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A Ticket toHollywood

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A Ticket toHollywood

American Idol host Ryan Seacrest poses with FairfaxAcademy student Maddie Assel after she receives hergolden ticket to Hollywood.

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By Bonnie Hobbs

The Connection

Fairfax Academy student Maddie Assel is abubbly, outgoing, 17-year-old. She’s busywith school, friends, college visits and—oh,yes, she’s also a contestant on American

Idol.Viewers nationwide saw her on the popular TV

singing competition, Thursday, Jan. 24, as she beltedout her own rendition of the Beatles song, “Oh, Dar-ling.” She was auditioning for the show in BatonRouge, La., and made such an impression on thejudges that she got a ticket to Hollywood to com-pete further.

“I’ve watched American Idol for so many seasonsand have seen people holding a golden ticket,” saidAssel. “But it’s one of those dreams you never thinkwill happen to you.”

Her name’s pronounced “as-SELL,” with the accenton the second syllable, and she lives in Clifton’s LittleRocky Run community. She’s also been singing sinceage 3, both at home and as a child doing errandswith her parents, Teri and Allan, who both supporther music endeavors.

Now, she’s almost all grown up and even has herown You Tube account, youtube.com/therealmaddiesaith, where she did covers of TheWeekend’s “Wicked Games” and “Like Me” by 2Chainz. “I haven’t updated it lately,” said Assel. “ButI plan on adding songs weekly.”

She’s also gaining even more exposure for her tal-ents via American Idol. Her friend Kara Perdue, plusher grandmother, Sylvia Assel of New Orleans, nomi-nated her for the show together.

“They know each other and had videos of me sing-ing, so they sent one to ‘American Idol’ last summer,”explained Assel. “And I was one out of seven chosenfrom hundreds of thousands of nominations like this,in the whole country.”

SHE CAME HOME from school one day, towardthe end of October, and her parents told her she hadto fly immediately to New Orleans to audition forLSU’s music program. Since she’d been applying tothat and other prestigious music schools, she wasexcited.

“My mom and I flew together and were met by mygrandma,” said Assel. “Then we went out to dinnertogether at Café Du Monde and a band started play-ing my favorite song, ‘Sitting on the Dock of the Bay,’by Otis Redding. My grandma told me to get up andgo sing with them, and I decided, ‘Why not? I’m inthe French Quarter and will never get this opportu-nity again,’ so I did.”

While she sang, people started recording her oncameras and cell phones. “I thought they were con-fused, but I kept on singing,” said Assel. “Then all ofa sudden, I heard a deep voice behind me saying,‘Yo, Maddie,’ and I turned around and it was RandyJackson.

“I was completely shocked; I had no idea what wasgoing on,” she continued. “So I started crying becauseI was so overwhelmed. Then Randy told me to singfor him, and I did. I sang, ‘Oh, Darling,’ and he said,‘I can’t wait to hear you tomorrow at auditions.’ Hesaid it would be before him, Mariah Carey, Nicki Minajand Keith Urban in Baton Rouge. It was just surreal.”

A Ticket to HollywoodFairfax Academy studentMaddie Assel is onAmerican Idol.

Fairfax Academystudent MaddieAssel, of Clifton,performs on TVon the popular,singing-competi-tion show,American Idol.

Maddie Assel and mom Teri Assel wait forMaddie’s American Idol audition in BatonRouge.

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Supervisor Pat Herrity (R-Springfield) promised to bethe first person in line to sign up for the new FairfaxCounty license plate, and he was. On Wednesday,Jan. 3, Barry Biggar, president and CEO of FXVA,showed Herrity where to sign on the dotted line forhis pre-ordered specialty license plate.

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By Victoria Ross

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Residents of FairfaxCounty can now pre-order their Fairfax

County license plates online atthe new Visit Fairfax website—www.fxva.com/plates/.

The Fairfax County Board ofSupervisors voted last week toapprove the sale of the licenseplates, in partnership with VisitFairfax, the nonprofit promo-tion and tourism arm of FairfaxCounty, and the Virginia De-partment of Motor Vehicles.

The license plates feature thecounty seal, county map andthe website addresses of thegovernment and Visit Fairfax.The plate will cost $25 a year.As mandated by state law, $10is retained by the state whilethe other $15 goes back to the

license plate sponsor after1,000 plates are ordered.

The DMV requires 350 com-mitments from the communityin order to make the specialtyplate available for purchase atall Virginia DMV locations.

Revenue from the plates willsupport the World Police andFire Games—the largest sport-ing event in the world after theSummer Olympics—which thecounty will host in 2015. In fol-lowing years, proceeds will bededicated to tourism.

“We’ve already had numerouscalls about the specialty plates,”said Barry Biggar, president andCEO of Visit Fairfax, when Su-pervisor Pat Herrity (R-Spring-field) arrived at the Visit Fairfaxoffice last week to pre-order hislicense plate. Herrity, who ini-tiated the plan, estimated thatFairfax County could generateroughly $250,000 per yearfrom the plates.

“I don’t think we’re going tohave trouble getting 350 resi-dents to purchase these licenseplates,” Herrity said.

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Fifth-graders from Union Mill Elementary as-sembled 248 Weekend Power Packs forFCPS students who would not otherwisehave meals to eat on weekends. On Wednes-

day, Jan. 23, the entire fifth grade, along with teach-ers and parent volunteers, packed single-serving, kid-friendly food items such as macaroniand cheese, pasta, soup, fruit and pud-ding cups, breakfast bars, oatmealpackets, and cheese and crackers, intolarge re-sealable plastic bags.

Each Weekend Power Pack containsenough food for two breakfasts, twolunches, two dinners, and two snacks.Union Mill volunteers delivered thePower Packs to Food for Others, locatedin Fairfax. Food for Others will distrib-ute the Weekend Power Packs to FCPSstudents in need of weekend meals. Ev-ery month at Union Mill, each gradelevel takes its turn in holding a two-week food drive for single serving, kid-friendly food items. The students thengather in the cafeteria to put all of thefood into the weekend packs, which arethen delivered to Food for Others.

To date, Union Mill students have as-sembled and donated more than 1,030Weekend Power Packs, well over theschool’s initial goal of 750 for the year.

Union Mill Elementary students assemble 248 week-end meal-packs.

Packing up Power Packs

Union Mill students will continue to assemble theWeekend Power Packs through the end of the schoolyear. Upcoming dates are as follows: fourth-gradersare scheduled to assemble Power Packs on Wednes-day, Feb. 20, and first-graders will put together PowerPacks on April 17.

Girls in the Union Mill El-ementary School fifth gradeclass put individually pack-aged macaroni and cheeseservings into re-sealableplastic bags for children inFairfax County who go hungryon the weekends.

A group of Union Mill Elementary fifth graders pauseover oatmeal packets and breakfast bars. The classassembled 248 take-home food packages for hungrychildren in Fairfax County on Wednesday, Jan. 23.

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Then Jackson told Assel who’d nominated her. “Itwas amazing,” she said. “It opened my eyes to thefact that other people believed in me, too.”

Still, she was nervous before her big performance.“I wasn’t prepared because everything was happen-ing so fast that I didn’t have time to practice,” shesaid. “But I got four ‘yesses’ from the judges.”

Walking into the room, said Assel, “I was just soexcited to meet the judges. Everyone knows MariahCarey, and she and the others all have such talentand have made names for themselves in the indus-try. So getting to sing before them was just incred-ible.”

She made it to Hollywood Week but, beyond that,she can’t talk about how she did because those showshaven’t aired yet. So people will have to tune in tofind out. But she enjoyed being a tourist, visiting Hol-lywood for the first time. “It was the experience of alifetime, getting to see all the things you see in mov-ies,” said Assel. “I saw the Hollywood sign, the KodakTheater and the Walk of Fame, and all the other con-testants were nice to me and took care of me.”

SHE’S CONTINUING to go on college auditions“at the best music programs in the entire country,and it’s an honor to do that,” she said. Assel willalso be in the spring showcase for singers at theFairfax Academy, where she’s in the Musical The-ater and Actors Studio program taught by Mike

Replogle, who directs the academy.“The academy program at Fairfax High lets you

focus on and practice what you want to be in per-forming arts when you grow up,” she said. She’s inher second year there, and classmate Isabelle Baucumsays Assel has a wonderful voice.

“I haven’t heard anyone else who sounds like her,”said Baucum. “She’s folksy, jazzy and poppy, with aversatile range, and totally her own artist.” As forMaddie the person, Baucum calls her fun and sassyin a sweet way. “I like her a lot and I’m happy forher,” she said. “I’m excited that she had this oppor-tunity and is being noticed for it because she’s tal-ented and deserves the recognition.”

Although Assel can sing rock, jazz and blues, she’sleaning more toward performing pop music in col-lege, en route to becoming a professional record-ing artist. Her favorite singers are Beyoncé andHaley Reinhart, who finished third on “Idol,” acouple years ago.

“I was especially influenced by Haley, who openedthe door for girls with those big, rock voices,” saidAssel. And she was helped on “Idol” by voice coach,Sarah Pramstaller, a Chantilly High grad and FCPSteacher.

“I’ve always wanted to be on American Idol, but Ithought, ‘No way I’d ever make it and sing on thatstage,’” said Assel. “But I learned that everythingyou dream is a possibility and, if you work hardenough for something you really want, it can actu-ally happen.”

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Opinion

By Pam Michell

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Housing, Inc.

George and Mary spentmany years homelessand unsheltered inFairfax County. Yes,

Fairfax County, one of the wealthi-est counties in the country. But inFairfax County, homeless personssuch as George and Mary are gen-erally hidden. They live in thewoods, behind dumpsters, and inshopping centers. Out of sight, outof mind.

For many years, local non-profitpartners have been working withcounty staff day in and day out tooffer persons who find themselveshomeless a chance to start anew.When given the stability of hous-ing and the support of profession-als and volunteers, homelessadults—including those who havelived many years on the streetsand in the woods—can and dochange and become stable, con-tributing members of our commu-nity. We non-profit homeless ser-vices providers can tell story uponstory of what a difference stablehousing and supports can make ina life of someone whom othershave given up on, whom othershave discarded as “hopeless.”

In January 2012, 697 singleadults were counted as homelessin Fairfax County and 51 percentof them (353) were chronicallyhomeless—12 consecutive monthsor four separate incidences ofhomelessness in the past threeyears; 24 percent of homelessadults were unsheltered. Thesenumbers are going up.

This month you can help us findout who is “out there.” You canhear their stories and you can helpprovide them the housing theyneed.

As part of a nationwide effort toput a name and a face to each

number, the Fairfax-Falls Churchcommunity is participating in anational campaign—100K Homes—that will help us understandwho is homeless, why they arehomeless and how we can getthem housed.

Join us on Feb. 25, 26, and/or27, as a part of a volunteer teamvisiting campsites to interviewhomeless individuals. On March 1we will give a detailed report to thecommunity about who we foundand where we go from here. Seehttp://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/homeless/100khomes/ for details.

Help us help everyone in FairfaxCounty find a way home.

For more information on NewHope Housing in Alexandria, go to

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Homeless, Not Hopeless

Homeless camp: InJanuary 2012, 697 singleadults were counted ashomeless in FairfaxCounty and 51 percent ofthem (353) were chroni-cally homeless.

The Fairfax-Falls Church community is participating in anational campaign—100K Homes—that will help in un-derstanding who is homeless, why they are homeless andhow we can get them housed.

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What I have realizedis that spending timewith the kids has had atremendous impact onme. I think of the vari-ous experiences of thekids—multiple fosterhomes, aging out with-out a place to live or nojob. It always remindsme to remember how

truly blessed I am no matter whathappens. If they can survive the

hand life has dealt to themthen there is nothing I cannotovercome. I continue to beamazed and humbled by theirresiliency.

To see the challenges theyhave aging out of the systemmakes me want to do all I canto ensure they have the supportthey need. We are more thanmentors and mentees. We area family.

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Community toDiscuss BoundaryChanges

At its business meeting on Thursday,Jan. 24, the Fairfax County SchoolBoard voted to conduct a boundarystudy to address overcrowding atFairfax High School and Lanier MiddleSchool. The board also approved the in-clusion of Chantilly High and Rocky RunMiddle, Falls Church High and JacksonMiddle, Oakton High and FranklinMiddle, Woodson High and FrostMiddle, and Robinson SecondarySchools in the boundary study.

Approximately 300 students fromFairfax High and 150 students fromLanier Middle will need to move in or-der to relieve overcrowding at thoseschools. Students who reside in the Cityof Fairfax will not be impacted by theproposed boundary changes. Boundaryadjustments are being considered onlyfor middle and high schools; elementaryschool attendance areas will not changeas a result of this boundary study.

Three community dialogue meetingshave been scheduled in February forcitizens to discuss how to address over-crowding at Fairfax High and LanierMiddle Schools. Parents and residentscan review the proposed scenarios andprovide their feedback at the followingcommunity dialogue meetings. All meet-ings will be from 7 to 9 p.m. and will beidentical in format and information pre-sented. The following meetings will beheld:

❖ Tuesday, Feb. 19—Oakton HighSchool cafeteria (snow date is March 7).

❖ Wednesday, Feb. 20—LanierMiddle School cafeteria (snow date isFeb. 27).

❖ Tuesday, Feb. 26—Woodson HighSchool cafeteria (snow date is March 6).

Those who plan to attend the dia-logue sessions are asked to register.Parents and residents can also find moreinformation, and submit questions andcomments online.

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Send notes to the Connection [email protected] or call703-778-9416. Deadline is Friday. Datedannouncements should be submitted atleast two weeks prior to the event.

THURSDAY/FEB. 7Volunteer at the Railroad Museum.

1-4 p.m.; other times; at The FairfaxStation Railroad Museum, 11200Fairfax Station Road, Fairfax Station.The museum, run by Friends ofFairfax Station, is a non-profit, allvolunteer organization; docents, giftshop, and other types of volunteerpositions are available with trainingprovided. 703-506-0753, 703-945-7483 or www.fairfax-station.org.

SATURDAY/FEB. 9Second Saturday. 9 a.m., at the

Marriott Courtyard, 11220 Lee-Jackson Highway, Fairfax. Imminentprofessionals speak on the divorceprocess, encouraging separated ordivorcing spouses to be civil andreasonable for their pocketbooks,emotional health and children. [email protected].

ONGOINGThank veterans for their service

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Workhouse Art Center, 9601 OxRoad, Lorton. Meet each building’sfeatured artist, a reception in W-16from 6-7 p.m. and more.www.WorkhouseArts.org.

Have a Heart Project. 6-9 p.m., inStudio 4 at the Workhouse, 9601 OxRoad, Lorton. An art installation witha mission to help Food for Othersdisplays empty lunch bags featuringoriginal art works created by JohnGascot, Mary Gallagher-Stout andDenise Philipbar as well as by guestartists; all proceeds from each workfeatured in the exhibit up fromWednesday, Feb. 6 to the end of themonth benefit Food for Others. As theartists replace each sold piece of artwith food, the instillation evolves.$10 donation suggested per piece.www.WorkhouseArts.org.

For Money or Love. 8 p.m., in the W-3Theatre at the Workhouse, 9601 OxRoad, Lorton. Mestey FilmsProductions screens the film aboutPatrick, a wealthy man that findshimself wondering whether his fianceis with him for love or money, and hisbrother Sean, who, known for being aplayboy, changes his ways when hefalls in love with a woman who has an8-year-old girl named Ashley. $10.www.WorkhouseArts.org.

SATURDAY/FEB. 10Live Onstage: The Amazing Gospel

Souls. 11:30 a.m., in the W-3Theatre at the Workhouse, 9601 Ox

Road, Lorton. The gospel bandconceived inside the notorious Lortonprison system in the early 1980s iscomprised of ex-offenders from theWashington, D.C., area who havecollectively served 200-plus years incorrectional facilities. $15.www.WorkhouseArts.org.

WEDNESDAY/FEB. 13Women of Excellence Luncheon.

11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., at theSpringfield Golf & Country Club, 8301Old Keene Mill Road, Springfield.Luncheon with complimentarychildcare accompany Thirty-Oneproducts to help keep life organized

and an inspirational speech from FayeParson on how to stay balanced. [email protected].

Life Behind Bars. 7:30 p.m., at theMcGuireWoods Gallery in theWorkhouse, 9601 Ox Road, Lorton.To chronicle the story of theWorkhouse from the Progressivemovement of the late 1800s to the

social upheaval of the 1960s, theseries presents a panel of formerinmates depicting life at theWorkhouse, moderated by a retiredprison chaplain.www.WorkhouseArts.org.

SUNDAY/FEB. 17Display and N Gauge Trains. 1-4

p.m., at the Fairfax Station RailroadMuseum, 11200 Fairfax Station Roadin Fairfax Station. The NorthernVirginia NTRACK members will havea display and N gauge trainsrunning. $3 for adults; $1 forchildren. 703-425-9225 orwww.fairfax-station.org.

WEDNESDAY/FEB. 20Marduk. 5-11:30 p.m., at Empire, 6355

Rolling Road, Springfield. Mardukplays on their “Voices From the Dark”tour with Moonspell, Inquisition, TheForeshadowing, Deathwolf andHelgardh. $20. www.empire-nova.com.

SATURDAY/FEB. 23Speed Stacking Tournament. 9 a.m.-

1 p.m., at North SpringfieldElementary School, 7602 HemingCourt, Springfield. Single and double(parent and child) cup stackingcompetitions held concurrently withprizes; food for sale to benefit theschool $4. 703-658-5563 [email protected].

SATURDAY/ MARCH 2Springfield Art Guild Opening

Reception. 7-9 p.m., at NorthernVirginia Community College, RichardJ. Ernst Community Cultural Center—Building CE 2, 8333 Little River

Turnpike, Annandale. The Springfield Art Guild,in collaboration with the Annandale Campus ofthe Northern Virginia Community Colleges,presents a month long exhibit and sale in theErnst Auditorium lobbies.

FRIDAY/MARCH 8Josh DeWeese Ceramics. 7-9 p.m., at the

Workhouse, 9601 Ox Road, Lorton. JoshDeWeese, assistant professor of art at MontanaState University, Bozeman, and former residentdirector of the Archie Bray Foundation for theCeramic Arts in Helena, Mont., exhibits ceramicpiece that have been thrown then altered, usingpottery as an expressive art form in acontemporary context. www.WorkhouseArts.org.

SATURDAY/MARCH 92nd Saturday Art Walk. 6-9 p.m. Workhouse Art

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SATURDAY/MARCH 16Fairfax Symphony Orchestra: Masterworks

V. 8 p.m. George Mason University Center for theArts, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax. ConductorChristopher Zimmerman performs J. Strauss’Emperor Waltz and Tick Tack, Pizzicato, Trisch-Tratsch Polkas and Overture to Die Fledermaus;R. Strauss’ Suite from Der Rosenkavalier, TillEulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks and Salomé’s Dance.$25-$55. 703-563-1990 orwww.fairfaxsymphony.org.

THURSDAY/APRIL 182013 Fairfax County Volunteer Service

Awards. 8 a.m-10 p.m., at Waterford, 6715Commerce St., Springfield. The Fairfax CountyVolunteer Service Awards serve as a community-wide celebration of volunteerism and the awardshonor individuals, groups and organizations thathave given outstanding volunteer service.Nominations/online application are due: Feb. 4by 4 p.m. 703-246-3825 orwww.volunteerfairfax.org.

THURSDAY/FEB. 7Valentine Steampunk Jewelry. 7 p.m., at

Kingstowne Library, 6500 Landsdowne CentreDrive, Alexandria. Create your own edgy,romantic and trendy jewelry in a workshopcombining influences from Scott Westerfeld,the Hunger Games and the Victorian andIndustrial eras. www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/kn/.

SATURDAY/FEB. 9Be My Valentine. 10:30 a.m., at John Marshall

Library, 6209 Rose Hill Drive, Alexandria. JoinCody & BJ for a fun, lively show celebratingValentine’s Day with lots of singing anddancing; all ages. 703-971-0010 orwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/braches/jm/.

WEDNESDAY/FEB. 13Be My Valentine. 10:30 a.m., at Richard Byrd

Library, 7520 Commerce St., Springfield. Joinfor Valentine’s stories, songs and activities forchildren ages 3-5 accompanied by an adult.www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/rb/.

FRIDAY/FEB. 8Dinner & a Movie Nights: Carmen Jones.

8 p.m., at the W-3 Theatre, 9601 Ox Road,Lorton. Combine culinary and cinema arts inan evening featuring the 1954 film directedby Otto Preminger (his spin on Carmen) anda three-course dinner designed tocomplement the film’s theme. Reservations(small parties may share tables). $45 perperson. www.WorkhouseArts.org.

Celebrate Valentine’sWax romantic or celebratory on an outing with your Valentine.

Like a Tree, 84x53, oil on panel, Kristen Calcaterra.

Kristen Calcaterra Exhibit Explores Deteriorated DecorKristen Calcaterra uses lines, paint pours and contemporary oil-painting to allude to the deterioration of decorated homes;

her work is inspired by travels through Charleston, S.C., Savannah, Ga., and Louisiana, where she saw local historic struc-tures and, in Louisiana, devastation. An opening reception is on Saturday, Feb. 9 from 6-9 p.m., in Building W-8 at theWorkhouse, 9601 Ox Road, Lorton. www.WorkhouseArts.org.

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THIS IS “JUNE”June may be the summer surpriseyou’ve been hoping for. She’sadorable, a real sweetheart, very smartand loving to everyone who crossesher path. She will play for hours withher siblings, but would love to havesomeone special to call her very own.If a 55 pound, almost year old bundleof joy is on your wish list, come andmeet June and have years of best daysforever. Attributes:CUDDLEBUG!


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Sunday School for Children & Adults 9:30 a.m.Married Couples Sunday School 11:30 a.m.

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Antioch Baptist Church6531 Little Ox Road

Fairfax Station, VA 22039703-425-0710 • www.antioch-church.org

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Celebrating the Sounds of Freedom

News

This year’s Workhouse Arts Cen-ter Annual Collectors Showcase hasover 90 works of arts displayed.The works range from paintings,fiber and ceramics to photography,blown and fused glass, and more.All works are by Workhouse Stu-dio and associate artists.

The art works were judged byJoanna Moser, deputy chief cura-tor, Smithsonian American Art Mu-seum. Moser described the overallart as “really wonderful works;with a great deal of variety.”

Moser selected Kerin McBride’s“Orange and Black Abstract, 2010”as best in show. Moser said of theMcBride art, “It’s bold, monumen-tal for its size, and suggests fig-ures. A gutsy choice of colors.”

Other awards included two run-ners up: Sandy Martina’s“Amorphic Crater Bowls, 2012”and Dale Marhanka’s “UntitledLidded Vessel, 2008.”

Honorable Mentions wereawarded to Bonnie Ferguson But-ler, Mary Exline, Ian Kessler Gowell,Maria Bennett Hock, Karen

Hutchison, Kathryn Lagassey, RickReda, Lynnette Reed, CrystalRodgruie and HsiMei Yates.

❖ Where and When: AnnualCollectors Showcase, WorkhouseArts Center, McGuire Woods Gal-

Workhouse ArtsCenter CollectorsShowcase AnnouncesHonors

lery, 9601 Ox Road, Lorton. Col-lectors Showcase open until Sat-urday, Feb. 23., Wed-Sat, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. and Sundays noon-5 p.m.Visit www.workhousearts.org orcall 703-584-2900.

Kerin McBride’s “Orange and Black Abstract, 2010” wonthe Best In Show award.

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South CountyHigh Presents‘Rock n’ Roll’

On Friday and Saturday,Feb. 15 and 16, at 7:30 p.m.,South County High Schoolpresents Tom Stoppard’s dra-matic comedy “Rock ‘n Roll,”featuring a cast and crew ofall senior thespians.

Directed by Dan Deiter, theveteran cast includes AlexHargitt as Jan, MattYamamoto as Max, KatieMurray as Eleanor/Esme,and Whitney Turner asEsme/Alice. The crew in-cludes set design by JoeCarlton and Jon Alderson,light design by RobertHelvey, and stage manage-ment by Robert Helvey andStephen Henderson.

The show runs Friday andSaturday, Feb. 15 and 16, at7:30 p.m. at Dale S.Rumberger Auditorium,South County High School,8501 Silverbrook Road,Lorton. Tickets are availablefor $8 for students and se-nior citizens and $10 for gen-eral admission. Get tickets atthe door or online atsouthcountytheatre.org.


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Centreville6487 Trillium House Ln......$999,900..Sun 10-4 .............Jean Marotta ........Birch Haven..703-402-947113837 Wakley Ct................$339,900.....Sun 1-4...............Dan Mleziva.............RE/MAX ..703-380-9915

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Fairfax Station11107 Hampton Rd.........$1,295,000....Sat 10-1......Franklin Mendoza .............Weichert..703-282-21638030 Woodland Hills Ln..$1,100,000.....Sun 2-4 ...................Pat Fales.............RE/MAX ..703-503-4365

Falls Church3804 Munson Rd...............$829,000.....Sun 1-4.....Patrick M. Kessler....Keller Williams..703-405-65403804 Munson Rd...............$829,000.....Sun 1-4........Thomas Hilleary....Keller Williams..703-655-31003324 Stoneybrae Dr...........$699,500.....Sun 1-4............Dana LaFever ............Weichert ..703-609-3479

Kingstowne/Alexandria5408 Castle Bar Ln.............$618,500......Sat 1-3..............Kathy Peters.....Long & Foster..703-915-2165

Springfield7262 Linden Tree Ln .......... $459,950.....Sun 1-4...Kathleen Quintarelli .............Weichert..703-862-8808

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News

By Victoria Ross

The Connection Newspapers

Local grocery stores were packed this week-end with shoppers stocking up on SuperBowl snacks for the annual football fanparty. At the Wal-Mart in Fairfax, shoppers

were greeted with colorful displays of chips, dips andother party favorites.

They were also greeted by volunteers from OurDaily Bread (ODB), who were handing out flyers andencouraging shoppers to donate gift cards or spe-cific items to restock ODB’s pantry shelves. A Fairfaxnonprofit for nearly 30 years, ODB provides food andother critical services to the working poor, the eld-erly and the disabled. More than half of ODB’s cli-ents are local children.

Dianne Hon, a Vienna resident, said “Stuff the Bus”makes it easy to donate. “I am already here for gro-ceries and other items, especially since it’s the daybefore the Super Bowl, so it’s very convenient to pickup a few extra items for a worthy cause,” Hon said.

“Thank you for doing this,” Hon said to the volun-teers. “You made this so easy.”

Jonathan and Roxanne Daley of Fairfax donated agift card to the campaign. “It’s too easy to forget thatthere are people in Fairfax County who go hungry,”Roxanne Daley said. “I love the gift card idea. It’seasy and you know you’re helping someone get whatthey want.”

FAIRFAX BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CHAIR-MAN Sharon Bulova, who greeted shoppers andencouraged them to donate on Saturday, Feb. 2, saidgift cards are especially helpful for a number of rea-sons.

“There’s a dignity about it,” Bulova said. “You don’tstand out from other shoppers with a gift card, andyou can purchase what you want for a special recipe,or if you have specific dietary needs.”

Chris Garris, ODB’s food program manager andvolunteer coordinator, said they are encouragingmore people to donate gift cards, particularly becausethey help clients purchase fresh food. “A $20 gift card

helps families supplement our pantry’s non-perish-able food with milk and meat.”

Garris said the timing of the Stuff the Bus cam-paign—which is intentionally scheduled betweenMartin Luther King Day in January and PresidentsDay in February—is important for local pantries be-cause it occurs after the seasonal dose of good will.

“During the fall and holiday season, Our DailyBread’s food pantry is overwhelmed with donationsfrom the community,” she said. “But by February, oursupplies are often running low even though the needfor food is greater than ever.”

“Stuff the Bus is an important component in re-stocking pantries after the holidays,” Bulova said.“The need for healthy food is ever growing and theinterest for Fairfax County residents to help is there,so we are happily providing the bridge to bring themtogether.”

THE CAMPAIGN, now in its third year, is a part-nership between Fairfax County Office of Public Pri-vate Partnerships (OP3); MV Transportation Inc.,which operates the FASTRAN buses and provides vol-unteers; local nonprofits; and grocery store chains.All donations go directly to local nonprofit organi-zations that help feed needy families and individu-als in the Fairfax-Falls Church Community.

“The residents of Fairfax and our partners, like MVTransportation and Frank & Co., have really comeout in support of Stuff the Bus this year. Each year,we get more donations,” said Michael Artson, chiefplanner with the county’s Neighborhood and Com-munity Services (NCS) Department, one of the fooddrive’s organizers.

“Food pantries address a critical need which is es-pecially acute after the holidays, the Stuff the Buscampaign helps us help our community. Its impor-tance to helping stock the shelves can’t be over-stated,” said Roxanne Rice, executive director, Foodfor Others.

Last year, more than 25,000 lbs. of food was col-lected for local pantries, all benefiting local nonprofitsthat help feed needy families in the Fairfax commu-nity.

At the end of Saturday’s Stuff the Bus campaign,Juliet Reyes of Herndon, a Wal-Mart employee, whowas in the middle of her shift as a cashier, askedODB volunteers if she could donate cash. “I’ve beenlistening to people talk about this, and I want to helptoo. People here shouldn’t go hungry.”

‘Stuff the Bus’ CampaignHelps Feed the HungryDonations continue toincrease as campaignenters third year.

(From left) Angie Carrera of Op3; ChrisGarris, Our Daily Bread’s food programmanager and volunteer coordinator;Sharon Bulova, chairman of the FairfaxCounty Board of Supervisors and WendyLemieux of OP3 encourage shoppers topurchase gift cards.

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Jonathan and Roxanne Daley of Fairfaxpurchase a gift card from Wal-Mart to helprestock Our Daily Bread’s pantry shelvesduring a “Stuff the Bus” stop on Saturday,Feb. 3, at the Fairfax Wal-Mart.

The RepublicanWomen of Clifton(RWC) will featurethree speakers at itsFebruary meeting—Dr. Ileana Johnson,bestselling author ofU.N. Agenda 21: En-vironmental Piracy,and Stephanie Reis,founder of the OmahaACT for AmericaChapter as well asproperty rights advocate MarthaBoneta. The event will be onWednesday, Feb. 20, at FairviewElementary School, 5815 OxRoad, Fairfax Station. Membersand guests as well as membersof other Republican Women’sClubs are invited to the socialhour that will begin at 7 p.m.,at which time refreshments willbe served. President Alice But-ler-Short will open the businessmeeting at 7:30 p.m., afterwhich Johnson, Reis and Bonetawill speak and answer questions.There will be a book signing ofDr. Johnson’s book at the end ofthe meeting.

Dr. Ileana Johnson was bornin communist Romania and isnow an American by choice.

She is a prolificwriter published fre-quently in CanadaFree Press, radiocommentator andauthor of the best-selling U.N. Agenda21: EnvironmentalPiracy, her third bookabout loss of free-dom in America.

Stephanie Reis isthe founder and

former leader of the OmahaACT for America Chapter. Hertalk will focus on the treatmentof women in Islamic society.

Martha Boneta, owner of Lib-erty Farms in the Northern Vir-ginia village of Paris, wasthreatened with nearly $5,000in fines for selling produce andcrafts and throwing unlicensedevents, including a birthdayparty for her best friend’s child.To protect the property rightsof farmers, H.B. 1430, the“Boneta Bill” was proposed inthis session of the Virginia Leg-islature by Delegate ScottLingamfelter, and Boneta willgive an update on its status.

For more information, visitwww.cliftongop.com.

Three Speakers to AddressGOP Women of Clifton

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Wellbeing

By Marilyn Campbell

The Connection

When Mary ElizabethO’Conner enters asupermarket, she is

careful to stay within the outerperimeters of the store. “Mostgrocery stores are designed sothat the healthiest and non-pro-cessed food, like fresh veg-etables and meat are kept onthe outer edges,” she said. Shelooks for heart-healthy foodslike whole grains and freshfruit.

O’Conner has two good rea-sons for being tuned in to nu-trition: “Both of my parentsdied unexpectedly from heartattacks,” she said. “My fatherdied 15 years ago in February.”

February is American HeartMonth and health experts areencouraging diet and exercisechanges that will lead to betterheart health.

Joel Martin, Ph.D. an assis-tant professor of kinesiology atGeorge Mason University inFairfax, says the Dietary Ap-proaches to Stop Hypertension(DASH) eating plan is often rec-ommended for people who areat risk for heart disease.

“The diet has been proven bynumerous research studies tolower blood pressure. Highblood pressure is a major riskfactor for serious heart prob-lems, [like] heart attacks forexample,” he said. “The dietemphasizes fruits, vegetables,whole grains and loweramounts of sweets, red meat,and sodium. It especially em-phasizes lower amounts of so-dium to decrease blood pres-sure.”

Two good options are straw-berries and blueberries. In fact,a study published last month inthe Journal of the AmericanHeart Association showed thateating three or more servingsof the berries per week mayhelp women cut their risk of aheart attack by as much as one-third.

Consuming more Omega-3fatty acids—found in fish, flax-seeds and nuts—has also beenshown to lower the risk of heartdisease.

There are some foods thatshould be avoided, say someexperts. “[Foods that are] badfor hearts include cholesterolrich foods, like foods from ani-mals. The current recommen-dation is beef once per weekwith a serving size the size of adeck of cards,” said LauraEvans, assistant professor,George Mason UniversitySchool of Nursing. “Avoid trans-fats. These are modified fatsfound in processed foods,cheese, all processed foods andsalt.”

Andrew Meade of the Reston-based National Association forSports and Physical Education,says that the average personcan reduce his or her risk ofheart disease by exercising forat least 30 minutes each day.

“That is the only way to real-ize any heart-health benefit,” hesaid. “Exercising for 30 minutesmost days of the week buildsyour cardiovascular endur-ance.”

Martin, who agrees, said, “Interms of exercise habits for ahealthy heart, just getting regu-lar aerobic exercise is a goodidea … to ensure a healthy car-diovascular system.”

By Marilyn Campbell

The Connection

Randy Weadon walks sixmiles each day aroundthe perimeters of hisretirement community,

Greenspring in Springfield. He alsodoes crossword puzzles daily.

“During tax season, I walkaround the halls and mentally domy income taxes in my head,” saidWeadon, a retired Coast Guard of-ficer. “If I had not started walking,I don’t know if I’d be alive. I am86-and-a-half years old, but I don’tfeel that age at all.”

Geriatric experts say healthylifestyle habits like regular exercise,eating a nutritious diet and brainchallenges can help preserve men-tal health as we age.

“The one thing that I always tellmy patients is that if you don’t use it, you lose it. Irecommend crossword puzzles, mentally challeng-ing games and reading, especially about currentevents,” said Dr. Lisa Calusic, a psychiatrist at InovaBehavioral Health Services in Alexandria, and anArlington, resident.

Researchers Pamela Greenwood and RajaParasuraman, professors at the Department of Psy-chology at George Mason University in Fairfax, havespent more than 20 years studying the way the hu-man brain ages with a focus on Alzheimer’s disease.The two wrote a book, “Nurturing the Older Brainand Mind,” in which they explore ways middle-agedpeople can stave off mental deterioration.

“We know that if we can put off dementing ill-nesses, even by a year or two through lifestylechanges, that will reduce the number of people withAlzheimer’s disease, which is reaching epidemic pro-portions,” Parasuraman says.

The duo says that preventingand staving off mental deteriora-tion is more important than evernow that workers are staying em-

ployed longer for economic rea-sons. Physical activity is an im-portant tool as well.

“Exercise [is] the ‘lifestyle’factor with the strongest effect,”said Greenwood. “A number ofdifferent research groups havefound benefits of aerobic exer-cise on both brain structure andfunction, and on cognitive per-formance.”

Joel Martin, a professor ofkinesiology at George Mason,agrees: “Regular exercise hasbeen proven to slow the agingprocess,” he said. “People havetheir actual age, which theycan’t do anything about, andtheir biological age. Someonecould be 40 years old, live avery inactive lifestyle and noteat very well, which may causethem to be closer to 60 in termsof their biological age. Vice

versa: Someone who is 60 could be very active andeat a healthy diet and feel like they are much younger,perhaps a biological age closer to mid-40s.”

As an octogenarian, Weadon credits his sharpnessto regular mental challenges. Martin agrees. “Regu-larly engaging in activities requiring cognitive func-tion is important,” said Martin. “Most tissues in thebody respond to stress placed on it by becomingstronger or adapting to handle the stimulus you placeon it. If you lift weights, your muscles get bigger andstronger. If you don’t do any sort of physical activityto stimulate your muscles, then they get smaller andbecome weaker. The brain is the same way, it needsregular stimulation to maintain its function.”

Experts also say not to rule out the importance ofgood nutrition. “The antioxidants in foods, especiallyfruits and vegetables, can help to preserve and pro-tect tissues from damage that occurs as part of thenatural aging process,” said Martin.

February is Heart MonthDiet and fitness experts offersuggestions for maintaining ahealthy heart.

A study published last month in Journal of theAmerican Heart Association showed that eating threeor more servings of blueberries and strawberries perweek may help women cut their risk of a heart attackby as much as one-third.

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Preserving MentalHealth as We Age

Randy Weadon, 86, doescrossword puzzles and walkssix miles each day.

Geriatric experts sayhealthy lifestylehabits like regularexercise, eating anutritious diet andbrain challenges canhelp preserve men-tal health as we age.

Experts say diet, exercise andmental stimulation are key.

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Butler Too Much for TCLB Senior totals 29 points, 22 rebounds in OT victory.

Lake Braddock senior Natalie Butler scored29 points and grabbed 22 reboundsagainst T.C. Williams on Tuesday, Feb. 5.

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The T.C. Will-iams girls’b a s k e t b a l lteam this sea-

son snapped a nine-gamelosing streak againstWest Springfield, twicebeating the three-timedefending Patriot Districtchampion during themonth of January.

Defeating West Spring-field for the first timesince 2009 gave TC anopportunity to earn theNo. 1 seed in this year’sdistrict tournament. Butthe Titans’ journey to thetop of the district stand-ings was derailed onTuesday night by LakeBraddock’s 6-foot-4matchup nightmare.

NATALIE BUTLERscored 29 points,grabbed 22 rebounds and blocked seven shots as theBruins defeated the Titans 56-54 in overtime on Tues-day, Feb. 5, at T.C. Williams High School.

Along with being a force in the paint, Butler, a 6-foot-4 senior who will play at Georgetown Univer-sity next season, made four clutch free throws to helpLake Braddock move into a second-place tie with T.C.Williams. West Springfield sits atop the district stand-ings with an 11-2 record, followed by the Bruins andTitans at 10-3. Lake Braddock would win a head-to-head tiebreaker with TC, having won both regularseason meetings with the Titans.

Lake Braddock led 53-52 when junior CaitlynMandela went to the free-throw line with 13.6 sec-onds remaining in overtime. Mandela made her firstattempt and missed the second. Butler grabbed therebound, drew a foul and put the game out of reachby knocking down both foul shots. The Titans addeda meaningless bucket in the closing seconds.

“I knew that the crowd was going to be loud andthat there was going to be lots of distractions and alot of pressure,” Butler said about her game-clinch-ing free throws. “I just really wanted to win and theteam did a great job and I didn’t want to let the teamdown. I sort of blocked everything out and just toldmyself, they’re just two free throws—make them andmove on.”

Butler also made a pair of free throws to tie thescore at 45-all with 41.4 seconds remaining in regu-lation. She finished the evening seven-for-nine at thefoul line.

While Butler came up clutch at the charity stripe,it was her production in the paint during the secondhalf that gave the Bruins a chance to win. After But-ler totaled just five points in the first half, includinga scoreless second quarter, Lake Braddock coach JohnGiannelli said the Bruins made an effort to get theball inside.

“In the first half, we didn’t look inside at all andwe didn’t swing the ball at all,” Giannelli said. “We

came in at halftime, wetalked to Nat and we de-cided we need to swing theball quicker and then Natswitches from post to postand then we get the ballinside or we swing it back.Our main goal was to getthe ball inside to Nat. Themore we swung the ball,the better chance we hadto get it into her.”

Butler responded withnine points in the thirdquarter, nine in the fourthand six in overtime.

T.C. Williams head coachKesha Walton said the Ti-tans tried to keep Butlerfrom catching the balldown low. Six-foot sopho-more Grace Patterson and5-foot-10 senior BayleeSimpson battled in thepaint, but it wasn’tenough. In the teams’ firstmeeting, Butler scored 40points and grabbed 31 re-bounds during a 76-65 vic-

tory against TC on Jan. 11, according to stats fromthe Washington Post’s website.

“Baylee fought as hard as she could. … Grace gotout there and did the best that she could as far asbanging [Butler],” Walton said. “That was our gameplan: we knew we had to contain her if we wantedto come out successful tonight. … She’s a legit 6-4.Even if she catches the ball, there’s nothing we cando but foul, so our goal is to try to keep it away fromher as much as we can.”

Junior guard Betsy Gallier scored 11 points for LakeBraddock. Junior guard Aryn Burrage scored sixpoints and sophomore guard Christine McGrath fin-ished with five.

LAKE BRADDOCK improved to 14-5 and extendedits winning streak to five games. Tuesday wasGiannelli’s fourth game filling in for head coach LeighJanis, who recently had a child.

Butler said the Bruins have handled the coachingtransition well and she’s pleased with the team’s suc-cess. Lake Braddock finished 7-15 her sophomoreseason and 9-15 last year.

Giannelli, who came to Lake Braddock fromCentreville this season, started the year as a varsityassistant and the head JV coach.

“Being on varsity since [I was] a sophomore, weweren’t a threat,” Butler said. “It’s unbelievable tobe a threat now in my senior year. It’s great experi-ence. There’s a lot of pressure that comes with it,but I love it and I can’t wait to play in the next game.Coach G has done a great job with Coach Janis. Ithink he blended perfectly with the team. There wereno issues whatsoever. The girls respected him as ahead coach and we all came to practice every dayready to work.”

TC will close the regular season with a road gameagainst Annandale at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 7.Lake Braddock will host West Potomac at 7:30 p.m.on Friday, Feb. 8.

Former WestSpringfieldstandout pointguard AprilRobinson hasstarted everygame of herfreshmanseason for theDuquesnewomen’sbasketballteam.

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By Jon Roetman

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April Robinson was ascared freshman whenshe arrived at

Duquesne University in Pitts-burgh. The former West Spring-field standout was entering theworld of Division I college bas-ketball and wasn’t sure of herplace among her elder team-mates.

“When she came on a visit,she was really quiet,” saidDuquesne junior forward OrsiSzecsi, who was Robinson’s hostduring her visit. “I was the onlyperson that she was talking to.When she came for school, sheopened up, but she was a weakfreshman, so we always madefun of her. She would just giveyou the look, the ‘What’s goingon,’ just staring at you, blankbehind the eyes.”

While Robinson’s teammatesgave her a hard time, and thefreshman is still working on thewhole “quiet” thing, the 2012West Springfield graduate hasshown the Dukes—and the restof the Atlantic 10 Conference—there’s nothing weak about hergame.

Robinson, a 5-foot-8 pointguard, earned a starting roleand never let it go. Not only didRobinson secure a position ofleadership as a true freshman—and the only freshman on theDuquesne roster—she hasthrived in it. In 21 games, she’ssecond on the team in scoring(9.0), minutes per game (27.8),assists (2.5) and total steals(31). She has twice been namedA-10 Rookie of the Week (Dec.3, 31) and has played a majorrole in Duquesne posting a 17-

4 record. As of Wednesdaymorning, the Dukes were thirdin the A-10 with a 6-1 record,behind Dayton (7-0) and SaintJoseph’s (6-0).

Robinson hasn’t been over-whelmed by playing such aprominent role.

“You just play. Starting as afreshman and playing a lot ofminutes, it doesn’t really meananything because you go intoeach practice, each game likeit’s your last,” Robinson said atGeorge Washington University’sSmith Center on Wednesday,Jan. 30, after the Dukes beatthe Colonials 63-59 in doubleovertime. “You’ve just got to dowhatever it takes to help yourteam get the W.”

“She’s come in, in my mind,and exceeded expectations,”said McConnell-Serio, who re-ceived the 2004 WNBA Coachof the Year award with the Min-nesota Lynx. “She has been tre-mendous from the beginningand competed. She has alwaysbeen poised. … We’re betterwith her as a point guard. Shemakes plays, she scores, she cre-ates … she really understandswhat we’re trying to do offen-sively and defensively and she’samazed me from the beginningof the season until now.”

Robinson said the size, quick-ness and physicality of oppo-nents on the college level aresome notable differences fromplaying high school ball, but thebiggest change has been deal-ing with full-court pressure:“You can’t really breathe,” shesaid.

“We basically build on her,”Szecsi said. “I’m real proud ofher because not many freshmencan do that at her position.”


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