and passages.Throughout 2009, Freeman Museumrecognizes Vienna’s World War II veterans,

with photos, artifacts and memorabilia.

The Little Library is Vienna’s original library,moved to Mill Street between Maple Avenueand Church Street, and maintained by HistoricVienna Inc. HVI hosts story time and playactivities for the littlest Vienna-ites. “Storiesand Sprinklers” is a summer hit. The LittleLibrary is open on the first Sunday of eachmonth, from 1-4 p.m. The Vienna Library is theoldest building of its kind in Fairfax County.

Nielsen’s Frozen Custard is not really a turn-of-the-century ice cream parlor. The silky,creamy frozen custard just tastes like it is. Theshop is owned by a long-time Vienna family,the Nielsens. The custardy-ice cream has loyaldevotees and features seasonal flavors andingredients, such as pumpkin and eggnog.Nielsen’s makes fat sandwiches, but it’s thefrozen custard that draws in families andbusiness people, locals and visitors. TheChurch Street shop has been nominated inAOL’s city guide three years running since2006, as one of Washington, D.C.’s best dessertplaces. 144 Church St. N.W. 703-255-5553.

Vale Schoolhouse was built in 1888. Friends ofVale Schoolhouse Inc., founded in 1934, isdedicated to the preservation of the oldschoolhouse and its grounds. The friendscommunity organizes special events,community events, educational programmingand social activities, including gourmet groupsand bridge. 3124 Fox Mill Road, Oakton,corner of Vale and Fox Mill roads. To become a“friend” of Vale Schoolhouse, go towww.valeschoolhouse.org/ for informationand membership application.

Oakton Schoolhouse, one of the first publicschools in Fairfax County, opened in 1897. Inthe mid-20th century, the little buildingbecame a hardware store, then home toAppalachian Outfitters. It was an icon of sorts,sitting on the corner near a shopping center. Asthe new year began in 2007, Chevy Chase Bankrelocated the historic building to its new homeat the Oakton Community Park on Hunter MillRoad, less than a half mile away. FairfaxCounty plans on building a soccer field on thepark grounds.

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Gore Sunday. 7:30 p.m. Acelebration of acoustic guitarat The Barns. Tickets $24.Wolf Trap Foundation for thePerforming Arts, 1645 TrapRoad, Vienna. 1-877-WOLFTRAP.

“O Brother Brunch”featuring Dead Men’sHollow. Roots. 2 p.m. $8.Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave.N.E., Vienna. 703-255-1566 orwww.jamminjava.com.

MONDAY/JAN. 26Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

Traditional South Africanmusic. 8 p.m. at The Barns.Tickets $35. Wolf TrapFoundation for the PerformingArts, 1645 Trap Road, Vienna.1-877-WOLFTRAP.

Open Mic Night with RonGoad. 7-10 p.m. $2. Jammin’Java, 227 Maple Ave. N.E.,Vienna. 703-255-1566 orwww.jamminjava.com.

WEDNESDAY/JAN. 28Story time at the Patrick

Henry Library, 11 a.m.Author Susan Crites reading ‘ILove You More ThanRainbows,’ for ages 1-5 withadults. 101 Maple Ave. East,Vienna. 703-938-0405.

THURSDAY/JAN. 29Sonny Landreth, slide guitarist.

8 p.m. at The Barns. Tickets$24. Wolf Trap Foundation forthe Performing Arts, 1645Trap Road, Vienna. 1-877-WOLFTRAP.


The County Line

By Julia O’Donoghue

The Connection

Both major political party candi-dates for Fairfax County chairmanagree the Board of Supervisorswill have to at least consider rais-

ing homeowners real estate tax rate to ad-dress the locality’s looming budget crisisnext year.

“When we adopt a budget, there will bea reconciliation to close the projected short-fall and it will include a discussion of a taxrate adjustment,” said Braddock DistrictSupervisor Sharon Bulova, the Democraticnominee for the position.

The Republican nominee, Springfield Dis-trict Supervisor Patrick Herrity, said it islikely the county will have to raise the taxrate. But Herrity also committed to lower-ing the actual amount of taxes most resi-dents pay, a promise Bulova did not make.

This year, real estate assessments willhave dropped significantly for many house-holds, enough that the county could raisethe real estate tax rate but not the actualamount of taxes paid by citizens, accordingto Herrity.

“Due to the extent of the shortfall, it islikely the tax rate (but not the actual taxespaid by homeowners) will need to be in-creased this year,” he said on his Web site.

THE TWO major political party candidateswill face Independent Green Party candi-date Carey Campbell and Fairfax businessowner Christopher DeCarlo in a special elec-tion for county chairman Feb. 3.

The previous chairman, U.S. Rep. GerryConnolly (D-11), vacated the position ear-lier this month to join the U.S. Congress.

Fairfax County government’s leadershiphas to close the $650 million funding gapin Fairfax’s $3.3 billion budget for fiscal year2010, which starts July 1. The financial holeis larger than the combined budgets of thepolice, fire and rescue, sheriff, library, parksand recreation and health departments.

“This is the most seriousdownturn I have experi-enced since I have been onthe board,” said Bulova,who was first elected in1987.

The circumstances sur-rounding the countychairman’s special electionare similar to 14 years agowhen, in 1995, the sitting county chairman,Tom Davis (R), left the Fairfax board to jointhe U.S. Congress, triggering a February spe-cial election to replace him.

Just like the Democrats in 2008, the Re-publican Party had made significant gainsat the national and local level in 1995 andappeared to have the advantage inchairman’s race. Fairfax County’s budgetand economic situation, like today, was alsotough and residents had just endured around of cuts to county services.

“I cut everything except [information

technology] and economic development,”said Davis, about the 1994-1995 countybudget.

With a voter turn out of 17.8 percent, theDemocrat, Providence District SupervisorKate Hanley, beat the Republican, Spring-field District Supervisor Elaine McConnell,to become county chairman that year.

Davis said this year’s special election forchairman could be a referendum on the su-pervisors’ approach to the budget, especiallysince Bulova has been intimately involvedwith the county finances as the board’s bud-

get committee chair formore than a decade.

“When it comes to thebudget, voters will get asay very early on becauseof the election,” he said.

The two major politicalparty candidates, Bulovaand Herrity, agreed thatthe integrity of Fairfax

County Public Schools, which normally re-ceives more than half of Fairfax’s annualbudget, should be a top priority.

BULOVA said human services would alsoanother budget priority if she were to be-come county chairman.

Fairfax has seen a greater demand andneed for human services programs, espe-cially since the region started to face a fi-nancial downturn. With the falteringeconomy, it is likely people will need evenmore from those programs than they have

in the past, said Bulova. “The increase indemand and spending in these areas hasnothing to do with inflation,” she said.

In terms of cuts, Bulova said she hopes totake actions similar to the 1990s when therewas a major downturn in revenue and boardmembers eliminated services like satellitetax offices and small “storefront” librarykiosks, she said.

Without seeing county executive TonyGriffin’s budget proposal,the supervisor could notpoint to specific cuts shewould support at thistime.

“It’s still a little bit early.We need to give thecounty executive his op-portunity to put some-thing on the table first,”she said.

Bulova is pleased withthe way county officialsand the board addressedthe county budget crisis sofar. Fairfax started hosting community meet-ings about the budget in the early fall andhas engaged residents earlier than thecounty usually does, she said.

The supervisors recently implementedmore programs focused on preventing homeforeclosure and purchased 10 foreclosedproperties, with the intention of fixing the

houses up and selling them.The foreclosure crisis has a direct impact

on the county budget since Fairfax Countyacquires the bulk of its revenue throughresidential real estate taxes and those col-lections are linked to home value and as-sessment.

HERRITY, who is one of just two Republi-cans on the Board of Supervisors, is morecritical of the way Fairfax has handled itsbudget crisis.

The county should have been more will-ing to make cuts in its current budget cycleas soon as next year’s financial picture be-gan to look so dire. Instead, Bulova andother supervisors opted to wait until thesituation got worse, he said.

Herrity has called for more budget trans-parency. He proposed a county “blue rib-bon” budget commission, where a group ofcitizens would provide advice on how toadjust Fairfax’s budget. Herrity also wantsto put details of county expenses online forresidents to peruse, he said.

When it comes to budget cuts, Herrity hasproposed scaling back Fairfax County’s af-fordable housing program – which has re-ceived over $20 million annually in recentyears. He wants to limit the scope of FairfaxCounty’s housing program to focus only onpeople “really in need,” such as those withmental disabilities or development chal-lenges that would make it difficult for themto take care of themselves.

The county currently offers housing tosome people near or below the county’smedian household income. The Springfieldsupervisor also voted against the board’s de-cision to purchase foreclosed homes.

“We are competing with the private sec-tor. … We need to focus on the people thattruly need help,” said Herrity.

Over the long term, Herrity hopes to helpthe county budget by increasing Fairfax’scommercial tax base. Commercial propertyowners tend to contribute more money inreal estate taxes than they use in countyservices, he said.Currently, only 17 percentof Fairfax’s tax base is commercial. Herritywould like to increase that number to 25

percent, he said.In addition to educa-

tion, Herrity said he ismost concerned aboutcuts to the public safetybudget.

AS FOR the two inde-pendent candidates,Campbell said keepingFairfax County PublicSchools “strong” would behis number one priority.He would also focus on

trying to build one lane of light rail on theCapital Beltway.

DeCarlo, who announced his candidacyJan. 10, said the county’s main problemswere “outrageous taxes” and over-regula-tion. He also said elected officials had cededcontrol of the government to special inter-est groups.

Bulova, Herrity take different approaches on other budget issues.

Candidates Look at Raising Tax RatePATRICK HERRITY (R)Age: 48Current Home: Clifton/

CentrevilleHometown/Grew Up In:

Springfield, Va.Education: Virginia Tech.,

B.S. in Accounting(1982)

Family: Wife Nancy andtwo high school children

Professionalexperience: chieffinancial officer at Arrowhead Global Solutions,government contractor (2005- present)

Political experience: Springfield DistrictSupervisor (2008-present)

Civic experience: former executive committee ofFairfax County Chamber of Commerce, formerboard member of Northern Virginia TechnologyCouncil, youth athletics coach

SHARON BULOVA (D)Age: 60Current Home: TheCloisters of FairfaxHometown/Grew Up In:Pikesville, Md.Education: University ofVirginia (classes via FortBelvoir extension campus),Northern VirginiaCommunity College,business management(1977)

Family: husband Lou DeFalaise, two adultchildren, three grandchildren

Professional experience: book keeper, salesand office manager

Political experience: Braddock DistrictSupervisor (1987-present), former aide toAnnandale District Supervisor Audrey Moore(1984-1987)

Civic experience: founding member of VirginiaRailway Express Operations Board (1989 –present), Governors Commission on RailEnhancement for the 21st Century (2004 –present)

CAREY CAMPBELL (I)Age: 52Current Home: North

SpringfieldHometown: North

SpringfieldEducation: University of

Maryland, B.A.(European Division)

University of Freiburg,Germany

University of Kentucky –business and accounting

Professional experience: AccountantPolitical Experience: State Chairman,

Independent Greens of Virginia; NationalChairman, Draft Michael Bloomberg

Civic Experience: North Springfield CivicAssociation Board Member, North SpringfieldPTA member, past vice president of the FairfaxCounty Federation of Civic Associations

CHRISTOPHER DECARLO (I)Age: 50Current Home: FairfaxHometown: Greenwich,

Ct.Education: Georgia

Institute of Technology,coursework towardelectrical engineeringdegree; George MasonUniversity courseworktoward businessadministration degree;North VirginiaCommunity College

Family: wife Kathleen andfive children, ages 2 years old to 10 years old

Professional Experience: president of DeCarloEnterprises Inc., which sells propane gas to over1,000 customers in Fairfax County.

“We need to focuson the people thattruly need help.”

— Pat Herrity

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Town Hall Meetings on Saturdaylet’s give the system some flexibility and thus save

taxpayer money. 6. Transportation: Transportation remains the

paramount issue north of the Rappahannock River.With the economy lagging and our TransportationTrust Fund depleted, it is harder to achieve a con-sensus on new state projects. That may change rap-idly depending on a federal stimulus package. Re-gardless, I am cosponsoring multiple bills, whichshift funds for new state projects in Northern Vir-ginia and also adjust our gas tax collection to cre-ate more revenue, without actually raising taxes. Iam also sponsoring SB 1137, which clarifies which

Northern Virginia localities can supplement theirown transportation budget with taxes collected lo-cally.

On Saturday, Jan. 24, I will have two town halls:at Fairfax City Hall (10 a.m.) with Del. David Bulova(D-37) and at Vienna Town Hall (1 p.m.) with Del.Steve Shannon (D-35). Please come and share yourcomments and questions. All are welcome.

In the meantime, please feel free to contact us inRichmond at 804-698-7534 or by e-mail [email protected]. You can also check myWeb site www.fairfaxsenator.com or make commentson my Assembly blog www.oxroadsouth.com.

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By Rich Sanders

The Connection

Oakton High girls basketball coach Fred Priesterhas been mixing things

up a bit — in a good way — forhis team of late. The Cougars, withthe holidays behind them and thesecond half of the Concorde Dis-trict schedule still ahead, are go-ing through what a lot of teamsexperience at this time of the sea-son when they hit a wall of physi-cal and mental exhaustion.

So earlier this week, Priester hadhis team lighten things up a bitwith a game of wiffle ball, whichis kind-of a children’s version ofbaseball. Instead of practicing bas-ketball, the Cougars, on their ownbasketball floor last Monday, wereswinging for the invisible fences.

“It’s just to keep things fresh andloose, along with [maybe] addinga new inbounds play,” saidPriester, who at least once a yearhas his team play a fun-filled wiffleball, volleyball or kickball game inthe gym while also perhaps tak-ing time to teach a brief basket-ball lesson or two as well.

Priester said his players, whonaturally feel the pressure over thecourse of a season of living up tothe high expectations that comewith being part of a renowned pro-gram that has experienced vastsuccess over the years, had a blaston Monday.

“There were a lot of peoplelaughing and having a good time,”Priester said. “We probably letthem do this once a year — letthem go out and have fun. Somepeople might look at it as lostmoments in practice. I don’t.

“There’s enough pressure onthem,” he said. “People are usedto a pretty high level of accom-plishments [with Oakton basket-ball]. That’s pressure they put onthemselves.”

CERTAINLY THE COUGARSwill be all business, while still en-joying competitive basketball, asthe season’s second half ofConcorde District play continuesover the next several weeks.Oakton (15-0) was scheduled to

conclude the first half of the dis-trict schedule with a game atCentreville Wednesday, Jan. 21, ofthis week. The second roundthrough the schedule begins thisFriday night when Oakton travelsto Robinson.

The challenge for Priester andhis coaching staff is to keep histeam fresh and excited for eachgame, which is not always easywhen your team is winning hand-ily almost every game it plays. Butthe coach said he tries to keepthings interesting for his team byintroducing new offensive plays ordefensive schemes and maybe evenan occasional game of wiffle ball.

He also stresses that Oakton hasnot reached its peak as a team. TheCougars, he believes, can still getbetter in preparation for the up-coming postseason. They shouldhave plenty of motivation after adisappointing finish to last yearwhen Oakton, after winning itsfourth consecutive district tourna-ment crown, lost to Annandale inthe first round of regionals.

“One thing we’re emphasizing isthat we’re still figuring things out,”Priester said in regards to his teamcontinuing to grow in knowledgeand strategy. “We’re not finished[learning]. We’re still discoveringthings we can do and we’re stillevolving as a team. Roles changefrom game to game, but our over-all notion is if [opponents] takeone thing away, there are stillother things we can do.”

That is certainly the case.Oakton, which has exceptionalspeed, is hardly a one-dimensionalteam. They have impressive talentacross the board, but play together

as a team. If teams focus on stop-ping one or two players, two oth-ers can easily step up and have bignights.

SENIOR FORWARD ErinMcgartland, the team’s leader, isaveraging 12 points and 10 re-bounds a game. She is one of threeteam captains, along with seniorguard Sasha Borojen (eight pointsper game) and senior forwardBrianna Johnson (eight).

“Erin is without a question ourbest leader,” Priester said.“Brianna and Sasha back her up.

“Erin knows everyone’s job, in-cluding mine,” said Priester, witha chuckle.

Some other of the team’s keyplayers include sophomore guardZora Stephenson, the team’s lead-ing scorer at 13 points per game,and freshman twin sister guardsCaroline Coyer (11) and KatherineCoyer (eight).

Priester said his team has ahealthy determination to improveas a team and stay focused.

“We’re playing well and havebeen winning by big scores, but wehave to assume it’s going to getharder,” Priester said. “They havetheir eyes firmly on the gameahead, but everyone [still] looksforward to [the postseason] tour-nament. We just have to continueto do what we can each game.”

Oakton’s top-district competi-tion in the weeks ahead are likelyto be Centreville, a physically bigand strong team, as well asRobinson and Westfield.

Oakton’s next home game isscheduled for next Tuesday, Jan.27, against Westfield.

Oakton Girls Enjoying aFew Stress Free MomentsCougars gearingfor second halfOf Concordeschedule.

Photo by Robbie Hammer/The Connection

Oakton coach Fred Priester and his squad have a perfectrecord at 15-0, but the coach said there is still room forimprovement for his team over the second half of thedistrict schedule.

The Madison High boys swim and dive team recently defeatedLiberty District rival Langley in a close meet, 158-156. Double-event winners for Madison were Adam Pennington and RobbieParker. Finishing first in diving was Ryan Fox.

On the girls side, Madison defeated Langley, 180-134. Single-event winners for the Warhawks included Bev Dobrenz and Lind-say Mottola. Madison’s winning 200-free relay team was made upof Dani Humphreys, Liz Zolper, Bev Dobrenz and Katarina O’Reilly.Kelly Corish won in diving.

In another recent meet, the Madison boys defeated Jefferson,165.5-149.5. Double-event winners for Madison were SeanFletcher and Robbie Parker.

The Madison girls, meanwhile, were winners over the Colonialsas well, 166.5-148.5. Madison’s Lindsay Mottola won two events.Sami Fletcher and Dani Humphrey both won events as well, andKelly Corish won in diving.

For Jefferson, Jae Sim, Reston resident, and Brenna Ferris,Herndon resident, were both members of the Colonial girls win-ning 200 and 400 free relay teams. Ferris won both the 200 and500 freestyle individual events, and Sim won the 100 freestyle.

For the Jefferson boys, Wade Gong, Herndon resident, won thebackstroke, and Matt Callahan, Vienna, won the breaststroke. Thetwo were also a part of Jefferson’s winning medley relay team,along with Zachary Batts, Reston.

Jefferson’s Stephen Seliskar, McLean resident, was a top-threefinisher in the 200 and 100 freestyles.

Oakton High School needs boys and girls head tenniscoaches. Contact Pete Duperrouzel at 703-319-2763 or [email protected].

Local residents James MacCarthy and Mark Williamsonare current members of the Wheaton College (Mass.) track andfield team. MacCarthy, a junior, is from Oakton and is a MadisonHigh graduate. Williamson, from Vienna, is also a Madison gradu-ate. He is a sophomore at Wheaton.

The Wheaton track and field squads recently opened the indoorseason at the Dartmouth Relays. In the men’s 4x200-meter relay,a Wheaton quartet, including Williamson, broke an eight-year-old school record by clocking in at 1:30.33.

Jefferson High boys basketball player Mike Ross, a Viennaresident, scored 18 points in the Colonials’ recent Liberty Districtboys’ basketball win over Marshall. The contest took place on Jan.6 at Jefferson.

Registration for the Vienna Girls Softball League springseason is now open at www.VGSL.org. Girls ages 5-18 in North-ern Virginia are invited to play on softball and T-ball teams thatwill be formed in February. Indoor clinics teaching softball funda-mentals are now being held. Practices will begin in March andleague play will run mid-April through mid-June. More than 400girls at all levels from beginner to travel play on VGSL house andselect teams.

Madison High junior Joe Moloney is competing in junior golftournaments in Virginia through the Virginia Junior Golf Alliance.Moloney, a member of the Madison golf team in the fall, had agood December as he tied for second at the Kingsmill CollegeRankings Open before winning the Suffolk Junior Open by eightstrokes. He will continue to play in Virginia tournaments through-out the winter as well as next spring and summer.

Virginia Preps.com recently named its All-Virginia high-schoolfootball teams. Its state AAA team consisted of Stone Bridge Highdefensive end Zach Thompson and Oakton High linebacker JackTyler. Madison High punter James Devens was named All-Stateas a special teams player.

The Premier AC 93 Ice is holding tryouts for boys born be-tween Aug. 1, 1993-July 31, 1994. The Ice is a U15 travel soccerteam set to compete in NCSL this spring. They practice in FallsChurch and Tysons Corner. For more information about the teamand tryouts, go to www.mcleanice.com.

The Golden Girls Senior Softball Association is lookingfor female slow-pitch softball players for league and travel tour-nament teams. All skill levels welcome. For more information andforms, visit www.goldengirls.org or call Donna 703-938-0387.

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Due to the debilitating emotional effectof my mother’s two-month decline intopain-ending death on Dec. 6, 2008,combined with the official announcementmade by my wife, Dina’s, long timeemployer, Tivoli’s, in Rosslyn (nearly 25years employed) that they were closingtheir restaurant and lounge on Dec. 20after 27 years (thus unemploying Dina),neither Dina or I were in the mood thispast Christmas to do unto others (heck,we were barely able to do untoourselves). In fact, the first — and only —time we went shopping was Sat. night,Dec. 27th — after Christmas. And thattrip was not to bargain hunt, it was to buya 2009 golden retriever calendar forBailey (our second golden) and of coursefor ourselves, so that we could hang it inits usual place of honor in our kitchen(time marches on, however slowly).

And so for us, 2008 was the year thatChristmas came and went, and neverreally was (Thanksgiving wasn’t a wholelot better, either). Oh, we saw it on thecalendar and heard about it as usual andDina even decorated the lounge at Tivoli,but in a year in which two extremelysignificant things were taken from us, wejust couldn’t muster the spirit to give.Perhaps, had we given, it would havelightened our load somehow andbalanced our respective burdens. Butfinding the energy and the intestinalfortitude to fight the fight was simply toomuch for us. I just figured that it was alosing battle, emotionally, and in a way,almost disrespectful to my mother’smemory and to the importance of Tivoli’sin Dina’s life that we go on about ourregular, albeit seasonally-motivatedbusiness.

New Year’s Eve (and the actual newyear on the calendar) didn’t come soonenough for us. 2008 is over, thank God!Whether we will both be able to return toa reasonably normal and familiar routine,I can’t know for sure. Dina needs to finda new job and my brother and I need tosettle my mother’s estate.

It’s hard to imagine, and even harderto say, but perhaps the change will do usboth some good. Stranger things havehappened, I suppose.

On the face of it, “losing” your motherand in effect becoming an “orphan,” forme, and Dina being out of work for thefirst time in more than 30 years (althoughfor Dina, the work at Tivoli’s was the leastof it; the most of it was the friendshipsand social activities that it spawned),hardly seem like the kind of occurrencesto jump-start your life in a new andpositive direction, however. Maybe thearrival of a new year will help to spin usboth forward a little bit. Who knows?Certainly not me.

Hopefully, 2009 will be a year worthremembering, not one, like 2008, that ontwo very key levels we’d both like toforget. Eventually I’m sure, we’ll get tothe point where remembering 2008 willbring smiles and fond memories. Atpresent, it’s still a bit early for either oneof us to feel those kinds of feelings. We’restill not quite adjusted to our new livesand still hurting and still mourning.Perhaps hanging that 2009 goldenretriever calendar on our kitchen wall, atradition going back nearly 30 years(Brandy, our last golden lived to age 15;Bailey, our current golden is 13 1/2) willbegin our emotional rescue. Pets aregood that way. They help with thehealing.

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

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TRUSTEE'S SALE

OF VALUABLE

IMPROVED REAL ESTATE

Improved by the premises known as

1735 Fairfax Drive #2, Arlington, Virginia

In execution of a Deed of Trust from Jairo O. Solano and Lina V. Rincon, dated August 10, 2007, and recorded Au-gust 20, 2007, in Deed Book 4127 at page 2597 among the Land Records of Arlington County, Virginia, the undersigned substitute trustee will offer for sale at public auction at the front entrance of the Judicial Center for Arlington County, at 1425 N. Courthouse Road, Arlington, Virginia, on

Monday, February 2, 2009 at 9:00 a.m.

the following property being the property contained in said Deed of Trust, described as follows:

Unit 2, Fairfax North Arms Condominium, in accordance with the declaration and exhibits attached thereto recorded in Deed Book 4120 at page 334, among the Land Records of Arlington County, Virginia.

Commonly known as 1735 Fairfax Drive #2, Arlington, Virgin-ia 22209.

TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $40,000.00 or ten per-cent (10%) of the sale price, whichever amount is less, in the form of cash or its equivalent will be required of the purchaser at the time and place of sale; the balance of the purchase mon-ey being due and payable within fifteen (15) days after sale, time expressly being of the essence, with interest at the rate of 6.50 percent per annum from date of sale to date of settlement. Provided, however, that if the holder of the se-cured promissory note is the successful bidder at the sale, no cash deposit shall be required, and part of or the entire indebt-edness, including interest and costs, secured by the Deed of Trust, may be set off against the purchase price.

Any defaulting purchaser shall forfeit the deposit and stand the risk and cost of resale.

Sale shall be made subject to all existing easements and restrictive covenants as the same may lawfully affect the real estate. Sale is further subject to mechanic's and/or materi-alman's liens of record and not of record. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, covenants, restrictions, rights of redemption of federal lienholders or encumbrances, and agree-ments of record affecting the same, if any.

In the event the undersigned trustee is unable to con-vey to the purchaser good title, then purchaser's sole and ex-clusive remedy shall be in the refund of the deposit paid at the time of sale.

The subject property and all improvements thereon will be sold in "as is" condition without warranty of any kind. Pur-chaser shall be responsible for any and all building and/or zon-ing code violations whether of record or not of record, as well as for all unpaid and enforceable homeowners' or condomini-um owners' association dues and assessments, if any. Pur-chaser also shall be responsible for obtaining possession of the property at his/her expense. Purchaser shall assume the risk of loss and shall be responsible for any damage, vandal-ism, theft, destruction, or the like, of or to the property occur-ring after the time of sale. Conveyance will be by special war-ranty deed. Conveyancing, recording, transfer taxes, notary fees, examination of title, state stamps, and all other costs of conveyance are to be at the expense of purchaser. State and local taxes, public charges, and special or regular assess-ments, if any, shall be adjusted to the date of sale and there-after shall be assumed by the purchaser.

The undersigned trustee unconditionally reserves the right: (i) to waive the deposit requirement; (ii) to approve or dis-approve the creditworthiness of any bidder and/or purchaser; (iii) to withdraw the property from sale at any time prior to ter-mination of the bidding; (iv) to extend the time for bidding; (v) to reject any or all bids; (vi) to postpone or set over the date or time of sale; and (vii) to extend the period of time for settlement hereunder.

Additional terms and conditions of sale may be an-nounced at the time of sale.

DAVID N. PRENSKYSubstitute Trustee

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:David N. PrenskyChasen & Chasen5225 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W. #500Washington, D.C. 20015(202) 244-4000


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Public Notice – Environmental Permit

PURPOSE OF NOTICE: To seek public comment on a draft permit from the Department of Environmental Quality to limit air pollution emitted by a facility in Fairfax County, Virginia.

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: January 22, 2009 to February 20, 2009

PERMIT NAME: State Operating Permit to Operate Issued by DEQ, under the authority of the State Air Pollution Control Board

NAME, ADDRESS AND REGISTRATION NUMBER OF PRO-POSED PERMIT HOLDER: Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) 7990 Science Applications Court, Vienna, Virginia 22182; Registration Number: 71804

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: SAIC has applied for a State Oper-ating Permit for their Vienna, Virginia facility. The facility is an information services company and the emission units are com-prised of eight emergency generators that are also used for peak shaving with Dominion-Virginia Power. The facility is classified as a synthetic minor source of air pollution. The pro-posed permit would allow the facility to rebuild and operate one diesel driven electric generator, and operate the other seven as previously permitted. The pollutant of concern is Nitrogen Oxides (NOx). The facility has a permitted limit of 24.4 tons per year of NOx.

HOW TO COMMENT: DEQ accepts comments by e-mail, fax or postal mail. All comments must include the name, address and telephone number of the person commenting and be re-ceived by the DEQ within the comment period. The public may request a public hearing. The public may review the draft per-mit and application at the DEQ office named below. The draft permit is also available on the DEQ web site at www.deq.vir-ginia.gov. To request a public hearing, written comments must include: 1) the names, mailing addresses and telephone num-bers of the requester and of all people represented by the re-quester. 2) The reason a hearing is requested, including asso-ciated air quality concerns. 3) A brief, informational statement regarding the extent of the interest of the requester, including how the operation of the facility affects the requester.

CONTACT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, DOCUMENTS, RE-QUESTS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Thomas M. Valentour, Environmental Engineer, Sr. Northern Regional Office, Department of Environmental Quality, 13901 Crown Court, Woodbridge, VA 22193, phone: 703-583-3800, email: [email protected]



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