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Grace Rogers, a senior at JamesMadison High School, is presidentof the school’s Amnesty Interna-

tional Club and has written aboutabusive relationships in

Madison’s paper, The Hawk Talk.She was among the students fromaround Fairfax County recognized

for promoting peace.

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Winners of the 2014 Ben DeFeliceScholarships from our area include:

❖ Alexandra Cramer, graduate ofLangley High School. She will attend theCollege of William & Mary.

❖ Jamie Joeyen-Waldorf, graduate ofLangley High School. She will attendNorthwestern University.

❖ Jennifer Prosser, graduate ofOakton High School. She will attend theUniversity of Notre Dame.

❖ Sydney Sampson, graduate ofJames Madison High School. She willattend the University of Virginia.

Andrew Hwang, of Great Falls,was named to the Dean’s list for aca-demic excellence for the spring 2014semester at Johns Hopkins University.

Kristen Ashley Wolaver, daughterof John and Barbara Wolaver of GreatFalls, and graduate of Langley HighSchool Class of 2013, completed herfreshman year at the University of Pitts-burgh, Dietrich School of Arts andSciences. Kristen has accepted member-ship in The National Society ofCollegiate Scholars (NSCS).

Whitney Elizabeth Wolaver,daughter of John and Barbara Wolaverof Great Falls, and graduate of LangleyHigh School Class of 2010, earned aBachelor of Science Degree Cum Laudein Neuroscience with a minor in Chem-istry and a Certificate of ConceptualFoundations of Medicine during thespring commencement exercises in April2014 at the University of Pittsburgh,Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences.Whitney will begin the Graduate Pro-gram in Anatomical and TranslationalSciences at George Washington Univer-sity in August 2014.

William Gralley, son of Craig andJanet Gralley of Great Falls, earned aBachelor of Science degree in criminaljustice during the spring commence-ment exercises at Radford University.

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By Tim Peterson

The Connection

After a friend of South County High Schoolsenior Sakira Coleman was sexually as-saulted while running on a local publicpath, Coleman decided to take action and

started the “Fight for Your Right to Run at Night”program.

“I don’t like feeling helpless,” Coleman said. “Thisis about raising awareness.”

The senior has also served as president of the schoolservice club “Stallions Lend a Hand” and volunteeredat Greenspring Retirement Community, a workloadthat in addition to actual schoolwork requires “nosleep ever” to maintain.

Coleman and 22 other peace-promoting studentsand student organizations were recognized March15 at the Student Peace Awards of Fairfax County,held at Mountain View Alternative High School inCentreville. From anti-bullying event organizers tostudent association presidents and volunteers in thecommunity, the student leaders were chosen for ex-hibiting high moral and civic values.

“The number of ways to peace is limited only bythe human imagination,” said Dr. Margaret Fisherwith the Peace Awards coalition as she opened theprogram. “Seemingly endless suffering in the worldcan give way when we join our strengths together.”

The peace awards started in 2006 with one highschool and faith-based sponsorship. The event hasgrown such that now each public high school andthree private schools in Fairfax County may selectstudents for the awards and there are 14 faith-basedand secular sponsors.

This year schools were also able to select organi-zations to honor, including: the Anti-Bullying Com-mittee of Cedar Lane School in Vienna, the Dare toCare anti-bullying group of Hayfield SecondarySchool in Alexandria and The Peer Mediation Pro-gram of J.E.B. Stuart High School in Falls Church.

As students were called to the stage in the Moun-tain View auditorium, they received a copy of Mark

Agents of ChangeStudents from aroundFairfax County recognizedfor promoting peace.

Andreas’ book “‘Sweet Fruits from a Bitter Tree.”Along with a monetary award, each student alsochose a charitable organization to which $100 wouldbe donated in their name.

Guest speaker Vickie Shoap, restorative justice spe-cialist for Fairfax County Public Schools, addressedthe audience once the students were recognized.

“When I looked at what these students have done,”said Shoap, “I was humbled and lifted. There is hopefor the future.”

Shoap referenced the nonviolence and civil disobe-dience that characterized the work of the Rev. Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr, commenting that “We’re allfighting for human rights.

“We’re change agents,” she continued. “It’s hardto talk about things that are difficult in their com-munities.” But, Shoap said, “You’re connected to agrowing global community of peacemakers.”

Though mostly upperclassmen were recognizedwith peace awards, Seungmin Lee of Rocky RunMiddle School represented the next wave of peace-makers. His artwork was featured on the back of theevent’s program and won first place in the FairfaxLions Club 2014 Peace Poster Contest.

Lee used colored pencils to depict a red, white andblue dove flying over a globe and a peace sign, withhands of various skin tones reaching towards it.

“It’s about people sharing, understanding eachother, that peace is beautiful,” said Lee.

Sakira Coleman commented that although the stu-dents receiving awards have done a lot for promot-ing peace and reducing violence, “There’s alwaysmore to do. It’s nice to see we’ve already started.”

Award winners not present included Nimra Bilal,a senior at Mount Vernon High School; HannaShiferaw, a senior at Quander Road School in Alex-andria; and Reem Mohamed, a senior at the ThomasJefferson High School for Science and Technology.

Katarina Jones, a senior at Oakton HighSchool and captain of the gymnastics team,has planned community dentistry outreachthat will include going to schools andhomeless shelters to spread informationabout brushing, flossing, fluoride andobtaining free or reduced-price dental care.

Photos by Tim Peterson/The Connection

Suzanne Butterfield, a senior at George C.Marshall High School, helped carry out acampaign for kindness with posters aimedat raising awareness about bullying,depression and possible suicidal behavior.

SPONSORSThe sponsors of the 2014-2015 Student Peace Awards:Accotink Unitarian Universalist ChurchAlexandria Friends MeetingAlexandria South Rotary ClubCoalition of Asian Pacific Americans of VirginiaCornerstonesFirst Church of Christ, Scientist, FairfaxHerndon Friends MeetingGeorge Mason University School for Conflict Analysis and

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By Abigail Constantino

The Connection

Ben Press, a junior atJames Madison HighSchool in Vienna, was

elected as student representa-tive to the Fairfax CountySchool Board on Feb. 12. Hewill take over from HarrisLaTeef from Langley HighSchool on July 1.

Press said that he wants tobring the issues of mentalwellness and workload to theboard. “We really have to hold[ourselves] accountable for thework we assign students,” hesaid.

Press’ focus stemmed from hiswork with Fairfax County Pub-lic School’s School Health Ad-visory Committee and the Stu-dent Advisory Council, wherehe worked on a wellness policyfor students and staff.

He was always interested inbeing a leader. He has been ac-tive in scouting leadership withhis Life Scout Troop 976 inVienna and is working towardsbecoming an Eagle Scout. Presswas also a mentor atCunningham Park ElementarySchool and has been the stu-dent representative to theFairfax County Council of PTA.His father, Dan, said in an emailthat his appointment to the

school board is a “greatopportunity…to further de-velop his abilities as a servantleader.”

Press said that it would beinteresting to make the balancebetween his duties to the schoolboard, which may involve manymeetings, and his school work.But even with his new role,“School work should always benumber one,” he said.

The student representativeposition is a non-voting, one-year term. Press will be the 45thstudent representative to the12-member school board, serv-ing over 187,000 students inFairfax County.

“I’m honored and humbled bythe trust put in me, and I hopeto bring attention to issues stu-dents feel are important,” saidPress.

Madison HS student focuseson students’ mental healthand workload.

Vienna Teen Electedto School Board

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Ben Press, student representative to the FairfaxCounty School Board, with the board member PatHynes (Hunter Mill), at the School Board LeadershipProgram in June 2014.

Ben Press is the 45th stu-dent representative to theFairfax County SchoolBoard. He starts on July 1.


By Andrea Worker

The Connection

The agenda and the speakers haveto be of significant interest to getsome 300 people to brave localtraffic and attend a meeting that

started at 7:30 a.m. Leadership Fairfax (LFI)apparently succeeded in offering both in theballroom of the Fairview Park Marriott onFriday morning, March 13, hosting its 24th

Annual Board of Supervisors Breakfast. Thiswas a chance to hear in person the State ofthe County from Sharon Bulova, chairmanof the Board of Supervisors, and to partici-pate in an “Ask the Supervisor Questions”forum with all but one member of the boardin attendance.

Before the supervisors took to the dais,there were the welcoming addresses andremarks of gratitude to supporters like Pre-senting Sponsor TD Bank and Coffee Spon-sor Atlantic Realty Companies by LFI Presi-dent and CEO Elizabeth Murphy. There wasalso a ceremony to honor Dean Klein, re-cipient of the 2015 Katherine K. HanleyPublic Service Award. Now in its 12th year,the award recognizes sustained contribu-tions by public-sector employees,nonprofits, or appointees to a public board,authority or commission and is intended tohonor outstanding accomplishments andlasting contributions to the quality of lifein the community.

Rodney Lusk, chair of the award Selec-tion Committee, called the choice of Kleinas the award winner a unanimous one, not-ing that since Klein’s 2009 appointment todirector of the Fairfax County Office to Pre-vent and End Homelessness, Fairfax Countyis now seen as a national leader in this ef-fort. “Dean has spearheaded a 33 percentdecrease in the number of homeless in thecounty,” cited Lusk, “and a 288 percent in-crease in moving people out of emergencyshelter and into permanent housing.”

THE NAMESAKE OF THE AWARD anda former chairman of the Fairfax CountyBoard of Supervisors, Katherine Hanley, wasnext to praise Klein. She began by readinghis lengthy job description. “I think the onlymore daunting positions one could holdwould be Director to Achieve World Peace,or End Traffic Jams on I-66, but I am happyto say he’s successful — and really good atit.”

The final presenter was U.S. Rep. GerryConnolly (D-11), who said that Klein was atrue leader in his position because hebrought a “clear sense of the mission, a pas-sion for the work, and metrics — the abil-

ity to measure our efforts.” Klein then ac-cepted his award, saying he was humbledby the honor. Likening his acceptance to theOscars — “There are too many people tothank in too short a time” — Klein did singleout Connolly “for his belief that we can endhomelessness in Fairfax County,” ElizabethKlein “for bringing this group together,” and“all of the individuals, our nonprofits, ourpartner businesses and our faith commu-nity who all work together.”

After the award presentation, LFI Classof ‘99 graduate Casey Veatch took controlof the proceedings, introducing the Boardof Supervisors, and acting as moderator.Veatch informed the audience that the su-pervisors had been given a “homework as-signment” to present an inspirational quoteand explain their choice. The answers werevaried. Retiring Supervisor Michael Frey (R-Sully District) chose words from “that greatAmerican philosopher, Garth Brooks.” Alsoretiring, Supervisor Gerry Hyland (D-MountVernon) went for the more traditional with

the famous “Ask not what your country cando for you,” quote from President John F.Kennedy. Supervisor John Cook (R-Braddock) echoed the sentiments of ClintEastwood’s 1970’s Dirty Harry character, “Aman’s gotta know his limitations.” “Gettingout in the community helps us know ourlimitations and stay grounded,” said Cook.Bulova said the past year had given heropportunities to make use of her quote:“Never let a good crisis go to waste.” At theconclusion of Bulova’s summary, modera-tor Veatch then began asking “the toughquestions.”

Supervisor John Foust (D-Dranesville)was asked to speak about the board’s re-cent adoption of a Strategic Economic Suc-cess Plan. “There are several parts to theplan, but basically, we need to come up withways to diversify our economy, rather thanrelying so heavily on Federal Governmentbusiness. We need to review our systemsand procedures to make them more busi-ness friendly and create spaces where

people want to be.”Supervisor Pat Herrity (R-Springfield)

responded to a related question. “To fuelour growth, we need to leverage our re-sources, what’s working well for us now. Weneed to develop and support centers of re-search. We need to work on our zoning andpermitting and find a way for our people tosay ‘yes.’ And we need to keep Dulles Air-port strong.”

Cook called for increased technical andskills training in our school systems. “Weneed to better connect the education withthe job with the student. And that maysometimes be outside the traditional 4 yeardegree.”

THE SO-CALLED “DAILY DOUBLES”were next on the questions agenda, andVeatch called on two supervisors to offerthe pros and cons for each of several con-troversial topics.

On adding a Meals Tax in Fairfax County,Foust gave the opposing viewpoint statingthat the public was against the additionaltax and that it would hurt the local restau-rant business. Hyland disagreed, citing simi-lar taxes in Alexandria that have not harmedcompetition there. “We can’t keep hittingthe real estate stream for our revenue. Weneed to diversify,” he insisted.

Bulova and Frey were handed the topicof the new Ad Hoc Police Practices ReviewCommission. “We can’t rest on our laurels,”said Bulova, “even though we are one ofthe safest jurisdictions for our size in thenation.” Bulova contends that the commis-sion can enhance and improve the policedepartment and its relationship with thecommunity. Frey’s response was that thecharge of the commission is too broad tobe effective, and that its workings could be“wrapped up in elections.”

Frey was immediately handed anotherhot potato; for or against the recent vote toincrease the salaries of the board’s mem-bers. “I have always supported higher com-pensation for the board. We are a $7 bil

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State of the CountyAddress, supervisors’questions and anaward ceremony topthe agenda.

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Leadership Fairfax Hosts Supervisors Breakfast

Honoring the winner of the 2015 Katherine K. Hanley Public ServiceAward, from left: Rodney Lusk, chair of the Award Selection Committee,U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-11), award recipient Dean Klein, director ofthe Fairfax County Office to Prevent and End Homelessness, and theaward’s namesake and a former recipient, Katherine K. Hanley.

The participants of the Board of Supervisors Question and Commentpanel and their moderator are, from left, Linda Smyth (D-Providence),Cathy Hudgins (D-Hunter Mill), Michael Frey (R-Sully), Penelope Gross(D-Mason and vice chair), John Foust (D-Dranesville), Sharon Bulova (D-chairman), John Cook (R-Braddock), Gerry Hyland (D-Mount Vernon),Pat Herrity (R-Springfield), and moderator Casey Veatch, principal atVeatch Commercial Real Estate and LFI class of ’99.

Photos by Andrea Worker/The Connection

Memorable Achievementsof 2014

Sharon Bulova’s bullet points for memorableevents and achievements for the county in 2014 in-cluded:

❖ The opening of the Silver Line Metrorail ser-vice from Wiehle-Reston East Station in Restonthrough Tysons and into the District, noting thatthe Wiehle Station is one of the busiest stations inthe entire system.

❖ The implementation of the Express Lanes onI-95

❖ The major revitalization of Springfield TownCenter

❖ Bicycle Master Plan – citing the addition of aheavily used Bike Room at the Wiehle Station.

❖ Additions and improvements to FairfaxCounty Parks and Recreation Facilities, with localtrails that connect to national trails traversing theentire eastern seaboard from New England to KeyWest.

❖ Full Day Mondays – standardizing the schoolday for the entire week in elementary schools

❖ The opening of the first urban-style school inthe district using a re-purposed abandoned com-mercial building


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By Valerie Lapointe

The Connection

The tables have been set and the con-testants wait eagerly as the judgingbegins, each judge moving carefullybetween courses, sampling and

chewing and making notes. There’s sweetnessin the mix for the winner, a monetary prize anda chance to have their dish installed as a per-manent fixture. It could be Top Chef, but it’sthe third annual Feeding Academic Success Cu-linary Challenge sponsored by Real Food ForKids.

Three teams of four culinary academy stu-dents, one each from Edison HS, Marshall HS,and Chantilly HS met Tuesday evening to pre-pare grab-and-go lunch items using skills theyhoned in the county’s academy class program.Their entree had to fit into the FCPS lunch pro-gram profile in terms of cost and caloric guide-lines so that the winning entree could be con-sidered for inclusion into the county lunch pro-gram. Under the tutelage of their professionalchef mentors, the students prepared every in-gredient from scratch, in the professional gradekitchens on premises at Marshall HS.

“We had to really pay attention to the caloric guide-lines,” said Stephen Pungello of Langley HS on theMarshall team. “We ended up having to add morechicken to get the numbers up. We were a littlehealthier than the guidelines required, but I thinkthat’s a good problem to have.”

Most of the student contestants were drawn to theacademy program as a way of wetting their feet forfuture careers. Pungello hopes to one day attend TheCulinary Institute of America, following in the foot-steps of chefs like Anthony Bourdain and DuffGoldman. Grace Zirkel, of Lake Braddock, on theEdison team has already been accepted to Johnson& Wales and credits the academy program for reallypiquing her interest.

“Working with a real chef was definitely the bestpart of the program,” said Zirkel. “They treat us likewe are actual employees in a restaurant and that isreally motivating.”

The camaraderie between the chefs and students

is palpable as the chefs stand behind their studentsoffering helpful suggestions but generally lettingthem run the show. Clay Doubleday is the chef in-structor for the Chantilly team and also one of thefounders of the program.

“The reason I became a teacher was so I could befor them someone I didn’t have. Kids have an idea ofwhat they want to do, but no real way of exploring itand that is what we provide,” said Doubleday, “givethem options so they can make good choices, justlike in the lunchroom.”

Once all the votes were in, it was Marshall, thehome team, who tasted sweet victory with their ori-ental grilled chicken salad with sesame ginger sauceand their soba noodle vegetable salad with sesameseeds.

“The real success here lies in putting students in aposition to provide solutions for their peers,” saidBonnie Moore, founding member of Real Food for Kids,“to use skills they have learned to solve real prob-lems. It’s that experience that makes this invaluable.”

Edison and Chantillyculinary academiestake part in contest.

Marshall High Wins Culinary Challenge

Photo by Valerie Lapointe/The Connection

Marshall Academy’s winning team: Alex Cerdaof Marshall HS, Brian Andrade of McLean HS,Stephen Pungello of Langley HS, and AnthonyPanettaey of Langley HS.

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Opinion

The first meeting of the FairfaxCounty Ad Hoc Police PracticesReview Commission will takeplace next Monday, March 23, and

it comes with hope for real change.Police could take one step that would signal

that they are serious about regainingpublic trust.

Police departments in Northern Vir-ginia should let go of their relentlesspursuit of secrecy. Police departments all overthe country routinely allow access to policereports, incident reports, dashboard video andmany other sources of information withoutharm, all things that police here refuse to al-low the public to see.

The first paragraph of Virginia Freedom ofInformation Act, passed by the General Assem-bly in 1968, states that all public records “shallbe presumed open.” But the legislation includesan exception that allows police to withhold“complaints, memoranda, correspondence,

case files or reports, witness statements andevidence.”

Police officials in Fairfax (and also in Arling-ton and Alexandria) have adopted what theycall a “blanket” approach to using their exemp-tion. That means they have decided to with-hold any document they can without any analy-sis of whether they should, whether the caseis open or closed, whether they are about a“police-involved shooting” or information re-quested by a family about a homicide victim.

It is only because of legal action by the fam-ily of John Geer, shot dead by a FairfaxCounty police officer in the doorwayto his own home in August 2013, andthe resulting court order that we know

details of what happened that day. And whatwe now know confirms that the informationreleased by police was incomplete and mislead-ing at best.

We’ve learned that we cannot trust the lead-ership at the Fairfax County Police Departmentto tell the truth voluntarily on these matters.(See Editorial: “Not the First or Only Time,”Connection, Feb. 11, 2015.)

Repeating what we have said in this spacemany times: Police wield power unlike anyother entity — the power to detain and ques-

tion, the power to arrest, the power to respondwith force when necessary, sometimes deadlyforce.

With that power, comes responsibility — theresponsibility to operate openly and with trans-parency, the responsibility to make availablethe greatest possible amount of information,especially the responsibility to provide thepublic with a full picture of what happenedwhen something goes wrong.

Most Northern Virginia residents think veryhighly of their police. We are very safe here.People understand that sometimes mistakeshappen, that sometimes force is needed, andthat sometimes police will exercise deadlyforce. What they are unlikely to accept is se-crecy that shrouds mistakes, and failure to takeresponsibility for explaining events of deadlyforce.

It’s clear that discretion about when to with-hold information cannot be left up to the po-lice department.

—Mary Kimm, Editor and Publisher

[email protected]

Mary Kimm is a member of the Ad Hoc PolicePractices Review Commission; news coverage of policeissues will continue to be the responsibility of reportersat the Connection.

Time for change inpublic access topolice information.

On Police Information and Secrecy

Editorial

By Kathleen Murphy

State Delegate (D-34)

It has been scarcely twomonths since a snowy day inJanuary when voters in

McLean, Great Falls and Sterlingchose me, in a special election, torepresent them in the VirginiaHouse of Delegates. Since then,everything has moved at warpspeed!ºI won the election on aTuesday and was in Richmond thefollowing Thursday to be sworn in.The 2015 Session of the GeneralAssembly began less than a weeklater.I am so honored to representour community. When I stood onthe floor of the Virginia House ofDelegates, raised my right handand swore to protect and defendthe Constitution, it took my breathaway.ºI was surrounded by history,by the legacy of delegates whohave come before us: PatrickHenry, Thomas Jefferson, JamesMadison, James Monroe and somany more. These were thefounders of our democracy. I con-tinue to be inspired by theirlegacy.ºDuring the 45-day Session,we considered over 2,000 bills.ºI

was appointed to the FinanceCommittee and the Committee onPrivileges and Elections. The pacewas non-stop.ºHowever, I carvedout time almost every day to meetin my office with constituents whohad travelled to Richmond as citi-zen advocates on matters beforethe General Assembly.ºI joined twocaucuses, groups of Delegates witha common interest in a particularissue.ºThe Military and VeteransCaucus focuses on creating jobsand educational opportunities forveterans and their families. I alsojoined the Renewable Energy Cau-cus, which is focused on the bestutilization of all our energy re-sources in Virginia to help us lowercosts and protect ourenvironment.ºOne important ac-complishment of the 2015 Sessionwas passage of the Omnibus Eth-ics Reform Bill. I believe this is amajor step forward in the effort todeliver an honest, open govern-ment for all Virginians. We alsopassed bills to help protect stu-dents from sexual assault on col-lege campuses that will facilitatecollaboration between college staffand law enforcement and providevictims with safe avenues for re-porting an assault.At the begin-ning of the Session, Virginia gov-ernment faced the need to reduceexpenditures because of a short-fall in tax collections. I am pleasedthat Governor McAuliffe stepped

up to protect funding for K-12 pub-lic education. All Virginian chil-dren deserve access to a qualityeducation, no matter what theireconomic background. I was dis-appointed when the House Edu-cation Committee refused to passmy bill calling for a plan to imple-ment full day kindergarten inLoudoun County, one of only fourVirginia jurisdictions that do notprovide universal full daykindergarten.ºI was also disap-pointed that we were unable tobreak through the blockade in theHouse of Delegates that preventsany meaningful progress towardgun safety. I introduced a bill tobar any criminal convicted twiceof violent domestic abuse fromhaving access to guns for a period

of time, but even this commonsense measure was defeated by thesub-committee that controls allsuch legislation.As a new delegate,I had a very rewarding and pro-ductive experience during my firstsession in Richmond. I found mycolleagues in the General Assem-bly, whether Democrat or Repub-lican, rural or urban, to be trulydedicated to pursuing the best in-terests of their constituents. I waspleased at how many of my fellowdelegates reached out to help afreshman learn the ropes.I lookforward to continuing to workwith my colleagues to craft billsthat will help create jobs,strengthen the middle class, andwork toward building the new Vir-ginia economy.

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To the Editor:Earlier this month, 47 United

States Republican senators took anunusual, perhaps even unprec-edented, step into foreign policymatters by signing an “Open Let-ter [addressed] to the Leaders ofthe Islamic Republic of Iran.” Buton some level this makes sense.The more portentous the issue, themore dramatic should be the reac-tion in protest – desperate timesrequire desperate measures.

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By Jon Roetman

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Madison senior Kelly Koshutastepped to the free-throwline with 4.3 seconds re-maining in regulation on

Friday night, needing to make a pair to keepher high school career alive.

First attempt: good.Second shot: good.Koshuta’s clutch moment at the charity

stripe forced overtime against Cosby in the6A state semifinals and was part of yet an-other big-time performance from the 6-foot-2 Virginia Tech signee. On this night, how-ever, a double-double wasn’t enough to liftthe Madison girls’ basketball team to vic-tory.

Cosby opened overtime on a 7-0 run,outscored Madison 20-10 during the extraperiod and earned a berth in the state finalwith a 70-60 victory on March 13 at VCU’sSiegel Center.

Cosby will face Bethel in the 6A statechampionship game at 9 p.m. tonight.

KOSHUTA scored nine points in the fourthquarter, helping the Warhawks overcome asix-point deficit, and another five in over-time. She totaled 32 points on 13-of-29shooting and grabbed 11 rebounds.

Koshuta finished her high school careersecond on Madison’s all-time scoring listand first in rebounding. She missed herentire sophomore season with a torn ACL.

“Playing at Madison my entire high schoolcareer has been great,” Koshuta said. “Thisseason was definitely something different.We made it further than we have ever, sothat was awesome. I’m definitely going tomiss it a lot.”

Koshuta battled in the paint against 6-foot-3 Cosby junior and Wake Forest com-mit Tyra Whitehead. Whitehead is the No.31-ranked recruit in the nation for the classof 2016, according to ESPN.com, and whilethat might be intimidating to some,Koshuta, ESPN.com’s No. 32-ranked playerfor the class of 2015, said she enjoysmatchups with quality opponents.

“I love playing against good players be-cause most games I get double teams and Ican’t really do what I usually do,” Koshutasaid. “I like it. I like going 1 on 1.”

Cosby head coach Rachel Mead praisedKoshuta.

“[Koshuta is] probably the best postplayer we’ve come across in high school,”Mead said. “… Tyra was playing good de-fense 90 percent of the time, especially thereat the end, and she was still scoring. It iswhat it is: she was a great ball player.”

Whitehead finished with 17 points and15 rebounds.

“To be honest, I thank her for it,” White-

Madison head coach Kirsten Stonesaid. “She wasn’t going to have ittaken away. She was tough.”

Senior guard Ali Trani finished with15 points and nine rebounds forCosby.

Cosby out-rebounded Madison 48-29.

Junior guard Alexis Hermes finishedwith 10 points for Madison.

Cosby jumped out to a 13-2 advan-tage in the opening quarter and led30-19 at halftime. Madison continuedfighting, cutting the Titans’ lead to 38-32 entering the fourth quarter beforeHermes knocked down back-to-back3-pointers to tie the score at 41 with5:43 remaining in regulation.

THE WARHAWKS grabbed their firstlead when Koshuta’s bucket with 4:06left in regulation gave Madison a 45-43 advantage. The Warhawks held thelead for a couple minutes beforeCosby’s Jones tied the score at 46 witha jumper with less than 90 secondsremaining.

The following night, Cosby defeatedBethel 46-45 in the championshipgame, giving the Titans back-to-backstate titles.

Madison started the season withthree straight losses, including defeatsagainst future region championsOakton and Edison. The Warhawksresponded with nine consecutive vic-tories, went on to win the Conference6 championship and finished runner-up in the 6A North region.

Madison ended the year with a 23-7 record.

“I’m truly proud of how far we’vecome,” Hermes said. “I think peopledid have their doubts at the beginningof the season with those losses wecame off of.”

The Warhawks will lose two play-ers to graduation — Koshuta andguard Jana Tremba. Hermes, juniorguard Aidan McWeeney and sopho-more guard Morgan Simpson figureto be three of Madison’s top playersnext season.

“Hopefully,” Stone said, “they get afeel that they want to be [at the statetournament] more often than not.”

Warhawks seniorKoshuta finishes with32 points, 11 rebounds.

Madison Suffers Overtime Loss to Cosby in State Semis

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Madison senior Kelly Koshuta scored 32 points and grabbed 11 re-bounds in the final game of her high school career, a 70-60 overtime lossto Cosby on March 13 in the 6A state semifinals at VCU’s Siege Center.

Madison juniorAlexis Hermesscored 10points againstCosby onFriday in the6A state semi-finals at VCU’sSiegel Center.

“[Koshuta is] probably the best postplayer we’ve come across in highschool. … Tyra was playing gooddefense 90 percent of the time,especially there at the end, and shewas still scoring. It is what it is: shewas a great ball player.”

— Cosby girls’ basketball coach Rachel Mead

head said about her matchup with Koshuta,“because it shows that there’s somebody outthere that’s going to push me to my limitsand I’m going to have to step up. Sheshowed me a challenge that I needed mov-ing forward.”

Whitehead wasn’t the Titans’ only tal-

ented player. Junior guard Jocelyn Jones, aNorth Carolina commit ranked No. 41 inthe class of 2016 by ESPN.com, finishedwith 28 points and 10 rebounds.

Jones scored the first four points of over-time.

“No. 14 (Jones) wasn’t going to let up,”

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The 2nd Annual Northern Virginia Restaurant Week, being heldfrom March 23-30, is a week-long, value priced dining experi-ence taking place at a variety of establishments, ranging fromfine dining to fast casual.

Building on the success of last year, which included more than20 participating restaurants, the event once again brings togethersome of the area’s favorite and new restaurants, including: Ameri-can Tap Room, Big Bowl, Captain Mas Crab House, Il Fornaio,Tavern 64, McCormick & Schmick’s - Reston Town Center, MonAmi Gabi, Morton’s - Reston Town Center, The Melting Pot -Reston, Mellow Mushroom - Herndon, M&S Grill, Paladar LatinKitchen & Rum Bar, The Zone, JALEO by Jose Andre’s, Mum Mum,Naked Pizza, Europa Herndon, Seasons 52, Trummer’s on Main.

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Ingleside Avenue, McLean. Openingreception March 14 from 11 a.m. - 1p.m.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY/MARCH 21 AND 22“Totally RED!” 3 p.m. McLean

Community Center, 1234 InglesideAve., McLean. An Alden Production.Meet Red (who is nobody’s fool) andthe wolf (who tries to be cool). Thestory is told in classic storybooktheatre style and the show will beperformed by MCC tax district youth.$12/$10 MCC tax district residents.www.mcleancenter.org.

THURSDAY/MARCH 19Artists Meet for Coffee. 8:30 - 10

a.m. Katie’s Coffeehouse, 760 WalkerRoad, Great Falls. Local artists gatherto get to discuss art while enjoyingsome morning coffee.

FRIDAY/MARCH 20Enter the Haggis. 8 p.m. Wolf Trap,

1551 Trap Road, Vienna.Experimental roots-rock stalwartspush the boundaries of Celtic musicwith vigorous performances andinventive albums. Tickets: $28.

St. Paddy’s Day Party. 7-9 p.m. TheOld Firehouse Teen Center, 1440Chain Bridge Road, McLean. Thesepopular 5th and 6th grader partiesinclude music, dancing, games,snacks, videos and more. $35/$25MCC tax district residents. Advanceregistration is required. Call 703-448-8336.

Pokemon League. 3 p.m. PatrickHenry Library, 101 maple AvenueEast, Vienna. Learn and playPokemon. Age 5-18. http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/ph/.

SATURDAY/MARCH 21New Artist Reception. 1-4 p.m. 212

Dominion Rd NE, Vienna. New ArtistReception for Thomas Xenakis.

Rummage Sale. 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.Epiphany United Methodist Church,1014 Country Club Drive NE, Vienna.All proceeds go to “Stop HungerNow.”

SUNDAY/MARCH 22Choral Splendor: Music of France.

4 p.m. Saint Luke Catholic Church,7001 Georgetown Pike, McLean. TheReston Chorale presents works ofMaurice Duruflé, Gabriel Fauré,César Franck, Louis Vierne andCharles-Marie Widor — includingVierne’s magnificent Messe Solennelleas the composer intended: with twoorgans. Guest artist: Paul Skevington.Advance, online tickets $20/Seniors,$25/Adults; at door $25/Seniors,$30 Adults. Youth 17 and underadmitted free with adult or senior.Tickets and informationatwww.RestonChorale.org.

Music from Oberlin at Oakton.7:30 p.m. Unitarian UniversalistCongregation of Fairfax, 2709 HunterMill Road, Oakton. Music fromOberlin at Oakton is a musicaloutreach program that is designed togive the Conservatory students anopportunity showcase their musicaltalents for interested audiencesbeyond Oberlin. Different groups ofstudents perform in Oakton threetimes a year and we are kicking offour 14th season. Local alums andcommunity gets an opportunity toenjoy superb music from theConservatory that has received the2009 National Medal of Arts from the

White House presented by thePresident Barack Obama. It is a freeconcert open to the public and isespecially great for the whole familyas there are Q&A session with theperformers and reception at the end.

Spring Fling Fashion Show,Luncheon and Raffle. AssaggiOsteria, 6641 Old Dominion Drive,McLean. The New DominionWomen’s Club is pleased to announcethe annual “Spring Fling FashionShow, Luncheon and Raffle”fundraiser. Bloomingdale’s willshowcase the latest fashion trends.Community leaders and teens willserve as models. All proceeds benefitClaude Moore Farm, McLean Projectfor the Arts, Safe CommunityCoalition, and SHARE, Inc.

TUESDAY/MARCH 24Annual Children’s Printmaking

Workshop. 4-5 p.m. Patrick HenryLibrary, 101 Maple Avenue E,Vienna. The Vienna Arts Societyinvites children ages 7 - 12 to createprints using fish, vegetables, andmore at a workshop. To register, callthe Children’s Librarian at 703-938-0405.

Berlin Then, Berlin Now. 7:30 p.m.Oakton Library, 10304 LynnhavenPlace, Oakton. Bill Rapper, author of“Tears of Innocence” and “BerlinBreakdown” discusses the attractionBerlin continues to hold 70 yearsafter the fall of the Nazis. Adults.

“Living the Savvy Life.” 7 p.m. CaffeAmouri, 107 Church Street, SE,Vienna. Learn how to look at yourday-to-day finances from a lifestyleperspective and discover the powerof purposeful spending. How to“find” that additional money forretirement, for that vacation in Italyor for your crucial emergency savingsaccount.

WEDNESDAY/MARCH 25Karla Bonoff. Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap

Road, Vienna. A velvety-voiced, folk-pop singer/songwriter whoseheartfelt ballads have been coveredby Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt andWynonna Judd. Tickets: $27.

Creatures of the Night. 10:30 a.m.Dolley Madison Library, 1244 OakRidge Avenue, McLean. Learn about

the animals of the night and howthey adapt to night life. Ages 3-5with adult.

Creatures of the Night. 10:30 a.m.Dolley Madison Library, 1244 OakRidge Avenue, McLean. Learn aboutthe animals of the night and howthey adapt to night life. Presentationby Riverbend Park. Ages 3-5 withadult. http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/dm/.

Toddlin’ Twos. 10:30 a.m. PatrickHenry Library, 101 Maple AvenueEast, Vienna. Join us for an earlyliteracy enhanced storytime featuringstories and songs. Ages 2 with adult.To register visit http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/ph/.

New Moms Meet & Greet. 12:30p.m. Patrick Henry Library, 101Maple Avenue East, Vienna. Joinother new moms & babies (newbornto 6 mos.) and discover what thelibrary and the town of Vienna has tooffer your growing family. Adults.http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/ph/.

Printmaking Workshop for Kids. 4p.m. Patrick Henry Library, 101Maple Avenue East, Vienna. Discoveryour inner artist! Come explore theart of printmaking with local expertsfrom the Vienna Arts Society. Youcan learn about different techniquesand take home your own prints. Ages7-12. More information at http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/ph/.

Small Wonders. 10:30 a.m. PatrickHenry Library, 101 Maple AvenueEast, Vienna. Join us for an earlyliteracy enhanced storytime,featuring stories, rhymes, songs andactivities for you and your child. 12-23 months with caregiver. Moreinformation at http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/ph/.

THURSDAY/MARCH 26Patrick Henry Book Club. 1 p.m.

Patrick Henry Library, 101 MapleAvenue East, Vienna. Book of themonth is Charming Billy by AliceMcDermott. Adults. http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/ph/.

kicking, the screaming – thetearful desperation overwhelm-ing the child’s face at being de-nied that oh-so-special piece ofcandy.

When did we as a nation be-

come so dysfunctional that wesee fit to parade our tantrum tac-tics across the global stage? Andshould we be surprised if the restof the world decides against in-viting us over for dinner?

George LehnigkOakton

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lion company with 11,000 employees. Our con-stituents rightly expect to see us at events on week-ends and at night. The time has long since passedthat we could be considered part-timers,” he said.“And we need to be able to attract from the best toencourage competition for each seat.” SupervisorLinda Smyth (D-Providence) voted against the pro-posed salary increase. “We are in tight financial times,facing cuts today, and projected harder times andcuts in 2017. In most cases we haven’t been able tosupport 6 percent salary increases in total for thelast several years for our employees. How can wejustify an increase like this for ourselves?”

And the final “Daily Double:” Who should controllocal roads: The county or the state? “In 47 out of 50states, local government controls local roads. We arebetter equipped to be more responsive,” said Cook.“We certainly get all the complaints,” he added. Cookwarned, however, that taking control of roads wouldrequire a funding mechanism, or the consequencescould be disastrous. For the opposition, SupervisorPenny Gross (D-Mason) noted that the start-up costscould be astronomical and that the liability issueswere of great concern. “There’s no proof availablethat local control would really improve the situation,”she said, “and I am fairly certain that local taxeswould have to go up significantly to cover the costs.”

Leadership Fairfax (LFI) is a nonprofit organiza-tion founded in 1987 by the Fairfax County Cham-ber of Commerce whose goal “is to build a base ofunderstanding about our community, educate and

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Many attended the 24th Annual LeadershipFairfax Board of Supervisors Breakfast,held at the Fairview Park Marriott. Attend-ees came from all walks of life and in-cluded many alumni, as well as somecurrent class members, from LeadershipFairfax’s educational programs, aimed at“creating dedicated community trustees.”

inform and to ultimately engage individuals to be-come agents of positive change in Fairfax County andthe Northern Virginia region.” LFI sponsors threeprograms, LFI Signature Program, The EmergingLeaders Institute, and the Lifetime Leadership Pro-gram for individuals who have recently retired orare preparing to retire, with a vision to “create com-munity trustees.” The LFI class year begins in Sep-tember. For more information about LeadershipFairfax and the programs and services on offer, checkits website at www.leadershipfairfax.org.


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LANDSCAPING It always does, and there always are;especially if you have to work for a liv-ing and cancer is a part of that living.Granted, I’m extremely happy to beable to still make a living, cancer diag-nosis notwithstanding, but a cancerdiagnosis, particularly a “terminal” one,is hardly “notwithstanding.” In fact, it isalmost impossible to withstand. Ohsure, there are good days, and of coursebad days, but mostly – for me, anyway,there is a daze in between. And that“between” is what’s rocky about thishard place.

Since most things cost money, andmoney doesn’t grow on trees (nor is itmade from trees by the way); allocatingit, when you have cancer, is compli-cated. Do I spend it now (whether Ihave it or not), as a means of reinforc-ing a positive but premature end? Ordo I not spend it and plan for a longer-than-predicted life expectancy whiledepriving myself of the pleasure in theinterim? Or do I rationalize the expen-diture and reward myself for goodbehavior – so to speak, figuring that thehigh will be more beneficial than thelow and create exactly the kind ofenergy my body needs to combat thecancer? Or do I minimize all of it andlive my life as normally as possible? Ifonly it were that simple.

“Normally as possible” left the build-ing on February 27, 2009, the date Ireceived my stage IV, non-small celllung cancer diagnosis (my ground zero)with its “13-month to two-year progno-sis.” At that point, your brain stopsfunctioning as it has for the entirety ofyour previous life (541⁄2 years for me).Life, as you knew it, is sort of over; notdone, but most assuredly, it will be dif-ferent, and your perspective and emo-tional underpinnings will be changedforever – whether you expect them tobe or not.

It doesn’t mean, as an example, thatyou’ll never laugh again or make self-effacing jokes, but neither can you lookat, or live, life as naively as you have.Living forward becomes way morecomplicated, and viewing it all, plan-ning for it all, can only be consideredthrough the prism of cancer. Andthough certainly I can boast of somesuccess surviving six-plus years post-diagnosis, it really has been mind overmatter. Even though cancer is constantlyon my mind, I’ve tried not to let it mat-ter. (Much easier written about thanactually managed.)

Juggling emotions has been difficultenough, but managing money, allocat-ing resources and planning a financialfuture while living a precarious present,is all it’s cracked up to be. Yet, if I don’tfind a way to maintain my status quo/balance emotionally, I may very wellbecome a victim of my own circum-stance. As much as I’d like to invokeCurly Howard (while looking in the mir-ror): “I’m too young to die, too hand-some; well, too young, anyway” as anarbiter of reason, the reality is: cancer isthe big dog and I’m just sitting here onthe porch.

Kenny Lourie is an Advertising Representative forThe Potomac Almanac & The Connection Newspapers.

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By Marilyn Campbell

The Connection

Though the official start of springis still days away and the frigid-ity of winter is still recent on theminds of many, Janelle Wright,

a Potomac, Md., mother of two, has alreadymapped out the summer for her children.

Wright did research before signing up her13-year-old daughter, Corrine, in an aca-demic camp geared toward boosting herEnglish composition skills, and enrolling her12-year-old son, Teddy, in a camp for chil-dren whose needs fall just outside the norm.

Indeed, experts say social interactions, achance to have fun and an opportunity tofill the time between family trips are justsome of the benefits of summer camps.

There are camps for every child, no mat-ter their needs.

“I spoke to the camp and shared withthem up front that my son might need helpsocializing with other kids,” said Wright.“He might need directions repeated to him.I did that so I could drive away in peaceknowing that he’d be fine. It’s different for

my daughter because she doesn’t have anychallenges. I don’t have to call the campand talk to them like I do with my son.”

WHETHER A CHILD is typical or fallsslightly outside the norm, doing a bit of re-search and exercising forethought are goodideas when selecting summer programs. Infact, advanced planning and registration forsummer camp is essential in the Washing-ton, D.C., region, say educators.

“It’s important to find an activity that kidsalready like to do. It’s summer so kidsshould have fun,” said Linda Gulyn, Ph.D.,professor of psychology at Marymount Uni-versity in Arlington.

“Choose a camp where they won’t feellonely. It helps to sign them up with a buddy,especially in late elementary and middleschool so they’ll have one or two people atcamp they already know. That really doesmatter.”

If choosing a specialty camp, summermight not be the time for embarking on anew activity, however. “Summer camps maynot be a time to have kids do somethingcompletely new,” she said. “For example, ifa child has never played golf, you might notwant to invest money in a golf camp if youaren’t sure your child will enjoy it. A childneeds to feel like this is not school wherethey are struggling to learn a new activity.”

The most important thing is for parentsto do their research.

“Interview the camp director, said LoisMcCabe, head of school for The DienerSchool in Potomac. “What does the day looklike? How structured or unstructured is it?It is good to have a mix of both.”

This is particularly true for children withspecial needs. “You want to make sure thecamp understands the needs of specialneeds children,” said McCabe. “You don’t

want to throw them in this big unstructuredenvironment with other kids and hope forthe best. You want to make sure your child’speer groups understand your child.”

SOME DAY CAMPS are structured to al-low parents to choose the week their childwill attend camp based on the camper’s in-terests.

“We have a theme for every week that ispacked with field trips and special events”said Fred Lowery, owner of Kiddie Countryin Burke, which is running 11 weeks ofcamp this summer. “All of the camp activi-ties are related to the theme. There are fieldtrips to the Maryland Science Center, aWashington Mystics game, Reptiles Aliveand Hershey Park. On site, we have every-thing from mad science to jugglers to swim-ming.”

Traditional camp experiences, like oppor-tunities for socializing with peers, are stillfound in specialty camps.

“As [campers] learn to identify, measureand combine ingredients, they are alsolearning important life skills, working to-gether as a team and ultimately creating adelicious meal,” said Jennifer Bashaw, cur-riculum development coordinator at TinyChefs, Inc. “Children leave our camps witha greater confidence in their kitchen skillsand personal creativity.”

Photo courtesy of Summer at Norwood

When choosing a summer camp,parents should consider signing uptheir children with friends todecrease the chance of loneliness.

How parents can ensure positive summerexperiences for their children.

The Right Fit: Choosing a Summer Camp

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