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Sunoco plans to expand its gas station near theDulles Expo Center in Chantilly. But its inten-tion to sell alcoholic beverages in its associ-

ated convenience store is giving a local, land-usecommittee pause.

Representing the entity, attorney Sara Mariska pre-sented details during the July 16 meeting of the WestFairfax County Citizens Association (WFCCA) Land-Use Committee.

This Sunoco is at 4475 Daly Drive, by Willard Roadin Chantilly, and initially began serving people as aMobil station. “It’s an old gas station that’s been theresince 1989,” said Mariska. “But Sunoco acquiredadditional land, so it wants to add some features inresponse to customer demand.”

Currently, there are has six fuel pumps under acanopy, plus a carwash and a 1,571-square-foot con-venience store. But Sunoco wants to add four moregas pumps under that canopy, demolish the old storeand put a 3,159-square-foot, quick-service food storein place of the car wash, which will be moved fromthe center of the site to the rear. Also planned is moreparking.

WFCCA’s Judy Heisinger then asked if the store

would sell alcoholic beverages. “Mini-marts aren’tallowed to sell alcohol, so the old one couldn’t,” re-plied Mariska. “But we’ll be requesting it for the new,larger store.”

“Over the years, in the Sully District, we’ve takena position against selling alcohol with gas,” saidWFCCA’s Mark McConn. “We don’t like the idea ofalcohol, gas and go. It’s just asking for trouble, andwe don’t want to endorse that.”

While noting that it’s not in Sunoco’s best inter-ests to have people loitering outside the store ordrinking in the parking lot, Mariska said selling al-cohol at the store is “an important part of our busi-ness model.”

Expo Sunoco Plans To ExpandAlcoholic beverages salesconcern WFCCA.

Sara Mariska stands next to an artist’srendition of the new convenience store.

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By Bonnie Hobbs

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Jose Cardona wasn’t fa-mous and didn’t hold animpressive, white-collarjob. He worked as a

handyman and gardener for awealthy businessman inCentreville.

But that didn’t make his life anyless important than any other hu-man being’s. And when the timecame, he morethan proved hisvalue as a personby giving up hisown life to protectthat of hisemployer’s son.

Cardona, 39,was killed byarmed intrudersthree years ago.And although ittook awhile to ar-rest those respon-sible and bringthem to justice, itfinally happened.The two men most-directly culpableeach received 30-year prison sen-tences; and lastFriday, July 19, infederal court, a third person, StacyLorenzo Reed, received 22 yearsand six months behind bars.

“Nothing can bring back the lifethat was taken during this horrificcrime,” said Neil MacBride, U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District ofVirginia, after Friday’s sentencing.“But today’s sentence sends a clear

message that there are severe con-sequences for all those who con-spire to commit crimes.”

Cardona was a married father oftwo who lived in Manassas Parkand sent money home to his fam-ily in Guatemala. His employerowned nine check-cashing storesin Northern Virginia.

According to court documents,Reed obtained information thatthe employer kept substantialamounts of cash proceeds fromthat business inside his 9,000-

square-foot man-sion on ComptonRoad. So he tookT a s h e i kChampean, 46, ofSuitland, Md., tothe home to scopeout the propertyfor a future rob-bery. Doing so,said authorities,set the wheels inmotion for thetragedy that fol-lowed.

On May 17,2010, ReynardPrather, 23, ofOxon Hill, Md.,and Champean,drove from PrinceGeorge’s County,

Md., to a strip mall in Virginia.During the drive, authorities said,Champean promised Prather$50,000 if he’d help rob the ho-meowner.

According to court documentsand a Dec. 10, 2012 affidavit filedin U.S. District Court in Alexandria

22 Years Prison forHandyman’s DeathVictim died protectinghis boss’s son.

“Mr. Reed, whilenot physicallypresent at themurder, put thistragic andterrifyingsequence ofevents inmotion.”

— Neil MacBride, U.S.Attorney for the East-

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By Bonnie Hobbs

Centre View

When Robin and Shak Hill firstbecame foster parents in1997, they weren’t lookingfor recognition. They just

knew they had a lot of love to give andwanted to share it with as many childrenas they could.

Since then, they’ve opened their home to46 foster children, including many viaFairfax County’s Department of Social Ser-vices. And during a June 6 ceremony inRichmond, Gov. Bob McDonnell honoredthem as one of nine winners of the 2013Governor’s Volunteerism and CommunityService Awards.

“The honorees recognized are agents ofchange and inspire all Virginians to engagein their communities,” said McDonnell.”

Added Margaret Ross Schultze, commis-sioner, Virginia Department of Social Ser-vices: “We’re honored to acknowledge thesecontributions which have helped those inneed live safer, more-fulfilling lives.”

The Hills, of Centreville’s Virginia Runcommunity, were honored as OutstandingVolunteer Family of the Year for 2012. Andthe children they fostered were in additionto their own six.

“I’ve always loved children,” said RobinHill. “We have our own family and wantedto help other children by providing a stableand loving home. And since I’m a stay-at-home mom, that also gives them stabilityand security, after being shuffled around.”

The Hills have been married 24 years andwere foster parents in Florida, Maryland

and Virginia. Their children are Sararose,22, an office manager; Jake, 20, a medicwith Physicians Transport Service; David,16, a rising sophomore at a private schoolin Pennsylvania; and Michael, 14,Katherine, 12 and Patrick, 10, allhomeschooled.

“Jake also volunteers as a medic withCentreville Fire Station 17,” said Shak Hill.“He joined at age 16 and volunteered over1,000 hours in both 2010 and 2011.”

Robin Hill’s a bone-cancer survivor, inremission since 1994. She also has a de-gree in child psychology, specializing inbehavior modification. Shak Hill owns aninsurance company, and he and his wife firstbecame foster parents when Sararose was6. Most of the children they took in wereinfants and under age 5.

“The most we had at one time was 10 total

— our six, plus four others,” said Robin.“The infants needed someone home withthem 24/7. I also drove them to and fromvisits with their parents and doctors ap-pointments. The 2-4-year-olds especiallylatch onto you; you’re their security blan-ket.”

She said many children came with “a lotof baggage” and didn’t know how to followrules and be polite. But, said Shak Hill,“They thrived in a disciplined environment.”The Hills noted, as well, that there was nojealousy or rivalry between their childrenand the newcomers. “Our kids jumped rightin to help – it was a family endeavor,” saidRobin Hill. “My boys’ [future] wives will bevery thankful — they’ll be well-trained.”

Although they received a stipend from thestate, Shak Hill said it was “never enough— diapers and formula are expensive.”

Ultimately, said Robin Hill, most of thechildren went back home. Others went tofamily members or to another foster familyto then be adopted.

Robin Hill said the children entered thefoster system for a variety of reasons —“neglect, abandonment, abuse, crack ba-bies, teenage moms, etc. — and came fromall ethnicities. And because of the economy,a lot of family members aren’t stepping up”

to take them in because they can’t afford it.The Hills were foster parents until this

March, and now Robin Hill plans to applyto join the Governor’s Board for Foster Care.It’s within Virginia’s Department of SocialServices and has jurisdiction over the fos-ter care system.“It’s to help the system begeared more toward what children needand be more cost-efficient,” said Shak Hill.

Often, the Hills fostered siblings, andsome of their fondest memories are of teach-ing children to walk, ride bikes and swim.“One boy, 3, was really tough, but justneeded to be loved,” said Robin Hill. “Wegave him structure, rules and love and helearned manners and flourished. I alsopotty-trained lots of kids.”

“My favorite was Jay, a newborn pre-emie,” recalled Shak Hill. “He had a sleep-apnea monitor and was here nine months.We thought we might adopt him, but hewent to a sibling.”

Robin Hill said foster children stayed withthem anywhere from overnight to fouryears; the average stay was about sixmonths. “We had a rule that, once they left,they couldn’t come back — because it wouldjust break my heart if things didn’t workout for them,” she said.

Shak Hill said they treated the foster chil-dren the same as their own and were fair.“They’d learn how to behave from watch-ing all the other kids,” said Robin Hill.

Toughest, she said, was “saying no [to aplacement] because it wasn’t a good fit orour kitchen was being renovated.” For herhusband, the hardest part was “recogniz-ing that, sometimes, a child shouldn’t bereturning home, yet the system was send-ing them there.”

They both said what was most fulfillingwas seeing the children “blossom, thrive andbecome happy.”

So what makes a good foster parent? “Pa-tience, and remembering why you’re doingit — for the children,” said Robin Hill.

As for the Governor’s Award, a neighbornominated the Hills and two other familieswrote letters of recommendation.

When they learned they’d won, said RobinHill, “I was surprised; I felt guilty becausethere are so many other people who do somuch.” And for her and her husband, whatthey do is just second nature to them.

“We’ve been volunteering for manyyears,” said Shak Hill. “Robin’s a soccercoach for the homeschooling team and I’vevolunteered for many organizations overthe years. I’m on the Area Agency for AgingBoard of Directors, I’m treasurer of the 10th

Congressional District and am on the Fam-ily & Children’s Trust Fund of Virginia toeradicate domestic violence in the state. Iwas appointed by the governor and am oneof 15 trustees in Virginia. But it’s nice to berecognized.”

Most of all, though, said Robin Hill, “Idefinitely feel I’ve made a difference in somelives and feel honored to have had the op-portunity to do it.” And while it involvedlong hours and hard work, Shak Hill said itwas all “worth it. You’re adding value toothers’ lives and serving your community.”

‘You’re Adding Value to Others’ Lives’Centreville couplehonored by governor:‘Outstanding Volun-teer Family.’

At the awards ceremony in June are Shak and Robin Hill with theiryoungest children, Katherine, Patrick and Michael, and Gov. BobMcDonnell.

Shak Hill feeding a bottle to infantJay in April 2007.

The Hills with U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10) on the Fourth of July 2008.Back row, from left, are David, Robin, Jake, Shak, foster baby Jay andWolf; and, front row, from left, are Katherine, Patrick and Michael.

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Otis Moses (left) and Ted Johnson grill hot dogs, corn and hamburgers.From left: Tara Goins; LaTanya Cooper; her dad, the Rev. WoodrowCooper and Doris Jackson enjoy themselves at the picnic.

The Rev. Eugene Johnson and his grand-son Jaden, 6-and-a-half, who rode his bikein the parade.

Koya Reams serves potato salad to daugh-ter Jadyn, 6.

Corinne Colvin (left) and VirginiaSeay enjoy cherry and blueberry-limeSno Cones.

Jayla Coo-per, 9, arisingfourth-grader atBull RunElementary,got her facepainted likea leopard.

Picnic-goers help themselves to some food.

Saturday, July 20, was cel-ebration time as MountOlive Baptist Church helda huge picnic for its mem-

bers and the neighboring commu-

Picnic, Parade and Potato Saladnity. Some 300 people attendedand enjoyed a parade, food andgames.

A parade down Mount OliveDrive in Centreville began the fes-

tivities. Leading the way were theGolden Saints, the church’s seniorcitizens, followed by childrenriding decorated bikes, scootersand motorized toy cars. Chuck

Coffin coordinated and announcedthe parade participants, and anassociate minister, the Rev. Rich-ard Hardy, organized the picnic.

“Mount Olive has long been acommunity church, so connectionto the community from a religiousstandpoint is its foundation,” saidhead pastor, the Rev. EugeneJohnson. “And from a social stand-point, having a recreational activ-ity such as a picnic is only natu-ral.”

He said it also meant somethinghistorically and culturally. “For theAfrican-American church, it wasn’tunusual to have a summer eventon the church grounds,” saidJohnson. “So my vision was to useour own property for a picnicwhile reflecting on our historicalpast.”

It was also lots of fun, with at-tendees feasting on grilled hotdogs, hamburgers, corn, friedchicken, baked beans, potatosalad, watermelon, Sno cones andhomemade desserts ranging fromcookies to pies to homemade car-rot and coconut cakes.

There were also activities for allages, including a dunking booth,face-painting, a moonbounce, sackraces, Hula Hoop contests, water-balloon tosses, tugs-of-war andother games. The winners receivedtickets and, for each 10 or moretickets, children could chooseprizes from a prize table.

“This was our first communitypicnic and we hope to do it annu-ally,” said Johnson. “For the firstone, it was a great success.”

— Bonnie Hobbs

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Expo Sunoco Station Plans To ExpandFrom Page 1

Site plan of the proposed changes, showing (from left) the Sunoco gas-pump area, convenience store and car wash. Willard Road is at thebottom.

WFCCA Land-Use Chairman Jim Katchamasked if beer would be sold in six-packs orindividually, and Sunoco Area ManagerMike Millman said the plan is to sell six-packs, cases and single servings.

If that were the case, said Heisinger, “Thiswould be the only [gas station/conveniencestore] in Sully that breaks the rule.”

“It’s a fine line between buying alcohol[there vs.] at a grocery store,” said Mariska.“And it may be preferable [at a gas-stationconvenience store] because customercomings and goings are more closely moni-tored.”

But the panel wasn’t convinced, and nei-ther was At-Large Planning CommissionerJim Hart, a former member and longtimechairman of the WFCCA Land-Use Commit-tee.

“Jim McDonnell, who chaired this com-mittee for years, felt strongly that he didn’twant gasoline sales and beer available inone place,” said Hart. “And pretty consis-tently, within Sully District’s boundaries,nobody got support from WFCCA to do it.”

He noted several other gas station/con-venience store combinations in Sully thattried to get similar permission from theWFCCA and failed. And he said the WFCCAhas opposed this idea “even farther back”

than 1995.Mariska said, “That’s something we’ll

have to discuss internally and see how itaffects our business model.”

Sully District Planning CommissionerJohn Litzenberger asked if the new Walmartnear the Expo Center was attracting morepeople to the area and, therefore, drivingSunoco’s expansion at that location.

“No, not at all,” replied Millman. “I’vebeen the rep for that station for 25 years —since it opened as a Mobil station with justfour pumps. And the station’s been grow-ing every year. Tankers come every day fromBalls Ford Road in Manassas. Yesterday, wedid 11,000 gallons, and the tankers hold9,000 gallons.”

McConn asked why gasoline prices varyso much between the same brand of gas atdifferent stations, and Millman said fran-chisees set their own gas prices. Usually, headded, “They try to be competitive with theother stations nearby.”

As for this, particular station and itsplanned expansion, there’s no county staffreport, yet, so the WFCCA didn’t vote on itat last week’s meeting. Mariska said theapplicant will probably return to the panelin August. The matter is scheduled to go tothe county Planning Commission on Oct.3.

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22 Years Prison for Handyman’s DeathFrom Page 1

— and written by Fairfax County PoliceDet. Stephen Needels — Champean wasarmed with a loaded, semiautomatic pistoland gave Prather a duffel bag containingone for him, too.

“Both prior to and following his pleas ofguilty, Prather identified Reed as one of twopersons with whom he and Champean metin a strip mall [that] morning,” wroteNeedels. “According to Prather, Reed droveChampean and him to the vicinity of the[home] and dropped them off.”

The two, armed men walked to the houseand saw the homeowner leave. They thenentered through an open garage door toawait his return. According to court docu-ments, Champean instructed Prather to re-strain the homeowner’s younger son up-stairs in the residence and he’d “take careof [the homeowner] upon his return.”

But around 10 a.m., before he got back,Cardona and one of the sons discovered thetwo intruders.

“The four paired off in a struggle: Pratherand the son and Champean and Cardona,”the documents stated. “While so involved,Prather heard a shot fired and saw Cardonalying dead on the driveway in front of thegarage.” However, Prather later admittedthe fatal bullet was fired from his weapon,not Champean’s.

Cardona’s autopsy revealed a 9-mm bul-let passed through his left hand into hishead. And police retrieved a magazine con-taining seven live rounds of .45-caliberammunition from the driveway near wherehe was shot.

After the shooting, the assailants fled onfoot through a wooded area next to thehome. Then, according to the prosecution,an as-yet unnamed person picked them up

in a vehicle and delivered them to Reed,who drove them back to Maryland. An in-vestigation followed, but it wasn’t until 17months later that Prather was arrested, onOct. 25, 2011.

On Feb. 22, 2012 in U.S. District Court inAlexandria, he pleaded guilty to conspiracyto commit robbery and using a firearm inthe commission of that crime. And on June1, 2012, Judge Anthony Trenga sentencedhim to 30 years in prison.

Champean pleaded guilty Dec. 7, 2012in federal court to conspiracy to commitrobbery and use of a firearm in a crime ofviolence causing death. And on April 12 ofthis year, he was also sentenced by Trengato three decades in a federal penitentiary.

Police apprehended Reed, then 43, ofManassas, on Dec. 12, 2012. A Metrobusdriver, he was arrested at the end of hisroute. Authorities charged him with con-

spiracy to commit robbery and aiding andabetting the discharge of a firearm duringor in relation to a crime of violence.

Initially scheduled for a June 12 jury trial,he instead pleaded guilty on April 18. Reedreturned to U.S. District Court in Alexan-dria last Friday and, at that time, Trengasentenced him to 22-and-one-half years inprison, followed by three years supervisedrelease.

This case was investigated by the FairfaxCounty Police Department’s HomicideUnit.Assistant United States AttorneysMichael E. Rich and Zachary Terwilligerwere the prosecutors.

“Mr. Reed, while not physically presentat the murder, put this tragic and terrifyingsequence of events in motion,” saidMacBride. “He will now have over 20 yearsin federal prison to contemplate his greed-fueled involvement in the crime.”

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Free Carseat InspectionsCertified technicians from the Sully District Police Sta-

tion will perform free, child safety carseat inspectionsThursday, Aug. 1, from 5-8:30 p.m., at the station, 4900Stonecroft Blvd. in Chantilly. No appointment is neces-sary. But residents should install the child safety seatsthemselves so technicians may properly inspect andadjust them, as needed.

However, because of time constraints, only the first35 vehicles arriving on each date will be inspected. Thatway, inspectors may have enough time to properly in-

struct the caregiver on the correct use of the child seat.Call 703-814-7000, ext. 5140, to confirm dates and times.

Crime Solvers 5K FundraiserIn partnership with Capital Area Runners, Fairfax County

Crime Solvers is hosting its first 5K run fundraiser and needsthe community’s support. Residents are encouraged to signup now to participate in this family-friendly event; every-one is welcome.

It’s slated for Sunday, Aug. 4, at 8 a.m., on Grand Com-mons Avenue at the Fairfax Corner Shopping Center, off

Monument Drive in Fair Oaks. Register atwww.capitalarearunners.com/crimesolvers5k.

A nonprofit, Fairfax County Crime Solvers providesan anonymous phone tip line, plus texting and e-mailcapabilities to the public, to report criminal informa-tion. Tipsters’ identities are protected under state law.This program is not run by the police department, butby business leaders and residents seeking to make thiscounty a safe place to live and visit.

It pays cash rewards of $100 to $1,000 to anonymoustipsters when their information leads to an arrest and

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By Bonnie Hobbs

Centre View

It’s one thing to tell children about their state— its shape, geography and crops — and an-other thing to have them re-create it in an in-teractive scale model. But that’s what happened

at Centreville Elementary.All this year, students in teacher Mary Ann

Settlemyre’s fourth-grade class worked to create atopographically correct map of Virginia in the school’sgarden. And they completed and officially unveiledit shortly before school ended in June.

“We started this map after we began learning aboutVirginia’s history and its geographical regions, prod-ucts and industries,” said student Wesley Wright.“Mrs. Settlemyre thought it would help us under-stand it better.”

They created the Coastal Plain, or Tidewater, re-gion, as well as the Piedmont, Blue Ridge, EasternShore, and Valley and Ridge regions, plus the Appa-lachian Plateau. Said Wesley: “We live in the Pied-mont, mostly made out of rolling hills.”

The Coastal Plains, said Adam Fritsche, are mainlyflat land. “The rivers in Virginia start from the BlueRidge Mountains and flow from west to east,” hesaid. “The Blue Ridge is mainly old, rounded moun-tains — part of the Appalachian Mountains — andwe planted blueberries there because they growthere. It’s cool because blueberries are in the BlueRidge.”

Wesley said the Appalachian Plateau is elevatedland with a flat top. “Its products and industries arecoal and coal mining,” he said. “The Valley and Ridgeis mountain ridges separated by valleys. The BlueRidge and Valley and Ridge areas come together withvalleys in between them.”

Elaine Tholen, Centreville Elementary’s environ-mental specialist, helped the students pick out theplants and was instrumental in the project, itself.

“Three years ago, she and I came up with a morehands-on way to teach the geography of Virginia andincorporate outdoor education, math, science andlanguage arts,” said Settlemyre. However, the gar-den site got moved twice. But this year, she said,“We finally got a permanent plot behind the modu-lar unit.”

Her 25 students figured out the scale size, where1 foot equaled 20 kilometers, determined whatheights and elevations the features should be, anddecided where the rivers, mountains and valleysshould be located. They even placed Virginia’s high-est peak, Mount Rogers, on the state’s southern bor-der.

“The map’s amazing, and a lot of work has goneinto it,” said Settlemyre. “The students started it inOctober and did tons of research.” Tholen workedwith them once a week, teaching them the topogra-phy and other elements, and Settlemyre reinforcedit all by going over all the information in class, plusteaching the children about Virginia’s products andindustries.

“This has been a long process, but they know Vir-ginia geography better than any class I’ve ever hadbecause of the hands-on experience,” said Settlemyre.“Many kids don’t get to travel around the state; butthis way, they really learn about it.”

“It was much more fun than just taking a paper-and-pencil test and studying,” said student Nina Tum.“We actually got to construct a map and know wherethe regions really go. I also learned that there’s a lotof government in Virginia — it’s one of the indus-tries of the Piedmont.”

“My favorite part was planting the different plantsthat grow in each region,” continued Nina. “Weplanted shrubs in the Valley and Ridge, and blue rugjuniper in the Appalachian Plateau. We also planteddifferent grasses in the Coastal Plain and groundcover in the Piedmont.”

Besides the blueberries and juniper that went inthe other regions, the children planted sweetspire in

Centreville Elementaryfourth-graders createliving map of Virginia.

Local Students Learn by Doing

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Students working on their topographicalmap of Virginia; the blue bricks at rightsymbolize a river.

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Working in the gar-den are (from left)

students Tre Ridgway-Davis (red shirt),

Anjali Mehta, SemiraBenyam and parent

Sharon Lake.

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Learning atQuanticoConner F. Murphy, 17, isattending the second an-nual U.S. Marine CorpsRecruiting Command Sum-mer Leadership and Char-acter Development Acad-emy at Quantico July 21-17.Conner is a rising Senior at

Westfield High School. The academy educates high school leaders aboutthe Marine Corps Officer Programs through classroom academic, ethicstraining, accelerated college prep, physical fitness training, a field exer-cise, a community service component and a field trip to Washington D.C.He is the son of Carl and Mary Murphy of Centreville.

By Bonnie Hobbs

Centre View

It may seem early to thinkabout returning to school, butWestern Fairfax Christian

Ministries (WFCM) is already busycollecting backpacks for local stu-dents attending 23 elementary,middle and high schools.

“These backpacks are given tostudents whose parents can’t af-ford all the school supplies it takesto send a child to school, let alonebackpacks,” said Jennie Bush,WFCM’s community outreachmanager. “Often, these familiesmust decide between putting foodon the table and gasoline in thecar.”

So WFCM has partnered withCollect for Kids, Fairfax CountyPublic Schools, and Kids are Firstto help these students. Kids R Firstprovides the school suppliesneeded at each grade level, andWFCM contributes the new back-packs.

But with so many families thesedays having a tough time makingends meet, said Bush, “Help isneeded more than ever before andwe’re counting on the community,

local businesses and churches tosupport our efforts to providebackpacks for these students inneed.”

The backpacks are given at nocost to students receiving free orreduced-cost lunches. This year,the local elementary schools haveasked for a total of 822 backpacks;the middle schools need 235 andthe high schools have requestednearly 700 for a total of 1,682backpacks needed for this schoolyear.

“The need is greatest for largersizes with multiple compart-ments,” said Bush. “The elemen-tary schools have asked for mid-size backpacks for students ingrades K through three, and stan-dard 17-inch backpacks for stu-dents in grades four, five and six.All elementary-sized backpacksmust hold a large binder andbooks, so the counselors don’twant any small backpacks.”

Middle-school students need the17-inch or larger backpacks, withtwo or more compartments. Andhigh-school students need thelarger 18-inch backpacks, alsowith compartments. All backpacksdonated should be new and with-

out wheels.WFCM’s website contains fur-

ther information on buying guide-lines, as well as links and/or sug-gestions about where these back-packs may be purchased. Seewww.wfcmva.org for details.

WFCM’s backpack collection willrun through Aug. 16. All backpackdonations are tax-deductible, andWFCM will give a receipt to eachcontributor to use for tax pur-poses.

Backpacks may be dropped offat the WFCM Thrift Store, Tues-

day through Saturday, from 10a.m.-4 p.m. Mention that the back-packs are for the FCPS schoolbackpack collection. The ThriftStore is at 13939 Metrotech Dirvein Chantilly, near Lotte Market andthe Goodyear tire store.

“We’re really hoping people inthe community will help WFCMmeet the huge demand this yearfor backpacks,” said Bush. “And wethank everyone in advance for sup-porting the students in our com-munity as they get ready to goback to school.”

WFCM Gears up for Backpack Collection1,682 backpacks neededfor local students.

The WFCM is collecting backpacks through Aug. 16 andthe greatest need is for the larger sizes with multiplecompartments.

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indictment. And the reward money comesthrough fundraisers such as this 5K. Learnmore about Crime Solvers atwww.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org.

National Night Out:Aug. 6

This year’s National Night Out — celebrat-ing partnerships between the community andpublic-safety personnel — marks the event’s30th anniversary. Locally, it’ll be held Tuesday,Aug. 6, from 6-8:30 p.m., at the Sully StationII Community Center in Centreville.

The fun will include burritos, chips and salsafrom Chipotle’s, an ice-cream social, SnoCones, cotton candy, a moonbounce, a deejayand wine and beer for those 21 and over.

Participating will be Fairfax County police,firefighters from the West Centreville Station38, representatives from Target, plus residentsof Sully Station II. For more information or tovolunteer, call 703-815-2006.

Summer FoodDrives Needed

Summer is when WFCM is most in need offood donations. Children are home from schooland need three meals a day, but many come

from homes where both money and food arescarce.WFCM is hoping local residents andbusinesses will help it restock its food pantry.Anyone interested should contact Terry Kellyat tkelly@wfcmva.org.

Food DonationsFor WFCM

Western Fairfax Christian Ministries’ foodpantry urgently needs donations of oil, cannedfruit, rice, canned meat, canned white beans(garbanzo, northern, cannellini, navy), fruitjuice, dry pasta, sugar, dry beans and canned

vegetables. Also needed are shampoo, femi-nine napkins and dish soap.

Bring items to WFCM’S new food-pantry lo-cation, weekdays, 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m., at 13888Metrotech Drive, near Papa John’s Pizza inChantilly’s Sully Place Shopping Center.

Thrift-store needs include bathing suits andshorts for all ages, Bibles in English and Span-ish and large black yard bags. The store is at13939 Metrotech Drive. In addition, ThriftStore volunteers are needed for two- to four-hour shifts Fridays, between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.,and Saturdays, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

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the Valley and Ridge; sedge inthe Coastal Plain; wood rush andswan sedge in the Eastern Shore;and trailing bush clover, slenderbush clover and St. Andrew’s Crossin the Piedmont.

Nicholas Bergersen enjoyedplanting the bushes and shrubs il-lustrating the various elevations.“We also spray-painted bricks blueto represent Virginia’s four majorrivers — the Potomac,Rappahannock, James and York,”he said. “It helped me learn wherethe rivers are and the elevations.And I learned that the Piedmontproduces information technology,government and farming.”

The students even identified col-lege towns, products, industriesand major cities on their map,painting rocks to symbolize eachone. Nicholas said the project wasfun because “it helped me get abetter understanding of the geog-raphy of Virginia. We actually gotto interact with our map.”

Settlemyre said it also gave thechildren “a sense of communityand legacy because they’re excitedthat this map will be here for fu-ture fourth-graders. They’re givingsomething back to the school, andit’s also here for the community.It’s their project — they designedand created it.” That also includeddoing normal garden chores, suchas mulching the perimeter of themap so mowers could cut thegrass.

Aaron Alexander learned thatapples are the main product of theBlue Ridge and its industries are“recreation and a little bit of farm-ing. The Valley and Ridge productsare poultry, pigs and the farmingindustry. I liked that we could cre-ate a mini version of Virginia andplant shrubs where they actuallygrow.”

Settlemyre said some studentsformed a river group to researcheach river’s location, length and

position. Other groups looked atmountain heights and one groupdug the soil.

“Nina and I made the borders ofeach region and marked them withstring,” said Adam. “And we dis-covered the Blue Ridge Mountainswere in the wrong place, so wehad to move the bricks [symboliz-ing the rivers].”

Carson Kaiser said the wholeproject was “really fun because,instead of just having worksheetsand study guides to memorize,we’ve been able to make all theparts of Virginia. And as we did it,we’ve learned math — for ex-ample, measuring how far east atown was from the state’s westerntip and how far north somethingwas from the southern tip.”

She said they learned science byresearching each region’s plantsand discovering where each typegrows, and language arts by find-ing out the information about eachtown. “We split up into groups,each with a team leader,” saidCarson. “Some kids built the riv-ers, others brought soil from onespot to another, some put soil oneach region and others plantedthings.”

Before they began, though, shesaid, everyone did the research.“We built mountains out of soiland, for Mount Rogers, we got atall shrub and also built up the soilunderneath it,” said Carson. “We’dcome out and work on our map,one to three times a week, and Ms.Tholen told us what to do eachday, such as move soil or much.”

First, said Carson, “We built abrick border and then lined theinterior with cardboard so grassand weeds wouldn’t grow upthrough the soil. My favorite thingwas that we got to do most of thework; we created the map, not theteachers. And this way, it’ll beeasier to remember what we’velearned because we’ve been inter-acting with our map of Virginia.”

Learning by DoingThe students learned about each region of Virginia whilecreating their living map of the state.

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Sports

SSTs HostSeveral Events

As the 2013 NVSL season runs down, theSully Station SSTs, continue to be fired upwith one exciting event after another. Fri-day July 19, the SSTs had a full day of ac-tivities, revolving around the Multi Com-munity Blood Drive Challenge. Little RockyRun and Virginia Run also participated inthis blood drive.

First thing Friday morningthe SSTs were up, ready to hostsome special guests who cameout to show support for theblood drive: Olympic GoldMedalist Peter Vanderkaay,

American Record Holder Josh Schneider,Olympic medalist Kim Vandenberg, WorldRecord Holder Kate Ziegler, CAA recordholder Eric Knight and the popular swim-mer-turned-MMA fighter Joe Pascale. Theseaccomplished athletes came out to showtheir support for the blood drive as well aspromote the new calendar from Day andKnight Productions that features Olympicswimmers.

Day and Knight is a company founded tohelp swimmers as they train for the 2016Olympics. The celebrity swimmers talkedabout their love for the sport of swimmingas well as their inspirations. The SSTs, alongwith their guests, the swimmers from SullyStation II and Pinecrest, were able to meetand mingle with these athletes. The swim-mers also were able to have autographssigned and many had their pictures takenwith their favorite swimmer.

While the heat and humidity continuedto rise throughout the morning, swimmersof all ages and abilities jumped in the poolto cool off and enjoyed dives from the eliteathletes. Later that evening, the athletes,along with World Record holder and two-time Olympian Kate Ziegler, returned to jointhe SSTs for their final pep rally of the sea-son.

Despite a week of strenuous practice andextensive time spent in unrelenting heat andhumidity, the SSTs were in great spirits Sat-urday morning, July 20, as they welcomed

Cardinal Hill for this season’s last A meetin a battle for the second place spot in Divi-sion Five.

It was a tough meet from the start, as theSSTs struggled in the Freestyle events, onlyearning 31 of 90 points. Only four swim-mers seized the top spot in these events in-cluding, Leah Mozeleski for the 8u girls,Adison Moore for the 9-10 girls, PaytonMoore in the Girls 11-12 improving her timeby .64 percent and Dominic Huffman cut-ting his time by .55 percent for the 13-14boys.

With only one more point earned in theBackstroke events, the SSTs’ hopes for a winstarted to wane. But spirits remained highas their teammates continued to impress,improving their best times.

Nearly all of the winning and placingBackstrokers swam their best, starting witheight year olds Nate Hamluk and AveryMoon coming in second in their respectiveraces and earning outstanding late-seasonpersonal best marks of 3.5 percent forHamluk and 4.64 percent for Moon. Nineother Backstrokers improved their swims,among them was Hamluk’s twin sisterNatalya Hamluk improving by .11 percent.Logan Kimmel, Madison Moon, Hogan

O’Brien, Maddie Hahne, Donimic Huffman,Kyle Talley, Hallie Puckett and MichaelMcPherson also earned personal best marks,Huffman in his second win of the day forthe 13-14 boys.

The SSTs improved during the Breast-stroke events securing several wins. Firstup was Leah Mozeleski capturing her sec-ond win in the 8u race. Bryan Patten wonfor the 11-12 boys, while Payton Moore alsowith her second win of the day, was firstfor the 11-12 girls. Arun Maran was next,scoring for the 13-14 boys. Finally, in hislast individual swim for the SSTs was 18year old, Brandon Fiala, winning the 15-18Boys Breaststroke with a time of 30.06s.Faltering again in Butterfly and the Relays,the SSTs realized a loss was inevitable. Still,they continued to cheer their teammates on,celebrating a terrific season and wishing afond farewell to Fiala and fellow graduat-ing senior, Allie Humphrey.

Monday July 22, the SSTs were at homefor the final B meet against Greenbriar. Bothteams were energized and swam accord-ingly. Many of Sully Station’s younger swim-mers and Mini Stars came out for the op-portunity to swim in their first meet or toimprove a recent time. In Freestyle, there

were 17 6u swimmers, with seven improv-ing their times. Benjamin Campet finishedin second place improving 6.74 percentwhile Ryan Silien slashed a remarkable15.92 percent earning the third place spot.Keyan Jazaeri crushed his best time by anunimaginable 20.83 percent. In Backstroke,Kasey Foley captured third, cutting 10.72percent. Several older swimmers also hadexceptional drops in time including, MonicaArtieda with a drop of 6.95 seconds in the11-12 50m Freestyle, Cayman Johnsonbesting is 11-12 Freestyle time by 5.25 sec-onds and seizing second place in the 11-1250m Backstroke with a drop of 7.55 sec-onds. Finally, Abby Molloy captured the winin the Girls 7-8 25m Breaststroke, carving5.75 seconds off her best time.

With so many improvements and exem-plary swims, it was a wonderful way to endthe season. But for the SSTs it was bitter-sweet, the end of an era, as the SSTs hon-ored Head Coach Missy Witt, during this,her last meet with the team she startedswimming with when she was just six yearsold. Ending an 18-year run with the SSTs,Missy, a 2013 graduate of Florida SouthernCollege looks forward to beginning the nextphase of her life.

Sully Station’s 8uswimmers relaxbefore the relays intheir final A meetSaturday, July 20.While the SSTs ulti-mately fell to CardinalHill, the 8u girls cameout on top in the100m Freestyle Relay.From Left: NateHamluk, TylerWhitacre, LucasBoettcher, JonathanKronimus, AveryMoon, Keira O’Neail,Parker Brooks andLeah Mozeleski.

Sully Station’s Cayman Johnson swims to second place in the 11-12 50mBackstroke Monday, in the SSTs’ final B meet of 2013. Johnson slashedmore than 8 percent off both his Freestyle and Backstroke times.

Jakob Huse of Sully Station swims to victory in the 7-8 25m Freestyle onMonday, July 22. Huse took nearly one second off his best time, finishingwith a time of 22.20 seconds.

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Our kittens, Coco and Champ,cuddle everyday.

— Mimi and John Totten

Milo Miller is a golden doodle who likes to fetchthings.

— Barbara Miller

Bella’s car ride in the sunshine.

My name is Lucinda (Lucy for short). I’m a Haflinger mare and work atSpirit Open Equestrian. All our volunteers think I’m really cute. I love my joband riders love me ‘cause I’m short and it’s easy for them to get up on myback. Here I am in harness for the first time. Someday, I hope I can pull a cartand take folks in wheelchairs on drives with me. If you want to be my BFF,just give me a peppermint candy.

Lou and I adopted Mister Frodo fromHome Alone Cat Rescue about twoyears ago. We have a soft spot for bigorange cats. Frodo is part Maine Coon

(large with furry feet) and part American Bobtail(large with short tai). A description of the Ameri-can Bobtail breed on the internet says they are“born scared” — which sums up Frodo. He is theproverbial “fradie cat.” For the first few weeks af-ter we adopted him, Frodo refused to go into theliving room, dining room or master bedroom forfear of our ceiling fans, even when they weren’tmoving. When he accidentally escapes the house,he comes scurrying right back when birds chirpat him. Despite being timid, Frodo is very playful.He “races us” up and down the stairs and loves tochase Lou’s laser toy.

Last year I decided Frodo might benefit fromthe company of another cat. When I ran into LeeDistrict School Board Representative TammyDerenak Koufax, at the Lee District Bridge Walklast summer, she showed me a photo of threekittens she and her children, Matthew and Hallewere fostering as part of a School Project. They

were less than a month old and adorable. Samlooked like a little tiger cub! Her siblings, solidsoot grey, looked like little bears. They had beenfound living behind a restaurant in WashingtonD.C. My husband and I fell in love with Sam atfirst sight.

Once Sam was old enough to come home withus, we introduced Sam and Frodo over a few days,keeping Sam separated in the guest room. It tooka few months for them to work out “dominanceissues,” but now they are chasing each otheraround the house and amusing each other. Samhas a fascination with water. We have to keep herwater bowl upstairs in the tub because she splashesthe water all over the place. When she does this,Frodo looks at her as though she is completelyuncouth. It’s hard to believe Sam was a feral kit-ten. She is very affectionate and loves to have herhead stroked.

Pets definitely add an important dimension toour lives.

— Board of Supervisors Chairman

Sharon Bulova and Lou DeFalaise

Elsa is our 8-year-old therapy dog.She really enjoys visiting the BurkeHealth and Rehabilitation Center whereshe gets plenty of attention. Elsa was abig hit wearing her red, white and blueon her last visit over the 4th of July holi-day. One resident wanted her to staywith her forever. If Elsa can find a will-ing participant to pet her for hours, she’sall in! She also enjoys VT tailgating be-cause the smorgasbord of food left byfellow tailgaters is awesome — hotdogs,hamburgers and chicken being her fa-vorite.

— Wendy and Scott

Boiles

Jessi is our rambunctious 100 lb 2-year-old love bug. Wearing her out-fit lasted about as long as I couldsnap this picture, before she wasready to chew it off ... hence hernickname Chewy. Jessi has chewedor eaten 86 unique items; her goal is100. Some of her more infamousones are a new cell phone with hardcasing, toilet bolt covers, her earmedication bottle, “Eat This, NotThat” book, Yucky dog chew spray,corrugated pipes, hand weights andmost recently a pool float made ofthe harder rubber. But despite this,what she enjoys doing most is givingyou kisses and sitting in your lap, all100 pounds of her!

Meet Frodo and Sam!

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There are dozens of animal welfare organi-zations across the country working to secure“forever homes” for dogs and cats of all ages.And while there’s a general camaraderieamongst them, stemming from their commoncause, what’s a little friendly competitionamong peers?

For the past few years, the ASPCA (AmericanSociety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani-mals) has sponsored a nationwide contest tochallenge shelters to see how many more ani-mals they could adopt between June andAugust beyond the total the year before.

The idea was to “spur innovation, increasepublic support, empower staff and, most impor-tantly, save more lives,” said Bert Troughton,ASPCA’s vice president and a leader of what hasbecome the ASPCA/Rachael Ray $100K chal-lenge.

The organizations that adopt the most ani-mals above totals from June to August the yearbefore wins not only in terms of putting catsand dogs in loving, happy homes, but a sizeablechunk of change to save even more.

“We know that the contest can help savemore lives in the long-term too, because all of

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Behind every adoption successfullycompleted by the Arlington-basedLost Dog and Cat Rescue Founda-tion, there’s a volunteer with a

happy heart.There’s a small volunteer army across

Northern Virginia that turns out every week-end to help cats and dogs find homes, butthere’s never a shortage of others lookingfor a safe place to be fed, sheltered andloved. Volunteers are what make the orga-nization run, from walking dogs at adop-tion events to petting cats to making sureadoptable animals have safe transportationfrom rural shelters to this area for medical

care.These volunteers are playing, and will

continue to play, a major role in Lost Dogand Cat Rescue Foundation’s participationin the ASPCA/Rachael Ray $100,000 chal-lenge, an ongoing competition in which therescue group and others across the countryare trying to surpass the number of animaladoptions recorded between June 1 andAug. 31.

But why do people agree to share theirlimited free time with animals? What bringsthem in, and what makes them stay?

Here are a few of their stories:

THE MIRACLE WORKER. Centrevilleresident Earl Smith has a reputation for tak-ing sad-eyed, frightened beagles and turn-

ing them into happy,friendly, outgoing pets.

Case in point: the twodogs he’s recently fostered.

“Blue was a shelter dog.When I took him in, he wasless than social,” keeping hishead and tail down, not at-tempting to play with hisown three dogs, Smith said.Within a few weeks, his tailwas up and wagging, hiseyes alert and on the watchfor squirrels or birds.

Another dog, Cappy, hadbeen with Smith for only afew days. “Five weeks ago,he was in a home wherehe’d lived for 10 years. Hegot dropped off at an adop-tion event” without priorwarning or explanation byhis previous owner.

Smith has been fosteringdogs, mostly beagles, for sixyears, and has turned manyfosters into full-time pets.

“My first dog was from

Lost Dog,” he said. “Eleven years ago, I gotmy first beagle. A couple of years later, Igot him a buddy. After that, I’d see rescuegroups and wanted to volunteer,” and sign-ing up with the foundation was an easy de-cision to make.

During one of the first adoption eventshe attended as a volunteer, “there was a dogat an event and she was old. I thought, howcan I let this dog go to a kennel? So I askedif I could foster.”

Since then, he’s fostered 45 dogs, oftengetting animals that appear to have beenabused or made to fear humans in someway.

“I have a soft spot for the sad ones, theones no one has loved for a long time,” hesaid. “With a rescue organization, any homethey have is better than the place they werebefore.”

It’s hard work, trying to make the dogsfeel comfortable in a new environment, es-pecially when they’re introduced to newanimals all at once. But there’s a momentthat makes the heartbreak worthwhile.

“For me, the best reward is when I gethome and the new dog is there with myother dogs waiting to jump on me and sayhello,” he said, smiling. “I just want to knowthey’re safe.”

Some Lost Dog volunteers have taken tocalling the beagles that look the most un-sure and frightened “Earl dogs,” becausethey know he can work his magic with them.

“I keep photos of all the dogs I’ve fos-tered,” he said, opening up his cell phoneand scrolling through before and after pho-tos of some dogs mixed in with ones he’sbeen sent of his success stories in their newlives. It’s a practice embraced by many LostDog volunteers.

A FURRY SIBLING DOES THE TRICK.Aileen Reinhard and her daughter, Sydney,were looking for a new pet after losing theirbeloved beagle. “We went online and lookedat their website and requested that a coupleof beagles come to one of their events,”

Helping Save Lives, One Pet at a TimeArea residents explain their dedication to theLost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation.

Princess is one of many fosterdogs taken in by MarciaTiersky, president of the LostDog and Cat Rescue Founda-tion, over the past 10 years.

This is Jill, a former “lostdog” who joined theHowell family and in-spired their volunteerwork with Lost Dog.

This kitten, fostered by LostDog and Cat Rescue Founda-tion volunteer Beth Stevens, is“a polydactyl,” meaning shehas extra toes.

Parker, formerly a “lostdog,” was adopted byBeth Stevens before shebecame a Lost Dogvolunteer.

This dog, called Batman,was a foster in Lisa MarieCzop’s home.

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The Challenge: Joining Together To Save Animalsthe added attention and support contestantsearn during the contest can be harnessed forcontinued life-saving,” Troughton said.

ASPCA started the challenge in 2010, and in2012, TV personality and animal lover RachaelRay joined up with the organization, as she didagain this year, allowing the organization tooffer more than $600,000 in prize grants:

A $100,000 grand prize grant will beawarded to the organization that reports thelargest increase in adoptions over the total fromthe year before. Other awards include a$25,000 “community engagement award,” and$25,000 to the first place finisher in each of fivedivisions, as well as $15,000 to the secondplace finishers. Lost Dog is in eighth place over-all and second place in their division as ofMonday, July 22.

“It’s a whole lot of work and a whole lot offun because every single life saved is a victory— regardless of who wins the grant prizes forthe biggest increases,” Troughton said.

This year, 49 organizations in 30 states arecompeting for the grants, he said. To see thechallenge details, visit challenge.aspcapro.org.

— Amber Healy

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Barbara Hutcherson and Marcia Tiersky helpdogs out of the transport crates loaded into avan used by the Lost Dog and Cat RescueFoundation to bring them to the 11 adoptionevents the rescue group hosts each weekend.

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Lost Dog: For the Love of AnimalsIn 2001, there were too many dogs without homes and too few people to

help them.That wasn’t acceptable to Pamela McAlwee and Ross Underwood, lifelong

animal lovers who wanted to save dogs and cats alike from shelters wheretheir futures were non-existent if they weren’t adopted.

McAlwee and Underwood were a few years into running a gourmet take-out pizza deli on Washington Boulevard in the Westover neighborhood ofArlington, when McAlwee went to help a friend find a dog to adopt. Whilevisiting a shelter, she saw six dogs that were about to be put down within afew days. She promptly took all six home that night. She got them spayedor neutered and cleaned up and put a classified ad in a newspaper, and inbetween orders for pepperoni and cheese and vegetarian pizzas, she workedto find good homes for them all. She did this several times, adopting dogsabout to be euthanized and finding homes for them.

That’s how the Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation was born, out of thetake-out phone number for what’s now the original location of the Lost DogCafe. McAlwee had worked with other rescue groups before, but she wantedto focus more on finding good homes for the animals instead of waiting fora “perfect” placement. The rescue group started with 25 dogs.

Now there are 150 dogs at a ranch in Sumerduck, Va., owned by Lost Dog,as the rescue organization is known, along with 20 cats and an assortment

of other animals, including a horse. Otherdogs and cats live with fosters — morethan 100 dogs are currently in temporaryhomes until they’re adopted.

“It’s amazing what we accomplish withan all-volunteer base,” said BarbaraHutcherson, Lost Dog’s adoptions coordi-nator.

Lost Dog is the only organization inNorthern Virginia participating in theASPCA challenge. The rescue had toverify its numbers and qualify in order to

participate, proving the volunteer base and “the commitment to really takethis challenge and run with it,” Hutcherson said.

If Lost Dog wins one of the grants provided through the challenge, the win-nings likely will be used for vet bills. “It’s difficult when you’re looking at alist of shelter animals and you have to ask if you can afford the big vet billfor one animal” compared to smaller fees for multiple animals, Hutchersonsaid. “We want to take them all. It’s uncomfortable, but we want to do ev-ery single thing we can.”

Funding for the rescue comes from adoption fees, donations, and fromproceeds from the four Lost Dog Cafe locations across Northern Virginia andthe Stray Cat Cafe, next to the original Lost Dog Cafe in Westover.

— Amber Healy

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Volunteering Saves LivesAileen Reinhard said. “There, we met and fell in lovewith our ‘son’ Peanut, who was just saved a few daysearlier from a shelter in rural Ohio.”

Sydney, who was just 7 years old at the time, andher mom signed up to volunteer walking dogs dur-ing adoption events as a way to help other families“experience all the joys of adopting a four legged‘son’ or ‘daughter’ such as we feel every day,” AileenReinhard said. “It really is true that our rescued petrescued us.”

Now, they help work the sign-in table for volun-teers and run new volunteer orientation during theFriday night adoption event in Fair Lakes. “Sydneywrites out the name tags for both Friday and Satur-day events at Fair Lakes. We also par-ticipate in special events for increasingpublic awareness for LDCRF, make table-cloths for the adoption events and helpedwith the sewing of dog adoption and do-nation vests,” which are worn by dogswho are walked by volunteers outsidethe events, with little pockets on eitherside.

Volunteering with Lost Dog is “such agreat experience,” Aileen Reinhard said.“The selfless, genuine dedication of allthe volunteers is immeasurable, all com-ing together for the common good ofanimals that would otherwise be forgot-

ten forever but instead are saved and cherished forthe rest of their lives in their forever homes.”

A SECOND JOB, A LABOR OF LOVE. MarciaTiersky was just looking for a way to share her time.

Now the president of the Lost Dog and Cat RescueFoundation board, Tiersky, who started volunteer-ing with the organization in 2002, helps overseequarterly board meetings in addition to interview-ing potential adopters, answering questions fromanywhere and everywhere, fostering dogs and up-dating the website when new animals arrive.

The organization has grown from three adoptionevents per week, averaging 20 adoptions each week,to 11 adoption events each week, averaging 50-70adoptions each weekend. In her 10 years as presi-

dent, the number of volunteers also hasexpanded, numbering in the thousands.

“It’s amazing,” she said. “And it’s allbecause of our wonderful volunteers.We could not do what we do if we didnot have people to hold the dogs, showthe cats, conduct interviews, do paper-work, answer adopter questions, re-spond to emails and calls on the phoneline, and generally spread word ofmouth about the rescue.”

Mason, a Lost Dogcat strolls on aleash during anadoption event.

How To HelpTo learn more about the

ASPCA/Rachael Ray $100,000challenge, find a new pet, do-nate or volunteer with the LostDog and Cat Rescue Foundation,go to www.lostdogrescue.org.

More at www.connectionnewspapers.com.

Editor’s note: Writer Amber Healy is an oc-casional cat volunteer with Lost Dog and CatRescue Foundation.

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State ChampionsThe Chantilly National Little League 10-11 Year Olds won the Vir-ginia State Little League Tournament on July 23. Chantilly Nationaldefeated Mechanicsville Little League by a score of 14-13 at WestSpringfield Little League’s Byron Avenue Park. Chantilly Nationaltakes their 10-0 record to Greenville, N.C. to compete in the Tourna-ment of State Champions at Elm Street Park on July 27-31. Aboveare (from left): Kneeling - Caden Humphrey and Matt Ford; standing- Connor Pennell, Patrick Stewart, Chris Neary, Bryce Neiman, Mat-thew Robinson, Julian Heitman, Davis Kelley, Judson Ward, EvanCarper, Matthew Berube and Ian Huang; back Row - Coach TomHeitman, Manager Chad Carper and Coach Mark Pennell.

By Elizabeth Hall

On Saturday July 20, the Pop-lar Tree Pirates hosted theGreenbriar Dolphins in theirfinal NVSL dual meet of the

summer. For the first time this season, thePirates didn’t lead in points after everysingle stroke so it made for one of the clos-est meets of the season. The first Pirate vic-tory came from Sara Radcliffe in the 9-10girls freestyle followed immediately by NickDavid in the 11-12 boys. Marcelo Coray tookthe victory for the 13-14 boys in a close race,while David Stewart and Brianna Fridy did

the same in the 15-18 agegroup. The Pirates led theDolphins marginally with ascore of 46-44 at the conclu-sion of the freestyle events.

The first victory for the Pi-rates in the backstroke events came fromSara Radcliffe in the 9-10 girls with team-mate Natalie Farello snatching second place.The final 2 victories for the backstrokeevents came from Julia Young in the 11-12girls and Preston Rhodes in the 15-18 boys.After the backstroke events, the Pirates weretrailing the Dolphins 84.5-95.5.

Although the Pirates were down after thebackstroke events, they made a comebackstarting with breaststroke. Neha Balaji wonthe 8&under girls breaststroke with a 5.5second victory followed by teammate JoJoEllis in second place. In the 9-10 girls agegroup, Vanessa Scola finished first followedby teammate Natalie Farello. The Pirate la-dies continued to dominate the breaststrokeevents with 11-12 girls Mary Kominski,Lauren Young, and Flora Baxter complet-ing a 1st-2nd-3rd sweep of points respec-tively. In the next event, Jonathan Wen tookfirst for the 13-14 boys followed by DavidStewart doing the same in the 15-18 agegroup. Katie Dingman won the 15-18 girlsfor the last breaststroke event of the meetand the Pirates were now leading the Dol-phins 136.5-133.5.

The first butterfly victory for the Piratescame from Analiese de Leon in the 9-10 girlsfollowed by Vanessa Scola and Lucy Chencompleting a 1st-2nd-3rd sweep of points

respectively for the Pirates. In the nextevent, the 11-12 boys followed suit withNick David, Ted Ellis, and Conner Madsenearning 1st-2nd-3rd respectively as well.Haley Alderman won the 11-12 girls fol-lowed by teammate Julia Young earningsecond while Preston Rhodes and BriannaFridy both took victories for the 15-18 agegroup. Going into relays, the Pirates wereup 191.5-168.5.

Needing only four relays to win the meet,The Pirates won four events in a row start-ing with the 9-10 girls relay of NatalieFarello, Vanessa Scola, Analiese de Leon,and Sara Radcliffe. The 11-12 relays of TedEllis, Ryan Puxley, Nick David and NelsWilliams as well as Julia Young, MaryKominski, Haley Alderman, and LaurenYoung were both victorious. After the 13-14 boys win coming from Jonathan Wen,Fletcher Madsen, Marcelo Coray and JackDavid, the Pirates had already won themeet, but that surely didn’t stop the relayvictories from coming. The Pirates went onto win the last four events of the meet start-ing with the 15-18 boys relay of MichaelAmico, David Stewart, Preston Rhodes, andSean Morrow followed by the 15-18 girlsof Hannah Warnick, Katie Dingman,Brianna Fridy, and Virginia Walsh. Themixed age boys relay of Nick David, Mat-thew Rickard, Marcelo Coray, and DavidStewart out touched the Dolphins by .05seconds to add to the list of Pirate victo-ries, while the mixed age girls relay ofLauren Young, Sara Radcliffe, CorinneKominski, and Brianna Fridy won with ease.The Pirates won the meet by 43 points witha final score of 231.5-188.5 and conse-quently celebrated the NVSL Division 7 titleby being the only undefeated team in thedivision finishing 5-0.

Single Individual Event Winners: MarceloCoray (13-14 free), Julia Young (11-12back), Neha Balaji (8&under breast),Vanessa Scola (9-10 breast), Mary Kominski(11-12 breast), Jonathan Wen (13-14breast), Katie Dingman (15-18 breast),Analiese de Leon (9-10 fly) and Haley Al-derman (11-12 fly).

Double Individual Event Winners: SaraRadcliffe (9-10 free and back), Nick David(11-12 free and fly), David Stewart (15-18free and breast), Brianna Fridy (15-18 freeand fly) and Preston Rhodes (15-18 backand fly).

Poplar Tree Pirates finished the season 5-0 and celebrated clenching theDivision 7 title.

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during the team’s official farewell to Jenn,“She has had a long and storied career withthe Stingrays, beginning at age five and con-tinuing to this day.” To those who haveknown Jennifer for all these years, she hasbeen much more than just an acquaintanceor teammate. She has been a constantsource of good advice, friendship and opti-mism, to her peers and to adults, alike.

As for the results of the meet, many ofJennifer’s younger counterparts didn’t havea bad day either. Here are the Sequoia girlsfirst place finishers: Lucy Blazquez, LaurenChin,

Lillianne Fish (double winner), KateCroxton (triple winner), Jessie Heise,Caroline Santilli, Ella Santilli.

For the boys, Sequoia Farms individualfirst place finishes came from: Matthew

Sequoia FarmsScores Victory

As it was for most local community swimteams, with the dual meet season ending,this weekend brought both joy and sadness.On the positive side for the Sequoia Farmsteam, Saturday brought victory over long-time rival Chantilly National. It was a closemeet throughout the individual events withChantilly leading most of the way. But theremust have been something in the air, or inthe depth of the young Sequoia Stingraysteam, that allowed Sequoia to surge aheadin the relay events and capture a slim vic-tory over the Bluefins.

Saturday also marked the somewhat un-happy occasion of having to say goodbyeto Sequoia Farms swimmer, JennSteinhilber. As Head Coach Mark Loper said

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Bentley, Brian Chapman (doublewinner), Avery Harris, Ryan Mor-ris, Nicholas Saied, RussSteinhilber.

In the relay events SequoiaFarms was the winner in: Girls 8 -Under, Medley Relay: NadiaBoggs, Ella Santilli, Lillianne Fish,Avery Gegg.

Boys 9-10, Medley Relay: An-drew Watson, James Williams, Di-ego Cromwell, Connor Croxton.

Girls 9-10, Medley Relay:Kristen Blee, Julia Barrett, SydneyFish, Lucy Blazquez.

Boys 11-12, Medley Relay:Travis Blee, Samuel Williams, Avery Harris, DanielMorris.

Girls 11-12, Medley Relay: Sydney Loper, CarolineSantilli, Kate Croxton, Molly Hammer.

Piranhas EndRegular Season

The Sully Station II Piranhas wrappedup their regular season with a spiritedmeet at Crosspointe on July 20. Show-ing enthusiasm and grit, the Piranhasgave it their all and fell just shy of thewin, 213-207.

Swimmers worked together to com-plete three sweeps, beginning with the15-18 girls backstroke trio of MadisynGraham (34.73), Caitlin Campbell(36.63), and Chelsea West (42.03). The11-12 boys captured the breastroke ledby Flynn Crisci (39.92), BrantleyCervarich (45.16), and Brody Campbell(46.95). Michael Jiang brought home the15-18 boys breaststroke win in 35.50 fol-lowed by teammates Ben Wu (36.71) and ConnorPangman (37.11).

Six Piranhas notched double event victories, in-cluding 8-year old Angela Cai in freestyle (17.62)and breaststroke (22.34), 10-year old Faith Alstonin free (32.25) and breast (42.98), 12-year old FlynnCrisci in free (31.59) and breast, 16-year old AustenBundy in back (31.79) and fly (28.74), 16-year oldMadisyn Graham in back and fly (34.16), and 17-year old Kenzie Elliott in free (30.92) and breast(43.85).

Seven additional SS2 swimmers earned first placefinishes, including freestyler Ben Wu (27.12),

All four Jiang boys contributed to Sully Station II’sclose meet. From left: Jack, Nick, Kevin and MichaelJiang.

backstrokers Callie Ver Planck (25.27) and Jack Jiang(35.70), breaststrokers Aidan Crisci (48.49) andGeorgia Stamper (39.07), and fly specialists CarolineLi (21.90), Taylor Smith (38.27), and Nick Jiang(33.78).

The Piranhas and their parents displayed the truespirit of summer swim as they danced to YMCA andthe Cupid Shuffle before the relays began. Lining upalong the pool, everyone smiled and rooted for 5-year old Jason Li as he gutted out a 50 meter leg inthe 8&U relay. Graduating senior Kenzie Elliott alsoearned sustained applause as she swam in her finalevent as the last leg of the girls’ mixed age relay.

Liedtke Honored byHerndon Swim LeagueThe Team Representatives of the Herndon SwimLeague presented Commissioner Bill Liedtke ofCentreville with a plaque in appreciation for allhe has done for the league. It was presented atthe 21st Annual All-League Meets. Thirty-oneyears ago, Liedtke was one of six foundingmembers of the league. He has served as the

commissioner for most of those years. This year, he stayed on as the commissionerdespite the decision of the board of directors of his community, the Meadows, tonot permit the swim team to operate. The plaque has a picture showing Liedtke in2010 using the starter’s pistol to start the last race in the final home meet inwhich one of his five children would swim. He has been a starter since his oldestchild began swimming in 1981. Although the team had long ago transitioned to anelectronic starting system, the pistol was brought out for special milestone events.

Boys 13-14, Medley Relay: Ryan Morris, RussSteinhilber, Matthew Bentley, Nicholas Saied.

Girls 15-18, Medley Relay: Jessie Heise, LaurenChin, Jennifer Steinhilber, Nicole Williams.

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703-580-5226Christian Life Center…703-754-9600

Clear River Community Church…703-881-7443

Covenant Christian Center…703-631-5340

Fair Oaks Church…703-631-1112New Life...703-222-8836

Tree of Life Bible Church...703-830-4563PENTECOSTAL

Capital Worship Center…703-530-8100Church of the Blessed Trinity…

703-803-3007ORTHODOX

Holy Trinity Orthodox Church…703-818-8372

The Greek Orthodox Parishof Loudoun County…703-421-7515

St. Raphael Orthodox Church…703-303-3047

PRESBYTERIANCentreville Presbyterian Church…

703-830-0098Chantilly Presbyterian Church…

703-449-1354Clifton Presbyterian Church…703-830-3175Young Saeng Korean Presbyterian Church…

703-818-9200UNITED CHURCH OF CHRISTWellspring United Church of Christ…

703-257-4111

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THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION

TraditionalAnglican Service

1928 Book ofCommon Prayer

13941 Braddock Road, (north off Rte. 29) Centreville, VA703-830-3176 • www.thechurchoftheascension.org

Holy Communion 10 A.M. Sundays(with Church School and Nursery)

Evening Prayer and Bible Study 7 P.M. Wednesdays

Summer Worship10:00am b

Entertainment

Email centreview@connectionnewspapers.com. Photos welcome.

ONGOING“The Producers” by Westfield

Summer Stage.Westfield High, 4700Stonecroft Blvd., Chantilly. Friday-Saturday, July 26-27, at 7:30 p.m.Seats are reserved; tickets are $12 atwww.westfieldtheatre boosters.comand $15 at the door.

“Extravacatza” at the Fairfax CountyAnimal Shelter, 4500 West Ox Road.Half-off adoption fees on cats andkittens, free spay and neuter of catsand kittens and gift bags for alladopters of senior cats. Tuesday-Friday, noon-7 p.m. and Saturday 10a.m.-5 p.m. Visit

www.fairfaxcounty.gov/calendar/ShowCalendar.aspx.

FRIDAY/JULY 26Yoga Storytime. 2 p.m. at Chantilly

Library, 4000 Stringfellow Road.Children ages 6-9 can enjoy storytime that incorporates basic yogamoves. Free. Registration required,703-502-3883.

Comedy Show. 8 p.m. at Fast Eddies,14114 Lee Highway. Comedian MikeJames performs. Hosted by JonYeager. Visit fasteddies.com.

SATURDAY/JULY 27Master Gardeners. 10:30 a.m. at

Chantilly Library, 4000 StringfellowRoad. Adults can get tips,information and advice on their

home gardens. Free. 703-502-3883.Peaceful Paws. 10:30 a.m. at

Chantilly Regional Library, 4000Stringfellow Road. Children on theautism spectrum or with otherdevelopmental challenges meet andread to therapy dog Dakota. Free.Registration required, 703-502-3883.

Hidden Pond: Snakes. 2:30 p.m. atChantilly Library, 4000 StringfellowRoad. Children in grades K-6 canmeet several native species, bothsmall and large. Free. Registrationrequired, 703-502-3883.

SUNDAY/JULY 28Red, Wine and Blues Event. 3 p.m.

at The Winery at Bull Run, 15950 LeeHighway. The event includes winetasting, food from BBQ Brothers and

live music, as well as a raffle for along weekend getaway for two.Benefits Our Daily Bread’s Collect forKids Back to School Program. Ticketsare $10. Visit www.odbfairfax.org orcall 703-273-8829.

Concert. 6-7 p.m. Featuring theLoudoun Jazz Ensemble at the Udvar-Hazy Center. 14390 Air and SpaceMuseum Pkwy, Chantilly. Free.

MONDAY/JULY 29Storytime. 10:30 a.m. at Chantilly

Regional Library, 4000 StringfellowRoad. Children age 3-5 can enjoystories and more. Free. Registrationrequired. 703-502-3883.

Children’s Science Center. 2:30p.m. at Centreville Regional Library,14200 St. Germain Drive. Children

ages 6-12 can enjoy fun, hands-onscience experiments. Free.Registration required, 703-830-2223.

Improv and Comedy TheaterWorkshop. 2:30 p.m. at ChantillyLibrary, 4000 Stringfellow Road.Students in 7-12 grade can enjoy anafternoon of improvisation andacting. Free. Registration required,703-502-3883.

ESL Book Club. 7 p.m. at CentrevilleRegional Library, 14200 St. GermainDrive. Ask for title. 703-830-2223.

TUESDAY/JULY 30Small Wonders. 10:30 a.m. at

Chantilly Regional Library, 4000Stringfellow Road. Ages 12-23months. Free. Registration required.703-502-3883.

Bouncin’ Babies. 11:30 a.m. atChantilly Regional Library, 4000Stringfellow Road. Up to 11 months.Free. Registration required. 703-502-3883.

Balloon Sculpting. 2 p.m. atCentreville Library, 14200 St.Germain Drive. Ages 12-18 can learnthe art of balloon twisting. Free.Registration required, 703-830-2223.

Los Quetzales. 2:30 p.m. at ChantillyLibrary, 4000 Stringfellow Road.Children can enjoy Mexican musicand dance. Free. Registrationrequired, 703-502-3883.

WEDNESDAY/JULY 31Storytime. 10:30 a.m. at Chantilly

Regional Library, 4000 StringfellowRoad. Ages 3-5. Free. Registrationrequired. 703-502-3883.

Bouncin’ Babies. 3 p.m. at ChantillyRegional Library, 4000 StringfellowRoad. Up to 11 months. Free.Registration required. 703-502-3883.

Small Wonders. 4 p.m. at ChantillyRegional Library, 4000 StringfellowRoad. Ages 12-23 months. Free.Registration required. 703-502-3883.

A Novel Society. 7 p.m. at CentrevilleRegional Library, 14200 St. GermainDrive. Adults can discuss “West withthe Night” by Beryl Markham. Free.703-830-2223.

THURSDAY/AUG. 1Children’s Science Center. 10:30

a.m. at Chantilly Regional Library,4000 Stringfellow Road. Ages 6-12can enjoy fun, hands-on scienceexperiments. Free. Registrationrequired, 703-502-3883.

Jazz Performance. 2 p.m. at DullesInternational Airport, 1 SaarinenCircle. The Wayne Wilentz Trio. Visitwww.metwashairpots.com/dulles.

Teen Book Club. 7 p.m. at ChantillyRegional Library, 4000 StringfellowRoad. For teens in grades 7-9. Callfor title. Free. 703-502-3883.

Concert. Tauk will perform at TheBungalow. 7 p.m. 3891 MetrotechDrive, Chantilly.www.bungalow4u.com.

SATURDAY/AUG. 3Master Gardeners. 10:30 a.m. at

Chantilly Library, 4000 StringfellowRoad. Information and advice onhome gardens. Free. 703-502-3883.

Bouncin’ Babies. 10:30 a.m. atChantilly Regional Library, 4000Stringfellow Road. Up to 11 months.Free. Registration required. 703-502-3883.

Small Wonders. 11:30 a.m. atChantilly Regional Library, 4000Stringfellow Road. Ages 12-23months. Free. Registration required.703-502-3883.

Lego Mania. 2:30 p.m. at ChantillyLibrary, 4000 Stringfellow Road.Grades K-2. Free. Registrationrequired, 703-502-3883.

Starlight Cinema. 6 p.m. at 5875Trinity Parkway, Centreville. Moviebegins at dark. “Madagascar 3:Europe’s Most Wanted,” with voicesby Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, DavidSchwimmer and FrancesMcDormand, is rated PG; 93minutes; 2013. Free; bring a blanketor chairs and a picnic.