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By Bonnie Hobbs

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A movie written, pro-duced, directed andacted by Centreville

High graduates is currently be-ing shopped around the inde-pendent film festival circuit. It’s“The Scott Dayton Situation”and, following camera tests atthe Fairfax Academy, the actorsshot scenes in both Centrevilleand Fairfax.

It’s about a high-school girlwho, through a chance pen palrelationship with a successfulolder musician, realizes the im-portance of embracing one’syouth. The musician, who’s re-turned to his hometown over-whelmed by the stress of themusic industry, is enchanted byher. She sees past his fame andgives him the courage tojumpstart his sophomore album.The letters they exchange allowthese two, lost souls to regaintheir own sense of individualityand purpose.

Director Kelly Tracy, a 2005Centreville High grad,majored in film and TVproduction at NYU,graduating in 2008.She wanted to makeher own film, so shestarted writing thescript and asked hercousin, 2009Centreville High gradAnnie Paradis, to joinher, “So I could get anauthentic, teen-agevoice,” said Tracy.“Then I wrote the finalscript.”

Later, at the Fairfax Academy, the film crewtested camera lenses and lights, and the actorstook promotional photos. “It was very reassuring,

going from being alone in myroom on my computer to see-ing it become a reality,” saidTracy. “I’ve been directing andproducing films for five years.But it’s special to come back tomy hometown and share mypoint of view with everybodyand then take this film to do-mestic and international festi-vals.”

“Creatively, my goal for thisfilm is to show the softer, ma-ture side of high-school teens

and to demonstrate my skills as a writer, producerand director,” she said. “I also want to show how

By Bonnie Hobbs

Centre View

An intelligent, well-rounded young man,20-year-old NickFranca appears to

have a bright future ahead of him.The 2009 graduate of CentrevilleHigh has a warm, close-knit fam-ily, a steady girlfriend and a semes-ter of college under his belt.

He also has neuroblastoma – thesame, incurable childhood cancerthat 3-year-old Chantilly toddlerRachel D’Andrea is battling. Andjust like Rachel, he’s currently hos-pitalized in New York and receiv-ing treatment at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

The families of both Rachel andNick – as well asother local fami-lies in the samesituation – hopedoctors can gettheir children’scancers undercontrol enoughso they can re-ceive a course oftreatment with aparticular antibody that has thepotential to help them. But it’s ex-tremely expensive to produce, sothe families have joined togetherto raise the money they need.

Toward that end, they’re hold-ing the Band of Parents CharityGolf Tournament, Monday, Sept.20, at Bristow Manor Golf Club inBristow. Registration is at 11 a.m.,with the shotgun start at noon, fol-

lowed by dinner,awards and araffle. The cost is$150/player andincludes golf,cart and food.

Although theevent has so farreceived a goodresponse, spon-

sors and foursomes are still ur-gently needed. Band of Parents(www.bandofparents.org) is anonprofit, so all donations are tax-deductible.

Participants must sign up by Fri-day, Sept. 10. For sponsorship in-formation, plus registration formsfor the tournament, contact Am

Tourney CouldHelp Save LivesIt’ll raise money for RachelD’Andrea, Nick Franca and others.

Kelly Embley and NickFranca together in May.

“Nick shows usevery day just howmuch he wants tolive his life.”

— Caryn Franca, mother

Film Hits Festival CircuitLocal highschool graduatesapply theirtraining.

Wesley Tracy (foreground) views the film he just shotfor the movie, while film editor Jaron Lopez looks on.

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“Your career starts today,if you want it to, butyou’ve got to go out andget the opportunitiesand not wait for them tocome to you.”

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FRIENDLY AND outgoing, Nick was an active teenwho enjoyed golfing, himself, as well as fishing andwater skiing. But in August 2005, doctors discov-ered a malignant neuroblastoma on his spine. “Theaverage age of diagnosis for this is 2,” said his mom,Caryn. “So no one could imagine a 15 1/2-year-oldwould have it.”

Her son had no symptoms, at all, yet there it was,turning his world upside down. Suddenly, saidFranca, “This handsome, vigorous boy with a gentlenature was plunged into the nightmare of a lethal,childhood cancer.”

Nick, who’d never even had a serious illness, wasin Stage 4 cancer that had invaded his bones, bonemarrow and lymph nodes. His parents had learnedfrom friend Meg Crossett — whose daughter Racheldied of neuroblastoma in 2001 at age 6 — that themost advanced treatment for it is at Sloan-Kettering.

“So Nick and I lived in a Ronald McDonald Housein New York from August 2005 to May 2006 so hecould be treated there,” said Caryn Franca. “We gaveup everything to save his life, and he endured che-motherapy, radiation and another surgery.”

Once in remission, Nick participated in a clinicaltrial unique to Sloan Kettering, using a 3F8 mouseantibody to teach his body to fight any microscopicdisease left behind. Nick had 11 rounds of it, fromApril 2006 to May 2007, and it enabled him to staycancer-free for a year.

But his disease came back in May 2007, and Sloan’slead researcher, Dr. Nai-Kong Cheung, told parentsof neuroblastoma patients that, if the antibody couldinstead come from human sources, treatment withit might be more successful and could be made avail-able to more children. That way, explained Franca,doctors might be able to genetically alter this anti-body to match the DNA of Nick and other children.

The problem, she said, is that neuroblastoma isconsidered an “orphan” cancer, so it receives littlefunding. “There are fewer than 600 cases a year inthe U.S.,” said Franca. “But the Washington, D.C.,area seems to have a larger-than-normal diagnosisrate. Right now, there are over 30 children here inactive treatment.”

So when the parents asked what they could do,Cheung told them to try to raise money. About $3million is needed to get the improved antibody intoproduction.

“But we don’t have years to wait,” said Franca.“So about 60 families formed a group called Bandof Parents to raise the money.”

For awhile, Nick was able to keep his disease atbay and happily go on with his life. After high-schoolgraduation, he attended Lynchburg College for a se-mester, met his girlfriend Kelly Embley, of VirginiaRun – and then relapsed again.

Now, once more, he finds himself in a hospital farfrom home. His parents and Westfield High grad Kellyhave stayed by his side, and friends from Centrevilleand Clifton – where the Francas have lived for morethan 30 years – have traveled to New York to donatethe platelets and white blood cells that Nick needs.

He’s currently receiving chemotherapy – which alsotakes a toll on his body, and it’s been wrenching forhis loved ones to see him so ill. Kelly went home toRadford for a couple days to pack up her apartmentand, when she returned, Nick was in the throes of afever.

Last Monday, Aug. 9, Franca wrote in her son’sCaringBridge journal: “Kelly has had a rough few daysadjusting to seeing Nick so weak. This is hard for allof us, but to have found the love of your life andthen to watch him suffer so is just too much to takein, sometimes. When you go home and come back,the drastic contrast of the two worlds is just so hard.She is so young to be walking this unbelievable path,and yet she does, as hard as it is. Nick squeezes herhand and says, ‘You are my medicine.’”

Still, each new day brings a new battle and a newproblem or complication for him to overcome. YetNick does his best to stay positive and upbeat. Francadoes, too, although sometimes her frustration –coupled with a mother’s desperate yearning for herchild to get better – spills out.

ON SATURDAY, Aug. 14, she wrote, “I need Nick togain weight, get strong, get this damn cancer undercontrol. We need miracles!” But always aware thatothers are also waging this same fight, she added,“Many other warriors besides us are in need ofmiracles. New treatments are the only hope for manyof us.”

And that’s where the upcoming golf tournamentcomes in. Franca hopes it’ll yield $20,000 to $30,000toward the cause. “I am blown away by the peoplestepping up to sponsor that don’t even really knowNick,” she said. “Now we need the players to send intheir forms.”

“I can’t tell you where my head would be if I didn’tbelieve that the treatment Band of Parents is fundingis actually going to be available to Nick, as an op-tion, in the next six months,” continued Franca. “Fromhere to there is very tough, but so is Nick. He showsus every day just how much he wants to live his life.May everyone have Nick’s desire to fight just to havea life. Thanks to everyone for everything – it keepsus going.”

Golf Tourney Could Save Lives

From left areNick Franca,girlfriendKelly Embley,and Nick’sparentsCaryn andJim Franca,at a weddingin May.


Roundups

Registered Sex Offender ArrestedFairfax County police last week arrested a 59-year-old regis-

tered sex offender from Centreville after he allegedly exposedand touched himself in the toy section of Walmart in the FairLakes Shopping Center. Jerome A. Fleming of 6005 Rosebud Lane,in Centre Ridge was charged with making an obscene sexual dis-play and transported to the Adult Detention Center.

According to police, on Sunday, Aug. 8, around 8 p.m., a storeemployee reported observing a man watching children in the toyarea of the store. Police say the man would crouch down andwait until all adults left the area before allegedly committing theoffenses.

Detectives believe that there may be additional witnesses in thiscase and ask anyone with information to contact Crime solvers at1-866-411-TIPS/8477, e-mail at www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org ortext “TIP187” plus a message to CRIMES/274637 or call police at703-691-2131.

Recycle During Electric SundayResidents may recycle old TVs, computers, peripheral electronic

devices – such as keyboards, speakers, printers and scanners, aswell as household hazardous wastes – including fluorescent lightbulbs and tubes, for free, during Fairfax County’s “Electric Sun-day” events. For more information, call 703-324-5052. The nextone is slated for Sunday, Aug. 22, from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., at the I-66 Transfer Station, 4618 West Ox Road, Fairfax.

Reduced-Cost Rabies Clinic SundayThe Fairfax County Animal Shelter is taking its low-cost, ra-

bies-vaccination clinic on the road. It will be held this Sunday,Aug. 22, from 2-4 p.m., at the Sully District Governmental Cen-ter, 4900 Stonecroft Blvd. in Chantilly. Rabies shots will cost $12per dog, cat or ferret.

All pets will receive a one-year rabies vaccine. To obtain a three-year vaccine, citizens must bring their pet’s rabies certificate show-ing the animal’s current rabies vaccination and vaccination expi-ration date. Rabies certificates will be issued, but no tags.

All dogs should be on leashes and all cats and ferrets should bein carriers. Fairfax County 2010 dog licenses will be sold sepa-rately at the clinic and cost $10 per dog. Cash or checks only willbe accepted at the clinic; no credit cards.

The clinic is a partnership with the office of Supervisor MichaelR. Frey (R-Sully) and is being hosted by the animal shelter andDeepwood Veterinary Hospital. For more information about thisrabies clinic, call 703-830-1100.

School Backpacks Are NeededSo many local residents are hurting because of the economy

that they’re unable to provide school backpacks for their chil-dren. So Western Fairfax Christian Ministries (WFCM) is collect-ing backpacks for the elementary, middle and high schools inCentreville, Chantilly, Clifton, Fairfax Station and the 22033 areaof Fairfax – including Greenbriar, Fair Oaks and Fair Lakes.

Needed are large-size backpacks without wheels. Backpack do-nations should be dropped off on or before Wednesday, Aug. 25,at WFCM, 13981 Metrotech Drive in Chantilly. They’ll then bedelivered directly to the schools by Aug. 27. For more informa-tion, contact Ryan at [email protected].

Free Carseat InspectionsCertified technicians from the Sully District Police Station will

perform free, child safety carseat inspections Thursday, Aug. 26,from 5-8:30 p.m., at the station, 4900 Stonecroft Blvd. in Chantilly.No appointment is necessary. But residents should install the childsafety seats themselves so technicians may properly inspect andadjust them, as needed.

However, because of time constraints, only the first 35 vehiclesarriving on each date will be inspected. That way, inspectors mayhave enough time to properly instruct the caregiver on the properuse of the child seat. Call 703-814-7000, ext. 5140, to confirmdates and times.

‘It’s All Delicious’

Sales associate RachelTullia is ready to serve abowl of raspberrymascarpone, sour cherryand brownie sundae gelato,along with chocolate chip-walnut cookies and turtle,white chocolate, raspberrytruffle and almond-apricotmarzipan chocolates.

Thoroughly enjoying hercup of cookies-and-creamgelato is 9-year-old EvaBurghardt of Fairfax Corner.

Penny Chocolates & Gelatoscores big with customers.

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at 11877-B Grand Commons Ave.Phone: 703-815-9022. Hours:Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-9p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday, noon-9 p.m.

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By Bonnie Hobbs

Centre View

Penny Chocolates & Gelato is at the far end of the Fairfax Cor-ner shopping center but, as far as its customers are concerned,it’s a treat worth discovering.“We think it’s wonderful,” said Balmoral’s Richard Nathan,

who stopped by Saturday with his wife, Onalee. Enjoying a cup oforange-creamsicle and strawberries-and-cream gelato, he said, “Wecome here once every two weeks. The flavor and texture are just likeEuropean gelato, and it’s always like a party in here.”

“We love the gelato because of the intense flavors,” added Onalee.“My favorites are key lime pie, coffee chip, peanut butter fudge andraspberry mascarpone.”

Owner Cheryl Schneider began the business in Olney, Md., in 2005,relocating here last November because she wanted it to be in a loca-tion with bigger anchor restaurants and a movie theater.

“What brought me out here was Ozzie’s Corner Italian restaurant,”she said. Set to open in September, it’s diagonally across the streetfrom her shop and, said Schneider, “We’re going to provide their gelatoand develop a custom flavor just for them.”

Actually, she began her own business with just chocolates. “I was aninternational telecom lawyer for 18 years,” she said. “I did a lot oftraveling and it wasn’t fun, anymore. Then I got a gift certificate to alocal cooking class that led to my attending L’Academie de Cuisine cu-linary school in Gaithersburg. From there, I opened up Penny Choco-lates — named after my dog, Penny.”

Schneider created her own recipes and now has some 21 flavors ofchocolates. Her store also features homemade baked goods. She ini-tially made cookies for gelato sandwiches but, she said, “They’ve takenoff on their own. People love our chocolate chip, coconut pecan, oatmealraisin, peanut butter and sugar cookies, plus our French macaroonsand brownies.”

But the star of the show is the gelato, and Schneider learned how tomake authentic, Italian gelato in fall 2007 when she attended the Ital-ian Institute for Advanced Culinary and Pastry Arts in Calabria, Italy.“They taught you how to make gelato from scratch, not with a mix,and to come up with your own formula,” she said. “I didn’t want mys-tery ingredients, but all-natural ones with no fillers.”

“You have to know how to balance your formula to get the righttexture and mouth-feel of the gelato,” she said. “The formula is thepercentage of fat, sugar, nonfatmilk solids, other solids and wa-ter for the base.”

WHEN SCHNEIDER returnedhome, it took months and monthsof trial and error to develop justthe right formula. She had to de-cide, for example, what type ofmilk, cream, sugar, etc., shewanted in her gelato. Then, insummer 2008, she began sellinggelato in her store, starting with a handful of flavors — vanilla bean,stracciatella (chocolate chip), chocolate, hazelnut, pistachio, coffee chipand strawberry.

“New we have over 30 flavors, and counting,” she said. Besides theoriginal flavors, said Schneider, the most popular ones are cookies-and-cream, key lime pie, raspberry mascarpone, brownie sundae (choco-late gelato with chocolate sauce and homemade brownie bits), peanutbutter fudge swirl, chocolate hazelnut and French vanilla.

Usually 18 or so flavors are available, each day, including selectionssuch as White Russian (coffee gelato with a Kahlua and rum base),butter pecan, lemon vanilla chip and caramel pecan.

“Gelato is actually lowfat, with half the fat of ice cream,” saidSchneider. “It’s served at a lower temperature so you can taste theflavors more intensely; the cold doesn’t numb your tongue. Ice cream

“Our gelato is anartisan productthat’s truly unique.We don’t useflavoring mixes; wemake our ownflavorings from theactual ingredients.”

—Cheryl Schneider

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News

Virginia’s abrupt with-drawal of support for apopular “traffic calm-

ing” program in Fairfax Countyhas left at least 18 approvedprojects without funding, ac-cording to county transporta-tion staff.

The commonwealth haseliminated financial support forspeed humps, raised crosswalksand other measures that slowdown vehicles. The Fairfax su-pervisors characterized Fairfax’s“traffic calming” program asrelatively inexpensive, just$200,00 per year.

The county will use whatmoney it currently has availableto finish as many of the 21 traf-fic calming projects already inthe pipeline. But at least 18Fairfax traffic-calming projectsthat had already been approvedwould no longer have financialbacking.

The Virginia Department ofTransportation is havingtrouble giving Fairfax anymoney for new secondary roadprojects, including stop signs,traffic light installation androad widening, because of adrastic decline in statewidetransportation revenue.

Overall, the commonwealthallocated just under $2,000 toFairfax for all of its secondaryroad construction. Just a fewyears ago, Virginia gave Fairfaxabout $20 million to cover simi-lar types of projects, said Super-visor Jeff McKay (D-Lee.)

A secondary road is also notnecessarily a minor road. Someof Fairfax’s most heavily usedcorridors, such as BraddockRoad and the Fairfax CountyParkway, are technically sec-ondary roads in Virginia. Im-provements to those types ofstreets will have to by coveredby the $2,000 allocation.

“I think people gave up onroad expansion and capacityenhancement awhile ago butnow we are not even takingcare of what we have. This iswhy we can’t get crosswalkspainted,” said McKay of thetransportation funding situa-tion.

“The folks that work forVDOT are very skilled, verymotivated people but they justsimply do not have the re-sources to do what they needto do at this point,” said McKay.

Several supervisors have saidthey are reluctantly willing topick up the slack from the com-monwealth for funding rela-tively inexpensive transporta-tion items, such as the trafficcalming program.

But that could mean that in-dividual communities wouldhave to contribute funding di-rectly if they wanted speedhumps on their local streets.Some transportation officialsworry that this could lead to aninequitable situation, whereonly communities of meanswould be able to secure trafficcalming projects.

The following is a list of ap-proved and requested traffic-calming projects that no longerhave funding from Virginia:

❖ Brimstone Lane - Fairfax Station❖ Burgundy Road - Franconia❖ Center Road - West Springfield❖ Colts Brook Drive - Reston❖ Dallas Street - Chantilly❖ Elmwood Street - Chantilly❖ Griffith Road, Lisle Avenue,

Pimmit Drive - Falls Church❖ Highland Avenue - Falls Church❖ Holmes Run Road, Falls Church❖ Marbury Road - Oakton❖ Barkley Drive - Fairfax❖ Potomac View Boulevard - Lorton❖ Langley Farms - McLean❖ Misty Creek Lane - Fairfax❖ Olley Lane - Fairfax❖ Quincy Adams Drive and John

Milton Drive - Herndon

— Julia O’Donoghue

Traffic-CalmingProjects Halt

As part of a Chantilly DramaBoosters fundraiser, the school is offer-ing seats from the Chantilly High SchoolAuditorium. The seats are being sold in setsof two and are $100 a set. All donations aretax-deductible. E-mail Warren Reid at:[email protected]. Pay-ment for the chairs can be made at pick-upand checks should be made payable to theChantilly Drama Boosters.

Chantilly High School’s class of1990 is having a 20th-year reunion atHyatt Fair Lakes in Fairfax Sept. 25 from8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Contact: Elyse LeedsAcanda, [email protected] or visithttp://www.greatreunions.com

LEC, a Paris-based cultural ex-change program is seeking host families

in Northern Virginia for French studentsduring three weeks in August. The pro-gram, Loisirs Culturels A l’Etrangerpromotes international exchange bybringing people of different cultures to-gether. The American host family doesnot need to speak French to host a stu-dent. The only thing requested of thefamily is to provide room and board,friendship and understanding. The stu-dents bring their own spending money,and are covered by their own insuranceprogram. The French students are be-tween the ages of 13 and 19 and all haveat least two years of English studies inschool. Families interested in participat-ing in a three-week homestay in July orAugust are invited to visit the web site athttp://www.lec-usa.com. Contact LouiseLamy at 703-392-6234.

School Notes

By Bonnie Hobbs

Centre View

Mary Miller,B r o o k f i e l dElementary’snew principal,

always knew she wanted to bea teacher. Said Miller: “Mythird-grade teacher gave meextra worksheets, and I playedteacher with my stuffed ani-mals.”

She’s come a long way sincethen, but still remains in edu-cation. She grew up in theShenandoah Valley, obtainedher bachelor’s in elementaryeducation from Elon College inNorth Carolina and then re-ceived her master’s in curricu-lum and instruction from GMU.

Miller’s worked in FairfaxCounty Public Schools for 22years. She’s better known asMary Lambert, since she justgot married last year.

She was a classroom andreading-recovery teacher for 15years at Centre Ridge Elemen-tary, from 1990-2005. Progress-ing to administration, she thenserved as assistant principal atColin Powell Elementary from2005-09 and spent the lastschool year in that same position at Providence El-ementary.

ALONG THE WAY, her principals were her men-tors and she’s grateful for everything they taught her.She’s also appreciative of the support Centre RidgePrincipal Joyce Dantzler gave her while she did heradministrative internship there. But during her firstdecade at that school, Miller was a teacher.

“I opened Centre Ridge with Joanne Ibbotson, andshe was a role model for me as a principal and aperson,” said Miller. “Her passing [last year] was verydifficult because she used to be principal at Brookfieldin the 1980s, and I wasn’t able to tell her I got thisjob.”

From both Ibbotson and her principal at ColinPowell, Brian Hull, Miller learned to make every de-cision in the students’ best interests. So at Brookfield,she said, “I’ll seek resources from everyone I can tohelp students reach their full potential. I also learnedfrom them the importance of family and will relaythat to the staff here and to our school community.”

Miller also credits Jesse Kraft, her principal atProvidence, with contributing to her education asan administrator. “He was a first-year principal, so itwas great for me to observe and learn from him,”she said. “He was named Fairfax County’s First-YearPrincipal of the Year, and Brian was named Principalof the Year when I was his AP, so how fortunate am Ito be working with these role models and leaders.”

MILLER APPLIED for the job at Brookfield lastspring and had lots of support from her family, friendsand FCPS colleagues, whom she calls her FCPS

friends. “I was excited about Brookfield because I’dheard so much about it from Joanne and Brian andother people who’ve worked here,” she said. “Theytold me what a great school it is, and I knew I wanted

that sense of community anda place where everyoneworks so hard to meet theneeds of the students.”

When Miller found out inMay that she’d be Brookfield’snew leader, she was ecstatic.“I felt proud and honored be-cause I knew I could use mytalents at a different school tohelp more kids,” she said. “It’sexciting to build relationshipsin a new school. I’ve been inschools with high diversity, soI want to celebrate it here,too. Brookfield’s a greatschool, but we can make iteven better.”

Enrollment is holdingsteady at 790 students, al-though the school added asixth kindergarten class forthe upcoming school year.There’s also a new instruc-tional coach, and former

Union Mill Elementary AssistantPrincipal Jennifer Drummond isnow Brookfield’s second AP,along with VaRonica Clemons.

Miller said her reception therehas been “amazing. The parentsand students have really wel-comed me. I went to a meet-and-greet, a kindergarten orien-tation and a family fun night atBaja Fresh. I also invited stu-

dents and parents for Popsicles and a book — both atschool and at the Brookfield [community] pool.”

She also spent three days with the staff in Juneand was impressed with what she observed. “They’resuch hard workers,” said Miller. “Some have beenhere for a long time, some drive long distances andthey all work long hours — and that shows their dedi-cation and love of the school.” As for the students,she said, “They come here with big smiles on theirfaces and are so excited to be here, and I’m excitedto meet them.”

REGARDING HER PHILOSOPHY of leadership,Miller believes in having a work ethic “above andbeyond whatever it takes. I believe, if we all worktogether and have high standards for all, great thingscan happen.”

Although it’ll take her awhile to get to know allthe students, she’s confident that will happen in time.She also plans to continue the Professional LearningCommunity already at Brookfield, enabling the teach-ers to have time to collaborate, examine and evalu-ate student data and focus on the best practices toclose the achievement gap.

With more than two decades’ experience in edu-cation behind her, Miller says it feels wonderful tobe at the helm of a school and she can hardly waitfor the first day. “I’m looking forward to coming inand greeting the students and staff every day, meet-ing the parents and making sure everyone feels safeand has a sense of belonging,” she said. “I’m readyfor Sept. 7 to come. You do all this hard work in Julyand August and, when you see the kids show up, allthat hard work is worthwhile.”

Miller Is New Brookfield PrincipalValues elementary school’ssense of community.

Mary Miller is the new principalof Brookfield Elementary School.

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“If we all work togetherand have highstandards for all, greatthings can happen.”

— Mary Miller, principal,Brookfield Elementary


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Fairfax County PublicSchools was the onlyschool district in North-ern Virginia and one of

only a handful in the entire com-monwealth to meet the testingstandards laid out by the No ChildLeft Behind Law this year.

In general, the Fairfax exceededothers in Virginia when it came tostandardized tests in 2010, accord-ing to the scores released by theVirginia Department of EducationAug. 12.

Ninety-three percent of Fairfax’sstudent population passed theEnglish exam compared to 89 per-cent of students in the common-wealth as a whole. And 92 percentof Fairfax students passed themathematics test compared to 88percent of Virginia students over-all.

Smaller subgroups of studentsfrom Fairfax schools also per-formed better than those in Vir-ginia in general. Black, white andpoor students from Fairfax passedthe English and math exams ingreater numbers than their peersacross the commonwealth.

A larger percentage of studentswith disabilities and students withlimited English skills also scored

proficient on the standardizedtests when compared with Virginiastudents on average.

But one section of Fairfax stu-dents, those who are Hispanic, didnot outperform their peers in otherparts of Virginia.

Eighty-six percent of Hispanicstudents in Fairfax passed the En-glish exam, just barely beating outthe 85 percent of Hispanic stu-dents who passed the test in Vir-ginia overall.

Local Hispanic students per-formed about the same on themathematics exam as others in thecommonwealth, with about 82percent of students passing inFairfax and across Virginia.

The percentage of Hispanic stu-dents who graduate from a Fairfaxhigh school in four years was 57percent, lower than thecommonwealth’s average of 60percent for Hispanic students.

Fairfax’s graduation rate for allother subgroups of students —those who are white, black, poor,have a disability or limited English— is higher than Virginia’s aver-age, according to the report issuedby the Virginia Department of Edu-cation.

According to the educationdepartment’s report, Hispanic stu-dents also made up nearly half ofall the students who dropped outof the Fairfax County PublicSchools during the 2008-09 schoolyear, though Hispanic studentsmake up just 16 percent ofFairfax’s high school population.


Fairfax SchoolsBeat State NarrowlyBut percentage ofHispanic studentswho graduatefall belowstate average.

Air Force Airman Christo-pher A. Watts graduated frombasic military training at LacklandAir Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.He is the son of William Watts ofHancock Court, Centreville, andnephew of David Randall of BrodickCourt, Wilmington, N.C. Watts is a2006 graduate of E.A. Laney HighSchool, Wilmington.

Army National Guard Pfc.Fahed Ahmed has graduated frombasic combat training at Fort Jack-son, Columbia, S.C. Ahmed is the sonof Nighat Iqbal and Sheikh Ahmed ofPaoli Court, Chantilly.

Marine Corps Cpl. Ngan S.Nguyen, a 2003 graduate of Moun-tain View High School, Centreville,recently graduated from the CombatEngineer Officer Course at CampLejeune, N. C. Nguyen joined theMarine Corps in December 2007.

Marine Corps Pfc. Dawson K.Drake, a 2009 graduate of Moun-tain View High School, Centreville,recently graduated from the BasicWater Support Technician Coursewhile assigned as a student at Ma-rine Corps Engineer School, CampLejeune, N.C. Drake joined the Ma-rine Corps in October 2009.

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Chantilly Teacher Makes a Splash in Summer Workshop

Showing two types of juvenile, coastal sharks theycaught in a net are (from left): Brooke Vallaster, educa-tion coordinator, Sapelo Island National Estuarine Re-search Reserve; Susan Gerbasi, Chantilly High oceanog-raphy teacher; and Georgia Graves, workshop instructor,Sapelo Island NEER.

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By Bonnie Hobbs

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Chantilly High ocean-ography teacher Su-san Gerbasi got tomake a splash this

summer in a way that was bothfun and educational. She was oneof 13 instructors – the only onefrom Virginia – participating in afour-day, coastalecology workshop onGeorgia’s Sapelo Is-land.

It was offered bythe Sapelo IslandNational EstuarineResearch Reserve(SINEER) as part ofits teacher-trainingseries. Topics and ac-tivities includedbeach, dune andlow-tide ecology;tides and sea-levelrise; and late-night turtle walks.

Gerbasi, who’s taught science at

Chantilly for 15 years, has alsotaught oceanography there, as ahigher-elective science course, forfive years. She’d never been toSapelo Island before and wasthrilled with the opportunity tovisit and expand her knowledge.

“I’m a scuba diver and have beento reefs, but I wanted to do some-thing different,” she said. “And thiswas a coastal ecology course con-

centrating on study-ing the ecology of anentire barrier island.It’s also a placewhere sea turtlesnest, so that at-tracted me, too. InJune, they come inand lay their nests;and one night, I gotto see a female, log-gerhead turtle dothat, and it waspretty awesome.”

ALTHOUGH FEW PEOPLE liveon that island, Gerbasi was able

to meet and talk with some whowere raised there. “It was interest-ing to hear about the island’s his-tory and what it was like growingup there,” she said. “And the

instructor, Georgia Graves, was

a true naturalist who knew every-thing about the island. She alsoconsults for the University of Geor-gia and does teacher workshops.”

Gerbasi was curious to see whatcurrent research was going on in

marine biology and ecology. Be-sides that, she said, “I wanted toget out into the field, myself, learnmore and see things firsthand. Ialso wanted to see if the oil spillin the Gulf had any effect on theAtlantic side. It hadn’t, but manyanimals that have migrated therefrom the Gulf – turtles and birds –turned up dead, so they’re defi-nitely being impacted.”

She and the others explored andinvestigated the island’s coastalsystems and identified its marinelife. Researchers working at theUniversity of Georgia Marine In-stitute on the island discussedtheir projects with the teachers,who also learned about fisheriesmanagement and conservation.Gerbasi and her fellow teacherseven got to take a trip on a re

“Seeing thesea turtle wasa highlight forme.”

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By Deidre Schrader

As with any organization,The Boy Scouts ofAmerica have rules andguidelines to adhere to.

When Nathaniel Schrader ofChantilly joined local Boy Scouttroop 30 sponsored by TheCenterville Presbyterian Church —the leadership was hesitant. Theyweren’t sure how a boy with cere-bral palsy would be able to fit inor even progress within ranks withall his limitations. The leadershipoffered information on anothertroop in the area that servicedmobility impaired scouts butNathaniel wanted to stay with hisCub Scout friends, all whom chosethis particular troop.

The first new scout campout wason a boat. A boat with very steepladders. Scouts quickly scampered down theladders and were off and playing a game.Nate with his equipment on his back arrivedat the ladder, and quickly stopped abruptlyin his tracks. After all, a steep one-personenclosed ladder and a physical impairmentnever go together well.

The scoutmaster stopped as well — andso did the many scouts waiting so impa-tiently behind him. Everyone silently waitedto see what Nate would do next, everyonelooked toward his dad for help — after allhe knew Nate the longest- What should wedo? In the time it took adults to figure howthey were going to get Nate down this tinyone-person steep ladder, Nate threw hisbackpack down ahead of him, turned him-self around and took one hesitant carefulstep at a time. That was the minute wheneveryone in the troop knew Nate was notgoing to be stopped. Sure, he was extremelyslow, sure he was scared and, surely, theleaders were standing there in awe of this10-year-old boy figuring out a way to keepup with his peers before they could.

KEEPING UP with his peers became a chal-lenge for Nate as he worked tirelesslythrough each requirement. He needed to

learn to put up a tent with one hand, dothe knots and lashings required and keepup with the hikes and challenges of thetroop.

On long campouts, simple modificationsand safety drops needed to be put in placein the event Nate’s legs could not continuedue to his hemiplegia needs or a safety is-sue arose. Truly though, Nate never usedthem. His scoutmaster, Ron Campbell, oncesaid, “Nate is the only scout who doesn’tcomplain on the long hikes during acampout and of all scouts he would havethe right to complain.” Nate was never thefastest, never the quickest, never the firstto arrive on a scene but he always reachedthe goal.

Campouts weren’t the only places Nateneeded to persevere. Summer scout camppresented the most challenges. Many of theskills and activities offered were set by strictrules and safety guidelines and camp coun-selors who were trained to adhere to thoserules no matter the circumstances — mak-ing modifications for Nate to participatewith the use of one hand difficult at best.For future campouts, leadership learned toinvestigate activities for Nate before regis-tering the troop for a particular camp.

MERIT BADGES also presented somechallenges. Some merit badges are choicedriven but some are “Eagle Required” whichmeans, if you want to earn the rank of Eagle,you must complete them. One in particularwas a high hurdle. The Eagle Requiredbadge was a choice between swimming,hiking or biking. Not a bit of a biker, andnot a long distance styled swimmer, Natechose to work through the hiking meritbadge. Hiking was the last badge he neededto earn Eagle. The summer of 2009, hikingwas going to be the goal. Nothing else mat-tered to Nate besides earning that Hikingbadge.

Hiking with legs of different lengths is noteasy. He knew he needed to manage hisspecial needs and the requirements of thebadge so he called on one of his physicaltherapists, Connie Johnson. Having thetherapy background, Connie helped Natekeep not only usual safety goals in mindfor the hikes but his personal needs as well.Muscle spasms being the main concern ofover use. With all these in mind, Nate hiked,and hiked and hiked. His new shoes wereon and he was off. Soon though, his musclesgot sore, his nose and cheeks sunburned,he was tired but he somehow he continued

to hike.First it was a walk around the

neighborhood, then a trail to his lo-cal high school. He slowly built him-self up to a 5-mile hike, then another.A ten-miler around a battlefield. Hebrought family members, he broughtfriends and some hikes it was his dogBenny that accompanied him. Thesoles of his brand new shoes weresoon dusty, dirty and worn out. Byeven the mere looks, the shoes weresaying “I give up!” but Nate didn’t.He bought a new pair of shoes, re-tired the old and moved on for a newhike. Soon the approval of the badgehe so vigorously sought was earned.

AFTER MANY YEARS of travelingwith the troop, attending summercamp, working through the ranks ofscouts. Nate had one last hurdle. TheEagle service project to the commu-

nity. He chose to build picnic tables andbenches for his local community pool asso-ciation. Raising the funds needed, planningthe blue prints, getting supplies and thenmanaging the project day, Nate knew forthis hurdle he needed a force of many. Hecalled on his friends, neighbors and familymembers. Old tables were destroyed andremoved, new tables and benches werebuilt. When the project was finished, Natewrote the report required, received the ap-proval signatures and scheduled the EagleBoard of Review.

After all the challenges he faced, hethought a sit-down time of answering ques-tions of Scouting officials may be one of thesmallest hurdles he faced in his scouting ca-reer. After all, he prepared by studying hisbook, doing practice questions with his par-ents and even talking to Eagle scouts forwhat to expect. He was prepared, all thetrue challenges were accomplished andchecked off in his Scout handbook.

The morning of his Board of Reviewwhich took months to schedule, a very un-expected challenge popped up. A fever of102. Anyone with cerebral palsy is at a risk

Scouting with a DisabilityPerspective

Those who worked on Nathaniel Schrader’s Eagle Project day.

A story of inspiration, goalsand a very worn pair of shoes.

See Eagle, Page 18


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In September, the International Press In-stitute will celebrate its 60th anniversaryin Vienna, Austria, by adding 10 journal-

ists to its list of World Press Freedom Heroes,bringing the total to 60.

The International Press Institute is a globalnetwork of editors, media executives and jour-nalists dedicated to freedom of the press, theprotection of freedom of opinion and expres-sion, the promotion of the free flow of newsand information, and the improvement of thepractices of journalism.

Why does it matter? Halfway through 2010,at least 45 journalists, 10 of them in Mexico,have been killed around the world to silencethem. 109 were killed in 2009. Both organizedcriminals (like drug cartels in Mexico) andgovernment authorities who do not want tosee their activities exposed go to extremelengths to suppress information.

Why is it local? Of the 50 World Press Free-dom Heroes named 10 years ago — and whowill be honored again in Vienna next month— one is Kemal Kurspahic, managing editorand community editor for the Vienna, McLean,Great Falls, Reston and Oak Hill/Herndon Con-nections — sister papers to the Centre View.

According to the World Press Freedomaward:

In December 1988, Kurspahic was namededitor-in-chief of Oslobodjenje, Sarajevo’s70,000 circulation daily newspaper, the firstelected by the paper’s staff. Until then, theCommunist Party had controlled all editorialappointments.

Then after the communists were ousted and

World Press Freedom HeroesKemal Kurspahic, Connection editor, one of theoriginal 50 press freedom heroes of the world.

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Kurspahic

Bosnia’s first democratic elections held, one ofKurspahic’s first battles was to maintain hispaper’s newly acquired editorial independenceagainst a coalition of nationalist parties,through a constitutional court case in 1991.

During the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina,despite snipers’ bullets, constant shelling, andnewsprint shortages, the paper’s multi-ethnicstaff of Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats — guidedby Kurspahic — worked day and night in anuclear bomb shelter to put out a daily issueof the paper, providing one of the city’s only

sources of information. Thepaper’s modern high-rise build-ing was reduced to rubble bythe shelling, and yet the paperwas produced every day.

Oslobodjenje was a symbol of coexistence andthe struggle against intolerance and “ethniccleansing.”

Between 1992 and 1995, more than 10,500people were killed in the Sarajevo area. Fiveemployees were killed and more than 20wounded. Kurspahic himself was injured in acar crash in 1992 while eluding sniper fire.Throughout this period, Kurspahic and his staffnever missed a day of publication, despiteshortages of electricity, fuel, paper and ink.

Kurspahic was a Nieman Fellow at HarvardUniversity; Clark Fellow at Cornell University;and a Senior Fellow at the US Institute of Peaceand worked for five years for the United Na-tions Office on Drugs and Crime, first as thespokesman in Vienna (2001-2004) and thenas the Caribbean regional representative, re-sponsible for 29 states and territories.

Kurspahic served asthe managing editorof The ConnectionNewspapers from1997-2001, returningin the spring of 2007after his time withUnited Nations.Kurspahic has ex-celled at communityjournalism in North-ern Virginia, winningmany awards here,teaching editors and

reporters by example, and serving the commu-nity by continuously increasing the number oflocal voices in the papers he edits.

He is the author of four books, including“Prime Time Crime: Balkan Media in War andPeace” (US Institute of Peace Press, 2003) and“As Long as Sarajevo Exists” (Pamphleteer’sPress, 1997).

Sometimes in the last two years during therecession, it has taken what feels like heroicefforts to continue to publish independentlyowned, hyper-local newspapers that have tooperate on current revenues. But the biggestphysical threat to reporters here is probablythe automobile accident. As for intimidation,it is garden variety, officials who threaten towithhold information when they don’t likewhat we write.

Here at the Connection, we have KemalKurspahic to remind us about true heroic ef-forts of journalism.

— Mary Kimm

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Sources: www.freemedia.at/awards/kemal-kurspahic, www.mediaindemocracy.org

Whom Do TheyRepresent?To the Editor:

I am writing in response to the recent lettersubmitted by school board members Mr. Gibsonand Ms. Wilson (July 29, 2010) . I was trulyappalled reading such pontificating by electedofficials. Clearly it is a sad commentary on ourcurrent political scene that our “representa-tives” have forgotten the definition of “repre-sentative.” I would like to address several partsof their treatise.

First, they mention they were elected tomake the best decisions for our children andnot to listen to the people who elected them. Ielect representatives to represent me and thebest interests of my community. Not because Ithink they know better or are smarter than Iam. Those people are appointed, not elected.

Mr. Gibson and Ms. Wilson talk about listen-ing to the silence. Listening to the silence isthe same as ignoring the opinion of everyoneelse. Don’t pretend you were listening to any-one, you weren’t.

Mr. Gibson and Ms. Wilson talk about thepersonal attacks school board members in-

curred. I am not gong to defend these attacksbut let me tell you a little bit about motiva-tion. Ms. Bradsher is a school board memberwho I personally liked. Members of the com-munity told me she lied to them and changedstories every time they talked to her. I did notbelieve them.

I asked her about what she needed to hearto change her opinion on closing Clifton El-ementary. She told me she needed to hear frommembers of the community who did not havechildren there and ways to bring down the costper pupil for the renovation. We provided bothof these at the public forums and she not onlywas not swayed by them but ignored them,like they were never important anyway.

Then at the final vote she told the audience“Don’t worry your children will be OK: but itsounded more like “Don’t worry little countrybumpkins, we city folk know what’s best.” Is itany wonder some people got a little angry?

This board has no humility and no respectfor the people they represent. This letter plainlyshowed that. It was embarrassing for me toeven read. For a public servant to lash out atthe people they represent in such a callous fash-ion. I urge every voter in Fairfax County to takeback these appointed “representatives” and

elect anyone running against them. They bragabout the great level of academics they arebringing to our county and that achievementis all that matters. Well Japan has a similarstandard and it is no surprise it also has one ofthe world’s highest suicide rates. I have fourcollege degrees. I certainly understand aca-demic excellence. I wish the members of thisboard did. I am not convinced they have a cluein what really motivates kids to be good stu-dents.

Sense of community, belonging, traditions,clearly outdated in this group’s mind. Mr.Gibson and Ms. Wilson, your board made aclearly arbitrary and capricious decision in clos-ing Clifton without an alternative schoolplanned. You never listened to one word inthose public forums and never responded to asingle argument presented at them.

Lastly, Mr. Gibson and Ms. Wilson mentionthey were so brave to stand up to the rich andpowerful by closing Clifton. Well folks, the richand powerful do not go to Clifton Elementary,they go to Nysmith. You want to stand up tothem try closing that school.

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DifficultDecisionTo the Editor:

I have watched the debate andprocess that the citizens of Cliftonand the Fairfax County SchoolBoard have gone through withgreat interest regarding the clos-ing of Clifton Elementary School.From what I observed and under-stand the School Board weighedthe decision very carefully and so-berly and unfortunately for theClifton Community they decided toclose the elementary school. As aretired educator in Fairfax Countywith 32 years experience, I haveseen other controversial issues, likethe combining of Fort Hunt HighSchool and Groveton High Schoolto create West Potomac HighSchool and numerous boundarychanges across the county over theyears. I appreciate the value ofneighborhood school, and I knowchange is always difficult but itdoesn’t make sound economicsense, especially in today’seconomy to keep Clifton Elemen-tary open. I applaud the SchoolBoard for making this extremelydifficult but necessary decision.

From what I have read in localpapers and on Web sites, there have

been some very derogatory thingssaid about certain members of theschool board that I find inappropri-ate. We teach our students lessonson appropriate behavior towardone another, and as adults I thinkwe could all take a lesson from that.

James HensleyFairfax

A PublicDisgraceTo the Editor:

As a former spokesman forExxonMobil, it pains me to publiclystate that the way BP is handling thetragic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico— while far from perfect — repre-sents an absolute model of accep-tance of responsibility, a timely com-mitment to “making it right” andtaking steps to make sure the inci-dent isn’t repeated, compared to thedeplorable manner Fairfax CountyPublic Schools continues to misman-age the resolution of its issues withformer Centre Ridge ElementarySchool teacher Sean Lanigan.

To summarize, Lanigan wasfalsely accused of sexual misconductby a vengeful young student on Jan.12. Between FCPS, Child ProtectiveServices, Fairfax County Police De-

partment and the CommonwealthAttorney’s Office, Lanigan wentfrom a respectable teacher and up-standing citizen to penniless, out-of-work Adult Correction Centerinmate No. 2020917 in a speedynine days. Posting his photo, name,home address and age on theInternet associated with morallyreprehensible charges against a fe-male child assures Lanigan of an in-escapable and infamous history thatwill last longer than he does.

So what did FCPS do sinceLanigan’s May 27 exoneration incourt to help him begin to restorehis Internet-sullied reputation andgive his family a more normal life?Without so much as a statementof regret or apology for the hellthey put Lanigan and his familythrough for the past seven months,including an inexcusable 10 weekssince his not guilty findings, hewas recently reassigned from theschool where he was falsely ac-cused to one 10 miles away.

BP is responsible to its share-holders. FCPS is acting like they’reresponsible to no one. What all theinvolved county agencies havecombined to do to Lanigan is apublic disgrace.

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Profile in Real Estate – Rich TriplettHistorians know the Triplett Family connection to local Real Estate dates back to English

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Born in Alexandria, the youngest of five children, Rich Triplett grew up in Wessynton, aMount Vernon community, and has lived in Northern Virginia for much of his life. Presently,Rich and his wife Tammy reside in Little Rocky Run where Rich volunteers as President of theHome Owners Association. They have also enjoyed owning prior homes in Poplar Tree Estatesand Sully Station.

Rich earned his Engineering Degree with honors at the University of California and workedas a Systems Engineer and Program Manager for fortune 500 companies, including SAIC, SunMicrosystems, and the Boeing Company. His employment included appointments and assign-ments in San Diego, CA, Maui, HI, and McLean, VA. With a strong community-minded senseof responsibility, Rich was elected to one of the largest public School Boards in SouthernCalifornia. The Educational System remains a priority for Rich today; he has been an active

volunteer proctor for scholastic testing at Centreville High School for the past three years. Healso served as liaison to the Economic Development Board while living in Hawaii. Upon retiringfrom a successful career in technology, Rich elected to pursue his passion - Real Estate - fulltime.

Both of Rich’s parents were active Realtors® (as were his in-laws). Having grown up in whatwas basically a real estate centered family he has decades of familiarity with real estate marketsand trends. His experience and training includes Real Estate Practice, Economics, Financing,Property Management, Legal Aspects, Real Estate Appraisal, Real Estate Investments, Exchanges,Taxation, and Creative Financing. He also has a proven track record of successful distressed salestransactions. As a licensed professional, he is a member of the National Association of Realtors®,the Virginia Association of Realtors® and the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors®, wherehe volunteers on the Government Affairs committee. He has worked with elected officials toenact positive change for home owners under the Virginia Property Owners Act.

With historical community ties to Virginia, a successful career in technology, and a provencivic-minded attitude, Rich has parlayed his knowledge and background into a successful realestate career, becoming a leading agent at Samson Properties where he has attained the highestsuccess rate for Short Sale transactions. He has truly earned respect in the real estate industryand is often times called upon by fellow Realtors® to consult or assist with their transactions.Client feedback indicates overwhelming appreciation of his knowledge and service. In today’sever-evolving real estate market, Rich Triplett may well be TheRealtor4You.

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Stunning 4 bedroom, 2.5bath single family home.Updated Kitchen w/newgranite, island &Hardwood flooring.Family room w/elegantgas Fireplace. FormalLiving room and diningroom w/crown mouldingand decorative columns.Main level MBR suite & Laundry/Mud Room. .36 Acre lot backs to trees.Screened-in porch and large deck. Unfinished basement w/rough-in isready for your inspiration! Great Neighborhood! Pride of ownershipshows through-out.

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Clifton- Beautiful Home in Clifton Feels Like anItalian Countryside Villa

Located on five pristine acres in Clifton, this home has over 4,000 square feet of living space and is reminiscent ofan Italian countryside villa that makes you feel many miles away from the hustle and bustle of Northern Virginia.Greeted by an elegant marbled floor foyer, the main level has most of the rooms necessary for everyday livingincluding 2 bedrooms plus a master suite. The very spacious living room features an abundance of picture win-dows, warm hardwood floors, and an elegant wood burning fireplace. Double doors usher you into the diningroom where there is plenty of space for formal occasions.The huge, extraordinary gourmet kitchen features granite countertops, expansive cabinetry, large breakfast bar,top-of-the-line stainless steel appliances, sitting area with brick fireplace, and a sun-drenched breakfast nook.French doors lead you to one of the biggest highlights of the home – a spectacular portico spanning the entirewidth of the house and overlooking pastoral scenery. The upper level encompasses an exquisite 2nd master suitecomplete with skylights, built-in bookshelves, separate sitting room, luxurious bath, and a covered balcony.A circular staircase leads to a beautiful finished lower level accented by brand new Brazilianhardwood floors and boasting a big family room with a raised hearth brick fireplace, a full wet bar, a billiardsroom, full guest quarters, and storage space. This private oasis is only minutes from major commuter routes, shop-ping, and top schools. If you’re looking for an exceptional property built with grand style, beautiful design, andultimate quality then you have found it.

For more information contact: Carol Hermandorfer, Long and Foster Realtors at [email protected] or www.hermandorfer.com.

Priced at $1,195,000

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This charming, spacioushome is well situated onover a half acre, beautifullylandscaped, corner lot oncul de sac street. Filledwith natural light! Huge, fenced, private backyard. Rear deck & custombuilt gazebo Brick front. New Bruce hardwood floors throughout most ofmain level. Dramatic 2-story foyer. Formal living room and formal diningroom with bay window. The bright & spacious family room features avaulted ceiling, skylights and a brick hearth, wood-burning fireplace.Spacious, sunny kitchen features stainless steel appliances, a breakfastnook and plenty of cabinet space. Brand new neutral carpet on stairs andentire upper level. Fresh neutral paint. 4 Upper level bedrooms includingthe master suite with vaulted ceiling and full, private bathroom with dou-ble bowl vanity, separate shower & Jacuzzi soak tub. New windowsthroughout! Beautiful, established neighborhood. No HOAFor more information contact Spencer Marker: 703-830-6123:

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Centreville14614 ALGRETUS DR .............. $399,900 ........ Sun 1-4................Jane Dene ....................... ERA...........................703-742-69006854 MUSKETT WAY................$485,000 ........ Sun 12-3..............Sally Zatkoff ....................Weichert....................703-753-38285602 FLAGLER DR...................$500,000 ........ Sun 12-3..............Debbie Earman................ Long & Foster............703-938-42006452 GRISTMILL SQUARE LN ..$599,000 ........ Sun 12-4..............Sonia Hanifi.....................Fairfax Realty, Inc. .....703-272-10005132 Pleasant Forest Drive, .....$1,198,000 ..... Sat 1-4 ................ Denene Crabbs ................Century 21 ............... 202-487-4949

Chantilly27577 Equine Court ................. TBD ................ Sun 1-4................John McCambridge..........Samson Properties .... 703-906-706713475 POINT PLEASANT DR .... $679,900 ........ Sun 1-4................Mona Hope......................ZipRealty, Inc. ........... 800-225-5947

Clifton5589 Rockpointe Dr ................. $649,000 ........ Sun 1-4................Ron Fowler......................Weichert....................703-691-055512610 Knollbrook Dr. ............... $1,195,000 ..... Sun 1-4................Carol Hermandorfer .........Long & Foster............703-216-4949

Fairfax4330D CANNON RIDGE CT #24 ... $319,900 ........ Sun 1-4................Ron Layton......................RE/MAX.....................703-421-14335403 CHESHIRE MEADOWS WAY...$350,000 ........ Sun 1-4................Julia Johnson..................Green Valley Realty LLC...703-407-716012106 Wedgeway Place...........$ 369,000 ....... Sun 1-4................Stacy Siu.........................Samson Properties .... 571-277-36303032 Braxton Wood Court ........$395,000 ........ Sun 1-4................Olga Aste ........................ Century 21 ............... 703-624-41994217 Lamare Drive................... $439,500 ..... Sun 1-4................Ingrid Barrett ..................ERA...........................571-216-231310223 PROVINCETOWN CT ...... $450,000 ........ Sun 1-4................Tony Traish......................Weichert....................703-941-01004672 LUXBERRY DR ................ $475,000 ........ Sun 1-4................Mary Hovland..................Long & Foster............703-425-800010725 Norman Av .................... $480,000 ........ Sun 1-4................Ron Fowler......................Weichert....................703-691-05553775 Center Way ..................... $789,000 ........ Sun 1-4................Charlie Snyder ................Century 21 ............... 703-346-81133775 Center Way ..................... $789,000 ........ Sat 1-4 ................ Young Yim .....................Century 21 ................ 571-215-941712754 MISTY CREEK LN .......... $939,000 ........ Sun 1-4................Kim Kaufhold...................Weichert....................703-850-48904636 VILLAGE DR....................$998,000 ........ Sun 1-4................Lisa Moffett.....................Coldwell Banker.........703-938-5600

Fairfax Station7912 Willfield Ct. ..................... $699,900 ........ Sun 1-4................Connie Maternick.............Jobin.........................703-969-04266812 Old Stone Fence Rd. ........$824,900 ........ Sun 1-4................Matt Quinn ...................... Quinn’s Realty & Est. Serv. ..703-532-563211506 Yates Ford Rd................$995,000 ........ Sun 1-4................Ann Grainger...................Long & Foster............703-503-1870

Lorton8166 Gilroy Dr. ........................ $499,999 ........ Sun 1-4................Dane Work ...................... RE/MAX.....................703-869-45679023 Jameson St. ....................$644,900 ........ Sun 1-4................Ashley O’Brien.................RE/MAX.....................571-332-1816

Burke5704 Lakeside Oak La. ............. $375,000 ........ Sat/Sun 1-4..........Dominique Zarow ............ Long & Foster............703-626-63159515 Millgate Pl.......................$459,950 ........ Sun 1-4................Kathleen Quintarelli ......... Weichert....................703-862-88086617 Degen Dr.........................$649,990 ........ Sun 1-4................Grace Kim ....................... Prime Realty & Inv.....703-340-0464

Springfield6299 Levi Court ....................... $449,950 ........ Sun 1-4................Tom & Cindy and Associates ... Long & Foster............703-822-02076406 Gregory Ct. ..................... $549,950 ........ Sun 1-4................Kathleen Quintarelli ......... Weichert....................703-862-8808

Kingstowne/Alexandria5915 Norham Drive..................$529,950 ........ Sun 1-4................Tom & Cindy and Associates ... Long & Foster............703-822-02075619 Tower Hill Circle .............. $739,500 ........ Sun1-4.................Kim McClary....................Long & Foster............703-929-8425

Annandale4829 Kingston Dr. ....................$539,000 ........ Sun 1-4................Charlie Mayhew...............Weichert....................703-864-60028313 Guinevere Dr. .................. $570,000 ........ Sun 1-4................Tim Markwood ................ Long & Foster............301-466-31494706 Oak Forest Dr. ................. $779,900 ........ Sat 10-2/Sun 12-3...Christine Oberhelman ...... Weichert....................703-216-30057514 Woodpalace Ct. ............... $929,000 ........ Sun 1-4................Ava Kennedy....................RE/MAX.....................703-864-8808

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Local Film Hits Festival Circuitbefriending someone out of your comfort zone –

even for just a few weeks – can impact the rest ofyour life.”

PARADIS, WHO ATTENDS Pratt Institute in Brook-lyn, is studying creative writing for media, print andpublication. “I’m really interested in writing storiesto be adapted for film,” she said. “For this one, I wrotea 10-page short story and Kelly turned it into a script.She gave me the idea for a story about a pen-palrelationship, so I did the character development –what prompted the characters to do what they didand say what they said.”

Paradis said she enjoyed working with a familymember because “there aren’t any barriers to be bro-ken; we’re already up front with each other. It’s nicefor Kelly and I to be able to share our passions to-gether, and it was really cool to see the story I wrotewith my cousin’s interpretation – my dialogue withher mood and tone.”

She said the 20-minute film might someday belengthened into a feature. “It’s a love story, butunique, in that falling in and out of love doesn’t haveto be momentous and disastrous,” said Paradis. “It’sjust another process of living; people can go theirown ways and it’s OK.”

“Even though I’m in school now, it’s really excitingto be able to see what I could be doing in the future,professionally,” continued Paradis. “At CentrevilleHigh, I loved theater and writing, and it’s nice to putthe two together in a film.”

Tracy’s brother, Wesley, a 2007 Centreville Highgrad and a senior at Emerson College, was the direc-tor of photography and the cinematographer. “I tookTV Production class at the Fairfax Academy, my jun-ior and senior years of high school,” he said. “Be-tween the technology and the equipment, I learneda ton. You can explore whatever media you’re inter-ested in; for me, it’s narrative films and music vid-eos.”

“It taught me how to be a professional,” he said.

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From left: Cousins Virginia Paradis andKelly Tracy. Paradis took publicity photosof the actors for playwright Tracy.

“The mentality was, ‘Your career starts today, if youwant it to, but you’ve got to go out and get the op-portunities and not wait for them to come to you.’ Itempowered me to not be scared to go do what Iwanted; it taught me to seek out my dream.”

TO FILM the movie, Wesley Tracy made sure thecolors and lighting were just right. He then collabo-rated with his sister Kelly to bring her style and vi-sion to fruition. But it’s not the first time they’veworked together. “I started reading her film and light-ing textbook while I was in high school,” he said.“Then I visited her at NYU and helped her on someof her film projects there.”

Portraying the main character, Amelia, in “TheScott Dayton Situation” is Marlo Clingman, whograduated from Centreville High in June. “She’s inher own world, kind of unaware of things happen-ing around her,” said Clingman. “She always wantsto be somewhere else and do something else. At first,she doesn’t appreciate high school and her life as itis. But through her correspondence with a musician,she learns more about herself.”

Clingman enjoyed comparing herself to Amelia andwas excited to work on her first film. “It was a newexperience for me and was even cooler than I ex-pected it to be,” she said. “I’m trying to learn aboutthe different cameras and lighting equipment, so Iasked lots of questions because I’d like to somedaybe involved in this field.”

The musician, Scott Dayton, is played by MattHutchison, 27, of the Baltimore-based band, Foolsand Horses. “Scott’s got a cool band and lots of goodthings going on,” said Hutchison. “But he and one ofthis band members argue about the direction of themusic. Then he meets Amelia, and it’s a journey ofself-discovery for both of them as they ultimately helpeach other.”

Having his own, real-life band in the play “felt likean extension of myself and helped me jump into therole better,” said Hutchison. “The audience will likethe dynamic of the relationships between the char-acters because the dialogue is so based in reality. Andit’s a compelling story that people can relate to.”


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search vessel with fisheries biologists.Sapelo Island is north of St. Simon’s Island and

off the coast of Brunswick, Ga. Gerbasi described itas “really pretty, with lots of vegetation,” but notedthat it’s more rustic than many places and can onlybe reached by ferry. She’s also thankful for the wholeexperience.

“I really enjoyed the workshop, learned a lot andhopefully will incorporate some of it in my courseat Chantilly in the coming year,” she said. “I teachfive to seven sections [of oceanography] – about 150students – during a full-year course. My class is opento juniors and seniors, but mostly has seniors.”

EACH YEAR, Gerbasi takes her students to theNational Aquarium in Baltimore, and they’ve alsogone on a research vessel in the Chesapeake Bay forwater-quality studies and fish identification. She alsobrings oceanography to life within her classroom.

“At the moment, I have 20 aquariums in the class-room, each with different types of fish and environ-ments,” she said. “Groups of students monitor themchemically, observe their behavior all year and recordtheir findings in a log book.”

Overall, said Gerbasi, the Georgia workshop was“very worthwhile. I enjoyed it, and seeing the seaturtle was a highlight for me. We also got to use aseine – a big, fisherman’s net that we used to pullup baby sharks, rays and different types of fish toexamine them.”

“I also enjoyed the historical/geological part andmeeting the people from the island, as well as talk-

Chantilly Teacher Studies Coastal Ecology

Susan Gerbasi in the water with afisherman’s net called a seine; it’s used tobring up baby sharks, rays and other fishfor examination.

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ing with and learning from the grad students work-ing on their projects,” she continued. “It was a well-rounded program and I’d recommend it to otherteachers. Hopefully, next year, I’ll do their workshopon sea turtles.”

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is so cold that, after the first bite, you really don’ttaste it. Gelato is also a fresh product, designed tobe eaten within a few days; ice cream is held in coldstorage for six months.”

The store also offers homemade sorbet. “We havefun flavors like pear parmesan,” saidSchneider. “It tastes like a cold, fruit-and-cheese plate and it’s delicious.”

She said her shop’s been a hit withcustomers. “People are really gladwe’re here,” said Schneider. “They’realways giving us flavor suggestions,which is fun. Our gelato is an artisanproduct that’s truly unique. We don’tuse flavoring mixes; we make our ownflavorings from the actual ingredients.”

GELATO IS SERVED in 3, 5 and 7-ounce cups,plus cake or waffle cones, and costs 80 cents/ounce.Also popular are gelato cakes in three sizes. Pricesstart at $20 for a 6-inch cake. Schneider says thesmaller, individual cakes are “great for dinner par-ties; everyone can have their own flavor. We alsocater with our mobile gelato cart, and we ship ourchocolates anywhere.”

Sales associate Rachel Tullia said the gelato ismade in small batches every day; her favorite isstracciatella, and blood orange is her favorite sorbet.

“And in the winter, our European drinking choco-late is really popular,” she said. “It’s our own mix-ture of pure chocolate and espresso.”

Fair Oaks residents Rebecca Kruse and DanielWueste — who go there several times a month —were among Saturday’s customers, and Wueste

called the gelato “high quality.” En-joying his favorite combination of pis-tachio, cookies-and-cream and coco-nut, he said, “The cookies-and-creamhas really big pieces of cookies in it,the coconut actually tastes like coco-nut and the pistachio is almost savory— it literally tastes like a pistachio.”

“I’ve been to Italy, so I know goodgelato,” said Kruse. “I’ve also been to

other gelato places in the area and this is the best.I especially like the raspberry mascarpone and thestracciatella — both of which are traditional, Ital-ian flavors. But here, it’s all delicious, and every-one working here is nice. We really like it a lot andhope it stays around for a long time.”

Meanwhile, Eva Burghardt, 9, of Fairfax Corner,gave a child’s perspective. Giggling while polishingoff a cup of cookies-and-cream, she said, “I like theOreos in it and the vanilla gelato is good, too. Andthe spoons are cool ’cause they’re in different colors.I’d recommend that people come here because it’sreally good.”

“I’ve been toItaly, so I knowgood gelato”

— Rebecca Kruse,Fair Oaks resident

Fairfax County High School Graduation RatesThe following are the percentages of students at each high school who earned a standard or advanced diploma within

four years. The Virginia Department of Education released this information Aug. 12 as part of an annual report requiredunder the national No Child Left Behind legislation.

All Black Hispanic White Students with Poor LimitedDisabilities English

Jefferson High 99% 100% 100% 99% 100% 100% 100%

Langley High 95% 100% 100% 97% 82% 67% 85%

Madison High 93% 83% 75% 96% 77% 69% 77%

Woodson High 93% 56% 85% 97% 87% 69% 74%

Oakton High 91% 72% 78% 94% 77% 60% 74%

Westfield High 90% 72% 71% 94% 65% 69% 77%

West Springfield High 90% 88% 77% 95% 69% 71% 77%

Lake Braddock Secondary 90% 87% 78% 93% 76% 63% 75%

Chantilly High 90% 73% 70% 93% 69% 66% 78%

Robinson Secondary 89% 84% 76% 93% 65% 69% 71%

Marshall High 89% 86% 79% 90% 60% 79% 69%

McLean High 89% 79% 71% 95% 76% 50% 65%

South County Secondary 88% 79% 78% 91% 60% 74% 72%

Fairfax High 87% 81% 64% 92% 67% 73% 75%

Centreville High 86% 71% 70% 93% 72% 71% 75%

Herndon High 85% 80% 56% 93% 55% 71% 62%

Hayfield Secondary 84% 80% 69% 87% 65% 68% 72%

Fairfax County 83% 73% 57% 92% 62% 62% 61%

West Potomac High 82% 80% 56% 95% 49% 65% 57%

Edison High 81% 76% 69% 91% 49% 70% 64%

Lee High 76% 78% 58% 86% 42% 64% 63%

Virginia 77% 66% 60% 83% 43% 61% 56%

South Lakes High 75% 59% 51% 88% ‘48% 62% 57%

Mount Vernon High 73% 74% 50% 89% 65% 62% 52%

Mountain View Alternative 51% 41% 31% 68% 38% 47% 25%

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To have community events listed in Cen-tre View, e-mail to [email protected]. Call Steve Hibbard at703-778-9412.

ONGOINGLadies, do you have a

Revolutionary Patriot in yourfamily tree? Membership in theDaughters of the American Revolution(DAR) honors and preserves the legacyof your Patriot ancestor. Any womanis eligible for membership who is noless than 18 years of age and can provelineal, blood line descent from anancestor who aided in achievingAmerican independence. Admission tomembership is by invitation through aChapter. Interested in learning more?Contact the Lane’s Mill Chapter [email protected]

Craft Vendors are needed for theHoliday Bazaar and Craft Fair onSaturday, Nov. 13 from 9 a.m. to 3p.m. at Centreville United MethodistChurch, 6400 Old Centreville Road.Leased spaces for vendors are goingquickly. Book your vendor space [email protected] or 703-830-2684.

FRIDAY/AUG. 20Dairy Days. 1 to 4 p.m. Make ice cream,

churn butter and experience a taste of18th century life. At Sully Historic Site.Cost is $5/person. At 3650 HistoricSully Way in Chantilly. Call 703-437-1794.

Swing Dancing. 9 p.m. to midnight.Admission is $15. With the band, NattyBeaux. Drop-in beginner swing lessonfrom 8:30-9 p.m.; dancing from 9 p.m.to midnight. At the Hilton WashingtonDulles Airport Hotel, 13869 ParkCenter Road (Route 28 near theAirport), Herndon.

SATURDAY/AUG. 21Starlight Cinema — “Night at the

Museum: Battle of theSmithsonian” (Drive-in Movie).Free. Gates open at 6 p.m. At TrinityCentre Parkway, 5870 Trinity Parkway,Centreville. Call 703-324-SHOW(7469) www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/performances.

DinoRock Productions (Puppets). 10a.m. Free. At E.C. Lawrence ParkAmphitheater, 5040 Walney Road,Chantilly. Call 703-324-SHOW (7469)or visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/performances

Fund-raiser. “Queen of Hearts” CasinoNight and Silent Auction. Proceeds willgo to the non-profit groups, CapitalHospice and St. Raphael OrthodoxChristian Church of Centreville. At thePiedmont Country Club in Haymarket.Tickets and event information areavailable from Marilyn Pietri,Community Outreach, [email protected] or 703-392-6707.

Western Fairfax County Tea Party.10 a.m. to noon. The group will bestrategizing support for ConstitutionalRights of our military men and womento have their vote count by receivingballots in a timely manner; eliminationof voter fraud; and election ofconservative candidates. Everyone isinvited to attend. Call Ina at 703-378-4190. Meets in the conference room atthe Chantilly Library.

SUNDAY/AUG. 22Dog Wash. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The

Westfield High School Color Guard willbe hosting a dog wash to raise fundsfor the upcoming school year. At 6214Paddington Lane, Centreville, in theLondon Towne neighborhood.

MONDAY/AUG. 23Yoga for Strong Core. 6:30-7:30 p.m.

With Michael Tress and RajeswariTress(E-RYT 500). At the ChantillyLibrary meeting room, StringfellowRoad, Chantilly. [email protected].

WEDNESDAY/AUG. 25Back-to-School Clean-up. 5-8 p.m.

Centreville Elementary’s “Back toSchool” Clean-Up. All are invited tohelp get the school grounds ready forthe new school year. Bring yourwheelbarrows, rakes, shovels,gardening gloves to help with theeffort. Service Hours documentationwill be provided for those who need it(sixth-graders, scouts, honor society,etc). Contact [email protected].

Explore E.C. Lawrence Park. 7 to 8p.m. Come to Cabell’s Mill at E.C.Lawrence Park to explore Big RockyRun Stream at night during EveningExplorations. When the sun goesdown, the park’s nocturnal animalscome out. Cost is $10/family. Registeronline, or call the park at 703-631-0013. For more information aboutEllanor C. Lawrence Park, please visithttp://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/ecl.htm.

THURSDAY/AUG. 26Community Fun Night. 6 a.m. to 10

a.m. Come out and support WesternFairfax Christian Ministries (WFCM)during Community Fun Night. BobEvans Restaurant, 14050 ThunderboltPlace in Chantilly, will donate 15percent of the sales when you eatthere. WFCM is the homeless providerin western Fairfax County and providesfree food, clothing and financialassistance to those needing theirassistance. Call WFCM at 703-988-9656.

Centreville Stitchers. 1:30-3:30 p.m.Do you enjoy knitting, crocheting orother needlework crafts andconversation? Join CentrevilleStitchers at the Centreville RegionalLibrary, 14200 St. Germain Dr.,

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FRIDAY/AUG. 27Swing Dancing. 9 p.m. to midnight.

Admission is $15. With the band, TheJoker’s Wild. Beginner swing lessonfrom 8:30-9 p.m.; dancing from 9 p.m.to midnight. At the Hilton WashingtonDulles Airport Hotel, 13869 ParkCenter Road, Herndon.

Dairy Days. 1 to 4 p.m. Make ice cream,churn butter and experience a taste of18th century life. At Sully Historic Site.Cost is $5/person. At 3650 HistoricSully Way in Chantilly. Call 703-437-1794.

SATURDAY/AUG. 28Car Wash Fund-Raiser. 9 a.m. to 3

p.m. Sponsored by the Chantilly HighSchool Touch of Class. Proceedssupport costumes, props andpreparations for the 25th AnniversaryCelebration. Meets in the front parkinglot of Chantilly High School, offStringfellow Road.

Starlight Cinema — “Aliens in theAttic” (Drive-in Movie). Free. Gatesopen at 6 p.m. At Trinity CentreParkway, 5870 Trinity Parkway,Centreville. Call 703-324-SHOW(7469) www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/performances.

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TUESDAY/AUG. 31Bulldog BBQ and Silent Auction. A

showcase for the school’s boostergroups and student organizations.Students can pick up their classschedules, grab dinner out, join thePTSA and Booster Clubs, purchase PEuniforms, buy lunch cards, purchaseBulldog spirit wear, play games andconnect with other students. Do youknow someone, whether it is yourfavorite restaurant, store, hairdresser,doctor, dentist, vet, lawn or autoservice, etc., who might be willing todonate a gift certificate or product tohelp advertise their business? If so,contact Jennifer Campbell [email protected]. Volunteersare still needed for various positionsthe evening of the BBQ. Contact AimeeLowry at [email protected].


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Twilight Time for Older NVSL SwimmersLongtime summerseason teammembers move onat age 19.

By Rich Sanders

Centre View

The conclusion of the summertimeswim season for organizationssuch as the Northern VirginiaSwim League (NVSL) also marks

the end of the individual summer season swimcareers for older team members who haveoften been a part of their respective clubs for10 or more years.

Numerous older teenagers who have grownup enjoying the social and competitive ben-efits of being part of a summer season swimteam finally reach the age where they are nolonger eligible to actively compete in theweekly meets.

This is a bittersweet time for the young menand women, who are often preparing for theirfirst or second years of college in the upcom-ing fall while also enjoying one last hurrahwith the summer teams of their youth.

NVSL swimmers, according to league rules,become ineligible to swim for their teams oncethey turn 19 years of age. The ripple effectsof older swimmers moving on is a naturalprogression but also one that hits programshard as those veteran team members haveoften served as leaders and good role modelsto their younger teammates.

Adam Pennington, 18, just completed hisfinal full season as a member of the CardinalHill swim team in Vienna. Pennington, whograduated from James Madison High Schoolthis past June, will swim within the Ivy Leaguethis upcoming school year as a freshmenmember of the Columbia University (NewYork City) swim team. Next summer, he willbe allowed to swim for Cardinal Hill until his19th birthday comes on July 9. At that time,his summer swim career will be officiallyended and he will no longer be allowed tocompete in his team’s meets.

So Pennington, who was a star high schoolswimmer in recent years at Madison, tried toenjoy this recently completed summer sea-son the best he could.

“Next summer I won’t be able to swim forCardinal Hill the whole year,” saidPennington, who just completed his 13th yearas a team member. “When you’re 11 or 12,you kind of take for granted being part of ateam like this. But the last year or so I startedthinking, ‘Wow, I want to get the most out of[my remaining years with the team].’”

Pennington, who has been a part of theMcLean Fish club team since 2001, made hisswim mark at Madison where, as a junior, hewas part of two Warhawk relay teams — the200 and 400-free relays — that set Virginiastate high school records. During his senioryear, Pennington, in individual events, fin-ished second in the state in the 500-freestyle

and third in the 200-free.He has loved his years

swimming for CardinalHill, which was 2-3 thissummer in NVSL Division4. The team has had itsups and downs over theyears. Pennington recalledone summer when theteam failed to win a meetand another one, in 2009,when the team went a per-fect 5-0 and won the Divi-sion 5 title.

“I’ve seen the team tran-sition between [different]coaches and I’ve seen thebad times and the goodtimes,” he said. “You getthe whole experience andfull range of emotions be-ing part of it for 13 years.As you get older, it’s lessand less about winningand more about the goodtimes with your friends.”

During his career at Car-dinal Hill, Pennington hasbroken five team records,some of which have sincebeen broken by others. Hesaid he has competed inat least seven season-end-ing All Star meets. At thissummer’s All Stars onAug. 7 at Broyhill CrestPool in Annandale, Pennington finished sec-ond in the 50-back and fourth place in the50-IM.

He said he consciously stepped up into moreof a team leadership role this summer.

“Definitely this year more than other sea-sons,” he said. “[In prior years] there werealways older team members than me so Ididn’t assume [as much] leadership until thisyear. Being a leader is a lot of fun. We gotblown out in a few meets and I told the kidsit’s not all about the winning. I think goodsportsmanship is the biggest thing.”

Dave Watt, this year’s Division 11 coordi-nator and a former team representative forWalden Glen in Springfield, said swimmerswho have grown up and remained with theirrespective summer teams often become won-derful team role models.

“The ones who stick around end up beinggreat leaders and really have a tremendousimpact on a team,” said Watt, a Springfieldresident. “They really love swimming andbeing on the team, and the kids really lookup to them.”

Watt said good leadership from the olderswimmers is especially important because ofthe large age fluctuation of the summer teamrosters. Younger swimmers, both girls andboys, are greatly influenced by their olderteammates. Watt is totally impressed with theguidance he has seen from so many of theNVSL’s older teenagers.

“It starts with the coaching staff,” said Watt.“But sometimes it’s those junior assistantcoaches who are still swimming whom the

younger kids can really identify with. Thementorship is really not to be understated.

“[Summer] swimming is unlike some otherteam sports [in that] an 18-year old can be ateammate with an 8-year old,” said Watt.“They’re training together at the same timesand they’re going for a common goal. Theteams that do well usually have strong lead-ership.”

Kaitlin Wolla, 18, just completed her finalyear as a member of the Division 1 Overlee(Arlington) swim team. A 2010 YorktownHigh graduate, Wolla will be swimming at theUniversity of Delaware this upcoming schoolyear. She has been an NVSL All-Star since theage of nine.

Wolla, along with being a top swimmer forOverlee this summer, has also been an actingassistant coach for the team. She enjoys work-ing with her younger teammates and helpingthem further develop as swimmers and learn-ing to enjoy the sport more and more.

“It was amazing,” she said, of her role asan assistant. “You don’t really get to know howmany kids are on the team until you actuallyhave to coach them. Then you get to knowthem on a whole different level. They’re notjust the kids that run around you all the time,they’re you’re pupil. You get to watch themgrow and become better swimmers. It reallytouches you after awhile. It gets really senti-mental.”

She said coaching is harder than being ateam member.

“You’ve got to learn how to handle kids inso many different ways,” said Wolla. “Swim-

ming, it’s just what to do. With coaching, youhave to take care of these kids and help thempay attention and focus.”

Wolla loves competing in All Stars and saidthe annual meet generates a different kind ofpressure. At this year’s All Stars, Wolla wonthe girls’ 15-18, 50-butterfly and was secondin the 50-back.

“There’s not more pressure; it’s just a dif-ferent feeling,” said Wolla, of All Stars. “Whenyou have your team there [during regular sea-son meets], you have this whole extra back-up [of moral support] behind you cheeringfor you. But at All Stars it’s just my mom andmy dad, my few friends on the side who arehere. It all depends on you. There’s not morepressure, just more of a spotlight moment.”

Fifth year Overlee head coach Joan Moun-tain has loved both Wolla’s swimming andcoaching contributions.

“The best thing about Kaitlin is if you cantell she loves to swim,” said Mountain. “That’sthe kind of energy she brings to all these kids.She’s a hard worker.”

ELIZABETH HALL of the Poplar Tree teamin Chantilly turned 19 on July 31. She com-peted for the Pirates most of the summeruntil her birthday. Thereafter, she could notparticipate in any of her team’s postseasonevents, including All Stars.

In her final meet as an eligible swimmerseveral weeks ago, Hall, in a home meet,broke an NVSL record in the girls’ 15-18, 50-

Photo Courtesy/Hall Family

Elizabeth Hall of Poplar Tree turned age 19 on July 31 and was therefore ineligible tocompete at the season-ending NVSL All Stars. But she capped her career in brilliantfashion by breaking a league record in the girls’ 15-18, 50-butterfly in her team’s finalregular season meet.

See Swimming, Page 17

Centre View Sports Editor Rich Sanders

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butterfly event. She had originally broken the leaguerecord in the event two summers ago before her team-mate and friend, Amanda Kendall, broke that mark lastsummer. But Hall reclaimed the league record lastmonth with a time of 28.26. During her Poplar Treeswim career, Hall was a four-time NVSL champion inthe fly and free.

“I knew I wouldn’t have the opportunity [this sum-mer] to break any records at All Stars or at Divisionals,”said Hall, knowing her birthday would come prior tothose postseason meets.

Hall, along with holding the league mark in the 50-butterfly, holds Poplar Tree club records in both thatevent as well as the 50-back. She missed setting a newleague record in 50-back by two-tenths of a second.

Breaking the league mark in the 50-fly in her finalcompetition as a Poplar Tree team member was an over-whelming experience for Hall, who has competed 11years with the Pirates.

“It was very emotional knowing it was my last race,”said Hall, of the 50-fly. “The whole team was behindme. It was a great experience.”

Of her record breaking race, she said, “I’ve competedin that race so many times and knew what I had to do[for the record]. I took off and just swam it. AfterwardsI didn’t know I had the record.”

She attended but could not compete in All Stars,which she has been a part of on several occasions overthe years.

“It was challenging just to watch it,” she said. “Iwished I was still in it.”

Hall, a rising sophomore at William & Mary whereshe is studying psychology, has been a swimmer-assis-tant coach the past four years with the Pirates. Sheplans on continuing in that role next summer.

JULIA BOLGER, 17, a memberof the Division 5 Mount VernonPark Gators and a rising senior atWest Potomac High School, madeher sixth trip to All Stars this sum-mer. She said All Stars competi-tion, to her, is less pressure thanthe regular season.

“I feel like there’s less pressure onme because I’m not trying to getpoints for my team,” said Bolger,who was seventh at All Stars in thegirls’ 15-18, 50-back event. “I feellike there is a bit higher standardthat I have to hold myself to becauseI’m expected to go faster than ev-erybody else.”

Bolger said she gets up at 4 a.m.four days a week for swimmingpractice. How does she keeping go-ing?

“There are definitely days that Idon’t want to get up,” she said. “ButI’m part of a carpool that swims. If I

don’t show up for the carpool it throws everyone off. IfI don’t show up for the carpool they’ll be late for swimpractice and they’ll get yelled at so I feel like there’s abit of pressure on me to show up.”

SEAN FLETCHER of Division 3 Hunter Mill(Vienna) completed his NVSL career with a bang atAll Stars by breaking a league record in the boys’ 15-18, 50-back event with a time of 25.82, ahead ofsecond place Pennington (28.04). He also was firstin the 50-fly (25.07). Fletcher, who swam at Madi-son High (where he was a teammate of Pennington),is a rising sophomore and team member at the Uni-versity of Michigan.

Of his record-breaker in the 50-back, Fletcher said,“It was a pretty smooth race for me. I’m really happywith it and wanted to get under 26 [seconds]. It wasreal nice to go out with a ribbon in my last swim. I’vebeen swimming [for Hunter Mill] a long time so this isbitter sweet. The whole team atmosphere here has beena lot of fun.”

Fletcher said the swim competition at Michigan wasfierce during his freshmen year. His final summer withinthe NVSL was much less stressful.

“A lot of [NVSL swimming] is mostly fun,” saidFletcher, one of the Northern Region’s top swimmersduring his high school career. “For me, this is aboutrelaxing and having a good time. This summer I wantedto jump in, swim fast, and see what happened.”

Fletcher said he’ll likely serve as a Hunter Mill assis-tant coach next year. Now, he is preparing for his sec-ond year of swimming collegiately for the Wolverines.

“I’m looking forward to it and to bettering my times,”he said, of the upcoming college season. “I just want toenjoy the season.”

— Sports editor Jon Roetman contributed to this story.

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Route 1 ExpansionPut On Hold

Money that U.S. Rep. Jim Moran (D-8)announced he had secured months ago topay for the expansion of Richmond High-way around Fort Belvoir has moved out ofreach. The transportation project is ex-pected to be delayed at least for severalmonths, according to several Fairfax Countyofficials.

Language that would have allowed offi-cials to spend $130 million on the highwayexpansion was taken out of a bill before theU.S. Senate passed it earlier this month.Moran has inserted the same language intoanother bill but congress is not expected totake up that item until after the Novemberelections.

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Caring Hands Animal Hospital announcesits 14th Annual Open House and Dog Wash sched-uled for Sunday, Aug. 22. The day includes petgames, contests, a prize wheel and silent auction,dog wash and more. The goal is to help raise moneyand awareness for local animal rescue groups andto give them an opportunity to find new familiesfor some of their homeless animals. At 5659 StoneRoad, Centreville. Call 703-830-5700 or [email protected].

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WFCM Needs Food DonationsWestern Fairfax Christian Ministries (WFCM) urgently

needs donations of cold and hot cereals. It also needs:canned foods (meat, vegetables, fruit, pasta), dried pasta,bags of rice (3 pounds or smaller), bags of flour and sugar(2-5-pounds), tomato sauce, white rice, baby food (stages2 and 3), condiments, bottled water, toiletries, diapers(sizes 5 and 6), deodorant, shampoo and toilet paper. Bringthem to WFCM’S food pantry at 13981 Metrotech Drive(near the Backyard Grill and Bar) in Chantilly. Also neededare furniture and household items, in good condition, forthe thrift store.

Comment on Plan for ParksThe Fairfax County Park Authority has launched a long-

range, park-planning process named Great Parks, Great Com-munities. It reflects the Park Authority’s mission to enhanceresidents’ quality of life by providing recreation opportuni-ties and stewardship of natural and cultural resources.

The process included extensive public outreach, and theresult is a draft plan to guide future parkland acquisition,facility development and resource stewardship through2020. The draft plan includes thematic strategies for 14districts throughout the county and is posted on theproject’s Web page for public review and comment. Go towww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/plandev/greatparks.htm tocomment.

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TJ Employee SentencedFor Stealing School Funds

Susan Thanh Litwin was sentenced to 15 months inprison, followed by three years of supervised release, forstealing more than $279,000 from Thomas Jefferson HighSchool for Science and Technology. The former financetechnician at Jefferson received her sentence Aug. 13, ac-cording to the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Eastern Dis-trict of Virginia.

Litwin was responsible for overseeing funds that had beendonated for student activities like clubs, athletics anddances. She pleaded guilty to theft from an organizationreceiving public funds on May 6.

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