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West Springfieldguard ShelbyHaynes, seen lastseason, is signed toplay basketball atWest Point.

West Springfieldguard ShelbyHaynes, seen lastseason, is signed toplay basketball atWest Point.

2016: The Year Aheadin SpringfieldNews, Page 3

Area Residents DiscussNew Year’s ResolutionsNews, Page 5

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Area Residents DiscussNew Year’s ResolutionsNews, Page 5

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Americas Adopt A Soldier heldtheir Fourth Annual ChristmasDay of “Giving Back” on Friday,Dec. 25, at Kilroys in Springfield.The owner of Kilroys, Phillip (Pip)Thomas, a veteran and a sup-porter of military family, without

hesitation opened his doors againthis year for care letter and carepacking, saying “When do youwant the doors unlocked? Quicklyfollowed by, I’ll make the coffeefor everyone.”

This year’s event volunteers

packed over 80,000 care lettersfrom every corner of the nationand 75 care packages to deployedservicemembers and veterans in VAHomes. Big thank-yous to Pip, hisstaff who volunteered to work andall volunteers. As a grassroots or-

ganization, Americas Adopt A Sol-dier is powered by “CommunityVolunteers.” Return thank youfrom deployed troops and veteranswill be posted on Facebook. Seewww.americasadptasoldier.org formore information.

Kilroys in Springfield Hosts Christmas Day of ‘Giving Back’

RegistrationOpen for EncoreChorale’sWinter/SpringSession

Registration is open for theWinter/Spring session of theEncore Chorale at locations inNorthern Virginia and singersof all vocal experience, age55+, are welcome to join.

Fifteen weekly rehearsalswill begin the week of Mon-day, Jan. 11 at GMU PotomacArts Academy Encore Cho-rale. Rehearsals begin Tues-day, Jan. 12 at 11 a.m. at St.George UMC, 4910 Ox Road,Fairfax. Fee is $150 for 15weekly rehearsals, sheet mu-sic and performances.

Singers may be seated forrehearsals and performances.Singers will rehearse eachweek for 90 minutes in prepa-ration for May performances.

Register at the first re-hearsal or online atwww.encorecreativity.org.Call 301-261-5747 for moreinformation.

Area Roundups

Volunteers packed out over80,000 care letters fromevery corner of the nationand 75 care packages todeployed servicemembersand veterans in VA Homes.

Kilroys inSpringfieldhosted FourthAnnual Christ-mas Day of“Giving Back.”

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See Springfield in 2016, Page 4

By Tim Peterson

The Connection

With winter vaca-tion, unseason-ably warmweather and

2015 in their rearview mirrors,community leaders and electedofficials from the Fairfax CountySchool Board, Board of Supervi-sors, General Assembly turn theirattention to some of the most sig-nificant issues, developments ordecisions in 2016:

FAIRFAX COUNTY SCHOOLSface a well-advertised projectedbudget shortfall of $70 million forFiscal Year 2017. SuperintendentDr. Karen Garza’s Jan. 7 presen-tation of her proposed 2017 bud-get at West Potomac High Schooland again to the School Boardthat evening should be a culmi-nation community input, a dedi-cated task force and her indi-vidual vision for moving theschool system forward.

One of the challenges facing theschools is a rapidly growing stu-dent population of over 187,000,52,000 of which are financiallyeligible for free and reducedmeals. Supporting that growthfalls primarily to the Board of Su-pervisors and the Commonwealthof Virginia, which uses a fundingformula that determines wealthbased on income and propertyvalues to determine how statemoney is allocated around the Common-wealth.

“Eighty percent of people in the GeneralAssembly benefit from existing funding for-mula,” said Del. Dave Albo (R-42). “It’s hardto get it changed, and because of these for-mulas, it’s not very smart to ask the state topay more money without changing the for-mula.”

Instead, Albo suggests looking for morelocal financing and grants aimed at assist-ing some of the school’s services for studentswith mental health disorders or financialchallenges.

Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) recently an-nounced a proposed $1 billion for educa-tion alone as part of his overall proposedbudget.

“The Governor has been thinking outsidethe box as to ways to assist,” said Del. EileenFiller-Corn (D-41). “We as legislators haveto continue to do the same: What can wedo with the money we have, the formulawe have? Is there a chance for changing anyof the formulas? How do we find moremoney?”

With the upcoming presidential election,Springfield District School Board memberElizabeth Schultz isn’t optimistic for asmuch collaboration at the General Assem-

bly. “I see political entrenchment gummingup the work within the state,” she said. Asthe biggest burden for funding falls to theSupervisors, Schultz said she is “very wor-ried for the taxpayers: this is going to some-how justify some major increase in prop-erty taxes.”

But solving the shortfall at the countylevel may be bigger than a tax increase.

Braddock District School Board memberMegan McLaughlin said it’s important toremember the $70 million shortfall is thedifference in simply maintaining the cur-rent operating and compensation costs forthe school system.

“We will continue to have a student popu-lation that increases in size and need,”McLaughlin said. “We’ve got to find a long-term workable solution with the Board ofSupervisors to help really find the commonground, what it takes to fund the schoolsystem that has the reputation FCPS has soappropriately earned.”

McLaughlin believes taking a “moreshared approach with the Supervisors onhow we handle annual employee raises,increased costs to health care benefits andpension benefits” is a good place to start.

“Those are the three biggest cost driversthat FCPS faces every year,” she said. “All

the rest we end up cutting around the mar-gins, on the other ten percent, things makeus a remarkable school system like robustfine arts, foreign languages, havinghealthier start times. Those costs are veryreal.”

With Supervisors Dan Storck (D-MountVernon) and Kathy Smith (D-Sully) havingjust left their respective positions on theSchool Board, Schultz foresees a “real dy-namic shift” on the Fairfax County Board.

THE FAIRFAX COUNTY POLICE DE-PARTMENT said they have already begunimplementing some of the 142 recommen-dations for improvement made by the 37-member Ad Hoc Police Practices ReviewCommission, which met between Marchand October in 2015.

Board of Supervisors Chairman SharonBulova formed the commission followingpublic demonstrations and media pressureover the release of information surround-ing the 2013 fatal shooting of Springfieldresident John Geer by then-Fairfax CountyPolice officer Adam Torres.

“I think most of us believe that while wehave an excellent police department, wewant it to be better,” said Supervisor JohnCook (R-Braddock). “Times are changing,

there are needs that are pointedout in the report of the commis-sion that need to be imple-mented.”

Two of the more controver-sial recommendations from thecommission include creating acivilian review panel thatwould discuss complaintsagainst the police and report tothe Supervisors, as well asimplementing body cameras torecord officer interactions withcitizens.

On establishing the reviewpanel, Cook said, “I hope we do,I think we will. But we have todecide what it looks like. Theboard ultimately has to makethat decision after talking toofficers and community mem-bers.

For Supervisor Pat Herrity (R-Springfield), “the devil is in thedetails” with the panel, whichhe said would not have had asay in the Geer case, if imple-mented as the Commission rec-ommended. “There is clearneed for the county to be moretransparent,” Herrity added, “in police incidents of all types,it’s a public trust issue.”

On body cameras, Herrity ishesitantly supportive, voicingconcerns about protecting theprivacy of officers and the citi-zens with whom they interact.Supervisor Jeff McKay is simi-larly reserved, calling for amore detailed discussion of

how they would be implemented.“I think the majority of our police offic-

ers do a good job and want the public tosee the job they’re doing,” McKay said. “Thechallenge becomes how you handle Free-dom of Information Act request, ruin ongo-ing investigations and train officers on whatthey need to be recording and not record-ing.”

Newly sworn-in Supervisor Dan Storck(D-Mount Vernon) is generally in favor ofthe recommendations of the Commission,but expects to spend time during 2016 andbeyond with other Board members moresubstantially reviewing them. “Transpar-ency to me is the core of that,” Storck said.“I’ve led those charges on the School Boardin terms of how we do discipline and meet-ings — they’re all open and recorded, es-sential things we need to do here as well.”

SPRINGFIELD TOWN CENTER and thepotential relocation of the FBI headquar-ters to Springfield have had and will con-tinue to impact the community into 2016.The federal government continues to weighthe three candidates for the FBI against oneanother and the longer that takes, the bet

2016: The Year Ahead in Springfield

Photo by Tim Peterson/The Gazette

Governor Unveils Budget ProposalGov. Terry McAuliffe (D, left) unveiled his budget proposal for $1 billion in public andhigher education investment at Mark Twain Middle School in Alexandria on Dec. 16,as part of the total state budget he rolled out on Thursday, Dec. 17. The educationplan includes measures to bring back 2,500 teaching positions throughout the state,pay raises for teachers, closing the achievement gap and funding an expansion of hiswife Dorothy’s Breakfast After the Bell program, Standards of Learning innovationgrants to continue improving testing styles. “If we truly want a world-class economy,”McAuliffe said, “we truly need a world-class education system. Laying the foundationfor a new Virginia economy all starts, for me, with education.”


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ter McKay believes Springfield’s chancesare. Fairfax County has strongly refutedsome of the results of the EnvironmentalImpact Study that were incorrect, McKaysaid, and is working with Congressional al-lies to help promote the Springfield site asmuch as possible.

“There are huge ramifications for Spring-field in particular, but really for Virginia,”McKay said.

Nancy-jo Manney, Executive Director ofthe Greater Springfield Chamber of Com-merce, said some of those ramifications“will be additional demand for centralSpringfield and surrounding area officespace,” a commodity of which the county is

running a surplus of empty real estate.Another, more concrete draw for busi-

nesses and retailers to the central Spring-field area is the resurgence of SpringfieldTown Center, which is well on its way tofilling all tenant space. Dave and Buster’smassive family arcade and restaurantopened as recently as Dec. 21.

“People are starting to return to centralSpringfield as a destination for shopping,”Manney said. “There was a time whenpeople stayed away from the area but defi-nitely we’ve seen a return.”

Springfield Civic Association PresidentBruce Waggoner said, “the mall means morethan just business; it gives Springfield anidentity and has an impact on morale, inmy view.”

Springfield in 2016

Courtesy of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services

The Northern Virginia Training Center spreads over 80 acres alongBraddock Road, including facilities for administration, food service,programs, residences, a warehouse, transportation and therapy.

So far, that impact has been positive. ButWaggoner hopes for more from the still rela-tively new neighbors.

“What else are they doing, what otherimpact?” he said. “It’s not just about mak-

ing money, that’s important, but what arethey thinking about in terms of impactingthe spirit of the community? That wouldbe my challenge to them.”

The vast un-dergroundarcade andrestaurantDave andBuster’sopened atSpringfieldTown Centerthe week ofChristmas2015.

Photo by Tim Peterson/The Connection

Nearly 40 dogs “paw”ticipated in this year’sHoliday Pet Parade at Greenspring retirementcommunity in Springfield. The dogs, whopranced along the runway donning their mostfestive holiday fashions, were those of residents,staff members and special invited guests.

Greenspring’s Holiday Pet Parade Features Nearly 40 DogsMore than 200 attendees packed the Hunters

Crossing Conference Center for the parade and sawa variety of unique dogs from a Catahoula Leopardmix to a Schnoodle to a Havana Silk Dog, andmany more. This year’s special guests included twoNewfoundlands, Blue and Sammi, as well as a

Boxer named Zuni, and two Bernese MountainDogs named Rolex and Jaimee. Several of the dogswho participated in the parade were also rescuedogs, adopted from a variety of organizations in-cluding the Fairfax County Animal Shelter andLucky Dog, among others.

Jumper, an English Setter andGolden Retriever mix, joined theparade thanks to residentsDerek and Rosemary Cundill.

Resident Kay McCurdy, co-chair ofthe 2015 Holiday Pet Parade,walked her dog, Kerry, a HavanaSilk dog.

Rocky and Ebony are Shih-Tzusand were dressed this year as Mr.and Mrs. Claus. Rocky and Ebonyare the dogs of residents JackieHawes and Cindi Hite.

Yorkshire Terriers, Itsy and Bitsy,are staples of the Greenspring petparade, loyally attending eachyear in their favorite mode oftransportation – a shopping cart.

Each year, the Holiday Pet Parade is spon-sored by the Dogs of Greenspring, aresident-run and resident-coordinated socialgroup on campus. Greenspring is a pet-friendlycommunity featuring miles of walking pathsand its very own “Bark Park” supporting dog(and owner) socialization. The very first petparade was held at Greenspring in 2003.

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What is Your New Year’sResolution?

“To find a good intern-ship to build my career.”— Allen Pewis, Burke

“To drink more watereveryday and read morebooks.” — KayleenLynch, Burke

“I hope I stay withthis guy, [ShafSamadi].” — ClairNino, Lorton

“I’m going to be a father in May.I’m hoping to be a responsible,mature adult that can raise ahuman being that can ultimatelygrow up to one day become aninspirational, motivational per-son.” — Theodore Choi, Lorton

“My New Year’s resolu-tion is to wake up a bitmore early.” — SarahRiver, Springfield

“My New Year’s resolu-tion is to finish mylicensure for my teachingdegree.” — Marta Rivera,Springfield

“My New Year’s resolu-tion is to get more moneyby going to school every-day and keep going towork everyday, too.Managing both.”— AlexCastellan, Kingstowne

—Abigail Constantino

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Expand Medicaid: Expanding Medic-aid to cover as many as 400,000 un-insured people in Virginia under theAffordable Care Act would

come at virtually no cost to Virginia andwould be a massive boost to Virginia’seconomy. The local and state economyis suffering from the loss of federal spendingin other areas, and it’s just plain crazy andmean-spirited to deny medical care for peoplewho can’t afford it otherwise, and at the sametime, turn away an economic stimulus equalto 20,000 or more jobs and a direct infusion ofnearly $2 billion a year.

❖ Fund Education: Localities need more helpfrom the Commonwealth to pay for schools.

❖ Fostering Futures: Help teens in foster careby extending services and support, includingfoster care maintenance payments, to qualify-ing individuals age 18 to 21 years. The moneyspent will matched by Federal dollars, and ev-ery dollar spent helping former foster childrenbecome independent, self-supporting adultssaves a bundle in other costs down the line.

❖ Stop Predatory Lending: The local impactsof predatory lending, including some car titleloans, can be devastating to struggling fami-

lies and individuals who get into the cycle ofhigh interest debt. This is not an issue of justallowing more choice as some have claimed.

And when someone loses the vehiclehe or she needs to get to work, the costscan extend.

Early Voting forPresidential PrimaryStarts Next Week

Every year is an election year in Virginia.Just two months ago, Virginia voters faced

ballots for almost every state and local electedofficials. While candidates spent millions ofdollars and not very much changed, some criti-cal races in Virginia have been decided by afraction of one percent of votes cast.

Elections have had significant consequenceshere, and the coming election is likely to be inthat category.

Early voting (absentee voting in person) forU.S. Presidential Primaries starts Jan. 15, re-ally, starting in just a little more than a week.The official primary date is March 1, but there

is no reason to wait until then to vote.Voters in Virginia don’t register by party, but

can only vote in either the Democratic or Re-publican primary. To vote in the Republicanprimary, each voter will need to sign a formasserting that he or she is in fact a Republican.

Democrats will choose between HillaryClinton, Martin O’Malley and Bernie Sanders(in that order).

Republicans will choose among 13 candi-dates who will be listed in the following or-der: Marco Rubio, Lindsey Graham, BenCarson, Rand Paul, Mike Huckabee, Ted Cruz,Donald Trump, Jim Gilmore, Chris Christie, JebBush, Rick Santorum, John Kasich and CarlyFiorina.

For details on absentee voting in FairfaxCounty, see www.fairfaxcounty.gov/elections/absentee.htm.

For details on absentee voting in the City ofAlexandria, see www.alexandriava.gov/Elec-tions.

For details on absentee voting in Arlington,see vote.arlingtonva.us/absentee/.

— Mary Kimm

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A few wishes for the VirginiaGeneral Assembly, more coming ...New Year’s Goals

Editorial

By Dave Marsden

State Senator (D-37)

There was a greatdeal of concernabout “$17 tolls” in-

side the beltway on I-66 duringthe recent election. I sharedthose concerns as I did not wantto set a precedent of tolling aroad that we were not addinginfrastructure to. As you know solo driverscannot use I-66 during rush hour and mustwait until 9 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. to accessthe road depending on the direction oftravel. While I still have concerns over thetolls, the agreement between the Common-wealth and the Northern Virginia Transpor-tation Commission provides new insight onhow this project will work.

I feel better about the tolling as the aver-age toll will cost $6 and part of the revenuecollected will be spent on multimodal (tran-sit) options to improve thru-put on this ex-traordinary congested highway and will inthe future be used to widen the road east-bound. At its December meeting the Com-monwealth Transportation Board receiveda presentation on the congestion benefitsof this proposal using the Northern Virginiacongestion rating process I helped put inplace with Del. Jim LeMunyon (HB 599 andSB 531). The rating process shows that theGovernor’s proposal will eliminate 26,000person hours of delay a day in the future.Of all the proposals considered, including aplan that only adds lanes to I-66 inside thebeltway, the Governor’s plan to improvemultimodal options by far reduces the mostcongestion. If we can reduce the need for

up to a lane of traffic throughtransit enhancements that willinclude carpooling, buses, im-proved van pools, and areas forriders to negotiate shared ve-hicles (slugging) then theGovernor’s idea appears to havemerit. The same congestionanalysis showed that simplywidening I-66 eastbound with-out the transit improvements

and conversion to dynamic tolling wouldonly reduce 6,000 person hour of delay aday — about 20 percent of the benefits com-pared to the current plan.

Due to growth in the Rosslyn-Ballston cor-ridor and the Coleman decision, a 1977 Fed-eral Department of Transportation decisionthat gave Arlington County more controlover options on I-66, I-66 will never be aneasy journey. Arlington has now made con-cessions for the I-66 project and for the ex-pansion of express lanes from Edsall Roadin Springfield/Alexandria to WashingtonD.C. on I-395. This is welcome progressthough not a panacea or these congestedroadways. While perfect solutions may notexist, progress is essential and makingprogress on multi-modal/transit options aswell as Express lane extensions and addi-tional lanes are welcome news that will keepus moving forward.

In an ideal world we would have a dif-ferent solution to I-66. However, the deci-sions in the past like HOV requirements andtaxing gasoline on a wholesale basis limitthe choices we have today. Given the cur-rent constraints faced in this corridor theAdministration’s plan offers the best oppor-tunity to improve travel for commuters.

A Workable Solution for I-66ReducingGun ViolenceTo the Editor:

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine released the followingstatement on Jan. 5 on the executive actionsPresident Obama announced to reduce gunviolence.

Virginia knows all too well the tragedy andpain of gun violence. When I was Governor,Virginia suffered the deadliest mass shootingto date on the campus of Virginia Tech. Morerecently, the nation witnessed the terrifyingshooting of two young journalists from ourCommonwealth on live television. And thereare too many incidents of domestic violence,suicides and urban violence involving gunsthat remain outside the coverage of themainstream press. In the wake of Charleston,Sandy Hook, and countless other tragediesacross the country, there’s simply no denyingthat gun violence is one of the most pressingcrises that our nation faces. That is why Istrongly support the executive actions thePresident has announced.

The proposals seek a robust and holisticapproach focused on strengthening back-ground checks and providing the resourcesto enforce gun laws, increase mental healthtreatment and improve reporting to thebackground check system. They also encour-age the use of smart technology to developsafer guns. It’s my hope that Congress willnot stand in the way of these importantactions to protect Americans and theirfamilies and that we can work together tofind more ways to reduce gun violence.

Tim KaineU.S. Senator (VA-D)

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To the Editor:I’ve known what I wanted to be

when I grew up since I was in firstgrade. That year, I performed inmy first musical as Cute Chick #3in our class production of“Ee-I-Ee-I-Oops.Ó It was a strangelittle show about Old MacDonaldand it made me fall in love withthe stage. From that point for-ward, there has not been a timein my life when I wasn’t rehears-ing a show, getting ready for anaudition, or working through arun.

That is, until two summers ago,when I needed to make some ex-tra money and got a job as a sub-stitute teacher in Fairfax CountyPublic Schools. When I steppedinto the classroom there, every-thing changed.

The students in my class werebright and talented, but they hadso many fewer resources and sup-ports than my classmates and I hadgotten at our school five minutesdown the road. They faced barri-ers that my friends and I had neverdealt with, and as a result werefar less equipped than we were tothrive in school.

This struck me as resoundinglyunfair, and I knew I had to dosomething. I thought back on my

own time in school, trying to fig-ure out what it was about my timein school that had helped me suc-ceed. One answer jumped to mindimmediately: my teachers.

My third grade teacher, Jenni-fer Lambert, balanced a success-ful teaching career with activelyperforming in local communitytheatre. She taught me to pursueall of the things I love withoutcompromise. She gave me incred-ible leadership opportunitiesgrowing up, including my earliestchoreography experiences.

Jason Linck, my fifth and sixthgrade teacher, exemplified holdinghigh standards for his students. Henever permitted anything less thanour best and created a classroomculture where we deeply believedanything was possible.

Jennifer Knox, my assistant prin-cipal in high school, poured herheart into her students in a wayI’d never seen in an administrator.Ms. Knox supported students in allof our extracurriculars and in allof our academic tracks. Sheworked incredibly hard to makeour school a better place to learn.

Those teachers were fundamen-tal in my success, and I’ll never beable to pay back all that they madepossible for me. But I can pay it

forward.That’s why, after graduating

from James Madison University inthe spring, I’m becoming a teacherthrough Teach For America, a pro-gram that enlists recent grads andcareer-switchers to teach inhigh-need communities. When Ienter the classroom next fall, I willstrive every day to develop my kidsinto leaders like Mrs. Lambert; cre-ate a culture of empowerment andambition like Mr. Linck; and givemy students all of my heart justlike Ms. Knox.

I know the work will be hard,but I also know the progress willbe powerful and rewarding. Sowhether you’re looking to make abigger impact yourself or knowsomeone who is, consider teach-ing. Together, we can give our kidsthe futures they deserve.

Elizabeth Garcia

Elizabeth Garcia is a 2012graduate of West Springfield HighSchool and a current senior atJames Madison University whereshe studies Music Theatre. In thefall of 2016 she will be teachingK-12 Music in Arkansas. To applyto teach, visitwww.teachforamerica.org/apply.

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Letters

To the Editor:As published in your paper, the

Fairfax County police describedheroin to be a “big problem now”which is “definitely here” amongstcertain high school age studentsas presented to the Lake BraddockSecondary School PTA (“YouthHeroin Use Described As ‘a BigProblem’, Connection, Dec. 10-16,2015). A police officer was quotedas saying the friend of a deceased16 year old user telling him herfriend said “I get everything Iwant, it’s handed to me. I don’thave no excitement.” Ah, among

the temptations encountered bythe children of those with moneyto burn can include self-entitle-ment, unearned privilege, lack ofaccountability, fake friends andworst of all: deadly drugs.

But then, that describes the eliteelectronic and print media as wellas certain elected and appointedbureaucrats. With this real prob-lem in mind, President Obama re-cently decided that releasing6,000 Federal convicts, mostly in-carcerated as major drug dealers,whom liberals view as a “non-vio-lent criminals” undoubtedly will

have no negative impact on soci-ety, but rather just “fundamentallytransform America” for the worse.Some of these 6,000, no doubt,will be back peddling non-vio-lently (or violently) heroin on thestreets of Fairfax County. You canadd to that the 104,000 illegalaliens released from jail by JehJohnson, Secretary of HomelandInsecurity in 2014 (the figures for2015 of course are still pending/increasing). The drug flow, ofcourse, across the US/Mexican

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Wellbeing

By Marilyn Campbell

The Connection

Researchers and doctors fromGeorge Ma-son University andInova Health System will col-laborate on a series of personal-

ized medicine research projects under a newpartnership between the two institutions.The effort will include joint research onheart disease, cancer and metabolic diseases.

In announcing the agreement late lastmonth, Gov. Terry McAuliffe said that thejoint research effort, “will spur opportuni-ties for entrepreneurship, create new com-panies and generate jobs that will grow oureconomy and help us prosper.”

Under the agreement, the institutions willshare facilities at both the Inova Center forPersonalized Health in Merrifield and atMason’s Science and Technology Campus inManassas. The partnership calls for the es-tablishment of Inova-Mason Proteomics Cen-ter at the Inova Center for PersonalizedHealth campus and Mason-Inova Institute forPersonalized Medicine Public Policy and Eth-

Partnership expectedto develop treatments,grow economy.

Mason, Inova to Collaborate on Personalized Medicine Research

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Inova CEO J. Knox Singleton (from left), Gov. Terry McAuliffe, andGeorge Mason University president Ángel Cabrera at a news conferenceannouncing a strategic partnership between Inova and George MasonUniversity.

ics, which will address public policy and ethi-cal issues related to personalized medicine.

The partnership gives Inova researchersaccess to Mason’s animal facility where theywill be able to test new drugs. Inova CEO J.Knox Singleton, calls the partnership an in-vestment in “research and development to

help keep healthy people healthy and pro-vide precise, effective and personalized treat-ment to patients we are privileged to serve.”

Inova will contribute $2.5 million in fund-ing and will work with Mason to raise addi-tional money for the project over the nextfive years.

A joint steering board made up of key ad-ministrators from both Mason and Inovawill run the venture. The partnership willestablish a joint fellowship board to recruitresearchers from around the world.

Mason will also begin offering a gradu-ate certificate program in personalizedmedicine, which Mason president ÁngelCabrera, says underscores the university’scommitment to “delivering research of con-sequence that improves lives, drives eco-nomic growth and helps solve the most com-plex problems of our time.”

Gerald L. Gordon, Ph.D., president andCEO of the Fairfax County Economic Devel-opment Authority, said, “It is important thattwo of Fairfax County’s major institutions andeconomic development assets are formaliz-ing a collaborative relationship today aroundpersonalized medicine. Separately Inova andGeorge Mason have strong research capa-bilities for personalized health but, workingtogether, they will multiply the research anddiscovery capacities at both which will, inturn, only improve the economic develop-ment potential for this burgeoning industryand increase the possibility of spinning outcompanies and creating high-paying jobsthat will improve the general health andwell-being. The job creation aspect is impor-tant as well because it will further diversifyFairfax County’s economic base.”


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By Marilyn Campbell

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More than half of Americans are resolvingto lose weight and get in shape this year,according to a new Nielsen survey, but

only eight-percent will achieve that goal.“People tend to make New Year’s resolutions to give

themselves a fresh start,” said Lyn Chang, a Bethesda,Md.-based marriage and familycounselor. “They’re also a wayof addressing things about our-selves that are dissatisfying andtrying to make a change. Theproblem is that most people cre-ate resolutions that are too un-realistic.”

Small and practical targets,such as taking a 10-minute walkduring lunch or joining an ex-ercise class that meets twiceweekly, are more attainablethan vowing to spend two-hours a day at the gym,says Domenica M. Rubino, M.D., director, Washing-ton Center for Weight Management and Research inArlington. “You have to distinguish fantasy from re-ality and think about making sustainable changes,”she said. “When you start setting and achieving smallgoals it builds your confidence to keep going. Onechange tends to beget another change, and I thinkthat’s particularly true with weight loss.”

Successful weight loss requires a multi-prongedapproach, says Chang. “Break the larger goal in tosmaller steps like creating an exercise routine or prac-ticing healthy grocery shopping and meal planning,”she said. “Carefully examining and planning the mi-cro-steps to achieving the larger goal of weight lossis what will increase the chance of success.”

Whether choosing food or exercise, the key is mak-ing it pleasurable. “If I don’t like a certain vegetable,but say that I want to eat it everyday because itshealthy, I’ll only be able to maintain that for a shorttime,” said Ethan Carter, fitness director at GeorgeMason University. “The same is true for exercise. Fit-ness is more than dumb bells and bar bells. If youlike hiking or yard work, you should choose that asa way of getting exercise.”

Rubino encourages clients to view exercise as agift rather than a means for burning calories. “See itas mood management or a way to feel better,” shesaid. “People who are chronically trying to lose weighttend to resent exercise and activity because it’s al-ways connected to their weight, so they see it as

pointless. It helps to see it assomething that can improveyour mood and your overallhealth and wellbeing. Whenwe’re feeling better we canmake better choices.”

Creating balance is an often-overlooked component ofweight loss, but one that cansabotage health and fitness ef-forts, says Cheryl Mirabella, anutritionist and wellnesscoach with Living Whole

Health in Alexandria.“If you’re working hard and don’t have a lot of

balance in your life then you turn to food for plea-sure, but when you’re focusing on things that makeyou happy you naturally turn to healthier foodchoices and food loses its power as a source of plea-sure and reward,” she said.

Mirabella asks her clients to create what she callsa joy list. “They jot down a list of things that makethem happy like spending time with friends, musicor another hobby,” she said. “The list is broken downinto immediate activities like sitting with a cup oftea and a book, mid-term activities like having lunchwith a friend and long-term activities like a week-end trip. The idea is to have a source of inspirationand something to look forward to.”

George Mason University Fitness Director Ethan Carter says choose foods and physicalactivities that you enjoy is a key to successful weight loss.

Resolving to LoseWeight in the New YearWhat works and whatdoesn’t when it comes tohealth and fitness.

“You have to distinguishfantasy from reality andthink about makingsustainable changes.”

— Domenica M. Rubino, M.D.,Director, Washington Center for

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When the members of theFairfax County SchoolBoard added sexual orien-tation and gender identity

to the school system’s nondiscriminationpolicy in November 2014 and May 2015,did they have the authority? A lawsuit filedDec. 21, 2015 in Fairfax Circuit Court bythe Liberty Counsel contends they did not.

“We believe that Virginia state law is crys-tal clear on this subject, that it deprives lo-cal government bodies, such as the FairfaxCounty School Board, of the authority toexpand or contract protected classes underthe state nondiscrimination law,” saidHoratio Mihet, chief litigation counsel withLiberty Counsel.

Mihet is representing Andrea Lafferty,president of the pro-family advocacy groupTraditional Values Coalition and opponentof the policy changes, and the plaintiff, aFairfax County high school student and aminor, whose parents and friends are alsonamed as plaintiffs all under the name“Doe.”

The Liberty Counsel complaint contendsthat the student is finding school an unsafeplace to learn in part because “gender iden-tity” isn’t clearly defined in the new policyor the student code of conduct. He has ex-pressed fear of punishment for breaking thenew nondiscrimination rules regardingtransgender students in his bathroom orlocker room space, because he does not fullyunderstand what those rules are, accord-ing to the suit.

The student plaintiff, Mihet said, “hasclear statutory and constitutional rightswhich are being infringed. In its desire toplease one component of its constituency,the School Board has managed to runroughshod over the privacy rights of its stu-dents and their parents.”

In addition to the suit, Liberty Counselhas also filed a motion for a preliminaryinjunction that would force the SchoolBoard to reverse the policy change imme-diately, prior to further litigation.

After Liberty Counsel’s announcement thesuit had been filed, School Board Chairman

Pat Hynes released the statement that oncethe board was served with it, “our attor-neys will review it and file the appropriateresponse with the court.”

“Every child in our school system needsto know they are respected and will not facediscrimination,” Hynes’ statement contin-ued, “and the same thing goes for employ-ees when they walk through our doors.”

Springfield District School Board mem-

ber Elizabeth Schultz said she sees the law-suit as “unfortunate” but thinks that it was“foreseeable.”

“I think the current board lunged aheadwith what was largely a political agenda,”Schultz said. “Now unfortunately we’re go-ing to pay the price of a lawsuit. Of coursethere are better things to spend money on,but now have to be in a defensive position.”

Schultz was applauded by many before

the vote on May 7, in an uncommonlycrowded auditorium at Luther JacksonMiddle School, when she encouraged theboard to postpone its vote, engage morewith the community on the issue, and ulti-mately voted against the policy change.

Despite a boisterous crowd that night thatwas largely opposed to the change, SchoolBoard member Megan McLaughlin(Braddock District) said, “This policy up-date was not as controversial as alluded toand in fact was the right thing to do.”

McLaughlin pointed to the results ofNovember’s election, saying, “I think thelarger community demonstrated that intheir decision to return virtually all the in-cumbents back to this board.”

Robert Rigby, teacher at West PotomacHigh School and president of the LesbianGay Bisexual and Transgender-friendlyemployees’ group FCPS Pride, is promotingmediation on the issue, outside of litigation.Rigby released a statement following thelawsuit that he and his organization areworking to set up meetings between oppo-nents of the policy change and members ofthe LGBT community in Fairfax County Pub-lic Schools. “The idea is to put real peopleout there,” Rigby said, “invite sometransgender kids and parents to meet. We’rehoping to change hearts and minds — that’sthe ultimate hope. We want to start con-versations.” Rigby believes the move byLafferty and the Liberty Counsel is a “hailMary, a last-ditch effort” to affect the board’sposition, after previous attempts to “drivethe ball down the field” at board meetingswere unsuccessful.

Regarding the student plaintiff’s experi-ence, Rigby said he shouldn’t feel afraid.“Transgender teens are not scary, and veryaware of the fact that people may feel un-comfortable around them,” he said. “They’renot out to confront anybody, to scare.”

Rigby is continuing to work on facilitat-ing meetings with opponents of the policy,including former School Board membersMichelle Brickner and Steve Hunt. “I thinkwe have the right on our side,” he said.

Mihet with Liberty Counsel said he be-lieves the preliminary injunction will beheard in the next 60 days. Andrea Laffertywas unavailable for an interview.

School Board Sued over Nondiscrimination Policy ChangesLiberty Counsel challenges board’s authority to add sexual orientation and gender identity.

Citizens were actively engaged in the discussion leading up to theFairfax County School Board’s 10-1 vote in favor of adding “genderidentity” to the district’s nondiscrimination policy.

Citizens on both sides of the debate lingered outside Luther JacksonMiddle School following the School Board’s vote.

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Thomas Le of Clifton is the 2015recipient of the David C. JenkinsMemorial Scholarship in creativewriting.

Le is a student at William andMary’s English Department’s Cre-ative Writing Program. Le’s essayHungers won the scholarship in cre-ative nonfiction.

Moriah Dreisbach, of Fairfax,has been named to the Fall 2015Dean’s List of Union University in

Tennessee.

Fishburne Military School inWaynesboro, Va. announced that CadetSgereant Timothy Arndt, of FairfaxStation, was officially named FishburneMilitary School’s Cadet Non-Commis-sioned Officer of the Month for October.Arndt is a junior and the son of Mr. andMrs. David Arndt.

Cadet Arndt is a squad leader forBand Company, is on the DistinguishedHonor Roll, and plays football and base-ball.

Arden L. Scott, of Springfield, re-ceived a Master of Science in MediaVentures from Boston University in Sep-tember 2015.

Amanda J. Matteo, of Fairfax, re-ceived a Doctor of OccupationalTherapy in Occupational Therapy fromBoston University in September 2015.

Joshua Blaz, a graduate of J.W.Robinson Secondary School, receivedthe Tyree/Parajon, First Year MeritScholarship at Denison University. TheTyree/Parajon Scholarship is based onacademic achievement, leadership andpersonal merit.

Six students in Fairfax County PublicSchools (FCPS) have been named re-gional finalists in the 2015Siemens Competition in Math,Science, and Technology. The stu-dents, who attend South County HighSchool and Thomas Jefferson High

School for Science and Technology(TJHSST), are part of a group of 97 re-gional finalists who will compete in oneof six regional events in November.

Finalists include five TJHSST students— Daniel Chae, Kelly Cho, HarrietKhang, Christina Oh and Michael You —as well as Edward Oh, South CountyHigh School.

Brendan Richard O’Connor ofFairfax Station has accepted member-ship in the National Society of CollegiateScholars. NSCS is a member of the As-sociation of College Honor Societies andis the the nation’s only interdisciplinaryhonors organization for first-year andsecond-year college students. Member-ship is by invitation only, based on gradepoint average and class standing. He is

a sophomore at the College of Will-iam and Mary.

William Douglas Krawczak ofSpringfield has been recognized byGeorge Mason University on theschool’s dean’s list for his academicachievement during the spring se-mester.

William graduated from WestSpringfield High School and isdouble majoring in English and Eco-nomics at George Mason University.Recognition on the George MasonUniversity dean’s list is reserved forstudents who were registered for 12or more semester hours and receiveda grade point average of 3.2 orhigher with no grade below a C forthe previous semester’s work.

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Frank Sinatra would haveturned 100 years youngon Dec. 12, 2015. On

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border can be largely attrib-uted to these individuals andof course those who evadedcapture, some of whom arealso peddling their wares onthe streets of Fairfax County.The drug problems in thiscountry over the last sevenyears can be traced directlyto a White House more con-cerned about the race andethnicity of criminals thannational security as it im-pacts Northern Virginia. Andit will remain a problemthroughout 2016.

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SATURDAY/JAN. 9”I’ll Never Let You Go” Storytime.

11 a.m. Barnes and NobleSpringfield, 6646 Loisdale Road,Springfield. When you love someone,you stand by them no matter whathappens. In this month’s Picture Bookof the Month, I’ll Never Let you Go,we celebrate the beauty ofunconditional love. 703-971-5383.

Kristen Ford. 9-11 p.m. Dogfish HeadAlehouse, 13041 Lee JacksonMemorial Highway, Fairfax. KristenFord’s indie music fuses folk, reggae,country, and blues with a healthydose of rock and roll.www.kristenfordmusic.com.

Second Saturday at theWorkhouse. 6-9 p.m. 9518Workhouse Way, Lorton. See thehappenings at the Workhouse.www.workhousearts.org. 703-585-2900.

”Memories and Myth” Reception. 6-9p.m. W-9, The Workhouse ArtsCenter, 9601 Ox Road, Lorton. Anall-media art exhibit by its AssociateArtists in Gallery 902. The artists willbe on hand to talk about their workand the processes they use.

SUNDAY/JAN. 10Historic Cemeteries of Northern

Virginia. 2 p.m. Fairfax Museumand Visitor Center, 10209 Main St.,Fairfax. Book talk and signing withlocal historian and author Charles A.Mills, who will explore the stories ofthe famous and not-so-famous peopleburied in local cemeteries. Free. 703-385-8414.

Sousa Season Opener. 2-4 p.m. GMUCenter for the Arts, 4373 MasonPond Drive, Fairfax. The program isfull of musical gems and livelyencores, and includes marches“Semper Fidelis” and “The Stars andStripes Forever.” 202-433-4011.

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research logs. Get advice using libraryonline resources like Ancestry andHeritage Quest. Adults.703-978-5600.

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the Sojourners. 11:30 a.m.-1:30p.m. Find out how the SpringfieldChristian Women’s Connectionstarted. Presentation by SherylBuckner entitled “Abandoned But NotForgotten.” Luncheon, door prizes,new friendships. Complementarychildcare. $20. RSVP by Friday, Jan.8. [email protected]. 703-922-6438.

Mass Murderers and CriminalMinds. 7:30-9 p.m. W-3 Theatre,9518 Workhouse Way, Lorton. Dr.Roger Depue, retired FBI SpecialAgent and one of the pioneers of theFBI’s Behavior Science, talks aboutidentifying violent fantasies,“leakage” and warning signs beforeviolent behavior takes place.workhousearts.org. 703-584-2900.

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Old Town Hall, 3999 UniversityDrive, Fairfax. Presented by the

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The Robinson Athletic Hall of FameCommittee announced the 2016 Class ofthe Robinson Secondary School AthleticHall of Fame, which will be inducted onJan. 23.

The fourth class of the hall of fame fea-tures state champions, a national cham-pion, All Americans, a former profes-sional athlete, and a coach for the USAOlympic team.

The class will include Durmia Marshall(1990), Mark Alan Krynitskey (1978),Todd Kirtley (1978), Eugene Mitchell

(1998), Dan Gill (2000), Joey Hildbold(1999), Sherry Worsham (1991), JeriDaniels Elder (1978), Kathy Cotton Beaty(1985), Frank Schaede (1976), coachJeremy Workman, the 1999 men’s crosscountry team, and the 1981 wrestlingteam.

The ceremony will take place on theevening of Jan. 23 at the Westfields GolfClub. Tickets can be purchased at http://robinsonathleticboosters.com/node/272. Questions can be sent [email protected].

Robinson Announces 2016 HOF Class

Shelby Haynes is in her fourth sea-son as a member of the WestSpringfield girls’ varsity basketball

team. During her career, she’s helped theSpartans win a pair of Conference 7championships and make an appearanceat the state tournament.

The 5-foot-10 guard helped WestSpringfield finish the 2015 portion of itsschedule with an 8-2 record, including aseven-game win streak to open the sea-son. The Spartans will travel to faceMount Vernon at 7:30 p.m. on Friday,Jan. 8.

Haynes signed a letter of intent to playbasketball for Army. She recently partici-pated in a Q&A via email with The Con-nection.

Q: Did you make any New Year’s reso-lutions? If so, what are they?

A: I normally don’t make New Year’sresolutions, but this year when one ofmy friends asked me if I did, the firstthing that popped into my head and outof my mouth was, “Ya, win.”

Q: As an athlete, what is one thing youwould like to do better in 2016 than in2015?

A: Get the team involved. When weplay together we win games. With theplayers we have, if I can help get themmore involved during the games it’ll beeasier for everyone.

Q: How do you feel the team is play-ing entering the 2016 part of the sched-ule?

A: Since we’ve had many new varsityplayers, the best thing for our team is toget experience and play as much as wecan. Since we have gotten a good 10games under our belts, the start of theseason jitters should be out of the wayso we can really focus on the game andnot the nerves that come with it.

Q: What made Army the right choicefor you?

A: As I was making my decision onwhich college to attend there were a fewschools that caught my attention. WestPoint actually contacted me a bit laterthan most of the other schools, but assoon as they did, I was sold. Everythingthe academy offers for both athletics andeducation really just blew me away. Myfather has served in the army for a littleover 20 years and just recently retired,but I had never seriously considered join-ing or looking at the academies becausemy focus was on basketball. When I vis-ited West Point I knew there wasn’t abetter fit for me.

Q: As a student, what would be theideal end to your senior year at WSHS?

A: Obviously ideal would be going tostates and winning everything. But likeevery year I just want to get as far as wecan as team and just enjoy the ride.

— Jon Roetman

Q&A: Shelby Haynes on ‘going to statesand winning everything’ and her choice ofArmy as the next step.

West Springfield’s HaynesSigns with West Point

West Springfield guardShelby Haynes, seen last season,is signed to play basketball atWest Point.

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As a junior, Taylor Caskey helpedthe Robinson girls’ lacrosse teamwin the first state championshipin program history. Now a senior,

Caskey and the other returning Rams arelooking for a repeat.

Caskey was one of Robinson’s top offen-sive threats in 2015. She finished with fourgoals against Centreville in the Conference5 championship game, and totaled threegoals and one assist against the Wildcats inthe state semifinals

In the fall, Caskey de-committed fromGeorge Mason University and is currentlyweighing her college options. She recentlyparticipated in a Q&A vie email with TheConnection.

Q: Did you make any new year’s resolu-tions? If so, what are they?

A: I have one primary New Year’s resolu-tion for 2016 and it is to do something thatinvolves giving back or volunteering for acause benefiting somebody else rather thanjust something for myself. I want to dosomething that will give me personal grati-tude because I helped someone else out;whether that be volunteering to be a Spe-cial Olympics coach as I have done in thepast or something similar. I also have an-other resolution and that is to win statesagain—that would be great.

Q: As an athlete, what is one thing youwould like to do better in 2016 than in2015?

A: As a senior and a second-year captainon the team, I want to make an even stron-ger effort to be a leader on the field and setan example for the younger girls. I know asa freshman I was so strongly influenced bythe upperclassmen on the team and theyhad such an impact on how I played. I wantto encourage the younger girls to put them-selves out there and to take risks becausethat is how I learned to play.

Q: For the Robinson girls’ lacrosse team,2015 went about as well as a season could.How do you approach 2016 when you’vealready been to the top?

A: Last year our team’s motto was “OneStep at a Time” and that is the same mindsetwe will follow going into this year. We knewnever to look too far into the future becauseit was the little things that led to major suc-cess. Obviously after winning states in 2015,we know that we are going to be taken evenmore seriously as a team and although wehave lost a lot of talent, we still have verystrong players and even stronger chemistryon and off the field. As long as we play likea team and focus on tweaking some things,we are confident that it is going to be an-other exciting season.

Q: What would be your ideal way to fin-ish your senior year at Robinson?

A: My ideal way to finish my senior yearwould be with both Robinson lacrosse teamswinning states again. It was such an excit-ing day last year when both the boys andgirls won and I know that it was an unfor-gettable experience for both teams. That washands down one of the best days of my lifebecause everyone was just beaming and sohappy for everybody. I never want my highschool lacrosse experience to end but whenit has to, I hope it does with another ring.

— Jon Roetman

Q&A: Taylor Caskeywants to give back,volunteer and win thestates again.

Robinson’s Caskey SharesNew Year’s Resolution

Robinson’s TaylorCaskey, seen lastseason, and theRobinson girls’lacrosse team wonthe 6A state champi-onship in 2015.

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POLICY AS TO STUDENTSFairfax United Methodist Church Preschool, St. Paul Lutheran Preschool, Fairfax Presbyterian Preschool and Truro Preschool and Kindergarten admit students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally ac-corded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, na-tional and ethnic origin in administration of its educa-tional policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-adminis-tered programs.

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ABC LICENSEH Mart Burke LLC trading as H Mart, 9550 Burke Rd. Burke, VA 22015. The above estab-lishment is applying to the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) for a Wine and Beer off Premises license to sell or manufacture alcohol-ic beverages. Ilyeon Kwon, ownerNOTE: Objections to the issu-ance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Ob-jections should be registered at www.abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200.

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LEGAL NOTICEAccording to the Lease by and between Daniel Beach (of unit 3046) and TKG-StorageMart and its related parties, assigns and affiliates in order to perfect the Lien on the goods con-tained in their storage unit, the manager has cut the lock on their unit and upon cursory inspection the unit was found to contain: furniture, stereo, computer, ect. Items will be sold or otherwise disposed of on Friday January 22, 2016 @ 12:00pm at 11325 Lee Hwy Fairfax VA 22030 to satisfy owner's lien in accordance with state statutes.

According to the Lease by and between Jennifer Johnson (of unit 3112) and TKG-StorageMart and its related parties, as-signs and affiliates in order to perfect the Lien on the goods contained in their storage unit, the manager has cut the lock on their unit and upon cursory inspection the unit was found to contain: painting, nightstand, boxes, ect. Items will be sold or otherwise disposed of on Friday January 22, 2016 @ 12:00pm at 11325 Lee Hwy Fairfax VA 22030 to satisfy owner's lien in accordance with state statutes.




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Two long-time members of theBurke Composite Squadronwere honored on Dec. 17 in a

Change of Command at Irving MiddleSchool in Springfield. CAP MajorStephan Romeo, Commander of theBurke Squadron, relinquished commandof the unit to CAP Major MichaelSpeakmon. Major Speakmon, formerlythe Deputy Commander of Seniors, nowassumes command of the unit whileMajor Romeo takes on the role of Advi-sor to the Commander.

CAP Captain Nelson Alcalde, Com-mander of the Burke Squadron’s parentorganization, Group 3 of the CAP’s Vir-ginia Wing, was the principal speaker atthe ceremony. He praised both officersfor their leadership as demonstrated intraining exercises and real world opera-tions. Captain Alcade credited their con-sistently excellent command influence asthe driving force behind the unit’s con-

tinued success. Major Speakmon, in his newcapacity as Squadron Commander, offici-ated at the promotion of Cadet Captain JulieDemoyonovich to Cadet Major. Cadet Ma-jor Demoyonovich’s promotion came in rec-ognition of her outstanding performance asleader, trainer and mentor to the BurkeSquadron cadets.

Four other squadron members were also

recognized at the ceremony: Cadet Ma-jor Cory Harding who completedAchievement 15 of the Cadet Program,Cadet Basic Daniel Morgan who was pro-moted to Cadet Airman and Senior Mem-ber Sarah Demyonovich who receivedher Level One certificate signifying herprogress in the CAP Professional Devel-opment Program.

Civil Air PatrolChange of Commandand Awards at BurkeSquadron

New Squadron Commander CAP Major Michael Speakmon (left) iscongratulated by outgoing Commander CAP Major Stephan Romeo(right) and CAP Captain Nelson Alcalde, Commander, Group 3, VirginiaWing, Civil Air Patrol.

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THURSDAYS/DEC. 3-FEB. 3Grief Support Group. 10:30 a.m.-noon. Clifton

Presbyterian Church, 12748 Richards Lane,Clifton. The Clifton Presbyterian Church isoffering to the church and community a GriefSupport Group for those who have experienceda recent death and loss in their lives. This groupwill offer a safe and supportive place forparticipants to explore ways to walk the journeyof grief and to “wrestle” with difficult, andsometimes unanswerable, questions. Dec. 3, 10,17; Jan. 7, 12, 21, 28; Feb. [email protected]. 703-830-3175.

SATURDAY/JAN. 9Sickle Cell Anemia Disease and Trait

Seminar. 12:30 p.m. Fairfax CountyGovernment Center, 12000 Government CenterParkway, Fairfax. Come get the facts and whatyou need to know about the disease and traitfrom guest speaker Barbara Harrison, MS,Certified Genetic Counselor, Howard UniversityCenter for Sickle Cell Disease. Free. RSVP byJan. 5 to [email protected].

SUNDAY/JAN. 10Soundscapes Healing Meditation. 2-3:30 p.m.

Accotink Unitarian Universalist Church, 10125Lakehaven Court, Burke. Come, bring a blanketor yoga mat for lying on the floor, and enjoy thegift of letting go and being connected to deeperpeace. Healthy snacks will be providedafterward during Fellowship time. $15 donation.www.accotinkuuc.org. 703-503-4579.

THURSDAY/JAN. 14How to Get the Best from Your Cable

Company. 7-8:30 p.m. Kings Park Library,9000 Burke Lake Road, Burke. Having troublewith your cable services? Learn how deal withcable service problems like outages, blurryscreens and frustrating customer service. Learntips to save money, file complaints and makeyour community safer from an expert. Adults.703-978-5600.

What to Look for in a Facility. 3 p.m. InsightMemory Care, 3953 Pender Drive, Suite 100,Fairfax.learn what questions to ask, what to lookfor on a visit, and how to make choosing aresidential facility easier. RSVP. 703-204-4664.InsightMCC.org.

WEDNESDAY/JAN. 20Virtual Dementia Tour. 1 p.m. Insight Memory

Care, 3953 Pender Drive, Suite 100, Fairfax. TheVirtual Dementia Tour (VDT) is designed to help

simulate the effects of dementia, allowingcaregivers to better understand the needs oftheir loved ones. RSVP. 703-204-4664.InsightMCC.org.

FRIDAY/JAN. 22Keeping up with the Kids. Kings Park Library,

9000 Burke Lake Road, Burke. Learn the basicswith our one-on-one technology volunteer aboutthe social networking tools that can help youstay in touch with your kids and grandkids.Adults. 703-978-5600.

TUESDAY/JAN. 26Fairfax 50+ Community Ambassador

Program. 9:30 a.m.-noon. Pennino Building,12011 Government Center Parkways, Suite 206,Fairfax. This volunteer program trains membersof Fairfax County community organizations tohelp link their fellow members to the county’sservices for older adults and caregivers. ContactMena Nakhla at 703-324-5859 or by email [email protected] by Wednesday,Jan. 20.

SUNDAY/JAN. 31Human Trafficking: Get the Facts and Take

Action. Stacy C. Sherwood Community Center,3740 Old Lee Highway, Fairfax. http://www.fairfaxva.gov/host/women/events.html.

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Send notes to the Connection [email protected] or call 703-778-9416. Deadline is Friday. Datedannouncements should be submitted at least twoweeks prior to the event.

Clifton Presbyterian Church is offering a GriefSupport Group. Offered for eight sessions onThursdays from Dec. 3-Feb. 3 from 10:30 a.m.-noon for those who have experienced a recentdeath and loss in their lives.

This group will offer a safe and supportive placefor participants to explore ways to walk the jour-ney of grief and to “wrestle” with difficult, andsometimes unanswerable, questions. Dec. 3, 10,17; Jan. 7, 12, 21, 28; Feb. 3. Clifton PresbyterianChurch is located at 12748 Richards Lane, [email protected]. 703-830-3175.

First Baptist Church of Springfield offersSunday school at 9:15 a.m., followed by a 10:30a.m. worship service at 7300 Gary St., Springfield.703-451-1500 or www.fbcspringfield.org.

Clifton Presbyterian Church , 12748Richards Lane, Clifton, offers Sunday worship ser-vices at 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Nursery care isprovided. Christian education for all ages is at 9:45a.m. 703-830-3175.

St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church,6720 Union Mill Road, Clifton, conducts Sundaymasses at 7:30 a.m., 8:45 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and12:30 p.m. It also offers a Saturday vigil at 5:30p.m. and a Thursday Latin mass at 7 p.m. 703-8171770 or www.st-andrew.org.

Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 8304

Old Keene Mill Road, Springfield, offers casualworship services on Saturday evenings at 5:30 p.m.featuring contemporary music. More traditionalservices take place on Sunday mornings at 8:15and 11 a.m. Sunday School is from 9:45-10:45 a.m.for children and adults. The church also offers dis-cussion groups for adults. 703-451-5855 orwww.poplc.org.

Kirkwood Presbyterian Church, 8336Carrleigh Parkway in Springfield, supports a Moth-ers of Preschoolers (MOPS) program on the firstand third Wednesday of each month. Meetings are9:30-11:30 a.m. at the church. All mothers andchildren are welcome. The program provides moth-ers an opportunity to get to know other mothersthrough discussions and craft activities. Register.703-451-5320.

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Burke$508,000

COMMUTERS’DREAM!!!

3 bedrooms,2 1/2 baths,with main levelLibrary/Study/Den. On quietcul-de-sac with

many tall trees! Sought after Burke Station SquareCommunity within 1/2 mile of the Virginia RailwayExpress (VRE) & Pentagon bus stop. Beautiful Patio &Fenced Back Yard. Lake Braddock School District!

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Unit Has SXS Fridge, Corian Counters, HardwoodFlrs, Gas FP, Gas Cooking, Storage, & 1 Garage Pkg,Space in Luxury Bldg Amenities Incl Pool, FitnessCntr, party Rm. Washer Dryer in Unit. Close to Metro,Trans, & Shopping. Call for details and pricing.

Arlington$445,000

Rarely offered1 BR + DenCondo with 1Full and 1 halfbath on 8thFlr in Heart ofBallston.Great ViewsFrom Balcony.Fairfax Station – Regency Station

This beautiful executive home has been meticulously maintainedinside & out. Convenient location, premium.65 acre lot, open floorplan, gorgeous kit / sun room update, & grand master suite w/ fireplaceare just a few of the highlights! Call or e-mail for more information.

South Riding$647,500

Gorgeous!Top of the linekitchen reno,

private 0.39 acres,move-in perfect.

Great community!

Fairfax Station$939,900

New England charmand Southern hospi-tality seamlesslyblend in Glenver-dant. A home madefor enjoying andentertaining com-

plete with updated kitchen and spacious breakfast area nicely locatedby a wood burning fireplace. Roam through over 5500 square feetincluding a sunroom and finished basement that offers a full kitchen.The upper level has four large bedrooms and three full baths plus afamily den and attic playroom. The exterior features five acres, aninground pool as well as a four stall barn for horse lovers.

Come to the HEARTof Real Estate, since 1980Proudly Serving Northern VAKAY HART, CRS, GRIAssociate BrokerLife Member NVAR Top [email protected]

Alexandria$683,400

Gorgeous, fully updated 5BR home features a largedeck backing to HuntleyMeadows; 100 acres ofparkland. The gleaminghardwoods, plantationshutters, granite count-ers, SS appliances, walk-out lower level withmedia room and 2-storygarage are just a few ofthe impressive featuresof this home.

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Hunters Ridge in Manassas$560,000

Gorgeous home on over an acre * 3 finishedlevels * 2-story entry foyer * Huge kitchenw/island, Corian counters, desk * Sunroomoff family room w/double doors to deck* Fireplace in family room * Lovely mastersuite w/tray ceilings * Master bath featuressoaking tub, separate shower, double sinks& enormous walk-in closet w/washer, dryerarea * Finished LL w/rec room, wet bar,den, full bath & storage areas.

Call Judy at 703-917-7127

Kingstowne$469,000

Gorgeous 3 bed-room, 3.5 bath townhouse. Beautifulkitchen with granitecounters, S/S appli-ances. Freshlypainted, refinishedhardwood floors,new carpeting,updated bathrooms,wonderful deck.

Finished lower level with full bath, gas fireplace andwalkout. Fenced yard backing to trees and open area.

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A few beauties sold by Kay in 2015

Chantilly$435,000

Two Years NewThis 3 BR, 2 FB, 2HB, 3-level TH fea-tures gourmet Kitw/granite, UpgradedCabs, SS Appl, HWFloors, UpgradedBaths, 2-Car Gar,and Much More!

Fairfax $539,900Lovely Split-Level with huge Sun Room addition. ThreeBedrooms, 2 1/2 Baths. Finished Lower Level Rec Roomwith brick fireplace. Located in a quiet Cul-De-Sac.

Call Sheila Adams, 703-503-1895

Springfield $569,000This meticulously maintained colonial has 5 Bedrooms and3.5 Baths on 3 finished levels. Almost 3,200 total squarefeet. Lower level is a walk out to premium wooded lot.

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