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Founder Joe Cassellaposes with employee andfriend Dianna Sievers in EliteFitness, where balloons andsnacks mark the gym’s 10th

anniversary. The business hasforged a close relationship withGreat Falls over the last decade.

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Since he opened Elite Fitness in asmall location behind Arby’s, JoeCassella has made himself an integral part of the Great Falls commu-

nity, according to Optimist Club memberJoda Coolidge. Cassella has worked with theclub on three fund-raising 5K run-walks forlocal residents. “He’s always the first onein line to do anything, as far as communitysupport,” Coolidge said.

Now in a larger space in Colvin Run Shop-ping Center, Elite Fitness is celebrating its10th anniversary.

When sixth-grader Peter Choo died ofcancer in September of 2007, Cassella de-cided to sponsor a race in the boy’s name,raising money for the Make-A-Wish Foun-dation, not just that year but every year. Therace was repeated this year, and Elite Fit-ness also sponsored a similar event in Mayto raise money to help pay medical bills forLangley High School graduate NickCafferky, who was a rising senior when hewas paralyzed in a beach accident a yearand a half ago.

“Great Falls has been very, very good toElite Fitness, and so he likes to return thefavor,” said Dianna Sievers, who knewCassella for several years as her personaltrainer and started working part-time at hisgym about a year and a half ago. She calledhim “a very giving soul.”

NOW, THE COMMUNITY has a chanceto give back to Cassella. Elite Fitness begancelebrating its anniversary in September,and it was about that time that Cassella wasdiagnosed, at 39, with mesothelioma, aform of cancer generally caused by expo-sure to asbestos.

The response from the community andgym members has “just been unbelievable.I don’t know where to start, between thecards and the support,” Cassella said. “WhatI keep hearing is, ‘You’ve done so much forso many people, we want to give back toyou.’” He said clients had offered to takeon such jobs as looking after the gym’sequipment and working on its Web site, ashe is home for a week or two after eachchemotherapy session. “They’ll do anythingthey can to keep Elite going,” he said, add-ing that staff, too, had stepped up and takenon more work.

In his office, a helium balloon reading,“Feel better,” was taped to the wall. It wasfrom Peter Choo’s father, Edward.

Choo said he had not even been aware of

Elite Fitness’s existence until he was ap-proached about the 5K, although he livednearby. “His support was really, reallygreat,” Choo said. He said the race had beenhis first trip out of the house since his son’sdeath. “I did not go anywhere outsidePeter’s room for the first three months.”

CASSELLA said he hadalready been planning a 5Kwith the Optimists Club.“We picked Make-A-Wish,and one of our memberssaid, ‘Peter Choo just passedaway and he went throughMake-A-Wish. We could doit in his memory.’” Cassellahad T-shirts made.

“His preparation was verythorough and very, verytouching,” Choo said, add-ing that Cassella’s initiativewas the only reason therewas an annual run in hisson’s name. “He’s a strong man, so we justpray for him.”

When the Optimists approached Cassellaabout a 5K for Cafferky, Coolidge said,“Within five seconds, he said, ‘Sure, I’ll sup-port it. It sounds wonderful.’” Each of theraces had cost almost as much as the $8,000or so that they pulled in, she said. “Joe paidout of his pocket all expenses.”

She said Cassella also took in youngpeople and mentored them.

“He likes to give high school and otheryoung people the opportunity to be exposedto job opportunities and will help guidethem through the work experience,” Sieverssaid, adding that he also exposed youngemployees to people who might be able tohelp them with internships or future jobs.

As for any other charitable endeavors,

Sievers said she couldn’t be sure. “Joe likesto remain anonymous in a lot of the thingshe does.”

Cassella said he chose Great Falls 10 yearsago because there was a market to betapped there. He subsequently came to en-joy working in an area where he continues

to meet “so many inter-esting people,” he said.

HIS FAVORITE part ofthe job, he said, is work-ing with people who arerecovering from injuriesor illnesses. “We get a lotof people who just wanttheir quality of life back,”he said. “We’ve trainednumerous — believe it ornot — cancer patientsand gotten them back ontrack.” He said he foundthis sort of work far morerewarding than shaving a

second off someone’s time, although headded, “I can make your quads Arnold-likeif need be.”

In order to serve a variety of clientele, hesaid, he has focused on maintaining a non-competitive, non-threatening environment.“You’ve got someone on the treadmill who’strying to run a five-minute mile and anotherwoman who’s just trying to stay on therefor five minutes,” he said, noting that it wasup to him and the staff to make sure bothclients were at ease and getting what theyneeded.

He said he also tried to make changesbased on members’ suggestions. In that in-terest, he has been looking for a larger spaceto move into, so that he can offer daycarewhile parents exercise, but he said he hadnow put those plans off for the time being.

Returning the FavorsTenth anniversaryfinds gym,communityhelping each other.

Photo by Mike DiCicco/The Connection

Joe Cassella has expanded Elite Fitness’ space once in the last 10 yearsand is now ready to do it again.

“We’ve trainednumerous —believe it or not— cancerpatients andgotten them backon track.”

— Joe Cassella

Proposed changes to the county codeand Public Facilities Manual regarding requirements for sewer and wa-

ter connections should not have an impacton the Great Falls community, said Super-visor John Foust (D-Dranesville). Neverthe-less, he said he was having the Great FallsCitizens Association’s Planning and ZoningCommittee work with his office and countystaff to vet the proposals before any vote istaken by the Board of Supervisors.

One amendment would require that thepublic sewer system serve all structureslacking a septic system or with an irrepara-bly failing septic system in a sewer servicearea.

“This will not require new subdivisionsin Great Falls to be connected to sanitarysewers,” Foust said, noting that the com-munity is not within a sewer service area.

The other change would require publicwater to be extended to new subdivisionswith lots smaller than 75,000 feet. It wouldeliminate a current exemption for two-lotsubdivisions with lots sized between 20,000and 70,000 square feet.

Foust noted that water had to be extended“when it is deemed available. The issue inGreat Falls will be, what does ‘available’mean?”

Most properties south of Georgetown Pikeare already served by public water, whilemost north of the road have well water.

Great Falls residents have long fought tokeep public sewer out of the area, as a wayto limit density. Foust said sewer would bethe major factor in that respect, but theGreat Falls Citizens Association members hehad talked to were afraid that extending thepublic water network could be “kind of thecamel’s nose in the tent.

“Whether [density] would increase withpublic water is a risk they’re not willing totake,” he said. “We’re going to vet it very,very carefully to make sure it doesn’t haveany unforeseen consequences we wouldobject to.”

Staff had been asked in July of 2007 toexplore amendments that would prevent asituation that occurred in the Mount VernonDistrict, where a well serving a new housefailed and could not be fixed, and a newwell could not be drilled.

The Planning Commission will hold apublic hearing on the matter on Jan. 15.

— Mike DiCicco

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Great Falls Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic

703-917-6428 or [email protected]

Proposed changesto public water andsewer requirementsshould not affectGreat Falls.


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The Great Falls CitizensAssociation (GFCA)initially reminded thecommunity of Great

Falls last year and the year beforeto “buy local,” as our small, inde-pendently-owned shops are whatmakes our village unique and spe-cial. The Great Falls Business &Professional Association (GFBPA)has started an initiative called“Shop Great Falls” — because theyrealize that there are a lot of op-portunities to do business that re-mains untapped to date. JackLegler, who led the GFCA member-ship meeting on behalf of GFBPA,acknowledged that there are CEOsof major businesses working fromtheir homes in Great Falls whocould benefit from service provid-ers in the community and couldsupport the growth of local busi-

nesses. GFBPA would like to reachbusinesses and professionals work-ing from home.

This first GFCA and GFBPA jointmeeting was led by GFCA boardmember, Wayne Foley and JackLegler, GFBPA’s vice president ofleadership, building on the workof the GFCA’s Long-Range Plan-ning & Development Committeelast year.

THE EVENING was punctuatedby lots of coupons and a variety ofsamples, generously shared byshopkeepers and other businessesthat serve the Great Falls localmarket:

The Saddlery has loaded up onChristmas gifts this year. Theyhave the best chocolate availablefor purchase. They are holding a“Dad’s night” for dads of riders tocome, smoke cigars, drink wineand buy their holiday gifts. Cathy’sCorner has some amazing gifts atreasonable prices, customized sta-tionery and holiday cards andgreat gift wrapping. Great FallsStudios is holding art showsaround town. Give the gift of artthis season. The Magic Pet Placehas a new owner who has brought

the best dog food to Great Falls,along with great grooming andother dog and cat supplies. Maisondu Vin, our new wine store in theVillage Green has a great selectionof wines and a wonderful newowner who is a resident of GreatFalls.

Not to be outdone by all the cou-pons and samples offered by re-tailers, Jack Legler, president,Legenter LLC, offered a 50 percentdiscount on a professional assess-ment through the end of Decem-ber. Patti Brownstein, president ofLGP Promotional Group (Let’s GetPersonal) explained how any T-shirt or logo or promotional giftor marketing materials — whetherfor one customer or sales personor a huge enterprise — falls intoher domain. She has contacts fromyears of experience that enablesthings to get done in record timeand on a competitive budget.

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“Now they bring inanimals because theycan’t afford food or vetbills or they lost theirjobs or are facingforeclosure.”

— Vicki Kirby,Fairfax County Humane Society

The County Line

By Nicholas M. Horrock

The Connection

Cupcake is a dwarf rabbit, assweet a small furry thing as onecan imagine. She loves to liedown on her back next to you

and fall asleep as you rub her stomach. Shedid not focus on the appeal by the U.S. au-tomobile executives for a $34 billion bail-out or the billions pumped into the bank-ing system, but she is a victim of the risingU.S. recession nevertheless.

Her young mistress, who dearly loved her,lost her job and had to move in with othersin a building that doesn’t allow animals. Shebrought her beloved Cupcake to the FairfaxCounty Humane Society with tears in hereyes, grateful that someone would try totake care of the little animal.

Now Cupcake lives with six other rabbitshoping for adoption in a time when, accord-ing to Susan Spaulding, a 20-year veteranof rescuing animals, “there is a huge dropin adoptions and that means shelters don’thave the space to care for more animals.”

Sugar and Spice, a pair of chestnut Quar-ter horses, lucked out in this dangerousworld. When their 72-year-old mistress losther farm home in Lorton to foreclosure lastAugust, the Fairfax County Humane Soci-ety was able to take them in. The equinepair took the second ride of their lives on ahorse trailer, nervously induced to go upthe ramp with horse treats. Now they roama 13-acre farm run by the Society on Route29 in Centreville. Adoption, perhaps not to-gether, is a possibility. There are seven otherhorses at the farm and six onthe waiting list.

Licorice’s owners brought thislovely black and white cat andher companion Candy to theHumane Society because theylost their jobs and went back toCanada. Then Candy wasadopted and Licorice was soupset for a while that shewouldn’t come out of her carryall. Now she’s one of 39 catsawaiting new homes at theHumane Society.

Carol Relkin, who runs theHumane Society’s headquarterswhere small animals reside,said the calls she gets everyday “are oftenheart-breaking,” as people try to find a placefor beloved pets.

THERE WERE thousands of foreclosuresin Fairfax over the past year, and manypeople cannot afford the rent in countyapartments. Michelle Hankins, number twoofficial of the Fairfax County’s government-run shelter said the number of “owner-sur-

rendered animals” is up 39 percent over2007 and it keeps the shelter packed.

The county had 32 cats ready for adop-tion earlier this month and 38 other petsfrom gerbils and rabbits to parrots and ham-sters.

But that literally is the tip of the iceberg.Hundreds of cats and dogs are being caredfor in shelters and foster care while seek-ing adoption by animal rescue groups across

the area.Chris Haslam, president of the Common-

wealth Cat Rescue, Inc., has 38 cats foradoption. Now he gets 10 or 12 calls a dayfrom owners seeking to find a home for acat they cannot afford.

The chief of NOVA Rottweilers (www.md-novarotties.org) said her group’s funds areexhausted and adoptions have virtuallystopped. She has two Rottweilers left, butcannot take any more until she gets morecontributions and finds more foster homes.

Space and money are the factors in thehumane handling of animals. FairfaxCounty’s animal shelter, run under the di-rection of the police department, has anearned reputation for being one of the morethe humane shelters, according toSpaulding who has moved around the coun-

try in her husband’s years as a military of-ficer from South Texas to California andthen to Northern Virginia.

“What we try to do is change the ‘poundattitude’ to a ‘shelter attitude,’” she said,urging county authorities to view their roleas helping small animals and not just wait-ing to kill them.

Behind the current crisis is “pet overpopu-lation,” which Paw Prints and Purrs, Inc., anational study group, said results frompeople not understanding what a responsi-bility pet ownership is. According to theDoris Day Animal League, more than sixmillion dogs and cats are “euthanized inshelters each year.” Millions of other petsdie on the streets, highways and forestsfrom starvation, freezing and attacks bypredators.

Spaulding said that owners often let catsloose when they abandon them under thetheory that cats can survive more easily thandogs, but animal experts said most housecats only last a short time in the open. Thecritical lack of space and foster homes inthis new rush of abandonment means morecats and dogs are facing euthanasia.

Haslam said that not only is the intake ofanimals skyrocketing, but also the adoptionshave dropped off sharply meaning that thefoster homes where his animals are caredfor have no more space.

Two years ago, the Fairfax Humane Soci-ety refurbished its farm on Route 29, build-ing a multi-room dog facility with fencedoutdoor play areas and veterinary treatmentand viewing rooms. It built new stables andrefurbished the farmhouse. Here they carefor nine horses as well as some dogs.

Neutering is the primary defense againstpet overpopulation. All the animals thatenter rescue homes or the county shelterare neutered before they can be adopted aspets and other medical needs are met. Butthe cost is not cheap.

“Our main expense is veterinarian care,”said Haslam. “You need blood work, test-ing, surgery.” Animal care far exceeds thesmall fees that they charge for adoptions.

November and December are primemonths for gifts to meet the Dec. 31 dead-line for tax deductions. But Kirby said thatdonations are coming in more slowly thanpast years.

Hundreds of petsabandoned asrecession worsens.

Horses and Bunnies and Dogs

Licorice arrived at the HumaneSociety when her owners lost theirjobs and moved back to Canada.

Cupcake’s owner lost her job andhad to move in with friends in aplace where no pets were allowed,landing Cupcake at the HumaneSociety of Fairfax County.

Sugar and Spice landed at theHumane Society farm inCentreville after their 72-year-oldowner lost their home to foreclo-sure.

The Humane Society’s Vicki Kirby with Spice;Sugar is in the background.

Donate, AdoptThe Humane Society of Fairfax County

needs donations of money, pet food, andother items. Mail or drop off at theHumane Society offices, 4057 ChainBridge Road, Fairfax, 22030. Call 703-385-7387 or see www.hsfc.org.

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THURSDAY/DEC. 18School Board Work Session/Audit,

4:30 p.m. Work Session/Forum, 5:30p.m. Regular Meeting/CIP, 7 p.m.Jackson Middle School, 3020 GallowsRoad, Falls Church.703-204-8100.

Employees’ Retirement Board ofTrustees Meeting, 3:30 p.m. atthe Mainland Building, MainConference Room, 10680 Main St.,Suite 280, Fairfax. 703-279-8200.

Board of Equalization, 7 p.m. at theFairfax County Government Center,Conference Rooms 7 and 8, 12000Government Center Parkway, Fairfax.703-324-4891, TTY 703-222-7594.

Tenant-Landlord CommissionMeeting, 7:30 p.m. at the FairfaxCounty Government Center,Conference Room 9, 12000Government Center Parkway, Fairfax.703-324-5959.

FRIDAY/DEC. 19Board of Supervisors Audit

Committee Meeting, 3 p.m. at theFairfax County Government Center,Suite 530, 12000 Government Center

Parkway, Fairfax. 703-324-2531.

MONDAY/DEC. 22Board of Equalization, 7 p.m. at the

Fairfax County Government Center,Conference Room 9 and 10, 12000Government Center Parkway, Fairfax.703-324-4891, TTY 703-222-7594.

Saturday/Jan. 3Community meeting with Delegate

James M. Scott, Delegate MargiVanderhye and State SenatorJanet Howell, 10 a.m. at theMcLean Community Center, 1234Ingleside Ave., McLean. Karol Straub,703-938-1414.

MONDAY/JAN. 5School Board Meeting and Work

Session, 7:30 p.m. at the City HallAnnex, 10455 Armstrong St., Fairfax.703-385-7935.

WEDNESDAY/JAN. 7Community Revitalizaton and

Reinvestment Advisory Group,3 p.m. at the Fairfax CountyGovernment Center, BoardConference Room, 12000Government Center Parkway, Fairfax.703-246-6504.

Del. Scott Lingamfelter’s Wine &

Cigars Event, 6:30-8:30 p.m. atThe Palm Tysons Corner, 1750Tysons Boulevard, McLean. 703-201-7776.

THURSDAY/JAN. 8Affordable Dwelling Unit Advisory

Board, 4 p.m. at the Department ofHousing and CommunityDevelopment Main Offices, HCDCenter, 3700 Pender Drive, Fairfax.703-246-5164, TTY 703-385-3578.

Speaker Bill Howell’s BusinessLeaders Reception, 6-8 p.m. atJR’s Stockyards Inn, 8130 WatsonStreet, McLean. 703-201-7776.

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Pajama Dayat ForestvilleElementary

Wednesday, Dec. 10, wasa schoolwide pajama day atForestville Elementary. Thisevent for the children servedas a reminder of two servicelearning projects the schoolhas been involved in. Eachchild was encouraged tobring in a gently used bookto be donated to a needychild in a Fairfax CountyPublic School. The schoolhas also joined with ShareInc., a charitable organiza-tion, in gathering new pairsof pajamas at the school. Allsizes of pajamas from 12month to adult size 2XLwere collected.

Forestville Elementary students brought in books to donate toother FCPS schools. Pictured are, back row, Catherine Byersand Andrew Phillips; middle row, Emma Ritchie, JanelleValenta and Kaitlyn O’Conor; front row, Tess Mellinger, MohiniSudhakar, Grace Valenta, Reed Miller, Rafe Smith and TimmyValenta.

Photos by Matt Harris

Carolyn Saba andher daughter,Isabelle Saba,

donating pajamasin their pajamas.


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In the past week, there were two instancesof police chasing perpetrators throughmultiple jurisdictions that raise somequestions.

In one case, a tractor trailer drivenby a man fleeing police in Montgom-ery County crossed the American Le-gion Bridge on the Capital Beltwayinto Fairfax County and then exited in TysonsCorner before crashing down the block fromthis newspaper’s offices on Westpark Drive.Dozens of police cars from Maryland and Vir-ginia participated in the chase, broadcast liveon some channels via helicopter.

The chase ended with a few fender bendersand the suspect being tasered. No one else washurt.

But we wonder what kind of damage couldhave occurred.

When does it make sense to chase a suspectdriving a vehicle with contents unknown intothe center of one of the largest shopping dis-tricts in the United States during the holidayshopping season? With helicopters in pursuitperhaps this is a case where tracking the truckuntil it ran out of gas was a possibility.

Last week, a 19-year-old bank robbery sus-pect from McLean was shot dead by policewithin sight of a middle school after a footchase led them to an Arlington neighborhood.

Last February, a Fairfax County Police Officerdrove her police cruiser through a red trafficsignal on Richmond Highway on the way toanswer a call, striking the car of 33 year-old

Ashley McIntosh and killing her. Theofficer was cleared of charges of reck-less driving.

We don’t pretend to understand all of thefactors that come into play in making such de-cisions in general or these decisions in particu-lar. We do know that we would like police tobe open with the public about their policies.

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When To Chase? How to judge when benefitsoutweigh risks to police, public?

Several thoughtful emails were sent responding to our editorial, “Don’t LumpPoor Students Together.” (Dec. 3, 2008,

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Some writers pointed to many factors besidesconcentration of student poverty that affect thequality of a school.

For example, Graham Road Elementary, witha high percent poverty rate, performs compa-rably to many schools with wealthy studentpopulations. Graham Road, at least one writersaid, is a good school because of great princi-pal, great resources and parents who care.

The way the editorial was written doespresent too simplistic a picture.

While concentration of poverty in schoolscreates significant and often unnecessary chal-

More on Poor Studentslenges, and decreasing the concentration hasbenefits, this is far from the only factor involvedin creating a successful school and studentachievement.

Absolutely a great principal can inspire staffand parents; teachers and parents who carecan make an incredible difference. And it isalso quite possible for a school populated byaffluent families to be mediocre.

Any yet, as the school system draws newboundaries, it is a mistake to create this addi-tional challenge of concentrating poor studentsin one school.

But there is much more work than that in-volved in creating great schools.

— Mary Kimm,

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Editorials

WimpyWordsmithingTo the Editor:

I really got a chuckle out of thearticle about “Pike Setbacks” lastweek [Pike Setbacks, CommunityCenter Discussed, Great Falls Con-nection, Dec.10-16, 2008], espe-cially the sentence that read, “Asetback of 50 feet is already re-quired along the road, and it re-mains unclear whether the newhome is in compliance with exist-ing rules.” Judging from the photo,it’s either an example of blind jour-nalism or Blagojevich-style politicsin Great Falls. The positive side ofthe wimpy wordsmithing of the“county’s Planning Commission” isthat, if more mansions are builtthis close to Georgetown Pike, itwill be impossible to widen it formore traffic in the future.

Gene PhillipGreat Falls

This newly built home on Aziza Court, abutting Georgetown Pike, inspired a nomina-tion for Comprehensive Plan language calling for larger setbacks from the road.

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WEDNESDAY/DEC. 10Planning Commission

Environment Committee, 7 p.m.at the Fairfax County GovernmentCenter, Board Conference Room,12000 Government Center Parkway,

Fairfax. 703-324-2865, TTY 703-324-7951.

Trails and Sidewalks Committee,7:30 p.m. at the Fairfax CountyGovernment Center, ConferenceRoom 8, 12000 Government CenterParkway, Fairfax, 703-324-1380.

THURSDAY/DEC. 11Architectural Review Board, 6:30

p.m. at the Fairfax County

Government Center, ConferenceRooms 4/5, 12000 GovernmentCenter Parkway, Fairfax. 703-324-1380.

Board of Equalization, 7 p.m. at theFairfax County Government Center,Conference Room 7 and 8, 12000Government Center Parkway,Fairfax. 703-324-4891, TTY 703-222-7594.

Fairfax County Redevelopmentand Housing Authority, 7 p.m. at

the Department of Housing andCommunity Development, FCRHABoard Room, 4500 University Drive,Fairfax. 703-246-5102, TTY 703-385-3578.

Park and Recreation AdvisoryBoard Meeting, 7 p.m. at the CityHall Annex, 10455 Armstrong St.Fairfax. 703-385-7858 orwww.fairfaxva.gov/ParksRec/MeetingPostings.asp.

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‘North, South, East andWest,’ a collection of blackand white landscape photo-graphs by Great Fallsphotographer Jan Bender,will be on display Jan. 4through Feb. 8 at the Uni-tarian Universalist Churchof Reston, 1625 WiehleAve., Reston. There will bean opening reception onSunday, Jan. 4 at 12:30-2:30 p.m. The exhibit willbe open Monday throughThursday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.703-430-9566.

McLean Project for the Arts,through Dec. 20 at the McLean Commu-nity Center: the Emerson Gallery willhave Georgia Goldberg: Seeing the Un-seen-Light, Shadow and Air, The AtriumGallery presents Aimee Helen Koch: Un-dressed, and The Ramp Gallery willdisplay Photograms by Michael C.Mendez.

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WEDNESDAY/DEC. 17Book discussion. 7:30 p.m. Call for title. Adults.

Great Fall Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike, GreatFalls. 703-757-8560.

THURSDAY/DEC. 18Rude Buddha and Cerca Trova. Rock. 8 p.m.

$10. Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave. N.E., Vienna.703-255-1566 or www.jamminjava.com.

A Christmas Carol, the Musical. 8 p.m. at theAlden Theater in the McLean Community Center.Tickets at 703-790-9223 or 703-573-SEAT. Non-perishable food or toy donations accepted forSHARE.

Wine Tasting at The Saddlery, from 6-9 p.m.703-759-3500 or [email protected].

FRIDAY/DEC. 19American Legion Post 270 Charity Citrus

Fruit Sale. Seedless grapefruit, navel oranges,and Sunburst tangerines fresh from Florida from8 a.m.-6 p.m. at Post 270, 1355 Balls Hill Road,McLean. Holiday Gift Boxes and pure MapleSyrup also available. Proceeds support localcommunity youth, patriotic activities, andveteran needs. 703-356-8259.

James Madison Girls Lacrosse Chili Dinnerand Cook-Off, 5-7 p.m. at Madison HighSchool, 2500 James Madison Drive, Vienna.Proceeds benefit the team. Adam Swink will beperforming at the dinner. Tickets $8, children 6thgrade or younger $5.

Bill Kirchen and Too Much Fun HolidayShow. Rock/country/rockabilly. 8 p.m. $20.Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave. N.E., Vienna. 703-255-1566 or www.jamminjava.com.

A Christmas Carol, the Musical. 8 p.m. at theAlden Theater in the McLean Community Center.Tickets at 703-790-9223 or 703-573-SEAT.

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McLean residents David Rampy,Brent Stone and Paige Farrington-Himes play the Ghost of ChristmasPresent, Ebenezer Scrooge and theGhost of Christmas Yet to Be, respec-tively, in a dress rehearsal for theMcLean Community Players’ musicalproduction of “A Christmas Carol”(Alden Theater, McLean CommunityCenter, Dec. 18, 19 and 20).

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SATURDAY/DEC. 20The Conservatory Ballet’s 37th Annual ‘The

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American Legion Post 270 CharityCitrus Fruit Sale. Seedlessgrapefruit, navel oranges, andSunburst tangerines fresh fromFlorida from 8 a.m.-12 p.m. at Post270, 1355 Balls Hill Road, McLean.Holiday Gift Boxes and pure MapleSyrup also available. Proceeds supportlocal community youth, patrioticactivities, and veteran needs. 703-356-8259.

Fifteenth Annual G-gauge ModelTrains at Colvin Run Mill Barn,from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. The trains coverthe entire barn floor, approximately400-square feet. G-gauge trains are 1/24 actual size, making them largeenough to display intricate details.Colvin Run Mill is located at 10017Colvin Run Road in Great Falls. 703-759-2771.

Rocknoceros Holiday Show andSing-a-long. 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.$10. Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave.N.E., Vienna. 703-255-1566 orwww.jamminjava.com.

A My Favorite Highway Christmasand Chelsea Lee. Pop/rock. 7 p.m.$15. Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave.N.E., Vienna. 703-255-1566 orwww.jamminjava.com.

It’s a Hanukkah Happening. 3:30p.m. at the Patrick Henry Library.Songs and Stories with songwriterCarol Boyd. 101 Maple Ave. East,Vienna. 703-938-0405.

A Christmas Carol, the Musical. 2p.m. and 8 p.m. at the Alden Theaterin the McLean Community Center.Tickets at 703-790-9223 or 703-573-SEAT.

McLean High School Chemistree5K,10 a.m. at McLean High School.Raedun Knutsen at 703-362-5016 [email protected], or Omar

Bohsali at [email protected].

SUNDAY/DEC. 21Fifteenth Annual G-gauge Model

Trains at Colvin Run Mill Barn,from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. The trains coverthe entire barn floor, approximately400-square feet. G-gauge trains are 1/24 actual size, making them largeenough to display intricate details.Colvin Run Mill is located at 10017Colvin Run Road in Great Falls. 703-759-2771.

A My Favorite Highway Christmasand Chelsea Lee. Pop/rock. 7 p.m.$15. Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave.N.E., Vienna. 703-255-1566 orwww.jamminjava.com.

MONDAY/DEC. 22Open Mic Hosted by David Cotton.

7 p.m. Free. Jammin’ Java, 227 MapleAve. N.E., Vienna. 703-255-1566 orwww.jamminjava.com.

Crafts for the Holidays. 4 p.m.Pottery painting, mosaics and more.Age 6-12. Great Fall Library, 9830Georgetown Pike, Great Falls. 703-757-8560.

TUESDAY/DEC. 23Todd Wright’s Sixth Annual

Christmas Spectacular. 8 p.m.$15. Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave.N.E., Vienna. 703-255-1566 orwww.jamminjava.com.

WEDNESDAY/DEC. 24Jewmongous. 7 p.m. $17 in advance,

$20 at the door. Jammin’ Java, 227Maple Ave. N.E., Vienna. 703-255-1566 or www.jamminjava.com.

Songs and Hugs with Miss Belle.

10:30 a.m. Classic children’s songs.All ages. Great Fall Library, 9830Georgetown Pike, Great Falls. 703-757-8560.

FRIDAY/DEC. 26The Bigger Lights, The Friday

Night Boys and MercyMercedes. 5 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.$15. Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave.N.E., Vienna. 703-255-1566 orwww.jamminjava.com.

SATURDAY/DEC. 27The Pat Sommers Project, 6 p.m. at

Ned Devines Irish Village, 21800Town Center Plaza, Sterling. 703-444-7873 or irishvillage.neddevines.com.

SUNDAY/DEC. 28Tom O’Connor and Brent

Shuttleworth. Pop/rock. 2 p.m. $8.Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave. N.E.,Vienna. 703-255-1566 orwww.jamminjava.com.

Jonasay Reunion Show andTrustfall. Pop/rock. 7:30 p.m. $12.Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave. N.E.,Vienna. 703-255-1566 orwww.jamminjava.com.

MONDAY/DEC. 29Winter Break Camp for Children at

the McLean Community Center,1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean, fromMonday, Dec. 29 through Friday, Jan.2. Games, arts and crafts, music andspecial events. Registration forms atthe Old Firehouse Teen Center. Half-Day Camp, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. for ages 4-6; $55 non-residents, $45 districtresidents. Full-Day Camp, 9 a.m.-4

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Assembly of GodVienna Assembly of God ... 703-938-7736

Washington Christian Church...703-938-7720Cristo Es Mi Refugio...703-938-7727

Baha’iBaha’i Faith for Northern Virginia ... 703-821-3345

BaptistGlobal Mission Church ... 703-757-0877Peace Baptist Church ... 703-560-8462

Bethel Primitive Baptist Church ... 703-757-8134Cartersville Baptist Church ... 703-255-7075

Fellowship Baptist Church ... 703-385-8516First Baptist Church ... 703-938-8525

The Light Mission Church ... 703-757-0877Vienna Baptist Church ... 703-281-4400

New Union Baptist Church... 703-281-2556

BuddhistVajrayogini Buddhist Center... 202-331-2122

Church of the BrethernOakton Church of the Brethern ... 703-281-4411

CatholicLight Mission Church ... 703-757-0877

Our Lady of Good Counsel ... 703-938-2828St. Athanasius Catholic Church ... 703-759-4555

St. Mark’s Catholic Church ... 703-281-9100

CharismaticChristian Assembly ... 703-698-9777

Church of ChristBerea Church of Christ ... 703-893-7040

Disciples of ChristAntioch Christian Church ... 703-938-6753

EpiscopalChurch of the Holy Comforter ... 703-938-6521

Church of the Holy Cross ... 703-698-6991St. Francis Episcopal ... 703-759-2082

Jehovah’s WitnessJehovah’s Witnesses ... 703-759-1579

LutheranEmmanuel Lutheran Church...703-938-2119

St. Athanasius Lutheran Church... 703-455-4003

MethodistAndrew Chapel United Methodist ... 703-759-3509

Church of the Good Shepherd ... 703-281-3987Dunn Loring United Methodist ... 703-573-5386Ephiphany United Methodist ... 703-938-3494Great Falls United Methodist... 703-759-3705

Oakton United Methodist ... 703-938-1233Vale United Methodist ... 703-620-2594

Wesley United Methodist ... 703-938-8700Smith Chapel United Methodist ... 571-434-9680

Non-DenominationalChristian Assembly Church ... 703-698-9777

PresbyterianGrace Orthodox Presbyterian Church ... 703-560-6336

Korean Central Presbyterian ... 703-698-5577Vienna Presbyterian ... 703-938-9050

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Open Mic Hosted by David Cotton.7 p.m. Free. Jammin’ Java, 227Maple Ave. N.E., Vienna. 703-255-1566 or www.jamminjava.com.

WEDNESDAY/DEC. 31“Robbie-noceros” New Years Eve

Party for Kids: Robbie Schaeferand Rocknoceros ring in the NewYear . 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. $12.Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave. N.E.,Vienna. 703-255-1566 orwww.jamminjava.com.

Virginia Coalition. New Years EveCelebration. 8 p.m. $75 plus $25optional bar package. Jammin’ Java,227 Maple Ave. N.E., Vienna. 703-255-1566 or www.jamminjava.com.

FRIDAY/JAN. 2Melodime and Louis Fabrizi. Rock/

blues/country. 7:30 p.m. $10advance, $12 at the door. Jammin’Java, 227 Maple Ave. N.E., Vienna.703-255-1566 orwww.jamminjava.com.

PJtheVIKING, Young Enough, TheGrenade and more. 10 p.m. $5.Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave. N.E.,Vienna. 703-255-1566 orwww.jamminjava.com.

SATURDAY/JAN. 3Ammar Malik, The OK Corral and

Pretzlcoat. Pop/acoustic. 7:30 p.m.$8 advance, $10 at the door.Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave. N.E.,Vienna. 703-255-1566 orwww.jamminjava.com.

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Chanukah Wonderland atTysons Corner, 8100 Oak St., just offGallows Road in Vienna, through Fri-day, Dec. 26. Sunday-Thursday 10a.m.-7 p.m., Friday 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Freeadmission. Meet Judah Maccabee, tourthe Chanukah House, make candles,build a giant Lego menorah, designcards for Israeli soldiers. Arts and crafts,games, olive oil show and olive press,Chanukah Superstore and café,Chanukah Mad Science, Katie Balloonsand comedy and magic shows. 703-821-7770 or www.chabadtysons.com.

Redeemer Lutheran ChurchAnnual Living Nativity, Dec. 18 and19, 6:30-8:30 pm. Visit live animals atthe crèche, where children can dress likeMary and Joseph. Crafts, Christmas car-ols, cookies and hot cocoa. Redeemer islocated at 1545 Chain Bridge Road inMcLean. 703-356-3346 orwww.redeemermclean.org.

St. John’s Episcopal ChurchFestival of Lessons and Carols, onSunday, Dec. 21 at 9 a.m. and 11:15a.m. St. John’s is one mile east ofBeltway Exit 44, at 6715 GeorgetownPike in McLean. 703-356-4902 orwww.stjohnsmclean.org.

Christ the King LutheranChurch will have three ChristmasEve services on Dec. 24 at 10550Georgetown Pike, Great Falls, and aChristmas Day service on Dec. 25 at 11a.m. Nursery provided for the 5 p.m.and 7 p.m. services. www.Christ-The-

King-Lutheran.org.❖ Children’s service at 5 p.m. with

Cherubs, King’s Kids, and ChimersChoirs.

❖ Family Candlelight Service at7 p.m. with King’s Orchestra and King’sChoir.

❖ Festival Candlelight Service at11 p.m. with the Bell Team.

Providence Baptist ChurchChristmas Eve Candlelight Ser-vice will be Wednesday, Dec. 24 at 6p.m. at 8980 Brook Road in McLean.703-893-5330 or Providencetoday.org.

St. Mark Catholic Church’s 24thAnnual International Crèche Ex-hibit, on Saturday Jan. 3 from 5-7:30p.m., and Sunday Jan. 4 from 9 a.m.-

1:30 p.m. Crèches from many nationswill be shared by the parishioners of St.Mark. Free admission. 9970 Vale Road,Vienna. 703-938-4355.

Great Falls United MethodistChurch Celebrate Recovery Minis-try begins Wednesday, Jan. 14 at 6 p.m.A 45-minute contemporary-style servicewith music, prayer, and biblically-basedmessages, followed by coffee fellowship.10100 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls.703-759-3705.

Vajrayogini Buddhist Center of-fers ongoing classes on meditation andBuddhist philosophy, Mondays at 7 p.m.at Unity of Fairfax, 2854 Hunter MillRoad, Oakton. $10 per class. 202-331-2122 or www.meditation-dc.org.

Redeemer Lutheran Church will present their AnnualLiving Nativity on Thursday, Dec. 18 and Friday, Dec. 19,from 6:30-8:30 pm. Redeemer is at 1585 Chain BridgeRoad in McLean.

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Two new exhibitions byGreat Falls artists willrun through the holidays, illustrating the

versatility of painters, potters,photographers, jewelry makers,sculptors and other artists who callGreat Falls home.

The first is at the Great FallsCommunity Library, 9830Georgetown Pike. It is called“Fresh Perspectives” and fea-tures 51 works by 22 membersof Great Falls Studios, a com-munity-service organization ofartists based in Great Falls. Thelibrary show will hang throughthe end of December.

The second, also sponsoredby Great Falls Studios, is at theConscious Bean, a coffee housein the Colvin Run ShoppingCenter, 10123 Colvin Run Road.The themed show features theart of the coffee cup and willrun through the end of Janu-ary. On Jan. 18, the ConsciousBean will host a “meet the art-ists” reception, starting at 3p.m. Several artists will talkabout their work. Light refresh-ments will be served.

The library show, a regularall-member event mountedtwice a year, is an exhibitionopen to all members of GreatFalls Studios. “For the ‘FreshPerspectives’ exhibit, artistsbrought work that’s excitingand new. It shows what they’vebeen working on and discover-ing in 2008,” said painter JillBanks, one of the artists respon-sible for hanging the show.

Artist Jennifer Duncan (left)savors freshly brewed java withKathy Huff, proprietor of theConscious Bean, a coffee housein the Colvin Run area. A newart exhibit featuring the art ofthe coffee cup hangs behindthem. The show was organizedby Duncan on behalf of the 78artists of Great Falls Studios.

GuruSangat Khalsa is one of 22 Great Falls residentsrepresented in a show of local artists through the end ofDecember at the Great Falls Community Library. Sheposes with one of her acrylic paintings, an abstract piecetitled “Look.”

Photos by Al Reitan

Great Falls artistsmount exhibits attwo locations.

HolidayWith Arts

“They’ve added a note aboutwhat’s special about theirpieces. What emerged is a beau-tiful show that’s also educa-tional about the creative pro-cess.”

The exhibition at the Con-scious Bean reflects the inter-ests of its coffee-serving hosts.“I was surprised and delightedby the number of artists and thevariety and creativity of theirwork,” said painter JenniferDuncan, who hung the show.

The art group also adminis-ters revolving displays of localwork now hanging at threeother locations: Katie’s Coffee,760 Walker Road; RE/MAXGateway, 10135 Colvin RunRoad; and the Seneca Hill Ani-mal Hospital, Resort and Spa,11415 Georgetown Pike. Worksat all five venues are for sale.Art from Great Falls Studios art-ists is also for sale throughChristmas at American Plant,10106 Georgetown Pike, wherea small art boutique is openedfor the holidays at the gardenfacility’s “Yellow Cottage.”

For more on Great Falls Studios,go to the organization’s Web siteat www.GreatFallsStudios.com.

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This Saturday, Dec. 20,at 10 a.m., the secondannual Chemis-Tree5K will be held at

McLean High School. The run,hosted by graduates of the highschool, raises money for the TerryMoore Scholarship Fund, namedfor the McLean High School chem-istry teacher and active memberof the Burke community who diedof brain cancer in October of 2007.

This will actually be the secondChemis-Tree 5K held this year, asthe initial run took place in June.From now onward, the race is tobe held on the first day of theschool system’s winter break.

The goals of the fund are toaward scholarships in Moore’shonor, establish college funds forhis three children and promote sci-entific curiosity. The organizationbases its endeavors on Moore’svalues of compassion, dedication,kindness and love of education.

The name of the race comesfrom a tradition Moore established

Raedun Knutsen, one of the founders of the Terry MooreScholarship Fund, congratulates Tracy Jenkins, winner ofthe original Chemis-Tree 5K, held in June.

Run supports scholarship fund in honor of late McLeanteacher and Burke resident Terry Moore.

Chemis-Tree 5K Returns

during his seven years teaching atMcLean High. Each December, stu-dents decorated a small, nonde-nominational plastic tree in his

classroom with chemistry-relatedornaments.

About 300 people participatedin last year’s race.

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Send School Notes to [email protected]. Deadline isFriday.

Christian J. Hyland graduatedfrom the Army ROTC (Reserve OfficerTraining Corps) Leader Developmentand Assessment Course, also known as“Operation Warrior Forge,” at FortLewis, Tacoma, Wash. Hyland is a stu-dent at the University of Virginia,Charlottesville. He is the son of Jason P.and Leslie Hyland of Locust Hill Drive,Great Falls, and a 2005 graduate of Lan-gley High School, McLean.

James Madison Girls Lacrossewill be having a Chili Dinner and Cook-Off on Dec. 19 at Madison High Schoolfrom 5-7 p.m. to benefit their team.Adam Swink will be performing at thedinner. The cost is $8, children 6thgrade or younger $5.

McGlensey Powers Abiles ofVienna has received a bachelor of sci-ence degree in wildlife and zoologicalconservation from Murray State Univer-sity of Murray, Ky. Abiles is the daughterof Jose and Elizabeth Abiles.

Navy Seaman Recruit John R.Newlin, son of Giovanna C. Robertsonof Baytown, Texas and Stephen T.Newlin of Vienna, recently completedU.S. Navy basic training at RecruitTraining Command, Great Lakes, Ill.Newlin is a 2005 graduate of BarbersHill High School of Mount Belview,Texas.

Brigid Donovan, a tenth grade stu-dent at St. James School in St. James,Md,. has been named to the honors listfor the first trimester. Donovan is thedaughter of Mr. and Mrs. DavidDonovan of McLean.

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By Julia O’Donoghue

The Connection

When he is sworn in on Jan.20, President-elect BarackObama will be the first Af-rican American to hold that

office. He will also boost the number ofpeople of color who represent FairfaxCounty by 25 percent.

Only four of Fairfax County’s 80 currentelected representatives, from United StatesPresident to Northern Virginia Soil andWater board members, are not white. Noneare Hispanic or Latino.

According to the 2006 U.S. Census, about40 percent of Fairfax County defines itselfas members of racial or ethnic minoritygroups.

Fairfax County Public Schools is a “ma-jority minority” system, with white studentsmaking up just 48 percent of the total stu-dent population in 2008.

YET FAIRFAX COUNTY’S representativeshardly reflect the county’s multi-ethnic andmulti-racial make up. While nearly one-third of the county is not white, 95 percentof its elected officials are.

Until Obama takes office, none of FairfaxCounty’s elected official at the federal levelis a member of a minority group. Every per-son that represents Fairfax County in thestate government, including the Governor,Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, sixstate Senators and 16 members House ofDelegates members, is white.

At the local government level, Supervi-sor Cathy Hudgins (D-Hunter Mill), who isAfrican American, is the only person of 10sitting on the county board that is not white.Elected in 2003, Hudgins is the first Afri-can American and non-white person electedto the Board of Supervisors.

Ilryong Moon, Korean American, and TinaHone, who is biracial,are both at-large mem-bers on the 12-memberFairfax County SchoolBoard.

George Lovelace, whois African American, sitson the Vienna’s towncouncil. He is the onlynon-white elected repre-sentative out of 20 in thecounty’s three town gov-ernments of Vienna,Herndon and Clifton.

“The richness ofFairfax County is its di-versity and, when youlook across the room,you don’t see that diversity across the lead-ership,” said Hudgins.

From 2004 to 2007, just three of the 80people holding public office in FairfaxCounty – 3.75 percent overall – were notwhite.

“It is one of the reasons I ran,” said Honeabout the lack of racial and ethnic diversityamong Fairfax County’s political leadership.

“I know fully that one does not have to be aminority to understand and be passionateabout issues that affect minorities. … [But]I am someone who actually believes a gov-ernment should reflect the diversity of theelectorate.”

“Especially for something like the schoolboard, it is important to have various pointsof view represented on the board,” said Bob

Frye, an African Ameri-can elected to Fairfaxschool board in 1995.“Having people from di-verse backgrounds andoccupations helped.”

Elected officials alsorun the risk of leavingminority communitiesisolated or disenfran-chised when the politicalleadership fails to reflectthe electorate.

“Such imbalance doesnot help garnering sup-port and buy-in from theunder represented com-munities for policies set

by the political leaders,” said Moon. “Suchimbalances also miss opportunities to tapresources and talents that minority candi-dates and communities can provide.”

THERE ARE different theories as to whyFairfax County’s political leadership doesnot reflect the county’s population.

Some say Fairfax County’s minority com-

munities have grown fairly recently and arestill trying to grow roots establish them-selves.

According to the U.S. Census, Fairfax was81.3 percent white in 1990. By 2006, thecounty population was 67.9 percent white.“When you compare[Northern] Virginia tothe rest of the UnitedStates, our communitiesare still very young,” saidIsis Castro, a formercounty school boardmember.

MANY OF the new resi-dents who make upFairfax’s fastest growingminority communities,Asian and Hispanic, arealso immigrants. About27 percent of Fairfax resi-dents are foreign bornand 32 percent speak a language other thanEnglish in their homes, according to 2006census data.

The language barrier can make it very dif-ficult for minority communities to get in-volved in politics and could also explainwhy certain groups have lagged in repre-sentation. “If you come here, you have tolearn the language first, become successfuland get involved in your community beforeyou can move on to politics. That can taketime,” said Castro, who was a refugee fromCuba, moving to Florida as a child.

New immigrants may also have a hardtime understanding the political process inthe United States or have had negative ex-periences with government officials in theirhome country.

“Many minority communities have notbeen in Fairfax long enough to learn andbecome comfortable with the Americanpolitical process. Some communities havealso traditionally shunned politics due totheir own cultural and historical experi-ences,” said Moon, who moved to North-ern Virginia from Korea in high school.

“In addition to candidate recruiting, moreeducation on our political process needs tobe provided to communities,” he said.

MANY CANDIDATES don’t believe peopleof color really need “majority minority” dis-tricts to get elected in Fairfax County. Ev-ery minority elected official in FairfaxCounty was chosen by a majority white elec-

torate. County votersseem willing to look pastrace when voting.

When ErnestineHeastie was electedProvidence’s representa-tive on the school boardin 1995, the district hadone of the smallest Afri-can American popula-tions, just 5.2 percent, ofany in the county. Accord-ing to 2006 census data,the Hunter Mill district,which Hudgins repre-sents, is just 6.2 percentAfrican American and

nearly 70 percent white.“I think if a person of color runs for office

in Northern Virginia, I think they are cho-sen based on what they bring to the table,”said Lovelace, the Vienna TownCouncilmember. “I am not naive enough tothink that color doesn’t matter but a per-son of color would get a fair look in North-ern Virginia.”

FAIRFAX COUNTY has a deficit of minor-ity elected officials not because people of

White Out While nearly one-third of the county is notwhite, 95 percent of its elected officials are.

When Barack Obama, shown here at Robinson Secondary School inFairfax in July, takes office as President, he will increase the currentminority representation of Fairfax County by 25 percent.

Fairfax MinorityElected Officials:George Lovelace: Town of Vienna Council

(1982-1996, 2003- present); House of Delegates(1997-1999)

Bob Frye: Fairfax County School Board, At-large(1996-2003)

Ernestine Heastie: Fairfax County School Board,Providence District (1996-2003)

Ilryong Moon: Fairfax County School Board,Braddock District (1996-1999); Fairfax CountySchool Board, At-large (2004-present)

Isis Castro: Fairfax County School Board, MountVernon District (2000-2003)

Rita Thompson: Fairfax County School Board,At-large (2000-2003)

Cathy Hudgins: Fairfax County Board ofSupervisors, Hunter Mill (2004-present)

Tina Hone: Fairfax County School Board, At-large(2008-present)

Barack Obama: United States President (takesoffice 2009)

“I am not naiveenough to thinkthat color doesn’tmatter but a personof color would get afair look inNorthern Virginia.”

— George Lovelace,Vienna Town Council

“The richness ofFairfax County is itsdiversity and, whenyou look across theroom, you don’t seethat diversity acrossthe leadership.”

— Cathy Hudgins,Board of Supervisors

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color can’t get elected but because of a defi-cit of minority candidates.

“There have not been enough minoritycandidates running for public office,” saidMoon. “The political parties need to do amuch better job of reaching out to minor-ity communities to recruit, encourage,groom and train more minority candidates.”

Mexican American and Republican activ-ist Laura Varamirez Drain agreed withMoon. The Reston resident was focused onnational politics this past fall as nationalco-chair of Latinas for McCain and Virginia’sonly Hispanic delegate to the RepublicanNational Convention in early September.But she says she will direct more of her at-tention to local politics now. “Fairfax is avery diverse community and we are not wellrepresented. I think we have to do a betterjob of running for positions,” said Drain.

SCOTT SUROVELL hopes to increase mi-nority participation in the Fairfax CountyDemocratic Committee as the organization’scurrent president.

“I think candidates will come from that,”he said. The local Democrats are trying tohave more of a presence at ethnic commu-nity events and fairs. Surovell said party of-ficials are also reaching out more to the eth-nic media.

The party’s information piece for publicschools’ Back–to-School Night was printedin four different languages this year. FairfaxCounty Democrats are also working towardoffering their “sample ballots” in several lan-guages.

Surovell added thatthe amount of moneyand time it takes to runfor office is also a bar-rier. “A lot of peoplesimply can’t afford tomake the jump [toelected office],” hesaid.

MOST of FairfaxCounty’s minorityelected officials havebeen affiliated with theDemocratic Party,though Rita Thompson,a former school boardmember, was a Repub-lican. The RepublicanParty also ran Vellie Dietrich Hall, a FilipinoAmerican, unsuccessfully for Mason Districtsupervisor in 2007.

“In my opinion, we have a very diverseRepublican Party. We have a lot of peopleparticipating from very different back-grounds. Our party vice chair is Korean andthe head of the Mason District RepublicanCommittee is African American. … But allthat hasn’t translated into candidates andcandidates getting elected,” said JimHyland, recent head of the Fairfax CountyRepublican Party.

The local Republicans have a hard timerecruiting candidates, whether they are

from a minority community or not, he said.“It is getting harder and harder to get

people to run for office. It is has gotten moreexpensive and time consuming so peopleare less inclined to do it. You essentiallyhave to be wealthy or in a situation whereyou don’t have to work,” said Hyland.“There are lots of good people I would loveto run for office and they say they like be-ing active in the party but they are not surethey want to quit their job, raise money andget pummeled by the press,” he added.

Several people who currently hold andpreviously held elected office agreed the

running for election isan intimidating task.

“It appears to be anawesome venture to dosomething like that.The person either has tohave the resources orthe ability to raise theresources,” said Frye.

For minority candi-dates, role models andmentors are also fewand far between.

“That fact that thereare not many minorityelected officials itself isnot encouraging to anyminority who may beconsidering a run,” said

Moon.Time and money are major reasons that

minorities in particular do not run for of-fice, according to several current and formerminority representatives.

“Being on the school board pays $12,000per year and it is a matter of people whocan do it. In my case, I was retired so I knewI would have a pension coming in,” saidHeastie, former school board member.

The average household income of Asian,African American or Hispanic householdsin Fairfax significantly lower than it is fortheir white counterparts, indicating thatpeople from minority communities may

have less financial flexibility to run.“For people who have kids it is just very

difficult to give up the time and the money,”said Hone, current school board member.

She added that people of color are morelikely to have grown up poor or workingclass and giving up the luxury of free spacein their schedule or extra money can be par-ticularly hard because they have never hadthat flexibility before.

“It was hard to give up time and that ex-tra financial security because I had neverhad it growing up. If I have extra time andextra money, do I give it to politics or myfamily?” Hone said.

The local Democratic Party expects itscandidates to be active in the communityand local politics for years before they at-tempt to run for office so energy and finan-cial investment can be a long one that somepeople can’t make.

Still, Hudgins, on theBoard of Supervisors, saidthe way to cultivate andencourage minority lead-ers is to get them involvedin community and countyleadership.

As a supervisor, Hudginstries to make sure her ap-pointments to commis-sions, boards and authori-ties include people from anarray of backgrounds.

“Most people in serving in elected officein Fairfax County today have been involvedin some part of county government as citi-zen activists,” said Hudgins.

HUDGINS also emphasized the importanceof having a diverse county workforce, par-ticularly among the civil servant leadership.

Currently, about 65 percent of county em-ployees, excluding those in the school sys-tem, are white. Senior management incounty government, however, is 82 percentwhite, 12 percent African American, twopercent Asian and four percent Hispanic.

Though students in Fairfax public schoolsare only 48 percent white, 84 percent of itsteachers are white. About seven percent ofteachers are African American, three per-cent are Hispanic and four percent areAsian.

IN TERMS OF elected officials, Obamacould prove inspiration for other peoplefrom minority communities who mightwant to run for public office.

“The Obama cam-paign did a lot to bringpeople in that we havenot seen before. I amhoping that it will havea lasting impact,” saidSurovell of the localDemocrats.

Several of the peopleof color who have beenelected to office saidthey were inspired byprevious campaigns.

“I reflected on the success Doug Wilderhad running for Governor. I had been anappointed school board member so Ithought I would try to run and I was suc-cessful,” said Frye of his decision to becomea candidate for school board.

Hudgins said she and others were inspiredby Jesse Jackson’s run for the U.S. presi-dency in 1984 and 1988. Jackson won theVirginia Democratic primary in 1988.

“There was a ground swell, particularlyafter ’88, of folks who started running foroffice. When you are not seeing your facein a leadership role, it takes a bit more ef-fort to say ‘I can make that move,’” she said.

Little Diversity in County LeadershipNorthern Virginia’s Minority Populations

This information is based on U.S. Census data for 2000 and 2006, depending on whichdata is available for the locality. The numbers given are percentages.

Asian/White Pacific Islander Hispanic Black

City of Alexandria 66.4 5.3 13 20.9Arlington County 71 8.9 15.8 8.7City of Fairfax 72.9 12.2 13.6 5.1Fairfax County 67.9 15.8 12.9 9.5Loudoun County 72 13.1 9.7 7.6Virginia 70.5 4.8 6.2 19.6United States 73.9 4.4 14.8 12.4

Fairfax County’s Minority Communitiesby Magisterial District:This information is given in percentages and based on data from the 2000 U.S. Census.

Asian/White Pacific Islander Hispanic Black

Braddock 71.2 16.1 9 5.6Dranesville 75.6 11.3 9.7 4.2Hunter Mill 69.9 11.1 8.3 6.7Lee 59.1 11.8 14.9 17.7Mason 58.1 15.7 23.5 9.1Mount Vernon 68 5.6 9.1 18.5Providence 67.2 18 13.3 5.2Springfield 77 12.6 6.1 5.3Sully 74.7 13.9 6.6 6.1

“The political partiesneed to do a muchbetter job of reachingout to minoritycommunities torecruit, encourage,groom and train moreminority candidates.”

— Ilryong Moon,Fairfax school board

“I am someone whoactually believes agovernment shouldreflect the diversityof the electorate.”

— Martina Hone,Fairfax school board

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Sports

By Rich Sanders

The Connection

Both the Langley High boys andgirls basketball teams were victorious last Friday night in doubleheader hoops action against the

host Annandale Atoms.The Langley girls, under coach Cheryl

Buffo, won the first game of the night, 53-49, before the Saxon boys were victoriousin a close nightcap affair, 45-44.

Four Langley boys players scored indouble figures to lead coach Travis Hess’team to victory. Senior guards BarrettHunter, Thomas Kody and Jack Mclindoneach netted 11 points, while senior guardDerek Baker scored 10.

LANGLEY, IN THE WIN, overcame a 24-18 halftime deficit. The Saxons, the defend-ing Liberty District champions and North-ern Region finalists last year, improved theirearly season record against Northern Regionteams to 2-0. Earlier last week, they wonover visiting Yorktown, 58-50, in a gameplayed Dec. 9. Baker led Langley in that winwith 22 points, while Kody scored 11.

The Langley boys open up their LibertyDistrict season this week with road gamesat Stone Bridge, Dec. 16, and at cross-townrival McLean this Friday night, Dec. 19.

Friday’s game will be part of a girls-boysdoubleheader. The Langley girls are sched-uled to open the evening with their gameagainst the Highlander girls at 5:45 p.m.

Against Annandale last Friday, the Lan-gley girls led 21-20 at halftime before go-ing on to garner the hard-earned win.Sophomore center Audrey Dotson led thewinners with 15 points, while teammateKristen Kody, a junior guard, added 14points. Junior forward Alexis Doherty con-tributed seven points.

The win snapped a two-game losingstreak for Langley (2-3), who lost atYorktown earlier last week, 43-38. No Saxonplayer scored in double figures in the lossto the Patriots, with Dotson and Dohertyboth finishing with seven points.

Langley, along with the recent win overAnnandale, also has a win over Hayfield.That 53-40 home win over the Hawks cameDec. 5.

Langley was scheduled to host StoneBridge on Tuesday of this week before trav-eling to rival McLean on Friday.

MCLEAN’S FIRST boys basketball win ofthe season last Friday night probably tastedextra sweet for a Highlanders’ team thatopened the winter season with threestraight losses.

“It’s great for the kids,” McLean coachKevin Roller said of his team’s 72-62 over-time triumph over visiting non-district op-ponent Centreville.

The coach said the win served as a confi-dence-builder for his team and what it takesto earn a precious “W.” The Highlanders hadbeen struggling in various areas of theirgame over their first three losses — a sea-son-opening setback to Stuart and two de-feats at a tournament in Myrtle Beach, S.C.,two weeks ago. One of McLean’s biggestproblems was its poor outside shooting.McLean, a physically smaller team, has todo a lot of things well, including shootingthe ball, in order to be successful.

And McLean’s shooting touch from long

range came around in the win over theWildcats.

“Centreville came out pretty aggressive,”Roller said. “They had won the night be-fore against Falls Church. We were able toget a couple of outside shots in the secondquarter to keep [within] six or sevenpoints.”

But Centreville still had a fairly comfort-able 28-19 lead at halftime. Both teams,Roller said, played a good third quarter ofball. The game’s momentum changed inMcLean’s favor when senior point guardPeter Brosnan connected on a 3-pointer atthe end of the third quarter to pull the High-landers within three points.

“That really sparked the effort anew,”Roller said of the important long-ranger byBrosnan.

IN THE FINAL quarter, the game wentright down to the wire. Senior reserve cen-ter Ben Glauber (10 points), off an inboundsplay, tied the game with a clutch 3-pointerwith 15 seconds remaining. Centreville re-gained the lead moments later, however, bytwo points.

But on an in-bounds play with six sec-onds left, McLean junior forward SeanFitzgerald gathered in a missed shot by a

teammate before going up to the basket.He missed the shot, but was fouled with notime left on the clock.

McLean’s hopes rested on Fitzgerald, whocoolly sank both free throws to tie the gameat 56 and force overtime. No players wereon the floor when Fitzgerald shot the freethrows because regulation was over.

“Everyone likes to say he has ice in hisveins,” Roller said of Fitzgerald, a standoutbaseball pitcher for the Highlanders duringthe spring. “He was all by himself and hehit two to force overtime.”

In the five-minute overtime session,Centreville took the lead at 58-56, but theHighlanders did not fall further behind andeventually overcame the Wildcats and won.McLean hit several free throws down theovertime stretch to hold off Centreville andget the much-needed first win of the sea-son.

McLean knocked down eight treys in thewin, including five by senior guard MattBaruch (18 points), two by Brosnan (22points) and the one by Glauber (10 points)late in the fourth quarter. Six of McLean’s3-pointers came after halftime.

“In the second half we cut down on turn-overs and handled their pressure better,”Roller said of a key to McLean’s ability toget back into the game. “We’ve got somegood athletes who can shoot well if we canspread the floor. When we shoot it well,teams have to extend [their defense]. Theyhad confidence shooting and really that’sone of the things we need to do to win —shoot it well.”

The coach said his team did feel a senseof urgency going into the game at 0-3. Then,falling behind early to Centreville added tothat pressure. But the Highlanders, behindtheir home crowd, ultimately got into a nicegroove.

“When we got down early, the kids keptfighting and believing this is what we haveto do to be successful,” Roller said of stress-ing the Highlanders’ keys such as continu-ing to play hard and working the ballaround. “They had the commitment to stickwith it and didn’t get down.”

McLean received a good game from se-nior center Leonard Gjino, who scored eightpoints.

This week, McLean was scheduled to playat Jefferson Tuesday. This Friday night, theHighlanders will host local rival Langley ina girls-boys doubleheader.

Saxon girls and boysteams both winat Annandale.

Saxons Pull Off Doubleheader Basketball Sweep

Langley boys basketball coach Travis Hess and his Saxons are gearing upfor this Friday night’s game at McLean.

The Langley High girls basketball team, under headcoach Cheryl Buffo, hosted the recent 1st AnnualPeacePlayers International Tournament, the weekend ofDec. 5 and 6, at Langley High School. The participatingteams were host Langley, along with McLean, Hayfieldand South County high schools. The teams competed ina round-robin format. Admission to the games came inthe form of a donation to PeacePlayers International.

In the benefit tournament, rivals Langley and McLeanas well as Hayfield and South County united to raiseawareness for PeacePlayers International, an innovativeglobal organization that uses sports to unite and edu-

cate young people in divided communities.Children who play together can learn to live together —

a simple concept that goes unrealized in conflict-riddencommunities where segregation, suspicion and violencerule. Introduce a basketball and caring coaches to middle-school youth and things begin to change.

PeacePlayers International operates in divided regions inNorthern Ireland, the Middle East, South Africa and Cyprus,introducing more than 45,000 children to the love of thegame and, most importantly, to respect for one another —easing racial and religious hatred and educating young chil-dren in desolate environments to live healthy lives.

The Madison High girls swim and dive team de-feated Marshall, 232-83, in a recent Liberty District meet.First-place finishers for the Warhawks included BeckyShaak, Devin Youngblood, Katarina O’Reilly (doublewinner), Julia Tanes, Bev Dobrenz, Lindsay Mottola andKelly Lloyd (diving).

Also, the Madison boys were 216-96 winners overMarshall. First-place finishers for Madison were JosephCapra, Justin Dutta (double winner), David Fallavollita,Sean Fletcher (double winner), Matthew Russiello, Aus-tin Chute and Ryan Fox (diving).

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HOW TO COMMENT AND/OR REQUEST A PUBLIC HEAR-ING: DEQ accepts comments and requests for public hearing by e-mail, fax or postal mail. All comments and requests must be in writing and be received by DEQ during the comment peri-od. Submittals must include the names, mailing addresses and telephone numbers of the commenter/requester and of all per-sons represented by the commenter/requester. A request for public hearing must also include: 1) The reason why a public hearing is requested. 2) A brief, informal statement regarding the nature and extent of the interest of the requester or of those represented by the requestor, including how and to what extent such interest would be directly and adversely affected by the permit. 3) Specific references, where possible, to terms and conditions of the permit with suggested revisions. DEQ may hold a public hearing, including another comment period, if public response is significant and there are substantial, dis-puted issues relevant to the permit.

Contact for public comments, document requests and addition-al information: Elizabeth Aiken; Northern Regional Office, 13901 Crown Court, Woodbridge, VA 22193; Phone: 703-583-3890; E-mail: [email protected] ; Fax: 703-583-3821.The public may review the draft permit and application at the DEQ office named above.


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I rescued a damsel in distress earlier todayand I did it by sitting on my rear end andthinking (remembering, actually). I receivedthe semi distress call from my wife, Dina, at9:25 this morning. I was in McLean, she wasstill in Burtonsville, 45 minutes away by car.Dina was calling to say that she hadaccidentally locked her keys in her car, anddid I have any suggestions or words to thateffect.

Being an experienced husband, I knewthat inquiring (I use that term loosely) as tohow such a thing, accidental though it mayhave been, could have possibly happenedwould serve absolutely no purpose, andmost likely exacerbate an already unpleasantand inconvenient situation, so I refrained.

It happened. Why/how is irrelevant.Finding the solution was the proper courseof action, at that particular time, anyway.And so we discussed our options: callingAAA, yours truly driving home to unlock hercar with my key, attempting to use her car’ssecond key-less entry key fob (the one I hadon my key chain) to transmit a signal via cellphone in an technological trick to unlockthe door while she held her cell phoneagainst the car (something I had readsomewhere — unfortunately, it didn’t work),calling a locksmith, or even consideralternative modes of transportation:neighbor, taxi, subway, etc. After discussingall these options, I said I would call her backin five minutes after asking around the officein the event there was some idea that wehadn’t considered.

A few minutes later I called her back.After speaking with other car owners in myoffice, some of whom had actuallyexperienced the identical keys-locked-in-the-car problem, the consensus was thatDina should just call AAA. I called Dina backand advised her how best to proceed, andso she called AAA, with whom we’ve beenmembers going on 25 years. I hung up andtold her to call me back if she encounteredany problems. At which point I figured myassistance was no longer needed so Iresumed my morning duties and re-focusedon the newspaper tasks at hand.

And as I returned to my desk and sat backdown, I felt my car/house keys in my pant’spocket where I had put them in anticipationof possibly driving home after Dina hadinitially called to explain her plight. Andwhile doing so, I felt again, saw again, thekey fob to her car that I had on my keychain, that moments ago, in crisis mode, wehad used (via our cell phones) unsuccessfullyto unlock her car, and it hit me.

Dina doesn’t use her car’s key fob. Shedoesn’t even carry it on her key chain. Infact, I think I remembered seeing it in thehouse, by itself, in an ash tray under a mirrorin our living room where, if I wasn’tmistaken, it had taken up permanentresidence, so I called her back immediately,and somewhat excitedly, with news Ithought, if true, would eliminate whatevercost and inconvenience waiting for AAA toarrive would cause.

And, before I could even finish mythought, Dina had, per my suggestion,looked in the ash tray, found her key foband was already on her way outside to hercar, a mere 10 yards or so from where thekey fob was (and the front door is) and voila,one button press later, “presto chango,” likemagic, or shall I say exactly like key-lessentry technology was designed to do, thecar door opened. Dina quickly called tocancel the AAA Road Service and off towork she drove, with nary a hint of thedisaster/delay that might have been.

Mighty Mouse would have been proud asI “saved the day!” And though I didn’texactly swoop down from the sky like heoften did, it sure felt like it. For a low-tech,mechanically declined, tool twit like me, thisrescue was as good as it gets.

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

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