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She Battles Breast Cancer ‘One Jump at a Time’

Breast Cancer survivor Linda Wells wave to the crowd during thesecond round of the Charlotte Built Ford Tough Series PBR.

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Professional bull riderserves as inspirationfor Burke womanfighting breast cancer.

“When I was diagnosedwith cancer, I followedJ.B. Mauney’s words. Itook it one jump at atime.”

— Linda WellsBy Jennifer Fedor

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Burke resident Linda Wells discov-ered she had a lump in her breastin an unexpected way. As shewatched Shannon Tweed from

television reality show “Gene Simmons’Family Jewels” find a lump that required abiopsy, she decided to do her own self-exam.

About a month away from her scheduledmammogram, Wells said she went aheadand called her doctor. “Mine was an aggres-sive type of cancer so had I waited for themammogram to find it a month later or hadI been late getting the mammogram, I couldhave been in a lot worse circumstances thanI was,” she said.

Wells was diagnosed with invasive duc-tal carcinoma in April 2010. The cancerwas 1.2 centimeters and had spread to onelymph node. She reacted by asking thedoctors what the next step would be. “Iactually ended up having just a lumpectomywhere they just removed the lump and thetissue around it and then they removed thenode because I did have one positive node,”she said.

Wells underwent six rounds of chemo-therapy at three-week intervals and sixweeks of radiation following herlumpectomy. “My family was very support-ive,” she said. “My husband was there for

me every minute of the way. My daughtertook off work and went to every chemotreatment with me.”

A retired Tupperware dealer who has re-sided in Burke for 17 years, Wells used herpassion for viewing professional bull ridingas a source of strength during her battlewith breast cancer. About three years ago,she was channel surfing and discovered ashow highlighting celebrity bull riding. Shebegan watching other bull riding shows onTV and soon followed a talented bull riderfrom North Carolina, J.B. Mauney.

Wells’ enthusiasm for the sport increasedas she followed the Professional Bull Rid-ers (PBR) on Twitter, checking on scores andsocializing with other fans. An article on thePBR website further solidified her admira-

tion of Mauney. He described his philoso-phy as riding his bulls “one jump at a time.”

“When I was diagnosed with cancer, I fol-lowed J.B. Mauney’s words. I took it onejump at a time,” Wells said. “And that’s whatgot me through.”

She was partway through chemotherapywhen her husband, Jim Wells, drove her toa bull-riding event in North Carolina whereMauney was competing, and she had thechance to meet the young bull riding star.

“That’s the thrill of a lifetime to meet yoursports idol in person,” Linda Wells said. “Thebull riders spend a lot of time with theirfans; they do a lot of autograph sessions.”

She shared her story with Mauney anddescribed how he was helping her getthrough breast cancer “one jump at a time”.

Mauney signed a calendar with the signa-ture catchphrase that motivated her to keepgoing. She also met his mother, a breastcancer survivor and just as inspirational asher son.

At subsequent bull riding events, LindaWells met Mauney’s sister and father, bothof whom treated her with overwhelmingkindness. Mauney’s father asked her for aSharpie pen so she could sign his hat, indi-cating his admiration of her strength andperseverance as well as his appreciation ofher as a bull-riding fan.

Linda Wells’ battle with breast cancerbecame the inspiration for the inauguralbreast cancer awareness month sponsoredby the PBR. They learned how she hadused Mauney’s mantra to persist throughher own experience and wanted to spotlightthis in their campaign. Linda Wells wasasked to participate in television interviewswith J.B. Mauney “down in the dirt” at theOct. 1 kick-off of the campaign in Charlotte,N.C., at the Troy-Bilt Invitational. She con-tinues to be impressed by how dedicatedbull riders are to their fans.

In addition, the PBR joined forces withWrangler Western Wear in the WranglerTough Enough to Wear Pink Campaign,

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Kiley McEvoy, a 2001 graduate ofLake Braddock secondary, has beeninstrumental in developingAdWords Express at Google.

By Amber Healy

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Coming from the Fairfax Station/Burke area, Kiley McEvoy feels acertain kinship for small busi-

nesses who try to compete with chain out-lets for consumer’s dollars.

The Lake Braddock graduate now livesin California and works for Google, wherehe’s helped the Internet powerhouse releaseits new AdWords Express software, whichhelps small businesses advertise their ser-vices in a way that would otherwise be re-served for operations with bigger bankrolls.

“When you do a search, let’s say for anIndian restaurant in Burke, you’ll get abunch of results that are based on their webpresence,” said McEvoy, a 2001 LakeBraddock graduate now living in Califor-

Lake Braddock grad works on new Googleproduct to help small businesses.

nia. That might seem fair and equitable, butsome businesses don’t have the tech know-how or budget to design a flashy website,and those businesses are at a disadvantagecompared with larger, possibly chain, estab-lishments.

This presents something of a conundrum:How can a business advertise to bring inmore customers, if it doesn’t have enoughcustomers to pay for advertising?

AdWords Express is a solution to thisproblem, McEvoy said.

“The interface allows businesses to putcertain keywords they want to hit for” intoa short ad, highlighted at the top of a searchpage, when conducting a Google search inparticular categories, he said.

Big companies have several advantagesover smaller companies, and AdWords Ex-press helps level the playing field.

Companies fill out a form, complete witha short sentence or two highlighting whatit is they do, whether it’s a restaurant or

service they provide. The data they provideis then turned into a short ad, which ap-pears in a highlighted box, at the top of asearch page when an Internet user starts aGoogle search for something that fits thebusiness’ description.

“A smaller company might not feel com-fortable advertising online, and they mightnot be able to justify the price of havingsomeone create a website for them,”McEvoy said. Or, a company might not havea website and still be relying on more tra-ditional forms of advertising, like listingsin the phone book or Yellow Pages.

“My product allows small, local busi-nesses a start to get into the kind of adver-tising that bigger companies take forgranted,” he said.

What’s helpful is simplicity, he said. “Allyou need to know is your business category,a description of what you want your poten-tial customers to see, and that’s it.”

So far, things have been working great,

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Paul Gilbert, executive director ofthe Northern Virginia RegionalParks Authority combined his loveof history with his interest inleadership research to write ‘LeadLike A General.’

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Lessons from Civil War leaders inspire parksdirector to write book. Next Book Signing

❖ Nov. 19 at 2 p.m.❖ Historic Blenheim in the City of

Fairfax❖ 3610 Old Lee Highway❖ For more information about the

Blenheim event, go to http://www.vacivilwar.org/

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On a cold, wet day in March1863, a young, brash Confed-erate captain picked a fightwith 200 Union soldiers, en-

camped near Chantilly and won.An hour after the ambush by 50 Confed-

erate soldiers, who were outmanned andoutgunned, five Union soldiers were dead,36 captured and 50 horses and suppliestaken. It was a stunning Civil War victory.

“My success had been so uninterruptedthat the men thought victory was chainedto my standard. Men who go into a fightunder the influence of such feelings are nextto invincible, and victors before it begins.”

When Paul Gilbert, a Civil War buff and aleader in local historic preservation, readthose words written by John S. Mosby in1887, he was struck by Mosby’s boldnessand confidence.

“I was drawn by his confidence that ulti-mately led to his success,” Gilbert said. “It’sa great example of the power of momen-tum, and the fact that success is like wavesthat are hard to turn around once they be-gin.”

While researching another Mosby quote,Gilbert, a Springfield native, stumbled uponGoogle Books, one of the largest digitaldatabases of books, with 15 million scannedbooks. The database gave Gilbert unprec-edented online access to many out-of-printmemoirs and first-person accounts.

Interested in both history, and the quali-ties of leadership, Gilbert, currently the ex-ecutive director of the Northern VirginiaRegional Park Authority (NVRPA), kept dig-ging through first-person Civil War narra-tives for stories about leaders.

“It may be surprising to some that somany people wrote memoirs years after theCivil War,” Gilbert said. “Everyone had livedthrough this life-altering event, and wantedto tell their story. Reading these first-per-son accounts of history was just fascinat-ing. I had an idea for the first couple of chap-ters, and then I found these great defini-tive sources. It just kept going from there,”Gilbert said.

His research eventually turned into a well-reviewed book, “Lead Like A General,” thatblends biographical sketches with currentresearch on leadership.

“Writing this book has helped me becomeeven more attuned to the central role that

Northern Virginia played in the Civil War.We think of the big battles like First andSecond Manassas, but there was much moregoing on in this area than just those events,”he said.

Published earlier this year, the book hasreceived rave reviews from national histo-rians and leadership gurus. Dr. MichaelUseem, director of the Center for Leader-ship at the Wharton School of Business,gave Gilbert’s first book a five-star rating.

“There are few better triggers (when de-fining leadership qualities,) than recallingwhat the Union and Confederate generalsdid on the great battlefields of the Civil War.Paul Gilbert has brought their leadership tolife Lead Like A General,” Useem said.

“In addition to the academic praise,Gilbertºhas receivedºkudos from local read-ers. Lt. Jeff Hunt, with theºCity of FairfaxPolice Department, picked up Gilbert’sbookºat one of his recent book-signings, and

said he plans to attend the next one at His-toric Blenheim.”’Lead Like a General’isºprobably the best book I have ever read.I’d like to read any other books he’s writ-ten,” Hunt said.”

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Speaking with an Accent

“One of the other things humans do quite easilyis judge people based on their accent. Those kindof biases, those kind of judgments are kind ofincorrect.”

— Prof. Steven Weinberger

George Mason University createsspeech accent archive.

Prof. Steven Weinberger,curator of the SpeechAccent Archive

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By Maya Horowitz

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Prof. Steven Weinberger and his stu-dents at George Mason Universityhave created a speech accent

archive, a uniform collection of speechsamples from a variety of English speakers.

“It’s of tremendous value to researchers,”said Russ McConnell, a graduate student atGMU. “I think that there’s nothing like it.You can gain all sorts of understandingsusing the data. Ithas uses that arebeyond what Ican describe.”

It began as aclass project in1999 and hasblossomed inthe followingyears.

In the archive,native and non-native English speakers read the same para-graph. The paragraph was selected to in-clude virtually every sound in English andmany of the vowel and consonant clusters.Subjects are recorded with digital recordsin a quiet room under set protocol. Theyare asked a series of questions about theirlinguistic background. The results are then

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transcribed.“I think that one of the importances of

having a speech accent archive is primarilythe catalog of inventories of languages bothphonetically and phonology doesn’t exist somaking generalizations about language,how sounds in language work, really it’shard to make those generalizations with-out a full inventory or at least an extensiveinventory,” said Justin Voigt, a Ph.D. stu-dent at GMU.

Numerous lessons can be learned from

this archive.“First of all, it lets everyone realize that

every human has an accent no matter whatlanguage they speak,” said Weinberger. “Ev-eryone thinks they speak a standard dia-lect. If you look at enough of this data yourealize it’s quite systematic and there’s noth-ing wrong with having an accent. In that

way it kind of demystifiedthat. One of the otherthings humans do quiteeasily is judge peoplebased on their accent.Those kind of biases,those kind of judgmentsare kind of incorrect.”

The archive has alsoshed light on the criticalperiod hypothesis.

“ W eseem tohave gen-erally con-firmed theissue of thecritical pe-riod,” saidWeinberger.“The critical period statesthat after a certain age thathumans cannot acquire a

language exactly- speak exactly like a na-tive speaker. The only time they sound na-tive is if they’ve begun to learn English atage 6 (for phonology). You start learning asecond language after age 6 or 7, all thingsbeing equal, you’re going to have an accentat the end of the day.”

The archive itself is in English, but

Weinberger and his stu-dents are careful not tooverestimate the valueof that language.

“I don’t think Englishis any more importantthan any other lan-guage,” saidWeinberger. “We studylanguage with a capital‘L’. Linguists believe ev-ery language is thesame. Every language isbasically the same,there’s just a few super-ficial differences. I don’tthink English is special.It’s just that we happento speak it here wherewe live.”

People from around the world use thespeech accent archive.

“It’s really quite an asset to have thespeech accent archive,” said McConnell.“The university gets calls in from all overthe place that want to have access to thefiles. It’s just fun to be associated with some-thing that’s that exciting and prominent.”

Weinberger noted that they get calls from

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NewsWeek in Burke

K-9 Krawl Is Saturday, Oct. 15Fairfax County Police is conducting its fifth annual K-9

Krawl, this Saturday, Oct. 15, at the county GovernmentCenter, 12000 Government Center Parkway in Fairfax.

Check-in is at 8:30 a.m.; K-9 demonstration, 8:45 a.m.;and walk, 9 a.m., in parking lot C. The first 100 people toregister get free T-shirts; call 703-814-7009 to register.

The 5K walk was created to raise awareness of issues sur-rounding domestic violence, and area residents are invitedto participate and walk with their dogs.

According to police, 71 percent of pet-owning womenentering shelters reported that their batterer had injured,maimed, killed or threatened family pets for revenge or topsychologically control victims. And 25-40 percent of bat-tered women are unable to escape abusive situations be-cause they worry what will happen to their pets or livestockif they leave.

So in observance of National Domestic Violence Aware-ness Month, the police department’s Victim Services Sec-tion is sponsoring this event. This tradition remembers thosethat have been victimized by domestic abuse and celebratesthose that have survived, with a public reminder that petsare not immune to domestic violence.

The Krawl is free and all are welcome. People may bringtheir dogs or borrow one from a friend, although walkersare not required to have a canine companion to participate.There’ll be a K-9 demonstration with police officers and K-9Kodi, plus a deejay, goodie bags and domestic-violence re-source tables.

Recycle During ElectricSunday on Oct. 23 in Fairfax

Residents may recycle old TVs, computers, peripheral elec-tronic devices – such as keyboards, speakers, printers andscanners, as well as household hazardous wastes – includ-ing fluorescent light bulbs and tubes, for free, during FairfaxCounty’s “Electric Sunday” events.

The next one is slated for Sunday, Oct. 23, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., at the I-66 Transfer Station, 4618 West Ox Road inFairfax. For more information, call 703-324-5052.

THURSDAY/OCT. 13Braddock District Supervisor

Candidate Debates. 7:30p.m. Bonnie Brae ElementarySchool, 5420 Sideburn Road,Fairfax. John Cook and JanetOleszek will engage in a 90minute debate, featuring eachcandidate for 30 minute blocksof time. Each candidate canuse their 30 minutes in anymanner of their choosingbetween opening/closingstatements and questions fromthe audience. Independentcandidate Carey Campbell willbe invited to participate. 571-502-5292 or 571-312-7426.

Fairfax County School BoardCandidate Forum. 7 p.m.American Legion Post 180,303 Center St., N., Vienna.The Hunter Mill candidateswill be featured. 703-242-7651.

SATURDAY/OCT. 15Candidate Meet and Greet. 9

a.m. Arlington-Fairfax Elk’sLodge 2188, Arlington Room,8421 Arlington Blvd., Fairfax.Meet with legislators andcandidates for state offices.Sponsored by Social ActionLinking Together (SALT),Virginia Organizing,VACOLAO and Virginia CURE.

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[email protected] or www.S-A-L-T.org, [email protected] or 540-847-9729.

Fairfax Education Summit.8 a.m.-12 p.m. W.T.Woodson High School, 9525Main St., Fairfax. Thesummit, hosted by theFairfax County SchoolBoard, will explore howeducation is moving awayfrom the industrial modeland evolving into an era ofcustomization, and whatthat means for FairfaxCounty Public Schools. Akeynote panel discussion,moderated by FCPSSuperintendent Jack Dale,will include perspectivesfrom a parent, student,teacher, principal, highereducation leader, andbusiness leader.www.fcps.edu/news/summit.htm.

TUESDAY/OCT. 18Fairfax County Board of

Supervisors Meeting.9:30 a.m. Fairfax CountyGovernment Center, BoardAuditorium, 12000Government CenterParkway, Fairfax. 703-324-3151, TTY 703-324-3903.

Sports Fan Turned WriterChristian Vick of Burkepens book about famedboxer Riddick Bowe.

Christian Vick, left, and Riddick Bowe

By Maya Horowitz

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Boxing journalist and recently published au-thor of “The Triumph and Tragedy ofRiddick Bowe,” Christian Vick has alwaysbeen interested in sports.

“There’s two major sports in my family, basketballand boxing,” said Vick. “I’d play basketball on Fri-days and watch boxing on Saturdays. Boxing wasthe thing to do with my family. Everyone would comeover and grill up some chicken. In my house, fightswere a big deal. They were no dif-ferent than a Redskins game.”

As a child, Vick described him-self as loud, outgoing and athletic.

“I was very into professionalsports,” said Vick. “Mom was al-ways telling me to go to bed, andI wouldn’t because I wanted to seethe end of the game. My fatherimmersed me in everything. Mychildhood was sports and I havemy dad to thank for that.”

Vick played division I basketballat Quinnipiac University. He wasa three-year starter. When hegraduated in 2005, he expected togo into the NBA. However, thatwas not to be. He ended up play-ing basketball overseas.

“It was amazing,” said Vick. “Igot to see so many places that I wouldn’t have seensuch as the Louvre, Stonehenge and the SistineChapel. I was playing in these little quaint villagesusually. It probably provided inspiration for me tobe a journalist. I probably will write about it oneday.”

In 2009, he began covering HBO and Showtimeboxing matches for unifiedchamp.com. He said henever really considered writing a book about boxinguntil Riddick Bowe approached him and asked himto write about his life. Also influential was ThomasHauser, a Pulitzer Prize nominee.

“Hauser told me to give it everything I got,” saidVick. “Write something people care about. And I thinkI’ve done that.”

Vick said he always had interest in writing some-thing about Bowe.

“I probably had the idea when I was 10 years old,”said Vick. “Riddick Bowe was my favorite boxer. Meand my father would always watch HBO boxing. Hehad an affable personality and he would make funnyfaces at the camera.”

Vick was drawn to Bowe because of his rags toriches story. He started with humble beginnings inBrownsville, Brooklyn, with 10 plus siblings and afather who abandoned the family.

“He went from nothing to a cultural icon,” saidVick. “Riddick Bowe has the fastest ascendancy tothe heavyweight title in boxing history.”

That ascendancy was around 4 years, from the timehe was a silver medalist in the 1988 Olympics towinning the heavyweight title in November 1992.

Vick worked with HBO extensively on the book,

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accessing archives and talking to employees.“It was surreal to be working with people I’ve ob-

served my entire life such as Larry Merchant and JimLampley,” said Vick. “All of a sudden I’m talking tothem on the phone about things I care about.”

He also collaborated with Bowe throughout theproject.

“Our relationship is very playful,” said Vick. “I’malways messing with him. He’s almost like my bigbrother. We attend fights together. I feel like he’s justa member of my family.”

Vick noted that Bowe has been down on his lucklately and he hopes that his book will “lead him backto the beaten path.”

Brian Bishop, vice president of Winter FriedBrotman Communications, said, “It’s a testament tothe type of person Vick is. It’s very difficult to have abook published in today’s world. He’s taking a chanceby having it self-published. He’s got to feel veryproud. He sort of willed it to make it happen. You

“It was surreal to be workingwith people I’ve observed my

entire life such as LarryMerchant and Jim Lampley.”

— Christian Vick

can tell by his personality he doesn’t really take ‘no’for an answer. That’s a good trait to have as a writerand reporter.”

“I’m happy for him,” said Derek Gionta, staff writerfor secondsout.com and contributor to the book.“Looks like he did a really good job.”

Vick has talked to a few movie theaters about hisbook.

In addition to writing about boxing, he runs theFairfax Basketball School. But he says he may not bedoing that for long.

“It looks like I will be returning to the game ofbasketball in November,” said Vick. “I’ll probably besigning with a European team. Really what I do is Itrain and I write.”

He currently lives in Burke, which he described asbeautiful, quiet and peaceful.

“I was convinced I was going to play in the NBA,”said Vick. “I guess God had another plan for me andI’m really liking the plan. I’m really excited for wherethis plan is going to go and I’m really proud to repre-sent the Northern Virginia area while I do it.”


As the regional parks director, Gilbert oversees themanagement of a diverse system of public lands andfacilities that include numerous historic sites. He alsoserves an adjunct professor at George Mason Uni-versity, and has written numerous articles on lead-ership, history and environmental issues for maga-zines and newspapers. He received degrees from St.Andrews College, George Mason University and theWharton School of Business.

His job brings together many of his passions. “Ilove history, and love figuring out how organizationswork and how they can work better. It fascinates methat the only reason people really get together is toachieve a higher goal,” he said.

“On the leadership side, writing this book helped

linguists, speech pathologists, computational engi-neers, Ph.D. students, actors and even people whouse the archive for drinking games.

“It came out of a classroom task,” said Weinberger.“The worldwide web was brand new. No one wasdoing this. No one has matched it since. We havemore than 1,500 samples.”

WEINBERGER SAID he studies linguistics because“it’s such a mystery. It’s a thing we all use that wedon’t question. It’s so automatic for us. We don’t re-ally think about it, we just do it. If you really look atit, it’s so amazingly complicated. If you study lan-

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me think about the real world application of currentleadership research,” Gilbert said. “When you takesomething from a study or theory to a real worldexample, it is much easier to understand, and seehow best to apply these lessons in your career andlife. We all look for ways to be more efficient andeffective in what we do. This provides simple testedmethods of creating more effective organizations.”

“Leadership is a foundation of success in anything,and there’s a misconception, I think, leaders are born,not made. The book explains how anyone can be aneffective leader with a combination of momentum,self-confidence that Mosby and others displayed.”

Writing the book underscored an important les-son for him: while technology changes, people don’t.

“What it boils down to is that leadership is a skillfor everyone,” he said.

guage you’re really studying the human mind.”He thinks the average person should take a lin-

guistics course to help them realize all languages arerelated and similar despite their variety on the out-side. “One of the outcomes of good science is to elimi-nate linguistic discrimination,” he said.

Weinberger described the linguistics program atGMU as thriving. “I’ve seen it grow. I think this wholearea is a wonderful community for higher educationand diversity.”

“It’s a very friendly environment,” said McConnell.“The students that study linguistics are from all overthe world. It’s a very unique perspective.”

To access the speech accent archive, go toaccent.gmu.edu.

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which aims to raise awareness and funds for breastcancer research. At bull-riding events in October, allfans, staff and athletes are encouraged to don pinkin support of this campaign. The joint effort has raisedmore than $9.75 million, partly through the dona-tion of a portion of proceeds from Wrangler TETWPmerchandise.

At Linda Wells’ one-year check-up, there was noevidence of disease. She’s due for her 18-monthmammogram and check-up soon and continues tofollow professional bull riding avidly. She looks for-ward to attending the PBR finals in Las Vegas in acouple of weeks.

“It’s something I’ve always wanted to do since Istarted watching bull riding,” she said. Mauney, asone of the top 40 bull riders in the world, will bethere and she looks forward to cheering him on.

In addition to following bull riding events on tele-vision and in person when she can, Linda Wells andher husband will visit their son in Jacksonville, Fla.,when the weather gets colder. Her grandson, herdaughter’s son, is her “biggest passion” and she en-joys spending time with him weekly and attendinghis baseball games.

Another significant part of Linda Wells’ life is timespent at Life with Cancer in Fairfax. She praised thenon-profit organization’s free classes and supportgroups. “They run all of the support groups in thearea for all of the different types of cancer as well asbreast cancer support groups,” she said. She partici-

pates in exercise classes, yoga and meditation regu-larly and attends breast cancer seminars wheneverpossible.

She also serves as a sponsor in the breast cancersupport groups for women who are still in treatmentor have finished treatment.

“Nobody can understand what you’re goingthrough unless they’ve been through it,” Linda Wellssaid. “It’s a place you can go when you’re goingthrough it, to talk to people who have been thereand done that that are willing to give you honestanswers. Once you’ve been through it you can bethere for other people who are just starting their jour-ney.”

When Linda Wells was going through her owntreatment, she would update the others in her groupon Mauney’s scores. In that way, he helped inspireher entire support group to take their struggles “onejump at a time.”

For anyone interested in professional bull riding,she recommends tuning in to the Versus channel onweekend nights. She hopes to attend the PBR eventson Feb. 3 and 4, 2012, in Baltimore as well.

More For more information on Professional Bull Riders:

www.pbr.com. For more information on the WranglerTough Enough to Wear Pink Campaign:www.toughenoughtowearpink.com. For more informa-tion on Life with Cancer in Fairfax:www.lifewithcancer.org

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The turnout was so miniscule for Primary Election Day that you mightnot remember that it was alsoEarthquake Day, and that if you

were planning to vote when you got home fromwork, you probably wouldn’t have had thechance. Traffic came to a halt, and many com-

mutes took many hours.Imagine what would happen

if we had a repeat of a historicearly snow: On Nov. 11, 1987,

a foot of snow fell at National Airport. On Nov.6 and 7, 1953, this area had more than seveninches of snow, according to the National

Weather Service. Seven inches fell in Novem-ber, 1938. In November, 1904, the area hadthree inches of snow; November 1910, the areahad five inches of snow.

So far, 2011 has been a year of extremes, sois it worth preparing for the great Election Dayblizzard? Or possibly just the great ElectionDay traffic jam?

You can vote in person from now until Nov.5 if you think that there is any chance you couldbe away from home for 10 hours on ElectionDay. Remember that some people spent 10hours on the GW Parkway one day last winter.

There are only a few days left to register tovote to participate in the Nov. 8 general elec-tion if you have not already done so.

Some important dates to remember:Monday, Oct. 17, 2011 is the deadline to reg-

ister to vote, either in person or mailed regis-tration postmarked by that date to vote in theNov. 8 General Election.

A Few Days Left To Register To VoteVote now, who knowswhat Election Daycould bring.

Editorial

Tuesday, Nov. 1 is the deadline to apply foran absentee ballot by mail.

Saturday, Nov. 5 is the last day to vote early,absentee ballot in-person.

Tuesday, Nov. 8 is Election Day.For more election information:Alexandria Board of Elections, 703-746-

4050, http://alexandriava.gov/ElectionsFairfax County Board of Elections, 703-324-

4700, www.fairfaxcounty.gov/eb/Arlington Board of Elections, 703-228-3456,

http://www.arlingtonva.us/departments/voterregistration/voterregistrationmain.aspx

City of Fairfax General Registrar, 703-385-7890, http://www.fairfaxva.gov/Registrar/GeneralRegistrar.asp

— Mary Kimm,

[email protected],

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More Like CookTo the Editor:

Thanks to the leadership of Su-pervisors John Cook (R-Braddock)and Pat Herrity (R-Springfield),Fairfax County was spared thepossibly onerous mistake of pur-chasing an incinerator rather thanextend the county’s contract withCovanta Energy, the private com-pany which owns and operates itnow. Not only would such a pur-chase have cost the county $800million with interest over 20 years,but by the time it was all paid for,the technology would be obsoleteand we would not have had theflexibility necessary to keep upwith rapidly evolving technologyin the way a private companywhich specializes in that industrycould.

John Cook and Pat Herrity keptthe citizens informed and stoodfirm against the spendthrift factionof the Board of Supervisors.

Suzanne A. SpikesFairfax Station

SignificantElectionTo the Editor:

The Superintendent of FairfaxCounty Public Schools, Dr. JackDale, announced his retirement,ostensibly for July 2013, whichcoincides with the end of his con-tract. While this is worthy of con-versation, the immediate focus isand should be on the remaining46 days until the elections on Nov.8.

The determination of Dale’slength of service to the constitu-ents in Fairfax County should restwith the new School Board and

any efforts by the current SchoolBoard members to begin thesearch process in the waning daysof their collective term would dis-enfranchise the will of taxpayersand voters.

Every voter has the chance todetermine one-third of the SchoolBoard with their vote for a magis-

terial district candi-date and three at-large candidates. Thelinear process of vot-ers’ voices being

heard and then a search firm be-ing engaged by the new SchoolBoard is the only means by whichthere will be representation ofvoter’s will. The selection processof a new superintendent who com-prehends the commitment ofFairfax County citizens to qualityeducation should fully belong tothe new School Board.

Every student, teacher, parentand taxpayer has a stake in thiselection. I have said and continueto believe that the ties that ourpublic education system have tostrong economic development,jobs, property values and a gen-eral sense of community make thisNov. 8 election the most significantin memory, and that this electionwill set the direction not only forthe public school system, but alsofor Fairfax County for the nextdecade or more.

Elizabeth L. SchultzFairfax County School Board

Springfield District Candidate

Cute ButDestructiveTo the Editor:

Not too many people could lookat the picture below and not think,“How cute is that?” I even have to

Two deer feed in a Springfield backyard.

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count myself among those whowould do so. However, in my nextbreath, I would also ask myself,how could something so beautifulbe so destructive?

It’s been almost two years sinceI was diagnosed with Lyme dis-ease. I woke up one morning whileI was on a cruise about to gothrough the Panama Canal, and Iquickly realized that I couldn’thear anything in my right ear. Itwas almost two months later be-fore I learned it was Lyme diseasethat caused the hearing loss. Whileit’s still a rare manifestation of thedisease, the hearing specialist Isaw said he’s seeing it more fre-quently in recent years. Though hetried all the accepted strategies fordealing with sudden sensorineu-ral hearing loss (SNHL), and thenwhen we knew it was Lyme dis-ease, a long course of antibiotics.It was simply too late. I never gotmy hearing back.

I read with great interest your“Overabundance” article [Connec-tion, Sept. 29-Oct. 5, 2011] in the

Connection recently. I was as-tounded at how many deer hadbeen killed in Fairfax County lastyear. But yet I asked myself, howcould so many still remain? I ap-plaud the efforts Fairfax County ismaking to control the deer popu-lation. But I also believe muchmore needs to happen — for thesake of the deer as well as unsus-pecting people like myself — whoused to follow the baby deeraround my house and get as closeas I could to get the perfect pic-ture. I use my zoom on my cam-era now and continue to take pic-tures because my niece enjoysthem so much. But I avoid thewoods behind our house as muchas possible and even worry whenI’m just sitting on my deck.

Based on my research, I stronglybelieve that there are many, manycases of undiagnosed Lyme diseasein the county. And as you pointedout in your article, there are many

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other serious consequences to hu-mans, motor vehicles and cropsand woodland.

A few years ago, I’m might havecringed if I heard about sharpshooting and bow hunting as amethod of controlling the deerpopulation. Not so today. There’s

absolutely no short-age of deer in mybackyard, which bor-ders Hidden Pond

Nature Center. My husband and Iare constantly trying to scare themout of our backyard, only to seethem return 10 minutes later. Theidea mentioned in your article ofsomehow curbing reproductionseems to me to be an area thatwould hold great promise, thoughit may be a cost-prohibitive idea. Istrongly believe that FairfaxCounty needs to continue its re-search, and take even more ag-gressive action to address the over-population issues. Lyme diseaseeducation programs might alsoprove beneficial.

Marianne WendlingSpringfield

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By Marilyn Campbell

The Connection

Imagine a home that is so well insu-lated that a furnace is obsolete. Pic-ture the elimination of rooms that

run hot during the summer and base-ments and tile floors that are frosty dur-ing the winter. Visualize trimming yourenergy bill by 90 percent.

Meet the passive house, dubbed thenext generation of green living, andnamed one of the top green buildingtrends of 2011 by the Earth AdvantageInstitute, a nonprofit organization thatpromotes sustainable building practices.

The region’s first passive house, a five-bedroom, four-and-a-half bathroom homein Bethesda, was designed by Alexan-dria-based architect David Peabody ofPeabody Architects and built byPotomac-area builder Brendan O’NeillSr. of O’Neill Development. The home,which sold recently, had a price tag of$1.4 million.

“This home gets all the heat it needson the same amount of energy it wouldtake to run two hairdryers,” saidPeabody. “We wanted to demonstratethat an approach that reduces basic en-ergy demand is far more cost-effectivethan an approach that relies on addingexpensive technology.”

Home Life Style

Cutting edge greenhome design emergesin the region.

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to ensure that it was energy efficient wasprobably going to be worth it to us in thelong run,” said Enid Hinson.

“[Passive solar design entails] design-ing walls, windows and floors to collector reflect solar energy and then distrib-ute it as heat during the winter monthsand shade against the heat in the sum-mer months,” said Kelly. “[The Hinsons]had a sun room that had a slate floor, andwe took up that slate during the demoli-tion, salvaged it and then designed a newsunroom with large windows that are fac-ing south so that as the sun comes intothe room, the floor is heated and retainsheat and makes it a very comfortablespace in the winter time without the useof mechanical systems. A stone floor canbe designed to collect heat during the dayand then radiate it into the room at nightto help keep the space warm.”

The Hinsons noticed a difference. “Asthe weather got chilly and it was goingdown into the high-40s at night recently,we didn’t have to turn our heater on at

all. The house never got below 71 de-grees,” said Enid Hinson.

The Hinsons’ remodel received a Na-tional Green Building Certificationfrom the National Association of HomeBuilders (NAHB) for meeting NAHBgreen building standards.

“A green certification is not neces-sarily a certification that comes with aton of expenses,” said Chapa. “Theimportant thing about certifying a

project green is building smart, not nec-essarily building expensive. The green in-spection is basically certifying that all of

Architect David Peabody and builder Brendan O’Neill Sr. incorporated green design into this home’s plans.

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It’s gratifying to find the right change-agent at the exact moment in life whenyou need one. Such are the reflectionsof Ted Rogers, 72, commenting on re-

cently completed makeover to his home ex-ecuted by master builder David Foster.

Rogers, a former Navy pilot, had lived in18 houses all over the world before settlingin circa 1960s ranch with his wife and chil-dren the early 1980s. The traditional brickrambler was owned by a farmer whose fam-ily had worked the land east of Fairfax forgenerations.

The house was conventional, but solidlyconstructed. Still, as Rogers and his wife,Wanda, approached 70, their cumulativesense of the home’s limitations increased.

“Wanda wanted an upgraded kitchen,”Rogers said. “We both pictured a larger mas-ter bedroom suite … maybe with a walk-inshower and personal vanities. So we decidedit was time to move.”

But assessing several newly built, high-endhomes was an eye-opener, and the meticu-lous former pilot confesses that he was “putoff” at the quality of what he found on themarket — even in the million dollar range.

Moreover, since home remodeling storiesrelayed by several friends were equally dis-couraging, Rogers opted for the safe course:stay put, change nothing.

That’s when he was introduced to DavidFoster, 30-year veteran builder and president

of Foster Remodeling Solutions.“David came highly recommended, but it

was meeting him that proved decisive,”Rogers said. ”It was his love of building—every aspect of it—that really impressed mewhen started walking through the housetogether. His ideas really opened up the pos-sibilities.”

The starting point: a 2,553-square-foot,three-bedroom ranch on two acres, and aconversation regarding the best options foraccommodating a luxuriantly-appointedmaster bedroom suite, a spacious kitchenwith dining counter and a two-car garagewith second floor studio.

“We usually begin with the floor plan anda budget,” Foster said. “When we talkedthrough all the components for the mastersuite, I proposed a front-to-back addition onthe rambler’s west elevation.”

Ditto, plans for a two-level garage to belinked via breezeway from the lower-leveleast elevation.

Inside, however, proposed revisions wouldentail complications.

To create an open floor plan that connectsthe new kitchen to a front-facing familyroom, a bearing wall had to be removed,replaced with an unseen interior structuralsupport. Achieving open sightlines, likewise,meant removing the living room ceiling andshelling-in previously concealed roofingrafters.

An ascending vertical accent was estab-lished by replacing a traditional brick-fac-ing fireplace with a floor-to-ceiling hearthconstructed of stacked ledge stones.

“The effect is exciting,” Wanda Rogers

said. “From the kitchen, the room opens outand up; it feels really warm.”

The new vaulted wall expanse alsodoubles as display space for Wanda’s artcollection, which is now illuminated by tractlights.

Apart from Foster’s personal attention, theRogers were pleased with a process that en-abled them to review finish work options asthe interior design progressed.

Visits to the Foster Remodeling showroomin Lorton yielded the fixtures, cherry woodcabinets and granite countertops the coupleselected for the kitchen. The Foster team alsoaccompanied the couple to appliance out-lets and recommended specific brands forboth electric and gas cooking.

Foster’s architect designed a five-foot cres-cent window for the wall above the sink. Thekitchen’s tray ceiling with concealed illumi-nation lends elegance, warmth and gener-ous proportionality.

The multi-zoned 650-square-foot mastersuite is luxuriant in every respect. The front-facing sleeping quarters look out through amassive three-section window with a tri-angle-shaped accent.

His-and-hers walk-in closets face-off onopposite walls. A pyramidal alcove is definedby facing floor-to-ceiling custom vanitiesleading to a generously-sized soaking tubtucked neatly under a second three-sectionwindow, this one with a protected view ofthe woodland setting. A granite-clad walk-in shower with bench provides the finishingtouches.

The home is now “a place that’s very sat-isfying at this point in my life,” Rogers said.

Foster Remodeling Solutions will be spon-soring a tour of the Rogers home this Satur-day Oct. 15, 2-5 p.m.; the firm will also besponsoring a remodeling seminar at theirLorton showroom on Oct. 29. Call 703/550-1371 or www.fosterremodeling.com

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An ascending vertical accent was established by replacing a traditionalbrick-facing fireplace with a floor-to-ceiling hearth constructed of stackedledge stones.

The window in the new, modern kitchen was custom designed by anarchitect.

Matching, custom –built vanities lead to a soaking tub with views of thewoods.

A granite shower is functional andelegant in this master suite.

After occupying 18 homes around the world,retired pilot Ted Rogers creates his dream house,right on top of the family home.

The project began when Peabody, anaward-winning pioneer of green architec-ture, approached O’Neill. Skeptical at first,O’Neill and his son Brendan O’Neill Jr. flewto Illinois to tour the first passive house everbuilt in the U.S.

“As luck would have it, my son and I ar-rived during a snow storm,” said O’Neill. “Wewere blown away by the warmth and tem-perate conditions inside that house. It wasincredible. We said, if this is what a passivehouse can do under extreme conditions,we’re going to try one.”

MOUNT VERNON-based architect Chris-tine Kelly of Crafted Architecture and FallsChurch-based contractor Tom Chapa of Pottsand Chapa Construction, Inc. incorporatedpassive solar design into the recent renova-tion of the Mount Vernon home of Enid andLaing Hinson. The Hinsons had lived in theirhome in their Mount Vernon neighborhoodfor 20 years when they decided that it wastime to remodel. The couple decided to gogreen.

“We’ve always been interested in recycling,and we also knew that we would be livingin this house for the next 20 years, so theadditional cost that we might have incurred

“This home gets all the heatit needs on the same amountof energy it would take to runtwo hairdryers.”

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the applications [e.g., windows, insulation and ductwork] are done tight, efficiently and without any airgaps so that everything can perform at its optimallevel.”

Kelly says that when it comes to green design, shebegins with the basics. “I like taking what was al-ready in the house and repurposing it that so that alot of materials don’t go into the landfills. And thenI like to move to insulating. Not only do I like toinsulate the new addition, but I like to go back andexamine the existing house and figure out how tomake that just as tight as well.”

The Hinsons were pleased that they did not haveto compromise aesthetic appeal for energy efficiency.“Our house is not bigger; it is just flows better,” saidEnid Hinson. “The windows are really energy effi-cient. We have the [George Washington Parkway]behind our house, and if the doors and windows areclosed we cannot hear the traffic noise at all.”

O’NEILL SAID his one condition was that the de-sign of the passive house be consistent and compat-ible with the rest of the homes in the neighborhood.“David hit a home run. We would not have proceededif the style had not fit in with the others architectur-ally. It is designed as an integrated system, with site,energy, ventilation, air quality, humidity, health andcomfort all taken into account. And yes, you can open

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Peabody, who is now designing smaller and lessexpensive passive house models, acknowledges thatsuch homes are more costly to build. “But we’re find-ing that the marginally higher costs of constructionare more than offset by savings in monthly energybills,” said Peabody. In fact, he says, affordable hous-ing organization Habitat for Humanity is building apassive house in the Washington, D.C., area.

Even though the home is airtight, it is well venti-lated. “During heating and cooling seasons, when youdon’t want to open the windows, there is an imper-ceptible but constant flow of fresh air to all the liv-ing spaces and exhaust air from all the bathroomand kitchen spaces. Air essentially makes a one-waytrip through the house, as opposed to being churnedaround and around as with standard heating andcooling systems,” said Peabody.

While there are only 23 passive houses in the U.S.,in Europe more than 20,000 homes, apartments, of-fices and schools have been built to passive housestandards.

Although solar orientation is a factor, it is not thesame as a passive solar house. Instead, it uses a ro-bust building envelope to achieve as much as 90 per-cent savings in energy use.

While the passive house concept is still emerging,passive solar design is more prevalent in the region.Solar orientation is a factor in both, but the passivehouse uses a building envelope to save energy.


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Following a recent, late seasonthree-game losing streak, theLake Braddock girls’ field hockeyteam has put together several

wins in a row and is looking good headinginto next week’s Patriot District tournament.

The Bruins, who were 11-3 going into thisweek, were scheduled to wrap up the regu-lar season with district games at Annandaleon Wednesday, Oct. 13 and at home versusRobinson on Thursday, Oct. 14. First roundplay of the district tournament is set to be-gin next Monday, Oct. 17.

“The girls have been doing a great jobover the past few games,” said LakeBraddock head coach Amy Worrest. “Theyhave all been working really hard to getbetter each day. We have some players thatare beginning to step up and become moreactive participants, which is helping out alot. My hope is that this will continue andwe’ll do well in the district tournament. Wehave a tough district so we’re going to haveto come out to each and every night readyto play.”

Last year, under longtime head coachDiane Miller, Lake Braddock went 21-2, wonboth the district and Northern Region titles,and earned a spot at the state AAA play-offs. There, the Bruins’ season ended witha 2-1 first round loss to Western Branch(Chesapeake) in a contest played at WestSpringfield High School.

With Miller’s decision to step down ashead coach following the season, Worrest,who had been an assistant on Miller’s staff,became the program’s new head coach. Thisfall, under Worrest, the Bruins have put to-

The Bruins won their Senior Night game over T.C. Williams, 1-0, on Sept. 26.

gether another strong season. The teamwon its first eight games before threestraight losses put Lake Braddock at 8-3.

THE FIRST SETBACK came on Sept. 16at district opponent South County, a 2-0 lossto the Stallions. The following day, LakeBraddock played its final game of theHerndon High Tournament versus TabbHigh (Bay Rivers District). The Hornets lostthat contest to the Tigers, 6-0, at HerndonHigh School.

Lake Braddock had played its first threegames of the Herndon Tournament theweek before on Sept. 10, getting wins over

Wakefield High, 6-0; Osbourn Park(Manassas), 2-0; and host Herndon, 3-1.The game with Tabb seven days later offi-cially wrapped up the tournament.

On Sept. 20 in a non-district home gameversus McLean, the Bruins, who defeatedthe Highlanders in last year’s region titlegame, fell by a 4-0 score.

But the Bruins have bounced back wellwith four straight district wins. The winstreak began on Lake Braddock’s SeniorNight on Sept. 26 when the Bruins defeatedT.C. Williams, 1-0. Four days later, in a homegame versus West Springfield, LakeBraddock won again by a 1-0 outcome. Last

Monday, Oct. 3, the Bruins won at Woodson,2-0. Then on Thursday, Oct. 6 they won atLee, 2-0.

Both of Lake Braddock’s goals in the winover the Lancers came early in the secondhalf. The first score, off an assist by KatieMetress, came on a short corner shot byjunior Maria Jose Pastor. A few minutes af-ter that junior Megan Moody dribbled intothe circle and scored a goal to make it 2-0.The defense held from there and LakeBraddock had earned its eighth shutout winof the season. Senior goalie Katie Coulterearned the shutout in the net versus theLancers.

Fairfax, South County Among Area Football WinnersBy Rich Sanders

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Two weeks ago, in a Northern Re-gion high school football meetingof unbeaten teams, Fairfax High

lost one of the most lopsided games in itshistory, 48-0, in a non-district home gameversus powerful Westfield.

But the Rebels, who had won their firstfive games of the season prior to that de-feat, came back this past Thursday night tobeat Liberty District opponent and hostMarshall, 28-21 in overtime, to improvetheir record to 6-1.

Fairfax running back Anthony Bowenscored on a 10-yard run in the overtime tolift the Rebels, who trailed 14-7 at halftime,

Woodson earns first win of season.to the win. He finished with 76 rushingyards and also caught a touchdown passearlier in the game from quarterback Aus-tin Perryman. Marshall fell to 1-5

Fairfax will host Jefferson (2-4) FridayOct. 14, at 7:30 p.m.

In another overtime affair last Thursday,South County, on a 34-yard field goalfrom senior Mike Ferguson, won its PatriotDistrict game at defending Northern RegionDivision 6 champion Lake Braddock, 10-7. The Bruins slipped to 3-3 on the seasonwhile South County, which started the sea-son 0-3, reached the .500 mark at 3-3. TheStallions’ prior two wins had come over T.C.Williams and Robinson. The win over theRams was also in overtime.

Lake Braddock will play at Robinson this

Friday and South County will be at districtopponent Lee.

W.T. Woodson earned its first win of theseason with a 14-13 Patriot District triumphat T.C. Williams last Thursday. The Cava-liers (1-5), who were coming off a 48-0 lossto West Springfield, scored touchdowns inthe first and third quarters on runs by BenAnderson and Jonathan Stokes (74 yardsrushing in the game). Woodson juniorkicker Sam Heaney converted extra pointkicks following both scores. The Cavaliers’leading ball carrier in the win was NickPeevy (99 yards). Woodson will be atAnnandale on Friday.

West Springfield (4-2) won at home,35-0, over Patriot District opponentAnnandale on Thursday. The Spartans’ground game was led by Jonathan Dunn

(160 yards rushing, 2 TDs) and QB TylerSutter (93 yards, 2 TDs), who also com-peted seven passes for 64 yards. WestSpringfield will be at home versus T.C. Wil-liams on Friday night.

Robinson lost at Concorde District ri-val Centreville, 41-14, on Thursday. TheRams fell to 1-5. Centreville remained un-beaten at 6-0. Robinson touchdowns camefrom Joe Meier, who caught a 20-yard passfrom Patrick Baker, and Joe Wilson, whoscored from four yards out. The Rams hostLake Braddock on Friday night.

Hayfield snapped a two-game losingstreak with a 47-23 win at National Districtopponent Wakefield last Thursday. Hayfield(4-2) had a big game from Steven Lynch,who rushed for 87 yards and a touchdownand also returned a fumble for a score.


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Fun Despite ‘Liquid Sunshine’Civitan Area 3 Clubs host annual Burke Lakepicnic for individuals with disabilities.

The Civitan servers, Dee Leonard (Fairfax), Moe Rafiqzad (Loudoun),Carolyn Falls (Loudoun), and Don Glasco (Tysons), are ready.

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On Saturday, Sept. 17, Civitanmembers welcomed morethan 175 people for the an-nual Burke Lake Picnic.

Fairfax County Department of TherapeuticRecreation, which provided the pavilion atBurke Lake Park in Fairfax Station, was theco-host of the event.

Twenty members from the Arlington,Fairfax, Greater Loudoun and TysonsCivitan Clubs cooked hotdogs and servedup potato chips, carrots, soda, ice creamsandwiches and fun for the attendees.Among the guests were members and stafffrom the four Fairfax County TherapeuticRecreation adult social clubs, individualsfrom several day support centers, residentsfrom several group homes from Fairfax,Loudoun and Arlington counties, studentsand staff from various schools for individu-als with special needs, family members, busdrivers and other helpers.

The event included music, dancing andsinging as the group enjoyed fellowship anda beautiful day at the park. Even the sprin-kling of some “liquid sunshine” did notdampen the fun. Participants and workershad a great time and left with smiles ontheir faces and promises they would all beback next year for the event.

Civitan was founded in 1917 to buildgood citizenship by providing a volunteerorganization of clubs dedicated to serving

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Army Pvt. Benjamin Santamaria V hasgraduated from basic combat training at Fort Jack-son, Columbia, S.C. He is the son of BenjaminSantamaria of Merridith Circle, Burke. Santamariagraduated in 2010 from Robinson SecondarySchool.

Marine Corps Cpl. Benjamin J.Kashishian, a graduate of Lake Braddock Second-ary School, recently participated in Exercise AfricanLion in Morocco, along with his battalion and over

900 members of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forcesand 2,000 US service members. The program’smission is to train military forces side-by-side andstrengthen the relationship between the U.S. andMoroccan governments.

Coast Guard Seaman Apprentice Paul E.Self, brother of Brittany R. Kelly of Burke, recentlygraduated from the U.S. Coast Guard RecruitTraining Center in Cape May, N.J. Self is a 2006graduate of Keller High School of Keller, Texas.

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NOTICE OF WATER RATE PUBLIC HEARINGAt 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 15, 2011, Fairfax Water will conducta public hearing on its proposed Schedule of Rates, Fees and Charges.The hearing will be held in Fairfax Water’s offices at 8570 Executive ParkAvenue, Fairfax, VA.

The proposed changes, to be effective April 1, 2012, include thefollowing:

1. An increase in the Availability Charge from $3,600 to $3,700†.2. An increase in the Local Facilities Charge from $8,500 to $9,000.3. An increase in the Account Charge from $32 to $33.4. An increase in the base Commodity Charge from $2.04 to $2.16 per1,000 gallons of water.5. An increase in the Peak Use Charge from $2.95 to $3.20 per 1,000 gal-lons of water.6. An increase in the Fees for Use of Fairfax Water Fire Hydrants toinclude the increase in the Commodity Charge and Peak Use Charge.

A copy of the proposed changes can be viewed on our Web site athttp://www.fairfaxwater.org/rates/index.htm. Those wishing to speak atthis hearing or desiring a copy of the proposed changes should call Ms.Eva Catlin at 703-289-6017. Interested parties may submit written com-ments to [email protected] or mail written com-ments to: Fairfax WaterPublic Hearing Comments8570 Executive Park AvenueFairfax, VA 22031

All written comments must be received by close of business onWednesday, December 14, 2011 to be included in the record of the publichearing.

†Charges reflect fees associated with a standard 5/8” residential meter. Changes incharges for larger residential and commercial meters are reflected in the ProposedSchedule of Rates, Fees, and Charges.

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STATE OF CONNECTICUTSUPERIOR COURT

Judicial District of Fairfield at BridgeportDocket FBT FA 11 4036780 S

Order of Notice in Family Cases

Plaintiff--Moreno Duron, Ruth

Defendant-Rodolfo, Carlos

Notice to Rodolfo Duron, Carlos

The Court has reviewed the Motion for Order of Notice and the Complaint/Application which asks for:

Divorce

The Court find that the party to be notified lives out of state at 6905 Cabin John Rd, Springfield, VA 22150.

The Court finds that the Current address of the party to be noti-fied is unknown and that all reasonable efforts to find him/her have failed. The Court also finds that the last known address of the party to be notified was: 6905 Cabin John Road, Springfield, VA 22150

The Court orders that notice be given to the party to be notified by having a State Marshal or other proper officer place a legal notice in the Springfield Connection, a newspaper circulating in Springfield, VA containing a true and attested copy of the Or-der of Notice, and if accompanying a Complaint for divorce (dissolution of marriage), a compliant for dissolution of civil un-ion, legal separation or annulment, or if accompanying an Ap-plication for custody or visitation, a statement that Automatic Court Orders have been issued in the case as required by Sec-tion 25-5 of the Connecticut Practice Book and are part of the Complaint/Application on file with the Court. The notice should appear before 10/29/11 and proof of service shall be filed with this Court. Judge Corinne Klatt 9-28-11A True Copy, Attest: Thomas W. Fraher, State Marshal, Fairfield County


TRUSTEE'S SALEOF VALUABLE

IMPROVED REAL ESTATE

Improved by the premises known as5803 Channing Road, Springfield, Virginia

In execution of a Deed of Trust from Nazim Dag and Fi-dan Dag, dated November 19, 2007, and recorded November26, 2007, in Deed Book 19671 at page 150 among the LandRecords of Fairfax County, Virginia, the undersigned substitutetrustee will offer for sale at public auction at the front entranceof the Judicial Center for Fairfax County, at 4110 Chain BridgeRoad, Fairfax, Virginia, on

Friday, October 14, 2011 at 11:00 a.m.

the following property being the property contained in saidDeed of Trust, described as follows:

Lot 15, Block 15, Section 9, Lynbrook, as the same ap-pears duly dedicated, platted and recorded in Deed Book 1396at page 35, among the Land Records of Fairfax County, Virgin-ia.

Commonly known as 5803 Channing Road, Springfield,Virginia 22150.

TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $40,000.00 or ten per-cent (10%) of the sale price, whichever amount is less, in theform of cash or its equivalent will be required of the purchaserat the time and place of sale; the balance of the purchase mon-ey being due and payable within fifteen (15) days after sale,time expressly being of the essence, with interest at the rate of2.0 percent per annum from date of sale to date of settlement.Provided, however, that if the holder of the secured promissorynote is the successful bidder at the sale, no cash deposit shallbe required, and part of or the entire indebtedness, includinginterest and costs, secured by the Deed of Trust, may be setoff against the purchase price.

Any defaulting purchaser shall forfeit the deposit andstand the risk and cost of resale.

Sale shall be made subject to all existing easementsand restrictive covenants as the same may lawfully affect thereal estate. Sale is further subject to mechanic's and/or materi-alman's liens of record and not of record. The property will besold subject to all conditions, covenants, restrictions, rights ofredemption of federal lienholders or encumbrances, and agree-ments of record affecting the same, if any.

In the event the undersigned trustee is unable to con-vey to the purchaser good title, then purchaser's sole and ex-clusive remedy shall be in the refund of the deposit paid at thetime of sale.

The subject property and all improvements thereon willbe sold in "as is" condition without warranty of any kind. Pur-chaser shall be responsible for any and all building and/or zon-ing code violations whether of record or not of record, as wellas for all unpaid and enforceable homeowners' or condomini-um owners' association dues and assessments, if any. Pur-chaser also shall be responsible for obtaining possession ofthe property at his/her expense. Purchaser shall assume therisk of loss and shall be responsible for any damage, vandal-ism, theft, destruction, or the like, of or to the property occur-ring after the time of sale. Conveyance will be by special war-ranty deed. Conveyancing, recording, transfer taxes, notaryfees, examination of title, state stamps, and all other costs ofconveyance are to be at the expense of purchaser. State andlocal taxes, public charges, and special or regular assess-ments, if any, shall be adjusted to the date of sale and there-after shall be assumed by the purchaser.

The undersigned trustee unconditionally reserves theright: (i) to waive the deposit requirement; (ii) to approve or dis-approve the creditworthiness of any bidder and/or purchaser;(iii) to withdraw the property from sale at any time prior to ter-mination of the bidding; (iv) to extend the time for bidding; (v)to reject any or all bids; (vi) to postpone or set over the date ortime of sale; and (vii) to extend the period of time for settlementhereunder.

Additional terms and conditions of sale may be an-nounced at the time of sale.

DAVID N. PRENSKYSubstitute Trustee FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:David N. PrenskyChasen & Chasen5225 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W. #500Washington, D.C. 20015(202) 244-4000


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