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By Bonnie Hobbs
Centre View
Usually, St. Baldrick’s fund-raisers are held in March,close to St. Patrick’s Day.
But as far as Westfield High juniorKaila Torpey is concerned, “Thereisn’t a specific date to help find acure for cancer — especiallychildren’s cancer. Why should weonly support it in March, whenchildren suffer from cancer everyday?”
So for that reason, she organizedand held a St. Baldrick’s event,Sunday, June 5, at Foster’s Grillein Centreville. What’s more, shealso participated. Just 17, withblond hair down to her waist, shehad it all shaved off.
“I’m so proud of her,” said her
By Bonnie Hobbs
Centre View
Lots of starry statuetteswere presented Sundaynight, June 12, at the12th annual Cappies
Gala at The Kennedy Center inWashington, D.C. But in the end,it was Westfield High’s party.
Nominated for 21 awards for“Joseph and the AmazingTechnicolor Dreamcoat,” theschool walked away with 10 tro-phies including the one for BestMusical. Stone Bridge High wonthe Best Play award.
Ironically, on the very night herstudents were being lauded fortheir achievements, Westfield The-ater Director Susie Pike wasonstage, herself, acting in a pro-duction of “South Pacific,” so shecouldn’t be with them. But she wasecstatic to learn of their success.
of hard work worthwhile.”While describing herself as
“speechless and overwhelmed,”Pike said how proud she is of herstudents. “I am very lucky to havehad the tremendous support of theadministration, faculty and par-ents,” she added. “We’re also for-tunate to have the opportunitiesthat the Cappie organization pro-vides.”
Westfield’s 10 trophies set aschool record — the most it’s everwon for a theater production. Be-sides taking Best Musical honors,Westfield also garnered Cappiesfor Lead Actor in a Musical, En-semble, Choreography, Comic Ac-tor in a Musical, Costumes, Sound,Song, Critics Team and ReturningCritic.
Senior Kevin Clay had a bignight, winning Lead Actor in aMusical — giving him back-to-back victories in the top actingcategory. Last year, he won theCappie for Best Actor in a Play inWestfield’s “Brighton Beach Mem-oirs.”
Onstage, he thanked his familyand “the amazing cast and crew
St. Baldrick’s inJune? Why Not?Event raises $6,000for children with cancer.
Hairstylist Tina Chamberssections Kaila Torpey’s hairbefore cutting it off.
From left: Kaila and Paulette Torpey hold theirshorn locks.
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Tim Thomas, principal of Westfield High School, surrounded by the cast of “Josephand the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.”
Westfield Wins 10 Cappie AwardsHonors includebest musical,lead actor.
Lead Actor in a Musical:Kevin Clay, Westfield HighSchool, “Joseph and theAmazing TechnicolorDreamcoat.”
“When the kids called me to tellme the results, I jumped up anddown,” she said on Monday. “Thismorning when Kevin [Clay]brought in the Best Musical trophy,it brought tears to my eyes. Justto look at the joy on the kids’ facesthis morning made all the hours
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Home Life Style
By John ByrdThe Connection
One of the advantages ofNorthern Virginia’s gener-ally mild climate is thathomeowners can use their
outdoor spaces with impunity—oftensocializing outside until the first frost.Clearly, this is one reason why localindoor/outdoor solutions are increas-ingly well-furnished, highly-equippedand often wired living rooms that justhappen to be surrounded by trees andfresh air.
Case in point: the recently completedscreen porch and decking system to aReston home situated on two acrespeacefully nestled into a wooded set-aside.
The spacious five-bedroom home theowners had purchased in 1997 alreadyincluded a 330-square-foot screen porch
linked to a great room on the southcorner of the rear elevationand a 780-square-foot deckon the opposite corner thatsegued from the sun room.The two outdoor platformswere not linked butthoughts of forming alarger whole were wellunderway when TroyFenley and team enteredthe scene.Fenley, now atSun Design Remodeling inBurke, was completingseveral interior rooms forthe Reston residence whenthe owner asked him tochat about some ideas forfinishing the outdoorspace.
“What came up veryearly was that [the home-owner] not only wanted to
Bringing the Indoors OutsideReston home expandskitchen, family roomand more out into theopen air.
Photo By Justin Krill
The solution included double the size of the screen porch—
which now includes stone-faced gas fireplace, rotating
overhead fans and a flat screen TV. A perfect place to take in
the game—well into the fall.
The state-of-the-art outdoor kitchen of this Reston home
features a gas grill, a wok, warming drawers and a clean-
up sink as well as stainless steel cabinetry embedded in a
stone-faced support. The glass canopy protects the chef
from passing rain clouds.
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Guest Room Shuffle Local designers suggest thrifty and generous ways
to decorate for out of town guests.
By Meredith Billman-ManiThe Connection
Local interior designers Lauren Liessfrom Herndon and Jill Sorensenfrom McLean have turned many
rooms into guest rooms for their clients.
They have spent years learning the tricks
for updating a guestroom quickly and inex-
pensively while creating an inviting space.
Though their decorating talents are in high
demand and the jobs they do command top
dollar, Liess and Sorensen have each devel-
oped several tricks that can work on any
budget to create a guest bedroom with ap-
peal.If the homeowner is fortunate enough to
have a dedicated space for a guest bedroom,
the prep work before a guest arrives is less.
“Guests are looking for a room that’s com-
fortable and inviting but empty enough for
them to put their things. You don’t want it
to be as cold as a hotel,” says Liess. Liess
said that having a space for two suitcases,
on a stand or on the floor, is key and that
clearing space in a closet for guests to hang
their clothes is important. “These touches
will make them feel welcome,” Liess said.
“A fantastic mattress, super soft sheets and
great towels,” are the elements Sorensen
sees going into an elegant guest room and
generous budget. “Comfort makes the dif-
ference. I would add a seating area and a
desk. And situate the room in a quiet part
of the house,” Sorensen said.See Guest Room, Page 17
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See Holocaust, Page 8
See Godin's Story, Page 8
By Bonnie Hobbs
Centre View
A survivor of four laborcamps, a WWII ghetto, aconcentration camp and a
death march, Nesse Godin broughta message recently to eighth-grad-ers at Franklin Middle School —as she’s done for some 20 years.Despite and because of the horrorsshe’s lived through, she urgedthem to be both tolerant and hope-ful.
“I dedicated my life to teachingchildren the danger that indiffer-ence and prejudice can do,” saidGodin. Referring to the 9/11 trag-edy and noting the dire situationin Darfur today, she said, “We can’tjust say, ‘Never again;’ we have totake action. We should learn fromthe Holocaust not to treat some-body evil.”
She’s spoken before the UnitedNations and, on March 23, washonored by the American Legion.But speaking to young peoplemeans even more to her, she said,because “they are the future of thecountry and the world. They willmake the decisions about how it’sgoing to be.”
Godin, 83, grew up in Shauliai,Lithuania with her parents andtwo older brothers. Her countrywas a democracy and, for awhile,she had a normal life with “manyhopes and dreams.” But in 1941,when she was 13, the Germanarmies marched through her coun-try.
“There were mobile, killingunits,” she said. “I hope you beau-tiful, young people never join agang or anything that stands forevil. They gathered and jailed themen and boys for ‘relocation’ towork.” Instead, they were mur-dered.
That’s when Godin realized theHolocaust was happening to her.“I was no longer able to go toschool,” she said. “You people arethe age of my grandchildren. Doyou know how lucky you are to beable to go to school? We weren’table to walk on the street and wehad to wear yellow stars on thefront and back of our garments.The Jews looked like everyone elseso, this way, they could identify us.If I’d taken it off, they would shootme.”
Her town of 10,000 people hadseveral leather factories so, to sur-vive, the Jewish Council there toldthe Nazis the residents could makeboots for the German army. But bythen, Shauliai had become aghetto.
“In those days, our town was ajail surrounded by barbed wireand guarded by Lithuanian po-lice,” said Godin. “These were thesame police who I was taught, asa girl, would help me if I was lost.”Meanwhile, she said, the Naziswent through the residents’ homesand stole their things.
One day, a 17-year-old girlhelped Godin obtain a certificateto get into a ghetto with her fam-ily, and that decision saved her life.
“Every day, the decisions you makecan make a difference,” she toldthe students. “Some 3,500 people— men, women and children —who didn’t get into the ghettowere killed.”
Of her life in the ghetto, she re-called “hunger and fear, beggingfor a piece of bread. We can’tchange what was then, but we canlearn from it and change what isnow, and what will be, and teachpeople how to make a betterworld.”
On Nov. 5, 1943, Godin was 15and a half when her mother toldher, “My child, the trucks arehere.” The teen was instructed togo to work that morning outsidethe ghetto. “That night, returningto the ghetto, we heard cries likeI’d never heard before,” she said.“People said the Gestapo andUkranians had come through
By Bonnie Hobbs
Centre View
After Nesse Godin spoke with Franklin Middlestudents about her harrowing experiencesduring WWII, she answered their questions
and told them what happened to her when the warended.
A girl asked if it was difficult for her to talk abouther past, and she replied, “I’ve been doing it manyyears and I’ve learned to control my tears.”
A boy asked if Godin had any particular strategyfor surviving the death march and labor camps.“There were no plans,” she said. “But the otherwomen told me, ‘You have to have hope; God isgood.’”
And as things turned out, Godin went on to live ahappy life. “At 17, I was liberated and was later re-united with my mother,” she said. “Mama and Iworked in a soup kitchen in a shelter, and she saidI’d have to get married. She said she’d ask someoneto marry me, and she did.”
The person she asked said yes, and he and Godinwed when she was 18. She and her husband Jackhave now been married almost 65 years and have ason, two daughters, seven grandchildren and twogreat-grandchildren. They live in Silver Spring, Md.,and Godin speaks extensively about her experiencesto a variety of organizations and has received manyhonors for her humanitarian work.
Glad to have heard her speak, eighth-grader FionaKisiday called Godin’s story “really beautiful and in-spiring. I’m never going to take anything for granted,like my name and freedom and the choices I make.And I’m going to like school now.”
“It was very motivational to help everyone lovewhat they have and to not stereotype things, but totake them as a whole,” said classmate Annie Will-iams. “You should look at a person for who and howthey are, not just how they look.”
Franklin Principal Sharon Eisenberg said it waswonderful to have someone with Godin’s back-ground, experience and firsthand knowledge share
‘See the World with New Eyes’Holocaust survivor sharesher story with students.
Holocaust survivor NesseGodin speaks to FranklinMiddle School studentsabout the Holocaust.
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Firefighter Recruits Aid Cancer Research
A 2001 Centreville Highgrad, Sean O’Neill hasspent his adult life help-
ing others. He served his coun-try in Iraq, obtained his degreein justice studies from JMU andreceived his EMT (emergencymedical technician) certifica-tion.
He’s now part of the FairfaxCounty Fire and Rescue 131stRecruit School, and he and his classmates are hold-ing a head-shaving fundraiser for cancer research insupport of the family of one of their own.
“Several weeks after our academy began on March28, the father of one of our fellow recruits was diag-nosed with cancer,” said O’Neill, 28. “So we’re rais-ing money for the American Cancer Society in honorof our classmate’s father.”
Besides collecting donations from their own fam-ily members and friends, the recruits are reachingout to the community for help. In exchange for con-tributions received, they’ll shave their own heads andthose of the Basic Training staff.
“The more money we raise, the more staff-mem-bers’ heads we get to shave,” said O’Neill. “Our ulti-mate goal is to raise $15,000 to donate to the Ameri-can Cancer Society, Cancer Research Division. Ourdeadline is Monday, June 20 at 7 a.m. This is not anofficial Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Departmentevent, but a class fund-raiser with the support of theBasic Training Staff.”
The 23 class members started collecting last monthand, said O’Neill, “Any and every donation amountis greatly appreciated. More money equals more hairshaved. People who send donations will receive aphoto of the event, plus a tax-deductible receipt.”
Checks payable to the American Cancer Societyshould be mailed to: Fairfax County Fire & RescueAcademy, 4600 West Ox Road, Fairfax, VA 22030,attn: Basic Training – 131st Recruit School Fund-Raiser.
“Our families play a key role in supporting usthrough our recruit training,” said O’Neill. “So wewant to show our support — not just for our fellowrecruit — but for his family, as well.”
— Bonnie Hobbs
Sean O’Neill
By Bonnie Hobbs
Centre View
Tim Harmon never got to grow old with hiswife, raise his two daughters to adulthoodor even see his grandson, now 11. Matthew
was born a year after his grandfather, a longtimeFairfax County employee, died of hepatitis C at age51.
But Harmon left behind a legacy that’s helpedcountless people deal with and overcome the hor-rors of substance abuse. So each year, the TimHarmon Memorial 5K Run/Walk is held in his honorat the county Government Center and raises moneytoward a cure for hepatitis C.
The upcoming race, the 12th annual, is set for Sat-urday, June 25, at 8:30 a.m., rain or shine, andsignups are still open. Cost is $25, and registrationis at www.prraces.com or in person on race day, from7-8:15 a.m.
“We’re keeping our fingers crossed and hoping forgood weather,” said race director Tom Cook ofChantilly’s Armfield Farm community. “Last year’sTim Harmon run was our most successful yet; weraised $18,000 for charity.”
The course is mostly flat and fast, beginning andending in front of the Government Center and goingout to West Ox Road and Monument Drive. Partici-pants may either walk or run. For more information,call 703-383-8441, [email protected] or seewww.timharmon5k.org.
Harmon died in 1999 but, before then, he did hisbest to help people battling addiction. He worked20 years for Fairfax County and was director of Resi-dential Services for Alcohol and Drug Services (ADS)
He also founded a substance-abuse treatment pro-gram for teen-agers. Because of his efforts, seven newresidential treatment programs were opened. He alsohelped expand those at A New Beginning and FairfaxDetox in Chantilly, New Generations in Vienna, plusCrossroads and Sunrise House.
“Tim hired me in 1984 as a substance-abuse coun-selor [for ADS],” said Cook, who still holds that po-sition and works with teens as a prevention supervi-sor with the Fairfax-Falls Church Community ServicesBoard. “He was a driving force behind many of thiscounty’s services.”
So the race is held to remember Harmon and toraise awareness of hepatitis C. Proceeds go to chari-ties including the Hepatitis Foundation, the Ameri-can Liver Foundation and local drug-treatment cen-ters, including Sunrise in Fair Oaks.
Prizes in the 5K are awarded to the top three, maleand female overall finishers, plus the top three fin-ishers in 14 age-group categories. There are four racedivisions: Runners/walkers, Fairfax County employ-ees, baby joggers and public safety. Fire, police andsheriff’s department personnel will compete againsteach other for team and individual trophies.
Registered participants receive custom T-shirts de-signed by Kay Rankin. Sports Plus & BattlefieldScreen, CASSADAY Inc., Potomac River RunningBooz-Allen Hamilton and Inova Comprehensive Ad-diction Treatment Services are the major sponsors.
More than 100 trophies, plaques and medals willbe presented, plus door prizes from local restaurantsand merchants. There’s also a silent auction for itemsincluding signed footballs by Brian Griese of the
The runners take off at the start of lastyear’s Tim Harmon Memorial 5K Run/Walk.
Get Ready for Tim Harmon 5KCharity fundraiserset for June 25.
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Free Carseat InspectionsCertified technicians from the Sully District Police Station will
perform free, child safety carseat inspections Thursday, June 16,from 5-8:30 p.m., at the station, 4900 Stonecroft Blvd. in Chantilly.No appointment is necessary. But residents should install the childsafety seats themselves so technicians may properly inspect andadjust them, as needed.
However, because of time constraints, only the first 35 vehiclesarriving on each date will be inspected. That way, inspectors mayhave enough time to properly instruct the caregiver on the cor-rect use of the child seat. Call 703-814-7000, ext. 5140, to con-firm dates and times.
When Drug Use Hits HomeCentreville’s Greg Lannes will address the next meeting of the
Sully District Police Station’s Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC),Tuesday, June 21, at 7 p.m., in the Fairfax County GovernmentalCenter, 4900 Stonecroft Blvd. in Chantilly. He’s participating inthe last of the CAC’s three-part series on “Teens, Drugs and Alco-hol.”
Lannes’s daughter Alicia was just 19 when she died of a heroinoverdose in 2008. The investigation into her death resulted inthe arrest and federal conviction of 16 local residents. Then inJanuary 2009, Lannes and other concerned citizens formed acommunity coalition called PROTECT (Parents Reaching Out ToEducate Communities Together) to combat alcohol and drug use.
Lannes will speak about adolescent drug use, the need for par-ent awareness and early intervention and how a community cansupport drug- and alcohol-prevention. “Adolescent substance useisn’t limited to one area of the county, to one or two schools or toa certain kind of family,” said CAC Chairman Leslie Jenuleson.“Every child and every family is at risk, and it takes citizens andgovernment working together to tackle this public-health threat.”
Centreville Immigration ForumThe Centreville Immigration Forum (CIF) will meet Tuesday,
June 21, from 7:30-9 p.m., in room 201 of Centreville Presbyte-rian Church, 15450 Lee Highway. There’ll be updates on plansfor current CIF projects, including the Centreville Labor ResourceCenter (CLARC), which will provide a safe location for day la-borers to meet employers. Questions and concerns are welcomeat the meeting. Contact [email protected] call 703-346-6030.
Frey at Sully District CouncilSupervisor Michael R. Frey (R-Sully) will give a State of Sully
address at the next meeting of the Sully District Council of Citi-zens Associations and its Land-Use Committee. It’s set for Wednes-day, June 22, at 7 p.m., in the Sully District Governmental Cen-ter, 4900 Stonecroft Blvd. in Chantilly. Call Jeff Parnes, evenings,at 703-904-0131.
Park Authority to MeetThe Fairfax County Park Authority will meet Wednesday, June
22, at 7:30 p.m., in the Herrity Building, 12055 GovernmentCenter Parkway, Suite 900 in Fairfax. Call Judy Pedersen at 703-324-8662.
Rabies Vaccination OfferedThe Fairfax County Animal Shelter will host a low-cost, rabies-
vaccination clinic for pets Sunday, June 26, from 2-4 p.m., at theSully District Governmental Center, 4900 Stonecroft Blvd. inChantilly. Vaccine cost is $12 per pet, and vaccines will be pro-vided for dogs, cats and ferrets.
To receive a three-year vaccination, pet owners should bringproof of their pet’s current rabies vaccination. All other pets willreceive a rabies vaccine valid for one year. No rabies tags will beissued at the clinic; however, 2011 dog licenses will be sold therefor an additional $10 per dog. For more information, call theshelter at 703-830-1100.
Roundups
See Get Ready, Page 5
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From left: Trevor Knickerbocker, Kevin Clay and AveryHobbs celebrate Westfield’s victories with a group hug.
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Westfield Wins 10 Cappie Awards
Ensemble in a Musical: Brothers (from left) Max and Jake Ehrlich,Connor Scudder, Adam Thomas and Trevor Knickerbocker, WestfieldHigh School, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.”
Song: “Megamix,” back row, from left: Max Ehrlich, Adam Thomas,Trevor Knickerbocker, Kevin Clay and Connor Scudder. Front row: JakeEhrlich and Ozzy Tirmizi. Westfield High School, “Joseph and theAmazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.”
Returning Critic: JoeyBiagini, Westfield HighSchool.
Sound: Kieran Claffey,Westfield High School,“Joseph and the AmazingTechnicolor Dreamcoat.”
Choreogra-phy: Colby
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HighSchool,“Josephand the
AmazingTechnicolorDreamcoat.”
Costumes:Carrie Nye,KatelynReimer,WestfieldHighSchool,“Josephand theAmazingTechnicolorDreamcoat.”
See Westfield High Wins, Page 7
of ‘Joseph.’ It feels awesome —really cool.” Afterward, Clay said,“It’s amazing to be Lead Actor in aPlay and then in a musical. It’sbeyond words. I’m just proud tobe acknowledged for what I lovedoing anyway. Everyone workedso hard to get here. We don’t needthe awards to know we had a greattime working together, but awardscan’t hurt.”
Westfield’s first Cappie on Sun-day went to junior Joey Biagini forReturning Critic. “I’m really ex-cited,” he said. “I won last year forRising Critic, and this is reallygreat. I saw 17 shows and had alot of fun; I really enjoyed myself.”
Senior Kieran Claffey receivedthe award for Sound. “This Cappieis as much for my assistant, Dieter,as for me,” he said. “This is fan-tastic. I got nominated last year,but didn’t win. But this year, I triedso hard and put a lot of effort intothe show. We ran 18 mikes at onetime, and I had to harmonize them
cast worked so hard on choreography,” said Hobbs.“Even people who weren’t dancers turned into danc-ers for this show.”
“This is amazing,” added Dezelick. “You can’t watchthis show and not want to get up on stage and dance— and I think that’s the reason we won.”
But that wasn’t his only award; Dezelick also cap-tured the Cappie for Comic Actor in a Musical. Andas he bounced down the hall backstage after receiv-ing it, he was so joyful that he could barely keep hisfeet on the ground.
“I’m apparently funny,” he said. But he wasn’t atall certain he’d win this category, “knowing all thepeople who were nominated — especially the per-son who dressed as a woman in ‘Hairspray.’ Whenthey announced the winner, I just hoped I’d heardmy name right, in all the chaos.”
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Westfield’s musical featured a seemingly unend-ing variety and style of colorful costumes, and that’sbecause costume designers Carrie Nye and KatelynReimer developed a prototype of each one and thenpractically had an assembly line working feverishlyto produce 377 costume pieces plus accessories. Sothey were delighted to receive the Cappie for Cos-tumes.
“I’m so excited,” said Nye. “I think the judges real-ized and respected how much hard work we put intoit and the hundreds of costumes we made.”
“I’m shocked, but so pleased,” said Reimer. “Therewere so many costumes and we wanted to make asmany as we could. We went to so many rehearsalsand put in so much time.”
Both experienced dancers, Colby Dezelick andAvery Hobbs shared the Choreography Cappie. “Our
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Centreville High only won one Cappie award,but it was a good one — Supporting Actorin a Musical — and junior Anthony
Ingargiola brought it home. In his school’s produc-tion of “Working,” he played several roles, includinga migrant worker, stonemason and firefighter.
In his acceptance speech, he thanked his LibertyMiddle theater director, Jody Scott; Centreville’s the-ater director, Mike Hudson; his voice teacher, NancySmith; and Zoe Dillard, who directed him inCentreville Presbyterian Church’s “Les Miserables.”
And to everyone gathered in The Kennedy Centerfor the Cappie Awards, Sunday night, June 12,Ingargiola made a plea to them to “please continueto support the arts. It means so much to us, espe-cially in theater.”
Backstage, star-topped trophy in hand, he was abit stunned at his victory, but very happy. “My legsare shaking; I didn’t expect it — I’m just a junior,” hesaid. “But I’m glad. It surprised me, but it’s a reallybig honor. The characters I played were so real andhonest, and I think the judges really liked that.”
So did Hudson, who was thrilled with Ingargiola’striumph. “No one is more deserving of the honor than
Anthony,” said Centreville’s director. “His insight intohis characters and the hours that he puts into re-search and character development are indicators ofhis commitment. Anthony Ingargiola is a consum-mate professional, and his dedication to his craftmakes his success possible. I am so very pleased andvery proud that Anthony has received this award.”
Chantilly High also won a Cappie for the huge andrealistic set it created for the play, “Stage Door.” Sincethree students — Lauren Phillips, Brad Vitale andChloe Vasquez— share the award, it will be placedin the school’s trophy case.
Vitale said he was “just happy” with the victory,and Vasquez attributed it to “the two stories and spi-ral staircase we designed. You could believe all thosepeople [in the story] were living there.”
“We worked so hard, and I think we really deserved[this Cappie],” added Phillips. “It’s so amazing toreceive an award.”
Chantilly Theater Director Ed Monk was delighted,as well. “We are all thrilled here to have won theBest Set award, and we are all so proud of Lauren,Brad and Chloe,” he said. “Lauren and Brad designedand built the structure and Chloe did the interiordesign. They worked so hard on the set, and it’s sonice that the Cappies critics recognized them.”
The nice thing about the Set award, continuedMonk, is that “literally everyone in the cast and crewworked on the set in some way, so they all had apart in its success.
It’s the seventh time in the 12 years of the Cappiesthat we have won this award, and it is a testamentto the hard work and discipline of the students. Theyare an amazing group.”
Centreville, Chantilly Win AwardsCappies presented forsupporting actor inmusical and sets.
Sets: Lauren Phillips, Brad Vitale and Chloe Vasquez,Chantilly High School, “Stage Door.”
Supporting Actor in aMusical: AnthonyIngargiola, Centreville HighSchool, “Working.”
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers and his father Bob Griese,the Hall of Fame quarterback from the Miami Dol-phins, plus other sports memorabilia.
Adding to the festivities is a live, classic-rock band,The Sock Monkeys, performing before, during andafter the race. Post-race refreshments will also beavailable.
“We had over 600 participants last year and weexpect close to that amount, this time,” said Cook.“It’s a lot of work organizing everything, but a hand-ful of us on the race committee have been doing itsince year one. Most of us knew and worked withTim, and it was sad to see him die at age 51.”
Literature in the race packets educates peopleabout hepatitis C and how to avoid contracting It.Harmon’s disease was discovered through a routineblood test but, unfortunately, there’s no vaccine for
this silent killer. It has no symptoms, so people don’trealize they have it until they’re diagnosed. But bythen, their livers may be irreparably damaged — andthat’s what happened to Harmon. (For more infor-mation, call 1-800-891-0707 or see www.hepfi.org).
“It’s hard to believe it’s been 12 years — it seemslike yesterday,” said Cook. “So if we can encouragepeople to get tested, we might prevent this from hap-pening to someone else — and maybe they’ll livelonger than Tim did.”
Cook said more than 4 million people in the U.S.have been infected with the virus — but as many ashalf of them don’t know it. “At least 75 percent ofthose infected develop chronic hepatitis, and 30 per-cent of them go on to develop cirrhosis of the liver,”he said. “Chronic liver disease due to hepatitis Ccauses 20,000 deaths each year in the United States,alone.”
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St. Baldrick’s Event Raises $6,000From Page 1
mom, Paulette Torpey, of VirginiaRun, at the start of the festivities.“She got her senior portraits doneearly so she could be shaved to-day.” And not only did Kaila getshorn, but so did her mother,brother, uncle, nephew and acousin. Her mom’s the librarian atCentre Ridge Elementary, andsome of her friends, colleaguesand students were there to supportand cheer on the seven shavees.
Foster’s Grille donated 10 per-cent of its food proceeds duringthe event. In addition, balloon art-ist Mike Becvar made fanciful, bal-loon hats for the children and do-nated his tips to the cause, andhairstylist Tina Chambers of HairStudio 54 in Chantilly did theshaving for free.
The atmosphere on therestaurant’s patio was joyful andfun but, before the shaving began,Kaila had some serious things tosay to everyone there. First, shethanked them for coming and toldthem how much it meant to her.
“Every three-and-a-half minutes,a child is diagnosed with cancer,”she said. “That’s 160,000 eachyear. When a number that big isassociated with something as hor-rible as cancer, it makes you viewthings differently. I’m sure almosteveryone here has been affectedby cancer somehow, whether itwas a loved one or a friend. I’mno exception.”
Some of her relatives have hadcancer and, when Westfield stu-dent Dalton Gulsby lost his battlewith the disease last year, at age16, it saddened her deeply.
“When you witness someoneyou love going through cancer, it’sone of the hardest things,” saidKaila. “All you can do is sit therewith words of encouragement and,as hard as you try, it’s not enoughsometimes. You can’t make thepain stop or the constant hospitalvisits go away. And you can’t givethem their normal life back.”
She said children — girls, inparticular — who lose their hairduring cancer treatment, “don’tthink they look good, anymore. I’mstanding up here today to tell themthey are beautiful, regardless ifthey have hair or not.”
Kaila thanked Westfield studentHannah Brookhart, for advisingher how to put on the fund-raiser
A newly shorn Kaila Torpey.Kaila’s mom, PauletteTorpey, ready to be shaved.
Chantilly High senior SahalThahir before being shaved. Sahal Thahir afterward.
Kaila Torpey’s cousin, JakeJohnson, 8.
Westfield junior AlexanderSharbaf.
and helping her “every step of theway.” She also thanked her mother.“At first, I was the only one shav-ing my head, but my mom decidedto support me, like she does witheverything, and join me,” saidKaila. Looking directly at her, shesaid, “I’m honored to be calledyour daughter.”
The event raised $6,000 and at-
tracted some people Kaila didn’teven know. One of the shavees,Sahal Thahir, saw her Web site andraised $600. Then he came and gothis head shaved, while his familywatched and rooted for him. AChantilly High senior, he jokedafterward, “I might need somedouble-stick tape for my gradua-tion hat.”
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Best Musical: Westfield High School, from left, Colby Dezelick, AveryHobbs, Elisabeth Bloxam and Kevin Clay. “Joseph and the AmazingTechnicolor Dreamcoat.”
Critics Team: Westfield High School, from left, BrittanySimmons, Sunny Vinsavich, Kerowyn Brewer, Joey Biagini, ZoeTippl. Front: Elisabeth Bloxam.
Westfield High Wins 10 Cappie AwardsFrom Page 4
Comic Actor in a Musical:Colby Dezelick, WestfieldHigh School, “Joseph andthe Amazing TechnicolorDreamcoat.”
Ensemble in a Musical went tothe 11 students who portrayedJoseph’s brothers in the show:Dezelick, Connor Scudder, TrevorKnickerbocker, Max and JakeEhrlich, Adam Thomas, Chaz Cof-fin, Mitchell Buckley, Ozzy Tirmizi,Ben Nelms and Nick Burroughs.
“I’m so happy because weworked so hard to put this showtogether and create this amazingensemble of brothers who lovedeach other deeply,” said MaxEhrlich. “We became a family onand off stage.”
Agreeing, Thomas said, “Nogroup of actors could be as closeand cohesive as the brothers were.But even though we got great feed-back from the critics, seeing theother competition, we weren’t socertain we’d win.” But they werethrilled that they did.
“It was a rush, definitely,” said
Knickerbocker. “Before they calledour name, we were squeezing eachother’s hands in the audience. Thisis not just for us, it’s for all of us inthe show.”
“I’m excited about winning,”said Jake Ehrlich. “It was a greathonor to put this show together.”Added Scudder: “We’re so happyfor everyone. This is the one thingwe were hoping to go home with,and I’m so proud of our entire castand crew.”
Speaking on behalf of the BestSong award for “Megamix,” theshow’s finale, Tirmizi said, “It’sbeen a great journey and I’m trulyglad to have worked with thepeople I have, at Westfield. It feelsgreat.”
Scudder said they didn’t thinkthey’d win this, particular trophybecause “at first, we didn’t like thissong; it was so long and we weretired by the end of the show.” But,
added Max Ehrlich, “It turned outbetter than we expected.”
Westfield’s award-winning Crit-ics Team consisted of Elisabeth andMadeleine Bloxam, Joey Biagini,Zoe Tippl, Kerowyn Brewer, AbbyPicard, Brittany Simmons, MitchellBuckley and Sunny Vinsavich. AndElisabeth Bloxam said this honor,too, caught them by surprise.
“There were so many greatteams this year that put in somuch,” she said. “We’re extremelyflattered to be recognized for ourdedication to the Cappies pro-gram.”
Culminating Westfield’s tri-umphs Sunday night was theCappie for Best Musical. Freshfrom receiving their own awards,the Ehrlich brothers, Thomas,Knickerbocker, Clay, Scudder andTirmizi huddled backstage to-gether in a circle, heads bowedand arms around each other in
solidarity, hoping to hear theirschool’s name announced onemore time. And when it was, theyerupted in joy, whooping andshouting, arms raised in victory.
Accepting this trophy forWestfield were Clay, ElisabethBloxam, Dezelick and Hobbs. “Thisis the complete, joint effort of ev-eryone wanting to make this showfantastic,” said Clay.
Hobbs said it was “truly an en-semble show,” and Bloxam calledit “the perfect combination of ev-erything — choreography, cos-tumes and talented students —coming together so well.”
“It’s exhilarating to win BestMusical,” added Dezelick. “We puta lot of heart into this, and I’m soglad we have something to showfor it.”
Joining the students in celebra-tion afterward, Principal Tim Tho-mas was also jubilant. “What an
amazing night for Westfield The-ater,” he said. “I can’t say enoughabout our students and their tal-ents, our parents and their sup-port, and our director and her ex-pertise. I’m extremely proud of allour Bulldogs. Go, go, Joseph!”
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Holocaust Survivor Speaks with Students
Godin’s Story Moves StudentsFrom Page 2
the message of tolerance andhope. She said it was also timelybecause, at that point, the studentswere studying WWII and the Ho-locaust.
English Department Chair Kim-berly Scott noted that students inall English classes would soon bereading Anne Frank’s diary, so “Wefelt like it would help them under-stand the personal impact the Ho-
locaust had on the survivors stillamong us, and down their familylines. Some of the parents heretoday had relatives who were Ho-locaust survivors.” “We hope thisunit makes an indelible impressionupon the students and they’ll learnthat one person can make a dif-ference,” continued Scott. “Thesepeople are treasures — therearen’t many of them left.”
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markable that Godin is able to tellher story because “so many survi-vors can’t — it’s just too difficultfor them. But she knew just whatto say and how to make it relevantto the students.”
“Students have come back, yearslater, and told us how much hear-ing her meant to them,” addedScott. “They said this made thebiggest impression on them whilethey were here.”
there.”Godin said Jewish women
weren’t allowed to have babiesthen, but some were born in theghetto. “A man in black came inand raised his thumb to determinewho lived or died,” she said. “Onethousand innocent childrenthrough age 14, some 500 elderlyand sick people, plus a few hun-dred healthy ones, were killed inthe Auschwitz gas chambers. Nochildren, no future. My father was47, but he was killed because the
evil of the Holocaust was allowedin humanity.”
In 1944, the Germans were re-treating. But, said Godin, “Theydidn’t leave us behind. I was 16and separated from my motherand brothers, but other Jewishwomen looked out for me. Wewere stripped naked and beaten.My family and belongings weretaken from me, but I still had myname — until I became just a num-ber in a concentration camp.People who went into the show-ers were gassed and killed.”
She said a woman came to herone day and said, “Little girl,you’re going to be killed, so try toget into a labor camp.” Godin suc-ceeded in being placed in such acamp with 5,000 women. Butshe’d exchanged one hell for an-other. “In those camps, they didn’thave to kill us — we died of dis-ease and starvation,” she said. “Itwas the worst year of my life.”
Then, in January 1945, she waspart of a death march throughHolland and Germany. “Manywere dying along the way,” she
said. The next month, theyreached the southern part of theBaltic Sea. There, said Godin, “Wedug two, long holes — one, a bath-room; one, a grave.”
“All through the Holocaust, Iprayed to the Almighty, ‘Please letme live through the day; maybeI’ll be free,’” she said. “Other times,I prayed to die. But the otherwomen said I had to survive andteach the world what hatred,prejudice and indifference can do.They taught me to have hope andunderstanding and to make it abetter world.”
Finally, on March 10, 1945, theRussian Army found Godin and theothers and liberated them. “Thewounds from my beatings healedlong ago, but the memories willalways remain,” she said. “Six mil-lion Jewish people — amongthem, 1.5 million children — werekilled.”
“I beg you, see the world withnew eyes,” she told the students.“You can make a difference. Don’tsee a race or religion — see a hu-man being. May God bless you andmay God bless America.”
It’s a time to celebrate the amazing ac-complishments of area teens. They’regraduating from high school, many after completing college level work in Ad-
vanced Placement and International Baccalau-reate programs, for more than a year, earningscholarships and entry to college.
Some are accomplished athletes, ending highschool careers as leaders on the field,demonstrating the benefits of practiceand discipline, understanding moreabout what it means to work in a teamthan many adults ever will.
Some have excelled in theater, learning stagemanagement, teamwork of different kind, com-plex tasks including lines, music, and more.High school students excelling in theater werecelebrated Sunday, June 13, at the KennedyCenter, with awards going to (among others)Madison, Marshall, Mount Vernon, Westfieldand Falls Church high schools in FairfaxCounty; Wakefield in Arlington; Walt Whitmanin Montgomery County.
Local high school students pursue all sortsof music with passion. They are involved inmany other arts, including photography, paint-ing, sculpture.
There are teens who devote themselves tocommunity service. Students in McLean havepackaged literally tens of thousands of mealsfor the hungry. Others volunteer at homelessshelters, work on environmental projects, helpin hospitals, animal shelters and nursinghomes. Some have raised money for relief ef-
forts in Haiti or Japan or the Gulf Coast.It’s not surprising that some of these teens
are celebrating in a variety of ways. You cansee photo slide shows of many area proms atwww.ConnectionNewspapers.com.
Now the word of caution.Many, many high school students consume
alcohol, usually to excess.Responding to the 2009 Fairfax
County Youth Survey, nearly half ofhigh school students reported drink-ing alcohol. Twenty-three percent of
high school seniors reported binge drinking inthe two weeks before the survey, and 39 per-cent of them had consumed alcohol in the pre-vious 30 days. Among 10th graders, 22 per-cent had consumed alcohol in the previous 30days.
Twenty-two percent of students said they hadused marijuana.
While those numbers are eye-opening, con-sider this: Twenty percent of students reportedthey had driven a car when they had beendrinking. See www.fairfaxcounty.gov/youthsurvey
It’s easy to forget, when high school studentspresent themselves with maturity, with disci-pline, with intelligence, that they are, in fact,high school students. Their brains are not fullydeveloped. They are not fully equipped to makewhat could turn out to be life and death deci-sions, especially in group settings. They stillneed guidance, protection, reminders, safe-guards and safety nets, mostly from their par-
ents.During the summer, nearly twice as many
teenagers die in traffic crashes than at othertimes, according to the Washington RegionalAlcohol Program www.wrap.org. There havebeen some devastating examples of this locally.
The most important thing for parents to dofor their teenagers is to talk to them. Even ifyour teen tries to deflect what you’re saying,the information is still working its way intohis or her brain.
Tell them you love them. Tell them it’s beentoo much work to get them to this point to risklosing them. Tell them not to text and drive.Tell them not to drink and drive. Tell them notto get in a car with anyone driving who hasbeen drinking. Tell them you’ll come pick themup anytime that they need a safe ride home.
WRAP offers tips, facts and strategies on theirwebsite.
Correcting aMother’s Day Error
Because of an internal communications er-ror, Centre View didn’t receive many of theMother’s Day photos submitted to us by read-ers until late last week. We’re so sorry wemissed Mother’s Day, but you’ll find those pho-tos at http://bit.ly/iCiJcS.
— Mary Kimm,
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Amazing Teens Time to celebrate theirtalents and accomplishments,and to keep them safe.
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Ready for PromGathering before WestfieldHigh’s prom, June 3, are(from left) Ozzy Tirmizi,Grace Martin, BryanTrujillo, Caroline Chen,Sammy Martinez,Stephanie Howe, ConnorScudder, Taylor Reese,Kevin Clay, MadeleineBloxam, TrevorKnickerbocker, OliviaBrown, Max Ehrlich,Corinne Holland, DylanDaniel and MackenzieMorgan.
Prom GatheringWestfield High held its
prom June 3 at theWestfields Marriott. Gather-
ing before the event are(from left) Annie Dykstra,Ben Nelms, Carol Bentley,Perry Cox, Kim Markovcy,
George Lewandowski,Megan Peralta and Taylor
Thibodeau.
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Westfield High held its Pyramid Art Show, Thursday-Friday, June 9-10.
Photos by Bonnie Hobbs/Centre View
Westfield Pyramid Art Show SparklesCorrina Kelliher, Westfield junior.
Sharon Park, Virginia Run Elementary, 3rd grade.
Jessica Swanson, StoneMiddle, 8th grade.
Lucia Rodriguez, Westfield junior. Natalie Balderston, Westfield junior. David Rehn, Stone Middle, 8th grade.
Graham Ryder, Westfield junior.Catie Gunn, Virginia RunElementary, 2nd grade.
Faizah Kabir, London TowneElementary, 5th grade.
Amy Reuter, Deer Park Elementary,2nd grade.
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TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYSCentreville Stitchers welcome adults who enjoy
knitting, crocheting, or other needlework craftsand conversation. Join us at the CentrevilleRegional Library, 14200 St. Germain Dr.,Centreville, VA. Admission is free. If you haveany questions, contact Jo at 703-803-0595 oremail [email protected].
Thursday, June 23 — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYSZUMBA Classes. 7 to 8 p.m. Latin based dance
fitness class. The first class is free; afterward it’s$7-$9 per class. At Cornerstone MontessoriSchool, 4455 Brookfield Corporate Drive, Suite201, Chantilly. Visit www.gozumbafun.com.
THURSDAY/JUNE 16Father’s Day Campfire. 8 to 9 p.m. Learn about
some of nature’s best fathers on a hike, followedby the toasting of s’mores around the campfire.At Ellanor C. Lawrence Park, 5040 Walney Roadin Chantilly. Call 703-631-0013.
Erin Peterson Golf Tournament. 7 a.m.registration and breakfast; 8 a.m. shotgun start;1 p.m. cocktails; 1:30 lunch and awards. Cost is$700/foursome, $200/golfer. Register atwww.erinpetersonfund.org/ To be held atWestfields Golf Club in Clifton. Visitwww.erinpetersonfund.org or contact CelestePeterson at 703-830-3795 [email protected].
JUNE 16 AND 18Auditions. “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way
to the Forum” by Zemfira Stage. Thursday, June16 from 7 to 9:30 p.m.; Saturday, June 18 from1 to 4 p.m. Bring a comedic song to sing. Bringsheet music or instrumental-only recording; anaccompaniest will be available. Held at 5200 TreTowers Court, Centreville. Call 703-615-6626 toschedule audition.
FRIDAY/JUNE 17Blood Drive. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Gregg Caldwell,
owner of G&C Tire and Auto, has partnered withINOVA for a blood drive. He will be cookinghamburgers and hot dogs for all whoparticipate. At G&C Chantilly, 14008 WillardRoad, Chantilly. Donors should sign up byFriday, June 10. Contact his shop at 703-263-2474 or email [email protected] toparticipate.
Swing Dancing. 9 p.m. to midnight. Admission is$15. With the band, Rockin’ Bones. 8:30 to 9p.m. drop-in beginner swing lesson; 9 p.m. tomidnight dancing. At the Hilton WashingtonDulles Airport Hotel, 13869 Park Center Road,Herndon.
Acoustic Open Jam. 6 to 8 p.m. NOVA MusicCenter, 7144 Main St. in Clifton, is holding an
Acoustic Open Jam, and it will continue everyother Friday. For more information, call ErichRussekrobbins at 703-830-7141. The music storealso has new hours: Monday-Friday, noon-8p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; and Sunday,noon-6 p.m.
Clifton Elem. Open House. 5 to 7 p.m. CliftonElementary School will celebrate its legacy ofacademic achievement, cherished memories, andits relationship with the Clifton communityduring an open house. Student artwork andwriting will be on display, along withmemorabilia from previous years. There will bea multimedia presentation along with music andlight refreshments. All former and currentClifton Elementary School students, staff,parents, and community members are invited toattend the event. Call 703-988-8000.
SATURDAY/JUNE 18Become a Pilot Family Day. 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Smithsonian National Air & Space MuseumUdvar-Hazy Center, 14390 Air and SpaceMuseum Parkway, Chantilly. An outdooraviation display with dozens of visiting vintage,recreational, military and home-built aircraft.Meet the experts, live performances, hands-onactivities, story times, tours and book signings.202-633-1000 or http://airandspace.si.edu/HazyFamilyDays/.
SUNDAY/JUNE 19Antique Car Show. 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. More
than 400 antique and classic vehicles fill thegrounds at Sully Historic Site. Sponsored by theFairfax County Park Authority and the Model AFord Club of America. Admission is $9/adults;$8/seniors; $6/children. At Sully Historic Site,one mile north of Route 50 at Route 28. Call703-324-8662.
MONDAY/JUNE 20Healthcare Law Discussion. 7:30 p.m. Galen
Institute president Grace-Marie Turner willspeak about the new healthcare law at theRepublican Women of Clifton (RWC) meeting.She will do a book signing of Why ObamaCare IsWrong for America, which she co-authored. AtCentreville High School.
JUNE 22 TO JULY 4Sacred Threads 2011. An exhibition of 165
juried quilts exploring themes of spirituality, joy,inspiration, peace/brotherhood, grief andhealing. Admission is $5/person. The exhibitionhours are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday,and Saturday: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday: 10a.m.-8 p.m., Sunday: 1 p.m.-4 p.m., SpecialHours, July 4: 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Meet the ArtistsReception, June 25: 2-5 p.m. $5 admission fee.At Church of the Epiphany, 3301 HiddenMeadow Drive, Oak Hill. Visitwww.sacredthreadsquilts.com.
The Smithsonian’s 7th Annual Become a Pilot Family Day will be on Saturday, June 18 from10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center, 14390 Air andSpace Museum Parkway, Chantilly. An outdoor aviation display with dozens of visiting vintage, recre-ational, military and home-built aircraft. This year’s event will also include the donation of the FleetModel 2 “Plane/Jane,” the only surviving Roosevelt Field Fleet trainer and one of only six surviving Fleet2s of the approximately 350 Fleet aircraft manufactured and used at flight schools all over the countryfrom 1929 to 1942. The acceptance ceremony will be at 11:30 a.m. with donors Gene Breiner and hisdaughter Joyce Breiner. The Navy Ceremonial Drill Team and the Navy’s jazz ensemble, the Commo-dores, will perform. Meet the experts, hands-on activities, story times, tours, book signings and more.Free admission, parking $15. 202-633-1000 or http://airandspace.si.edu/HazyFamilyDays/.
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During this year’s RoadCheck inChantilly, Motor Carrier SafetyOfficers from the FairfaxCounty Police Department in-
spected 61 trucks and placed 22 out of ser-vice for serious safety violations. Numeroustrucks were cited for violations and requiredon-site repairs before they were allowedback on the road.
The June 9 event, from 7 to 11 a.m., waspart of a national effort to target unsafecommercial vehicles. Officers set up an in-spection station at E. C. Lawrence Park inChantilly and in conjunction with severallocal and state law enforcement agencies,conducted inspections of commercial ve-hicles, climbing in, over, and under vehiclesto examine brake systems, vehicle frames,fuel system, vehicle light systems, steeringmechanisms, axles, suspension, tires, cargosecurement, appropriate driver and cargo
documentation among other items. Offic-ers receive special training from the Fed-eral Motor Carrier Safety Administration tobe certified to conduct such inspections.
The RoadCheck program started in 1988by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance,a not-for-profit organization of motor car-rier safety officers from the United States,Canada and Mexico. During early June ju-risdictions throughout North America set upinspection stations during a 72-hour periodconducting extensive safety inspections ofcommercial motor carriers and buses.
In addition to county Motor Carrier SafetyOfficers, officers from the Herndon PoliceDepartment, City of Fairfax Police Depart-ment, Fort Belvoir Police Department, theVirginia State Police, the Virginia Depart-ment of Motor Vehicles and the FairfaxCounty Fire and Rescue Department par-ticipated in inspections.
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Road Check 2011Photos by Deb Cobb/Centre View
Fairfax County Police Officer Sean Regan and Captain Dean Sherick, ofthe Fairfax County Fire and Rescue department, watch as a driver incheshis truck onto mobile scales at the Fairfax County Motor Carrier unitRoadCheck 2011 motor carrier safety inspection station at Ellanor C.Lawrence Park on June 9. Officers noted that the truck's tires werebulging and were concerned that the vehicle was carrying an overweightload of gravel. Officers put scales under each of the six tires and thenadded the total weight together to calculate the cargo weight.
Senior Police OfficerEddie Stapleton ofthe Herndon PoliceDepartment MotorDivision recentlyfinished his federaltraining to be certi-fied to conductinspections. He ischecking to seewhether the vehicle'sbrakes are adjustedcorrectly at theRoadCheck 2011conducted at EllanorC. Lawrence Park bythe Fairfax CountyMotor Carrier SafetyOfficers on June 9.
Master Police Officer Shannon Corbeau of the Franconia District Stationinspects the U-bolts that attach this truck body to its chassis.
After sampling the fuel in thistruck, a Senior Special Agent withthe Virginia Department of MotorVehicles Law Enforcement findsthat it is operating with the wrongfuel, so the vehicle is put out ofservice until the tanks are purged.
Patrol Officer Sally McGowan andFirefighter Tanya Hall inspect thetruck’s brake pads. PFC Harold Morris interviews this truck driver with Herndon Senior
Police Officer Eddie Stapleton at RoadCheck 2011 conducted by theFairfax County Motor Carrier Safety unit on June 9.
Photos by Deb Cobb/Centre View
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I really hope that the nesting/organizing/getting-things-in-order-type behavior I’ve been exhibitinglately is not my subconscious cashing a check thatmy conscious hasn’t even written. Certainly we’reall entitled, periodically, to spring-clean but whenyou’re post-the-end-date of your oncologist’s origi-nal prognosis (two years), everything takes onadded significance – and meaning. And simplybeing grateful for having lived beyond your doc-tor’s original expectations doesn’t always carry theday; there are nights to worry about, too. So yes –in my head, anyway, I wonder why I’m doingthings and I am extremely sensitive as well, to whatmy body is doing (or not doing), that is: whetherwhat I’m feeling/how I’m behaving is a symptom ofmy having stage IV lung cancer or predictable –and normal, middle age?
Hopefully, my arranging/simplifying my life-activity of late is nothing more than time on myhands and the motivation to use them to try andmake that life easier/less complicated. Then again,it might not. It might be the part of our brain thatwe don’t use – or even control, making decisionsfor me. I keep remembering a M*A*S*H episodewhen Radar was telling Capt. Pierce about hisUncle Ernest who sort of knew things in advance(like Radar), and how two days before he died,Uncle Ernest moved closer to the undertaker.“How thoughtful,” Hawkeye wise-cracked. I don’tbelieve I’m Uncle Ernest reborn (after all, he was afictional character); still, being affected by televi-sion programming as I have – and am, I can’t com-pletely ignore Radar’s story, humorous though itwas meant to be.
And another coincidence is worrying me,again. My wife, Dina, thinks our two cats, Biscuitand Cappuccino, are hanging around me more, asif they know something life-changing (heck, let’sbe honest; life-ending) is imminent. We’ve noticedthis animal-instinct behavior twice before: oncewhen I was chemo-sick and another time whenour rabbit, Chester, now deceased, was havinghealth problems – to which he eventually suc-cumbed. The cats hung around Chester’s cage. I’dlike to think, although I’m having a little difficultyconvincing myself, totally, that the cats are hangingaround me because they love me and because I“treat” them, feed them – mostly, and clean outtheir litter box – always. Dina is not so sure. Shethinks, if I were to characterize out of context, thatthe cat’s attentiveness is a version of the elephant’sgraveyard (if you know your Tarzan movies), theplace where elephants go to die when they knowthey’re close to death. I don’t want to believe anyof it, except I did grow up watching JohnnyWeismuller’s Tarzan movies and since I never hadany real pets growing up (other than parakeets andthose 50-cent turtles once sold at Woolworth’s),and Dina did, I’ve never observed animal behaviorother than on television. Dina was raised with lotsof pets, even had a horse, and never watchedTarzan movies so maybe she knows something –that I certainly don’t, about animal behavior thatshe actually witnessed which possibly could berelevant now or even accurate? Then again, per-haps the cats’ behavior of late is simply aboutproximity and familiarity and any similarity toinstinctual/sixth sense-type behavior is purelycoincidental?
Nevertheless, it’s impossible to ignore certainbehaviors, both mine and others who live withme/see me most often. Somebody knows some-thing. Perhaps those closest to me know the most.Presumably they would notice the slight, almostimperceptible signs, changes that most casualobservers, even non-casual observers like myselfmight miss (or who are loathe/afraid to admit). Andsince I have never been one to look in the mirror,especially when I was bald for all those monthsduring – and a little bit after – my heavy chemo-therapy, another set of eyes would likely see sometruths that are not self-evident.
As much as I try not to focus on myself and mycircumstances, however, invariably an unexpectedobservation or a twinge or a random thought willcause the inevitable trip back to cancer land. It’snot always a horrible trip, and so far, all my tripshave not resulted in falls, nor have they been oneway. But they have been my way. And in my opin-ion/experience, there’s only one way to view allthis cancer stuff: askance, or not. Ergo my continu-ing problem/dilemma.
Kenny Lourie is an Advertising Representative forThe Almanac & The Connection Newspapers.
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Home Life Style
By John Byrd
The Connection
One of the advantages ofNorthern Virginia’s gener-ally mild climate is thathomeowners can use their
outdoor spaces with impunity—oftensocializing outside until the first frost.Clearly, this is one reason why localindoor/outdoor solutions are increas-ingly well-furnished, highly-equippedand often wired living rooms that justhappen to be surrounded by trees andfresh air.
Case in point: the recently completedscreen porch and decking system to aReston home situated on two acrespeacefully nestled into a wooded set-aside.
The spacious five-bedroom home theowners had purchased in 1997 alreadyincluded a 330-square-foot screen porchlinked to a great room on the southcorner of the rear elevationand a 780-square-foot deckon the opposite corner thatsegued from the sun room.The two outdoor platformswere not linked butthoughts of forming alarger whole were wellunderway when TroyFenley and team enteredthe scene.Fenley, now atSun Design Remodeling inBurke, was completingseveral interior rooms forthe Reston residence whenthe owner asked him tochat about some ideas forfinishing the outdoorspace.
“What came up veryearly was that [the home-owner] not only wanted to
Bringing the Indoors OutsideReston home expandskitchen, family roomand more out into theopen air.
Photo By Justin Krill
The solution included double the size of the screen porch—which now includes stone-faced gas fireplace, rotatingoverhead fans and a flat screen TV. A perfect place to take inthe game—well into the fall.
The state-of-the-art outdoor kitchen of this Reston homefeatures a gas grill, a wok, warming drawers and a clean-up sink as well as stainless steel cabinetry embedded in astone-faced support. The glass canopy protects the cheffrom passing rain clouds.
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Guest Room Shuffle Local designers suggest thrifty and generous waysto decorate for out of town guests.
By Meredith Billman-Mani
The Connection
Local interior designers Lauren Liessfrom Herndon and Jill Sorensenfrom McLean have turned many
rooms into guest rooms for their clients.They have spent years learning the tricksfor updating a guestroom quickly and inex-pensively while creating an inviting space.
Though their decorating talents are in highdemand and the jobs they do command topdollar, Liess and Sorensen have each devel-oped several tricks that can work on anybudget to create a guest bedroom with ap-peal.
If the homeowner is fortunate enough tohave a dedicated space for a guest bedroom,the prep work before a guest arrives is less.
“Guests are looking for a room that’s com-fortable and inviting but empty enough forthem to put their things. You don’t want itto be as cold as a hotel,” says Liess. Liesssaid that having a space for two suitcases,on a stand or on the floor, is key and thatclearing space in a closet for guests to hangtheir clothes is important. “These toucheswill make them feel welcome,” Liess said.
“A fantastic mattress, super soft sheets andgreat towels,” are the elements Sorensensees going into an elegant guest room andgenerous budget. “Comfort makes the dif-ference. I would add a seating area and adesk. And situate the room in a quiet partof the house,” Sorensen said.
See Guest Room, Page 17
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Address .................................. BR FB HB ...... Postal City ... Sold Price ... Type ...... Lot AC ......... Subdivision .......... Date Sold
1 7502 AMKIN CT ......................... 7 ... 6 ... 1 .......... CLIFTON ...... $1,450,000 .... Detached ... 5.18 ......... PLANTATION HILLS ......... 04/15/11
2 7080 BALMORAL FOREST RD .... 5 ... 4 ... 1 .......... CLIFTON ...... $1,100,000 .... Detached ... 2.01 ........ BALMORAL GREENS ........ 04/28/11
3 7906 FROST CRYSTAL CT .......... 6 ... 4 ... 2 .... FAIRFAX STATION .. $985,000 .... Detached ... 5.04 .... DOMINION VALLEY HUNT ... 04/29/11
4 7078 BALMORAL FOREST .......... 4 ... 3 ... 1 .......... CLIFTON ......... $970,000 .... Detached ... 2.04 ........ BALMORAL GREENS ........ 04/22/11
5 9814 PORTSIDE DR ................... 4 ... 3 ... 1 ............ BURKE .......... $930,000 .... Detached ... 0.68 .............. EDGEWATER .............. 04/13/11
6 10112 FARRCROFT DR .............. 4 ... 4 ... 1 ........... FAIRFAX ......... $930,000 .... Detached ... 0.13 .............. FARRCROFT .............. 04/28/11
7 8141 RONDELAY LN .................. 5 ... 3 ... 1 .... FAIRFAX STATION .. $917,500 .... Detached ... 5.00 ............... RONDELAY ............... 04/08/11
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4 7078 Balmoral Forest Road, Clifton — $970,000
5 9814 PORTSIDE Drive, Burke — $930,000
6 10112 Farrcroft Drive, Fairfax — $930,000
7 8141 Rondelay Lane, Fairfax Station — $917,500
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enlarge and link the outdoor platforms,” Fenleysaid, “but he also envisioned stone planters, amasonry water feature, a safety zone for a wood-burning fire, a sizeable outdoor kitchen and thecapacity to entertain 50 to 75 people at a time. Iconcluded that handling the structural require-ments for that much weight would be a toppriority.”
As the conversation evolved,so, too, the project’s scope andheft. The screen porch was to beexpanded from 330 to 525square feet. There was to be astone-faced gas fireplace in onecorner, several rotating overheadfans, and a flat screen televisionin an opposite corner. A wroughtiron table would seat eight.Moreover, there would be intricate detailingthroughout, and it was all to be maintenance free.
“The owner told me that he was finished withwood,” Fenley said. The porch interiors, railingsand the deck itself needed to be constructed ofmaterials that wouldn’t rust or rot, or even requiremuch painting or cleaning.
Since the deck is 15 feet above grade, an earlystep was to calculate expected loads from 15 250-pound planters, an L-shaped outdoor kitchen madeof stone, large crowds of bouncing guests and(looking ahead) a water feature weighing severaltons. Taking all that into account, Fenley and teamdevised a structural solution that called for a steelframe undergirding attached to four vertical steelcolumns which are, in turn, mounted on concretecaissons.
A spiral stair now connects the upper deck to thelower deck, which includes a hot tub and access to
Bringing the Indoors OutsideFrom Page 15
Home Life Style
landscaped gardens. The owner, who recentlythrew a party for 50 that included a musicalcombo, attests that traffic flows smoothly in alldirections.
For all its fine detailing, though, the new com-plex is also a study in cutting edge, low-mainte-nance technologies. Exposed wooden deck flooringhas been replaced with cellular PVC planks com-pletely resistant to rotting. The new railings are
powder-coated aluminumcustom-fabricated to specifica-tion. The convincingly “oldschool” material used in thepristinely classic crown moldingand fine trimwork is not wood—but PVC.
The state-of-the-art outdoorkitchen—which occupies thedeck’s northeast corner—provides for every gourmet
consideration. Responding to the owner’s detaileduse requirements, the final design features an openwork-zone defined (vertically) by a four-post cedartrellis topped by glass-canopy and (horizontally)by an L-shaped solid granite food preparationsurface.
The kitchen includes a Viking gas grill, a wok,warming drawers and a clean-up sink as well asstainless steel cabinetry embedded in a stone-facedsupport.
The owner says the new setting is used most ofthe year. This year - with the corner hearth blazingcheerfully and the TV on - he anticipates fallafternoons taking in the game — maybe even theplayoffs.
Sun Design Remodeling frequently holds work-shops on home remodeling topics at their office inBurke, see www.SunDesignInc.com.
Both agree that thinking ahead to anticipate yourguests’ needs will make for an easier trip for every-one. Small details, like a cleared space on a nightstand, an alarm clock and soap and towels they knoware for their use make guests feel welcome and au-tonomous because they do not immediately have toask their hosts for things.
Champagne tastes can still be achieved on a lowbudget if the homeowner is willing to get creativewith what they have. Designers do this all the time.They will walk through a home and pick up decora-tive items or hanging art and bring it from one roominto another to give it a polished look.
If it’s been awhile since you had company, chancesare your guest room has morphed into a catch-allroom with boxes of out of season clothes, a desk froma deceased relative and anything else that neededstorage space. These rooms need a little work butcan be transformed for under $100.
“Paint your dressers a fun color and tie it in withfun bedding and pillows,” said Liess. “If you’ve justused it to store items, get everything out of thereand put it in another room for a little while.”
Sorensen agrees. “Clear clutter; most bad designstarts with clutter. Empty is better than a bunch ofmismatched stuff. Donate your unused items to a
shelter or to someone who needs it. Paint the mis-matched furniture one color to make them go to-gether.”
Colleen Donnelly of Herndon said the best thingshe puts on the dresser for her out of town guestsare copies of the local bus schedule going downtown.“Everyone wants to go to DC. I’ve gone a million timesby now, so I have copies of the bus schedule. It hastimes and where it stops so they can go into the cityand stay as long as they want without needing us todrive them.”
Sometimes space is at a premium and a familymember, usually a child, will give up their room whileguests are in town. Liess and Sorensen have somesuggestions to keep guests from feeling like they areintruding on someone else's space. “The first thing isto take down anything personal or gender specific,”Liess says. “Clear off the desk and make sure guestsknow it’s their space to use. If there’s cutesy bed-ding, take that off. And make sure it’s not Toyland inthe room,” said Liess.
What if unexpected company calls and you aren’tready. What do designers suggest you do then? “Makesure it’s neat and clean. Put in a bouquet of freshflowers and a bottle of water by the bed. They’ll feelwelcome and won’t worry about the rest,” saidSorensen.
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Guest Room Shuffle
“The owner told methat he was finishedwith wood.”
— Troy Fenley,Sun Design Remodeling
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Sports
See Chantilly, Page 19
Centre View Sports Editor Rich Sanders
703-224-3031 or [email protected]
See Sports Notes, Page 19
By Rich Sanders
Centre View
Chantilly’s quest for its second-ever Virginia state boys’ la-crosse title fell short when theChargers lost its state finals
contest to Northern Region rival Langley,17-8, last Saturday night in front of a near-capacity crowd at Westfield High School.
It marked the third time over the last fouryears in which Chantilly has played in thestate championship game. The Chargers,who are coached by Kevin Broderick, wonthe state title in 2008. In 2009, they lost toLangley in the state finals. And on Satur-day, once again, it was Chantilly and Lan-gley meeting in the finals with the Saxonscoming away victorious — winning theirthird consecutive state championship un-der longtime head coach Earl Brewer.
Chantilly made a remarkable postseasonrun this spring, capturing both the ConcordeDistrict and Northern Region crowns andthen advancing to the state title tilt.
The Chargers, facing a Langley team thataccounted for their only regular season loss,fell behind early and were never able torecover in Saturday’s finals. Langley talliedthe game’s first five goals on way to thedominating win.
“They played a great game,” saidChantilly senior tri-captain DevonWesterman, of the Saxons.
Langley, indeed, played one of its bestgames of the season. From start to finish,the Saxons seemed to control a majority ofthe action.
“We’ve worked hard and come togetheras a team,” said Langley senior attack playerMike Adams, who scored nine goals to leadthe three-time champions. “This feels awe-some. I knew when we stepped up nobodycould beat us. And we definitely steppedup tonight. It wasn’t any one individual. Itwas a team win.”
Langley (19-3) started the postseason offwith three consecutive wins at the LibertyDistrict tournament, including a finals winover Madison High School on May 12. The
Saxons then won their first two games —victories over T.C. Williams and Oakton —at the 16-team Northern Region tourna-ment.
But a semifinals round upset loss toAnnandale, 12-8, on May 23 at Oakton HighSchool ended Langley’s region title hopesand put them in the uncomfortable thirdplace consolation game versus West Spring-field. At stake in the contest with the Spar-tans, a team experiencing a breakout win-ning season, was a birth at the eight-teamstate playoffs. The Saxons, putting away thedisappointment of the loss to Annandale,rose to the occasion and handled thescrappy West Springfield squad, 11-7, toadvance to states.
“That loss to Annandale definitely moti-vated us,” said Adams. “I think [in the longrun] it helped us.”
At Battlefield High (Haymarket) in a statequarterfinals round game, Langley pulledout a gritty, 6-5 OT victory on June 3. Then,in a rematch with Annandale five days laterat Westfield High, the Saxons avenged their
earlier regional playoff loss to the Atomswith an inspiring 10-7 triumph which putthe Saxons back into the state champion-ship game for a third straight year.
By that point, Langley, having tasted bothgood and bad moments during its five-weekpostseason march, was not about to be de-nied and handled the Chargers to garnertheir third consecutive state title.
“It’s surreal to win it again,” said Langleyjunior goalie Andrew Spivey.
THREE GOALS WITHIN the first fourminutes of play — scores from sophomoremidfielder Luke Salzer, junior midfielderHunter Bentz, and Adams — resulted in anearly Chantilly timeout.
The Chargers came back out and got offthree good scoring chances, including awrap-around, close range shot from seniorCraig Penman, whose attempt hit metal andbounced away. But Chantilly could notbreak through into the scoring column.
A short time later, Adams, off an assist
Chantilly fans were out in full force to support the Chargers duringSaturday’s state finals game versus Langley.
Chantilly High’s Jared Golden (10), with a Saxon player behind him,makes his move with the ball.
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Kellie Sanders, a senior women’ssoftball player at Randolph-Macon Acad-emy (Front Royal), received the Coaches’Award for softball during the springsports season. She was also named to theDelaney Athletic Conference All-Confer-ence Softball Team. Sanders is the daugh-ter of Kathy Sanders of Centreville.Randolph-Macon Academy is a collegeprep school for students in grades 6through 12.
Corey Aferiat, a Chantilly Highgraduate and Fairfax resident, had a solidseason for the Muhlenberg College(Allentown, Pa.) men’s lacrosse team this
spring. Aferiat, a junior, started 10 gamesat attack for the Mules, scoring eight goalsand 11 points. He was named CentennialConference Offensive Player of the Weekafter scoring three goals against then-No.11 ranked Gettysburg. It was Muhlenberg’sfirst win ever over Gettysburg. Aferiat is tiedfor 13th in program history with 51 careerpoints and is eighth all-time with 22 assists.Muhlenberg picked up a pair of wins overtop 25 teams in 2011, but missed out onthe conference playoffs after finishing 5-9overall.
Registration is open for the 2011 North-ern Virginia Senior Olympics (NVSO),
which will take place Sept. 17-28. Over 25indoor and outdoor events, from track andfield to scrabble and chess, are offered. Se-nior adults 50 years of age and over, wholive in a sponsoring jurisdiction, are eligibleto participate. Registration information isavailable at local senior centers, commu-nity centers, senior residences or by calling703-228-4721. Details and registrationforms are also available online atwww.nvso.us. Deadline to register is Sept.1. The fee is $10 plus $1 per event. Thereare additional charges for golf, miniaturegolf, bowling and fencing. Seniors may com-pete in more than one event. Each event isdivided into age categories and some by
gender. Winners will be awarded gold,silver and bronze medals after eachevent. The events will take place at vari-ous locations throughout Northern Vir-ginia.
New events in 2011 are badminton,volleyball, cycling and a 1,600 meter run.Events are track and field, swimming,diving, tennis, table tennis, golf, minia-ture golf, ten pin bowling, Wii bowling,pickleball, racquetball, scrabble, bocce,cribbage, fencing, chess, duplicatebridge, backgammon, bunco, horse-shoes, men’s 3 on 3 basketball, men andwomen’s basketball free throw, team line
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NVSO is sponsored by the citiesof Alexandria, Fairfax and FallsChurch and the counties of Arling-ton, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudounand Prince William.
The 12th annual TimHarmon Memorial 5K Run/Walk will be held Saturday, June25, at 8:30 a.m. at the FairfaxCounty Government Center. Prizeswill be awarded to the top threemale and female overall finishersand the top age-group finishers.More than 100 medals and tro-phies will be presented, and door
prizes will also be awarded.Register online at
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Chantilly Misses State CrownFrom Page 18
from senior attack Jack Sandusky, scored off the rightcorner from close range to make it 4-0 Langley. Lessthan a minute after that, Sandusky, on the move,sent a sizzling bouncer into the net from the rightwing. That made the score 5-0 with just over fiveminutes remaining in the first period.
“I think they came into the game [rolling],” saidWesterman, of the Saxons’ fast start. “We were wait-ing for things to happen, waiting for someone elseto make a play and that hurt us.”
Chantilly’s Daniel DeCenzo, a junior attack, scoredthe Chargers’ first goal — a quick turnaround linerover his right shoulder off the right side — to makeit 5-1 with 4 minutes, 23 seconds remaining in thefirst quarter.
Langley’s Salzer, shortly after a Langley timeout,scored from 18 yards out on a bouncer shot off theleft wing to make it 6-1 Saxons, the score going intothe second quarter.
“Coming out and leading 5-0, 6-1 and getting thatmuch momentum, that was a great feeling,” saidSpivey, the Langley goalie who made several stellarstops in the net at the close of the first quarter asChantilly was trying to gain some life. “I was confi-dent. I had a few saves early in the game and thathelped me.”
Langley’s dominance continued throughout thesecond quarter as the Saxons scored the first fivegoals of the 12-minute session to build an 11-1 lead.Adams scored three of his team’s goals during thatstretch.
Chantilly carried a little momentum into the halffollowing scores from Cole Fitzgerald and KyleO’Connor but the Chargers still trailed 11-3 at theintermission.
The Langley lead increased to 13-3 over the first
five minutes of the third quarter. Chantilly then cameup with its best scoring spell of the game, scoringthree straight goals — scores from Kyle Louis,Westerman, and Penman — to get the Chargerswithin 13-6 going into the final quarter.
The Saxons put the game away for good early onin the fourth on consecutive goals by Adams and onefrom senior midfielder Davis Wagner to make thescore 16-6. The final ended up being 17-8.
“We won the little balls, hustled to ground balls,and Spivey played great for us,” said Adams, pin-pointing a few keys in his team’s win.
Along with Adams’ huge scoring game, Langley alsogot two goals apiece from Bentz, Salzer, andSandusky.
Chantilly goals came from Cole Fitzgerald, KyleLouis, DeCenzo, O’Connor, Penman, Westerman andNico Alcalde.
THE CHARGERS (21-2) had an outstanding sea-son. They lost just one time — to Langley, 11-10 —during a spring break game in the regular seasonand captured the Concorde District tournamentcrown with an 8-5 finals win over Robinson on May12. At regionals, the Chargers reached the finals withwins over Mount Vernon, Woodson, and West Spring-field. Then, in the region title game, Chantilly earneda nail-biter 12-11 win over Annandale.
At states, Chantilly won games over Patrick Henryand Albemarle High (Charlottesville) to reach thechampionship encounter with Langley.
“People didn’t believe in us and didn’t believe we’dbe here [in the state finals],” said Westerman, of aChantilly squad which had lost a number of solidplayers to graduation last spring. “But we won ourdistrict and the region. Everybody loved everybodyout there. We were all brothers out there.”
JUNE 27 TO JULY 1Young Actors’ Workshop. 9 a.m. to
noon. Sponsored by the WestfieldTheatre Boosters, this high-energy,educational summer camp is open toelementary students in rising grades3-6. Tuition is $125 and classes willbe held at Westfield High. Throughtheatre games, acting exercises,songs and dances, students will
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discover the artist inside themselves.The week culminates with a show forfriends and family featuring routinesmade famous by Westfield Theatreactors.
Led by professional actor Ashley Dillardand current Westfield Theatre actorand choreographer Colby Dezelick,the workshop is a great place to learnthe basics about theatre arts.
Westfield Theatre actors Kevin Clay,Trevor Knickerbocker, Avery Hobbsand others will be camp counselors.Westfield Theatre Boosters is nowaccepting registrations for the YoungActors’ Workshop. Visitwww.westfieldtheatreboosters.comfor an enrollment form and moreinformation or contact Producer PattiDezelick at [email protected].
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New Worship Location Starting March 14, 2010!!Centreville High School6001 Union Mill Road
Clifton, VA 20124A NEW CHURCH IS BEING BUILT!
Mount Olive Baptist Church
SUNDAY SERVICE SCHEDULE ATCENTREVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
Sunday School 9:00-9:45 AMWorship Service 9:45 AMChildren’s & Youth Church 10:00 AMYouth Minister: Rev. Bobby Joe Ford, Jr.Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 9:00 PM(Includes Youth Classes)
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1928 book ofCommon Prayer
(CHURCH SCHOOL & NURSERY)13941 Braddock Road, (north off Rte. 29) Centreville, VA
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One Sunday Service - 10:00 am
Sunday WorshipServices8:45 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.
Saint AndrewLutheran ChurchSunday Worship: 8:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m.
Christian Education for All Ages: 9:45 a.m.
Adult Bible Study: Wed. 9:30 a.m.
Our mission is to welcome all people,
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MAY 23 - AUG. 22.Divorce Care Class. 7-9 p.m.
Centreville UMC, Room 215. Cost is$12 for workbook. The class meetsweekly for 14 weeks and walk-ins atany time during these 14 weeks arewelcomed. Call 703-830-2684, ext.1878.
FRIDAY/JUNE 17Clifton Elem. Open House. 5 to 7
p.m. Clifton Elementary School willcelebrate its legacy of academicachievement, cherished memories,and its relationship with the Cliftoncommunity during an open house.Student artwork and writing will beon display, along with memorabilia
from previous years. There will be amultimedia presentation along withmusic and light refreshments. Allformer and current CliftonElementary School students, staff,parents, and community membersare invited to attend the event. Call703-988-8000.
MONDAY, JUNE 20Healthcare Law Talk. 7:30 p.m.
Galen Institute president Grace-MarieTurner will speak about the newhealthcare law at the RepublicanWomen of Clifton (RWC) meetingand will do a book signing. Themeeting will be at Centreville HighSchool and begins at 7:30 p.m., withcoffee and refreshments at 7 p.m.
TUESDAY/JUNE 21Centreville Immigration Forum.
7:30 to 9 p.m. The meeting willprovide updates on plans for currentCIF projects, including theCentreville Labor Resource Center(CLARC), which is planned toprovide a safe location for temporaryworkers (day laborers) to meetemployers. Meets at CentrevillePresbyterian Church, 15450 LeeHighway, Centreville. [email protected] call 703-346-6030.
SUNDAY/JUNE 26Oakton Baptist Church
Anniversary. Oakton BaptistChurch will celebrate its 28th
anniversary as a church with abarbeque dinner following the 11a.m. worship service and music inthe afternoon with Bob Stone andthe Virginia Gospel Singers fromFredericksburg, Va. At 14001Sullyfield Circle, Chantilly. Call 703631-1799.
SUNDAY/JUNE 26Rabies Clinic. 2 to 4 p.m. Fairfax
County Animal Shelter will host alow-cost rabies vaccination clinic forpets at the Sully DistrictGovernmental Center, 4900Stonecroft Blvd., Chantilly. Cost is$12 per pet. No rabies tags will beissued at the clinic; however, 2011dog licenses will be sold at the clinicfor an additional $10 per dog. Call
703-830-1100.
WEDNESDAY/JULY 27Binge Drinking Forum. 7 p.m. At
Westfield High School. Features ascreening and panel discussion onthe documentary, “Haze,” designedfor parents and their college-boundteens. Speakers will includeRaymond Morrogh, Commonwealth’sAttorney for Fairfax County; WilliamHauda, M.D., emergency physician,Inova Fairfax Hospital; FairfaxCounty Police Chief David Rohrerand Captain Bruce Ferguson,Commander, Youth Services Division;Jeff Levy, father of a student whodied following drinking at a collegeparty; and a college student. A Q&Asession will follow.