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Katharine Mardirosian, of McLean,will host the ribbon cutting for 100

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Park in Herndon. The soup maker,inspired by her mother-in-law’s

cooking, already has more than 30soups on her menu; she will eventu-

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By Ken Moore

The Connection

Detective Bill Woolf describedhow human traffickers use alltools possible, including socialmedia, to lure victims any-

where and everywhere, including TysonsCorner, Great Falls and McLean.

“Traffickers don’t discriminate. They arelooking for someone they can lure in,” saidWoolf, of the Fairfax County Police Depart-ment and Northern Virginia Human Traf-ficking Task Force.

Even a Fairfax County public high schoolwas recently used by traffickers as a hubfor recruiting; traffickers even used femalestudents to help recruit.

Once someone is befriended on some-thing like Facebook, or their recruiters findout all they can, somebody’s likes and dis-likes, favorite music, favorite books, favor-ite stores and favorite places to go.

And by the time there is that “chance en-counter” somewhere in the community, suchas a musical event, “He knows all the rightthings to say,” said Woolf.

The victim thinks she, or he, is falling inlove.

“You think, look at this connection. Hegets me,” said Woolf. “But it’s really that hejust did his homework.”

Two hundred teenage girls from U.S. Rep.Barbara Comstock’s Young Women Leader-ship Program filled Great Falls Library con-ference room on July 20. None is immunefrom being targeted for human trafficking,said Woolf and Beth Saunders, president ofJust Ask Prevention Project: End Teen SexTrafficking.

“They are posing as someone you can re-late to. They are luring you in with that fourletter word, love,” said Woolf.

Beth Saunders urges everyone to look ather website, JustAskVa.org.

“The best way to prevent it is to educatepeople about what a healthy relationshipis,” said Saunders.

“Everybody sitting here is a target. Ifyou’re not sure what’s going on, ask some-one. It’s not necessarily normal if a strangeris reaching out,” she said.

THE YOUNGEST VICTIM Deepa Patelhas worked with is 6 years old.

Patel, a clinical social worker at theMulticultural Clinical Center in Springfield,specializes in working with both victims ofand perpetrators of sexual exploitationcases.

“It’s horrific that I have a job,” said Patel.“Ask questions, ask somebody, ‘Are you

okay? Is there anything you need?'” shesaid.

Traffickers, recently, made a FairfaxCounty High School a place to recruit, a“large case,” said Woolf.

“Recruiting was actually going on in ahigh school. Girls would do recruiting forthem,” said the detective.

Woolf asked the 200 teeangers in GreatFalls Library how many times police werecalled.

Because of fear of parents, fear of judge-ment from peers, because of fear of policeand law enforcement, potential victimsdon’t seek help.

Officials use the term human trafficking;they are victims, not “prostitutes.”

They may first be offered the opportunityto make “good quick money” by simply un-

dressing, Woolf said, but “things spiral outof control fairly quickly.”

“All of a sudden they are labeled, but, infact, they were victimized over a period ofdays, months, years, whatever the time pe-riod might be,” said Woolf

“There are deep insidious, long term ef-fects. Lifetime effects,” said Patel.

When lured into being a victim, victimslive, on average, seven years, said Woolf.

Woolf says the youngest victim he hasworked with is 9 years old. “I’ve seen thehorrific effects, essentially stealing theirlives away from them,” he said.

GANGS HAVE USED human trafficking

as a means for making money, said Woolf,formerly on the gang task force.

“We started to see how many youngpeople, not just girls, that are being ex-ploited in the human trafficking industry,”he said.

Saunders once worked for a well-knowninternational hotel company and learnedabout human trafficking; how traffickersused bell hops, taxicab and other person-nel to promote their underground exploi-tation.

“I read an article about a brother who soldhis sister into human trafficking,” she said.“I could not believe my eyes.”

She taught employees to learn warningsigns about human trafficking.

She eventually left her position, returnedto Northern Virginia and turned her atten-tion to other endeavors, but she learnedhow human trafficking has infiltrated thelocal area.

“A friend whacked me on the side of myhead,” she said. “She said, ‘What aren’t youdoing? Why aren’t you involved?’”

More than 375 calls were made to ThePolaris Hotline in 2013, according to herwebsite.

“No one has the right to exert powerover another individual. We as womenhave our own voice,” said Dr. Ludy Green,president and founder of Second ChanceEmployment Service which provides em-ployment for battered and abused womenand is the author of Ending Domestic Vio-lence Captivity: A Guide to EconomicFreedom.

Saunders told each of the girls inComstock’s Leadership Program that she isin a position to do something, too.

“This is the shot we have to end this. Wedon’t want to be doing this in three years.We want to put ourselves out of business,”said Saunders. “It’s a myth that it does nothappen here. It is going on here,” saidWoolf. “Your peers are going to listen toyou before they listen to me. My plea isto take this message, educate yourself andeducate those around you.”

Get HelpThe Polaris Hotline, 1-888-373-7888

The National Human Trafficking ResourceCenter is available to answer calls toll freeanywhere in the country, 24 hours a day, sevendays a week, 365 days a year.

Or text Help or Info to BeFree (233733).More than 375 calls were made to the hotline

in 2013 regarding cases in Virginia.“It’s a myth that it does not happen here. It is

going on here,” said Det. Bill Woolf, of theFairfax County Police Department.

See JustAskVa.org“The Just Ask Prevention Project is a public

awareness campaign designed to expose thegrowing prevalence of Teen Sex Trafficking inNorthern Virginia and to inspire our communityto end the scouting, manipulation and recruit-ment of our teenagers,” according to the website.

“This is the shot we have to end this. We don’twant to be doing this in three years. We want toput ourselves out of business,” said BethSaunders, president and CEO of Just Ask: EndTeen Sex Trafficking.

Teenager leaderswarned, asked toeducate themselvesand peers againstsex trafficking.

Human Trafficking: ‘No One is Immune’

U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-10), Dr. Ludy Green, Deepa Patel, BethSaunders and Det. Bill Woolf spoke to Comstock’s Young Women Leader-ship Program at Great Falls Library on July 20 about human trafficking.

“Everybody sitting here is a target,” said Saunders, president of Just AskPrevention Project: End Teen Sex Trafficking. More than 200 teens par-ticipated in Barbara Comstock’s Young Women Leadership Program. Apanel urged the young women to be leaders in helping combat teen sextrafficking.

“It’s a myth that it doesnot happen here. It isgoing on here.”

— Bill Woolf, detective

“A friend whacked me onthe side of myhead.‘What aren’t youdoing? Why aren’t youinvolved?’”

— Beth Saunders, Just Ask Preven-tion Project: End Teen Sex Traffick-

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McLean Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic

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Brandon Greiner, 3, took the lead.The 3-year-old biked the trailsfrom one overlook to the nextwhile his twin sister Ainsley, mom

Nicole and father Nathan Greiner walkedimmediately behind.

Brandon’s parents are both health andphysical education teachers, and during thesummer: “Everyday, we try to find a newactivity. Today it’s this,” said Nathan Greiner.

Great Falls National Park offers history

and nature in an 800-acre park at 9200 OldDominion Drive in McLean.

By 10:30 a.m., rangers said hundreds ofcars had already come through. The waittime to get into Great Falls Park was 16minutes long.

By noon, the queue almost backed up toGeorgetown Pike, with a wait time of nearlyan hour.

“This is pretty incredible,” said Sumi Huwho came to the historic overlooks with herhusband Allen, and children Rowan andJonah.

A sign at one of the overlooks explains:

“The Potomac River begins as a small springnear Fairfax Stone, West Virginia. Like agiant funnel, it gathers water from Penn-sylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginiaand the District of Columbia as it travels383 miles to the Chesapeake Bay.

“When it reaches Great Falls, the rivernarrows and drops 76 feet into a canyoncalled Mather Gorge.”

Jessica Peguero adopted her dog Tobyfrom Lost Dog and Cat Rescue(lostdogrescue.org).

“He loves climbing on the rocks,” saidPeguero.

She and Toby try to come to Great Fallsonce or twice a month. “We love nature,”

she said.Chris and Estelle Maletz brought their

daughters Pauline, 5, Claire, 4, and Boscoto Great Falls “just to get outdoors and en-joy the day,” said Chris Maletz, “and to takethe girls out for a hike.”

Juan Munguia and Nery Munguia, ofHerndon, brought Aylin Munguia to GreatFalls for her second birthday party.

Her parents decided it was the best placeto invite family and friends for soccer, bar-becue chicken, and, of course, birthdaycake.

Immediately after kicking a soccer ball,Aylin was changed into Sunday best forbirthday photos.

An August Sunday in the park.Great Falls National Park Hosts Many a Celebration

Great Fallsoffers picnictables, grillsand space forcelebrating ona first-come,first-servedbasis.

Allen and SumiHu with sonsRowan (inorange) andJonah.

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Opinion

Outrage over the shooting deathof John Geer of Springfield onAug. 29, 2013, by a FairfaxCounty Police officer led the

Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to formof the Ad Hoc Police Practice Review Commis-sion, which began meeting in March 2015. TheCommunications Subcommittee wasthe first to give recommendations tothe full commission, and the reportpulled no punches.

“Communications in recent high-profile use-of-force and critical incident cases were mis-handled, inadequate and untimely, leading toloss of public trust and questions about thelegitimacy of police actions. … Our commu-nity deserves better.”

“The failures in both communications andits Freedom of Information Act policies havecreated this crisis of confidence for FCPD. …There must be significant change coming fromthe leadership of the county and the FairfaxCounty Police Department. No longer can theyjust pay lip service to the idea of transparency.Real change is needed – now. ...

“It is well past time for the Fairfax CountyPolice Department to start providing timely,honest and effective communications with ev-erything it does. We deserve nothing less. ...

“Constant ‘happy talk’ breeds suspicion,while being direct and clear about mistakesand failures as well as accomplishments resultsin increased credibility.”

The Communications Committee, led byformer Fairfax County Public Information Of-

ficer Merni Fitzgerald, calls for: a culturechange to favor releasing as much informationas possible; policy change to encourage trans-parency and accountability by establishing aculture of disclosure; adopting a predisposi-tion-to-disclose, with public records presumedto be public and exemptions strictly and nar-

rowly construed.For example, the committee calls for:

releasing the names of officers involvedin any police shootings within one

week; releasing video from body cameras,dashboard cameras and any other digitalrecord of a police-involved shooting death im-mediately; a continuous process of informa-tion declassification for cases that are no longeractive or are closed; releasing actual policereports, with redactions where necessary,rather than creating summary documents; pro-viding unfettered access to blotter-type infor-mation to include a list of every incident andcall with the basic who/what/when/where/how information.

The full report is eight pages, well-writtenand well worth reading.

CHANGE IN CULTURE is not coming auto-matically or easily to the Fairfax County PoliceDepartment. While the FCPD has releasedreams of information to the commission, thathas not included much requested and neededinformation for the commission and its sub-committees to meet established scope of work.

For example, the Use of Force Subcommit-tee is tasked in its scope of work to “review

(not investigate) recent use of force incidents(lethal and non-lethal) involving FCPD as wellas review any existing data summarizing allFCPD use of force interactions, officer involvedshootings resulting in death or injury, and in-custody deaths from 2005 to 2015.”

In May, the committee asked what docu-ments and reports would be available andwhen.

The following response was posted in June:“The Chief of Police will post a synopsis and

other information regarding the department’sofficer involved shootings but will not be re-leasing any case reports, files or documentsfrom the criminal or administrative case.”

That response does not reflect a culture oftransparency.

But what’s worse is that on Aug. 10, justweeks before the subcommittee’s final recom-mendations are due to the full commission, thecommittee still has not received the synopsispromised, or even a list of officer-involvedshootings resulting in death or injury, and in-custody deaths from 2005 to 2015.

FCPD Chief of Police Edwin Roessler is sched-uled to present the synopses to the committeeon Aug. 12. All commission and subcommit-tee meetings are open to the public, see http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/policecommission/

— Mary Kimm,

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Mary Kimm, Connection editor and publisher,serves on the Ad Hoc Police Policies Review Commis-sion. The opinions expressed here are her own, and donot speak for the commission.

Strongly worded recommendations forpolice on transparency and public trust;FCPD has miles to go.

‘Our Community Deserves Better’Read Report Online

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/policecommission/subcommittees/materials/final-recommendation-communication-subcommittee.pdf

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An Angel inState TrooperDisguiseTo the Editor:

On July 13, 2015, I was drivingto Reagan National Airport to pickup my son when I noticed the lowfuel light was flashing. I told mytwo grandchildren, who were withme, that we needed to get gas. Yet,I decided to keep going as to nothave my son waiting for me at theairport. I figured we could circleback after picking him up and getgas then. However, on our wayback around, we took the wrongexit, overshooting the gas station.We attempted to keep going untilthe next gas station, but ran outof gas in the process. My sonstated, “Mom, we are out of gas.“I responded with, “Are you serious,can you back up? We are in themiddle of the highway?” He said“No mom, we can’t move.” Panicset in. I reached for my roadside

assistance card and tried to call forhelp, but my hands were shakingfrom fear of being hit by an on-coming vehicle. Just then, a statetrooper pulled up behind us withflashing lights. I found out laterthat it was Trooper Chad Fulk. Hequickly approached our vehicleand asked if we were alright. I,feeling responsible for our predica-ment, said we ran out of gas. Hesaid “Don’t worry, I need to get youall to safety because I almostcreamed you coming around thatcurb. Do you mind if I bump youto a safe location?” We said “Sure,please.”

Trooper Fulk gently bumped usto safety. He came back to our ve-hicle and asked, “Do you all havesomeone coming,” because he no-ticed that I still had the roadsideassistance card in my shakinghand. I said “Yes.” Trooper Fulksaid, “I’m going to call for help andwe will see who gets here first.”After he called, he smiled at meand said “Would you feel better ifI stayed with you until someone

arrives?” I said “Yes.” He said “OK,”and went back to his cruiser towait.

While we waited, I noticed I hadmy Bible. So, I took out a piece ofpaper and wrote a note to TrooperFulk. I don’t remember what Iwrote, but I wanted him to knowthat we appreciated his dedica-tion, care, and concern for oursafety.

His call for assistance arrivedprior to ours, at which time he re-turned to our vehicle and said thatwe were in good hands, and he wasgoing to depart now. I asked himif he was an angel, to which hereplied, “I don’t think so,” with asmile. I handed him the note I’dprepared for him, and said Iwouldn’t be surprised if you wereto disappear when you return toyour car. Although he denied be-ing an angel, he was our angel thatday. He saved the lives of mygrandchildren, my son and I. Wefeel he deserves to be recognizedfor putting his life in danger as hedoes everyday diligently protecting

and serving us all. I don’t want toimagine what could have hap-pened had Trooper Fulk not beenthere. My son is off to trainingcamp, my grandchildren are off tosummer camp, and I am homethanking the Lord for Trooper Fulk.

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The following incidents were reportedby the McLean District Police Station.

ATTEMPTED ROBBERY: 1900block of Chain Bridge Road, Aug. 6 atabout 4:47 p.m. The victim was walkingto her vehicle in the parking garage ofthe Tyson’s Corner Mall and was ap-proached by a man from behind. Thesuspect grabbed the victim and de-manded money, the victim resisted andthe suspect fled. The victim did not re-quire medical attention. The suspectwas described as Hispanic, light-skinned, in his 20s, clean shaven, andwearing a white shirt, hat, and carryinga black backpack.

ILLEGAL FILMING WITH APPRE-HENSION: 1900 block of Chain Bridge

Road, Aug. 3, at about 3:45 p.m. Offic-ers responded for a report of a man thatwas allegedly taking pictures of victims’lower body areas in a shopping center.Officers located the suspect and arrestedhim. A 28-year-old man of Manassaswas charged with nonconsensual film-ing.

BURGLARY: 11100 block of BrantonLane, July 31 at about 8:17 p.m. A resi-dent stated that someone entered thegarage and took a motorized recre-ational vehicle.

TRESPASSING/DESTRUCTIONOF PROPERTY/DRUNK IN PUBLIC:8000 block of Fairfax Road, July 29 atabout 10:45 p.m. A male subject washeard inside the property breakingthings. The suspect was found to have

broken numerous items and was placedunder arrest. A 27-year-old man of Al-exandria was charged with trespassing,destruction of property and drunk inpublic.

COMMERCIAL ROBBERY: 7300block of Lee Highway, July 29 at about6:55 p.m. two male suspects entered abusiness, displayed handguns and de-manded money. The victims gave thesuspects property. The suspects ran outof the store and drove off in a dark col-ored sedan. The victims did not sustainany physical injury. The suspects weredescribed as black males, one wearingkhaki shorts and a blue hoodie and thesecond wearing khaki pants and a blackhoodie. Both were wearing ski masks atthe time of the robbery.

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By John Byrd

Meet Roger Lataille, seniordesign consultant at SunDesign Remodeling and —more importantly — a re-

modeling resource homeowners turn to,and return to, whenever they need expertadvice, hands-on support and commitment.

Case in point: in 2012, a north Arlingtoncouple engaged Lataille to execute a top-to-bottom makeover to their 2,300-square-foot home. The goal was to implement func-tional improvements within a “transitional”interior design style that would work wellfor a growing family. Delivered on time andwithin budget, the owners dubbed the re-sults “exceptional” in every detail.

Now, two years later, and with two daugh-ters growing rapidly, the couple askedLataille for ideas for an addition. As itturned out, the terrain around the propertywas too steep. While space enlargementdiscussions were still underway, however,the couple learned that elderly neighbors afew doors up the street were planning tosell their nearly 5,000-square-foot colonial.

This was a promising development forLataille’s space-cramped client, but far froma slam-dunk.

The neighbor’s house had been built inthe late 1960s and hadn’t been upgradedin decades. Still, more living space was atantalizing proposition, and the couple soonasked Lataille for an assessment on remod-eling the house to the standard he hadachieved in their current residence.

In short order, Lataille and the clients

walked through the house and — before anydecision had been reached regarding a pos-sible purchase — the designer developedpreliminary sketches depicting several re-modeling scenarios.

What was obvious to everyone from thestart was that the existing house was seri-ously dated, even degraded in places — andthat the desired upgrade would require con-siderable vision, budget-mindedness andteam performance.

Adding to the drama: if the deal wentthrough, the new owners wanted to puttheir current house on the market immedi-ately, remodel the purchased property atonce and move into their new residence assoon as possible.

There would be no interim period ofrental properties or furniture in storage.

“Looking back, the qualitative differencebetween the interiors of the two houses wasprofound,” Lataille said. “The house beingconsidered for purchase was like somethingfrom a 1970s movie set. There was large-pattern floral wall paper, wainscot panel-ing in many rooms; the family room adja-cent to the kitchen was covered by a sledceiling with faux exposed timbers.”

Moreover, the interior design style,Lataille elaborates, may have once beenloosely described as rustic.

“But the look was plainly anachronisticin 2015, “ he added, “A far cry from thecontemporary transitional style my clientswanted.”

The kitchen, likewise, featured outmodedColonial accents that including Dutch-stylemaple cabinet facings, a Delft mosaic tileback splash, and vinyl counter surfaces.There was even a 30-year-old microwave— “really a kind of museum piece,” Lataillesaid — “embedded in the food prep island.”

Downstairs, a spacious multi-functionlower-level zoned as “game room,” “play-room” and “work room” had become stalefrom lack of use.

There was a tired old kitchenette in a rear

With time constraints,Sun Design convertslarge, dated house intoresidence that satisfieseveryone’s agenda.

Home’s Makeover Enhances Family Life

Sun Design’s “transitional”-style interior design solution concentrateson pleasing contrasts. The 3.6-foot-by-8-foot cook top island and threestool dining counter features a walnut-colored base topped with a gran-ite surface. The dark-stained oak flooring is offset by ivory-hued panel-ing that wraps a two-door refrigerator, a roll-out pantry and drawerscustom-designed to satisfy the cook’s requirements.

Sun Design’s Roger Lataille proposed a stacked stone hearth for a sittingarea adjacent to the open kitchen. The textural vertical accent — evokinga cabin-like ambiance — creates an invitation to sit and interact that hadpreviously been missing from a nondescript corner.

Photos by Greg Hadley

BEFORE: Wood panelling, wainscoting, and a sled ceiling with fauxrafters were among the dated interior details that defined the home’sprevious interior.

BEFORE: The existing kitchen’s dated Colonial accents included Dutch-style maple cabinet facings, a mosaic tile back splash and a vinylcounter surface.

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Photo by Greg Hadley

By dropping the sled roof to the standard eight feet, the designer intro-duces a scale more appropriate to the family room’s size and purpose.French doors with sidelights now connect the space to a 17-foot-by-31-foot deck complete with hot tub and outdoor kitchen.

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corner — which meant that fixturesneeded for sinks and refrigerators were al-ready in place. But much of the lower levelwas little more than a partly below-gradebasement — hardly a place for upbeat fam-ily entertainment.

IN THE PLUS COLUMN: the house fea-tured generously-sized rooms and segues,large windows accessing abundant naturallight and an appreciably “open” first floorplan with sight lines in three directions.

“The kitchen-centric first level plan hadconsiderable potential,” Lataille said, “butit needed a more cohesive interior — onethat would support a more intimate scale.”

The first feature Lataille slated for dele-tion: the sled roof.

By uniformly dropping the ceiling to thestandard 8 feet, the visual experience ofanyone in the room now shifts to horizon-tal sight lines dominated by large windowsand outside landscaping. The more sharplyarticulated indoor-outdoor continuum, inturn, adds focal points and intimacy — yetis more expansive.

To highlight perspective, Lataille pro-posed a stacked stone hearth for a sitting

area adjacent to the open kitchen. The tex-tural vertical accent — evoking a cozycabin-like ambiance — creates an iconicinvitation to sit and interact that had previ-ously been missing from a nondescript cor-ner.

With a panoramic view on one side andthe open kitchen on the other, the rede-signed niche is transformed into a cozy spotfor sitting by the window with a book, orchatting with the cook as meals are pre-pared.

With the exception of moving interiorwalls a few inches, the kitchen footprintremains fundamentally the same. Here,Lataille concentrated on introducing whollynew elevations — eliminating all vestigesof the Colonial-style finish work while de-veloping a brightly luminous interiorscheme composed of granite surfaces andivory-hued cabinet facings.

The 3.6-foot-by-8-foot cook top island andthree stool dining counter now features adark walnut-colored base topped with adappled granite surface. The dark-stained

oak flooring, by extension, perfectly con-trasts with the ivory-hued paneling thatwraps a two-door refrigerator, a roll-outpantry and drawers custom-designed tosatisfy the cook’s requirements.

French doors with sidelights now connectthe family room to a 17-foot-by-31-footdeck complete with hot tub and outdoorkitchen. The front stairs in the foyer havebeen re-finished; existing decorative capi-tals refurbished.

Downstairs, the once darkly cavernouslower-level has been elevated into an all-purpose family play area. Exposed verticalsupport beams are encased in dry wall,which, likewise, wraps HVAC vents. Newwood-grained vinyl flooring, recessed lights

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The new play room features billiards, pin-ball and a card table where Dad hosts aweekly card game. The stacked stone tilefireplace situated in front of an L-shapedconfiguration of couches offers a perfectspot to watch a plasma screen TV mountedabove the hearth.

The old kitchenette, transformed into thefamily’s downstairs refreshment center, pro-vides step-saving convenience that makesentertaining easier for everyone.

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in Sunset Business Park.Walk into 100 Bowls of Soup on a Tues-

day, Wednesday or Thursday; “this place ishumming,” said owner KatharineMardirosian, of McLean.

“When the two kettles are going, pipinghot, it smells spectacular. It could be thespices in the curry lentil, it could be the to-matoes in the the tomato basil, it could bethe aroma from the chicken stock; the smellsand sights are part of the experience,” saidMardirosian.

Hands-on cooking classes are planned forthe fall and Mardirosian wants to help cus-tomers learn the preparation and cookingof simple, fresh, nourishing meals fromscratch.

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should I choose these ingredients, whyshould I choose this way of life?”

Mardirosian relocated her business, 100Bowls of Soup, from her 150-square-footspace in Vienna to 279 Sunset Park Drivein Sunset Business Park.

A formal ribbon cutting is tentativelyscheduled for Sept. 12, 2015, even thoughshe is already open for business.

“It is a leap, a huge business decision,”she said. “Not only am I doubling down,I’m tripling down.”

Mardirosian shares her kitchen space withDeborah Gudelsky of Deborah Joy’s GlutenFree and Deepa Patke of Aromatic SpiceBlends.

MORE THAN 14 restaurants are locatedin Sunset Business Park, according toHolste.

The Aslin brewery is close to its openingaround the corner from 100 Bowls of Soup.

Andrew Kelley, a financial planner wholives in Clarendon, Kai Leszkowicz, a FairfaxCounty police officer who lives in Herndon,and Richard Thompson, a remodeler fromReston, plan to open their nano-brewery onSept. 4, 2015 at 257 Sunset Park.

“We are all home brewers and just hadthat interest,” said Thompson. “At first, we

were just joking around but each one of uswould do something that furthered the pro-cess along.”

When their beer tasted as good or betterthan their favorite craft beers, they knewthey could trust their vision. “Everything hasfallen into place fairly easily,” said Thomp-son.

Thompson has remodeled and built thebar, even crafting the wood holders for tastetesting in the shape of Virginia. Motoristshave driven by and seen his sign.

“Countless number of people havestopped and asked, ‘When are you open-ing?’” said Thompson.

THE MENU CHANGES with the seasonat 100 Bowls of Soup.

Right now, soups on tap include curry len-til, green gazpacho, tomato gazpacho, beetgazpacho, watermelon gazpacho, spicyblack bean, tomato basil, fennel garlic andblack bean, minestrone and zucchini basil.But in the fall, her menu will include apples,beets, mushrooms and potatoes.

You’ll see Mardirosian and her colleaguesat the Herndon’s Farmers Market on Thurs-day morning, selling their soups but alsogrowing their partnerships with vendors oflocal, organic produce that she uses when-ever possible; her stock/bone broths andmeat soups are made from pastured chickenand 100 percent grass fed beef.

The kitchen is gluten free.

She says she was inspired by her love ofsoup and her mother-in-law’s cooking.

“I started 100 Bowls of Soup in 2009 withthe idea of sharing simple, homemade nour-ishing soup and stock with friends and fam-ily. I wanted to create soup from scratch andreal bone stock that was as flavorful andfresh as it was nourishing,” she wrote abouther store. “I wanted to cook seasonally andget to know the farmers and artisans whogrew and raised the ingredients I used inour soups and stock. I began cooking myfirst batches of soup in a local churchkitchen, selling the soup at several artisanalfood stores and at the Reston Farmers Mar-ket,” according to her website.

Her soups are now available at MOM’sOrganic Market, The Organic Butcher ofMcLean, Maple Avenue Market in Vienna,Salud in Great Falls, and online via Wash-ington Green Grocer and Hometown Har-vest.

The kitchen, open Monday through Sat-urdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., includes aretail store with soups, broths both veganand stock/bone, gluten free baked goods,and spice blends and chutneys.

She envisions, by the time temperaturesdrop in winter, having two pots of hot soupready for customers to carry out, and a potof stock/bone broth to serve.

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The kitchen relocates from Vienna toSunset Business Park in Herndon.

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The soup maker, inspiredby her mother-in-law’scooking, already hasmore than 30 soups onher menu; she will even-tually get up to 100Bowls of Soup.

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ONGOINGSummer Reading Program. Friday-

Sunday, through Sept. 5. 10 a.m.-5p.m. at Great Falls Library, 9830Georgetown Pike Great Falls. Attendsummer events and check out books.All ages. Visit http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/gf/.

Great Falls Concerts on the Green.Sundays, through Sept. 6. 6-8 p.m. atGreat Falls Village Centre Green.Come out on Sundays and listen tosome live music. Visit http://www.celebrategreatfalls.org/concerts-on-the-green/.

Vienna’s Summer on the GreenConcert Series. Fridays-Sundays,through Sept. 27. 6:30 p.m. atVienna Town Green, 144 MapleAvenue E, Vienna. Come out on theweekend and listen to some goodmusic.Visit http://www.viennava.gov/DocumentCenter/View/2640

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a Week of $20 Lunch and $30 Dinnermenus offered by participatingrestaurants.

WEDNESDAY/AUG. 12Jim Gaffigan- Contagious. 8 p.m.

Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna.Llaugh it up with the Grammy-nominated humorist as he dishes onfood, fatherhood, and everything inbetween. Tickets: $30-$60.www.wolftrap.org.

Pokemon League. 4:30 p.m. GreatFalls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike,Great Falls. Drop- in and playPokemon with your friends.

Toddling Twos and Threes. 10:30a.m. Dolley Madison Library, 1244Oak Ridge Avenue, McLean. An earlyliteracy enhanced storytime featuringstories, rhymes and songs. Ages 2-3with adult.

THURSDAY/AUG.13Counting Crows-Somewhere

Under Wonderland Tour. 7 p.m.Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna.Fall “Accidentally in Love” with themelodic alternative rockers and hearthem play all their hits off theiralbum. Tickets: $45-$60.www.wolftrap.org.

Kids Book Club. 5:30 p.m. Great FallsLibrary, 9830 Georgetown Pike,Great Falls. Call Branch for Title.Ages 8-12.

My First Book Club. 4:30 p.m. DolleyMadison Library, 1244 Oak RidgeAvenue, McLean. A book discussion

group for boys and girls. GradesKindergarten - 2.

Cupcake Wars: Sweet Reads. 7 p.m.Patrick Henry Library, 101 MapleAvenue East, Vienna. Decorate bookthemed cupcakes, then put them tothe ultimate test.

Artists Meet for Coffee. 8:30-10 a.m.Katie’s Coffee House, 760 WalkerRoad, Great Falls. Local artists meetup for coffee and conversation.

FRIDAY/AUG. 14Lyle Lovett and His Large Band. 8

p.m. Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap Road,Vienna. Texas’ Grammy-winning“Cowboy Man,” known for his wryhumor and deep storytelling createsrichly layered, foot-tapping,Americana, alt-country, and blueswith the help of his large band.Tickets: $25-$50. www.wolftrap.org.

Playdate Cafe. 10 a.m. Great FallsLibrary, 9830 Georgetown Pike,Great Falls. Children enjoy toys and aplay space while adults enjoy coffeeand conversation. Ages birth-5.

Great Decisions Foreign PolicySeries. 1 p.m. Great Falls Library,9830 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls.Foreign Policy Association’s GreatDecisions program: Middle EastSectarianism.

Family Game Time. 3:30 p.m. GreatFalls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike,Great Falls. Drop- in and playassorted board games. All skill levelsand ages welcome.

Pokemon League. 3 p.m. PatrickHenry Library, 101 Maple AvenueEast, Vienna. Learn and play. Ages 5-18.

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FRIDAY-SUNDAY/AUG. 14-16“Fiddler on the Roof.” 7:30 p.m. on

Friday and Saturday; Sunday showtiming at 1 p.m. Vienna CommunityCenter, 120 Cherry Street SE, Vienna.

SATURDAY/AUG. 15Kayak Mini Float Trip. 11 a.m.

Riverbend Park, 8700 Potomac HillsStreet, Great Falls. A scenic wagonride from the Riverbend Park VisitorsCenter. Then enjoy a 1.5-mileinstructor-led float trip down theriver through riffles and flat water.

Cars & Coffee. 6-9 a.m. Katie’s CoffeeHouse, 760 Walker Road, Great Falls.Antique, custom, hotrods, exotic,sports cars, they’re all here.

SUNDAY/AUG. 16Specimen Plants for Your Garden.

11 a.m. Meadowlark BotanicalGarden, 9750 Meadowlark GardensCourt, Vienna. What makes a greatspecimen plant—its appearance,origin, culture or culture life cycle?Join Meadowlark Manager KeithTomlinson on a walk to learn aboutmany of these plants that you cangrow in your own garden.Participants should come prepared towalk a mile. Admission: $2.50-$5.

Grinding Demo. 12-3 p.m. Colvin RunMill, 10017 Colvin Run Road, GreatFalls.

Tiny Tots. 10:30 a.m. Dolley MadisonLibrary, 1244 Oak Ridge Avenue,McLean. Storytime featuring stories,rhymes and songs. Ages 13 - 23months with adult.

Game On. 2 p.m. Patrick HenryLibrary, 101 Maple Avenue East,Vienna. Patrick Henry Library hasteamed up with Game On! Comics to

Lyle Lovett and His Large Band: Texas’ Grammy-winning“Cowboy Man,” known for his wry humor and deepstorytelling creates richly layered, foot-tapping, Ameri-cana, alt-country, and blues with the help of his largeband and will perform at Wolf Trap on Friday, Aug. 14 at 8p.m.

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Tyler West put up some impressivenumbers during his Langley foot-ball career, graduating in 2015 as

the program’s all-time leading rusher.West, a two-time first-team all-region se-

lection, totaled 4,373 yards on the groundand scored more than 50 touchdowns, themajority of which came during his two sea-sons as the Saxons’ starting running back.

How does the 2015 Langley football teamplan to cope with the loss of West’s record-setting production?

Look no further than some impressivenumbers along an experienced offensiveline.

Langley returns four of five starters upfront — a group that averages 6 feet 3 and284 pounds. Rising senior left tackle XavierHenschel (6-4, 275), rising senior left guardMJ Johnson (6-0, 265), rising junior rightguard Tyler Howerton (6-3, 280) and ris-ing senior right tackle Ben Culmer (6-6,

315) figure to open holes no matter whostarts at running back.

THREE PLAYERS are competing for thestarting center spot.

“It gives us a lot of confidence knowing ifwe work together and go hard,” saidHowerton, whose father, John, is the Sax-

ons’ head coach, “we can out-match andout-play anybody we go up against.”

A strong offensive line is the norm forLangley under head coach John Howerton,who is entering his 13th season with theSaxons. He said Langley has produced a1,000-yard rusher every season he’s beenat Langley.

“Pretty much every kid benches at least300 pounds [and] I’ve got three or four kidsthat squat over 500 pounds,” Howerton saidof this year’s O-line. “We’re big and strongand experienced. … They walk out there inpads, that’s going to be pretty … intimidat-ing for some of these high school teams thatplay with the classic 5-9 kid.”

Why are Langley lines consistentlystrong?

“Coach Howerton is a great coach,”Culmer said. “He’s always pushing us to bein the weight room, he’s always giving usone-on-one instructions, showing us whatto do, how to do it. If we’re doing some-thing wrong, he’s always correcting us. He’salways pushing us in all the right directions.

“He knows how to make linemen.”Getting the first chance to run behind

Langley’s massive offensive line will be ris-ing junior Aaron Feldman.

“He’s got a lot of potential,” CoachHowerton said. “He’s worked really hard inthe offseason. This is his chance to really

do something.”The Saxon passing game will be led by

rising senior quarterback Jack Anderson,who returns for his second season as astarter.

“He’s gotten much better, much improvedin the offseason,” Coach Howerton said.“[He] goes to camps, he’s worked hard inthe weight room, he’s looked good in the7-on-7 stuff.”

Anderson helped keep Langley’s playoffhopes alive in 2014, leading the Saxons ona game-winning drive in the closing mo-ments of a 21-20 victory over Madison.

Anderson will have several talented re-ceiving targets at his disposal, including ris-ing junior tight end Lachlan Pitts (6-5, 230)and receivers Daniel White, a rising junior,and Daniel Salamone, a rising senior.

Rising senior linebackers Chris Rossbergand Trevor Stup are standouts on defense.

LANGLEY’S QUEST for a sixth consecu-tive playoff berth will begin with a homegame against West Potomac on Thursday,Sept. 3.

“If my dad weren’t coaching here, [WestPotomac is] where I’d be playing, so I feellike I kind of have a little rivalry with somecommunity friends,” Tyler Howerton said.“I feel like that’s a game we definitely needto win.”

Saxons lost program’sall-time leadingrusher to graduation.

Massive O-Line Key to Langley Football Team’s Success

Photo by Jon Roetman/The Connection

Rising senior Jack Anderson re-turns for his second season asLangley’s starting quarterback.

By Bonnie Schipper

The Connection

During Shaun Blair’s first seasonas head coach of the McLeanfootball team, the Highlandersstruggled to prove themselves

to be a contender for the Conference 6 title,ending the season with a 5-5 record andfailing to advance to playoffs.

“Because [2014] was a transition year fora lot of the guys, there was no shared expe-rience in the ups and downs with the newcoaches,” Blair said. “Now we’re a year inand the kids understand what we’re talk-ing to them about. It’s another year of hear-ing the same things and this time the guysknow what to expect from the coaches.”

Entering his second year with McLean,Blair expects his team’s improved chemis-try and strength will help produce wins onthe field.

“The kids have become more galvanizedby the work in the offseason that they’vedone together,” Blair said. “The more workyou do together, the less likely you are toquit on your brother.”

With a schedule filled with what Blairidentified as “strong competitors” such asWashington-Lee, Hayfield, Stone Bridge,Marshall, and Madison, McLean’s biggestfocus during the offseason was getting big-

ger, stronger, and faster in order to com-pete. Blair explained to his team during anAug. 7 practice that the only way for themto compete with better competition is if theyplay “full speed, all out, all the time.”

“We wanted a tough schedule so wecould prove to everyone that we are a le-gitimate team,” senior OL/LB David Kagansaid. “We want to play the dominant teamsin our region so we can show we aren’t the‘old McLean’ anymore. With the newcoaches, we’re a new program.”

McLean’s offseason practices includedcountless hours of strength and agility train-ing, but above all, the Highlanders focused

on the importance of repetition.“We really need to execute. It takes thou-

sands of reps,” Blair said. “We want to beable to run our plays forwards and back-wards, without thinking. If we execute whatwe’ve been working on all offseason, we willbe difficult to handle down the stretch.”

With most of the 2014 team’s startershaving graduated, McLean’s 2015 team willbe led offensively by a group of seniors.Brandon Hill, a 6-foot-4, 250-pound tightend, wide receiver Wesley Romary, and two-way starter Tom Shue are returning to carrythe team on offense.

Kagan and linemen Will Salt and McCord

Meyers, all rising seniors, are expected toshow drastic improvement as well.

“[Shue] is back again this year and willbe very, very, very difficult to handle on bothsides of the ball,” Blair said. “[Kagan], youprobably didn’t hear a lot about last year,but he’s going to be very surprising. We havetwo big, big linemen in [Salt and Meyers]and they open things up on offense for us.”

One of the players for teams to be on thelookout for is wide receiver Patrick Dolan,who received a preferred walk-on offer atNorth Carolina State University. The 6-2,195-pound senior recorded 43 catches and460 yards during the 2014 season, and willbe key to the team’s success with the loss ofJordan Cole, who totaled 847 yards andscored 11 touchdowns in 2014.

“I said this from when I clicked on thefilm when I first got [to McLean] — the kidis going to be a star,” Blair said. “He had agood highlight reel last year and is gettingattention from the next level.”

Harrison Govan, a 6-foot linebacker whohas garnered interest from several IvyLeague teams, is expected to be a leader ondefense for the Highlanders.

McLean will begin the season at StoneBridge Sept. 4.

“Coaches we’ve had before didn’t push usto be the best we could be,” Shue said. “Theattitude was always ‘oh, it’s McLean, theywon’t be any good,’ but we’ve made so muchprogress under Coach Blair and our chem-istry is unreal. People will be surprised byus. We’re out here to turn heads.”

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Highlanders finished5-5 in 2014.

McLean Football Hopes Improved Chemistry Leads to Wins

Photo by Bonnie Schipper

McLean football coach Shaun Blair talks to the Highlanders during arecent practice.

McLean Connection Sports Editor Jon Roetman

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Reston & Stone SpringRegistrar

Reston Hospital and Stone Spring Hospital seeksa self-motivated individual to work as a Registrar.We have several PRN (nights and weekends)shifts available.As a Registrar, you will be responsible for:

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•Knowledge of medical terminology preferred.•Must have previous Doctor’s office,

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