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Suspects Chargedin Robbery

City of Fairfax police have ar-rested two men in connection witha robbery at King Kabob Restau-rant at 10250 Main St. They areJose Manuel Santiago-Delci andJose Orlando Garcia Orellana,both of 10324 Layton Hall Drive,No. 220, in Fairfax.

The restaurant owner reportedthat, on June 24, after closing thebusiness, she and her daughterbegan walking in the parking lottoward their vehicle. There, shesaid, she was grabbed from behindby a man with a knife and astruggle ensued.

Police say a man then ap-proached her daughter on the pas-senger side of the vehicle. Thedaughter dropped two bags shewas carrying and ran for safety.Both suspects then fled on foot tothe nearby woods with the twobags.

Following an investigation bythe Criminal Investigations Divi-sion, police charged Santiago-Delci, 23, with abduction, robberyand attempted robbery. They alsocharged Garcia Orellana, 33, withrobbery and attempted robbery.Both men are being held withoutbond in the Fairfax County AdultDetention Center and also havecurrent Immigration and CustomsEnforcement (ICE) detainers onthem.

Police BringingSummer HEAT

Fairfax County police are puttingthe heat on aggressive drivers.Since the traffic-safety, summerHEAT (Help Eliminate AggressiveTraffic) program began June 15,officers have issued more than2,000 summonses for unsafe, ag-gressive-driving behaviors. Theseinclude violations such as failureto pay full time and attention,texting while operating a vehicle,having a television visible to adriver and wearing earphoneswhile driving.

Specifically, 284 citations wereissued for improper passing, lanechanges, u-turns or turns at inter-sections. Some 370 drivers wereticketed for driving on a revokedor suspended driver’s license. Inaddition, 71 citations were issuedto pedestrians. And more than 550citations were given for child-re-straint or seatbelt violations.

Hundreds of other motoristswere ticketed for driving throughand over safety zones, followingtoo closely and signaling viola-tions. The safety effort will con-tinue through August. Police urgemotorists to slow down, drivecourteously and be patient withfellow motorists during summer.

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From left to right are the eight recipients of the 2012 Best of Braddock Awards and regional political leaderswho attended the event: Gaela Hime, Fairfax County School Board Representative for the Braddock DistrictMegan McLaughlin, Katherine Stramel, U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-11), State Senator David Marsden, Supervi-sor John Cook (R-Braddock District), Kathy Augustine, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman SharonBulova (D-At Large), Del. David Bulova, Del. Eileen Filler-Corn, Patrick Gloyd, Anita Musser receiving the awardon behalf of The Burke Centre Conservancy, Lisa Carroll receiving the award on behalf of the Shepherd Centerand Bill Barfield, chairman of the Braddock District Council of Community Associations. Dawson Taylor, whoreceived the Young Person of the Year award, was not present.

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Honoring Best of BraddockEight honored for volunteer service at AnnualBest of Braddock Awards Ceremony.

By Amiee Freeman

The Connection

Braddock District Council of Com-munity Associations andBraddock District SupervisorJohn Cook presented the Best of

Braddock Awards Wednesday night, July11. Six people were recognized for their vol-unteer efforts and two organizations fortheir contributions to the community.

Award winners, their family and friends, andcommunity members enjoyed a picnic styledinner prior to the awards ceremony. Also inattendance were regional and a state politicalleaders including, U.S. Rep Gerry Connolly (D-11), (D-At Large), delegates David Bulova andEileen Filler-Corn, State Senator DavidMarsden, and Fairfax County School BoardRepresentative for the Braddock District MeganMcLaughlin. Bill Barfield, chairman of theBraddock District Council of Community As-sociations, served as the emcee.

“For tonight’s winners, their hard work isall about community. They set an example forthose who follow them. These volunteers arean inspiration. They step up to go the extramile,” said Cook prior to the event.

“This is the most noble grassroots levelof governance. These volunteers are look-ing out for their community. Volunteersmight do something small, like organizinga parade or picnic. These types of events,however, build up a sense of community, sowhen you have an event like a power out-age,” said Bulova referring to the recent

derecho storm and power outages, “youhave an intact sense of community that canthen deal with the crisis, look out for eachother and work toward a solution.”

“My personal ethos is bloom where youare planted,” said Connolly. “The volunteerswe are recognizing this evening share thatethos. These volunteers work 24-7 to makeour community vibrant.”

DAWSON TAYLOR was recognized asYoung Person of the Year. Taylor, a studentat Frost Middle, exhibits “a generous andresponsible nature,” according to his nomi-nating biography. Taylor is an assistant pa-trol leader in Boy Scout Troup 1525 andplays sting bass in the school orchestra. Forhis school service project, he played solopiano concerts at a number of retirementcommunities. He also sings in the schoolchorus and church choir.

Katherine Stramel was recognized as theMost Can-Do Public Employee in the Dis-trict, State Level. As Community RelationsSpecialist at the Annandale Campus ofNorthern Virginia Community College,Stramel has been instrumental in inform-ing Braddock District residents about NVCCactions and events that could affect the com-munity. Stramel has also been helpful inresolving concerns or issues that residentsraised, including issues about constructionnoise, nighttime light pollution and traffic.She has also worked hard to establish a dia-logue with the community through neigh-borhood meetings.

Supervisor John Cook (R-BraddockDistrict) welcomes ceremonyattendees to the 2012 Best ofBraddock Awards Ceremony. Cooksaid the award recipients were“inspirational” for their service tothe community.

Gaela Hime was recognized as the MostCan-Do Public Employee in the District,Local Level. For 27 years Hime served as acrossing guard for three schools: RobinsonSecondary, Oak View and Laurel Ridge el-ementary schools. Every year she learnedthe names of the children and the parentswho she helped to cross the street beforeand after school.

The Burke Centre Conservancy was se-lected for its achievements in NeighborhoodEnhancement or Beautification by a Com-munity Association. Over a three-year pe-riod The Burke Conservancy has worked toclear sediment in five conversancy-ownedponds and rebuild gazebos and bridges inthose areas.

Shepherd Center of Fairfax-Burke was rec-ognized as the Organization Making a Differ-ence in the Braddock District. The ShepherdCenter’s mission is to provide life enrichmentopportunities and life support services to olderadults in the Fairfax-Burke community so theycan continue to live independently with asense of purpose and dignity.

Lisa Carroll accepted the award for theShepherd Center. She said it “was excitingwhen we found out we were going to berecognized.” The Shepherd Center has aroster of 108 volunteers serving more than800 senior citizens in the Burke-Fairfax re-gion. The Shepherd Center offers lun-cheons, continuing education classes, exer-cise, transportation to doctor’s appoint-ments or shopping for senior citizens in theBurke-Fairfax area. Just in the last month,said Carroll, volunteers at the ShepherdCenter provided 89 trips.

Patrick Gloyd was recognized as the MostOutstanding Business Person. Gloyd serves

as CEO, manages staff, and coordinates ad-ministrative support for various Burke Cen-tre resources. Gloyd serves as a liaison tothe Business Development Committee, amember of the Pohick Creek WatershedAdvisory Group and a liaison to the BurkeCentre Parkway Pedestrian and MotoristSafety Task Force. He has overseen the up-dating of five community centers. He hasalso worked with Fairfax County to improveaccess to the VRE station by adding andupdating Burke Centre paths.

Marian Hardy received a Special Recogni-tion Award for her support of the AnnandaleChristian Community for Action by organiz-ing annual food drives at Briarwood CourtCondominiums for the last 22 years.

KATHY AUGUSTINE was recognized asthe Braddock District Citizen of the Year.According to her nominating biography forthe past 20 years Augustine has worked“quietly and effectively” in a variety of roles.She has worked for many years with Catho-lic Charities and opened her home to at-risk pregnant women, providing them shel-ter and support during their pregnancy. Shealso used her skills as financial specialist tohelp seniors prepare and submit their in-come taxes. Additionally, when Old Forgeand Surrey Square Homeowners’ Associa-tions decided to combine into one associa-tion about four years ago, Augustine wasinstrumental in making that a reality. Shehas served as the treasurer of the combinedassociation for the past four years.

Augustine said she was “overwhelmed”when she found out she was to be awardedthis recognition. “I greatly appreciate thenomination and the award,” said Augustine.

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The County Line

By Victoria Ross

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Fairfax County and the state of Vir-ginia filed a federal lawsuit Thurs-day, June 12, challenging the U.S.Environmental Protection

Agency’s (EPA) new storm water regulationsfor the Accotink watershed, claiming theagency’s requirements are costly, onerousand vastly exceed its legal authority.

The complaint, filed jointly in U.S. Dis-trict Court in Alexandria by Fairfax Countyand by Virginia Attorney General KenCuccinelli on behalf of the Virginia Depart-ment of Transportation (VDOT), seeks tohalt what county officials deem a “massiveexpansion” of the EPA’s regulatory power.

County officials claim the EPA’s recentmove – to control pollutants in the water-shed by requiring the county to further regu-late its storm water run off - goes beyond

the agency’s “legal authority” under theClean Water Act (CWA).

“The EPA is way out of control,” said Su-pervisor John Cook (R- Braddock). “Wehave the best storm water program around,and the EPA’s (actions) go too far.”

THE BOARD’S DECISION in a presiden-tial election year to join forces withVirginia’s conservative attorney general –an Obama foe and likely Republican guber-natorial candidate in 2013 – was “politicallydifficult,” Cook said, and shows “just howegregious the EPA’s actions are here.”

Board Chairman Sharon Bulova (D-At-large) said the Democrat-controlled boardbelieved putting aside partisan politics and

joining the state in the legal action was nec-essary to strengthen the lawsuit against theEPA.

The County has been at odds with the EPAover management of the 52-square mileAccotink Creek watershed for years. Meet-ing in closed session during the board’sregular meeting on Tuesday, June 10, su-pervisors decided to take legal action.

In 2011, according to the lawsuit, the EPAestablished a Total Maximum Daily Load(TMDL) for Accotink Creek to improve thehealth of the creek’s aquatic life. Ratherthan establish a TMDL for one of the pol-lutants, such as sediment, the EPA issued aTMDL for a surrogate, the flow of water.

“The EPA literally is treating water itself—the very substance the Clean Water Act wascreated to protect—as a pollutant,” the com-plaint asserts.

According to the EPA, it has approved orestablished 3,691 TMDLs since 1995 for

sediment - the pollutant actually at issue inAccotink Creek.

The Accotink TMDL is one of the first fourso-called “flow TMDLs” established by EPAanywhere in the United States. EPA issuedthe other three flow TMDLs for waterwaysin Missouri. All have been challenged infederal court.

To comply with the new EPA-mandatedthresholds for water flow means FairfaxCounty and VDOT would have to find waysto further reduce storm water runoff, insome cases by as much as 50 percent.

Meeting these standards is unrealistic,Bulova said, and could cost Fairfax Countytaxpayers and property owners hundreds ofmillions of dollars.

VDOT officials estimate its cost to meetits share of the mandated flow reductionswould be $70 million or more. To complywith the EPA’s mandates, VDOT officials saidthey would be forced to acquire significantamounts of private property to build numer-ous new storm water management struc-tures.

In addition, county officials said theywould have to adopt costly and impracticalnew standards to reduce storm water run-off, and these measures could ultimatelycost the county $500 million.

County storm water officials said to

The County has been at odds withthe EPA over management of the52-square mile Accotink Creekwatershed for years.

Fairfax County, VDOT File Suit Against EPANew EPA rules willimpact homeowners,developers and couldcost taxpayers nearly$500 million.

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“We object to costlyregulations that set us upfor failure and not get thejob done.”

— Fairfax County Board ChairmanSharon Bulova (D-At-large)

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achieve 50 percent flow reduction called for in theTMDL rules for a developed watershed such asAccotink, homeowners as well as commercial prop-erty owners would be required to capture and re-tain, or reuse, storm water runoff from their roof,driveway and other impervious areas on their prop-erty.

Any new impervious areas, such as home additionsor new development, could be required to retain allstorm water runoff from any expanded imperviousarea.º

“This topic is extremely important to both devel-opers of future sites and owners of existing sites inthe watershed,” said Eric Dobson, director of gov-ernment relations for the Northern Virginia NAIOP,a national trade association for commercial real es-tate developers, owners and investors. “Our mem-bers are very committed to the environment and con-tinuing to do the right thing.”

Dobson said the engineers estimate the cost ofmeeting the EPA’s new requirements, “if even pos-sible to do, is a multiple factor in cost to what isrequired today.”

“We don’t want regulations that set us up for fail-ure,” said Penny Gross, the board’s vice chairmanand Environment Committee Chair.

“The county believes that a more comprehensiveapproach will provide the sustainable improvementsneeded to improve the habitat of our streams andlead to restoration of the bay,” Gross said. “We con-tinue to work together with the environmental com-

munity, homeowners and builders toward that.”“This is a new type of storm water enforcement

action,” said James Patteson, director of Public Worksand Environmental Services. “While we are not surewhy we and a handful of localities in the countrywere selected, we feel an obligation to other munici-palities, businesses and entities to ensure that en-acted regulations are fair, attainable and environmen-tally sound.”

FAIRFAX COUNTY’S RECORD includes more than$300 million in wastewater system improvementsand dedicated annual funding for storm water sys-tem improvements since 2006. In 2009 the countyinstituted a dedicated tax for storm water and hassince increased it to a current rate of $.02 per $100assessed value, or $100 per year for the medianhome. The countywide tax funds the $40 millionbudgeted storm water program in fiscal year 2013.

Bulova said Fairfax County has, for the past sixdecades, “demonstrated a strong and unwaveringcommitment” to water quality and environmentalstewardship. “However, we believe that regulations,whether federally or state imposed, must effectivelyaddress the targeted problem and be fiscally soundand realistic.

“To clean up our streams requires long-term sus-tainable solutions that will enlist the cooperation ofeveryone,” Bulova said in an email on Saturday.“Fairfax County has demonstrated that we are com-mitted to moving forward. We object to costly regu-lations that set us up for failure and not get the jobdone.”

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Leaving Millions on the TableVirginia should embrace opportunity for morehealth care coverage for poor residents.

Editorial

Chances are that if you are readingthis, you have employer-providedhealth insurance. While you mightworry about the young adults in

your family or the lower wage workers in yourorganization, you also know that if you are sick,you can go to the doctor.

Incredibly, 144,873 residents of FairfaxCounty have no health insurance. That’s morethan 13 percent of the slightly more than 1 mil-lion people who live in the wealthiest county inthe nation. Household income in Fairfax Countyaverages more than $122,000 a year.

Under the health care reform act, many ofVirginia’s uninsured residents could be coveredby an expansion of Medicaid that would bepaid for almost entirely by federal funds. Butwhile the reform act itself was upheld by theU.S. Supreme Court, the court also opened adoor for states to opt out of the expansion ofMedicaid.

From a practical perspective, declining fed-eral money to provide healthcare to uninsuredVirginians makes no more sense than declin-ing federal funds for transportation becauseyou don’t like the feds telling you to wear yourseatbelt.

But Gov. Bob McDonnell says expandingMedicaid is a terrible idea.

The state’s refusal to be included in the pro-gram would deny health insurance coverageto a quarter-million Virginians, said U.S. Rep.Gerry Connolly and others in urging McDonnellto accept the expanded coverage.

Medical care for uninsured Virginian addsup to $1.65 billion a year in uncompensated

costs. Medicare expansionwould help reduce that by $860million per year, according tothe Virginia Health Reform Ini-

tiative Advisory Council.Virginia stands to lose more than $9.2 bil-

lion in federal funds over the first five years ofthe new law if it opts out of the provision thatexpands Medicaid to individuals and familieswith incomes up to 133 percent of the povertylevel, $14,856 for an individual; $30,656 fora family of four, Connolly said.

A revealing look at the possible local role ofthe health care reform act appears in thisweek’s Mount Vernon Gazette, written by Del.Scott Surovell (D-44).

Surovell represents a district of 80,000 resi-dents with stark differences between wealthyand poor in Fairfax County. The Mount Vernonarea district is tied for the highest percentageof Medicaid beneficiaries in Fairfax County.One in seven people in the 44th District re-

ceive health insurance from Medicaid; 74 per-cent of these are children, 5 percent are preg-nant, 6 percent are poor adults, with the restelderly residents and people with disabilities.Surovell reports the largest number of Medic-aid births at any hospital in Virginia occurs atFairfax INOVA Hospital. The 44th District hasa higher percentage of uninsured individualscompared with the rest of Fairfax County.

Surovell argues that his district desperatelyneeds the help that would come with the ex-pansion of Medicaid and other provisions un-der the new law.

Here is how he explains the mechanism:Health insurance reform would expand cover-age by two means. First, if states expand theirMedicaid programs to all individuals at 133percent of Federal Poverty Level, the federalgovernment picks up 100 percent of the costin 2014-2016, and 90 percent after 2020. Sec-ond, states are required to set up healthcareexchanges to make more affordable health in-surance available for individuals without em-ployer health insurance benefits, and individu-als with incomes between 100-400 percent ofthe federal poverty level receive a tax credit tohelp with the cost. Coverage was also expandedby banning coverage denials based on pre-ex-isting conditions and requiring companies tocover college students through age 26.

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Making CareAffordableTo the Editor:

Many people have personal rea-sons for being glad that the Su-preme Court has upheld PresidentObama’s Affordable Care Act, andfor hoping that his opponents willnot be able to repeal it. I have acouple of my own:

First, a Virginia carpenter whomI deeply respect came to me as hewas battling colon cancer. He hadno health insurance. His biggestfear was not death but the debtshe had amassed in fighting thedisease. He had reached financialruin and was about to lose hishouse. There was no job that wastoo hard or too menial for him todo. In the strength of his manhoodhe had done them all. Yet he criedlike a baby from the shame he per-ceived in having to ask me formoney. It is uncivilized and inhu-mane to have more than 30 mil-lion Americans who have no insur-ance, cannot get it, and face finan-cial ruin if they get sick like mycarpenter friend. PresidentObama’s Affordable Care Act,when fully implemented, will ba-sically solve this problem.

Second, my brother Dr. Donald

M. Vickery got me to introduce inthe Virginia House of Delegatessome of the first wellness, preven-tative care legislation some thirtyfive years ago. The legislation failed,but Donnie went on to write a se-ries of books advocating wellnessand health care. Don has nowpassed away, but President Obama’sAffordable Care Act puts into effectwellness and preventative care as anational health priority. My brotherwould have been proud.

I believe that when most Ameri-cans think about it, they will havetheir own personal reasons to bein favor of President Obama’s Af-fordable Care Act. These reasonwill range from banning denial ofcoverage because of pre-existingconditions, fixing gaps in prescrip-tion drug coverage, ending insur-ance discrimination againstwomen, to allowing young adultsto stay on their parents coverage.

Now that there have been posi-tive decisions from the judicial,legislative, and executive branchesof government, it is time to recog-nize the benefits of PresidentObama’s Affordable Care Act, putpartisan attacks behind us, andmove on.

Raymond E. Vickery, Jr.Vienna

A ‘Key Reason’OverlookedTo the Editor:

I was disappointed in Mr.Horrock’s commentary on the Sil-ver Line [Silver Line Gets ‘GreenLight’ The Connection, July 11-17,2012].

I had hoped it would providemore facts, and less opinion.

I support Mr. Horrock espousinghis political views, but I’d prefernot to read them as part of a newsitem.

Conspicuous by its absence inMr. Horrock’s piece was one keyreason for the hold-up of the Sil-ver Line by both Loudoun Countyas well as the Governor.

That issue was the requirementthat contractors for the construc-tion of the Silver Line extensionwould have to be Union Shops —meaning that companies wouldhave to hire union labor to wintheir contracts.

Since Virginia’s economy hasgrown quite well without unionorganizers and the strife whichusually attends that process, nei-ther the Governor nor theLoudoun County Board was inter-ested in promoting a union foot-hold via the Silver Line. Governor

McDonnell ended that problem byfiring Dennis Martire — whom hisDemocratic predecessor [TimKaine] had appointed to theWMATA.

Martire was/is the Vice Presi-dent of the Laborers’ InternationalUnion of North America and hadinserted the “project labor agree-ment” Union clause into WMATA’srequirements against GovernorMcDonnells’s instructions, and incontradiction to Virginia’s Right toWork law.

I believe Mr. Martire is still un-der investigation for his profligatespending [$38,000] which hecharged to WMATA and Virginia;his $10,586 tab for nine days inSardinia to attend a one-day con-ference on airport security causedconcern that he was perhaps abus-ing his expense account.

I, and other readers of theReston Connection, would appre-ciate it if your reporters would fol-low Joe Friday’s advice: “Just thefacts, ma’am.”

If we want a politicized slant onnews that affects us, we can turnto the Washington Post.

We expect better from theReston Connection.

Greg DavisReston

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9th Asian Festival Celebrating the Year of the Dragon

This year, the 9thAsian Food andTennis Festival iscelebrating the

year of dragon. The Festival isa two-day, free admissionevent to promote greater un-derstanding of the Asian coun-tries and cultures. It will beheld at the George Mason Uni-versity on July 21, Saturday,from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., and onJuly 22, Sunday, from 10 a.m.to 7 p.m. It is open to the pub-lic.

This year, the theme is “TheYear of Dragon” where you willdiscover the dragon lord of theheavens and rain maker’s rep-resentation of their own cul-tural heritage in four differentshowcase areas: Heritage India,It’s More Fun In Philippines, Im-age Of China, and Amazing Thai-land.

Besides the usual diverse ven-dors and exhibitions, there will bean interactive area with carnivalrides and games for children. Morethan 200 multi-cultural vendorsand exhibitions will also serve theevent; including 35 multi-culturalfood, product vendors, amongthem Chinese, Vietnamese, Indian,

Japanese, Korean, Thai, Laotianand Philippine cuisine and handi-crafts.

The Festival will also showcasean all-day prize money tennis tour-nament, stage performances, con-tests, interactive demonstrations,children interactive area–as wellas “Destination Asia,” where Asianembassies and organizations ex-hibit their cultures, arts, and cook-ing demonstration.

This year, the Thai Tennis Orga-nization in America (TTOA) willagain partner with Singha Beerand the United States Tennis As-sociation Virginia to bring this Fes-tival to Asian American familiesand the general public.

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By Marilyn Campbell

The Connection

While many are still baskingin the lazy days of summer,Anna Faust is planning her5-year-old son’s after-school

activity schedule for the fall. On his agenda:baseball, soccer, gymnastics, and tennis les-sons.

“My plan is to expose him to as many ac-tivities as possible and hope that he choosesone and excels,” said Faust. “Sometimes,though I can’t tell if he’s going along hap-pily because all of his friends are doing itor because he really likes it.”

Child development experts say decidingwhich and how many extracurricular activi-ties are best for children is a dilemma thatmany parents face. Factors such as expenseand time can make the process a delicatebalancing act.

If a child wants to join a traveling hockeyteam, how does a parent know if his or herdesire to play matches the necessary invest-ment of pricey equipment? Should a par-ent coax a reluctant child into taking pianolessons hoping to transform an unwillingtot into a musical prodigy? And how muchis too much when it comes to hobbies? Lo-cal child development experts say the an-swers vary on a case-by-case basis.

“The key to balancing one’s schedule be-tween school work, extracurricular inter-ests, family and friends is reached not somuch by seeing these goods as necessarilyin competition, but rather in seeing all ofthe time that we have been given as a greattreasure that we have to use in the bestpossible way,” said Michael Moynihan, Up-

per School Head of The Heights School inPotomac.

Extracurricular activities are an importantpart of a child’s development, and findingthe right fit is worth the effort. “They ex-pose children to a variety of experiences andpeers. For older children, they are a venuefor healthy social interaction as opposed toparticipating in undesirable behavior,” saidRich Leichtweis, PhD, Senior Director of theInova Kellar Center in Fairfax, “If kids areon the computer or watching televisionfrom the time they get home from schooluntil dinner and then back on again untilthey go to bed, they are missing critical so-cial opportunities that extra curricular ac-tivities can provide.”

Assessing a true attraction to an activityversus a passing fancy can be tricky. “Par-ents should first ask their children what theymight be interested in before signing themup, and they should be careful in monitor-ing how their children continue to feelabout participating in these activities,”wrote Chantilly resident Maria Londono, amental health therapist for Fairfax Commu-nity Health Care Network in Reston, FallsChurch and Alexandria, in an email.

While older children are able to expressan opinion about activities, younger chil-dren might need more guidance. “If a childhas a strength or interest we can build onthat,” said Leichtweis. “If parents notice thata child has a gift for piano or soccer, theyshould encourage it.”

One pitfall, say experts, is following thepack. “Parents get pulled into activities be-cause they think everybody else is doing it.Before you know it, those activities pile upand can be stressful,” said McLean resident

Michele Garofalo, EdD, Assistant Chair, De-partment of Counseling and Associate Pro-fessor of Psychology at Marymount Univer-sity in Arlington.

How does a parent know if a child isoverscheduled? “Some kids are ok with alot of activities,” said Leichtweis. “If a childis involved in a lot and they’re doing wellin school, getting adequate rest and thereare no significant disruptions, then it’s prob-ably ok. But if there is a change in behav-ior, their grades slip, they’re not gettingenough rest and they’re in eight differentactivities, then it is time to make a change.”

Experts say there are warning signs thata parent might be pushing a child too hard.“When a child says ‘I don’t want to go tothis activity’ or ‘I don’t like the kids there’or if they are pouting or agitated when it’stime to go, those are signals that they needa change,” said Garofalo. “If extracurricu-lar activities are fun and kids enjoy them,they can build a child’s self-esteem and givethem a place to shine, and children need aplace to shine.”

Parents should also consider the family’s

overall schedule. “Look at your calendar andthink about the benefit versus the cost, timeand energy involved in the activity. Howmuch stress will it put on the family?” saidGarofalo.

“Parents can set limits and help kids pri-oritize. We can listen to the kids, but it’sour responsibility to set limits. A well-bal-anced child is a healthy child,” saidLeichtweis.

Make sure to set aside time for rest. “Chil-dren need downtime and a break from or-ganized activity,” noted Susan DeLaurentis,Director of Counseling, St. Stephen’s & St.Agnes School in Alexandria. “I think that isimportant to recognize that if children havebeen in school all day they’ve put in a lot.”

Finally, experts say encourage activitiesthat children can continue into adulthoodlike swimming, hiking or running. “Withextracurricular activities, what we’re doingis setting a foundation for life. It is part ofdeveloping well-rounded and balancedcommunity members. We want a child whoknows how to work and play,” saidLeichtweis.

Experts offer suggestions for choosingextracurricular activities for the fall.

Students at St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School participate in an afterschool “Kids in Motion” class. Experts say extracurricular activities offersocial interactions, which are important to a child’s development.

Heights students embark on a 30-mile hike along the Appalachian Trail.Experts say children can continue activities like hiking, biking andrunning into adulthood.

Instructor Matthew Gehlhoff leads student at St. Stephen’s & St. AgnesSchool in an after school fencing class. “If a parent notices that a childhas a gift for piano or soccer, they should encourage it,” said RichLeichtweis, PhD, Senior Director of the Inova Kellar Center

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Seventeen Fairfax CountyPublic Schools (FCPS) gradu-ates from the class of 2012 havebeen named winners of college-sponsored scholarships by theNational Merit Scholarship Corpo-ration (NMSC).

Recipients of college-sponsoredscholarships from the NMSC, withtheir probable career fields in pa-rentheses, are:

❖ Meron Belayneh of EdisonHigh School (mathematics), Na-tional Merit University of ChicagoScholarship.

❖ David Kim of Lake BraddockSecondary School (undecided),National Merit Vanderbilt Univer-sity Scholarship.

❖ Dylan Kriz of Langley HighSchool (international business),National Merit University of SouthCarolina Scholarship.

❖ Nathaniel Banks of RobinsonSecondary School (music), Na-tional Merit Vanderbilt UniversityScholarship.

❖ Matthew Ferrell of ThomasJefferson High School for Scienceand Technology (TJHSST) (com-puter science), National MeritUniversity of Alabama Scholar-ship.

❖ Erika Fitzpatrick of TJHSST(undecided), National MeritCarleton College Scholarship.

❖ Mingming Hu of TJHSST(computer science), NationalMerit Georgia Institute of Tech-nology Scholarship.

❖ Jerry Li of TJHSST (engineer-ing), National Merit WashingtonUniversity in St. Louis Scholar-ship.

❖ Aimi Nguyen of TJHSST(dentistry), National Merit Uni-versity of Texas at DallasScholarship.

❖ Rithvik Prasannappa ofTJHSST (medicine), NationalMerit Washington University in St.Louis Scholarship.

❖ Kelsey Rainey of TJHSST (en-gineering), National Merit AuburnUniversity Scholarship.

❖ Peter Reischer of TJHSST(psychiatry), National Merit Uni-versity of Alabama Scholarship.

❖ Benjamin Torczon of TJHSST(business), National Merit Univer-sity of Alabama Scholarship.

❖ Zachary Williams of TJHSST(business/law), National MeritUniversity of North Carolina atChapel Hill Scholarship.

❖ Kerry Zhang of TJHSST (eco-nomics), National MeritUniversity of Chicago Scholarship.

❖ Rebecca Holley of WestfieldHigh School (Music/Education),National Merit University of Roch-ester Scholarship.

❖ Ian Van Pelt of WestfieldHigh School (biology), NationalMerit Virginia Polytechnic Insti-tute and State UniversityScholarship.

College-sponsored Merit Schol-arships provide between $500 and$2,000 annually for up to fouryears of undergraduate study atthe institution financing the schol-arship. Nationwide, approximately8,100 students have won MeritScholarship awards in 2012.

Fairfax residents Cara Bialekand David Hixon have beennamed to the fall 2011 dean’s listat the Savannah College of Artand Design, Savannah, Ga.

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Calvary Hill…703-323-1347Fairfax Baptist…703-273-1820Fairfax Circle…703-573-7372

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JewishCongregation of Olam Tikvah... 703-425-1880

Chabad Lubavitch...703-426-1980

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Christ Lutheran...703-273-4094Kings of Kings...703-378-7272

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Fairfax United...703-591-3120Pender United...703-278-8023

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

THURSDAY/JULY 19MSCB Concert. 8 p.m. Veterans

Amphitheatre, 10455Armstrong St, Fairfax.Vacation Bible School July 22-26.

5:30-8 p.m. t. Peter’s in the Woods,5911 Fairview Woods Dr., FairfaxStation. 703-503-9210. Registeronline at www.spiw.org

FRIDAY/JULY 20Kirov Academy of Ballet of

Washington D.C. 10:30 a.m.Filene Center, 1551 Trap Road,Vienna. The secrets, techniques, andhistory of one of the art forms. $8-$10 at 1-877-WOLFTRAP orwww.wolftrap.org/TITW.

Tommy Lepson Band. 7:30 p.m. GristMill Park, 4710 Mount VernonMemorial Highway, Alexandria.Blues/Soul. Free. 703-324-7469 orwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/performances.

SATURDAY/JULY 21Sunset Cruise. 7 p.m. Lake Accotink

Park, 7500 Accotink Park Road,

Springfield. Cruiser the shores ofLake Accotink. Beverages served. $6.Register at 703-569-0285.

Kirov Academy of Ballet ofWashington D.C. 10:30 a.m.Filene Center, 1551 Trap Road,Vienna. The secrets, techniques, andhistory of one of the art forms. $8-$10 at 1-877-WOLFTRAP orwww.wolftrap.org/TITW.

Jah Works. 7 p.m. Workhouse ArtsCenter, 9601 Ox Road, Lorton.Reggae. Free. 703-324-7469 orwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/performances.

Flea Market. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. VRECommuter Rail Parking Lot, 6900Hechinger Drive, Springfield.Sponsored by Springfield-FranconiaLions Club. Vendor fee $20 perparking space. Proceeds benefit localcharities. 703-569-3074 or http://sfhostlions.org/fleamkt.html.

Clifton Film Festival. 3 -11 p.m.Workhouse Arts Center, 9601 OxRoad, Lorton. Showcasing originalfilms made by the surroundingcommunity. $5 day showings, $10evening showing, $20 for 3 dayshowings and evening showings.www.workhousearts.org.

Sheriff’s Office Partners withTarget for “Safe Kids.” 10 a.m.-2p.m. Target, 10301 Guinea Road,Fairfax. Trained deputies will ensurethat children fit securely in the safetyseats and that the safety seats fit

securely in the vehicle seat.

SUNDAY/JULY 22Canine Cruises. 7 p.m. Lake Accotink

Park, 7500 Accotink Park Road,Springfield. Cruiser the shores ofLake Accotink with your dog. Limitone dog per person. $6. Register at703-569-0285.

Wolf Trap Opera Company: AriaJukebox. 3 p.m. Wolf Trap Centerfor the Performing Arts, 1551 TrapRoad, Vienna. Opera highlights.Preshow talk one hour beforeperformance. www.wolftrap.org.

NOVA-Annandale SymphonyOrchestra. 7:30 p.m. PerformsRhapsody in Blue with pianistChristopher Johnston. ErnstCommunity Cultural Center, 8333Little River Turnpike, Annandale.Adults $15, seniors and teens $10,children free. 703-569-0973.

MONDAY/JULY 23Jackson Browne with Sara

Watkins. 8 p.m. Filene Center, 1551Trap Road, Vienna. $50 in-house,$30 lawn. www.wolftrap.com.

Vacation Bible School. 9–11:30 a.m.Fellowship Baptist Church, 5936Rolling Road, Springfield. Activitieswill include a Bible Lesson, MissionsEmphasis, Crafts, Snacks and Games.Free. Register at honoringGod.org or703 569-5151.

TUESDAY/JULY 24 Rufus Wainwright and Ingrid

Michaelson. 8 p.m. Filene Center,1551 Trap Road, Vienna. $40 in-house, $30 lawn. www.wolftrap.com.

Matthias Kuchta. 10:30 a.m. FileneCenter, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. TheBrothers Grimm fairytale, The Wolfand the Seven Little Goats. Germanpuppeteer Matthias Kuchta uses life-size puppets to share the story ofseven little goats that let a wickedwolf into their home. $8-$10 at 1-877-WOLFTRAP orwww.wolftrap.org/TITW.

WEDNESDAY/JULY 25Matthias Kuchta. 10:30 a.m. Filene

Center, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. TheBrothers Grimm fairytale, The Wolfand the Seven Little Goats. Germanpuppeteer Matthias Kuchta uses life-size puppets to share the story ofseven little goats that let a wickedwolf into their home. $8-$10 at 1-877-WOLFTRAP orwww.wolftrap.org/TITW.

THURSDAY/JULY 26The Ugly Duckling and Cinderella.

7 p.m. Russell Theater at RobinsonHigh School. robinsondrama.org


CFB Concert. 8 p.m. Veterans Amphi-theater, 10455 Armstrong St, Fairfax.

FRIDAY/JULY 27 The ATOMIC Swing Club. 7:30 p.m.

Grist Mill Park, 4710 Mount VernonMemorial Highway, Alexandria.Swing. Free. 703-324-7469 orwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/performances.

The Ugly Duckling and Cinderella.7 p.m. Russell Theater at RobinsonHigh School. robinsondrama.org

Matthias Kuchta. 10:30 a.m. FileneCenter, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. TheBrothers Grimm fairytale, The Wolfand the Seven Little Goats. German

Come ‘Into the Woods’ withFairfax Theatre Company

Six drama teachers headline the cast of the Cityof Fairfax Theatre

Company’s summer productionof “Into the Woods.” They in-clude Fairfax High’s WendyKnight and Paul Rubensteinand Woodson High’s TerriHobson. Show times are Fri-day-Saturday, July 20-21 andJuly 27-28, at 8 p.m., and Sun-day, July 22 and 29, at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $10, online; $15,

at the door; for adult-cast perfor-mances; and $8, online; $12, atthe door; for youth-cast perfor-mances. One-act, youth-castshows are Saturday, July 21 and28, at 3 p.m.

All shows are at MadisonHigh, 2500 James MadisonDrive, Vienna. For more infor-mation, go to http://fairfaxcitytheatre.ticketleap.com/i n t o - t h e - w o o d s /#view=calendar.

The cast of the City of Fairfax Theatre Company’sproduction of “Into the Woods.” (Not pictured isWendy Knight).

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SATURDAY/JULY 28Public Reception: Workhouse Clay

National Ceramics Exhibition.6-9 p.m. Workhouse Arts Center,9601 Ox Road, Lorton. “Open Call”for ceramic artworks. Mixed mediaentries acceptable, but clay must bethe primary medium. Exhibit openJuly 25-Aug. 26. workhousearts.org.

Flea Market. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. VRECommuter Rail Parking Lot, 6900Hechinger Drive, Springfield.Sponsored by Springfield-FranconiaLions Club. Vendor fee $20 perparking space. Proceeds benefit localcharities. 703-569-3074 or http://sfhostlions.org/fleamkt.html.

Mariachi Los Amigos. 7 p.m.Workhouse Arts Center, 9601 OxRoad, Lorton. Mariachi. Free. 703-324-7469 or www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/performances.


SUNDAY/JULY 29 Fundraising Concert. 2 p.m. Old

Town Hall, Fairfax City, 3999University Drive. Concert andworship service to benefit Our DailyBread.

Wolf Trap Opera Company:Backstage Buzz Artist Panels. 3p.m. Wolf Trap Center for thePerforming Arts, 1551 Trap Road,

Vienna. Bringing the opera to life.Preshow talk one hour beforeperformance. www.wolftrap.org.

TUESDAY/JULY 31Okee Dokee Brothers. 10:30 a.m.

Filene Center, 1551 Trap Road,Vienna. Nature-inspired lyrics andcatchy bluegrass melodies. $8-$10 at1-877-WOLFTRAP orwww.wolftrap.org/TITW.

WEDNESDAY/AUG. 1Okee Dokee Brothers. 10:30 a.m.

Filene Center, 1551 Trap Road,Vienna. Nature-inspired lyrics andcatchy bluegrass melodies. $8-$10 at1-877-WOLFTRAP orwww.wolftrap.org/TITW.

THURSDAY/AUG. 2Captive Free, Youth Encounter’s

relational music ministry team,will perform a spiritual concertand puppet show. Lord of LifeLutheran Church, 5114 TwinbrookRoad, [email protected]

Okee Dokee Brothers. 10:30 a.m.Filene Center, 1551 Trap Road,Vienna. Nature-inspired lyrics andcatchy bluegrass melodies. $8-$10 at1-877-WOLFTRAP orwww.wolftrap.org/TITW.

FRIDAY/AUG. 3Pushcart Players: Happily Ever

After… A Cinderella Tale. 10:30a.m. Filene Center, 1551 Trap Road,Vienna. Featuring music by composerLarry Hochman. $8-$10 at 1-877-WOLFTRAP or www.wolftrap.org/TITW.

Wolf Trap Opera Company: TheRake’s Progress. 8 p.m. Wolf TrapCenter for the Performing Arts, 1551Trap Road, Vienna. Preshow talk onehour before performance.www.wolftrap.org.


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Suspended Prison Sentence For Former Band DirectorFormer Robinson band directormust register as sex offender.

By Bonnie Hobbs

The Connection

When Michael KeithCook was sen-tenced last weekfor computer so-

licitation of a child under age 15,he didn’t lose his freedom. Buteven before he set foot in the court-room, he’d already lost somethingprecious to him – his career as aschool band director.

“They’ll never hire him again ina school because he’s a convictedfelon and because he’ll be a regis-tered sex offender,” said his attor-ney, Tom Walsh. “It’s also a loss forthe community that he can nolonger teach music.”

A Centreville resident, Cook, 43of 14313 Climbing Rose Way, hadbeen the band director atRobinson Secondary School for sixyears. Before then, he’d taughtmusic at Stone, Carson andRobinson middle schools. Butwhen he was arrested last August,it marked the coda, or end, of thatpart of his life.

On Feb. 28 in Fairfax CountyCircuit Court, Cook entered anAlford plea, not admitting guilt,but acknowledging the existenceof enough evidence to convict him.He returned last Thursday, July 12,for sentencing by Judge DavidSchell and received two years inprison, all suspended.

At the outset, AssistantCommonwealth’s Attorney BobMcClain explained the events lead-

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ing to Cook’s arrest. He saidcounty police Det. Nickolas Boffiwas working online, acting in anundercover capacity as a 14-year-old boy, when Cook contacted “theteen.”

“The defendant solicited him andoffered to meet and perform oralsex on what he thought was a 14-year-old male,” said the prosecu-tor. Boffi is with the Child Exploi-tation Unit, and McClain said thistype of sting is“a preemptorystrike by po-lice to weedout childpredators.”

The conver-sations be-tween Cook and the detective oc-curred between July 19 and 27,2011. Authorities say Cook, usinga particular screen name, sent the“teen” a photo of his face and triedto meet with him. Via his Internet-service provider, police identifiedthe screen name as his, and Cooklater admitted it.

He was arrested and charged onAug. 31, 2011, and the countyschool system immediately placedhim on unpaid leave. Cook hadbeen an FCPS employee since Au-gust 1999 and Robinson’s band di-rector since 2006.

In court, McClain said what tookthe offense “to another level is that[Cook] suggested that he and the[‘teen’] act out the subject of theironline conversations.” Further-more, said the prosecutor, “Hechose a profession that would place

him around minors – the verypeople who could become his vic-tims.”

Although the discretionary sen-tencing guidelines for Cook’scrime call for probation, saidMcClain, “The commonwealth isasking for incarceration.”

Walsh, however, asked Schell togive Cook probation, plus a sex-offender assessment. He alsonoted that his client will be placedon the sex-offender registry –“which is punishment, in and ofitself.”

“This offense took place overnine days andwas carried outthrough IMchats and e-mails,” saidWalsh. “Therewere no meet-ings. The de-

tective attempted three times toset one up, but the defendant de-clined. It was just sexual conver-sations.”

Even though the detective toldCook he was just 14, said Walsh,“Boffi posted an ad on craigslist ona site for males seeking males,ages 18-27,” and that’s the ad towhich Cook initially responded.Walsh also stressed that Cookturned himself in to the police. Hewas released from jail on Sept. 6,2011, and has been on supervisedrelease since then.

Before moving to Virginia, Cooktaught middle- and high-school in-strumental music in Maine for eightyears. And in 1999, he received the“Maine Distinguished TeachingAward from Bowdoin College. AtRobinson, he directed the high-school bands, including the Sym-

phonic Band, Advanced Band Con-cert 4, the Percussion Ensemble andthe Robinson Marching Rams.

Until this incident, many peopleconsidered Cook a model citizen.“There were 23 letters of recom-mendation – character referenceswritten [to the judge] on his be-half,” said Walsh. “They werewritten by family members, co-workers, friends, professionals inother careers, parents of childrenhe’s taught and parents whosechildren later won music scholar-ships – and they attribute that toMr. Cook.”

He said all these letters de-scribed Cook as being honorable,decent, hardworking, trustworthyand dependable. “He chose to bea band teacher – not to surroundhimself with children – but be-cause he’s good at it,” said Walsh.“He dealt with teachers and stu-dents and did very well, and thisincident didn’t take place inschool.”

Walsh said a forensic psycholo-gist evaluated Cook and found himat “low risk of engaging in furthersexual offenses. It’s not a violentoffense, just an unfortunate mis-take.”

“I’ve been completelydevastated by this.”

— Michael Keith Cook, con-victed sex offender

BEFORE SENTENCING, Cookstood and addressed the court.“I’ve been completely devastated bythis,” he said. “But more important,so have my family, friends and col-leagues and people who’ve sup-ported me – and it is to thosepeople I sincerely apologize.”

Judge Schell then sentenced himto two years in prison, suspendingall that time. He also placed Cookon two years active probation andordered him to have no unsuper-vised contact with children under18.

In addition, a DNA sample fromCook was to be taken for place-ment into Virginia’s data base ofconvicted felons. Schell furtherordered him to undergo sex-of-fender evaluation and treatmentand to add his name to the na-tional, sex-offender registry.

Afterward, outside the court-room, Walsh said Cook – who’snow working in the “service indus-try” – is “disappointed in his ownactions and felt that he let peopledown. It’s a sad case because Ithink the music community haslost a very valuable asset. It was apoor mistake on his part and herecognizes it.”

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Heading to StatesWest SpringfieldLittle League9-10 AmericanAll-Stars Headto States.

Cameron Consolvo hitsthe cutoff man fromcenterfield.

West Springfield LittleLeague continues tobe a Northern Vir-

ginia baseball powerhouse bysending two teams to the statechampionships this year. The10-11-year-old American All-Star team, coached by GregMcIntyre, and the 9-10-year-oldAmerican All-star team,coached by Bryan Holzemer,both won the district champi-onship title for their age groups.WSLL is no stranger to titles: theleague has sent dozens of teamsto state championships in thepast 30 years. Unique to thisyear, though, is that four of thesix WSLL teams won trophies byplacing first or second in Dis-trict 9 of the Virginia LittleLeague.

After starting the district play-offs with a 5-1 loss to Fort Hunt,the 9-10 American team wasconsidered an underdog andfought back from the loser’sbracket. They had their tough-est games early with Dumfries/Triangle/Quantico, Woodbridgeand Fort Hunt, which set themup for the district championshipagainst the WSLL National teamwith drive and a lot of hard-knocks on-the-field learning.

“I’ve never seen a tougherteam of boys,” commented onedistrict scorekeeper.

They won the first of two fi-nals games in extra innings withan 8-7 win, then an astonish-ing 14-3 win in the final game,shutting down the game by thetop of the fourth inning.

“It’s bittersweet to win likethis against fellow WSLL team-mates,” coach Holzemer said.“We’re a community in the West

Springfield Little League andwant all our boys to be re-warded for their love of thisgame.”

The umpires for the final Sat-urday game, including oneLittle League World Series um-pire from 2011, said that hewas amazed at this tournamentplay and “what the coaches didwith both of these teams ...making them truly outstandingplayers.”

These WSLL boys — both theAmerican and National All-Starteams — played their hearts outand were both awarded tro-phies, first and second place,respectively. The WSLL 10-11-year-old American and Na-tional teams did the same byalso taking first and secondplace in the district. With thesefour gets, WSLL scored four ofthe six possible trophies for theentire district.

“It takes a league to build theseboys into young men,” Holzemersaid. “I am honored for the op-portunity to coach these all-starboys this past month, but it tookall of our regular season coachesto develop their talent to get tothis level.”

Both teams leave this weekfor the Virginia state tourna-ment. McIntyre’s team headsfor the Tidewater area andHolzemer’s team heads toAshburn.

Arlington resident and Potomac Pedalersmember Ed Hazelwood is seen in front ofthe Brandenburg Gate in Berlin in 2010.

Pedaling with PalsPotomac Pedalers providesgroup rides for area cyclists.

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Nancy Avitabile joined the PotomacPedalers roughly 15 years ago toride with others who shared herlove for cycling. While the friends

and knowledge she gained from joining thePedalers brought personal satisfaction, herphysical improvement in the sport helped bringAvitabile national recognition.

Avitabile, a 64-year-old Bethesda resident,has competed in more than 25 triathlons sinceparticipating in her first in 1996. She won the2010 USA Triathlon amateur national champi-onship for her age group. In 2011, her accom-plishments involved winning her age group at the

Nation’s Triathlonand the Miami Half-Ironman Triathlon.This year, Avitabilefinished first in herage group at theEagleman Half-Ironman triathlonin Cambridge, Md.,on June 10, earningher a slot in the Ha-waii Ironman WorldChampionship inOctober. On July 8,she won her agegroup at the NewYork City Triathlon.She’s also a memberof Team USA andwill represent thecountry at thisyear’s world cham-

pionships in New Zealand.Avitabile credits the Potomac Pedalers for

some of her triathlon success.“I became a better cyclist,” she said.

THE POTOMAC PEDALERS TOURINGCLUB is a cycling club for residents of Mary-land, Washington, D.C., and Virginia. Foundedin 1966, the club offers group rides for cyclistsof all ages and ability levels. It’s one of the larg-est cycling clubs in the nation, with 3,500 mem-bers in 2010, according toraceacrossamerica.org.

Cyclists are categorized by “ride class” to as-sure groups contain members of similar abilitylevels. A cyclist’s ride class is determined byhis or her average riding speed and endurance.

The club encourages beginners to start in the“D” class. According to the club’s ride classtable, a D rider averages 10-12 mph on flatground and typically travels routes of 10-25miles. In comparison, a “B” rider averages 16-18 mph on flat ground and travels a routelength of 40-60 miles. An “AA” rider, the high-est class, averages 22-24 mph on flat groundand travels routes of 60-100 miles.

Some members look to improve their speed

and stamina and move into a different class, whileothers enjoy the slower, more social rides.

“You get out of it what you want to get out of it,”said Bob Bernstein, the 2012 chairman of thePedalers’ executive committee.

Avitabile, who is the committee’s treasurer, startedbelow B level when she joined the club in the mid1990s, but rode with B groups as a way to push her-self to improve. She is now a group leader for BB rides.

“The club members were great,” she said. “Theywere really helpful with giving me pointers with howto ride faster and how to ride better.”

Avitabile said triathletes view running, swimmingand cycling as part of one event, rather than threeindividual sports. However, she said cycling is herfavorite of the trio.

“I love cycling,” Avitabile said. “I love getting outthere and going fast. There’s just something aboutcycling — a real sense of freedom.”

AFTER LIVING IN ITALY for five years, 53-year-old Springfield resident Chris White has been backwith the Pedalers for three years and is a member ofthe executive committee. Along with trips to the gymand changes to his diet, White said cycling has helpedhim lose 20-25 pounds in recent years.

“I wasn’t all that active for about five years [inItaly],” he said. “... I stopped [drinking] wine and[eating] pasta.”

The Pedalers offer group rides throughout the weekand on weekends in parts of Maryland, Washington,D.C., and Virginia. The Pedalers’ ride schedule canbe found on its Website, potomacpedalers.org.

A one-year individual membership costs $30. Aone-year family membership is $37, and the annualstudent rate is $25. An individual lifetime member-ship is available for $350. The Potomac Pedalers Tour-ing Club is a non-profit corporation.

White said the club offers an opportunity for allcyclists to have a good time.

“If you’re new to the area, it’s a good way to meetpeople if you’re into cycling because there are so manydifferent levels of cycling,” he said. “We cover such alarge area, there is something in it for everybody. Youdon’t have to be in one area to take advantage of it.”

“If you’re new tothe area, it’s agood way to meetpeople if you’reinto cyclingbecause there areso many differentlevels of cycling.”

— Potomac Pedalersexecutive committee

member Chris White ofSpringfield

Fairfax Connection Sports Editor Jon Roetman

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Dive Team training exercise to beheld on June 13. Mills is a member of

the Fairfax County motor squad, adiver on the Fairfax County PoliceUnderwater Search and Recovery

Team and is detailed temporarily tothe Marine Patrol Unit – which works

in collaboration with the Dive Team

Fairfax County Police Search and Recovery Teamdivers wear 80 pounds of gear to go in the water. PFCRobert Gogan, a member of the dive team and anofficer at the West Springfield District adds weightsto his colleague’s suit to enable the diver to go to thebottom of the Occoquan Reservoir at FountainheadRegional Park during a training exercise on June 13.

Fairfax County Police Search and Recovery Team divershead out on the Fairfax County Police Marine PatrolUnit boat to conduct a training exercise in OccoquanReservoir at Fountainhead Regional Park on June 13.

911. What’s your emergency?” “I just saw

a guy’s boat sink in the reservoir, I thinkhe went under with it.” This fictional911 call describes the scenario for a joint training

exercise between the Fairfax County Underwater Search andRecovery Team, the Fairfax County Police Marine Patrol Unitand the Prince William County Police Underwater Search andRecovery Unit that took place on June 13 in the Occoquan Reser-voir near Fountainhead Regional Park: 23 law enforcement offic-ers worked together to locate a dummy representing a body andthe boat and recover them from the waters of the Occoquan Res-ervoir.

Diver is considered the riskiest job in the Fairfax County po-lice department due to nature of the work – underwater, in ever-changing conditions with low to no visibility, low temperatures,and intense physical demands. Unit Supervisor Lt. LanceSchaible said, “The danger never changes for them whether itis a real-life situation or training.” Training sessions are criticalfor the unit to maintain skills, develop expertise with new tools,develop familiarity and comfort with different types of recov-ery operations and to provide newer members of the unit withexperience.

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It was shortly before midnight whenCity of Fairfax police rushed to anapartment complex after receiving areport of a man there carrying a gun.

He’d already pointed his weapon at severalpeople when officers confronted him, hadhim drop the gun and arrested him.

This incident happened awhile ago, andthe weapon turned out to be a replica of along-barreled, semiautomatic rifle. But theman had removed the orange tip identify-ing it as a fake so, at first glance, police hadno idea it wasn’t real. And had he pointedit at them, the incident could have endedin tragedy.

“In the past year across our region, po-lice officers have responded to many ‘per-son-with-a-gun’ calls,” said Col. RickRappoport, chief of the City of Fairfax Po-lice Department. “Often, officers are con-fronted with real guns in situations that aretruly life-threatening. In a relatively smallnumber of cases – but with increasing fre-quency – officers are finding that childrenand young adults with replica weapons arethe reason for the call.”

SO ON JUNE 29, his department hostedlaw-enforcement officers from throughoutNorthern Virginia at a special press confer-ence to draw attention to the problemsposed by realistic-looking, replica weapons.Displayed on a table was a large number ofguns and rifles – and casual observers couldnot tell the real from the replicas.

Alexandria, Arlington County, City ofFairfax, Fairfax County, Falls Church, GMU,Herndon, Leesburg, City of Manassas,

Prince William County, Purcellville and Vir-ginia State police attended, as well as Ar-lington County and Loudoun County sher-iffs representatives.

Rappoport said children and young adultsfrequently use replica firearms in games.And law-enforcement officers are especiallyconcerned now that schools are out for thesummer and children are engaging in moreoutdoor play.

“Today the chiefs and sheriffs of North-ern Virginia are speaking out about dan-gerous games – the risks associated withreplica weapons in the hands of youngpeople,” said Rappoport. “Replica weap-ons are manufactured to look and feellike the real weapon and to fire a plastic

or synthetic projectile, usu-ally by means of compressedair.”

They’re not firearms underthe law. But, he said, “Neitherare they harmless toys; replicaweapons are capable of inflict-ing serious injury and causingserious damage to property.But the greatest risk occurswhen others perceive them asreal weapons and the personholding them as a real threat.Such situations have occurredthroughout our region, some-times with tragic results, sowe’re speaking out to educatechildren and parents, to alertour communities to this issueand to avert needless trag-edies.”

Rappoport said moderntechnology has advanced suchthat the toy guns of previousgenerations bear no resem-blance to the kind of toy weap-ons available today. “[They’re]identical replicas indistin-guishable from real firearms,”he said. But he doesn’t wantto condemn these products;

he just wants them used safely and respon-sibly.

And that’s critical, he said, because callsinvolving such weapons are both danger-ous and potentially deadly. “In 2011, for thefirst time in 14 years, more U.S. police of-ficers were killed by firearms than werekilled in traffic accidents,” said Rappoport.“And on average, about 50,000 people ayear are killed or injured in an attack witha firearm.”

The presence of weapons in every com-munity – whether in the hands of the po-lice, law-abiding citizens or juveniles – is areality. However, young people are largelyunaware that their behavior may be per-ceived differently than simply children play-

ing games. So they’re often shocked whenpolice respond.

FURTHER COMPLICATING police mat-ters, said Rappoport, is the fact that “crimi-nals sometimes use replica weapons [and]kids sometimes play with real guns.” So thelaw-enforcement community is making aconcerted effort to educate the public aboutthe appropriate response to people carry-ing weapons.

Arlington County Police Chief Doug Scottsaid criminals know there are lesser penal-ties for using replica weapons. But, headded, “It’s important for parents and chil-dren to understand how we respond tothose people brandishing them.”

City of Falls Church Police Chief MaryGavin noted that, a few years ago in herjurisdiction, “Children were using replicaweapons and the citizens were armingthemselves against [this threat].”

According to Leesburg Police Chief JoePrice, officers are trained to consider everysituation real. When someone fires at them,he said, they only have “a fraction of a sec-ond” to determine whether to shoot back.”

Scott Poole, principal of Lanier MiddleSchool, said all these things illustrate “whyit’s so important for school officials to workclosely with police to keep children safe.”He noted, as well, the importance of a goodrelationship between the school, its SRO(school resource officer) and the commu-nity.

Lanier’s SRO, Officer Mike Murphy, saidSROs like him tell juveniles to use replicaweapons “only in a safe environment orwith parental supervision. And when lawenforcement tells them to put down theirguns, they should comply.”

Basically, said the police, people shouldbe wary of all weapons. Fairfax County Po-lice Chief Dave Rohrer said criminals usingreplica guns cover up their orange tips.Conversely, added Rappoport, “Just becauseit has an orange tip doesn’t mean it’s not areal weapon.”

When Dangerous Games Turn DeadlyPolice warnpublic aboutreplica firearms.

Discussing replica weapons is Fairfax County Police Chief Dave Rohrer.Which are real and which are replica rifles?

Speaking at the podium is Lanier MiddleSchool Principal Scott Poole.

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4 8125 AMERICAN HOLLY RD ... 5 .. 4 . 1 ..... LORTON ......... $695,000 .... Detached .. 0.18 ........ 22079 ............. LAUREL HILL ................ 05/11/12

5 7732 WHITE WILLOW CT ...... 4 .. 3 . 1 .. SPRINGFIELD ..... $692,950 .... Detached .. 0.27 ........ 22153 .......... WHISPERWOOD .............. 05/15/12

6 7911 CHARDON CT ............... 5 .. 3 . 1 FAIRFAX STATION ... $692,500 .... Detached .. 0.19 ........ 22039 ............ BARRINGTON ................ 05/31/12

7 11705 AMKIN DR .................. 4 .. 3 . 1 ..... CLIFTON ......... $690,000 .... Detached .. 5.00 ........ 20124 ........ PLANTATION HILLS ............ 05/25/12

8 5967 BURNSIDE LANDING DR 5 .. 3 . 2 ....... BURKE .......... $685,000 .... Detached .. 0.34 ........ 22015 ........... BURKE CENTRE .............. 05/14/12

9 8002 COMERFORD DR .......... 5 .. 3 . 1 FAIRFAX STATION ... $680,000 .... Detached .. 0.25 ........ 22039 ............ BARRINGTON ................ 05/31/12

10 8724 FOXHALL TER ............... 4 .. 3 . 1 FAIRFAX STATION ... $666,450 .... Detached .. 0.33 ........ 22039 ........... CROSSPOINTE ............... 05/18/12

11 12754 LADY SOMERSET LN ... 4 .. 3 . 1 ...... FAIRFAX ......... $665,000 .... Townhouse 0.07 ........ 22033 ............ RUGBY ROAD ................ 05/02/12

12 13942 MARBLESTONE DRIVE. 5 .. 3 . 1 ..... CLIFTON ......... $660,000 .... Detached .. 0.21 ........ 20124 ........ LITTLE ROCKY RUN............ 05/24/12

13 9308 JENNA CT .................... 5 .. 3 . 1 .. SPRINGFIELD ..... $660,000 .... Detached .. 0.77 ........ 22153 ....... GLENWOOD MANOR .......... 05/10/12

14 4235 MASON OAKS CT .......... 4 .. 3 . 1 ...... FAIRFAX ......... $660,000 .... Detached .. 0.26 ........ 22030 ............ MASON OAKS ................ 05/31/12

15 3806 HEMLOCK WAY ............ 3 .. 3 . 1 ...... FAIRFAX ......... $659,900 .... Detached .. 0.09 ........ 22030 ............. GREAT OAKS ................ 05/30/12

16 8525 CENTURY OAK CT ......... 4 .. 3 . 1 FAIRFAX STATION ... $656,250 .... Detached .. 0.21 ........ 22039 ........... CROSSPOINTE ............... 05/31/12

17 13588 SMALLWOOD LN ......... 4 .. 3 . 1 ... CHANTILLY ....... $654,900 .... Detached .. 0.23 ........ 20151 ......... MARIAN WOODS ............. 05/31/12

18 6317 FALLING BROOK DR ...... 4 .. 2 . 1 ....... BURKE .......... $650,000 .... Detached .. 0.42 ........ 22015 ............ SUMMERDAY ................ 05/22/12

19 12526 LT. NICHOLS RD .......... 4 .. 3 . 1 ...... FAIRFAX ......... $650,000 .... Detached .. 0.23 ........ 22033 ........ FAIR OAKS ESTATES ............ 05/25/12

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