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SATURDAY/AUG. 7Spring Forest Qigong Practice.

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Lake Anne Farmer’s Market. 8 a.m.-12 p.m. at Lake Anne Plaza, Reston.Local produce, honey, meats andmore. Live music.www.restonfarmersmarket.com.

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Moms Club of Reston. 10 a.m. atGreat Falls Grange Park in GreatFalls. Meets the 2nd Wednesday ofeach month. Playgroups, babysittingco-op, moms’ night out and more.www.momsclubofreston.webs.com.

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THURSDAY/AUG. 12Lupus Support Group. 12 p.m. at

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By Alex McVeigh

The Connection

Teachers and staff fromFairfax County Schoolsspent four days last week

training on Google Earth and otherGoogle applications in order tofind a better way to educate theirstudents. The teachers came fromSouth Lakes High School and itsfeeder middle and elementaryschools.

The session was the first part inwhat both Google and FairfaxCounty are hoping becomes a longand fruitful partnership.

“We don’t just want to partnerwith organizations like Google inname, we want to do somethingthat helps both parties,” said JayGarant, coordinator for businessand community partnerships forFairfax County Public Schools.

Seven teachers each from eightdifferent schools brought theirown laptops, loaded with theGoogle Earth software, and splitup into groups at Google’s Restonoffice. Though they were spreadacross several conference rooms,all the rooms were linked byvideoconferencing, allowing ev-eryone to receive the instructionand interact with any of the teach-ers. “We’re hoping that betweenthe 56 teachers, we’re able to de-velop a minimum of 24 curriculumpackets,” Garant said.

THE EDUCATORS tackled a va-riety of tasks during the four-daytraining. Jana Chavers, a teacherat Forest Edge Elementary wasable to plot out her dream vaca-tion — which started at RonaldReagan National Airport and in-cluded stops in San Juan, PuertoRico, St. Vincent and Tobago — ingreat detail.

“It even showed me the part ofthe ocean where I would be goingsnorkeling,” she said.

Megan Goddard, a seniorgeodata analyst for Google whoalso has a background in cartog-raphy, showed the teachers thatGoogle Earth has applications farbeyond the geographical informa-tion.

“You can use these programs “for

a lot of subjects, including math,history and literature,” Goddardsaid. Technology such as GoogleEarth is often more familiar to theyounger students than teachers.Tim Stahmer, a technology special-ist with Fairfax County, hopes thatthis sort of thing changes the waystudents are taught for the better.

“This should help us move awayfrom lecture-demo type instruc-tion and move to project-basedinstruction,” Stahmer said.

Linda Martin, an Advanced Aca-demic Resource teacher at Dog-wood Elementary, said she cameaway with a lot of ideas how tointegrate the training into the cur-riculum.

“I didn’t know how to do any ofthis two weeks ago, but I learnedthat it’s a very accessible tool,”Martin said.

DIANE HARAZIN, a curriculumtechnology specialist with FairfaxCounty, praised the visual nature,saying “we are seeing proof of the

power of visual tools. Special Edu-cation and [English as a SecondLanguage] students can respondjust as well. It’s applicable to allour student populations.”

Harazin was sent to Californiato train on the software before theReston training. After being in-vited, there initially wasn’t moneyin the budget to send her, butApple Federal Credit Union do-nated the money.

“We’re an education-affiliatedcredit union, and we’re dedicatedto classroom enhancement,” saidRobert L. Sowell Sr., vice presidentof community relations for AFCU.

Harazin said she is hoping thatif the first round of training goeswell, they can start spreadingacross the entire county and be-yond.

“By developing and definingthese sort of curriculum packages,we hope to be able to share themwith Fairfax County teachers andeven the Google Earth commu-nity,” she said.

Teachers from South Lakes High School and its feederschools practice using Google Earth at Google’s RestonHeadquarters July 29. Educators learned how to usesoftware such as Google Earth and Google Sketchup tohelp children learn more interactively.

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Navigating the ClassroomFairfax Countyteachers trainwith newtechnology atGoogle offices.

From left, Jennifer Bower,Mark Moseley and BarbCoates, teachers at Dog-wood Elementary, shareideas about how to useGoogle Earth in the class-room.

Reston Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic

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Ji Ahn, a teacher at HuntersWoods Elementary, sharesone of her projects, whichinvolved a tour around theAmazon River.

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The Leagueof RestonA r t i s t s

showed off theplans for the sec-ond edition ofArtsCapade, anarts festival atDulles Station inHerndon. The kick-off event tookplace at Frying PanFarm Park July 22,featuring barbecueand live music.

The festival will take placeOct. 23 and 24 and it will fea-ture paintings, sculpture, jew-elry, photography and otherarts, including interactive artfor children.

This is the first year non-members will be part of the fes-tival, last year almost 200 mem-bers participated and organiz-ers are looking for an even big-ger turnout this year.

“This is the biggest eventwe’ve ever done, and we’re hop-ing for a lot of artists to comeout this year,” said LeaguePresident Cheryl Parsons.“When you see the work theseartists put in, it’s hard to say no,so it’s nice to be able to getmore artists in.”

LAST YEAR, the show tookplace inside, but this yearthey’re expanding to twoblocks, all the way downSayward Boulevard. Leaguemember Alfonso Ong designedthe layout for the festival, andsaid that Dulles Station pro-vided a perfect atmosphere.

“It’s a nice long, wide streetwith a park in the middle, it’sjust what we needed,” Ongsaid. “By going from inside totwo blocks, we’ll be able to ac-

commodate a lot of artists.”The League of Reston Artists

has been around for more than40 years, and they held lastyear’s ArtsCapade because “wethought it was about time wegot out and did something withthis organization,” Parsons said.

The event has a submissionprocess, but juror KerinMcBride, a painter, said that thisis a good event for artists to getthe feel of the process.

Loretta Scott, a jeweler andpainter, said the festival is agood way for artists that haveanother job to get out there.

“If you’ve got a day job, youcan’t always get out and displayyour work as much as you’dlike,” Scott said. “It’s difficult toget your own exhibition, but thefestival is great for putting yourname and style on display.

The LRA is also currently in-volved in search of a gallery,they display work at the RestonChamber of Commerce and theReston Community Center.

More information about theLRA can be found atwww.leagueofrestonartists.org,and applications for ArtsCapadecan be submitted towww.zapplication.org. Submis-sions are due Aug. 11.

Steve Bowers performs at the kickoff event for theLeague of Reston Artists second annual ArtsCapade.

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ArtsCapadeReturns in October

Cheryl Parsons, president of theLeague of Reston Artists speaks toan audience at Frying Pan FarmPark about the upcomingArtsCapade art festival July 22.


Opinion

While some of us are not surehow it got to be August, nevermind time to start thinkingabout going back to school, the

first day of school is more than a month away,Tuesday after Labor Day, Sept. 7.

Virginia families can take advantage of whatamounts to a three-day coupon for five per-cent off many back-to-school items. Sales taxis suspended for the coming weekend, Fridaythrough Sunday, Aug. 6, 7 and 8 (restrictionsapply).

During this three-day period, purchases ofqualifying school supplies selling for $20 orless per item, and purchases of qualifying cloth-ing and footwear selling for $100 or less peritem will be exempt from sales tax.

The tax holiday should encourage more fami-lies to spend their back-to-school dollars inlocal stores rather than online. This is an ex-cellent time to support local businesses, manysuffering from the recession as well as compe-tition from online businesses that offer tax-freeshopping all the time. Local businesses thatdon’t get their money from the federal gov-ernment need local shopping support nowmore than ever.

Remember that many families in the area arestruggling. There are many options to help.

❖ FACETS in Fairfax, which provided morethan 300 students with backpacks filled withsupplies last year, is collecting school suppliesuntil Aug. 13 at 10640 Page Avenue, Suite 300,Fairfax. Volunteers will gather for Back toSchool parties to stuff their new backpacks withsupplies. Contact Deborah Heller at 703-352-3268 or [email protected].

❖ The Fairfax Bar Association Paralegal Sec-tion, with the Fairfax Law Foundation, is col-

lecting for its annual Back-to-School SuppliesDrive, for children at Mondloch House II, aFairfax County homeless shelter for families.Send donations by Aug. 26 to Fairfax Law Foun-dation, 4110 Chain Bridge Road, Suite 216,Fairfax, VA 22030.

❖ Our Daily Bread’s Back to School programhelped more than 350 receive the supplies theyneeded, 108 more children than in 2008, andthey expect the demand for assistance this yearto be greater than ever. See www.our-daily-bread.org/Back_to_School_Program.html

Back-to-school shopping for supplies is oneof many important things to take care of be-fore school starts. Students need up-to-dateimmunizations. Early in fall, flu shots will alsobe available. Add to the list of “safety” items:talk with your students about what they aredoing online (hint: it mostly isn’t shopping).

But probably the most important thing par-ents can do to ensure a successful school yearis to make contact with your child’s teachers,make sure they know who you are, how tocontact you and that you care. Use the onlinetools to track your child’s progress (but don’tgo crazy monitoring every blip).

One of the best ways to kick off this regularcontact with your child’s school is to attendback to school night. Most back to schoolevents for parents are already scheduled; markyour calendar.

— Mary Kimm,

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Back-to-school sales tax holiday a reminder ofother back-to-school rituals; buy some extrasupplies for needy students.

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and Sunday) each year. The 2010 holiday will takeplace on Aug. 6-8.

What’s Exempt: During this three-day period,purchases of qualifying school supplies selling for$20 or less per item, and purchases of qualifyingclothing and footwear selling for $100 or less peritem will be exempt from sales tax.

www.tax.virginia.gov, click on “Sales Tax Holidays”

BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHTSFAIRFAX COUNTYSee this link for a complete list of upcoming Back-to-

School nightshttp://www.fcps.edu/news/backtoschool.htm

Why CompaniesAre Sitting on Cash

To the Editor:News commentators, analysts

and Republican congressmen fre-quently make statements that U.S.companies have accumulated $1.8trillion in cash and they won’t ex-pand plants, buy equipment andhire new employees because ofuncertainty about the financial/Wall Street reform, and healthcarereform. Uncertainty is not new toU.S. companies. U.S. businessmenare trained to manage their com-panies in times of uncertainty. Allcompetitors in any industry willhave to operate under the sameconditions/restraints establishedby the newly enacted reforms.Uncertainty is only a fringe issue.The primary reason companies aresitting on this cash and not ex-panding plants and hiring peopleis that their market research re-veals low demand for their prod-uct and services. Even when fac-ing uncertainty, prudent compa-nies will expand plant, buy equip-ment, and hire people when thereis market evidence of a robust de-mand for their products and ser

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By John Lovaas

Reston Impact Producer/Host

Last weekend, as Julycrossed into August, I wasreminded how nice this

place called Reston truly is. Wewere in Lake Anne Village Center,Reston’s only genuine “village cen-ter,” as founder Robert Simon re-minded a group visioning Reston’sfuture the other evening. Ourweekend began with live music onWashington Plaza by the lake,where several party boats bobbedabout with passengers contentedlylistening to the music from com-fortable deck chairs. We dined onthe Plaza with a magnificent viewof Lake Anne from the newKalypso Restaurant featuring anice Greek-Italian fare and a waitstaff anxious to please. The Plazawas alive with people, music anda friendly navy joining in. BobSimon says a plaza or square (withor without lake?) where peoplecongregate is a sine qua non tomake a genuine village center.Lake Anne clearly qualifies.

Early Saturday morning, our re-invigorated Lake Anne Villagesprang to life again with the

Reston Farmers Mar-ket, the Best in North-ern Virginia, accordingto Northern VirginiaMagazine. It filled thecenter’s parking lotwith the freshest fruitsand veggies,flowers andplants, marvel-ous bakedgoods, honey, soups, meats andcheeses music and more. For sev-eral years, the Farmers Market wasthe only Saturday life, but now theOpen Air and Handicrafts Marketwith as many as 40 vendors simul-taneously fills the contiguousPlaza itself, creating a synergy thatgives the whole village the air of agreat bazaar, complete with mu-sic, wandering magicians andmore.

I admit to possible bias about theFarmers Market where my wifeFran and I serve as volunteer “mar-ket masters” Saturday mornings.

Somehow this last Saturdayseemed especially vibrant and en-joyable as 3,000 or so shopped andsocialized at the Market. Perhapsit seemed that way because of thegentler temperatures and nice

breeze, or perhaps itwas because we werehaving fun being thereon our 45th weddinganniversary.

Across the street fromLake Anne on Saturday

afternoon andSunday, the sev-enth annualAsian Festival

filled the Lake Newport tenniscourts area and the Brown’sChapel park with three perform-ing stages, 35 food stands offer-ing some of the most exotic andwonderful Asian chow to be foundin the region, a Philippine Villageincluding a performing stage anda wide array of goods for sale fromthat charming archipelago nation,and a great selection of exoticgoods for sale and fun and gamesfor all ages. Last year, organizersestimated that 50,000 people vis-ited the Festival. There certainlywere no fewer this year at what Ibelieve is close to becomingReston’s premier annual event,second only perhaps to the North-ern Virginia Fine Arts Festival interms of character and attendance.

A great place to spend a specialweekend — Lake Anne in Reston.

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Opinion

By Kenneth R. “Ken” Plum

State Delegate (D-36)

I learned recently that the PageCounty School Board has decided to close Grove Hill El-

ementary School that I attendedfor my first seven years of school-ing. The locality has lost too muchin state education funding and lo-cal tax revenues to be able to keepthe 100-year-old communityschool open. The longer bus ridesto other schools that the 150 stu-

dents will haveto take to at-tend largerclasses are but

a few examples of how the reces-sion and the reductions in stateschool funding are impacting onschools. In my district, schools areincreasing class size, reducing pro-grams, and adding fees to makeup for some of the lost revenue.

A paper, “The Evolution of Vir-ginia Public School Finance: Fromthe Beginnings to Today’s Difficul-ties” by Professor Richard G.Salmon of Virginia Tech who is theacknowledged expert on publicschool finances in the state, quan-tifies the fiscal challenges being

felt by the public schools.According to his reportthat is in the June 2010,The Virginian News Let-ter of the Weldon CooperCenter for Public Serviceat the University of Vir-g i n i a(www.coopercenter.org),Virginia “ranks amongthe lowest in the nation for fiscaleffort for education based on per-sonal income.” The National Edu-cation Association estimates thatfor the 2009-2010 school year Vir-ginia will rank 47th lowest in pub-lic school funding as a percent ofpersonal income.

As is true for all states, Virginia’seducation funding would be evenbleaker if it had not been for theinfusion of federal stimulus dol-lars. Federal aid per pupil in Vir-ginia for the past several years hashovered around $700. This yearwith the stimulus money it jumpedto over $1,200. Next year it islikely to revert back.

Salmon has a reputation for be-ing direct in his findings and con-clusions on public school funding.He does not disappoint in this re-port. “Both the executive and thelegislature,” he wrote, “have relied

exclusively on cost con-tainment and haveimplemented massivebudget reductions for vir-tually all state agenciesin order to balance thebudget. The reductionshave fallen particularlyhard on public educa-tion. … Both [the execu-

tive and the legislature] have at-tempted to convince the publicthat their constitutional obligationto provide and maintain a highquality system of public schoolshas been fulfilled by engaging in aseries of charades.” The charadeshe refers to are the use of the fed-eral stimulus dollars, reduction inpersonnel requirements, and a raidon the state Literacy Fund.

As the public becomes moreaware of the impact that currentbudgeting practices are having oneducational programs for theirchildren, grandchildren, and chil-dren in the community, will thepublic demand that their legisla-tors develop the backbone and willto deal more realistically with thebudget? I voted against the currentbudget as being inadequate. Nextyear the impact on schools will beeven greater.

Schools Feeling Impact of Cutbacks

Commentary

vices. To do otherwise, wouldleave the opportunity to their com-petitors. Blaming uncertainty is afalse claim, and the people whomake just claim should know bet-ter.

Col. Denver LovettReston

Board KnowsBest

To the Editor:Fortunate are we poor, wretched

citizens of Fairfax County to beblessed by the wise leadership ofelected officials — gods really —who exhibit the judgment to knowwhat they must do for our owngood, even when it is against ourown misguided wishes. HadSchool Board members StuartGibson (Hunter Mill) and TessieWilson (Braddock) only explainedthis to us earlier, things wouldhave been so much easier. But, asthey explain in their letter [“Keep-ing Our Eye on the Prize,” Connec-tion, July 28-Aug. 3, 2010], theirreasoning may be beyond ourmeager ability to comprehend, soperhaps this explanation wouldn’thave helped.

The important thing is that they

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are in place, doing exactly the op-posite of what constituents wanton nearly every issue of substance,for our own good. Their insightinto what is in fact truly best forthe children of the county, as theyexplained that only they under-stand, is particularly incredible inlight of the fact that neither ofthem has school-age children.What can we parents possiblyknow about our own kids and theircohort that these board membersdon’t perceive more acutely? Wecitizens can only guess what addi-tional unpopular-but-necessarydecisions these omniscient boardmembers will deign to impartupon us.

Dan CarneyHerndon

Facts vs. OpinionOnOvercrowding

To the Editor:Regarding the letter “Overstat-

ing the Overcrowding” by WadeGilley, Alt. to Reston Task Force[Reston Connection, July 7- 13,2010].

RCA’s Reston 2020 is assistingthe Task Force by conducting re-search and issuing reports on top-ics that should be of interest to the

community as a whole and to theTask Force members in particular.

I would submit that Mr. Gilleymay wish to contact the FairfaxCounty Public School planningstaff to receive the information forhimself that we presented in ourpaper to the Task Force.

According to the FCPS planningstaff, the older neighborhoods ofReston are rapidly turning over tonew, younger families with chil-dren. Ask those of us who live inthese neighborhoods or any Restonrealtor to confirm this, please. Inaddition, demographics are chang-ing as families with children areliving in smaller and smaller quar-ters.

Without any new residences inReston, FCPS predicts that all ofthe schools in the Reston pyramidwill be overcrowded in five years.Any children coming into our com-munity from new construction arenot included in these projections.Indeed, the Task Force must planfor extra schools now.

Please, Mr. Gilley, as you entreatin your letter-to-the-editor, pleaserefrain from presenting opinion asfact. Reston 2020’s information hasbeen vetted by officials and is notopinion.

Tammi Petrine, Co-ChairRCA’s Reston 2020 Committee

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Lake Newport Square hostedthe Seventh Annual AsianFestival last weekend, and

it gave the community a chance tosample the very best of culturefrom the Asian world. A variety offoods, music, crafts and culturecould be found around every cor-ner of the square throughout thetwo-day event.

Three different stages featured avariety of music and other demon-strations, and wherever there wasopen space, a martial arts, tennisor crafts demonstration couldbreak out. The variety of experi-ences offered kept visitors movingaround constantly, trying to take itall in. “This year’s festival offersall-day entertainment, native food,handicrafts, as well as sports andgames for all ages, which translatesinto non-stop fun for everyone,”said George Duangamee.

MOST PEOPLE parked at theLake Anne Village Center or tookthe shuttle over from the oldReston Association Building. Mostof the displays were laid out in aline, and as guests walked alongthe paths adjacent to BrownsChapel Road.

The section closest to the shuttledrop-off point featured clothing,household goods and activities forchildren. Several makeshift tenniscourts were also set up on the as-phalt, and throughout the event,Tiger Den Martial Arts performeddemonstrations, where their stu-dents performed a variety ofcrowd-pleasing stunts.

“I was surprised at the variety ofstuff here for sale,” said Diana

Aston, whose cloth shopping bagwas filled with a selection of gour-met teas, a wooden Buddha headand a red silk sari. “I definitelywasn’t anticipating doing any shop-ping here, but there was somepretty neat stuff.”

The selection of local foods pro-vided everything from drinks (freshsugar cane juice, Thai iced tea),grilled meats, and regional dishesand desserts. It seemed that almostanyone could find something thatthey hadn’t tried before.

“I’ve done a pretty good amountof traveling throughout Asia, so Icame here looking for some of myfavorites,” said Gary Lowe, a resi-dent of Sterling. “I had somechicken satay (skewered chickenserved with sauce), which was asgood as I’ve had outside of Indo-nesia. I also tried halo-halo (Fili-pino dessert, a mixture of shavedice and milk), which I had neverhad, and was very pleased.”

The last stretch of paths led to acarnival-style area, with amuse-ment park rides available for chil-dren and adults.

THE PHILIPPINES were theshowcased nation this year. Theyhad a big display set up at the frontof the festival, featuring thetinikling, the national dance of thePhilippines where dancers stepover and around two bamboo polesthat are tapped on the ground inrhythmic fashion.

Interested parties were invited tostep up and try their hand at thedance, which cause a few misstepsearly, but people picked up therhythm quickly and soon childrenand adults were all taking theirturns.

“It was really hard to keep up,but then they told me to pay at-tention to the rhythm of the bam-boo hitting the ground,” said BeckyBallard, 11. “Once I picked it up itwas sort of like a really fun kind ofjump roping.”

Festive Cultures

Surya Williams delivers a flying kick to the pad beingheld by Master Jeong Jea Kim, during Tiger Den’s mar-tial arts demonstration at the D.C. Asian Festival July 31.

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Festival bringstogether best ofAsian cultures.

Reston Founder Robert E. Simon, Jr., Del. Ken Plum (D-36)and RA President Kathleen Driscoll McKee attend theopening of the Asian Festival.

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Candidates for ‘Miss Chinese-American’ were introducedat the Asian Festival in Reston.

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Asian Festival attendees try their hand at the tinikling,the national dance of the Philippines. The dance, whichinvolves dancing around two pieces of bamboo movedby the people on the ground, was part of the display forthe Philippines, which was the featured nation of thisyear’s festival.

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Sports

By Rich Sanders

The Connection

Growing up in hishometown of Viennain the 1970s, RodgerMelchiori of

Chantilly had a love and passionfor playing and following sports.Some of his greatest memories areof playing youth basketball for theCougars within Vienna Youth In-corporated, as well as playingbaseball for the Rebels within theVienna Little League.

Melchiori continued to play andexcel in athletics as he moved intohis teens, always enjoying thecompetition and camaraderie thatcomes with being part of a teamunit. He competed at the intramu-ral level at James Madison Univer-sity in Harrisonburg and, duringthe summers, loved playing slowpitch softball within the old ViennaChurch Softball League as a mem-ber of the St. Mark’s team.

As an adult, Melchiori, a 1981graduate of James Madison HighSchool in Vienna, played softballfor years within Fairfax County aspart of the Fairfax Adult Softballorganization — one of the largestand best run adult softball pro-grams in the country. He alsoplayed in Fairfax County-run bas-ketball and flag football leagues.

One of the greatest benefits forathletic minded adults, likeMelchiori, in Northern Virginia isthe outstanding Fairfax Countyadult recreation sports leaguesthat allow individuals to continuetheir playing careers for as long asthey wish. A sports venue is alwaysavailable for men and women wholove hitting the ball field or thehard wood.

“Fairfax County [for adult ath-letes] is excellent,” said Melchiori,the father of three. “They do a fan-tastic job of providing opportuni-ties to play, having well organizedprograms and having good play-ing facilities.”

As Melchiori’s children grewolder over the year, he got moreinvolved in their sports endeavorsand “retired” as an active athletehimself.

“Once your kids start playingsports, their activities kind of take

over,” said Melchiori, with a laugh.“But I have always thought itwould be fun to be in one of the50-over leagues.”

FAIRFAX COUNTY’S most popu-lar adult sport venue is FairfaxAdult Softball (FAS), which hasclose to 10,000 participants —men and women combined — whomake up more than 800 teams.The organization runs spring,summer and fall leagues. Ball play-ers can compete in men’s orwomen’s leagues, as well as coedand senior divisions.

The long-running FAS organiza-tion is currently as popular as ever.

“We have a whole lot of teams,from the [more] competitive levelto recreation level for those wholike that,” said Christine Frece, FASadministrative assistant. “Thisyear, we have increased teams forfall, spring and summer.”

Frece, whose father played com-petitive tournament softball, saidthere are so many positives thatcome from playing adult softballor any sport.

“It’s fun, you get exercise andyou have the social aspect playingwith friends and family,” saidFrece, a former girls’ softballplayer at Robert E. Lee HighSchool in Springfield. “It’s funnywho you’ll run into on the softballfield.”

Frece also plays recreation vol-leyball.

“I like volleyball a lot,” she said.“You play three games a night andit’s fast paced.”

Those interested in playingwithin FAS’ upcoming fall leaguesoftball program should contactthe [email protected].

Fairfax County adult sports pro-grams that take place on outdoorfields across Northern Virginia in-

clude baseball, field hockey, flagfootball, lacrosse, rugby, soccer,kickball, softball and cricket.About 50,000 adults participate inthose sports combined. The countysports programs that take placeindoors include badminton, bas-ketball and volleyball. Close to13,000 participants take part inthose sports.

Karen Avvisato, the FairfaxCounty’s division director for com-munity use scheduling for the De-partment of Neighborhood andCommunity Services, said adultslove competing in sports for nu-merous reasons.

“People want the socialization,and they want to unwind aftertheir work day and get togetherwith friends,” said Avvisato, whoworks out of the Pennino Buildingin Fairfax. “Some [participants]have never played before and goout for the fun of it. But mostpeople have played sports most oftheir lives and want to continuethat.

“We live in such a fast-pacedarea,” she said. “It’s a tough timeeconomically and people workhard for a living here. It’s nice forpeople to unwind and to have thatavenue to exercise and play sportswith friends.”

While adult softball has themost participants, Avvisato saidsoccer is also popular with morethan 9,000 athletes having par-ticipated this past spring seasonand just as many likely to playthis fall.

“There’s lots of running and it’sa way to get exercise,” saidAvvisato, of the cardiovascularstrengthening sport of soccer.“Soccer helps you maintain fit-ness.”

Fairfax County, for its sports pro-grams, utilizes gym and field spaceat local schools and park sites, pro-

viding quality playing venues forall those involved in adult recre-ation sports.

“It’s our job to give everyone a[quality] place to play, to maxi-mize all the facilities out there,”said Avvisato.

LastingMemories

Dave Sanders, who grew up inVienna and currently lives inAshburn with his family, playedwithin the Fairfax County recre-ation men’s basketball and softballleagues for years, and currentlyplays hoops within LoudounCounty.

Sanders, a former Madison Highbasketball player (Madison, classof 1987), has great memories ofhis 20-plus years on the ball dia-mond playing softball. He playedfor Emmanuel Lutheran Church’smen’s softball team within theVienna Softball Church League inthe mid-to-late 1980s and into theearly 1990s. Eventually, the teammoved into the Fairfax Countyleague.

“Playing softball in FairfaxCounty was and has been a greatexperience,” said Sanders. “It gaveme the ability to connect with fam-ily, church and college friends ona weekly basis for 20 years. Memo-ries include playing at BraddockPark, my favorite venue, duringsummer nights, nothing quite likethe feeling of playing under thelights against tough competition.The most special experiences,however, were the teammates,guys trying to sustain the gloryyears, giving it their all, allowingus for just a moment to leave allthe daily responsibilities behind.

“My memories include the feel-ing of hitting a line drive to theopposite field, relays to the plate,

guys taking shots off their chestfrom aluminum bats that becamemore difficult to navigate, callingthe [FAS] rain lines and, most ofall, the friendship and competi-tion,” said Sanders, who currentlyhas cut down his athletic playingendeavors to basketball withinLoudoun County. “Fairfax Countyalways ran a good league.”

RESTON NATIVE Anne Nichols,21, plays for a social league soft-ball team despite having no expe-rience. She joked that she playscatcher to avoid being involved inthe action.

“It just seemed like a fun oppor-tunity, even though I’m really mis-erable and I’ve never played be-fore,” said Nichols, a student atWake Forest.

Nichols’ boyfriend’s sister,Katie Flynn, started the team.Flynn, a 27-year-old Reston na-tive, played softball at SouthLakes High School and SetonHall University. While Nichols isa newcomer along for some fun,the rest of the team has a differ-ent approach.

“As a team, we’re outrageouslycompetitive to a point where it’sembarrassing and awkward foreverybody,” Flynn said.

Within Fairfax County adult rec-reation sports, there is a place forthe highly competitive as well asthose who come out strictly forsocial enjoyment and exercise.

“For me, it was more being withyour friends,” said Melchiori, ofthe greatest enjoyment he receivedover the years playing sports, bothas a youngster and on into adult-hood. “You develop such friend-ships playing youth ball and intohigh school [and beyond]. Playingsports is a great way to maintainfriendships.”

Reporter Jon Roetman contrib-uted to this story.

Rec Sports Leagues Provide Competition, Fitness, FriendshipSports playingcareers don’thave to end aftercollege for theathletic minded.

Fairfax County adult recreation indoor soccer providesparticipants a chance to compete while staying in shapeand having fun.

Fairfax Adult Softball offers an opportunity to competefor a range of age groups and ability levels.

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How do you think events likethis help the Nature Hose?

Fran Lovaas, Reston “It’s great to raise money for the things the

Nature House wants to do.”

Susan Williams, Reston“I think this will give people a better idea of

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John Lovaas, Reston“It is exactly what the Nature House needs

to get their name out. Mixing comedy and na-ture is a great way to build excitement for thisbeautiful place.”

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Comedy Supports Nature House

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By Timothy P. Muha

The Connection

The auditorium filled with laughter as the “Oh Mother! Storiesabout Nature” inaugural show

began on Saturday, July 24. The perfor-mance drew large crowds to the NatureHouse off Glade Drive in Reston.

On behalf of the Friends of Reston, Jes-sica Piscitelli, a board member, broughttogether six of the area’s best storytellersand comedians. With hopes of bringing alittle laughter and some donations to theNature House of Reston, performers didtheir best to entertain and educate the au-dience.

Amy Saidman, Dustin Fisher, JenniferMoore, Meredith Maslich, Kevin Boggsand Adam Reuben offered the packed au-ditorium at the Nature House, recollec-tions and ideas about what nature meansto them. The show raised over $750, dedi-cated to improving the environmentaleducation programs at the nature house.

“It is important to have draws andevents that keep people coming to theNature House”, said Katie Shaw, the Na-ture Center manager.

The Nature House is open to the public Mon-day-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m.-1p.m., and Sundays,1-4 p.m.

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When you visit one of these Open Houses, tell the Realtor you saw it in this Connection Newspaper. For more real estatelistings and open houses visit www.ConnectionNewspapers.com, click the Real Estate links on the right side.

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Reston1658 Parkcrest #2c/300.....$155,000...Sun 1-3....Lynette Villanueva........Keller Williams..........703-340-50361984 Winterport Dr............$369,000...Sun 1-4....Sandra Cronin..............Coldwell Banker ........703-731-828010969 Harpers Square.......$385,000...Sun 1-4....Mary Bernard...............Coldwell Banker ........703-471-722011760 Great Owl Circle ...... $475,000...Sun 1-4....Nikki Ryan....................Keller Williams..........703-615-266311706 Great Owl Circle ...... $479,000...Sun 1-4....Timothy Savin..............McGrath Real Estate..703-863-1020

Oak Hill/Herndon1451 Powells Tavern..........$509,900...Sun 1-4....Virginia Clark ...............Long & Foster...........703-254-386612395 Rock Ridge Rd........$524,900...Sun 2-4....Kashmira Kroner..........Keller Williams..........703-946-252613405 Alfred Mill Ct ...........$649,900...Sun 2-4....Donny Samson............Samson Properties ... 703-864-489411917 Richland Lane ......$1,000,000...Sun 1-4....Keith Harris..................Samson Properties ... 703-395-6601

Sterling21300 Highwood Ct ...........$648,000...Sun 1-4....John Edwards..............Long & Foster...........703-587-324219277 Youngs Cliff Rd.......$899,900...Sun 1-4.... Tracy Wenger.......Avery-Hess................703-615-2334

Great Falls1122 Mornngwood Lane....$975,000...Sun 1-4....Vivian Lyons ................Weichert....................703-406-9009700 Parish Farm Lane.....$1,375,000...Sun 1-4....Jan and Dan Laytham..Long and Foster........703-759-7777

McLean1707 Great Falls St ...........$599,000 ...Sun 2-4....Jenifer Justice..............Weichert....................703-760-8880

Vienna612 Truman Circle..............$469,900...Sun 1-4....Dave Lloyd...................Weichert....................703-593-32042120 Bobbyber Drive .........$588,000...Sun 1-4....Elaine Bowlds ..............Premier Realty ..........703-864-6886904 Woodnor Drive............$649,500...Sun 1-4....Jin O’Neill ....................Weichert....................703-967-33991299 Difficult Run Ct..........$875,000...Sun 1-4....Jin O’Neill ....................Weichert....................703-967-3399

Oakton3123 Miller Heights Rd......$669,500...Sun 1-4....Lisa Moffet...................Coldwell Banker ........703-517-670811409 Vale Spring Dr.........$710,000...Sun 1-4....David Aronheim...........Long & Foster...........703-579-1881

Falls Church212 Buxton Rd ................$899,000 ...Sun 2-4....JD Calander ................Weichert ...................703-606-7901

To add your Realtor represented OpenHouse to these weekly listings, please call

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OPEN HOUSESSaturday & Sunday, Aug. 7th & 8th

1451 Powells Tavern, Oak Hill/Herndon • $509,900Open Sunday 1-4

Virginia Clark, Long & Foster, 703-254-3866

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