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An 82-ton cargo jet with ropeattached is ready for the start ofthe Dulles Day Plane Pull on thetarmac at Dulles Airport on Sept.14: 70 teams of 25 competed tohave the shortest time pulling theplane 12 feet. They raised over$226,000 for Special OlympicsVirginia. A record-breaking crowdof more than 16,000 peopleattended the event.

An 82-ton cargo jet with ropeattached is ready for the start ofthe Dulles Day Plane Pull on thetarmac at Dulles Airport on Sept.14: 70 teams of 25 competed tohave the shortest time pulling theplane 12 feet. They raised over$226,000 for Special OlympicsVirginia. A record-breaking crowdof more than 16,000 peopleattended the event.

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Woodland Park CrossingTo Host HarvestFest

Woodland Park Crossing presents the third annual HarvestFest,a fun fall-themed family event on Saturday, Sept. 28 from noonuntil 4 p.m. All are welcome to enjoy free entertainment, includ-ing a giant walking scarecrow, a juggling unicyclist, DJ music,and free activities such as face painting, glitter tattoos, pumpkinpainting, fitness demos, prizes and more. Participating WoodlandPark Crossing merchants and restaurants will offer giveaways andsamplings at their booths, and Finnegan’s is hosting tastings offood and fall brews on their patio. Fitness demos will be pre-sented by LA Boxing and Down Dog Yoga. Select HarvestFest pro-ceeds will benefit local charities.

With decorations of pumpkins, cornstalks and balloon artistry,HarvestFest will bring a fun fall atmosphere to Woodland ParkCrossing, 12960 Highland Crossing Drive, Herndon. Plenty of freeparking is available at street level and underground. For eventinformation, call 703-785-5634, find it on Facebook, and visitwww.woodlandparkcrossing.com.

Roberts Carpets and Oriental RugsMarks 50th Anniversary

Roberts Carpets and Oriental Rugs of Herndon marks its 50thanniversary this month. It has been owned and operated by theRoberts family during this period of time. It started in Alexandriaand later moved to its current location in Herndon.

It is a full service flooring company selling and installing a largeportfolio of flooring products, i.e. wall-to-wall carpet, area rugs,hardwood flooring, engineered flooring, laminate flooring, tileand vinyl flooring. In addition, it carries an extensive inventoryof oriental rugs both hand-woven and machine-made.

It provides cleaning of wall-to-wall carpets on customer pre-mises and cleaning of oriental rugs in its own cleaning plant atthe store.

Roberts Carpets and Oriental Rugs is located at 681 SpringStreet, Herndon. For more information, call 703-471-7120 or visitwww.robertscarpets.com.

Metro Launches Silver Line WebsiteMetro has launched a website—www.silverlinemetro.com—for

information on the Silver Line. The site will be updated frequentlywith new service details, destinations and partner information. Ifyou have additions to suggest or links you would like Metro toinclude, email your comments to [email protected].

Police Concerned about‘Molly’/Ecstasy Use

Fairfax County Police Organized Crime and Narcotics Unit(OCN) detectives have seen approximately 168 cases involvingMDMA—also known as ecstasy or “Molly”—an average of eightper month between January 2012 and August 2013.

MDMA is a semi-synthetic, chemical compound that has beenincreasing in popularity across the nation, especially among highschool and college-aged students. While it is most often seen inpill form, it also comes in powder and capsules.

This drug “Molly” can be a mixture of caffeine and speed andother stimulants; it’s known as a recreational psychoactive. Andbetween January 2012 and August 2013, the OCN Unit seizedsome 16.67 pounds of MDMA and more than 3,000 pills.

Police remind residents that parents are still the strongestinfluencers in their children’s lives. They urge parents to helpmake their children, of all ages, safer by having a discussion aboutillegal drugs.

The Unified Prevention Coalition and the Partnership for a Drug-Free America suggest that parents “Make time to talk with chil-dren; explain the risks of these drugs. Learn the signs of drug useand how to intervene. Go to www.drugfree.org/. Educate familymembers on the harmful effects of drugs; make it clear you don’tapprove of drug use. Be vigilant and don’t panic; help is avail-able. Secure prescription drugs in the home. Get involved; learnmore at http://unifiedpreventioncoalition.org/.”

Week in Herndon

By Marilyn Campbell

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If you walk into Art at the Center in MountVernon on a Tuesday morning, you might finda group of preschool students and their par-ents or caretakers squishing potting clay with

their fingers. In the same room, several other totscould be brushing an array ofpaint colors across art paper, mak-ing a mess but having fun. Thechildren are part of the Center’sArt Explorers class, designed forchildren ranging from 18 monthsto 5 years old.

“Parents say it is their happyplace where they can explore withtheir child without worryingabout a mess,” said Kathryn HornConeway, director of Art at theCenter. “It brings both parent andchild into the present moment.”

In addition to having fun, arteducators say that art can helpchildren develop a myriad of skillsand abilities that range from self-expression to self-confidence.

“Creating art can help them work through theiremotions,” said Gioia Chilton, an art therapist whoteaches art at Marymount University in Arlington.“It gives them a place where they can be confident,and where they can feel powerful and in control oversomething.”

Creating art teaches patience, said Coneway.“When children are working withclay, for example, there is littleinstant gratification. You make apiece, it has to be fired and thenglazed. It is a process. But at theend, they can tell the story ofhow they made it.”

Chris Haggerty, a professor offine and applied arts atMarymount University, says re-search shows that art developsthe right side of the brain, whichaffects perception rather thanlogic. “Creating art teaches prob-lem-solving skills,” she said.“They get to try things out, see ifthey work, change their mindsand start over.”

Coneway, who is also an art

therapist, said she has seen first-hand how art canhelp children share feelings that are difficult to ver-balize. “Making things is a wonderful way for kids toconnect ideas, express emotions and share what isgoing on with them,” she said. “Additionally, art isnoncompetitive. Children progress at their own rate.”

Art also helps establish a sense of community, sheadded. “Sometimes connections happen when chil-

dren share their art,” she said. “Itis neat when kids ask questionsof each other. The sharing of whatthey make is as important as whatthey make.”

Carolyn Webber, an art teacherat St. Andrew’s Episcopal Schoolin Potomac, Md., said, “Art is auniversal language. Art educationenables students to make creativeconnections with art and theworld around them. [It] provideslife-long learning in areas of vi-sual arts, art history, interdiscipli-nary connections,multiculturalism and job oppor-tunities.”

Haggerty said, “The most suc-cessful people are creative thinkers, people who don’tjust think linearly, but who think outside of the box.”

Coneway hopes that both her classes and othersestablish a life-long appreciation for art. “One of thethings that I hope is happening is that parents andchildren are leaving my classes, going home and ask-ing, ‘Can we set up a corner of our basement andhave an art studio at home?’”

Local experts say art classeshelp children develop new skills.Art Matters

Creating art projects, such as these, which were made bystudents at Art at the Center in Mount Vernon helpsstrengthen artistic behaviors such as observation, persis-tence and reflection.

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Students in the ArtExplorers class at Artat the Center in MountVernon explore medi-ums like clay, collage,painting and drawing.Experts say creatingart helps childrenbuild relationships.

“Art is a universallanguage. Arteducation enablesstudents to makecreative connectionswith art and theworld around them.”— Carolyn Webber, art teacher,St. Andrew’s Episcopal School


An 82-ton cargo jetwith rope attachedis ready for thestart of the DullesDay Plane Pull onthe tarmac at DullesAirport on Sept. 14:70 teams of 25competed to havethe shortest timepulling the plane 12feet—and raisedmore than $226,000for Special OlympicsVirginia. A record-breaking crowd ofover 16,000 peopleattended the event.

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A record-breaking crowd—more than16,000—turned out for the Sept. 14Dulles Day Festival and Plane Pull atDulles International Airport. In its 21st

year, the event is a fundraiser for Special Olym-pics Virginia, pitting teams of 25 against one an-other to see who can pull an 82-ton, 164,000-pound airplane the fastest. Seventy teams regis-tered to participate in the event, raising over

$226,000—a record amount for the event. A newaddition to the festivities this year was an earlymorning 5K on the Dulles runway, in which 2,000runners participated. A highlight of the afternoonwas the arrival of an FA2 fighter attack sea harrierjet, which demonstrated its vertical take off andlanding capabilities to a rapt crowd.

—Deb Cobb

Special Olympian David Egan, of Vienna, gets to meetMaj. Gen. Joe Anderson, USMC (Ret.), who flew the seaharrier jet to the Dulles Plane Pull on Sept. 14. Andersondemonstrated the vertical takeoff, landing and hovercapabilities of the aircraft to a rapt crowd.

An 82-toncargo jet withrope attachedis ready for thestart of theDulles DayPlane Pull onthe tarmac atDulles Airporton Sept. 14.

The Sgt.Sullivan Me-morial PlanePull Teamtakes theirturn at pullingthe 82-toncargo jet at theSept. 14 DullesPlane Pull.

Lt. Mark Smith,chief flightofficer ofFairfax One,the FairfaxCounty PoliceHelicopter,gives EmmaVogt and hermotherHeather Vogtof Sterling atour during theSept. 14 DullesDay.

And they’reoff! The firstteam to pullthe 82-tonairplane at theDulles PlanePull comprisedSpecial Olym-pians. CarolineBurkett, ofMarion, secondfrom left, saidthe pull was alot of fun. Thiswas her firsttime at theevent.

More than $226,000 raised for Special Olympics Virginia.

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Worldgate Sport andHealth hosted aforum for localparents and

coaches Tuesday, Sept. 10 to dis-cuss proper diagnosis and care forathletes with suspected concus-sions. “We have a lot of parentscoming to us asking about waysto prevent their children from tear-ing an ACL [knee ligament], butwe don’t get a lot of questionsabout preventing brain injuries, sowe decided to be pro-active,” saidKevin Boyle, director of ExplosivePerformance, Sport and Health’sathletic training program. “Con-cussions are an injury people don’tsee, but they can often be the mostdevastating, especially when oneisn’t properly treated, then the ath-lete goes back out and suffers an-other one.”

JOHN STUFFLEBEEM, a formerfootball player and three-star viceadmiral in the Navy, spoke at theevent about his experiences withtraumatic brain injuries. He re-membered a friend who ended upcommitting suicide because hehad chronic traumatic encephal-opathy, a degenerative brain con-dition that affects those who havesuffered multiple concussions.

“NFL players are suffering con-cussions at more than six times the

national rate,” he said. “Educationon these matters is crucial at ayoung age. Most college studentswant to play in the NFL, most highschool students want to play incollege, most pee wee footballplayers want to play in highschool.”

Stufflebeem said he went in foranalysis once his playing dayswere over, and figured he had suf-fered about five concussions overhis three-year career. Doctors toldhim he had suffered 19.

“After a hard hit in my day, wewere [told] to shake it off, run alap, eat a salt tablet,” he said. “Buttoday it’s time to raise awarenesswith kids. Helmets are designed toprotect the skull, not the brain in-side.”

Dr. Gerald Gioia, chief of theDivision of Pediatric Neuropsy-chology at Children’s NationalMedical Center, said that even asrecently as 10 years ago, he hadto convince people that hittingyour head while playing could leadto serious problems.

“We don’t believe that the solu-tion is to eliminate sports, we justwant the parents and coaches,who naturally have the best inter-ests of their players in mind, totake the lead when it comes tolearning,” he said. “We need par-ents to be armed with tools andinformation. It’s very unlikely thatthere’s going to be a medic or phy-sician trained in diagnosing con-cussions on the sidelines.”

Gioia helped develop an app forcell phones that can help parentsand coaches work their waythrough symptoms after a playerhits their head. The app asks a se-ries of questions of the adult, andhas several for the players, and

once the answers are plugged in,it will give a recommended courseof action for the player’s treat-ment.

According to research, athleteswho have been diagnosed withconcussions have reported symp-toms such as headaches, nausea,dizziness, blurry vision, light ornoise sensitivity, sluggish feelings,memory problems, confusion or asense that things don’t feel right.

Coaches have observed playerswith glassy eyes, a dazed look,confusion, poor balance, mood

changes, memory loss and lack ofawareness as symptoms of a con-cussion.

“By definition, a concussioncauses the brain to move back andforth within the skull, whichcauses stretching of the brain,which can lead to chemicalchanges and cell damage,” said Dr.Catherine McGill, a pediatric neu-ropsychologist at Children’s Na-tional Medical Center. “Once thesechanges occur, the brain is morevulnerable to additional trauma.”

McGill said the brain has a tex-ture similar to mayonnaise, whichcan tolerate normal movement,but not the movement that comeswith a head to head collision, or aplayer hitting their head on theturf.

“After two weeks, 60 percent ofpeople who have had concussionshave recovered, but after sixweeks, that percentage is less than90 percent,” she said. “Everyonehas their own timetable for recov-ery, and the most important thingis that an athlete has 100 percentrecovered before they are allowedback onto that field.”

ONE OF THE PURPOSES of theseminar was to educate parents

and coaches that it’s not just ahead-on collision on a footballfield that can lead to a concus-sion. Lacrosse, soccer, fieldhockey and other traditionally“non contact” sports leave play-ers just as susceptible to thoseinjuries, even if it’s just falling tothe ground, or trying to head aball.

While football seems to have astranglehold on America’s sportsscene, with record-breaking rat-ings, revenues and attendance,Stufflebeem said that the concus-sion issue is the most seriousthreat it faces.

“This is a side of the game thatparents, coaches and players needto be fully aware of when theydecide to play,” he said. “Footballis a juggernaut right now, but ifit’s going to fade over the years, itwill be because of this.”

The free Concussion Recogni-tion and Response app is availableon the Google Play Store and theiTunes App store for iOS and An-droid devices.

The most up-to-date informa-tion about concussions and theirtreatment, including fact sheets,can be found at www.cdc.gov/con-cussion.

Former NFL players, doctors discussdiagnosis and care for athletes.

Sport and Health HostsConcussion Forum

From left,former NFLplayer JohnStufflebeemand Dr. GeraldGioia, chief ofthe Division ofPediatricNeuropsychol-ogy atChildren’sNational Medi-cal Center,discuss con-cussions andtheir effects atWorldgateSport andHealth Tues-day, Sept. 10.

From left, John Stufflebeem, a former NFL player and Dr.Gerald Gioia, chief of the Division of Pediatric Neuropsy-chology at Children’s National Medical Center, demon-strate the Concussion Recognition and Response app atWorldgate Sport and Health Tuesday, Sept. 10.

“After two weeks, 60 percent of peoplewho have had concussions haverecovered, but after six weeks, thatpercentage is less than 90 percent.”

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DimensionData Americas,an IT services andsolutions providerbased inHerndon, is aboutto get a new CEO.Mark Slaga willstep into the roleas current CEOJere Brownretires at the endof 2013 afternearly a decadewith the com-pany.

Slaga hasworked in anumber of rolesat DimensionData over thepast 13 years, themost recent ofwhich was chiefoperating officer.During his tenureas COO, Slagamanaged alloperations acrossNorth and SouthAmerica,includingprofessional services, consulting,managed services, IT outsourcing andvendor alliances. He has also served asSVP of operations, SVP of solutions,CIO and CTO for Dimension DataAmericas. When Slaga assumes role asCEO, Scott Macfee will take over asCOO. Macfee has been at DimensionData for 14 years, and most recentlyheld the role of country manager forBrazil while leading the Americas’procurement and logistics team.

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The Container Store will open inReston on Saturday, Sept. 21.Prospective employees may applyonline. The new store will donate 10percent of its proceeds from its GrandOpening Weekend sales to Corner-stones.

Dan Woolley has joined theCenter for Innovative Technol-ogy as a general partner for theMACH37 Cybersecurity Accelerator.CIT is located at 2214 Rock Hill Road,Suite 600, Herndon.

For the sixth year out of the pasteight, financial-services firm EdwardJones, 13350 Franklin Farm Road,Suite 350, Herndon, ranked highest ininvestor satisfaction with full servicebrokerage firms, according to the J.D.Power and Associates 2012 FullService Investor Satisfaction Study.

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In January 2013, for the 14th year,Edward Jones was named one of thebest companies to work for byFORTUNE Magazine in its annuallisting. The firm ranked No. 8 overall.These 14 FORTUNE rankings include10 top-10 finishes, consecutive No. 1rankings in 2002 and 2003, andconsecutive No. 2 rankings in 2009and 2010. FORTUNE and Time Inc.are not affiliated with and do notendorse products or services ofEdward Jones.

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R-34th District

You’re pretty. Youcould makesome money.”

That was the headline of arecent Washingtonian Magazinearticle about young girls in our re-gion who are lured through socialmedia into the terrifying world ofhuman trafficking.

The piece featured the experi-ence of a Fairfax County girl whoresponded to that message onFacebook only to find herself ut-terly vulnerable in a car with fourcomplete strangers. One of themen told her they were going toprostitute her as a type of initia-tion. She pushed the man’s handsaway when he offered her cocaine.When the white powder spilledover the car seat, the man thensmashed her head into the window.

She was pulled out of the car andled around the corner of an apart-ment building. Her nightmare wasjust beginning to unfold. The manheld a knife to her neck and whenshe refused his sexual demandssliced her across the forearm withthe knife. She was raped 15 timesthat night—first by the man in thecar and then subsequently by astring of other johns. Early the nextmorning, the men called her a“whore” and a “slut” as they droveher home and threatened to kill herif she ever told anyone what hap-pened.

These horrific events happenedin Fairfax County—right in ourcommunity. That is why over thepast four years, we in the Virginia

General Assembly have puttogether a bipartisan coa-lition that is working withgroups like the PolarisProject, a leading anti-traf-ficking organization whichadministers the nationalhuman trafficking hotline,

US Attorney Neil MacBride, andThe Richmond Justice Initiative topass new laws to combat humantrafficking.

Our legislation cracks down onthese predators and the gangs in-volved in this activity; increasespenalties for those engaged in anyway in this inhumane industry;and provides more public informa-tion and outreach to victims as wellas parents, teachers and faith com-munities so this crime can nolonger operate in the shadows. Weused to think human traffickingonly happened in foreign countries(which of course it does) or towomen illegally smuggled into thiscountry (which is also true). Butthis growing criminal enterpriseknows no boundaries—it is presentright in our backyard and must bebattled on all fronts.

Since new laws have been imple-mented, police and federal agentshave arrested 28 juvenile sex traf-fickers in Northern Virginia, andhave identified 41 juvenile victims,and 100 reported adult victims—all of them American citizens, amajority from middle or upper-class families. We know this is justthe tip of the iceberg.

Three years ago, Virginia was atthe bottom of the Polaris Project’sAnti-Human Trafficking StateRankings. Since we began ourwork with the coalition, my col-

leagues and I have been success-ful in passing significant legislationand finding partners in the lawenforcement, business and reli-gious communities to collaboratewith in fighting this growing crime.Just last week, the Polaris Projectannounced that Virginia is nowranked in the top category (Tier 1)for our efforts in fighting humantrafficking.

We have a great local partner inthis effort, Fairfax County Detec-tive Bill Woolf, whose work incracking down on this crime ledhim to recommend numerouspieces of legislation to the GeneralAssembly. HB546, which I intro-duced on the recommendation ofDetective Woolf and other law en-forcement supporters, providedadditional penalties and tools forprosecutors pursuing traffickers,particularly in the area of gangssuch as MS-13, who are now oper-ating prostitution rings in our areathat exploit local girls.

We also passed legislation thatmakes the soliciting of a minor aClass 5 Felony. Another bill passedthis year, HB1870, would allow amulti-jurisdiction grand jury to in-vestigate human trafficking activi-ties in cases where the suspect re-ceived money for procuring anotherindividual to engage in prostitution.

In May we hosted a Human Traf-ficking Forum to raise awarenessof this growing issue. I was joinedby our Congressman Frank Wolf, aleader in Congress on this issue;Detective Bill Woolf, our local lawenforcement champion battlingthis crime; our House RepublicanCaucus Chair Delegate Tim Hugo;Sara Pomeroy, director of the Rich-

mond Justice Initiative; and Dr.Courtney Gaskins from Youth ForTomorrow, a residential facilitythat works with at risk youth—in-cluding those who have been vic-tims of human trafficking. This fo-rum was held as part of our con-tinuing efforts to ensure that resi-dents are educated on recent de-velopments and can help us in pre-venting and exposing the humantrafficking in our area.

This summer, I brought SaraPomeroy as a guest speaker to ourYoung Women’s Leadership Pro-gram Event. I established this sum-mer program for young womencurrently enrolled in middle schoolor high school in the Northern Vir-ginia area. The program’s aim isto provide an opportunity for theparticipants to meet a variety ofwomen leaders involved in varioussectors, roles and occupations sothat they can ask questions andengage in their own personal andcareer development. Sara Pomeroywas able to share with the youngwomen her story, talk about howshe became a leading advocateagainst human sex trafficking andeducate the women so that theyare better equipped to becomeleaders themselves on halting sextrafficking amongst their peers.

Our community efforts can andwill have a real impact on the healthand safety of our children andneighbors. Stopping this modernday slavery is very much a 21st cen-tury abolition effort. With increasedtools to battle this growing crimeand a growing group of partners,we can work together to halt thisviolence in our own communitiesand throughout the world.

Combatting Human Trafficking in Our Own Communities

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Opinion

The strength of Virginia’s economy,especially Northern Virginia’seconomy, comes significantly fromfederal spending.

So while the governor and other elected of-ficials claim that Virginia’s success isbecause Virginia is a low-tax state withfewer regulations, it’s worth consider-ing that the sequester and continuinggridlock in Congress threaten Virginia’s mostimportant resource, federal spending.

Virginia receives more federal money percapita than any other state except Alaska. Vir-ginia received $136 billion in federal funds in

2010, more than $17,000 from the feds percapita, and paid $2,807 per capita in federalincome taxes. (Data from Consolidated Fed-eral Funds Report for Fiscal Year 2010 by stateand county from the Census Bureau.)

Two examples: $1.3 billion in federaltransportation money came to Virginia.Virginia was on the receiving end ofmore than $5,000 per capita in defense

spending.Current Virginia elected officials have barri-

caded the doors against expansion of an in-dustry that would add more than 30,000 qual-ity jobs in Virginia at no cost to taxpayers. The

expansion of Medicaid, which would providehealthcare to as many as 400,000 Virginianswho currently cannot afford health insurance,would give Virginia’s economy a significantboost, and create more than 30,000 jobs. Vir-ginia taxpayers will still pay the taxes that willfund the expansion of Medicaid in other stateswithout reaping the benefits of a healthierpopulation and economic stimulus.

Private sector growth in Virginia depends onits educated and sophisticated workforce, ontop school systems and universities. It dependson reliable transportation systems and accessto high-speed Internet. And it depends on con-tinuing to attract federal contracting dollars.

Virginia’s U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and MarkWarner both work in the best interests of thecommonwealth when they work to promote aculture of moderation and compromise in Con-gress.

Ending gridlock in Congress and supportinghealth care reform would be huge steps insupporting economic recovery in Virginia.

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This simple belief—that to-gether we can change the rate andseverity of people losing theirhomes—brings togethernonprofits, for-profits, civic lead-ers and government staff. We eachplay a special role, depending onour location and mission. ForUnited Community Ministries(UCM), prevention is the key.

What does that look like day-to-day? Consider the children. Theyneed early learning and safe careto get a good start. They need par-ents that understand how to helpthem. The children need early in-tervention for any physical or men-tal delays.

So programs such as the BryantEarly Learning Center, full-daycare for parents of diverse incomesand backgrounds, ensures a goodstart. Healthy Families, operatedby three nonprofits in FairfaxCounty, provides in-home educa-tion and support to new parents.And caring professionals in allthese programs ensure that chil-dren receive the care they need

and deserve.Consider the adults. In Northern

Virginia, a minimum wage jobdoes not get you far. Rent, trans-port, food and medicine, cloth-ing... workers need help, not justto get a job, but to get training andsupport to move on to a career.Without long term increases inincome, workers fall further be-hind every year.

I have not mentioned housing.Many low cost options, such asboarding houses, have been zonedout of existence. We struggle tocreate enough homes for the work-ers in our midst. Land is expen-sive, businesses need profits andneighborhoods worry about prop-erty values.

We have had some notable suc-cesses in producing affordableunits, especially nonprofit partnerslike Cornerstones and WesleyHousing. But to make an impacton the large number of familiesstruggling to stay out ofhomelessness, we must do muchmore. We must increase our pre-vention efforts while we find newincentives for affordable housingdevelopment.

Homelessness literally is a lackof housing. Whether a familykeeps their home through moreearning power or through lowerrent, the benefit to the communityis the same: stability, security andsuccess.

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By Victoria Ross

The Connection

Just when Sam Clay,Fairfax County’s PublicLibrary director, thought

FCPL’s public image couldn’t getany worse, Supervisor LindaSmyth (D-Providence) releasedphotos of bins filled to the brimwith discarded library books.

Acting on a tip from a volun-teer Friend of the Library mem-ber, Smyth drove out to thelibrary’s technical operationscenter in Chantilly, glanced intoa bin and saw hundreds of dis-carded books. A few days later,she made a second trip, foundtwice as many tossed books andfilled a box full of rescuedbooks.

Clay admits the photographsSmyth (D-Providence) took ofbooks in seemingly good condi-tion paid for by taxpayers tossedin trash bins are a powerful,startling image.

But he insists the story is morecomplex than the photographssuggest.

“The books that were in thedumpster were materials that, ina professional librarian’s opin-ion, a librarian who holds anMLS degree, that these bookswere no longer usable,” Claysaid.

“Have we never thrown awaya book that was [usable]? Havewe ever made mistakes? Ofcourse we have. … But we gothrough all kinds of processesand options before the books goto the recycle bins. … So thematerial that was discovered,those were carefully reviewedand vetted by our best minds,by MLS librarians,” Clay said.

Clay said FCPL’s collection in-cludes nearly 300 million books.

“It’s an incredible library as-set that requires extensive li-brary management; it’s not justabout acquiring, but de-quiring.We don’t build enough shelvesto house all of our books, no li-brary does, because a certainnumber is always in circula-tion,” Clay said.

“But you see a dumpster fullof books, and you think ‘MyGod, what are they doing?’ Theyare being efficient and goodstewards of the taxpayer’smoney by maintaining a vibrantcollection, a great collection.We’ve done that in the face of

50 percent budget reduction inpast five years for books.”

Smyth is not quite satisfied withthat answer. After hearing allega-tions about trashed library booksfrom members of the Friendsgroups, Smyth decided to investi-gate the claims herself. On Aug. 29,she drove to the Fairfax CountyPublic Library’s technical opera-tions center in Chantilly.

WHAT SHE FOUND, she said,was mystifying and dismaying.

“I found stacks and stacks ofbooks tossed away in these binsbehind the center,” Smyth said. Afew days later, she went back andfound that the pile of discardedbooks had grown.

Furious, she collected a box ofbooks, several in seemingly goodcondition, and dumped them onthe desk of Fairfax County DeputyCounty Executive David J.Molchany. Molchany is in chargeof the county’s libraries and ar-chives. The next day, Mochany is-sued a directive to all branches sus-pending the practice until the

Board of Supervisors can gathermore information, and the publiccan give its feedback.

According to Smyth, the librarysuspended the sharing of bookswith Friends of the Library groupsfrom October, 2012 until May,when the library shifted to a “float-ing collection” system. Smyth saidshe estimated about 250,000 bookshave been thrown out since Octo-ber.

“What really bothers me is theincredible waste of taxpayers’money. We’re in Fairfax County, forHeaven’s sake, and our librariesand books are important to us.”

“Every system has discards, I as-sure you they all have discardedbooks,” said Sam Clay, FairfaxCounty’s library director, during aninterview with The Connection onTuesday, Sept. 10.

Although the discard issue wasnot part of the beta plan discussion,Library Trustee Chair Willard Jas-per said he was going to launch an“evaluation and communicationscommittee that now will determinewhere we are right now and where

County suspendsdiscarding oflibrary books.

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head the committee and thatSusan C. Thorniley and MaryPetersen would also be on it,along with members of the pub-lic and library staff.

On Sept. 2, Tresa Schlecht, amember of the Friends ofTysons-Pimmit Library and oneof five public speakers at the Li-brary Board meeting on Sept.11, sent an email to Smyththanking her for investigatingthe matter:

“Apparently, there are severalinterpretations of the facts sur-rounding disposal of excessedbooks during the past year… Ipersonally visited Tech Ops inChantilly to request that we beallowed to pick up discardedbooks, especially children’sbooks, before the books wereplaced in the dumpster by TechOps.

I was told that my requestwould be considered, but thatit was unlikely that TY Friendscould obtain discarded books, asit would be unfair to let TYFriends have books simply be-cause we were willing to pickthe books up when otherFriends groups could not.

… TY offered to share thebooks with any other Friendsgroups, or to use the discardedbooks as directed by FCPL.Thus, our request for bookswould not have required FCPLpersonnel time, other than an e-mail to me naming the time/dates for pick-ups, nor would ithave involved any cost to thecounty.

TY Friends was not grantedpermission to pick up discardedbooks at Tech Ops … ”

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By Victoria Ross

The Connection

On Wall Street, a“beta” test refers toassessing the risk,volatility and ex-

pected return of a particular port-folio.

If Fairfax County Public Library(FCPL) officials had a crystal ballto assess the volatility of itsplanned beta tests this fall, it’slikely they may have steered clearof the project that became a quag-mire of epic proportions.

“Yes, absolutely, this is the worstPR nightmare,” said Library Direc-tor Sam Clay, in an interview withThe Connection Tuesday, Sept. 10.“I’ve been amazed at the power ofsocial media, and the inaccuraciesin all the blogs, emails and report-ing. There’s no one magic buttonto press to correct all the inaccura-cies.”

There may not be a magic but-ton, but Library Board ChairWillard O. Jasper spoke the magicwords that more than 250 critics

of the plan turned out to hear dur-ing the Library’s Board of Trusteesmeeting on Sept. 11 at the GeorgeMason Regional Library inAnnandale.

Jasper announced that the li-brary board had voted to immedi-ately halt the beta tests until the

board could schedule more out-reach and communication oppor-tunities for employees and patrons.The crowd, which spilled out intoa hallway where they could watchthe proceedings on a video moni-tor, applauded as the board ap-proved Jasper’s motion to suspend

consideration of the plan, a motionsubmitted by library Director SamClay.

“This is a new beginning for us,”Clay said after the two-hour meet-ing. “This is an opportunity to get

A New Beginning for FairfaxCounty Public Libraries?Library trusteesvote to discardbeta plan in favorof more publicoutreach sessions.

The Clements family of Fairfax held upsigns protesting proposed “beta” changesduring the Sept. 11 Fairfax County LibraryBoard of Trustees meeting held at GeorgeMason Regional Library in Annandale.More than 250 critics of the plan attendedthe meeting.

Michele Sendow of Herndon and AnitaRamos of Centreville, both longtime librarysupporters and patrons, attended the Sept.11 Fairfax County Library Board of Trusteesmeeting held at George Mason RegionalLibrary in Annandale to urge board mem-bers to put the “beta” plan on hold. Morethan 250 critics of the plan attended themeeting.

Tresa Schlecht, a member of the Board of the Friends ofTysons-Pimmit Regional Library, was one of five publicspeakers during the Sept. 11 Fairfax County Library Boardof Trustees meeting held at George Mason Regional Li-brary in Annandale. She criticized the library’s process fordiscarding books and urged board members to reconsiderthe “beta” plan.

From left—Library Board of Trustees member CharlesFegan, Board Chairman Willard Jasper and Library Direc-tor Sam Clay listen to public testimony during the Sept. 11Fairfax County Library Board of Trustees meeting held atGeorge Mason Regional Library in Annandale. More than250 people attended the meeting.

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FRIDAY/SEPT. 20Great Decisions Discussion Group: Iran

and the U.S. 2 p.m., at Reston RegionalLibrary, 11925 Bowman Towne Drive,Reston. Discuss the topic “Iran and the U.S.:Three Decades of Futility” with others,employing the materials available at thelibrary.

SATURDAY/SEPT. 21Hoofin’ it 5K. 8 a.m., at Fairfax Corner, Fair

Oaks, Fairfax. A fall 5K to benefit SpecialOlympics Virginia; includes free sandwichesand cheering Chick-fil-A Cows as well as racet-shirts and awards for winners. $35 throughSept. 19, $40 day-of. prracing.com.

Susco 8K. 9 a.m., at South Lakes High School,11400 S. Lakes Drive, Reston. An 8K raceand 2K walk/fun in memory of Timothy P.Susco, promoting brain aneurysm and organdonation awareness; door prizes, t-shirt, andawards included. $35; $40 day-of. http://susco8k.com/race_information.

Help the Homeless Walk. 8:30 a.m.registration, 9 a.m., at SouthviewCommunity Church, 2620 Reston Parkway,Oak Hill. The annual community walk helpsthe homeless with monetary donations andsupport through charities. $20 for 25 andunder; $30 for 25-plus. www.hthwalks.org.

WEDNESDAY/SEPT. 25Herndon Historical Society. 7:30 p.m., at

Herndon Depot Museum, 717 Lynn St.,Herndon. David Guillaudeu, author of:Washington & Old Dominion Railroad(Images of Rail),” will talk about the trialsand tribulations of making do withscrounged equipment and materials on thealways financially strapped [email protected].

THURSDAY/SEPT. 26Show in artReston. 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Monday-

Saturday, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday, at the JoAnn Rose Gallery, Lake Anne CommunityCenter, 1609-A Washington Plaza, Reston.The League of Reston Artists invitessubmissions of paintings, mixed media, two-dimensional fine art excluding photographyand fine crafts to the exhibition. Thedeadline to enter in Sept. 26.www.leagueofrestonartists.org.

Migrating Towards Prosperity. 5:30-7:30p.m., at 3080 Centreville Road, Herndon. Anevent sponsored by the Hispanic BusinessCouncil featuring discussion on currentissues in the Latino community. DeepDreams plays for the crowd to dance,Hispanic restaurants of Northern Virginiacater and Latino dancers and musical groupsperform. $20, prepaid members; $25,members at the door and prepaid non-members; $30 non-members at the door.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY/SEPT. 27-28Volunteering for Reston Multicultural

Festival. 3-6 p.m. setup Friday, 7-8 p.m.shifts Saturday, at Lake Anne Plaza, 1609AWashington Plaza, Reston. The RestonMulticultural Festival is an annual event thatbrings together the people of Reston tocelebrate our rich medley of cultures. Thefestival opening will include a NaturalizationCeremony where America’s newest citizenswill take the Oath of Allegiance. Shiftsinvolve set-up, parking attendant, volunteer-relief “floaters,” arts and crafts, surveytakers, concessions, break down, etc.

SATURDAY/SEPT. 28Volunteer for Reston Multicultural Fest.

7 a.m.-8 p.m., at Lake Anne Plaza, 1609-AWashington Plaza, Reston. Volunteers ages13 and up are needed to help make the eventa success; volunteers receive a free t-shirtand food voucher.

Bulletin Board To have community events listed in the Connection,send to [email protected] by theFriday prior to the following week’s paper.

“La Chien de Grange” by Mireille Molette, anative of France who studied at the CorcoranSchool of Art and is in the Art League of Old TownAlexandria. Molette creates painted landscapes,seascapes and still-lifes; her work will featuredalongside other artists’ at Paint Herndon, Satur-day, Sept. 21. The exhibit is up through Sept. 29.

THURSDAY/SEPT. 19Beverly Cosham. 2:15 p.m., at Reston

Community Center, Center Stage,2310 Colts Neck Road, HuntersWoods Village Center, Reston.Cabaret singer, actress and Restonsinger populaire with experienceperforming at nightclubs all over thecountry sings at the “Meet the Artists”concert co-sponsored by OsherLifelong Learning Institute. 703-503-3384, [email protected] orwww.olli.gmu.edu.

FRIDAY/SEPT. 20Red Molly and We’re About 9. 8

p.m. Reston Community Center, 2310Colts Neck Road, Reston. Folk trioRed Molly performs their acclaimedmusic as part of the CenterStageProfessional Touring Artist Series.$15 Reston, $30 Non-Reston.www.restoncommunitycenter.com.

SATURDAY/SEPT. 21Run With the Doctor. 7 a.m. 108

Elden St., Hernodn. The Center forOrthopaedics and Sports Medicineoffers its services in a convenientformat to runners at this runningevent. Free. facebook.com/runwiththedoctor.

4th annual Latino Festival of Reston. 1-5p.m., at 12125 Pinecrest Road, Reston.Neighborhood and Community Services ofFairfax County celebrates Latino Heritage Monthwith dance, music, games, free raffles andinformational tables at a free festival. 703-860-0676, TTY: 711 or www.fairfaxcounty.gov.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY/SEPT. 21-22Grand Opening. 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.-

7 p.m. Sunday at The Container Store, 1851Fountain Drive, Reston. The retailer’s 62ndlocation opens with executives performing a kick

line, an award presentation to “super fan” JulieBacon and organization makeover prizes; 10percent of opening weekend sales will go toCornerstornes (formerly Reston Interfaith).http://www.containerstore.com/locations/showStore.htm?store=RES

SATURDAY-SUNDAY/SEPT. 21-22Rally for a Cause Tennis Tournament. 9

a.m., at Lake Newport Tennis Center, 11452Baron Cameron Ave., Reston. Men’s andwomen’s singles and doubles, with brackets forall levels of players, to benefit USTA Serves,

Heart and Cornerstones. $30.www.restontennis.org [email protected].

SUNDAY/SEPT. 22America’s Adopt a Soldier 5K/10KFun Walk/Run. 10 a.m., at LakeFairfax Park, 400 Lake Fairfax Drive,Reston. Wear red, white or blue and runor walk varied terrain in support ofAmerica’s Adopt A Soldier projects andprograms; donate coats for homelessveterans or other items (see at http://run-walk.eventbrite.com/) for carepackage assembly during and after theevent. Preregistration only. $40. http://run-walk.eventbrite.com/.

THURSDAY/SEPT. 26Violin and Piano Concert. 2:15 p.m.,at Hunters Woods Village Center, RestonCommunity Center, Center Stage, 2310Colts Neck Road, Reston. Sonya Hayes,violinist, made her solo debut at the ageof 15 and has performed as a guestsoloist with the National SymphonyOrchestra Young People’s Concert Series.Frank Conlon, accompanist and concertpianist, is one of Washington’s best-known and favorite pianists. This is thesecond of six Thursday afternoon “Meetthe Artists” concerts cosponsored by

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at GeorgeMason University and Reston CommunityCenter. 703-503-3384, [email protected],www.olli.gmu.edu.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY/SEPT. 27-28Science and Engineering Career Fair. 10

a.m.-7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, atDulles Town Center Mall, 21100 Dulles TownCircle, Dulles. A career fair where students canlearn about the latest careers in science andengineering; interactive activities abound, suchas “creating your own earthquake,” designing

solar cars, launching weather balloons andmore. Congressman Frank Wolf speaks at theopening reception at 11 a.m. Friday. http://www.nsf.gov/events/event_summ.jsp?cntn_id=128634&org=NSF.

SATURDAY/SEPT. 28Reston Multicultural Festival. 11 a.m.-6 p.m.,

at Reston Community Center Lake Anne, 1609Washington Plaza N., Reston. The highlightedevent is the naturalization ceremony, whereAmerican’s newest citizens take the Oath ofAllegiance. Celebrate the diversity of Reston in afestival through music, entertainment, dress,food and cultural treasures. Everyone isencouraged to dress in attire from their owncultural roots. The 2013 National HeritageAward Fellowships at the Reston CommunityCenter celebrates Seamus Connolly andVeronica Castillo, recipients of the nation’shighest honor in folk and traditional arts.Volunteers needed. Free.www.restoncommunitycenter.com/ or http://www.restoncommunitycenter.com/arts_community_MCFvolunteer.shtml.

Harvest Fest. Noon-4 p.m., at Woodland ParkCrossing, 12960 Highland Crossing Drive,Herndon. The fall-themed family event featuresa walking scarecrow, juggling unicyclist, DJmusic, and free activities such as face painting,glitter tattoos, pumpkin painting, fitness demos,food samples, tastings and giveaways, prizes andmore. 703-785-5634, http://www.facebook.com/WoodlandParkCrossing?ref=ts orwww.woodlandparkcrossing.com.

FRIDAY/OCT. 4Art House Cinema and Brew Series:

“Citizen Kane.” 7 p.m., at ArtSpace Herndon,750 Center St., Herndon. Nominal fee includesmicrobrews and film screening in the PostGallery, with a little intro on what makes thesefilms the best of all time; proceeds for the serieswill go toward supporting ArtSpace Herndon.www.artspaceherndon.com.

Entertainment Send announcements to [email protected]. The deadline is the Fridayprior to the following week’s paper. Photos/artwork encouraged. For additional listings, visithttp://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2013/apr/11/fairfax-county-calendar/.


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Faith Notes are for announcements and events inthe faith community, including special holiday ser-vices. Send to [email protected] is Thursday.

Mount Pleasant Church, 2516 Squirrel HillRoad, Herndon, celebrates its 147th anniversarywith a Wednesday, Sept. 18, guest speaker, Dr.Matthew Watley from Reid Temple A.M.E. Churchin Silver Spring, Md., founder of Power Lunch, anon-denominational noon-time worship serviceheld in D.C.

Trinity Presbyterian Church , 651Dranesville Road, Herndon, has Sunday worshipservices at 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Nursery andchildcare are provided and youth and adult Sun-day school classes are held prior, from 9:40-10:45a.m. 703-437-5500 or www.trinityherndon.org.

Vajrayogini Buddhist Center, UnitarianUniversalist Church, 1625 Wiehle Ave., Reston,holds weekly classes starting Sept. 12, Thursdays7-8:30 p.m., for the general public which use Bud-dhist teachings to practice meditation. $12.202-986-2257 or www.meditation-dc.org.

St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, 1700 Wain-wright Drive in Reston, holds Sunday services at7:45 a.m., 9 a.m., 11:15 a.m. and contemporaryservice at 5 p.m. Nursery, Sunday school and adulteducation available. Morning prayer on Monday at9:30, Holy Eucharist Wednesday at 8:15 a.m. 703-437-6530 or www.stannes-reston.org.

Adult Sunday school will be held 9:30 a.m.Sundays at the Washington Plaza Baptist Churchat Lake Anne Village Center. The group is study-ing the Gospel of Mark. Services follow at 11 a.m.

HAVEN of Northern Virginia offers a vari-ety of free bereavement support groups, meetingon a weekly basis. Contact 703-941-7000 orwww.havenofnova.org for schedules and registra-tion information.

The Jewish Federation of Greater Wash-ington and the Jewish Outreach Institute offer theMothers/Parents Circle, an umbrella of free edu-cational events and resources. Jewish rituals, ethicsand the creation of a Jewish home, regular meet-ings and group Shabbats and holidays. Participantsinclude Sha’are Shalom, Congregation Beth Emeth,Temple Rodef Shalom and the Jewish CommunityCenter of Northern Virginia. ShalomDC.org.

The Baha’i community of McLean holds aweekly fireside, a meeting of discussion, devotionand fellowship, at 7500 Box Elder Court in McLean,at 8 p.m. every Friday. An opportunity to learnabout the Baha’i faith. 703-556-3400.

Epiphany United Methodist Preschool,1014 Country Club Drive, N.E. in Vienna, is nowenrolling 3- to 4-year-old students for the 2010/2011 school year. 703-938-2391 orwww.epiphanypreschool.com.

Hope Fellowship Church will temporarily bemeeting at Woody’s Golf Range, 11801 LeesburgPike, Herndon. Sunday worship services for theSouthern Baptist church are at 10:45 a.m. Thepublic is invited to join a Bible believing, multi-ethnic/multi-cultural congregation, withBible-based sermons and uplifting music. 703-599-3527 or www.hopefellowshipchurchloudoun.org.

Knitters needed the first and third Wednes-days of the month, at 7 p.m., at St. Timothy’sEpiscopal Church, 432 Van Buren St., Herndon.The church’s Shawl Ministry is offering free knit-ting instruction while providing shawls, blanketsand other knitted items for people in need. No costand yarn can be provided. E-mail [email protected] or visit the Pastoral Care page atwww.saint-timothys.org.

Nondenominational Christian business-men meet for prayer, biblical discussion andfellowship 7 p.m. Fridays at Anita’s, 1051 Elden St.,Herndon and 12 p.m. Thursdays at 555 Grove St.,Suite 200, Herndon. Call 703-795-1257.

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By David Siegel

The Connection

Hitchcock meets hilar-ity” is the way castmember Nick Rose

describes “The 39 Steps,” thefirst production of FairfaxCounty’s newest professionaltheater company, NextStop The-atre in Herndon.

The play calls for the classicadventure film “The 39 Steps”to be performed with a cast ofonly four in over 140 differentroles.

With quick changes andplayed mainly for knowinglaughs, the script is full of ref-erences and puns on numerousAlfred Hitchcock films.

“We have assembled a veryspecial and unbelievably tal-ented cast for our first produc-tion as NextStop Theatre Com-pany,” said Artistic DirectorEvan Hoffmann.

“The show is a love letter foraudiences. It is something famil-iar, but with an unexpected de-lightful take-off of film noir.”

“The 39 Steps” mixes theHitchcock classics with plenty ofMonty Python as four actorstake on more than 140 charac-ters. They move about Englandand Scotland, as they meet theirshare of murder, high-speedchases, mistaken identities, es-pionage and, of course, ro-mance.

The show was adapted byPatrick Barlow from the origi-nal novel by John Buchan andthe Hitchcock movie.

James Finley, most recently inKeegan Theater’s “A Few GoodMen,” plays the leading man,key to any Hitchcock movie. Hedescribed his character as the

“quintessential leading man,but done with a wink and a nod.The show is frenetically paced;fast and funny. A great eveningof entertainment for the audi-ence.”

Nick Rose, a 1988 graduate ofHerndon High School andgraduate of James MadisonUniversity, plays numerouscharacters in the production. Heassisted with the original found-ing of the Elden Street Playerssome 25 years ago and is now“pleased to return and be in thefirst production of the newNextStop Theatre. It is wonder-ful to be back and performingin my old home town.”

He normally performs withthe professional Cincinnati,Ohio Shakespeare Company.

Evan Crump, known to localaudience for taking on off-cen-ter, unusual characters with de-light will do so once again.“These roles seem to find me,and I love them.”

Emily Levey, who has per-formed with the likes of StudioTheatre, will play the threebeautiful women the hero en-counters during his adventures.

“The 39 Steps” is a high-wireact farce; a pastiche of seriousclassic movies played with de-light and twinkling eyes.

“An enjoyable time for every-one as we lovingly pay homageto Hitchcock,” said Rose.

“The 39 Steps” cast, from left: Evan Crump, EmilyLevey, James Finley and Nick Rose.

A Playful HomageTo Hitchcock“The 39 Steps” opens at new,professional NextStop Theatre.

When and WhereNextStop Theatre presents “The 39

Steps” at Industrial Strength Theater,269 Sunset Park Drive, Herndon. Per-formances: Sept. 26-Oct 20; tickets:$25-$27; show times: Thursdays at7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturdays eve-nings at 8 p.m., Sundays 2 p.m. and7 p.m. Call 866-811-4111 or visitwww.NextStopTheatre.org.

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more feedback and people involvedin the process.”

Karrie Delaney, the Sully Districtappointee to the Library Board ofTrustees, acknowledged “chal-lenges ahead,” but added that itwas “great to see people so en-gaged and to know that our publiclibraries are treasured. … With thesupport of our community, and theexpertise of our library staff andadministration, I believe we canbuild and sustain an exceptionallibrary system that serves all thepeople of Fairfax County.” Delaneyhas already planned a series ofpublic town hall forums atCenterville and Chantilly librariesin October.

SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THEPUBLIC spoke briefly before theboard’s vote, imploring boardmembers to put the beta plan onhold.

“Libraries are sacred space.Books are sacred vehicles thattransmit our culture,” said KathyKaplan, a longtime Reston residentand member of the Fairfax CountyFederation of Citizens Associations.“You are the trustees of the library.You have a sacred trust to protectthe libraries for the people ofFairfax County,” Kaplan said to ap-plause from the audience.

Criticism of the beta plan hadbeen building since July, when Clayunveiled a program that would testa new organization model at theBurke Centre Library and theReston Regional Library, the busi-est library branch in the county.The reorganization, Clay said,streamlined staffing and elimi-nated redundancies while retain-ing a high level of service.

But the plan, which include re-duced staffing, cross-training staffmembers and lowering the educa-tion requirements for librarianssparked outrage among library vol-unteers, staff and patrons who callthe plan “disastrous,” “a librarymeltdown” and “the end of our li-braries as we know it.”

Clay said he was taken aback bythe tone and tenor of the criticism.

“Everyone has difficulty withchange. When all is said and done,when you have been in a job for awhile, change is quite rightly a con-cern. I understand that,” Clay said.

Clay, who has a Master’s of Li-brary Science degree and has beenhead of the Fairfax library systemfor 31 years, said a makeover of the

of the library system was necessaryto deal not only with diminishingbudgets, but also a digital world,where the Internet has replacednewsprint, e-books have sup-planted paperbacks, and the latestfilms stream directly to yourlaptop.

Clay noted that in the past fiveyears, the libraries’ budget hasbeen cut by 23 percent and libraryvisits have declined about 10 per-cent. Circulation is down about 6percent over that time.

“We have a responsibility to lookat the future of libraries and findways to evolve and compete,” Claysaid. “It’s a constant question—‘canyou try to change too much?’ Thebeta plan was not etched in stone.It was a test,” Clay said. “And itseemed to me it was prudent, tosay, ‘let’s try these things out. Let’slook at things like appropriatestaffing levels.’”

But certain measures in the betaplan, such as giving the county theflexibility to hire librarians whomay not have a master’s degreeand reshaping the role of youthservices librarians—infuriated em-ployees and patrons and sparkeda storm of protest.

Clay said he is committed to“starting from scratch,” gettingfeedback and input from stake-holders and employees. “New be-ginnings are always good. We wel-come everyone’s input,” Clay said.

Michele Endow of Herndon saidshe looked forward to participat-ing in the outreach meetings. A life-long library patron, Endow said shewas disappointed that FairfaxCounty seemed to be losing groundwhen it came to keeping up withlibrary innovations.

“I signed up for computer classes,and instead of computer terminals,the instructor had just a slide ma-chine. These classes should behands-on, with computer terminalsfor students.

BUT SOME library staff and mem-

bers of the volunteer Friends of theLibrary groups remain skeptical ofany real change as a result of out-reach efforts.

“I’m glad they put this on hold,”said Anita Ramos of Centreville.“But I won’t be happy until thisentire beta plan is dead. Dead,dead and dead. Fairfax librarieshave played an important role forethnic minorities and people whodon’t speak English. We need spe-cialists who can provide the knowl-edge that the Internet doesn’t.”

Another longtime library advo-cate who asked not to be namedbecause of possible job repercus-sions said much of the damage hasalready been done.

“Trashing thousands of perfectlygood books, proposing the elimi-nation of librarians, proposing theelimination of services for kids,proposing the downgrading of li-brary staff both in literal grade andin the variety of depth of theirwork, sidelining the staff andFriends in the planning process—it is almost a posture of resigna-tion and despair,” he said. “Thereis already a ruptured trust and lackof confidence from almost everystakeholder group which makes ithard to envision a bright, hopefulnew future for FCPL under thisleadership.”

“My 32 year commitment hasbeen to produce the very best pub-lic library services in Fairfax Countyand the City of Fairfax,” Clay said.“There’s no way I would jeopardizethat.”

Clay said the criticism stings—“It is hard. … I can’t say this wholething doesn’t bother me”—butwhat he needs to focus on is help-ing navigate the future of the li-brary “at an incredibly periloustime.”

“Here’s the bottom line for me. Iwant the Fairfax County Public Li-brary to be so vital and so vibrantin five years that no one couldimagine going a day without inter-acting with our library,” Clay said.

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Oakton FootballTo Face Annandale

The Oakton football team (1-1) had a bye last weekand will return to action on the road against Annandaleat 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 20.

Herndon Football Loses toWest Springfield

The Herndon football team lost to West Springfield,23-21, on Sept. 12.

The loss dropped the Hornets’ record to 0-2. Herndonwill travel to face rival South lakes at 7:30 p.m. on Fri-day, Sept. 20.

McLean Football BeatsMarshall

The McLean football team defeated Marshall 32-3 onSept. 12. The victory improved the Highlanders’ record to1-1. Marshall dropped to 0-2.

McLean will travel to face Falls Church at 7:30 p.m. onFriday, Sept. 20. Marshall will host Freedom at the sametime.

Langley Football Falls toStone Bridge

The Langley football team lost to Stone Bridge, 45-35,on Sept. 12.

Langley quarterback Nick Casso completed 19 of 27

passes for 251 yards and four touchdowns. He also ranfor a score. Receiver Garrett Collier finished with 13catches for 209 yard and two touchdowns.

The loss dropped Langley’s record to 1-1. The Saxonswill travel to face T.C. Williams at 3 p.m. on Saturday,Sept. 21.

Madison FootballFalls to Chantilly

The Madison football team lost to Chantilly, 41-17,on Sept. 12.

Madison’s Marcus Pearson scored on an 8-yard run inthe third quarter and Jason Gastrock connected withBrad Leydig for a 5-yard touchdown pass.

The Warhawks (0-2) will travel to face Fairfax at 7:30p.m. on Friday, Sept. 20.

Football Roundups

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By Jon Roetman

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Not much had goneright for the SouthLakes offense whenthe Seahawks took

over on their own 19-yard linewith less than 5 minutes remain-ing.

South Lakes trailed Washington-Lee, 8-7. Other than a long touch-down pass in the third quarter, theSeahawks struggled to move theball against the Generals defense.South Lakes was running out oftime and needed to make some-thing happen.

“I just told the line to block hardand just give it your all,” SouthLakes senior Khayri Denny said,“and I’ll go down and get the yardsfor them.”

Denny had some help along theway, but his 12-yard touchdownrun with 1:27 left on the clockcapped a 13-play, 81-yard driveand propelled the South Lakesfootball team to a 14-8 victory overWashington-Lee on Sept. 12 inArlington.

W-L took the lead with 6:58 re-maining in the fourth quarter,when quarterback Sam Appelscored on a 1-yard run and fol-lowed by reaching the ball acrossthe goal line for a two-point con-version. South Lakes fumbled theball away to W-L on its next play,setting up the Generals at theSeahawks 31-yard line.

WITH THEIR BACKS AGAINSTTHE WALL, the Seahawk defensestopped the Generals on fourthdown at the 19-yard line, and theSouth Lakes offense respondedwith the winning touchdowndrive.

“It’s definitely a great win,”third-year South Lakes head coachMarvin Wooten said. “What I lovemost about this game — becausewe knew W-L, they’re a good foot-ball team — what I loved mostabout it is our kids had to over-come adversity.

This group right here, theyhaven’t really been faced with alot of adversity. … To watch thesekids come together and overcomethat adversity is just a great feel-ing.

“… We wouldn’t have won thisgame a year ago. We wouldn’thave won this game two yearsago.”

Denny finished 37 yards and atouchdown on the ground andcaught four passes for 85 yards

and another score. Denny took adirect snap and ran 12 yards forthe game-winning touchdown.

“He’s our most dynamic player[on] both sides of the ball,”Wooten said. “… Any great coachwill tell you, when it’s time to re-ally test these kids, put the ball inyour playmaker’s hands and that’swhat we did. We just made surethat he got his touches. We kindof threw it on his back and hestepped up. He answered the calland that’s what great players do.”

Wooten acknowledged the per-formance of sophomore quarter-back Seth Ravenstahl, giving himthe game ball after he completed7 of 15 passes for 107 yards, withone touchdown and an intercep-tion. Ravenstahl connected withDenny for a 65-yard touchdownwith 10:58 left in the third.

“Seth’s just a sophomore, so hestill has some time to develop,”Wooten said. “Right now, we don’thave a seasoned quarterback. Sethis going to be that guy, but it’s go-

ing to take time. We don’t want torush him. … That pass he threwin the third quarter — that was asgood a pass as anybody’s going tothrow. He read it perfectly. I reallythought that was the play of thegame.”

SOUTH LAKES IMPROVED to1-1. The Seahawks dropped theiropener against Westfield, 45-7, onSept. 6.

A gutsy call by Washington-Leehead coach Josh Shapiro gave theGenerals a fourth-quarter leadagainst South Lakes, but the Gen-erals failed to hold on. Appel’s 1-yard touchdown run with 6:58remaining in the contest pulled W-L within a point at 7-6. The Gen-erals lined up to attempt the game-tying extra point, but South Lakesjumped offside. The penaltymoved the ball inside the 2-yardline and Shapiro elected to sendhis offense back onto the field foran attempt at a two-point conver-sion. Appel kept the ball and

reached across the goal line to giveW-L an 8-7 lead.

On the next play from scrim-mage, W-L recovered a SouthLakes fumble at the Seahawks 31-yard line. After the Generalspicked up a first down at the 19,Appel threw incomplete four con-secutive times, giving the ball backto South Lakes on downs.

The Seahawks responded withthe game-winning drive.

“It was kind of one of thosethings where, how many times canwe rely on our defense to bail usout?” Shapiro said. “And finallythey caved.”

Appel completed 14 of 26 passesfor 109 yards and an interception.Junior running back Daquay Har-ris carried 23 times for 70 yards.

“Offensively, we can’t really findour identity,” Shapiro said. “We’reso inconsistent.”

South Lakes will host rivalHerndon at 7:30 p.m. on Friday,Sept. 20. W-L will host Stuart atthe same time.

South Lakes Football Overcomes Fourth-quarter DeficitDenny scorestwo touchdownsin win against W-L.

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The decision for yours truly to participate ina Phase 1 Study at N.I.H. or Johns Hopkins(depending upon availability and qualifica-tions) discussed in last week’s column hasbeen put on hold, temporarily. It seems thatmy oncologist was thinking about me over theholiday weekend and called me on Wednes-day following Labor Day to say he had a diag-nostic idea concerning me: a 24-hour urinecollection (a “Creatinine Clearance Study”)which would provide a more accurate reading(than the regular lab work I have; from blood)of my kidney function. Although the logisticshaven’t been worked out – insofar as exactlyhow I get a sample to their lab – “the idea” asmy father used to say, “has merit,” so I happilyagreed in principle and awaited a phone callfrom my oncology nurse to explain the dosand don’ts.

Apparently, there is yet one more chemo-therapy drug – of recent vintage, and design,that my oncologist would like to try. He hasn’tsuggested its infusion previously, because likemany drugs, it is filtered through the kidneys;and after four-and-a-half years of varying typesof chemo/targeted therapy, (I.V. and oral) thedamage to my kidneys – particularly as evi-denced by my elevated creatinine level andbelow-average “glomerular filtration rate” (45when 60 is normal) is and always has beencause for concern and caution. Collateral dam-age as I call it, is still damage, and renal fail-ure/kidney dialysis is all it’s cracked up to be:not good, so diagnosis-to-date, we’ve avoidedthe risk. I’ve always agreed that since troublehas already found me, I’m hesitant to look forit. Perhaps there will yet be a reward for ourprudence and patience.

Per the over-the-phone instructions I even-tually received, I submitted my 24-hour sam-ple on Monday morning. At 10:11 that eve-ning, my oncologist e-mailed my test results.Although the colors were not flying, the testresults were nonetheless improved, sufficientlyso that we are indeed going ahead with I.V.chemotherapy once again. Therefore, for theimmediate future, anyway, N.I.H. and JohnsHopkins are “back-burnered.” Alimta, the I.V.chemotherapy drug which I will be infusing, ismy new best friend. A drug designed specifi-cally for the treatment of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (me); every three weeksliving forward, I will be infused at the InfusionCenter. The entire process will take about twohours, I was told. “Two hours” I can do in mysleep, which sometimes is exactly what I do(the BarcaLoungers are extremely comfortableand the warm blankets are super cozy). Sohere we go, again. Nevertheless, it feels right.

If I had been accepted into a Study, mytreatment would have been experimental andas much – if not more, about the next person.As it was explained to me by my oncologist, Iwould have been sort of a guinea pig, beinginjected with an experimental, non-FDA-approved medicine that previously hadshowed some promise when treating mice. Ihave no problem with this process and under-stand that such pursuits occasionally providemiraculous outcomes, and I’m certainly opento reconsidering should the opportunity pre-sent itself. However, going from a definitemaybe at N.I.H to an FDA-approved for thetreatment of non-small cell lung cancer drugseems like a no-brainer, even for me. Granted,I’m still a long way from anywhere, but it feelsgood to be back in the game, rather than beingon the sidelines, sort of (with all due respect toN.I.H. and Johns Hopkins).

My future is now and thanks to this mostrecent diagnostic test, my treatment withAlimta can also be now; Friday the 20th,actually.

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Imagine yourself savoring all the flavorsof Europe; the cheeses and breads ofSwitzerland, the bratwurst and

schnitzel of Germany, the pastries of France,the pastas and pizzas of Italy and the clas-sic dishes of countries like England, Spain,Austria and Hungary.

Ben Gaiarin, a 16-year-old Reston nativeand student at South Lakes High School,has done all this and more. A dual citizenof Italy and the United States, Ben is a food-enthusiast and an aspiring chef. “Beingaround my grandma, my Italian grandma,my nonna Italia, I always found her to bethe best cook in the world and she taughtme a lot, making homemade gnocchi andragus and fried zucchini flour,” said Gaiarin.

Realizing he wanted to share his love ofcooking as an art form with others, Bendecided in the summer of 2012 to start afood blog, documenting his travels, experi-ences and new recipes. He not only empha-sizes how to make the recipes, but includesphotos of the food as he cooks it, which heconsiders art as well. “I wanted the websiteto be just a beautiful piece of work, reallyfocus on the pictures because the beauty ofthe food is in the pictures, not so much justthe writing,” said Gaiarin.

After much contemplation with his fam-ily, he named the website BenGusto. Ben asa shortened version of the word “buon” forgood in Italian and “Gusto” for the wordtaste, “Good Taste.” As he started bloggingabout his experiences with food in Italy, like

gelato and tomato sandwiches, Ben beganto build a substantial following. Now he hasaround 100 followers, from all over theworld, with a significant following here inFairfax County.

Three years back, Ben had lunch with thefamous Italian chef Luigi Brunetti. There,Brunetti casually mentioned to Ben that hecould come work for him any time. At thetime, Ben thought nothing of it. But as hiswork with his blog increased, he thoughtthat working for a famous chef in Italywould be great for his writing. So this sum-mer he worked for two weeks at the Tuscanrestaurant of the Agrihotel Elisabetta.

“I worked under this top chef and thisfamily, it’s almost the stereotypical estab-lishment that you would imagine an Italianhotel to be. It was run by one family; yesthey have some arguments, just like TV.They have some arguments between theworkers, the waiter son doesn’t really likethe waiter chef, they kind of fight a littlebit, but they all love each other,” said Benof his experience.

With the staff not sure of his experience,he started with the dirty work at the res-taurant, but once he proved himself he wasassigned major tasks like preparing the lob-ster or pasta dish for the main meal. Hemade tiramisu and fresh breads and evenlearned how to gut a fish, which turned outto be his favorite task.

Ben hopes to continue his blog and ex-pand the name brand of BenGusto into atool for young chefs to learn to create theirown recipes and expand as a personal chefbusiness.

Ben Gaiarin, a 16-year-old Reston native and student at South LakesHigh School, caramelizes a pan of balsamic onions.

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