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From Community EyesoreTo Community AssetTransformation of KingsWest Swim Club addsgreen space.

From left, Craig Carinci, director of storm water planning, DPWES; John Dargle Jr.,director, Park Authority; Brice Kutch, Bowman Consulting Group; Braddock DistrictSupervisor John Cook, Fairfax County; Paul Thaler, project inspector, Utilities Designand Construction Division, DPWES; Tony Vellucci, Braddock District representative tothe Park Authority Board; Roy Waugh, Bowman Consulting Group; Dave Bowden, direc-tor, Planning & Development, Park Authority; Jose Soto, Sagres Construction Corpora-tion; Yudhie Brownson, project engineer, Utilities Design and Construction Division,DPWES; Elfatih Salim, Water-quality Benefits, DPWES; and Joseph Adzovie, seniorengineering inspector, DPWES-UDCD.

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By Victoria Ross

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For several years, neighbors in the Kings ParkWest subdivision grappled with the prob-lem of what to do with the big hole in theground that was once the Kings West Swim

Club.Built in 1976, the Kings West Swim Club—owned

and maintained by a voluntary membership organi-zation, not a homeowner’s association—was similarto many suburban neighborhood pools built duringthe 1960s and 1970s. It was a community hot spotthat featured basketball and tennis courts and a club-house.

Proximity to the pool was a plus. When Mary Haleybought her house in 1980, her deck overlooked theswim club, and she said it was great living withinwalking distance to the pool. “It was a gathering placewhen we moved in,” Haley said during a communitymeeting about the defunct pool.

But after years of declining membership and sky-rocketing maintenance bills, Kings West closed downin 2005. Abandoned, the pool quickly became aneyesore, a health hazard and a magnet for trouble-makers.

“There are probably hundreds of pools through-out Fairfax County that closed because of similar cir-cumstances,” said Supervisor John Cook (R-Braddock).

ON WEDNESDAY, JAN. 30, Cook hosted agroundbreaking ceremony at the site to announcethat the long-awaited plan to transform the dilapi-dated swim club into parkland and a storm waterretention basin was officially underway.

“We turned what was a negative for the commu-nity into a big environmental positive,” Cook said.

Cook is credited with spearheading the effort totransform the nine-acre swim club property, whichsits in a resource protection area near a stream, into

a neighborhood park. He worked closely with thecounty’s Department of Public Works and Environ-mental Services (DPWES) and the Fairfax CountyPark Authority (FCPA), as well as Braddock DistrictPark Board member Tony Vellucci.

For nearly two years, Cook and Vellucci hosteddozens of community meetings and worked closelywith neighbors to come up with a solution to theabandoned and neglected pool.

“I am proud to have been able to play a role intaking an abandoned pool that created serious healthand safety concerns for the community and trans-form it into an environmental resource that will pro-vide much needed water quality enhancements inthe Rabbit Branch of the Pohick Stream Valley andprotect a sensitive Resource Protection Area,” Cooksaid during the ceremony.

UPON COMPLETION, the new green space willreplace the club house and parking lot, but will re-use the existing swimming pool in order to removeseveral hundred pounds of nitrogen, phosphorousand sediment that would otherwise pollute RabbitBranch annually.

The newly created pervious surface will also re-duce storm water runoff by 44,000 cubic feet peryear, or roughly 10 percent of the annual rainfallthat would flow through the site, further improvingsediment control and reducing the effects of erosion.

Cook said that $430,000 of storm water funds wereprovided because of these significant environmentalbenefits.

“When community and government come togetherand work cooperatively, successes like this happen,”Cook said. “The community has been very proactivethroughout this whole process, maintaining its com-mitment to the swim club while also searching tire-lessly for a way to reuse the property in a beneficialmanner.”

He said the transformation project is a significantachievement for the Braddock District.

“The community gains additional green space. Theremoval of the pool and its amenities removes a po-tential health hazard, eyesore and crime magnet,”Cook said, “It’s a win for everyone here in the com-munity; it’s a win for our storm water program, andit’s a win for parks.”

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Supervisor Pat Herrity (R-Springfield) promised tobe the first person in line to sign up for the newFairfax County license plate, and he was. On Wednes-day, Jan. 3, Barry Biggar, president and CEO of FXVA,showed Herrity where to sign on the dotted line forhis pre-ordered specialty license plate.

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Residents of FairfaxCounty can now pre-order their Fairfax

County license plates online atthe new Visit Fairfax website—www.fxva.com/plates/.

The Fairfax County Board ofSupervisors voted last week toapprove the sale of the licenseplates, in partnership with VisitFairfax, the nonprofit promo-tion and tourism arm of FairfaxCounty, and the Virginia De-partment of Motor Vehicles.

The license plates feature thecounty seal, county map andthe website addresses of thegovernment and Visit Fairfax.The plate will cost $25 a year.As mandated by state law, $10is retained by the state whilethe other $15 goes back to the

license plate sponsor after1,000 plates are ordered.

The DMV requires 350 com-mitments from the communityin order to make the specialtyplate available for purchase atall Virginia DMV locations.

Revenue from the plates willsupport the World Police andFire Games—the largest sport-ing event in the world after theSummer Olympics—which thecounty will host in 2015. In fol-lowing years, proceeds will bededicated to tourism.

“We’ve already had numerouscalls about the specialty plates,”said Barry Biggar, president andCEO of Visit Fairfax, when Su-pervisor Pat Herrity (R-Spring-field) arrived at the Visit Fairfaxoffice last week to pre-order hislicense plate. Herrity, who ini-tiated the plan, estimated thatFairfax County could generateroughly $250,000 per yearfrom the plates.

“I don’t think we’re going tohave trouble getting 350 resi-dents to purchase these licenseplates,” Herrity said.


The County Line

By Supervisor Michael

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When it comes tobuilding buildingsor fixing things,

Fairfax County does a great job.Schools, fire stations, parks—the county has a proven trackrecord of exemplary projects.

Building or fixing familiesand people—that’s tougher toevaluate.

Fairfax is probably no betteror worse than most local gov-ernments. Fixing people ishard. There is no plan that, iffollowed to the letter, results ina split family being madewhole, or a person with mentalillness or substance abuse issuesbeing cured. People are differ-ent than buildings.

Maybe that’s why I was so ex-cited about the FairfaxFamilies4Kids program when Iwas introduced to it, and be-came such a huge supporter ofit immediately.

Kids in foster care really havethe deck stacked against them.For whatever reason their fam-ily situation didn’t work andsomeone—typically the courts—stepped in and forcedchange. They are left lookingto total strangers to do whattheir family should have donebut couldn’t. That’s a lot to ask.They are dependent on govern-ment programs to find themtemporary housing, maybe apermanent foster home, and forsome of the luckier kids, a fam-ily.

FF4Kids is a partnership be-tween the county and a wholelot of people who really believethese kids in foster care deservemore help. The program offersthe kind of opportunities andexperiences that the countycan’t possibly provide by itself.Without the volunteers, whoserve as mentors, friends, teach-ers and occasionally substituteparents, most of these kidswould bounce from one tempo-rary situation to the next, usu-ally aging out of foster care withlittle skills, no love, and littlechance for future success.

I have been so impressed witheveryone I have met who is in-volved with the program. It hasincreased my sense of optimismabout the chances that more of

these kids will find foreverhomes with adoptive families.Clearly, there is a positive effecton the kids when they see thementors devoting so much timeand effort to them. Many ofthese kids have never had thelove and attention they getwithin this program. Certainlythey have never had the lifeeducation they get, and for thefirst time many of them beginto believe in themselves. Self-confidence and optimism arenot qualities you find in manyfoster children. A program thatgives them those two things, inmy mind, can’t help but benefitthem.

There have been success sto-ries for kids in this program,including adoption of some ofthe children by some of thementors. Of course, not everychild has been so lucky. Somestill age out of the system withno family back-up to catch themif they fall. But they do havethe FF4Kids family, and that initself is a confidence-builder.They also have life skills andsocial skills that they likelywould not without the FF4Kidsprograms. There are no guar-antees in life, but there is nodoubt in my mind whether ornot they find the adoptive fam-ily we all hope that they will,they will be much better pre-pared young adults.

As long as there are incred-ibly caring and dedicatedpeople like the FF4Kids mentorsand volunteers, I will be doingall I can to help support them.

Fairfax Families4Kids: acommunity of hope.

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All youth need stability and loving parentsto give them the best chance for successin life. This is why finding adoptive homesand permanent traditional foster homes

for our youth is so critical. Over the last six years, asa Fairfax Families4Kids mentor, I have seen fosteryouth struggle, especially when circumstance hascaused them to be moved frequently from foster careplacement to foster care placement (including tradi-tional foster homes and foster group homes).

There is one 14-year-old youth in particular that Irecall that was originally removed from his biologi-cal home, then lived with another biological familymember for a time, then was moved into a tradi-tional foster home, then to a group foster facility—all of this taking place over a few short years. Thisyouth has been participating at group FF4Kidsmentoring events for several years. I remember thepoor behavior demonstrated at times by this youthat the group events, including not following the rules,speaking out of turn in an effort to gain attention,occasional physical outbursts due to not being ableto control his anger, actually teasing other fosteryouth in an effort to get them to chase him aroundthe room.

This behavior was his way of crying out for thelove and attention he was not receiving at “home.”He wanted so desperately to be seen and heard byanyone in his life. This foster youth was just recentlyplaced in a loving, adoptive home. The youth’s be-havior at the group mentoring events has made acomplete turnaround. He no longer needs to be thecenter of attention, always has a smile on his face,and demonstrates positive interaction with both men-tors/volunteers and the other foster youth. This isdue to him finally feeling safe and knowing that thereare loving adults that he can trust to protect andtake care of him. There is no amount of support fromthe county, school system, programs, and organiza-tions that can replicate the day in and day out sup-port that a child receives from a loving family.

MY HOPE is that as a community, we do more toseek out Fairfax County families that are willing toprovide loving adoptive and long-term foster homesfor foster youth. There is a reason that the name ofour program is “Fairfax Families4Kids.” It is our mis-sion to find Fairfax County families for these fosterkids. Mentoring through the program helps preparethese youth for placement. The county’s ability tomore effectively find long-term, loving homes forfoster youth is the key to a foster youth’s ability togrow to become mature, responsible, independentadults.

I have mentored many foster youth both throughtheir years in foster care and their transition out offoster care. Though many foster youth have positivetransitions out of foster care into independent, adultlives, there are many foster youth whose outcomesare less successful.

I can tell you stories about Fairfax County fosteryouth that transition out and become homelesswithin weeks or months. They share with me the“life skills” they have learned to survive.

“The metro trains/buses run all night except 3 to6 a.m., so if you have metro money, you can ride allday and night to stay warm. Then you just need towalk the streets during those hours.

* Another youth said he sleeps on the floor of a

friend’s motel room or catches a few hours of sleepat the 24-hour McDonald’s until the police ask himto leave.

❖ They can tell you about their stays at the vari-ous community homeless shelters. “The crack headsand heroin addicts will steal from you so you needto keep your stuff with you at all times.”

❖ They will tell you where they can find publiccomputers where they can apply online for jobs. Theycan make enough money to feed themselves but notenough to find permanent housing. They live withhealth ailments because they no longer have healthinsurance.

AT TIMES it is painful to witness, but as mentors,our mentoring does not cease just because they tran-sition out of foster care. Through FF4Kids mentoring,a trusting relationship is formed, allowing fosteryouth to be receptive to the advice and counselingthat we have to offer. This is key: if there is no trust,it is difficult for foster youth to accept advice andcounseling.

For many of these foster youth, the relationshipsthey have with their mentor is the longest term rela-tionship they have with a responsible adult. I can’ttell you how many times a social worker, case worker,life skills coach or foster parent has said “Carmen,you have known him longer. Talk to him and explainhow important it is for him to stay in school, obtainhis high school diploma.”

It has been an honor and privilege to mentor manyof the foster youth within our Fairfax County com-munity. They have taught me more about persever-ance through adversity than I could ever teach them.Mentoring can be difficult at times, they will makemissteps along the way but they will also surpriseyou with their ability to accomplish goals they haveset for themselves in an effort to become mature,independent young adults. Mentoring is about be-ing there for them through the ups and downs!

Carmen Jordan, mentor for FairfaxFamilies4Kids: “My hope is that, as acommunity, we do more to seek outFairfax County families that are willing toprovide loving adoptive and long-termfoster homes for foster youth.”

Making the DifferenceBetween Struggle and Success

About the AuthorCarmen Jordan of Reston has been a mentor for Fairfax

Families4Kids for six years. She is considered one of themost experienced mentors in the program. In addition toworking full-time as a marquee account manager at Deltekin Herndon, Jordan makes herself available to “trouble-shoot” for the children and families she mentors. In thefollowing column, she details her experiences with theprogram, and at-risk foster youth.


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Volunteers on Inauguration Day Quynh-Lan Ngo, Sarah Gaulke, Katie Rogers, KathrynTreanor, Annalise Billings, Casey Early and Julia Draznin of Girl Scout Troop 189 ofFairfax.

Volunteering for the PresidentGirl Scout Troop 189 of Fairfax volunteered on Inauguration Day in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Jan.

21. “They were still smiling at the end of a long day that started at 4 a.m.!” wrote Mariana Vervena in anemail to the Connection.

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By Pam Michell

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George and Mary spentmany years homelessand unsheltered inFairfax County. Yes,

Fairfax County, one of the wealthi-est counties in the country. But inFairfax County, homeless personssuch as George and Mary are gen-erally hidden. They live in thewoods, behind dumpsters, and inshopping centers. Out of sight, outof mind.

For many years, local non-profitpartners have been working withcounty staff day in and day out tooffer persons who find themselveshomeless a chance to start anew.When given the stability of hous-ing and the support of profession-als and volunteers, homelessadults—including those who havelived many years on the streetsand in the woods—can and dochange and become stable, con-tributing members of our commu-nity. We non-profit homeless ser-vices providers can tell story uponstory of what a difference stablehousing and supports can make ina life of someone whom othershave given up on, whom othershave discarded as “hopeless.”

In January 2012, 697 singleadults were counted as homelessin Fairfax County and 51 percentof them (353) were chronicallyhomeless—12 consecutive monthsor four separate incidences ofhomelessness in the past threeyears; 24 percent of homelessadults were unsheltered. Thesenumbers are going up.

This month you can help us findout who is “out there.” You canhear their stories and you can helpprovide them the housing theyneed.

As part of a nationwide effort toput a name and a face to each

number, the Fairfax-Falls Churchcommunity is participating in anational campaign—100K Homes—that will help us understandwho is homeless, why they arehomeless and how we can getthem housed.

Join us on Feb. 25, 26, and/or27, as a part of a volunteer teamvisiting campsites to interviewhomeless individuals. On March 1we will give a detailed report to thecommunity about who we foundand where we go from here. Seehttp://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/homeless/100khomes/ for details.

Help us help everyone in FairfaxCounty find a way home.

For more information on NewHope Housing in Alexandria, go to

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Homeless, Not Hopeless

Homeless camp: InJanuary 2012, 697 singleadults were counted ashomeless in FairfaxCounty and 51 percent ofthem (353) were chroni-cally homeless.

The Fairfax-Falls Church community is participating in anational campaign—100K Homes—that will help in un-derstanding who is homeless, why they are homeless andhow we can get them housed.

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To the Editor:Thank you for the wonderful

articles highlighting the positiveimpact of Fairfax Families4Kidsand the relationships and fami-lies that have come about be-cause of the program.

As a mentor, I know first-hand how important mentoringprograms such as FairfaxFamilies4Kids can be in a child’slife.

Initially I got involved with

FF4Kids because Iwanted to give back. Inother words, I wanted tobe there for children be-cause I have had adultsin my life that havementored me andhelped to mold me intothe person I am today.

Also, my grandparentsand my mother havebeen foster parents and I have seenthe impact on foster kids of hav-

ing loving/caring adultsin their lives.

What I have realizedis that spending timewith the kids has had atremendous impact onme. I think of the vari-ous experiences of thekids—multiple fosterhomes, aging out with-out a place to live or nojob. It always remindsme to remember how

truly blessed I am no matter whathappens. If they can survive the

hand life has dealt to themthen there is nothing I cannotovercome. I continue to beamazed and humbled by theirresiliency.

To see the challenges theyhave aging out of the systemmakes me want to do all I canto ensure they have the supportthey need. We are more thanmentors and mentees. We area family.

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At its business meeting on Thursday, Jan. 24,the Fairfax County School Board voted to conducta boundary study to address overcrowding atFairfax High School and Lanier Middle School. Theboard also approved the inclusion of ChantillyHigh and Rocky Run Middle, Falls Church Highand Jackson Middle, Oakton High and FranklinMiddle, Woodson High and Frost Middle, andRobinson Secondary Schools in the boundarystudy.

Approximately 300 students from Fairfax Highand 150 students from Lanier Middle will need tomove in order to relieve overcrowding at thoseschools. Students who reside in the City of Fairfaxwill not be impacted by the proposed boundarychanges. Boundary adjustments are being consid-ered only for middle and high schools; elemen-tary school attendance areas will not change as aresult of this boundary study.

Three community dialogue meetings have beenscheduled in February for citizens to discuss howto address overcrowding at Fairfax High andLanier Middle Schools. Parents and residents canreview the proposed scenarios and provide theirfeedback at the following community dialoguemeetings. All meetings will be from 7 to 9 p.m.and will be identical in format and informationpresented. The following meetings will be held:

❖ Tuesday, Feb. 19—Oakton High School caf-eteria (snow date is March 7).

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On Friday, Jan. 18, theMcDonald’s Family Restaurants ofGreater Washington, D.C., pre-sented Fairfax County PublicSchools with a check for $4,200.This donation is from the first everDMV-wide McTeacher’s NightFundraising event that was held

in late fall of 2012. To celebrateMcDonald’s longstanding historyof supporting local schools, teach-ers, school administrators, parentsand students visited their localMcDonald’s for dinner, where apercentage of the evening’s saleswent back to local education.

Fairfax County Public Schools isjust one of many school districtsin the Greater Washington, D.C.,area that will receive a monetarydonation from the event. The to-tal amount raised through the do-nations from McDonald’s restau-rants is $45,000.

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Contra Dance. 7:15-8 p.m. and 8-10:45 p.m., at RCC Hunters Woods,2310 Colts Neck Rd., Reston. Susan Taylor calls contra dances and squaresto the music of the June Apple Band; an hour-long workshop precedes thedance, which begins at 8 p.m. and requires no partner. 703-476-4500.

Mark Morris Dance Group. 8 p.m., at George Mason University Cen-ter for the Arts, 4400 University Dr., Fairfax. The troop whose foundingchoreography was called one of the greatest of our time by MikhailBaryshnikov and which is highly reviewed by The New York Times comes toFairfax performing three pieces, “The Office,” “Socrates” and “Festival Dance.”$23-46. 888-945-2468 or cfa.gmu.edu.

♥ Monday/Feb. 11Rhyme Time Valentine. 10:30 a.m., at Kings Park Library, 9000 Burke

Lake Road, Burke. Stories, rhymes and Valentine’s Day fun for children ages3-5 accompanied by an adult. www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/kp/

♥ Sunday/Feb. 10Roses and the Lost Art of Natural Perfumery. 2-4 p.m., at Merrifield

Garden Center, 12101 Lee Highway, Fairfax. Arlington Rose Foundation hostsTara Krause of the Organic Perfumery and the fourth generation artist-alche-mist talks botanicals, roses and herbs; light refreshments and bouquets as doorprizes included. 703-371-9351.

♥ Thursday/Feb. 14Preschool Storytime. 10:30 a.m., at the City of Fairfax Library, 10360 North

St., Fairfax. Stories, songs and activities with a Valentine’s Day theme forchildren ages 3-5 accompanied by adult. 703-293-6227 orwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/fx/.

Romance Package. Overnight, at the Springfield Hilton, 6550 Loisdale Road,Springfield. Champagne in your room and breakfast in bed to celebrate yourlove. Reservations. www.hilton.com/Springfield.

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To have community events listed, sendto [email protected] orcall 703-778-9416 with questions. Dead-line for calendar listings is two weeks priorto event.

THURSDAY/FEB. 7Toddler Time. 10:30 a.m., at the City

of Fairfax Library, 10360 North St.,Fairfax. Stories, songs and activitiesto build children’s early literacy skills;ages 2-3 with adult.www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/fx/.

FRIDAY/FEB. 8You’re a Good Man, Charlie

Brown. 7:30 p.m., at Fairfax HighSchool, 3601 Rebel Run, Fairfax. TheFX Players present the junior/seniormusical based on the Peanutscharacters and benefiting the seniorscholarship; join Snoopy, CharlieBrown and the gang. for adults, $10purchased online and $15 at the door;for children ages 6-12, $8 online and$10 at the door; ages 5 and under,free. 703-219-2200 orwww.fxplayers.org.

Mark Morris Dance Group. 8 p.m., atGeorge Mason University Center forthe Arts, 4400 University Dr., Fairfax.The troop whose foundingchoreography was called one of thegreatest of our time by MikhailBaryshnikov and which is highlyreviewed by The New York Timescomes to Fairfax performing threepieces, “The Office,” “Socrates” and“Festival Dance.” $23-46. 888-945-2468 or cfa.gmu.edu.

Jenelle Lynn Randall, You’reGonna Hear From Me. 8 p.m., atGeorge Mason University in the HarrisTheatre, 4400 University Dr., Fairfax.Mason alumna, Broadway veteranand jazz singer Jenelle Lynn Randall

sings a tribute performance to jazzlegend Nancy Wilson. $15, generaladmission; $10 for students, staff,seniors, faculty and groups. 888-945-2468 or cfa.gmu.edu.

SATURDAY/FEB. 9You’re a Good Man, Charlie

Brown. 11 a.m., 7:30 p.m., at FairfaxHigh School, 3601 Rebel Run, Fairfax.The FX Players present the junior/

senior musical based on the Peanutscharacters and benefiting the seniorscholarship; join Snoopy, CharlieBrown and the gang. for adults, $10purchased online and $15 at the door;for children ages 6-12, $8 online and$10 at the door; ages 5 and under,free. 703-219-2200 orwww.fxplayers.org.

Contra Dance. 7:15-8 p.m. and 8-10:45 p.m., at RCC Hunters Woods,2310 Colts Neck Rd., Reston. Susan

Taylor calls contra dances andsquares to the music of the JuneApple Band; an hour-long workshopprecedes the dance, which begins at 8p.m. and requires no partner. 703-476-4500.

Mark Morris Dance Group. 8 p.m., atGeorge Mason University Center forthe Arts, 4400 University Dr., Fairfax.The troop whose foundingchoreography was called one of thegreatest of our time by MikhailBaryshnikov and which is highlyreviewed by The New York Timescomes to Fairfax performing threepieces, “The Office,” “Socrates” and“Festival Dance.” $23-46. 888-945-2468 or cfa.gmu.edu.

SUNDAY/FEB. 10You’re a Good Man, Charlie

Brown. 2 p.m., at Fairfax HighSchool, 3601 Rebel Run, Fairfax. TheFX Players present the junior/seniormusical based on the Peanutscharacters and benefiting the seniorscholarship; join Snoopy, CharlieBrown and the gang. for adults, $10purchased online and $15 at the door;for children ages 6-12, $8 online and$10 at the door; ages 5 and under,free. 703-219-2200 orwww.fxplayers.org.

THURSDAY/FEB. 14Bob’s Discount Furniture Donation

and Opening Reception. 9:45a.m., at Bob’s Discount Furniture,Greenbriar Shopping, 13055A LeeJackson Memorial Highway, Fairfax.Entertainment and refreshmentsoffered at the ribbon cutting as theorganization presents $25,000 to 16local schools (between Fairfax andWaldorf, Md., at a concurrentopening) for arts and education

programs. facebook.com/mybobs.Preschool Storytime. 10:30 a.m., at

the City of Fairfax Library, 10360North St., Fairfax. Stories, songs andactivities with a Valentine’s Daytheme for children ages 3-5accompanied by adult. 703-293-6227or www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/fx/.

Friends of the Burke CentreLibrary Used Book Sale. 1-6 p.m.,at Freds Oak Road, Burke. Discover

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Library. 1-6 p.m., at Fred Oak Road,Burke. Thousands of books for adultsand children. 703-249-1520.

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Wellbeing

By Marilyn Campbell

The Connection

Randy Weadon walks six mileseach day around the perimetersof his retirement community,Greenspring in Springfield. He

also does crossword puzzles daily.“During tax season, I walk

around the halls and mentally domy income taxes in my head,” saidWeadon, a retired Coast Guard of-ficer. “If I had not started walk-ing, I don’t know if I’d be alive. Iam 86-and-a-half years old, but Idon’t feel that age at all.”

Geriatric experts say healthylifestyle habits like regular exer-cise, eating a nutritious diet andbrain challenges can help preservemental health as we age.

“The one thing that I always tellmy patients is that if you don’tuse it, you lose it. I recommend

Preserving Mental Health as We Age

Geriatric experts say healthy lifestyle habits like regular exercise, eatinga nutritious diet and brain challenges can help preserve mental healthas we age.

crossword puzzles, mentally challenginggames and reading, especially about cur-rent events,” said Dr. Lisa Calusic, a psy-chiatrist at Inova Behavioral Health Ser-vices in Alexandria, and an Arlington, resi-dent.

Researchers Pamela Greenwood and RajaParasuraman, professors at the Departmentof Psychology at George Mason Universityin Fairfax, have spent more than 20 yearsstudying the way the human brain ages witha focus on Alzheimer’s disease. The twowrote a book, “Nurturing the Older Brainand Mind,” in which they explore ways

middle-aged people can stave offmental deterioration.

“We know that if we can put offdementing illnesses, even by a yearor two through lifestyle changes, thatwill reduce the number of peoplewith Alzheimer’s disease, which isreaching epidemic proportions,”Parasuraman says.

The duo says that preventing andstaving off mental deterioration ismore important than ever now thatworkers are staying employedlonger for economic reasons. Physi-cal activity is an important tool aswell.

“Exercise [is] the ‘lifestyle’ factorwith the strongest effect,” saidGreenwood. “A number of differentresearch groups have found benefitsof aerobic exercise on both brainstructure and function, and on cog-nitive performance.”

Joel Martin, a professor of kinesi-ology at George Mason, agrees:“Regular exercise has been proven toslow the aging process,” he said.“People have their actual age, whichthey can’t do anything about, andtheir biological age. Someone could be 40years old, live a very inactive lifestyle andnot eat very well, which may cause them tobe closer to 60 in terms of their biologicalage. Vice versa: Someone who is 60 couldbe very active and eat a healthy diet andfeel like they are much younger, perhaps abiological age closer to mid-40s.”

As an octogenarian, Weadon credits hissharpness to regular mental challenges.Martin agrees. “Regularly engaging in ac-tivities requiring cognitive function is im-portant,” said Martin. “Most tissues in thebody respond to stress placed on it by be-

Randy Weadon, 86, does crosswordpuzzles and walks six miles each day.

Experts say diet,exercise and mentalstimulation are key.

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“Exercise [is] the ‘lifestyle’factor with the strongest effect.A number of different researchgroups have found benefits ofaerobic exercise on both brainstructure and function and oncognitive performance.”

— Pamela Greenwood, Ph.D.,George Mason University

coming stronger or adapting to handle thestimulus you place on it. If you lift weights,your muscles get bigger and stronger. If youdon’t do any sort of physical activity tostimulate your muscles, then they getsmaller and become weaker. The brain isthe same way, it needs regular stimulationto maintain its function.”

Experts also say not to rule out the im-portance of good nutrition. “The antioxi-dants in foods, especially fruits and veg-etables, can help to preserve and protecttissues from damage that occurs as part ofthe natural aging process,” said Martin.


News

By Victoria Ross

The Connection Newspapers

Local grocery stores were packed this week-end with shoppers stocking up on SuperBowl snacks for the annual football fanparty. At the Wal-Mart in Fairfax, shoppers

were greeted with colorful displays of chips, dips andother party favorites.

They were also greeted by volunteers from OurDaily Bread (ODB), who were handing out flyers andencouraging shoppers to donate gift cards or spe-cific items to restock ODB’s pantry shelves. A Fairfaxnonprofit for nearly 30 years, ODB provides food andother critical services to the working poor, the eld-erly and the disabled. More than half of ODB’s cli-ents are local children.

Dianne Hon, a Vienna resident, said “Stuff the Bus”makes it easy to donate. “I am already here for gro-ceries and other items, especially since it’s the daybefore the Super Bowl, so it’s very convenient to pickup a few extra items for a worthy cause,” Hon said.

“Thank you for doing this,” Hon said to the volun-teers. “You made this so easy.”

Jonathan and Roxanne Daley of Fairfax donated agift card to the campaign. “It’s too easy to forget thatthere are people in Fairfax County who go hungry,”Roxanne Daley said. “I love the gift card idea. It’seasy and you know you’re helping someone get whatthey want.”

FAIRFAX BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CHAIR-MAN Sharon Bulova, who greeted shoppers andencouraged them to donate on Saturday, Feb. 2, saidgift cards are especially helpful for a number of rea-sons.

“There’s a dignity about it,” Bulova said. “You don’tstand out from other shoppers with a gift card, andyou can purchase what you want for a special recipe,or if you have specific dietary needs.”

Chris Garris, ODB’s food program manager and vol-unteer coordinator, said they are encouraging morepeople to donate gift cards, particularly because theyhelp clients purchase fresh food. “A $20 gift card helps

families supplement our pantry’s non-perishable foodwith milk and meat.”

Garris said the timing of the Stuff the Bus cam-paign—which is intentionally scheduled betweenMartin Luther King Day in January and PresidentsDay in February—is important for local pantries be-cause it occurs after the seasonal dose of good will.

“During the fall and holiday season, Our DailyBread’s food pantry is overwhelmed with donationsfrom the community,” she said. “But by February, oursupplies are often running low even though the needfor food is greater than ever.”

“Stuff the Bus is an important component in re-stocking pantries after the holidays,” Bulova said.“The need for healthy food is ever growing and theinterest for Fairfax County residents to help is there,so we are happily providing the bridge to bring themtogether.”

THE CAMPAIGN, now in its third year, is a part-nership between Fairfax County Office of Public Pri-vate Partnerships (OP3); MV Transportation Inc.,which operates the FASTRAN buses and provides vol-unteers; local nonprofits; and grocery store chains.All donations go directly to local nonprofit organi-zations that help feed needy families and individu-als in the Fairfax-Falls Church Community.

“The residents of Fairfax and our partners, like MVTransportation and Frank & Co., have really comeout in support of Stuff the Bus this year. Each year,we get more donations,” said Michael Artson, chiefplanner with the county’s Neighborhood and Com-munity Services (NCS) Department, one of the fooddrive’s organizers.

“Food pantries address a critical need which is es-pecially acute after the holidays, the Stuff the Buscampaign helps us help our community. Its impor-tance to helping stock the shelves can’t be over-stated,” said Roxanne Rice, executive director, Foodfor Others.

Last year, more than 25,000 lbs. of food was col-lected for local pantries, all benefiting local nonprofitsthat help feed needy families in the Fairfax commu-nity.

At the end of Saturday’s Stuff the Bus campaign,Juliet Reyes of Herndon, a Wal-Mart employee, whowas in the middle of her shift as a cashier, askedODB volunteers if she could donate cash. “I’ve beenlistening to people talk about this, and I want to helptoo. People here shouldn’t go hungry.”

‘Stuff the Bus’ CampaignHelps Feed the HungryDonations continue toincrease as campaignenters third year.

(From left) Angie Carrera of Op3; ChrisGarris, Our Daily Bread’s food programmanager and volunteer coordinator;Sharon Bulova, chairman of the FairfaxCounty Board of Supervisors and WendyLemieux of OP3 encourage shoppers topurchase gift cards.

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Jonathan and Roxanne Daley of Fairfaxpurchase a gift card from Wal-Mart to helprestock Our Daily Bread’s pantry shelvesduring a “Stuff the Bus” stop on Saturday,Feb. 3, at the Fairfax Wal-Mart.

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Sports

Butler Too Much for TCLB Senior totals 29 points, 22 rebounds in OT victory.

Lake Braddock senior Natalie Butler scored29 points and grabbed 22 reboundsagainst T.C. Williams on Tuesday, Feb. 5.

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By Jon Roetman

The Connection

The T.C. Will-iams girls’b a s k e t b a l lteam this sea-

son snapped a nine-gamelosing streak againstWest Springfield, twicebeating the three-timedefending Patriot Districtchampion during themonth of January.

Defeating West Spring-field for the first timesince 2009 gave TC anopportunity to earn theNo. 1 seed in this year’sdistrict tournament. Butthe Titans’ journey to thetop of the district stand-ings was derailed onTuesday night by LakeBraddock’s 6-foot-4matchup nightmare.

NATALIE BUTLERscored 29 points,grabbed 22 rebounds and blocked seven shots as theBruins defeated the Titans 56-54 in overtime on Tues-day, Feb. 5, at T.C. Williams High School.

Along with being a force in the paint, Butler, a 6-foot-4 senior who will play at Georgetown Univer-sity next season, made four clutch free throws to helpLake Braddock move into a second-place tie with T.C.Williams. West Springfield sits atop the district stand-ings with an 11-2 record, followed by the Bruins andTitans at 10-3. Lake Braddock would win a head-to-head tiebreaker with TC, having won both regularseason meetings with the Titans.

Lake Braddock led 53-52 when junior CaitlynMandela went to the free-throw line with 13.6 sec-onds remaining in overtime. Mandela made her firstattempt and missed the second. Butler grabbed therebound, drew a foul and put the game out of reachby knocking down both foul shots. The Titans addeda meaningless bucket in the closing seconds.

“I knew that the crowd was going to be loud andthat there was going to be lots of distractions and alot of pressure,” Butler said about her game-clinch-ing free throws. “I just really wanted to win and theteam did a great job and I didn’t want to let the teamdown. I sort of blocked everything out and just toldmyself, they’re just two free throws—make them andmove on.”

Butler also made a pair of free throws to tie thescore at 45-all with 41.4 seconds remaining in regu-lation. She finished the evening seven-for-nine at thefoul line.

While Butler came up clutch at the charity stripe,it was her production in the paint during the secondhalf that gave the Bruins a chance to win. After But-ler totaled just five points in the first half, includinga scoreless second quarter, Lake Braddock coach JohnGiannelli said the Bruins made an effort to get theball inside.

“In the first half, we didn’t look inside at all andwe didn’t swing the ball at all,” Giannelli said. “We

came in at halftime, wetalked to Nat and we de-cided we need to swing theball quicker and then Natswitches from post to postand then we get the ballinside or we swing it back.Our main goal was to getthe ball inside to Nat. Themore we swung the ball,the better chance we hadto get it into her.”

Butler responded withnine points in the thirdquarter, nine in the fourthand six in overtime.

T.C. Williams head coachKesha Walton said the Ti-tans tried to keep Butlerfrom catching the balldown low. Six-foot sopho-more Grace Patterson and5-foot-10 senior BayleeSimpson battled in thepaint, but it wasn’tenough. In the teams’ firstmeeting, Butler scored 40points and grabbed 31 re-bounds during a 76-65 vic-

tory against TC on Jan. 11, according to stats fromthe Washington Post’s website.

“Baylee fought as hard as she could. … Grace gotout there and did the best that she could as far asbanging [Butler],” Walton said. “That was our gameplan: we knew we had to contain her if we wantedto come out successful tonight. … She’s a legit 6-4.Even if she catches the ball, there’s nothing we cando but foul, so our goal is to try to keep it away fromher as much as we can.”

Junior guard Betsy Gallier scored 11 points for LakeBraddock. Junior guard Aryn Burrage scored sixpoints and sophomore guard Christine McGrath fin-ished with five.

LAKE BRADDOCK improved to 14-5 and extendedits winning streak to five games. Tuesday wasGiannelli’s fourth game filling in for head coach LeighJanis, who recently had a child.

Butler said the Bruins have handled the coachingtransition well and she’s pleased with the team’s suc-cess. Lake Braddock finished 7-15 her sophomoreseason and 9-15 last year.

Giannelli, who came to Lake Braddock fromCentreville this season, started the year as a varsityassistant and the head JV coach.

“Being on varsity since [I was] a sophomore, weweren’t a threat,” Butler said. “It’s unbelievable tobe a threat now in my senior year. It’s great experi-ence. There’s a lot of pressure that comes with it,but I love it and I can’t wait to play in the next game.Coach G has done a great job with Coach Janis. Ithink he blended perfectly with the team. There wereno issues whatsoever. The girls respected him as ahead coach and we all came to practice every dayready to work.”

TC will close the regular season with a road gameagainst Annandale at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 7.Lake Braddock will host West Potomac at 7:30 p.m.on Friday, Feb. 8.

Former WestSpringfieldstandout pointguard AprilRobinson hasstarted everygame of herfreshmanseason for theDuquesnewomen’sbasketballteam.

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Robinson ExcellingAt DuquesneWest Springfield 2012 grad isDukes’ second-leading scorer.

By Jon Roetman

The Connection

April Robinson was ascared freshman whenshe arrived at

Duquesne University in Pitts-burgh. The former West Spring-field standout was entering theworld of Division I college bas-ketball and wasn’t sure of herplace among her elder team-mates.

“When she came on a visit,she was really quiet,” saidDuquesne junior forward OrsiSzecsi, who was Robinson’s hostduring her visit. “I was the onlyperson that she was talking to.When she came for school, sheopened up, but she was a weakfreshman, so we always madefun of her. She would just giveyou the look, the ‘What’s goingon,’ just staring at you, blankbehind the eyes.”

While Robinson’s teammatesgave her a hard time, and thefreshman is still working on thewhole “quiet” thing, the 2012West Springfield graduate hasshown the Dukes—and the restof the Atlantic 10 Conference—there’s nothing weak about hergame.

Robinson, a 5-foot-8 pointguard, earned a starting roleand never let it go. Not only didRobinson secure a position ofleadership as a true freshman—and the only freshman on theDuquesne roster—she hasthrived in it. In 21 games, she’ssecond on the team in scoring(9.0), minutes per game (27.8),assists (2.5) and total steals(31). She has twice been namedA-10 Rookie of the Week (Dec.3, 31) and has played a majorrole in Duquesne posting a 17-

4 record. As of Wednesdaymorning, the Dukes were thirdin the A-10 with a 6-1 record,behind Dayton (7-0) and SaintJoseph’s (6-0).

Robinson hasn’t been over-whelmed by playing such aprominent role.

“You just play. Starting as afreshman and playing a lot ofminutes, it doesn’t really meananything because you go intoeach practice, each game likeit’s your last,” Robinson said atGeorge Washington University’sSmith Center on Wednesday,Jan. 30, after the Dukes beatthe Colonials 63-59 in doubleovertime. “You’ve just got to dowhatever it takes to help yourteam get the W.”

“She’s come in, in my mind,and exceeded expectations,”said McConnell-Serio, who re-ceived the 2004 WNBA Coachof the Year award with the Min-nesota Lynx. “She has been tre-mendous from the beginningand competed. She has alwaysbeen poised. … We’re betterwith her as a point guard. Shemakes plays, she scores, she cre-ates … she really understandswhat we’re trying to do offen-sively and defensively and she’samazed me from the beginningof the season until now.”

Robinson said the size, quick-ness and physicality of oppo-nents on the college level aresome notable differences fromplaying high school ball, but thebiggest change has been deal-ing with full-court pressure:“You can’t really breathe,” shesaid.

“We basically build on her,”Szecsi said. “I’m real proud ofher because not many freshmencan do that at her position.”


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Centreville6487 Trillium House Ln......$999,900..Sun 10-4 .............Jean Marotta ........Birch Haven..703-402-947113837 Wakley Ct................$339,900.....Sun 1-4...............Dan Mleziva.............RE/MAX ..703-380-9915

Fairfax6050 Colchester Rd............$649,900.....Sun 1-4..Carol Hermandorfer.....Long & Foster..703-503-181213403 Foxhole Dr............. $365,000.....Sun 1-4........Jo Ann L. Prociv.....Long & Foster..703-966-3351

Fairfax Station11107 Hampton Rd.........$1,295,000....Sat 10-1......Franklin Mendoza .............Weichert..703-282-21638030 Woodland Hills Ln..$1,100,000.....Sun 2-4 ...................Pat Fales.............RE/MAX ..703-503-4365

Falls Church3804 Munson Rd...............$829,000.....Sun 1-4.....Patrick M. Kessler....Keller Williams..703-405-65403804 Munson Rd...............$829,000.....Sun 1-4........Thomas Hilleary....Keller Williams..703-655-31003324 Stoneybrae Dr...........$699,500.....Sun 1-4............Dana LaFever ............Weichert ..703-609-3479

Kingstowne/Alexandria5408 Castle Bar Ln.............$618,500......Sat 1-3..............Kathy Peters.....Long & Foster..703-915-2165

Springfield7262 Linden Tree Ln .......... $459,950.....Sun 1-4...Kathleen Quintarelli .............Weichert..703-862-8808

Stafford195 Tangwood Ln...............$210,000.....Sun 1-4 ...............Karen Paris...Keller Williams ..571-220-7503To add your Realtor-represented Open House to these weekly

listings, please call Steve Hogan at 703-778-9418 or e-mailthe info to [email protected]

All listings due by Tuesday at 3 P.M.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church inAmerica recently honored Fairfax nativeJanelle Neubauer with a full-tuitionseminary scholarship from the ELCAFund for Leaders. I’m sure your readerswould love to hear about Janelle’sachievement. Please find a press releaseattached, and feel free to contact me via

phone or e-mail if I can be of any assis-tance in helping you share this story.

Allison Wade of Fairfax has beennamed to the dean’s list at New RiverCommunity College for the fall 2012 se-mester. New River Community College is

School Notes

located in Dublin and is one of thecommonwealth’s 23 community colleges.

Ryan Trachtenberg of Burke re-cently graduated from ChristopherNewport University with a bachelor ofarts degree in psychology.

Send notes to the Connection at [email protected] or call 703-778-9416. Deadline is Friday. Dated announcements should be submitted at leasttwo weeks prior to the event.

News

Robinson Stands Up toCancer, a series ofevents put on by stu-dents at Robinson Sec-

ondary School, reached out to thecommunity to raise money for can-cer research and treatment, whileraising awareness about those inneed.

Goals of the project were to raise$5,000 for cancer treatment andresearch; to establish partnershipswith multiple organizations to ex-pand relations with the RobinsonDistributive Education Clubs ofAmerica or DECA chapter (whichaims to teach students marketing,management and entrepreneur-ship); and to raise awareness onall cancer types through “aware-ness days.”

The beneficiary for the studentefforts is the Stand Up to Cancerorganization. One of the majorDECA supporters is the FutureBusiness Leaders of America ASKproject. This project is also dedi-cated to helping families sufferingfrom cancer diagnosis. The ASKproject collected gift cards for theChildren’s Hospital for over amonth, finishing this event with aBenefit Concert. In helping pro-mote this gift card collection drive,ASK was able to collect over$1,000 for their cause.

The students had a second andthird objective as well: to raisecommunity awareness throughpartnering with community orga-nizations and to benefit the entireRobinson Secondary school com-munity and the local Burke com-munity as well.

Stand Up to Cancer Events HeldOctober 2012-January 2013

❖ At the informational booth atTaste of Robinson on Oct. 19,2012, a community event, the stu-dents introduced the project. Theevent was also the Homecomingfootball game for Robinson. TheStand Up to Cancer booth at-tracted many donors and culti-vated interest from the primaryand secondary target market.

❖ Students sold the Stand Up toCancer Ribbon Banner and offeredit during every event and collectedsignatures from the RobinsonCommunity to fundraise and dem-onstrate community involvementin the project. Students hung mul-tiple banners with several hundredsignatures in memory or in honorof those affected by cancer.

❖ The DECA club madefundraising efforts at “TouchingBases” on Nov. 12, 2012, duringVeterans Day. Robinson Secondaryhad a four hour delay in order toallow parents to communicatewith teachers about their child’sacademic progress. This enabledthe DECA students to reach theirsecondary target market throughfundraising towards their $5,000goal and distributing flyers for up-coming awareness day events.

❖ Pink-out day for breast cancerawareness, on Nov. 13, 2012,raised awareness through a smashof color. Similar events were laterheld: Lime-out day for Lymphomaawareness, Nov. 27, 2012, and Or-ange-out for leukemia awareness,on Dec. 7, 2012. Lavender-out dayfor all types of cancer awareness,held Tuesday, Jan. 15, was the fi-nal color-out cancer awareness day,dedicated to all types of cancers.The color-out event promotion con-sisted of clips on GMR, a broadcastannouncement from School Prin-cipal Dan Meier, posting flyers,electronic marquee announce-ments in the main hallway, socialmedia promotion through theDECA Robinson twitter page andgroup facebook posts, and DECAmember announcements duringlunch and classes.

❖ The Robinson students used

Paul Mitchell hair extensions onNov. 13, 2012, in a partnershipwith the local Paul Mitchell Schoolto sell hair extensions during alllunches on the day of our pink-out.Through the DECA-Paul MitchellSchool combined efforts, a per-centage of the money raised in theevent was donated to the organi-zation “CancerSchmancer.”

❖ The ASK gift card collectioncontest, Nov. 30 through Dec. 14,2012, was held in all first periodclasses to promote to the primarytarget market and to promote part-nerships with the Future BusinessLeaders of America. The contestsentailed the FBLA ASK project do-nating gift cards to The Children’sHospital to lessen the financial bur-den of families affected by cancer.

❖ One of the largest events wasHat Day, Dec. 7, 2012. For this day,students could pay $5 to wear ahat during the entire school dayand receive a sticker receipt in ex-change for their donations. TheRobinson DECa chapter assistedwith this event in volunteeringduring lunches to help presale aswell as volunteering to collect do-nations the morning of the event.

❖ Black-out for Skin cancerawareness, Dec. 19, 2012, pro-moted the Stand Up to Cancerproject through a tee-shirt day.

❖ On White-out Day for lungcancer awareness, Tuesday, Jan. 8,the students formed a partnershipwith the Student Government As-sociation. The week of Jan. 8 wasthe Student Government Associa-tion Ice fest student spirit week,so as a means of co-promotion theDECA chapter hosted a lung-can-cer awareness day on the day ofthe Robinson basketball game.

Robinson DECAchapter raisesCancer awarenessand $5,000.

Robinson Stands Up to Cancer

(Left to right) Project Directors Kylie Smith, Gabbie Tranand Lauren Mason work during the Tuesday, Nov. 27,2012 Lime-out for Lymphoma Awareness.

Students from the senior class of 2012 at an Orange-outfor Leukemia at the Robinson boys’ varsity basketballgame on Friday, Dec. 7, 2012.

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