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By Bonnie Hobbs

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There’s a reason why an upcoming, char-ity fashion show in Centreville is calledRunway for Another Day. Explained event

organizer Alyson Pollard: “All the money we raisefrom the runway event will hopefully help a childlive to see another day.”

All proceeds go to Band of Parents, whose chil-

dren have a cancer called neuroblastoma, and willhelp fund research and treatments for this cur-rently incurable disease. And for 1998 Robinsongrad Pollard, who now lives in Little Rocky Run,it’s also a way to help her brother, Nick Franca,21, who’s been battling it since 2005.

Besides that, she added, the fashion show prom-ises to be exciting and entertaining. “It’s going tobe a truly magical afternoon — perfect for amother-daughter day out,” said Pollard. “It’s fullof fashion and fun, and the icing on the cake isthat it’s for such a great cause.”

Runway for Another Day is slated for Sunday,April 3, from 2-6 p.m., at the Chantilly CountryClub, 14901 Braddock Road. There, women and

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Alyson Pollard,whose brotherNick Franca iscurrently bat-tling neuroblas-toma, poses withsome of thenearly 150dresses that willbe available forpurchase at theRunway forAnother Dayevent.

Fashion show will raisemoney for childhoodcancer research.

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When the Centreville workercenter opens, it will needseveral volunteers, Monday-

Saturday, from 6 a.m.-noon. People mayassist for one-hour or longer time peri-ods.

Volunteers are needed to: Greetpeople outside and register employersas they arrive; greet people inside andregister workers as they arrive; providegeneral assistance in the waiting area;and help with any training offered, suchas ESL, job skills, resume-writing, financial counsel-ing and tax assistance.

Toward that end, people may attend one of two

training opportunities slated to helpthem learn about volunteering at theworker center. They’ll be held Saturday,April 2, from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., atCentreville Presbyterian Church, 15450Lee Highway in Centreville; and alsoWednesday, April 13, from 7-9:30 p.m.,at Korean Central Presbyterian Church,15451 Lee Highway in Centreville.

Volunteers will receive training onhow to help with the center’s operationand will participate in exercises in lis-

tening and communication. For more information orto sign up for training, email Joyce Lynn [email protected] or phone 703-378-9726.

Volunteers Sought for Worker Center

By Bonnie Hobbs

Centre View

Currently, many localresidents needing ra-diation or other on-cology treatments

have to go to Inova Fairfax Hospi-tal to receive them. But a new,fourth, medical office building onthe Inova Fair Oaks Hospital cam-pus would bring these servicescloser to home.

Inova Fair Oaks is currentlyseeking approval from FairfaxCounty to construct that building,as well as more parking and a newentrance from Rugby Road. Alsoon the horizon is a future hospitaladdition that would provide morebeds.

“The key element that’s drivingthis project is the medical officebuilding,” said land-use attorneyTim Sampson, representing thehospital. “We hope to have it com-pleted and occupied by the end of2013.”

He explained the plan last Tues-day, March 15, to members of theWest Fairfax County Citizens As-sociation (WFCCA) Land-UseCommittee. And after he answeredtheir questions, they voted to rec-ommend approval.

The office building would befour floors and 90,000 square feet,with a 25,000-square-foot cellar.It would house a new oncologycenter made possible by the relo

Inova Fair OaksPlans ExpansionPatients could receive radiation,other oncology treatments.

By Bonnie Hobbs

Centre View

Encore Theatrical ArtsProject swings into springwith its new musical, “The

Show Must Go On.” Featuring acast of 37, it will perform Satur-day, April 2, at 2 and 8 p.m., andSunday, April 3, at 2 p.m., at theRichard J. Ernst Community Cul-

tural Center on NOVA’s Annandalecampus.

Tickets are $18, students, seniorcitizens and Girl Scout troops, and$21, adults. They may be pur-chased online at www.encore-tap.org. For more information, call703-222-5511.

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For Encore Performers,‘The Show Must Go On’Upcoming spring musical at NOVA.

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By Julia O’Donoghue

Centre View

Cheryl was waiting for her son outsideWestfield High School on March 5 when ateacher approached her and told Cheryl to

come inside because her son, a freshman, had beencaught with drugs.

Neither the principal nor Cheryl could figure outexactly what the two capsules found in her son’sempty water canister were. But when she got home15 minutes later, Cheryl found that the pills lookedexactly like antibiotics her husband had been pre-scribed.

“My son wasn’t feeling great about himself so hetook some prescription pills from his father and putthem in a canister on a carabineer,” said Cheryl, whodid not want to give her last name to protect herson’s privacy as they navigate the school disciplin-ary process.

Cheryl’s son has been barred attending class or anyevent on Fairfax Public School grounds for 10 days.He has also been recommended for expulsion fromthe Fairfax County public school system. His hear-ing with the school’s disciplinary of-fice is scheduled for March 18.

Westfield administrators told Cherylthat her son would probably have totransfer to a new high school. Disci-plinary officers also could take up totwo weeks to come up with a deci-sion in the case of Cheryl’s son, whichmeans that the high school freshmancould miss an entire month of school.

Cheryl’s son already struggles inschool. The school system has agreedto test him for learning disabilities.

Some students may be able to keep up with workwhile at home on suspension but Cheryl’s son can-not, she said.

“This is boy who needs school more than anyoneelse,” she said.

SINCE THE suicide of a 15 year-old Woodson HighSchool student in January, Fairfax County PublicSchools has been under pressure to revise the way itaddresses disciplinary issues, particularly nonviolentdrug offenses. It was the second suicide in two yearsthat coincided with a student’s suspension or expul-sion.

Accounts of students being suspended and forcedto change schools for bringing legal drugs to school— everything from birth control pills to acne medi-cation — have also been publicized in recent weeks.All the attention has made Cheryl, who is in themiddle of the discipline process with son, keenlyaware of what her family might be up against.

The Fairfax County School Board kicked off a re-view of the disciplinary process with a brainstorm-ing session of concerns at a work session March 12.School officials are expected to report back to theschool board with data related to discipline issues atanother work session April 4.

The School Board expects to discuss the changesthey intend to make regarding discipline at a third

work session May 16.

STEVE STUBAN, the father of the Woodson stu-dent who committed suicide, applauded the SchoolBoard for taking an initial step toward reviewing theprocess this month.

“I am very grateful that the school board is follow-ing through,” said Stuban.

Community activists from Fairfax Zero ToleranceReform, a group that has been ad-vocating for more flexibility in thedisciplinary process for severalyears, said the School Board is ar-ticulating many more concernsabout discipline issues than they hadin the past.

“[The School Board discussion]was better than I expected. Therewere some School Board membersthat I didn’t think were on our sidewho expressed concern,” saidCaroline Hemenway, one of the ad-vocacy group’s founders.

Still, some trepidation remains about the schoolsystem’s approach. Many worry school officials willnot expedite the review and that necessary changeswill not come as quickly as they are needed.

Stuban said he thought the school system shouldput a hold on involuntary transfers while the schoolboard reviews the disciplinary process. He also saidthe school system should start recording the hear-ings immediately, since the Stubans and other par-ents have complained about hearing officers beinginappropriately adversarial and traumatic for theirchildren.

“I am concerned about the kids who are still goingthrough this process. These hearings are continuingright now. They happen every day and nothing hasbeen changed yet. There has been no adjustment atall,” said Stuban.

A FEW SCHOOL Board members appeared readyto start making changes to the way the school sys-tem handles disciplinary issues.

“One thing I have learned from being in this job,the world is not black and white. We’ve made somelife changing decisions for kids who have made theirfirst bad mistake,” said School Board Member PattyReed (Providence).

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Board Reviews Disciplinary ProcessCommunity activistshope to see someimmediate changes todisciplinary procedure.

School Board Member Stu Gibson(Hunter Mill) looks over a list of issuesrelated to the Fairfax County PublicSchools disciplinary process at a brain-storming session March 14.

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Saturday’s seventh annual St.Baldrick’s Day event in Centrevilleraised $35,000 toward childhood-cancer research. Held at Fast

Eddie’s, 34 people had their heads shavedbald while the crowd cheered.

Hairdressers from Valon Salon and CCHair Salon donated their time and servicesto the cause on a day when they could havebeen at work making money, themselves.But Meg Crossett of Centreville’s PleasantHill community and Marty Stolmack ofSully Station II reminded the crowd whythey’d all come.

“No child should have to face cancer,” saidCrosset, whose daughter Rachel died ofneuroblastoma at age 6. “Every year,13,500 children are diagnosed withcancer in our country and it’s thenumber-one killer of children. Butbudget cuts are cutting funding tochildhood-cancer research, so that’swhy we have to raise as much moneyas possible, ourselves.”

“This year, we’ve lost two childrenin our community to cancer, DaltonGulsby and Rachel D’Andrea,” con-tinued Crossett. “And my husbandand I lost our beautiful angel, 10years ago this July.” At her request,everyone then took a moment of si-lence “to honor these heroes.”

Stolmack then spoke about his sonKyle, 16, who’s still waging his ownwar against the disease. “My herocannot fly, stop speeding cars orplanes or save the world,” he said.“But he has superhuman strength to[face his treatments] for cancer. My sonunderstands that, even though his tumor’sgone, he faces a lifelong battle.”

“I wrote this in 2006 — and in 2010, hehad a reoccurrence,” said Stolmack. “Buthe’s a fighter and that’s why we’re here to-day — to raise money for this cause. Kyle

St. Baldrick’s Fun Raises Spirits, DollarsEvent benefitschildhood-cancerresearch.

From left: Valon Salon’s Monica Arrington shears Liberty Middle eighth-grader Luke Fritzke, while Valon Salon colleague Dana Lightel does thesame to Holcomb Rogers, a sixth-grader at Union Mill Elementary.

Monica Arrington of Valon Salonshaves Steve Ratliff of CountryClub Manor.

Matt Raba feels the stubblyhead of his newly shavedson, Bennett, 9.

2008 Westfield High gradBetsy Higgins has her headshaved.

Will Lambert of Fair Lakesgets shorn for the cause.

Sully District SupervisorMichael Frey participatesin St. Baldrick’s every year.

finished his treatment three weeks ago, andhis only regret is that his hair isn’t longenough to shave today. So thank you all forshaving and for helping us.”

— Bonnie Hobbs

From left: CubRun Elemen-tary sixth-graders LoganAndrews, WillDzubak andDominicHuffmandisplay theirshaved heads.

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adults have performed with us,” said director andchoreographer Raynor van der Merwe. “But thistime, it’s purely up to the Encore Company, andpeople will see how well-rounded the members are.They’ve pulled this together quickly and shown ma-turity and professionalism. Eight seniors are gradu-ating this year, so I wanted to give them this chanceto shine and leave their footprints on the stage.”

In the storyline, mysterious letters are sent to threeBroadway performers. One’s a stage veteran,another’s tired of being in her shadow and the thirdis a teen-ager optimistic for her future as a diva.

“They’re all told to go to the theater on the sameday, and they find out they have to create the show,themselves,” said van der Merwe. “Along with asongwriter and scriptwriter, they discuss songs andelements of other musicals that they do and don’twant to include in their creation of the perfect,Broadway musical.”

The sets will depict a theater interior, a starry nightand the Waldorf Hotel, complete with arches, Palla-dian windows, platforms and stairs. Van der Merwedescribes the show as a family-friendly musical thatwill take the audience on a journey into the magicof a Broadway theater.”

Centreville High senior Katie Dudzik portraysDawn, a composer. “She enters this fantasy worldand doesn’t know where she is,” said Dudzik. “Thenthe other girls there tell her none of them can leaveuntil she writes the songs for a musical. I love it; it’sa great opportunity to play a character who’s notmy everyday self.”

Her favorite number is “Walking Papers,” done ina Bob Fosse style. “It’s intricate and cool,” she said.“We wear fishnets, leotards, black vests and bowlerhats. I consider it a metaphor to my life because it’sabout not letting anything get you down. I love howit makes me feel energetic and on top of the world.”

Playing the new, young, Broadway performer isCentreville junior Jessie Peltier. “She’s an aspiringdiva, but keeps it hidden and is a little sweeter andmore naïve and hopeful than the others.” Peltier es-pecially likes the dance, “Old Bamboo,” because “it’sreally fun and high-energy and we do tricks withbig bamboo sticks.”

She’s been with Encore seven years and says vander Merwe’s taught her to have more confidence, beresponsible for herself and better manage her time.Peltier said this show will keep the audience on itstoes because “there’s some mystery behind it and thesong-and-dance numbers are great.”

Westfield High junior Grace Martin started danc-ing at age 2 and has been with Encore nine years. “Ireally love being onstage,” she said. “It’s an amazingfeeling you don’t get anywhere else — it’s such arush.” She plays Zabeth, a veteran performer whothinks she’s better than everyone else. Said Martin:“It’s a challenging role that lets me step out of mycomfort zone and grow as an actor.”

Her favorite number is “Too Darn Hot” because ofits fast pace and difficult steps. “It makes you tired,but also keeps your adrenaline level high,” she said.“We even roll on the floor.” Overall, she said, “Wehave a really good balance of singing, acting anddancing, so the audience will get a nice variety. Andwe have lots of new dance numbers that no one’sseen before.”

Portraying a performer named Vern is Centrevillejunior Sage Coury. “She’s well-seasoned, but still try-ing to be a star,” said Coury. “But she’s humble andrelaxed, a lot like my personality.” She especially likesthe number “Millionaire’s Holiday” because it’s sty-listically different from the others. “The movementsare detailed, intricate and small, but they make a bigimpression,” said Coury.

She said van der Merwe’s taught how to be orga-nized, deal with pressure and be more confidentonstage and in her daily life. And she called this pro-duction an “all-around, good family show with aneasy-to-follow storyline and lots of singing.”

Sully Station’s Logan Floyd of The Wakefield Schoolenjoys entertaining people while telling a storythrough dance. She plays Minnie, a cranky playwrightwho prefers working alone, but has to get along withthe other actors. “She’s fun to play because the ac-tors don’t realize it takes more than them to put on ashow, and she’s strong and authoritative,” said Floyd.

Her favorite number is “Accentuate the Positive”because “the moves are strong and quick and I reallylike the choreography,” she said. “It’s an interestingstory and people will be impressed with how youngwe are to be able to put on such a great show.”

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Free Carseat InspectionsCertified technicians from the Sully District Police Station will

perform free, child safety carseat inspections Thursday, March24, from 5-8:30 p.m., at the station, 4900 Stonecroft Blvd. inChantilly. No appointment is necessary. But residents should in-stall the child safety seats themselves so technicians may prop-erly inspect and adjust them, as needed.

However, because of time constraints, only the first 35 vehiclesarriving on each date will be inspected. That way, inspectors mayhave enough time to properly instruct the caregiver on the cor-rect use of the child seat. Call 703-814-7000, ext. 5140, to con-firm dates and times.

Deputies as ‘Celebrity Waiters’Thirteen Fairfax Sheriff’s deputies will trade in their handcuffs

and badges to volunteer their time as “celebrity waiters” on Sat-urday, March 26, at the Red Robin Restaurant, 13056 Fair LakesShopping Center in Fairfax. All tips that the deputies collect fromserving lunch and dinner during this national Tip-A-Cop eventwill benefit Special Olympics Virginia.

Fair Oaks CAC To MeetThe Citizens Advisory Council of the Fair Oaks District Police

Station will meet Tuesday, March 29, at 7 p.m., in the roll-callroom of the police station. It’s at 12300 Lee Jackson MemorialHighway in Chantilly.

Historic Centreville SocietyThe Historic Centreville Society will hold its annual meeting

Wednesday, March 30, at 7:30 p.m. at the Centreville RegionalLibrary. John McAnaw will discuss the first two years of the CivilWar in and around Centreville and Fairfax. The public is invited.For more details, contact Paul Hancq, president of the HistoricCentreville Society, at [email protected].

Land Use Vote SlatedThe APR Task Force is slated to vote on the Fair Oaks mall ap-

plication involving possible future development and either busor rail rapid transit in that area. The meeting is set for April 5, at7 p.m., in rooms 4 and 5 of the Fairfax County Government Cen-ter. Call Marlae Schnare at 703-451-8873.

Rabies Canvass UnderwayFairfax County Animal Control officers will be conducting a

rabies-vaccination and dog-licensing education campaign thismonth in several neighborhoods across the county. Police are tar-geting neighborhoods where animals tested positive for the ra-bies virus in 2011 or late 2010. So far, eight animals have testedpositive, with a total of 23 since October 2010.

Rabies is a deadly virus transferred through the central ner-vous system tissue or saliva of an infected animal. Rabies vacci-nations are mandatory in Fairfax County for all dogs and cats.The goal of the door-to-door campaign is to remind pet ownersabout the laws requiring all dogs and cats, 4 months and older, tobe inoculated against rabies. All dogs, 4 months and older, mustalso have a dog license; failure to license a dog or inoculate petsagainst rabies may result in fines of up to $250. Residents shouldexpect to see the roving officers from March 26- May 28.

Even if dogs or cats are kept indoors, the threat of exposure tothe rabies virus is real. For more information, including a bro-chure, “Wildlife, Your Pets and the Law,” go to www.fairfaxcounty.gov/living/animals.

Speak Up about RedistrictingEvery 10 years, Fairfax County must redraw its electoral bound-

aries based on the population count by the U.S. Census. The Boardof Supervisors appointed an advisory committee to recommendnew boundaries, and the committee is looking for feedback fromthe community. To provide input and learn more about the pro-cess go www.fairfaxcounty.gov/redistricting.

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cation of a portion of the radiation/on-cology services from Inova Fairfax to InovaFair Oaks.

“It would be for doctors’ and patients’convenience,” said Sampson. “It would alsobe beneficial to the area roads becausepeople would have to drive less of a dis-tance to reach these services.”

WFCCA’s Judy Heisinger asked how manymore cars and parking spaces are associ-ated with this project. Sampson said themedical office building is expected to gen-erate 290 morning-rush trips and 273evening-rush trips.

“But most of the traffic would be gener-ated during non-rush-hours when patientsare visiting the medical office building,wouldn’t it?” asked Sully District PlanningCommissioner John Litzenberger. “That’sright,” replied Sampson.

Although the office building would dis-place 100 current parking spaces, Sampsonsaid the proposal also entails some 450 newparking spaces — 150 in an area of new,surface parking on the northwestern partof the campus, plus about 300 in an exist-ing garage that has extra space.

The medical office building won’t be tallerthan 60 feet, and additional space insidenot used for oncology/radiation may servea variety of purposes, such as doctors’ of-fices, a pharmacy and possibly a delicates-sen.

A new, five-level parking garage is slatedfor construction in a future phase, but thesurface parking is scheduled to come onlinewith the medical office building. At-largePlanning Commissioner Jim Hart asked howhigh the parking garage would be, andSampson said it would be four stories and50-feet tall.

The developer, J. David Sittler, said theparking-garage lights would be 15 feet tall.But, said Hart, “More and lower would be

better, with the neighbors across the street.”Regarding the addition to house more

patients, Inova Fair Oaks already has ap-proval for a 160,000-square-foot, hospital-bed tower expansion north of the existinghospital. It’s now proposing to increase itby 39,175 square feet for a total of 199,175square feet.

“But it will be within the same footprint[of what’s already approved],” saidSampson. “And we’ve kept it within the builtenvironment of the campus.”

Like the hospital-bed tower, the new en-trance to the campus is anticipated for oneof the later construction phases that couldhappen before or after 2019.

It’s earmarked to go between the two,existing entrances and will be about 600feet down Rugby Road, north of AlderWoods Drive.

“It’s to better distribute traffic trying to

get in and out of the campus and improvethe Alder Woods/Rugby Road intersection,”said Sampson. “It also relieves congestionat the other two entrances.”

All these improvements, he said, are “toallow the hospital to continue to meet theneeds of the community for health-care ser-vices. The campus is really starting to pulltogether cohesively now, more than everbefore.”

“We’d appreciate having additional radia-tion services out here,” said WFCCA’s JudyHeisinger. However, she noted that InovaFair Oaks would “probably need a shuttlebus to get patients from the parking lotsand garages to the medical buildings.” ToddMcGovern, assistant vice-president ofgrowth with Inova Fair Oaks Hospital, saidthe hospital will consider it.

“You serve 94,000 households — close tohalf a million people,” said Litzenberger.

“Does that count those who live over the[Loudoun] county line?”

“People use the hospital closest to wherethey live, and that includes people fromSouth Riding,” replied McGovern.

If that’s the case, Litzenberger expectsbusiness to be booming once the new, medi-cal office building opens up. “I’ve gotten aton of e-mails from people excited to havethe radiation/oncology services closer totheir homes, instead of their having to driveup and back in traffic to [Inova] FairfaxHospital,” he said.

The WFCCA then voted unanimously toapprove the proposal, subject to an OK fromcounty staff and provided Inova Fair OaksHospital makes every effort to buffer thecommunity from lighting and other possibleadverse impacts. The matter now heads tothe county Planning Commission on June23.

Inova Fair Oaks Hospital Plans Building Program

By Bonnie Hobbs

Centre View

Local audiences are in for a doubletreat next week when ChantillyHigh presents two, one-act plays,

Monday, March 28, at 7 p.m., in theschool theater.

Students will perform both their VHSLstate championship winning play, “APTheatre,” plus a shortened version ofWilliam Shakespeare’s classic, “The Tem-pest.” And 100 percent of the proceedswill go to charity.

“It’ll be an incredible evening of the-ater,” said Director Ed Monk. “Instead ofticket sales, we’re working with the Na-

tional Brain Tumor Society and asking forcash donations or checks made out to thisorganization.”

“Our kids came up with this idea afterwatching a character-education video thatstudents at Chantilly produced about com-munity service,” he said. “The senior classis working on an ‘11 for 11’ service projectthis year. They want the students to takeon 11 Service projects, and The NationalBrain Tumor Society is one of the projectsthe students are supporting.”An original comedy written by Monk, “APTheatre” is about a student taking an APtheater test demonstrating his knowledgeof three styles of theater history. To do so,he has to write three, short plays in those

styles about problems facing modern teen-agers.

The styles are Bonruku - Japanese the-ater with giant puppets, Greek Theater andTheater of the Absurd. So not only will theaudience get to see Chantilly’s award-win-ning play, but they’ll also get to experiencetypes of acting they may have never beforeseen.

“The Tempest,” directed by ShannonKhatcheressian, is actually a 30-minute cut-ting of that play done by Chantilly grad andformer theater student, Miles Drawdy. Andthe students have been waiting a year tobring it to the stage.

“Miles did the cutting last year, in hopesthat we could perform it at the ShakespeareFolger Festival,” said Khatcheressian. “Butdue to all the snow last year, we simplymissed too many rehearsals and had to bow

out of the festival. I am thrilled that wefinally have the opportunity to performthe amazing cutting that he prepared forus.”

Senior Taylor Jarrell plays Prospero;junior Angela Virostek, Miranda; seniorAdrian Tafesh, Caliban; and senior Spen-cer Parkinson, Alonso. Sharing the roleof Ariel are juniors Amanda Meisner andGrace Gardner.

“The Tempest is one of Shakespeare’smost complicated and thrilling dramas,in my opinion,” said Khatcheressian. Theplot line can be a bit difficult to follow,but it is truly full of love, revenge, magicand adventure in one adventurous script.The students have done an amazing jobin telling this story so the audience canunderstand and appreciate Shakespeare’sworks.”

Chantilly High To Present Two One-Act PlaysFund-raiser for National Brain Tumor Society.

Plans for the new additionto Inova Fair Oaks Hospital.


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Opinion

Have you seen what our politicaldistricts look like? It’s as if theclown who makes balloon ani-mals has gone mad. And it could

be amusing if it didn’t matter so much.Our once-a-decade exercise in partisan hu-

bris is about to unfold. Next week we’ll likelysee proposals that seek to protectDemocratic seats in the Virginia Sen-ate, Republican seats in the VirginiaHouse of Delegates. The status quo inFairfax County will get another 10-year term.Virginia’s incumbents in Congress will get somereassuring padding, even if it means districtsthat look like boa constrictors that are digest-ing a couple of meals and have been run overby a car in one or two places.

We are not likely to see districts that bestrepresent residents. No one with power is talk-ing about how to draw lines that increase voterparticipation and citizen involvement.

Political districts should be drawn by a non-partisan commission that looks at providingcommunities with representation that works.What works is keeping communities of inter-est together, so that one town or community isencompassed in some of its political districts.Each resident is represented locally by onemember of Congress, a state senator, a statedelegate, and then by a county board or cityor town council.

The Democratically-controlled Senate andRepublican-controlled House of Delegates ap-pear to have a gentleman’s agreement in placeto focus on their own branch of the legislatureand not interfere with each other’s lines. SoDemocrats will gerrymander the senate linesand Republicans will gerrymander the delegatelines.

In Northern Virginia, many of thesedistricts sprawl and crawl out likeamoebas to capture a given precinct ifit will help or hurt partisan balance.

Instead districts should be designed for goodrepresentation, shared high school boundaries,shared land use concerns, shared traffic chal-lenges, shared public safety concerns. It’s un-realistic to think that part-time legislators willbe able to master the nuances and needs thatspread out across three or more jurisdictions,as some delegate districts do.

Delegate districts in particular are the small-est unit of representation for many people, with

about 80,000 residents to be included in thenewly drawn districts. These districts can andshould focus compactly on communities.

Meanwhile, in Fairfax County local govern-ment, the likely outcome of redistricting willbe the status quo, with nine supervisor districts,even though Fairfax County’s population hasgrown by more than 10 percent and so couldeasily support another district. An additionaldistrict would allow for elected officials, bothsupervisors and school board members, to fo-cus on a smaller number of residents, roads,schools and issues.

Fairfax should also consider adding a coupleof at-large seats in the future to balance thepower of a single supervisor.

Arlington’s county board is elected entirelyat-large, but should consider changing to havesome political districts that could broaden rep-resentation for minorities — ethnic minorities,economic minorities and political minorities.

No one actually making decisions seems tobe interested in creating districts that best rep-resent the residents of the districts.

— Mary Kimm,

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Editorial

The Last DanceTo the Editor:On April 28, 1938 four towns in central

Massachusetts were unincorporated by thestate and flooded to make the Quabbin Reser-voir, a large basin to supply drinking water tothe city of Boston. The people were relocated,their homes destroyed and land flooded. Thefour towns, Dana, Enfield, Greenwich andPrescott, had heroes in the Revolutionary andCivil Wars. Everything that those towns cre-ated, a sense of community, trust, day-to-daymemories are now all lost as the citizens wholived there have ceased to exist. On the lastday it was a town in 1938, Enfield had a last

dance attended by hundreds of people wholived in the four towns marked for termina-tion.

On Feb. 24 the Fairfax County School Boardclosed Clifton Elementary School, one of thesmallest schools in the country. They did itwithout thought for the people it served, justabout the greater good, just like flooding thosefour towns so many years ago. Those townswere too small to fight the politics of metro-politan Boston and so for the greater good theywere eliminated.

Because of its size and the rural communityit served, Clifton often had as many parentsattending as faculty. The children were notknown by their surnames but as “Tom from

Balmoral” or “Tim from Town.” The close-knitrelationship of teachers and parents taught thechildren as many lessons as the textbooks did.The students learned how parents and teach-ers work together. They learned that integrityand trust mattered as much as reading andwriting. They learned the things you can onlylearn in a unique situation that Clifton Elemen-tary gave. Important lessons for members of arural community where only 250 people livewithin the incorporated limits. Communitieswhere your neighbors are your best friends andstrongest allies.

But like the citizens of those small Massa-chusetts’ towns the handful of people living inClifton can’t stop the greater good the dollarsthat should have gone to Clifton will do forWest Springfield or Centreville. The greatergood, right? Survivors of Dana, Enfield, Green-wich and Prescott got together for years to re-member and keep their towns alive. This yearthe last class will graduate 6th grade fromClifton Elementary, and for the next 80 yearsthey will talk of their early lives there and thelove and sense of family they got at an elemen-tary school. They will display those lifelong les-sons of honor and ethics and trustworthinessthat you learn in a small school and not from atextbook.

Next year the remaining students will be scat-tered among the schools that serve the onemillion people of Fairfax County. They will nolonger be “Tom from Balmoral” or “Tim fromTown.” They will only be known by their num-bers. Who knows, maybe one of them will getTHX 1138.

Dr. Matthew BrooksClifton

Letter to the Editor

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Locally, a handful of private schools and at leastone public school are trying to promote healthby teaching children about gardening and pro-

moting locally produced food.Hollin Meadows Elementary School, a public

school in the Mount Vernon area of Fairfax County,maintains a 14,000 square-foot garden space thatwraps around the school building as part of its sci-ence curriculum. In the fall, children work in thegarden and families are allowed to take home theschool-grown produce.

Burgundy Farm Country Day School, just outsidethe Interstate-495 in the Alexandria area, has a gar-dening program open to children, faculty and staffin the fall and spring. Located on the site of an olddairy farm, this private school also has an operatingbarn where students take care of goats and hens anda rooster on a regular basis.

Burgundy families get to take home farm fresh eggsfrom the school hens on a regular basis, accordingto Erin Futrowsky, Burgundy’s communications di-rector. Faculty members also get access to the eggsapproximately once every six weeks, she added.

“Sometimes the program takes a little explaining.At first, some people are confused about what we dohere. They think we are teaching the kids to farm,”said Futrowsky.

EDUCATORS are turning their attention towardteaching better eating habits as the United Statescontinues to struggle with escalating rates of obe-sity, particularly among younger children.

A 2007 survey sponsored by Inova Health Systemsshowed that 40 percent of children in the City ofAlexandria and 25 percent of children in Arlingtonand Fairfax counties were either overweight or at-risk of being overweight.

Experts at the Center for Disease Control attributethe rise in childhood obesity nationwide to a lack ofexercise and poor diet among young people. Locally,the Inova survey found that 70 percent of studentsin Alexandria, Arlington and Fairfax do not eatenough fruits and vegetables every day.

There are several efforts to curb childhood obesitythrough public policy measures. First Lady MichelleObama has made childhood obesity her top legisla-tive priority. In Virginia, the General Assembly re-cently passed a bill that would increase the amount

of physical education students are required to re-ceive in school each week.

STILL SUZANNE BADOUX, who runs the diningservices at Episcopal High School, said she has seena trend toward students and institutions makinghealthier food choices.

“We have had a really dramatic increase in thevolume of fruit being consumed. The students areeating a lot more whole fruit. Our fruit consumptionis probably up 10 to 15 percent, if not more, fromlast year,” said Badoux, who works for FLIX Interna-tional, a catering company that emphasizes usingfresh ingredients and cooking from scratch.

“You are never going to see potatoes coming outof a box from us,” said Badoux of her company.

In addition to Episcopal, a boarding school in Al-exandria, Badoux has also worked in kitchens atBishop O’Connell, a Catholic high school in Arling-ton, and Washington International School, a privateschool in Washington D.C.

In general, students seem to be paying more at-tention to what they put in their bodies than theywere a few years ago, she said.

“We have a lot of eager takers on the salad bar andwe have a growing vegetarian community. There aremore and more students who are not eating red meatthese days,” said Badoux.

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Entertainment

News From Centreville HighCVHS’s Calculus Teacher Kathy

Beatty was named a finalist for FCPSTeacher of the Year. She teaches CalculusAB and PreCalc Honors, and she has beenpart founder of CATS time. She workswith Great Beginnings (a program for newteachers in Fairfax County), and she is thelead mentor for New Teachers.

District XI Festival: The CentrevilleHigh School Wildcat Bands hosted theDistrict XI High School Performance As-sessment Festival on March 10-12. Overthe course of the three-day event, 1,300students from 22 Fairfax County bandscame through the doors to perform. Thisadjudicated event brought in four nation-ally recognized judges to evaluate thebands’ performances and to give com-ments on areas upon which to improve.All three of the Centreville Wildcat Bandsgave outstanding performances at bandfestival! Each judge had positive com-ments about each of CVHS’s ensembles.

Practice ACT Test. The CVHS PTSAwill sponsor a practice ACT on March 26at 9 a.m. at the school. Go the the CVHSPTSA website to download the form,www.cvhsptsa.org . Registration fee willbe $15 and is due by March 21. Drop offat Main Office or mail the form with pay-ment to: CVHS PTSA ACT Practice, 6001Union Mill Road, Clifton, VA 20124. Re-sults Night will be Monday, April 11, 7 -8 p.m. in the Media Center.

7th Annual Fairfax MEGA JobFair and Entrepreneurship Expo:Teens ages 14-21 and are invited to attendthe 7th Annual Fairfax MEGA Job Fair andEntrepreneurship Expo on Saturday,March 26 from noon-1:30 p.m. at theFairfax County Government Center. Top-ics to be presented include getting ready

for a summer job; how to complete the jobapplication; as well as interactive sessionson how to impress employers hiring forthe summer. Registration is suggested bycalling 703-533-5341. Go to: http://fairfaxmegajobfair.com/

Northern Virginia Regional Col-lege Fair: This annual fair will be heldon Wednesday, April 6, from 6:30-8:30p.m. at the GMU Patriot Center. Juniorsare encouraged to attend, but all studentsare welcome. For a list of colleges who willbe attending go to: http://a d m i s s i o n s . g m u . e d u / r s v p /NVRCFAttendingList.asp

CVHS Mulch Sale. The CentrevilleSenior High School “Class of 2011” is of-fering Premium Double ShreddedHardwood Mulch (3cu.ft./bagged) in sup-port of “Project Graduation”. ProjectGraduation is an annual effort to keep ourstudents safe. All profits support the alco-hol/drug free All Night GraduationCelebration. Customers desiring to pick uporders, and others wanting to buy the dayof the sale, may do so on Saturday, March26 at CVHS. [email protected].

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TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYSCentreville Stitchers welcome adults who enjoy knitting,

crocheting, or other needlework crafts and conversation.Meets at the Centreville Regional Library, 14200 St. GermainDr., Centreville. Admission is free. If you have any questions,contact Jo at 703-803-0595 or email [email protected].

Thursday, March 24 — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.Thursday, April 14 — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.Thursday, April 28 — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYSZUMBA Classes. 7 to 8 p.m. Latin based dance fitness class.

The first class is free; afterward it’s $7-$9 per class. AtCornerstone Montessori School, 4455 Brookfield CorporateDrive, Suite 201, Chantilly. Visit www.gozumbafun.com.

NOW THROUGH MARCH 27Home & Garden Show. Free. Monday to Saturday 10 a.m. to

9:30 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The focal point will bethe life-size garden created by Merrifield Garden Center. On-site exhibitors include Benjamin Moore Paints, Bobcat ofNorthern Virginia, Capital Remodeling, Carefree Boat Club,F.H. Furr, Leaf Filter, Premier Window & Building, andReamco Patio Enclosures. At Fair Oaks Mall Grand Court,11750 Fair Oaks Mall, Fairfax.

NOW THROUGH MARCH 31Boosterthon Fun Run. A fitness and leadership program that

teaches students that exercise is fun and an important part ofa healthy lifestyle, while also empowering them throughfitness and character education to be leaders in theircommunity and in the fight against bullying. Students gatherpledges for each lap they run. Students earn money for theirschool based on how many laps they complete. At BrookfieldElementary in Chantilly.

FRIDAY/MARCH 25Basket Bingo. Doors open at 6 p.m.; Bingo starts at 7 p.m.

Fundraiser for Multiple Sclerosis. Admission is $25, whichincludes 20 bingo games, a BBQ dinner and dessert buffet. AtCentreville Firehouse #17, 5856 Old Centreville Road,Centreville. Call 703-830-8280.

Swing Dancing. 9 p.m. to midnight. With Gina DeSimone andthe Moaners. Admission is $15. Drop-in beginner swing lessonfrom 8:30 to 9 p.m.; dancing from 9 p.m. to midnight. At theHilton Washington Dulles Airport Hotel, 13869 Park CenterRoad (Route 28 near the airport), Herndon.

MARCH 25, 26, 27Craftsmen’s Spring Classic Arts & Crafts Festival.

Hundreds of the country’s finest artists and craftsmenpresenting their original works in pottery, jewelry, fine art,glass, wood, baskets, photography, clothing, furniture,decorative metalwork. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.;Sunday 10 to 5 p.m. Tickets are $7/person. At the DullesExpo Center in Chantilly, Route 28 and Willard Road. Visitwww.CraftShow.com

MARCH 25 AND 26Chantilly Invitational Jazz Festival. The Alan Baylock Jazz

Orchestra will be performing as the featured group onSaturday at noon until 1 p.m. This event is sponsored by theChantilly Music Boosters and the Mark Brandt Trio. ContactDrew Ross, Director of Bands or visit www.chantillyband.org.Admission is free and open to the public. Chantilly HighSchool-4201 Stringfellow Road, Chantilly.

SATURDAY/MARCH 26Art & Silent Auction. 7 p.m. preview; 8 p.m. auction. To

benefit HART — Homeless Animals Rescue Team. Tickets are$25/advance; $30/door. At the Westfields Marriott, 14750Conference Center Drive, Chantilly.

MONDAY/MARCH 28“Food Inc” Film. 7 p.m. Free community showing of “Food

Inc” at Centreville Regional Library. “Food Inc” explores thedownside of industrial agriculture and features the notedauthor Michael Pollan. Visit www.transitioncentreville-clifton.org or call Jackson Harper at 571-208-9245.

TUESDAY/MARCH 29Ukulele Workshop. 7 to 9 p.m. Learn ukulele or improve your

skills with this workshop. With Grammy award winner MarcyMarxer. Cost is $25/advance; $30/door. At Nova MusicCenter, 7144 Main Street, Clifton. Visitwww.NOVAMusicCenter.com

WEDNESDAY/MARCH 30Historic Centreville Society. 7:30 p.m. The Historic

Centreville Society will hold its annual meeting at theCentreville Regional Library. John McAnaw will discuss thefirst two years of the Civil War in and around Centreville andFairfax. Contact Paul Hancq, president of the HistoricCentreville Society, at [email protected].

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Schools

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DisciplineSchool Board Member Janie

Strauss (Dranesville) said shewould like to see a disciplinaryprocess that “better addressedadolescent mental health needs.”

Still, the actions of some stu-dents require dramatic conse-quences, said School Board Mem-ber Stu Gibson (Hunter Mill).

“Sometimes we have studentswho do things wrong and don’tadmit it. … Sometimes the processis adversarial because we need toget to the bottom of the situation,”said Gibson.

A few School Board memberssaid they needed to learn a lotmore about how the average dis-ciplinary hearing is carried out.School board members reviewonly a handful of the total num-ber of disciplinary cases each yearand the cases are almost alwaysthose where a student has beenrecommended for expulsion fromthe entire school system, typicallyfor an egregious offense, they said.

“The students with 66 or 78prior infractions, those are theonly students I see. … This is thecrux of the matter. I don’t knowhow often [theses first-time of-fender situations] happen,” saidSchool Board Member ElizabethBradsher (Springfield).

For the AnimalShelterStudents at theCentreville MinnielandPrivate Day School tooka special field trip onMarch 10 to deliverdonated items to theFairfax County AnimalShelter. The effort waspart of a regular pro-gram to get 60 studentsat the school involvedin community outreachprojects, according toSchool Director Kim-berly Mack. At left,students in the JuniorKindergarten class posewith items they col-lected. Teachers KathyWicht, School DirectorKimberly Mack andAssistant JenniferMartinez are standingbehind the children.

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News

teens will have a chance to buyeverything from prom gowns tosemi-formal and everyday dressesat bargain prices. Tickets are $25,presale only, and space is limited;call Pollard at 703-946-3416.

The runway show will feature

some 35 of the top evening gownsand prom dresses “because they’rethe most entertaining to look at,”said Pollard. “Then they’ll be sold,silent-auction style.”

Overall, though, about 150dresses will be on display andavailable for purchase. They’re di-vided evenly between formal wear

and all-occasion dresses. Severalclassic, little black dresses will sellfor $30, and everyday dresses andsundresses for teens and adultswill range from $25-$30; thesewill be on clothing racks through-out the room.

“Ann’s Boutique in Burke Cen-tre donated six, brand-new, de-

signer dresses that average $300apiece,” said Pollard. “They’rebeautiful dresses and will be onmannequins and available for$100. Ann’s was amazing to dothis for us. They were very help-ful, willing and supportive of theevent.”

“Several sororities at GMU alsodonated dresses because they’realways having spring and fallformals,” continued Pollard. “Andwe’d be thrilled if people want tomake further donations above theasking price. Everything’s tax-de-ductible because Band of Parentsis a nonprofit.”

The models will be GMU andRobinson Secondary students, plusFranca’s girlfriend, Kelly Embley.“We’ll even have some girls mod-eling who are current survivors ofneuroblastoma,” added Pollard.Corsages for the survivors will beprovided by A Flower Blooms inClifton, and The Hair Garage ofClifton is doing the mod-els’ hair.

Pollard was raised inthe Town of Clifton and,as a student at Robinson,she helped plan herschool’s prom, so she’s ex-cited to be involved withprom gowns again. And,she said, “If any gowns areleft over, I’ll try to offerthem to local high-school girls whomay otherwise not be able to af-ford them.”

Besides the fashion show, theday’s fun will also include surpriseguests — possibly a sports figureand a musician, refreshments anda raffle of goodie baskets contain-ing items such as spa packages,prom-night limo deals, plus hairand makeup packages.

Forget Me Not Cakes ofGainesville is providing cupcakes,and four baskets of gift items willbe raffled off. Three baskets willbe prom-themed and will containgoodies such as Vera Bradley bags,plus gift certificates for limousinerides, spa treatments, hair ap-pointments and makeup. Thefourth basket will feature high-endelectronics.

In addition, vendors will be onhand with an array of fashiontrends and accessories. Clothing,jewelry and makeup vendors willdisplay and sell their wares andwill then donate a portion of theirprofits from that day’s sales or or-ders to Band of Parents.

Some limousine companies willoffer information about their ser-vices and will bring their limou-sines to the event for people totour. And Bonefish Grill in

Greenbriar has provided giftcards for the “swag bags”each attendee will receive.

Sponsoring Runway forAnother Day are VillageTimeSaver of Clifton,CleanOffice Inc. of Chantilly,Ann’s Boutique of Burke, andDeb Gorham of Long & Fos-ter, Realtors. More sponsorsare needed, though. Thoseinterested should phone Pol-lard or e-mail her [email protected].

Pollard’s sister Megan ishelping design and coordi-nate the event. It is dedi-cated to Chantilly’s RachelD’Andrea, who succumbedto neuroblastoma in Janu-ary at age 3, and they wantto raise $10,000 for thecause, in her name. Thoseunable to attend, but wish-ing to donate a dress ormoney to the cause should

phone Alyson Pollard.“When families are going

through the nightmare ofcaring for a child with can-cer, people ask them, ‘Whatcan we do?’” she said.“Sometimes the answer is ameal, sometimes it is ashoulder to cry on. But whatif we could offer these fami-lies, my own included, hope— hope for a cure and can-cer-free days?”

Therefore, she wants agood turnout for the fashionshow for two reasons. “Wegot way more dresses thanwe ever anticipated and wewant to offer them topeople,” said Pollard. “At thesame time, the more peoplewe have, the more buyersand the more money we’llraise for the charity.”

“So don’t go running outto find that perfect promdress, just yet,” she said.“Come see what Runway forAnother Day has in store foryou. And even if you aren’tgoing to a prom anytimesoon, don’t let that stop youfrom the magic and enter-tainment this day promisesto bring.”

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5403 Cheshire Meadows Way ...... $330,000 ......... Sun. 1-4 ... Julia Johnson...................Green Valley ......... 703-407-7160

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Fairfax Station10910 Rice Field Pl......................$875,000 ......... Sun 1-4 ....Helen Grozbean ................ Century 21 ........... 571-233-4287

7150 Twelve Oaks Dr. .................. $1,295,000 ...... Sun 1-4 ....Ashley O’Brien..................RE/MAX................571-332-1816

7951 Kelly Ann Ct........................$1,295,000 ...... Sun 1-4 ....Carol Hermandorfer ..........Long & Foster ...... 703-503-1812

8303 Pinyon Pine Ct. ...................$825,000 ......... Sun 1-4 ....Mary FitzHenry ................. Long & Foster ...... 703-503-1825

8929 Triple Ridge Rd...................$539,900 ......... Sun 1-4 .... Tracy Jones/Bill Halloran...Acquire ................ 703-690-1174

Lorton8049 Winstead Manor Ln.............$829,950 ......... Sun. 1-4 ... Tom & Cindy & Assoc.......Long & Foster ...... 703-822-0207

8167 Halley Ct.............................$224,900 ......... Sun 1-4 ....Dan Mleziva......................Jobin....................703-380-9915

8305 Linden Oaks Ct. .................. $379,900 ......... Sun 1-4 ....Syl Montalvo .................... PenFed.................703-868-9293

8594 Crosspointe Glen Ct. ...........$605,000 ......... Sun 1-4 ....Kim Williams....................Long & Foster ...... 703-425-8000

Burke6057 Heathwick Ct. ..................... $349,900 ......... Sun 1-4 ....Ashley O’Brien..................RE/MAX................571-332-1816

6230 Wilmette Dr. ....................... $659,000 ......... Sun 1-4 ....Debbie Richter..................Keller Williams ..... 703-798-7473

Springfield7250 Hillmead Ct.........................$279,750 ......... Sun 1-5 ....Steve Childress.................Long & Foster ...... 703-981-3277

6920 Spur Rd..............................$459,950 ......... Sun 1-4 ....Kathleen Quintarelli .......... Weichert...............703-862-8808

Annandale4612 Valerie Ct............................$599,900 ......... Sun 2-4 .... Edward Ziobro ............. Northern Va. Homes ..703-477-9570

4725 Springbrook Dr. .................. $499,950 ......... Sun 12-3 .. B.J. Winar ........................ Avery-Hess...........703-402-5072

Kingstowne/Alexandria7509 Wexford Pl. ........................ $379,880 ......... Sun 1-4 ....Greg Koons ...................... Weichert...............703-209-7678

3304 Coryell Ln...........................$240,000 ......... Sun. 1-4 ...Candace Rende.................Long & Foster ...... 703-314-2461

3857 Barcroft Ln. ........................ $960,000 ......... Sat. 1-4 ....Kathy Peters.....................Long & Foster ...... 703-915-2165

3857 Barcroft Ln. ........................ $960,000 ......... Sun. 1-4 ...Gerry Canfield .................. Long & Foster ...... 703-849-0068

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Address ................................ BR FB HB ..Postal City . Sold Price .. Type ........ Lot AC ........................ Subdivision6503 FAWN HOLLOW PL .............. 4 ... 4 ... 1 .. CENTREVILLE .... $790,000 ... Detached ....... 5.02 .... FAIRFAX NATIONAL ESTATES15344 OAKMERE PL ..................... 5 ... 3 ... 1 .. CENTREVILLE .... $618,325 ... Detached ....... 0.32 ........................... VIRGINIA RUN14524 OLD MILL RD ..................... 6 ... 4 ... 1 .. CENTREVILLE .... $615,000 ... Detached ....... 0.19 ........................ OLD MILL ROAD13705 SHELBURNE ST ................. 4 ... 3 ... 1 .. CENTREVILLE .... $550,000 ... Detached ....... 0.20 ........................... WALNEY GLEN15495 EAGLE TAVERN LN ............ 4 ... 3 ... 1 .. CENTREVILLE .... $534,000 ... Detached ....... 0.30 ........................... VIRGINIA RUN14159 COBLE LASKEY CT ............ 5 ... 2 ... 1 .. CENTREVILLE .... $510,000 ... Detached ....... 0.20 .................. COMPTON VILLAGE14707 KAMPUTA DR ..................... 5 ... 3 ... 1 .. CENTREVILLE .... $500,000 ... Detached ....... 0.19 ......................... SULLY STATION13548 MIST FLOWER DR ............. 3 ... 3 ... 1 .. CENTREVILLE .... $439,990 ... Townhouse .... 0.06 ... WINCHESTER AT FAIRCREST14615 LOCK DR ............................ 4 ... 3 ... 1 .. CENTREVILLE .... $419,000 ... Detached ....... 0.21 .......... COUNTRY CLUB MANOR6516 HARVEST MILL CT .............. 5 ... 3 ... 1 .. CENTREVILLE .... $405,000 ... Detached ....... 0.15 ................................... OLD MILL5609 SCHOOLFIELD CT ............... 5 ... 3 ... 1 .. CENTREVILLE .... $400,000 ... Other ............. 0.20 ......................... SULLY STATION5731 TRIPLETT DR ....................... 3 ... 2 ... 1 .. CENTREVILLE .... $394,000 ... Detached ....... 0.18 .................................. NEWGATE5511 BUGGY WHIP DR ................. 4 ... 3 ... 0 .. CENTREVILLE .... $390,000 ... Detached ....... 0.20 ................... BELLE POND FARM5645 ROCKY RUN DR ................... 4 ... 3 ... 1 .. CENTREVILLE .... $388,000 ... Detached ....... 0.21 ............................... ROCKY RUN14547 OAKMERE DR .................... 3 ... 2 ... 2 .. CENTREVILLE .... $371,500 ... Townhouse .... 0.05 ......................... SULLY STATION13526 STARGAZER TER ............... 3 ... 2 ... 2 .. CENTREVILLE .... $370,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.02 ................................. FAIRCREST14607 LILVA DR ............................ 4 ... 3 ... 0 .. CENTREVILLE .... $370,000 ... Detached ....... 0.27 .......... COUNTRY CLUB MANOR

In Febrary 2011, 58 Centreville homes sold between $790,000-$116,000.This week’s list represents those homes sold in the $790,000-$370,000 range.

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Not that I want to use my having can-cer as an excuse, but let’s be honest: it’s apretty good one to have, as far as excusesare concerned. So far as diseases are con-cerned, however, it’s a lousy one, whichironically is the indisputable reason whyit’s such a good excuse – for almostanything.

Part of my learning to live with my can-cer diagnosis/prognosis has been self-dis-cipline – not giving into it, if at all possi-ble; and trying not to use it as a reason tonot do something that someone mightwant or need me to do. It’s beenextremely difficult, though, to maintainthat balance between participating/payingfor things that one would consider normal– under everyday-type non-terminal cir-cumstances, and shutting down com-pletely and not doing/paying for anythingbecause I have cancer. “Playing the can-cer card” is how Mary, my sponsor, hascharacterized this almost-reflex actionover these last two years.

Generally speaking, it’s nearly impossi-ble to get me to do something now, that Idon’t want to do or am disinclined toeven consider. In my subconscious, it’s abattle between “Why bother? I have can-cer” to “How is it going to benefit me?”And the longer I live with this insidiousdisease, the more focused on my ownpursuits I become and the less flexible inaccommodating other’s intentions, thebest of them though they may be.

If there were a switch to turn off thenonstop, cancer-dominated mindset, Iwould. It would make life so much easier.But when you have an ace in the hole –so to speak, or a Jeannie in a bottle orsome magical power/possession (Lord ofthe Rings), the drain and demand on youremotional resources is incalculable.Sometimes, resistance is futile; you give inand are assimilated by The Borg. Othertimes, you find strength you didn’t knowyou had and you persevere.

Having cancer is the ultimate trumpcard (with all due respect to “TheDonald”). Practically speaking, how doesone get a terminal patient to do some-thing/anything that he or she doesn’t wantto do? It’s almost a rhetorical question.After I say, “I don’t feel like it;” howexactly are you going to make me “feellike it?” You can’t! Because most of thetime my subconscious is reminding me –although I really don’t need a reminder,that I have cancer. Moreover, there’s verylittle that can be said – or done to get meto forget that fact and do whatever, unlessI can see – or be convinced somehow,that there is some cancer-related benefitto yours truly. Every day, I fight this selfishself-indulgence. But how can I forget mycircumstances? I can’t! How can I pre-sume that there are some life-savingmedical facts not yet in evidence? I can’t!How can I not think that I’m going to pre-decease the people I love the most? Ican’t! How do I not act like every daycould be my last – at age 56, even thoughmy parents lived well into their 80’s?Stage IV lung cancer; that’s how, and why.

The weight of these emotions – andthe wait until the premature end of mylife empowers me, sort of. I have cancer,what’s your excuse?

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

By KENNETH B. LOURIE

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Sports

By Rich Sanders

Centre View

Over the past three years, theWestfield High baseball teamhas regularly played LoudounValley High in early season or

midseason games. Several of the gamesbetween the two non-region opponentshave taken place on Valley’s home playingsite at Fireman’s Field in Purcellville. It’s agorgeous site for baseball with a small townfeel and the Bulldogs and head coach ChuckWelch love to play there against the hometeam Vikings.

“It’s such a beautiful venue,” said Welch.Westfield opened up its new season on a

picturesque, beautiful evening at Fireman’sField last Friday night. The Bulldogs, a partof the Northern Region and members of theConcorde District, came to play, winningtheir season debut 12-2 over the Vikings,who are a part of the Cedar Run Districtwithin the Northwest Region.

Westfield began the season with abreakout top of the first inning in which itscored seven runs to take control. The Bull-dogs would add three more in the fourthand two in the sixth.

“We came out swinging the bats early,”said Welch, who piloted Westfield to theConcorde District tournament title last year.

Junior shortstop Kyle Corwin, who hit.425 last year for Westfield, belted a three-run home run over the center field fence tohighlight the first inning fireworks.Westfield received strong hitting games inthe win from junior second baseman and

leadoff hitter Austin Redman (2 hits, RBI),junior pitcher Wade Arduini (double, 2 runs,2 walks), senior catcher Hayden Ferington(triple), junior right fielder Matt Pisarcik(double, triple, 5 RBI), and junior centerfielder Danny Bulas (3 hits, 2 doubles, 2RBI).

Westfield, which won by the 10-run mercyrule, received a good starting pitching out-ing from Arduini, who allowed one run andtwo hits over four innings with fivestrikeouts to earn the win. Senior JoshLuatua (3 strikeouts) and junior BryanDrager (2 K’s) both threw well in one in-ning relief stints.

Welch, whose team played a solid defen-

sive game, said Arduini, a left-hander, hada rocky first inning with two walks. But hegot out of that first inning, thanks to an in-ning-ending, 6-4-3 double play ball, with-out allowing a run and pitched steady fromthen on.

“After the first inning he settled in andhad no more walks,” said Welch.

Arduini is currently tabbed as Westfield’sNo. 2 starting pitcher. Aaron Hoover, also alefty, is the top starter and was scheduledto pitch against visiting Woodbridge High,last year’s State AAA runner-up, earlier thisweek on Tuesday, March 22.

Westfield has a good mix of seniors andunderclassmen. Five sophomores were in

the starting line-up for the Bulldogs in theirdistrict tournament finals win last spring.Now, those players are seasoned juniors.Westfield has seven seniors, three who arestarters, on its roster.

All-District players from last year’s teamincluded Hoover, Corwin, Ferington, andRedman.

WELCH has had some strong pitching staffsin recent years. But this year’s staff, he said,is probably the best from a depth perspec-tive. Time will tell how good the Bulldogsare on the mound this season, but it looksas if they will have a number of reliableplayers to utilize as starters or out of thebullpen.

“It’s awfully early,” said Welch. “I wouldthink we’re pretty solid and as deep on themound as we’ve ever been.”

The team’s top pitcher from last year,right-hander Danny Thorpe, graduated andis playing college baseball at St. Joseph’s inPhiladelphia.

For the Bulldogs last year, he went 11-1with a 1.48 ERA. He was 21-2 overall dur-ing his junior and senior seasons.

“That’s hard to replace, but I like ourpitching staff,” said Welch.

Westfield’s top position player lost tograduation was Aaron Scoville, an outstand-ing defensive third baseman who ledWestfield in batting with a .522 average.

Westfield’s baseball philosophy underWelch has been to beat teams with goodpitching and solid defense.

“I think if you throw strikes and play de-fense, you’ll be in every game,” he said.

He is quite pleased with the leadershiphe has received thus far from his seniors.

“They have been great leaders,” saidWelch. “They worked hard in the offseasonand they are fun to be around.”

Westfield Baseball Once Again Strong on the MoundBulldogs win openerover host Vikings.

Westfield High baseball coach Chuck Welch and the Bulldogs will be athome next Monday night, March 28 at 6 p.m. against the McLeanHighlanders.

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SOCCER: Both Boys and Girls Varsity Soccerteams defeated South County High School in theseason opener for both teams, on Monday, March14.

For the boys’ team, winning by a score of 3-1,three separate CVHS players — Connor Coward,Jake Straub and Tyler Lawrence — tallied pointsfor the Wildcats.

The girls soccer team won its season opener 4 -1 over the Stallions. At half time, the Wildcatswere up 1- 0 with a goal from Clara Logsdon (as-sist by Alexandra Myers). The team then came infast and furious during the second half, with twogoals from Isabel Chang (assists by Mari Marotta)and a goal by Mari Marotta (assist by KatieO’Donnell). Keeper Taylor Avery had six (6) savesfor the game.

The Lady Wildcats played their second game thisseason with a 4 -0 win over Annandale HighSchool. At half time, the Wildcats were up 3- 0 withgoals from Isabel Chang (assist by AlexandraMyers), Katie O’Donnell (assist by Haley Yow) andHaley Yow (assist by Isabel Chang). In the secondhalf, the team knocked in another goal by JennaGreen (assist by Katie O’Donnell). They will travelto Oakton High School on Tuesday, March 22nd fortheir next game.

BOYS LACROSSE: Centreville High SchoolBoys Varsity Lacrosse team trounced Fairfax HighSchool 16-4, in their opening game of the seasonat Fairfax on Tuesday, March 15. Despite the pour-

ing rain, Centreville had a good showing from boththeir offensive and defensive lines. Junior ZackSikora led the Wildcats with 8 goals; also receiv-ing help from seniors Shane Kehl, Sam Marks,Austin Erickson and David Kerrigan. SophomoresAndy Balberde and Nathan Marks also contributedgoals. Goalie Pat Prosser had an outstanding game,limiting Fairfax all night. This was an impressiveon the road win for Centreville’s Varsity team,against an opponent who beat them 8-4 last year.This year’s Varsity team is coached by Jed Williams,with help from Don Hall, Oli Small and CoreySpriggs.

BOYS JV LACROSSE: The Centreville HighSchool JV Boys Lacrosse team opened its seasonMonday, March 14 against the Fairfax High SchoolRebels with a shutout, scoring 15 unansweredgoals. Scoring for the Wildcats were Sean Doyle(2 goals), Chase Heiner (1 goal), Danny Meador (3goals), Kevin Hagan (1 goal), Andrew Belloli (1goal), Andy Reilly (1 goal), Elliot Cunningham (4goals) and Brennan Tait (1 goal). Sean Doyle alsoled the team with 6 ground balls, followed byChase Heiner and Carlos Morrobel with 4 groundballs each. The team next takes on Falls Churchat their home field on Monday, March 21.

BASEBALL: The Centreville HS baseball pro-gram kicked off its 2011 season with its secondannual preseason banquet at the Fair Lakes Hyatton Monday, March 14.

The night featured a speech and introduction ofthe players by head varsity coach Morgan Spencerand head junior varsity coach Travis Johnston. Butthe night was highlighted by the event’s guestspeaker, University of Maryland head baseballcoach Erik Bakich, who spoke of determination andwork ethic, challenging the Wildcat players to al-ways work towards their goals, be a goodteammate and appreciate the efforts of their par-ents and coaches, because “the game knows” whoshould be awarded for going about things the rightway.

The banquet also featured a video highlightingthe Wildcats’ offseason weight training and condi-tioning program and introducing this year’s varsityteam.

New Physical Form for 2011-2012: Therewill be a new VHSL Physical form coming for the2011-2012 school year. Physicals are only ac-cepted on the new form and all Physicals must bedone after May 1st of 2011.

Girls Basketball Specialty Camp. TheCVHS Girls Basketball Program will be running itsannual Girls Basketball Speciality Camp for rising5th through 12th graders. The camp will be heldfrom June 27-30 (5-8 p.m.). Visit http://w w w . w e a r e c v i l l e . c o m / c a m p s /girls_basketball_camp.doc for more information.

Congrats to all of the athletes who competed

at the McLean Relays. We had several very goodperformances and our team is off to a great startfor the outdoor season. Our boys team place 10thoverall while the girls placed 5th overall.

BoysSophomore 4x100 (Kris Echevarria-Jonathan

Clark-Zach Burton-Blake Johnston) - 6th placeSprint Medley (200-200-400-800) (Alex

Marmol-Eun Chong Kim-Brett Martin-Kip Talman)- 4th place

Girls4x100 (Mariana Mastriano-Genesis Echevarria-

Sydney Evans-Maryn Wood) - 3rd placeSophomore Girls 4x800 (Katie Hannah-Sabi

Signh-Lizzy Carpenter-Joanna Ahn) -2nd placeSprint Medley Relay (200-200-400-800) (Gen-

esis-Mariana-Maryn-Brynna Heflin) - 1st placeShuttle Hurdle Relay (Hawa Koroma-Flo Duong-

Sydney Pryor-Genesis) - 1st placeHigh Jump Relay (Pryor-Mariana-Evans) 2nd

place **Pryor finished 5th overallLong Jump (Maryn-Genesis-Evans-Mariana) -

2nd **Maryn placed 4th overallTriple Jump (Pryor-Flo-Genseis) -1st place

**Pryor placed 2nd, Flo placed 5th, Genesis placed6th overall.

Discus - Sarah Emsley placed 4th overall, Pryorplaced 8th

It was a very good opener. Now we turn our at-tention to the first Centreville Relays Invitationalon Saturday, March 26. Events begin at 9 a.m.

— Givon Holmes

Centre View Sports Editor Rich Sanders

703-224-3031 or [email protected]

CVHS Sports Notebook


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The Westfield High School IceHockey Club is looking for players(both ice and in-line) to join their teamfor the upcoming 2011 spring and win-ter seasons. This opportunity is open toall students (male and female) who willbe attending Westfield High School inthe 2011-2012 school year who: cur-rently play ice hockey at either thehouse or travel level, or have played inthe past; play in-line hockey, or haveplayed in the past, and have alwayswanted to give ice hockey a try; want toexperience the thrill and honor of rep-resenting their high school on the ice.Email team manager Beth Haubach([email protected]). Signup forSpring League is now underway. Forthose only interested in playing duringthe winter season, contact the team tobe added to the mailing list.

Washington Redskins star tight endChris Cooley has announced dates forhis annual Old Spice Chris CooleyFootball Camp. The two-day eventwill be held Saturday, June 4 and Sun-day, June 5 at Fairfax High School from9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. His wife, Christy,will be hosting a cheerleading camp thatruns in conjunction with the footballcamp.

The football camp will feature a selec-tion of the top prep and collegiatecoaches in the Washington D.C. area.The camp is open to all boys and girlsages 7 to 14. Each day, the campers will

participate in various stations, special-izing in fundamental skills and the teamconcept of football. Individual groupswill be small to assure that each campergets maximum personalized instruction.In addition to seven hours of footballinstruction, all campers will receive anautographed camp team photo withCooley, a camp T-shirt, and the oppor-tunity to win additional contests andprizes. Cost of the camp is $199. Camp-ers are encouraged to register early, asspots are limited. Additional informa-tion and registration is available atwww.ChrisCooleyCamp.com or by call-ing 888-389-CAMP.

Paul VI Catholic High School ofFairfax has announced that GordonLeib has been named the new headfootball coach for the Panthers. Leib, theformer coach at James Madison HighSchool (Vienna), has led his Warhawkteams to a record of 69-43 (.616) overthe past 10 seasons, while qualifying forthe Northern Region Div. 5 playoffseight times. Madison reached the regionfinals three times and garnered one re-gion championship.

Leib will also teach at the privateschool.

H. K. Lee Academy of Tae KwonDo of Herndon will host the NationalCapital Open Tae Kwon Do Champion-ship on Saturday, April 12 from 10 a.m.to 6 p.m. at South Lakes High School in

Reston. The event will attract approxi-mately 2,000 people, includingcompetitors, coaches, officials, specialguests and spectators. All proceeds fromspectator admissions will benefit theSouth Lakes High School AthleticBooster Club.

More information, including the entryform, is available online atwww.hkleetkd.com/capitol.htm or bycalling 703-437-5111.

Duke University women’s basket-ball star Jasmine Thomas (OaktonHigh School) has been named StateFarm All-Region for the second straightyear. The Women’s Basketball CoachesAssociation (WBCA), in cooperationwith State Farm, announced the All-Region nominees for the 2011 StateFarm Coaches’ All-America Team lastWednesday.

Thomas, a native of Fairfax, has ledsixth-ranked Duke to a 29-3 overallrecord and 12-2 mark in Atlantic CoastConference (ACC). Thomas was namedACC Tournament MVP for the secondconsecutive year after guiding Duke toits second straight ACC Tournamentcrown. The 5-9 senior guard has aver-aged 14.8 points, 3.9 rebounds, 3.3assists, and 2.4 steals on the season.Thomas is also a State Farm Wade Tro-phy and Naismith National Player of theYear candidate, while being named tothe All-ACC Defensive Team and ACCScholar-Athlete of the Year.

Sports Notes

Centreville High seniors Sabal Arora andSahid Bangura display the medals theyearned in the Website Development event atthe 2011 Northern Region FBLA Conference.

The following Centreville High Schoolstudents earned medals at the 2010Northern Virginia Regional FBLA Compe-tition:

❖ Junior Garrett Leavitt, 2nd place,Impromptu Speaking;

❖ Senior Sarah Hollenbeck, 2nd place,Business Communications;

❖ Seniors Sahid Bangura and SabalArora, 2nd place, Website Development;

❖ Seniors Ranjana Addanki andAbhishek Ramanan, and Junior PraveenMohanraju, 3rd place, Business PlanDevelopment/Implementation.

CVHS Students WinFBLA Medals

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New Worship Location Starting March 14, 2010!!Centreville High School6001 Union Mill Road

Clifton, VA 20124A NEW CHURCH IS BEING BUILT!

Mount Olive Baptist Church

SUNDAY SERVICE SCHEDULE ATCENTREVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

Sunday School 9:00-9:45 AMWorship Service 9:45 AMChildren’s & Youth Church 10:00 AMYouth Minister: Rev. Bobby Joe Ford, Jr.Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 9:00 PM(Includes Youth Classes)

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ONGOINGCraft Vendors are needed for the Holiday Bazaar

and Craft Fair on Saturday, Nov. 12 from 9 a.m.to 3 p.m. at Centreville United MethodistChurch, 6400 Old Centreville Road. [email protected] or 703-830-2684.

Attention crafters: Save $10 on your registrationfee when you sign up for the 31st Annual St.Timothy Craft Fair, Nov. 19. Download anapplication at www.sainttimothyschool.org orcall 703-814-7986.

NOW THROUGH JUNE 2Journey from Mourning to Joy. Thursdays

6:30-8:30 p.m. If you have lost someone close toyou or know someone who has, join in a weeklyGriefShare seminar/support group. At 25350Poland Road, Grace Fellowship, Chantilly. Call

Kristi at 703-850-4546.

THURSDAY/MARCH 24Job Fair. 1 to 3 p.m. Virginia International

University (VIU) is hosting a Career Fair at theuniversity’s Waples Mill Campus in Fairfax. Theevent will feature local organizations that arelooking to employ individuals within thecommunity. At Virginia International University,Waples Mill Conference Center, 11200 WaplesMill Road, #360, Fairfax. Visit VIU’s website athttp://www.viu.edu

SATURDAY/MARCH 26Shredding Event. Noon to 3 p.m. Bring your

personal and business documents by the box orbag, and have them shredded on the spot andsecure by a shred truck, at $10/box. In the GloryDays Grill Centreville parking lot. Receive aGlory Days appetizer coupon, a window decal,

and blue ribbon. Donations are tax deductible.Proceeds benefit the Police Unity Tour and theNational Law Enforcement Officers MemorialFund. Questions, contact Kevin Whalen [email protected]

MARCH 26-27Talk on Orthodox Christianity. 6 p.m. on

March 26; 9:30 a.m. on March 27. With the VeryRev. Fr. Peter Gillquist who has authored books,including “Becoming Orthodox: A Journey to theAncient Christian Faith,” “The Physical Side ofBeing Spiritual,” and “Coming Home: WhyProtestant Clergy are Becoming Orthodox,” andhas spoken to gatherings across North Americaand around the world. At St. Raphael ofBrooklyn Orthodox Church, 4429 BrookfieldCorporate Drive, #500, Chantilly. Contact Fr.Thomas at [email protected].

THURSDAY/MARCH 31Assistance League of Northern Virginia

Operation School Bell Weekend Food for Kidswill be packing 500 food bags for students inFairfax and Prince William counties onThursday, March 31 at 9:30 a.m. at Hoop Magic,1480 Murdock Street, Chantilly. Volunteers areneeded to give a couple of hours of their timefor this event. Assistance League is a nonprofitvolunteer organization dedicated to promotingliteracy and well-being. Contact:[email protected] or call 703-591-2312.Visit www.northernvirginia.assistanceleague.org

MONDAY/APRIL 4Tea Party Mixer. 6:30 to 9 p.m. Guest speaker is

former Virginia Gov. George Allen. At BackyardGrill, 13999 Metrotech Drive, Chantilly. Call703-475-7125.

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