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The massive American flag floatwas released on Main Street forthe City of Fairfax’s 44th annual
Independence Day Parade.
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The Kena Shriners race their go-karts as part of a longstanding traditionat the parade.
The Northern Virginia Firefighters Emerald Society Pipe Band marches inthe parade.
City Says ‘Happy Birthday, Uncle Sam’City of Fairfax celebrates the Fourth of Julywith its annual Independence Day Parade.
“I’ve really enjoyed it.The music, the floats,everything.”
— Steven Bradd, 14
By Justin Fanizzi
The Connection
Good old Uncle Sam celebratedhis 234th birthday this year, onSunday, July 4, and if he couldsee the party the City of Fairfax
threw, he would certainly blush.The city closed down Main Street for its
44th annual Independence Day Parade onSaturday, July 3, and once again, floats, firetrucks, go-karts and more filled Old TownFairfax to the delight of hundreds of spec-tators. With a dance performance from
Washington D.C.’s Anacostia High SchoolDance team, music from the W.T. WoodsonMarching Cavaliers and an appearance byUncle Sam himself, among the myriadgroups gracing the lineup, the parade of-fered something for everybody.
“We’ve been coming for a few years now,and we always enjoy it,” said Kate Deer, whobrought her two children, ages 2 and 4.“The kids don’t get to see many parades, soit’s a lot of fun for them to watch. This yearmay be even better than last year.”
The festivities began at 10 a.m., and cityofficials, including all members of the City
Council and School Board, were first in theprocession.
Several membersof the Board of Su-pervisors, as well asDel. David Bulova(D-37) and Sen.Chap Petersen (D-34), also partici-pated, following thecity leaders. Severalold favorites also re-turned, with theKena Shriners Car Club performing their tra-ditional go-kart drive-by and the Americanflag float being released.
In total, nearly 100 different individualsand groups marched in the parade, enter-
taining the scores of people lining the down-town sidewalks for more than two
hours.The dazzlingdisplay, while a fa-miliar site for long-time residents,wowed those newto the parade andhad them vowingto make the eventan annual familytradition.
“This is my firsttime ever coming to the [IndependenceDay] parade [in the City of Fairfax],” saidSteven Bradd, 14. “And I’ve really enjoyedit. The music, the floats, everything. We’rehaving a great time.”
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Woodson High School graduateNojan Navab became a U.S.citizen at a naturalization cer-emony at the Fairfax CountyGovernment Center last month.
County government sponsored a localnaturalization ceremony last month.
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By Julia O’Donoghue
The Connection
Without a doubt, the most frustrat-ing part about living in theUnited States without citizen-
ship for Nojan Navab was not being able tovote in elections.
“I will be voting in every election I canafter this day,” said Navab, who moved tothe United States with his family in 1996 atthe age of 13.
The Iranian native graduated fromWoodson High School, George Mason Uni-
versity and now lives in Fairfax.“I basically regard this pretty much as my
country,” said Navab, who has been work-ing toward citizenship for years.
Though his family initially came to theUnited States seeking political asylum,Navab had to wait nine years before he wasgranted permanent U.S. residency status.He and other family members got caughtin a large backlog of candidates for greencards when the federal government proce-dures for applicants changed following theSept. 11 attacks.
Now that he is a citizen, Navab is also
looking forward to traveling more interna-tionally. “I tried to go to Europe in 2006 or2007 and ended up canceling the trip be-cause the visa application took so long thatI just gave up,” he said. With an Americanpassport, Navab won’t even be required toget a visa before traveling to most coun-tries in Europe, he said.
NAVAB, the first person in his immediatefamily to become a citizen, was one of the74 people who became naturalized Ameri-cans at the Fairfax County Government Cen-ter May 14.
The county government sponsored thecitizenship ceremony for the second yearin a row in honor of Asian American andPacific Islander Month. According the U.S.Census, approximately 28 percent of all
Fairfax residents are foreign born and 50percent of all county residents who are im-migrants come from Asia.
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Week in Fairfax
Scout Earns Gold Eagle PalmAnthony Applewhite has earned a Gold EaglePalm, a rare achievement for any scout andparticularly for one at the age of 14.Applewhite has earned 31 merit badges, 10more than the 21 needed to reach the EagleScout Rank. A young man who excels inschool, sports, music and scouts, he is thechild of two military parents. Anthony isexpected to remain active as a scout, and alsohas high expectations for himself in the fieldsof math and science. A resident of Fairfax,where he goes to school, Anthony is a memberof a Troop 1577, which is based in Herndon.
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Industrial-To-Office BuildingConversions On Rise
The Fairfax County Economic Development Authorityexpects many large-scale warehouses and other indus-trial buildings to be priced out of the local commercialreal estate market over the next few years.
“It is inevitable. Look at Arlington County and the Cityof Alexandria. The land just gets too expensive in urbanareas. Those types of uses will eventually go away inFairfax,” said Gerald Gordon, president and chief execu-tive officer of the Fairfax County Economic DevelopmentAuthority.
The amount of industrial and flexible commercial spacein Fairfax already declined in 2009, in part because in-dustrial facilities were demolished and replaced with newoffice or retail developments. Redevelopment projects inMerrifield alone claimed more than 150,000 square feetof industrial space last year, according to the authority’s2009 real estate report. But Gordon anticipates that manywarehouse-to-office conversions will take place in Spring-field and Lorton area, where more than half of the county’sindustrial buildings are located. Government contractorswill want to be nearby when several military operationsmove to Fort Belvoir and the National Geospatial-Intelli-gence Agency moves to Springfield in 2011.
“The overall inventory is expected to take some serioushits over the next 10 years as older industrial/flex is re-developed into high-end office space to meet new de-mands in traditionally industrial areas along I-95,” statedthe economic development authority’s report.
Most of the companies that currently occupy industrial
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Tea and IndependenceNorthern Virginia TeaParty hosts IndependenceWeekend Wrap-up Picnic.
Join the MovementE-mail the Northern Virginia Tea Party at
[email protected] for infor-mation on future events and how to join.
“We’re double whatwe were six monthsago.”
— Ron Wilcox, NorthernVirginia Tea Party organizer
By Justin Fanizzi
The Connection
It is every American’s constitutionally guaran-teed right to oppose the government, andwhile most people are content to simply voicetheir displeasure, Northern Virginia has more
than a few who will not sit idly by.The Northern Virginia Tea Party, with its quickly
growing ranks, began spreading its message of de-vout Constitutional adherence only a year ago. How-ever, as evidenced by the large crowd gathered Mon-day, July 5 at Davis General Storein Fairfax Station for the group’sIndependence Weekend Wrap-upPicnic, the relatively new chapterof the nationwide movement hasgained a foothold in the area.
“We’re double what we were sixmonths ago,” said group organizerRon Wilcox. “First of all, we con-tinue to organize, and we are fairlyaggressive in recruiting people.They are realizing that federalgovernment is only part of the problem, and we needto affect things at a local level.”
The Northern Virginia Tea Party, according toWilcox, formed in late March 2009. Wilcox said thatin response to the election of President BarackObama (D) and the policies that his administrationimplemented, he and a few like-minded friends be-gan their own Tea Party-style group to rally localcitizens. However, he soon found out that another,similar group was also established around the sametime, and realized that the message his group wantedto spread could reach more people if the two groupsjoined forces. So, on March 26, 2009, Wilcox reachedout to the other group, the two merged, and theNorthern Virginia Tea Party was born.
“There were two separate groups who felt that itwas important to organize locally because we real-ized that we had no constituency in D.C.,” Wilcoxsaid. “Plus, we shared the same vision that we neededto affect local politics.”
The first official events, Wilcox said, took place inFebruary, and the group has had 12 biweekly meet-ings to date. The meetings provide a networking op-portunity for area residents sharing the same ideals,and also bring in speakers to lecture on what it meansto be a member of the Tea Party movement and howto recruit others using grassroots techniques. This for-
mat was followed at Monday’swrap up picnic, with a few spe-cial speakers added in for the oc-casion.
Eric Cary, a candidate for theMaryland State Senate, began theproceedings with an impassionedspeech on Tea Party ideals. Hestarted by explaining to the 60 orso in attendance that their par-ticipation in the movement is cru-cial, as the things the Tea Party is
fighting for now, such as the repealing of Obama’shealth care plan, fiscal conservatism and the reduc-tion of dependency of foreign oil, will have drasticimpacts on their children. In addition, Cary alsowarned potential political candidates not to use themovement as a springboard to election and instructedthe crowd to ask specific questions of their candi-dates to see how dedicated they are to the move-ment.
“If a candidate wants to bring reform and becomea representative of us, they must understand thatwe’re going to be looking at them with a close eye,”Cary said. “Our responsibility as Tea Party members
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See News Briefs, Page 7
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Shelby L. Loeffler has received afour year Army ROTC (Reserve OfficerTraining Corps) scholarship to attendVirginia Military Institute, Lexington.The mission of ROTC is to provide fu-ture officers with leadership qualitiesneeded in the regular Army and theReserve Components. She is the daugh-ter of Sam Loeffler of Clifton Road,Clifton, and Sherra Loeffler of 13thCourt N., Arlington. Loeffler graduatedin 2009 from Robinson SecondarySchool and is currently attending MaryBaldwin College.
Army Pfc. Alan C. Leung has de-ployed to Iraq to serve in support ofOperation Iraqi Freedom. Leung, an
automated logistics specialist, is nor-mally assigned to the 249thQuartermaster Company, Fort Bragg,N.C. He has served in the military forone year. He is the son of Tony W.Leung and brother of Mandy C. Leung,both of Sherman Street, Fairfax. Theprivate is a 2008 graduate of FairfaxHigh School.
Army Capt. Bryan J. Burkhalterhas deployed to the U.S. Naval Base,Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to serve as amember of Joint Task Force-GTMO insupport of Operation Enduring Freedomand/or Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Burkhalter, an executive officer, isregularly assigned to the Maritime
Safety And Security Team, based in LosAngeles/Long Beach, Calif. He hasserved in the military for eight years.
He is the son of John C. Burkhalter ofDungannon Road, Fairfax.
The captain graduated in 1997 fromBishop O’Connell High School, and re-ceived a bachelor’s degree in 2001 fromthe U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
Autumn A. Benedict of Fairfaxcompleted Air Force Officer TrainingSchool on Dec. 19, 2009 at Maxwell AirForce Base and was commissioned byher father Lt. Col. Craig F. Benedict dur-ing the graduation ceremony there. Lt.Autumn Benedict will be assigned toTinker Air Force Base, Okla.
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People
Timothy Hoffman of Fairfax High Schooland Cheryl Coyne of Lanier MiddleSchool were honored on May 17, as theRotary Club of Fairfax’s Teachers of the
Year for 2010. The two Fairfax educators were cho-sen for their outstanding and demonstrated abilityto instill in students a desire to learn, extensive sub-ject area knowledge, understanding of student needs,ability to foster self-esteem, cooperative relationshipswith their colleagues and outstanding educationalleadership. The Rotary Club of Fairfax bestowed uponHoffman and Coyne each an engraved trophy nam-ing them as the club’s Teacher of the Year and a checkfor $1,000.
Every spring, he Rotary Club of Fairfax recognizeslocal teachers as its Teachers of the Year as part of itsservice to the Fairfax community.
“We feel very fortunate to have had the chance torecognize Mr. Hoffman’s and Ms. Coyne’s tremen-dous contributions to the young people in our com-munity,” said Rotarian Paul Gauthier, who serves asthe Fairfax Rotary club’s Vocational Service directorand who coordinated the Teacher of the Year awardefforts. “Both of them are gifted educators who caredeeply about their students.” According to Gauthier,the Fairfax Rotary Club raises funds for the Teacherof the Year awards each year through fund raisersand donations. “Teachers are so important and sorarely receive recognition for the amazing work theydo,” he said. “Our club is dedicated to rewardingexcellence in teaching in our community.”
The ESOL department chair at Fairfax High Schoolsince 2004, Hoffman has 24 years of teaching expe-rience in the U.S. and abroad. He has a master ofarts in linguistics from Ohio University and this year,was also honored as Fairfax High School’s Teacherof the Year. Hoffman said that his philosophy of edu-
The Rotary Club of Fairfax named Timothy Hoffman of Fairfax High School and CherylCoyne of Lanier Middle School as its 2010 Teachers of the Year. From left are Dr. ScottPoole, principal, and Coyne, social studies teacher of Lanier Middle School; and Timo-thy Hoffman, ESOL teacher, and David Goldfarb, principal, of Fairfax High School.
Rotary Honors Two Teacherscation is comprised of three concepts: created com-munities, modeled leadership and expanded hori-zons.
“I have worked my entire career to enact theseconcepts in my school and in the classroom,”Hoffman said, adding that for him, no job can com-pare with the vocation of teaching. “It’s been one ofthe joys of my life to have had these years with myfellow teachers and with all of the students withwhom I have had the honor to work.”
“I have tried my best to help my students becomemore understanding, skilled, and independent citi-zens, but I often feel that it has probably been I whohas learned the most,” he said.
Coyne has been a social studies teacher at LanierMiddle School since 2004 and has taught in theFairfax County Public School system for 15 years.She has a masters of education degree fromMarymount University and says that her desire to bea teacher was born in large part out of her own upsand downs as a student, beginning with challengesshe faced in third grade. “I truly believe that my thirdgrade experiences helped me be a better teacher,”said Coyne. “To help others, we must first under-stand ourselves.” In fact, Coyne said that her ownchallenges as a student have been one of the largestbenefits of her career path. “We need to learn notonly from our successes, but from our failures, too,”she said.
Coyne’s teaching philosophy has three basic tenets:reciprocal respect, assisting students to achieve theirgoals in life, and helping students see and under-stand their society. As a social studies teacher, shestrives to help students become active citizens. “I notonly refuse to accept apathy in my class,” she said. “Iwant to make sure that my students understand thatapathy is not an option in our society.”
The Rotary Club of Fairfax meets on Mondays at12:15 p.m. upstairs at the American Legion on OakStreet in Fairfax. For more information about theRotary Club of Fairfax, visit the club’s website atwww.fairfaxrotary.org or e-mail Executive DirectorIrby N. Hollans Jr. at [email protected].
Fairfax club recognizesFairfax High, LanierMiddle educators.
Pictured are FFO Board member Carolann Wilson, SGArepresentatives Brendan Muha and Leah Utley and FFODirector Liz Reinert.
200,000 and Counting
At a school awards ceremony last week, Liz Reinert, the directorof Food for Others, presented Paul VI Catholic High School witha certificate acknowledging that since 1997, PVI has donated
over 200,000 pounds of food to Food for Others, an organization thatprovides meals for many needy families in Northern Virginia.
“By industry standards, one pound equals one meal, and that meansthat PVI has contributed 200,000 meals back in to their community,”Reinert said.
Paul VI conducts its Ton of Love Canned Food Drive every year aroundThanksgiving. In last year’s drive alone, PVI students and staff donated39,000 cans and more than $9,500 to Food for Others.
Food for Others says thanksto Paul VI Catholic High.
Moore Automotive Hosts Car CareClinic for Female Car Owners
Moore Automotive of 9776 Fairfax Blvd., Fairfax, hosted aWomen’s Brunch and Car Care Clinic on April 24. Twenty-one women attended to hear the reasons why and how to
maintain their vehicle. Co-owners Pamela Johnson, Bill Johnson andChaz Paige served a brunch of quiche, crab cakes, sandwiches and othergoodies catered by local Cooking & Company Caterers. Chris Hoover,ASE master technician and Doug Robinson, technician, explained theimportance of maintaining an auto for optimum performance. Someitems discussed were when to change fluids, checking and replacingthe battery and a review of emergency kits. Other topics included dash-board lights, what they mean and what to do and not do when theycome on. Gifts were also given to several attendees.
Chris Hoover speaks at Moore Automotive’s Women’sBrunch and Car Care Clinic.
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space in Fairfax are small employers that provide func-tions like printing, auto repair and storage. Some are deliv-ery services with large fleets of trucks or other vehicles thatare parked on the property, said Gordon.
“These are all the kinds of uses that could move furtherwest or south,” he said.
According to the report, Fairfax is already seeing a surgeof interest in industrial and flexible commercial propertyalong Interstate 95. Ten of the county’s 14 largest industrialleases signed in 2009 were for space in Springfield (three),Franconia (three), Newington (two) and Lorton (two).
“They won’t do it now. ... But absolutely, we will see ClassA office space on Richmond Highway,” said Gordon.
Fairfax had already seen a shift away from traditional in-dustrial use in its commercial market. Over the past decade,speculative industrial development was more likely to bebuilt as “flexible space” that was easily adaptable to a num-ber of different uses. Small and new businesses often chooseto lease flexible industrial space over traditional offices be-cause it is cheaper, according to the report.
There is a down side to losing true industrial uses inFairfax, according to Gordon. Residents and companies willhave to travel longer to get to their storage units for ex-ample, he said.
Fairfax Seeks Input On DeerFairfax County is soliciting public input on deer manage-
ment through an online survey available at http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/survey/deermanagement.htm.
Residents are encouraged to share their thoughts on theprevalence of deer and how the county should address theissues surrounding them. Officials will post the results ofthe survey on the Fairfax government website Aug. 1.
To learn more about deer management in Fairfax County,visit http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/living/animals/wildlife/maanagement/deermanagement.htm or contact FairfaxCounty wildlife biologist Vicky Monroe at 703-324-0240.
— Julia O’Donoghue
is to hold these politicians’ feet to the fire. This[movement] is not a magic bullet to get into office.”
Several candidates in state elections in 2011 alsomade appearances, both to rally the crowd and toget a head start on campaigning. Steve Hunt, de-feated by Sen. David Marsden (D-37) in a Januaryspecial election to fill Attorney General KenCuccinelli’s (R) vacant Senate seat, announced thathe would be running for the seat again in 2011. Hesaid that the state of local politics has gotten worsesince he ran for office just less than seven monthsago. He echoed the Tea Party mantra of the U.S.Constitution being the blueprint for the country.
“What we’re seeing today is a bureaucratic tyranny,which has grown too much and is trying to take toomuch of our power,” Hunt said. “We need to get backto elected officials serving the people and being awatchdog for the people.”
Republican Scott Martin, who will be challengingSen. George Barker (D-39) in November 2011, fol-lowed Hunt, and spoke out in support of several is-sues. Martin said that he is running on a platform oflower taxes, spending cuts and a smaller government,and also voiced his unabashed support for the Sec-ond Amendment, including the abolishment of thenewly passed state law prohibiting concealed weap-ons on college campuses.
“Extend liberty,” Martin said. “It’s that simple, andthat’s what I want to do. Guns are the tools our found-
ing fathers used to gain our freedom. They are some-thing to be feared, because they are tools of liberty.”
David Dotson, the Libertarian candidate for the11th Congressional District and challenger to Repub-lican Keith Fimian and incumbent U.S. Rep. GerryConnolly (D-11), concluded the candidates’ portion,stressing the need for individual liberty. Dotson saidthat he considers himself straight out of the Ron Paulmold, and that he looks to Paul for definitive an-swers on important issues. Dotson, new to politics,said that he is in favor of abolishing the IRS, limitingthe power of the Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasuryand is against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, say-ing he supports the troops but not the government’s“empire building.”
“I don’t want to be a politician, that is not why Iam here,” Dotson said. “I ran because I am upsetand want to see change. The Federal Reserve canprint money whenever it wants, and the Treasuryjust borrows it from China whenever it wants, andwe’re not going to be able to cut spending as long asthis is happening.”
Mike McCue, president of the Virginia Gun Own-ers Coalition, dressed as Patrick Henry and recitedhis “Give me liberty or give me death” speech.
“The Tea Party movement is inspiring us ordinarycitizens all over the world, and we’re with theseguys,” said Daniel Rowe, visiting from England.“What happens in this country ripples across theworld, and when you elect the right government, ithelps everyone.”
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“We proudly proclaim ourselves a nation of immi-grants but the truth is that our Asian American com-munity had a particularly rocky time,” said FairfaxCounty Board Chairwoman Sharon Bulova (D-At-large), who cited several laws from the 19th and 20thcenturies aimed at limiting the number Asian immi-grants entering the country.
But Abdul Hussam, a George Mason Universityprofessor, said the United States offers untappedpersonal freedom to all of citizens, particularly whenit comes to religious thought and political ideology.
The professor and keynote speak for the ceremonywon the federal government’s “Outstanding Ameri-can By Choice” award in 2008 for work he has doneto improve the water quality in his native country,
Bangladesh.“I am a Muslim in America, and I am granted more
freedom here than in most other countries in theworld. When I disagree with American foreign policy,I can still speak my mind about it,” said Hussam.
But many of Fairfax’s newest U.S. citizens admit-ted later that their reasons for becoming an Ameri-can were less lofty than those articulated by Hussamin his speech.
Giovanna Moya, a Bolivian-born Mason student,was primarily motivated to become a U.S. citizen forpractical reasons. She wants to work in global af-fairs and needed citizenship in order to work for theU.S. Department of State this summer.
“I couldn’t get the internship without being a citi-zen. That was the main reason for doing it now,”said Moya.
Local Naturalization Ceremony
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Military Notes
Army National Guard Pfc. James C. Stocking has completedthe Warrior Transition Course at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. He is the sonof James R. Stocking of Hideaway Road, Fairfax.
Marine Corps Pfc. David P. Adrounie, a 2009 graduate of W.T. Woodson High School, recently completed 12 weeks of basic train-ing at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C.
Army Pvt. Geoffrey A. Reavley has graduated from Basic Com-bat Training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. He is the brother of WesleyScott Shaw of Boggs Road, Zanesville, Ohio, and son of Karen Stewartof Ironmaster Drive, Burke. Reavley is a 2004 graduate of Fairfax HighSchool.
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School Board Could Learn To Share
The possible closing of Clifton El-ementary, apparently because it “isgoing to be a very expensive schoolto renovate,” is causing outrage
amongst people with and without school-agedchildren in the Clifton area.
More expensive than what? The specifics ofalternatives, in this case and others, are oftenunavailable to the people who will be affectedby such actions by Fairfax County PublicSchools.
Small community-based elementary schoolsserve many purposes, benefit children andfamilies and do in fact foster a sense of com-munity. The pushback isn’t surprising, and isprobably inevitable.
But what makes the proposed closing ofClifton Elementary similar to the ending ofother programs and closing of other facilitiesis the lack of hard information shared with thepublic about the benefits and alternatives inFairfax County.
Consider the closing of Pimmit AlternativeSchool, which will ostensibly save $1 millionannually in a $2 billion budget. What will thecosts be of having the students served byPimmitt go elsewhere? What of those adultstudents who will not be able to travel to oneof the other alternative schools and conse-
Too many decisions made with tone of ‘weknow best,’ not enough sharing of data.
quently might go without a high school di-ploma? Are some of these people more likelyto need public assistance? Less likely to makea good salary that allows them to contributeto the local economy?
Or the elimination of Project Excel to be surethat all the schools with a large population ofpoor students get something, but now no oneseems to be sure exactly who will be getting
what.Or the elimination of a
“modified calendar” (year-round school) in several el-
ementary schools that has been associated withbetter student performance. Exactly what willthat save? Enough to offset the fact that theschools with a modified calendar tend to havea higher population of students who will needservices over the summer in any event?
And now it turns out that the plan for clos-ing Clifton Elementary that has been the un-derlying assumption for more than a year(building a new, bigger school on the LibertyMiddle School site) is being scrapped, mean-ing that students might be divided up amongstseveral different elementary schools. What willthat cost? Will those schools need additions?We don’t know.
As a result it’s hard to have confidence in
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Approximately 85 people showed upto the June 10 meeting of the FairfaxCounty School Board to oppose theclosing of Clifton Elementary School.
the pronouncement that keeping the schoolopen is too expensive. That might be true, butmore expensive than what? If staff and schoolboard can’t answer that question, how did theyconsider the alternatives and costs?
The following letter was sent tothe Fairfax County School Board.
Dear School Board Members:I am a parent of two children
who attend Clifton Elementary. Iurge you to renovate Clifton El-ementary, not close it down. Ourschool’s physical building may notbe “state of the art,” but it is cer-tainly adequate. We bought ahouse in the Colchester Huntneighborhood of Fairfax Countybecause of the fine reputation ofClifton Elementary School. Wecould have chosen to live else-where in the county, but we didnot believe that the elementaryschools that accommodate 900students would serve the educa-tional needs of our children well.We chose Clifton Elementary.
The Clifton community does notbelieve in the “bigger is better”trend for new elementary schoolsin Fairfax County. Clifton Elemen-tary and its 367 students performconsistently well, and the schoolwon the Governor’s Award forEducational Excellence in 2009.One size does not fit all when itcomes to educating our children.
If Clifton Elementary is closed,
our community would be dividedas our children would likely bebused to several different elemen-tary schools. Given the size andrural nature of the Clifton area,this would result in higher trans-portation costs, and much longerbus rides for many of our children.
Clifton Elementaryserves the largestgeographic area ofthe county and to busthese children even
further is unconscionable.To close a high-performing
school when the county is facingan overcrowding crisis in schoolsto the north and northeast ofClifton does not make sense. Clos-ing Clifton means that FCPS willhave to find 367 more seats for thestudents of Clifton in an alreadyovercrowded school environment.Where does the school board pro-pose to send these students? Noboundary study has been con-ducted, so it is unclear at this time.A boundary study should be con-ducted before the school board isasked to make a decision whetherto close Clifton Elementary.
The solution proposed by FCPSto build a new elementary schoolon the site of Liberty MiddleSchool does not effectively solvethe overcrowding problem be-cause it is too far from the schools
in along Route 29 and Interstate66 corridor that are suffering fromovercrowding. In a School Boardwork session held on June 29,Dean Tistadt, chief operating of-ficer for FCPS, admitted that theLiberty site is not ideally locatedto solve the problem. The chal-lenges of renovation of Clifton andovercrowding at schools in otherparts of the county are two dis-tinctly different problems thathappen to be arising at the sametime. FCPS needs to find a solu-tion to the overcrowding problemin the area of the county where itexists — not Clifton.
As a parent, I have never felt thatClifton Elementary is education-ally inadequate because it doesn’thave a school age child care pro-gram, a stage, a separate room forstrings and band, or a larger gym,cafeteria or media center. Thesethings are nice to have, but notessential to a quality education,especially in these lean economictimes.
At the June 28 public hearing,the School Board heard from morethan 150 citizens who will be di-rectly impacted by the closure ofClifton Elementary. Were any ofthem in favor of closing CliftonElementary? Were any of themcomplaining that Clifton Elemen-tary does not have the facilities
that some other elementaryschools have and that it is on wellwater? Did any of them say thatthey wanted FCPS to build a newschool with the educational specsthat are mandated by the county?The answer to all of these ques-tions is a resounding “No.” Thetaxpayer dollars that would bespent in closing our school andbuilding a new school are betterspent somewhere else, such as inthe area of the county where theovercrowding actually exists.
FCPS staff has acknowledgedthat it is possible to renovateClifton Elementary. Please listen towhat the community most affectedby the proposed closure is askingyou to do, and renovate ourschool.
Cindy GuginoFairfax
Fairfax SchoolsWill Be AffectedTo the Editor:
The current deliberation aboutclosing Clifton Elementary Schoolhas been broadly painted as astruggle for a small community tosave its identity, with the focus on
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how a decision will impact Clifton. However, theclosure of CES will be felt by communities from Lee’sCorner to Silverbrook and most of those communi-ties do not know about the very real potential of clos-ing CES or why it is relevant to them. The closure ofCES is the tip of the proverbial iceberg and the realmass of the issue lies below the surface — the dis-ruption of elementary, middle and high school at-tendance areas for thousands of families. That re-districting plan is to be addressed only when thedecision to close Clifton is made — too late to useCES as part of a broader solution.
The Fairfax County School Board anticipates over-crowding in Lees Corner, Waples Mill, Providence,Greenbriar East, Greenbriar West, Eagle View, Powell,Bull Run and London Towne elementary schools bythe 2015-16 school year. The board’s preferred strat-egy for addressing this overcrowding is to build anew school within the Southwestern Region. One ofthe challenges the board faces with the constructionof a new school is site selection.
One site that has been deemed highly desirable bythe board is a large plot of land at Liberty MiddleSchool. It seems that this site meets many of the re-quirements for a new elementary school and is ofparticular interest to the board because it is a plot ofland already owned by the Fairfax County PublicSchool system — a “bird in hand.” This location isnot without issues. First and foremost, the LibertyMiddle School site is not near the anticipated over-crowding. If a new elementary school is built at thislocation, a massive boundary study will be required— one that may include up to 28 elementary schools.Secondly, the location will add more congestion onto
Union Mill Road, a high traffic area that already sup-ports the community of Little Rocky Run, a shop-ping mall, a middle school, and a high school. Fi-nally, it has recently come to light that there is natu-rally occurring asbestos at the planned site. The con-tainment and treatment of the construction site couldadd more than $1 million to the cost of the school,which was not included in any initial estimates. Fi-nally, the implications of undertaking such an en-deavor in close proximity to an existing middle schoolhas been neither explored by the board nor open forpublic discussion.
How could the board justify the construction of anew school at such a site given these limitations with-out seriously exploring other options (e.g., anotherlocation or additions to existing schools)? It is simple.CES is within 3 miles of the Liberty Middle Schoolsite and the board has linked the closure of CES tothe construction of a new elementary school. Aboundary study to assess the impact of a new schoolat the Liberty Middle School site will not be initiateduntil a decision about closing Clifton has been made.It is difficult to predict which elementary schools willbe affected, but some conclusions can be made basedon the building utilization studies conducted by theboard
The impact of closing CES cannot be fully appreci-ated until after it is too late. I doubt that the resi-dents of the Union Mill, Willow Springs, Fairfax Villaand Oakview elementary school systems even knowdecisions are being discussed that will have a sig-nificant impact on where their children will attendschool in the coming years.
Ken CoonClifton
FRIDAY/JULY 9Line Dance Class. 10 a.m. Durga
Temple, 8400 Durga Place, FairfaxStation. For age 55 and up. All levels.Ongoing, meets every Friday. $5.Registration required atwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/rec or 703-324-5544, TTY 711.
TUESDAY/JULY 13Yoga. 10 a.m. at Heatherwood
Retirement Community, 9642 BurkeLake Road, Burke. For age 55 and up.8-one hour sessions. Learn basic Yogapostures while building strength andincreasing and endurance andflexibility. Bring a mat and wearloose comfortable clothes. $5.Registration required atwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/rec or 703-324-5544, TTY 711.
WEDNESDAY/JULY 14Tai Chi Exploration. 1 p.m. and 2
p.m. at Woods Community Center,10100 Wards Grove Circle, Burke.For age 55 and up. 8-one hoursessions. Increase flexibility andmaintain health through breathingand the gentle movements of Tai Chi,Chi Kung, and Yoga. $5. Registrationrequired at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/rec or 703-324-5544, TTY 711.
THURSDAY/JULY 15Fairfax Toastmasters. 7:30 p.m. at
Fairfax High School Room J136,3501 Rebel Run, Fairfax. Meetings onthe first and third Thursdays of [email protected].
Karate. 1 p.m. at Ekoji BuddhistTemple, 6500 Lakehaven Lane,Fairfax. For age 55 and up. 8-onehour sessions. Introduction to basickarate techniques. $5. Register atwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/rec.
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Get Fit
How do you stay fit at 40?I make my health a priority. Women
tend to put everything else above them-selves … and ignore their own health. Imake it a priority. I take the time to pre-pare my own meals so that I’m notcaught out somewhere without propernutrition. I exercise on a daily basis, sothere’s never a day that I’m just sitting.Our bodies weren’t meant to sit.
Is it harder to stay in shape asyou get older?
Our bodies absolutely change as weage, especially women. The only thingis adapting to the changes as they come.I don’t think it’s any easier, or harder, tostay in shape at 40 as it was at 25. Onceyou make up your mind and you wantsomething, your body will follow. It’seasy. It gets hard when you think of dietas a bad four-letter-word [instead of]
fuel for your body and nutrition.
What does fitness mean to you?Fitness to me means the fountain of
youth. I’m 40 and I’ve never felt better,looked better [and] had more energy thanI do right now, and that’s because I madefitness and nutrition a lifestyle. It’s not aquick fix. This is the only body we have.We don’t get to trade it in. Some people takebetter care of their cars than they do theirbody. It’s got to last me for the long haul,and I hope that’s a long time, so I’ve got totake care of it.
What’s an easy thing to do to live ahealthier lifestyle?
Drink water. It is the number one. I fillthis [gallon-sized jug] every morning withwater, and I don’t go to bed that night untilI drink at least 1 gallon of water. I don’tdrink any sodas, anything else but water,
because you really don’t have time whenyou’re trying to drink a gallon. Our bodiesare made up of over 70 percent water. It’sessential for every function of the humanbody, yet so many people don’t even havea sip during the day. By drinking more wa-ter you have energy, your body functionsproperly, your skin gets clear, your hair, yournails, everything a woman would want.
What advice do you have forwomen who need to get fit?
If possible, hire a personal trainer. A per-sonal trainer will guide you through properexercise technique and design an individu-alized program to fit your needs. They willalso provide motivation and encourage-ment. Start small and plan on working outtwo to three times a week and stay consis-tent … results will happen.
— Arielle Retting
“My only goal was at theage of 40 to step on stageand look like I belongedthere.”
— Sherry Nicely, personal trainer
By Arielle Retting
The Connection
After 17 years of climbing thecorporate ladder, 30-year-oldSherry Nicely noticed she wasgetting winded — both meta-
phorically and physically.“I was just never really satisfied or
fulfilled, and sitting behind a desk doingaccounting I realized that my healthwasn’t as good as it could be,” Nicelysaid. “You know, that sick and tired ofbeing sick and tired kind of feeling? Ithought I was way too young to feel thatway.”
So Nicely did what most people do: shejoined a gym.
“I couldn’t wait to come home from astressful day at work and go to the gym towork out my frustration,” Nicely said.
But a gym membership didn’t quenchher craving for fitness. She immediatelygot a personal trainer for a few sessionsto take her fitness to the next level.
“It was my passion and my hobby,”Nicely said. “I constantly had my headburied in a fitness or nutrition book ormagazine.
While visiting her family on vacationfour years ago, her mother found anarticle about becoming a personal trainerin one of those very fitness magazines.She asked her daughter, “Why don’t youdo this?”
For the first time Nicely began thinkingabout turning her passion into a career.“It never occurred to me to do what I lovefor a living,” Nicely said.
After eight months of hard thinking and
tough training, she became a certifiedpersonal trainer, quit corporate Americaand took a job as a personal trainer atFitness Together in Alexandria. She feltright at home at the Fitness Togetherfranchise, saying, “I knew that was theright place for me.”
After a few months working in Alexan-dria, Nicely took the plunge and opened afranchise in Fairfax. She believed theprivate, one-on-one personal training wassomething she could offer to Fairfax-suburban neighborhoods that no otherfranchise could.
“I truly feel thatwe put the per-sonal back inpersonal training,”Nicely said. “Icould actually seechanges andpositive results Iwas making in myclients’ lives. Twoof my clients havechanged so much that they becamepersonal trainers themselves.”
Fast forward a year and the FitnessTogether franchise in Fairfax was asuccess. Everything finally fell into place,and her world began to calm down. Thatis, until friend and employee FernandaWinchester asked Nicely if she had everentered a body-building competition.Now she was ready for another adven-ture.
Now 40, Nicely began training for herfirst figure competition, a division ofbodybuilding meant for “very fit, well-toned but a softer body type” than whatmost people envision when they hear theword ‘bodybuilder.’ The competition isdrug and steroid-free, usually requiringdrug tests or polygraphs beforehand.
“My only goal was at the age of 40 to
step on stage and look like I belongedthere,” Nicely said. “I didn’t go in think-ing, ‘I’m going to win this.’ It was just,‘What am I made of?’ ‘Do I have thediscipline?’”
Nicely proved she had the disciplinewhen she completed the Mount Rogersfigure competition, but had a hard timesticking to her strict diet due to cravingswhen she began training for her secondfigure competition, the Natural NorthAmerican last May.
“I’m human,” Nicely said of herstruggle. “I’m likeany otherwoman. I don’tpretend that I’mnot. When I’m intraining it’s verydisciplined andstrict, but it’sworth everyminute.”
Difficult as itmay be, the
training and experience don’t just helpNicely, but aid her in becoming the besttrainer she can be.
“The discipline that the body figurecompetition requires has caused her tohave more sympathy and offer moreinspiration to her clients,” said Nicely’sfriend Dave Sutton. He described hernew-found interest in competing “a full-blown passion for fitness and nutrition.”
But Nicely is so much more than just atrainer to her clients; she’s living proofthat hard work, discipline and goals areall a person needs to change his or herlife.
“A lot of women have a myth thatthey’re just going to look a certain waywhen they get beyond 40, and I’m here toteach them and prove them differently,”Nicely said.
Local woman, 40, trains as body-builder.
“Once you make up your mind and you want something, your body will follow.” — Sherry Nicely
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Swing Dance with Junk YardSaints. 7:30 at The Old Town Hall,3999 University Drive, Fairfax. $10.www.headoverheelsdance.com.
Wolftrap Childrens Theatre in theWoods. Wolf Trap Foundation forthe Performing Arts, 1624 Trap Road,Vienna. 10 a.m. Culkin School ofIrish Dance: Tir na nOg, 11:15 a.m.Robbie Schaefer: Songs for Kids LikeUs. Free workshops follow the 10a.m. performance; reservationsrequired at 703-255-1824. $8-$10.www.wolftrap.org.
Boyce Avenue and TamarKaprelian. 8 p.m. Jammin’ Java,227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna. $12.jamminjava.com.
Brain Benders. 10:30 a.m. City ofFairfax Regional Library, 10360North St., Fairfax. See everydayobjects through scientific eyes.Presented by Maryland ScienceCenter. Age 6-12. 703-293-6227.
Dig Those Dinosaurs. 2:30 p.m.Kings Park Library, 9000 Burke LakeRoad, Burke. Beale Street Puppetspresents prehistoric performers thatbring the past alive. All ages. 703-978-5600.
Thursday Theater. 11:30 a.m. PohickRegional Library, 6450 SydenstrickerRoad, Burke. Bring lunch and watchmovies, we supply the popcorn. Callfor titles. Ages 1-6 with adult. 703-644-7333.
Alte Kameraden German Band. 8p.m. at Veterans Amphitheater, CityHall, 10455 Armstrong St., Fairfax.German folk music and polkas. Free.Weather permitting. Bring a blanketor lawn chair. 703-757-0220 orwww.fairfaxband.org.
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Foundation for the Performing Arts,1645 Trap Road, Vienna. $44-$231.703-938-2404 or www.wolftrap.org.
City of Fairfax Concert Band. 7:30p.m. Lake Accotink Park, 7500Accotink Park Road, Springfield. Bigband sounds. 703-324-7469 orwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/performances.
Night Music. 7:30 p.m. Royal LakePark, 5344 Gainsborough Drive,Fairfax. Vintage rock. Free. 703-324-7469 or www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/performances.
David Johansen. 7:30 p.m. Jammin’Java, 227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna.$30. jamminjava.com.
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Wolftrap Childrens Theatre in theWoods. Wolf Trap Foundation forthe Performing Arts, 1624 Trap Road,Vienna. 10 a.m. Culkin School ofIrish Dance: Tir na nOg, 11:15 a.m.Robbie Schaefer: Songs for Kids LikeUs. Free workshops follow the 10a.m. performance; reservationsrequired at 703-255-1824. $8-$10.www.wolftrap.org.
The Fairfax Symphony Orchestra’sOTO String Quartet. 10 a.m.
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Jimmy Lange Boxing. 7:30 p.m. atthe George Mason Patriot Center,4500 University Drive, Fairfax. TicketInformation: Doors open at 6:30 p.m.with the first fight set for 7:30 p.m.Tickets $35-$500, online atwww.ticketmaster.com, viaPhonecharge at 703-573-SEAT orwww.patriotcenter.com.
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Neighborhood Plant Clinic. 10 a.m.Kings Park Library, 9000 Burke LakeRoad, Burke. The Fairfax CountyMaster Gardeners Association givestips and strategies. Adults. 703-978-5600.
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Jeremy Workman, a 1987 graduate of Chantilly High School, said hemight one day return to coaching.
For family reasons, longtime Robinson trackand field coach Jeremy Workman steps down.
“I’ve been thinking aboutit for a number of yearsand was putting it off.”
— Jeremy Workman
By Rich Sanders
The Connection
For several years, JeremyWorkman had been consid-ering stepping down ashead coach of the Robinson
Secondary School track and field/cross country programs in order tospend more quality time with his fam-ily. Now, following the conclusion ofthe recent outdoor spring season, thepopular coach has made it official thathe is relinquishing his coaching du-ties.
“I’ve been thinking about it for anumber of years and was putting itoff,” said Workman, a 1987 ChantillyHigh graduate who has been a headcoach at Robinson since 1995. “I’vegot kids ages 7 and 2. With the na-ture of being a cross country and trackand field coach, I couldn’t juggle ev-erything. I have excellent assistantcoaches. I thought it was time I couldstep down and let other people takeover.”
Workman will continue his dutiesas a physicale d u c a t i o nteacher atRo b i n s o n .The school’snew crosscountry headcoach will be1 9 9 9R o b i n s o ngraduate Kim Coffield, an assistantcoach on Workman’s staff in recentyears and a former runner at VirginiaTech. The school is still in the pro-cess of selecting a new indoor/out-door season head track and fieldcoach, according to Robinson direc-tor of student activities Marty Riddle.
Workman, as a high school runnerat Chantilly during the mid 1980s,competed in such events as the 400and 200-meters. His head coacheswhile with the Chargers were GlennBayless and Ken Kincade. Workmanwas part of a Chantilly boys’ outdoorteam that finished second, behindchampion Stuart, in the old PotomacDistrict in 1986. He was named boys’team MVP as a senior. Workman ulti-mately went on to run at Virginia Tech(Class of 1992) where he concen-trated on the 400 and 800 runningevents.
He became Robinson’s girls’ andboys’ cross country head coach in1995 and, during his time at the helmof those programs, led the Rams toseven district titles combined, tworegion crowns and two state champi-onships, with the boys winning states
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in 1999 and the girls in 2001. On the trackand field side, he served as an assistant be-ginning in 1995 before becoming headcoach in 1999. Most recently, he led theRobinson boys’ team to district and regionoutdoor titles in 2006.
Workman’s love for his athletes andcoaching was superseded in recent years bythe concern he felt in spending so muchtime throughout the school year away fromhis family. Along with his regular school dayof teaching, he spent afternoons and eve-nings involved with his teams’ practices andcompetitions. Saturdays were often spentat day-long meets.
“All coaching, particularly in track andfield, it’s too much,” he said. “When I camehome my son was going to bed.”
Workman and his family — wife Cindy,son Jacob, 7, and daughter Chloe, 2 — re-side in the Fair Lakes area of Fairfax.
“Jacob [is involved in] track, baseball,basketball,” said Workman. “I want to spendsome time working with him at a criticalage and I couldn’t do that. I don’t want tohave regrets. They are only seven and twoonce. I don’t want to look back when they’re16, 17, 18, and say, ‘I wish I was with them
a little more whenthey wereyounger.’”
He said that theday might comewhen he returns tocoaching.
“The door willalways be open tocoach, and I can do
it later [in life],” he said. “I’m still going tofollow [the program] and be around to helpthe new coaches if they need it. I’ve hadgreat support at Robinson from the admin-istration and the parents as well.”
WORKMAN’S STRENGTH as a headcoach, besides his technical knowledge andpassion for running and track and field, hasbeen his ability to relate with people, hisown athletes, members of his coaching staff,as well as rival school personnel and theRobinson community in general.
“In any organization that’s run well, a lotof times it comes down to the relationships,”said Riddle. “Jeremy did an excellent jobthere, whether it was with his coaches orthe athletes. He’s able to bring out the bestin people. [His stepping down] is a big lossfor us, but I’m happy for Jeremy.”
Workman had a fervent desire to see hisathletes get the most out of their athleticexperience at Robinson.
“He just cares so much for the kids,” saidCoffield, a former member of Workman’sRobinson teams and, for the past four years,a part of his coaching staff. “He has put incountless hours. The kids love him. His de-meanor in some ways is reserved but thekids respect him. We’ll miss him.”
Coffield, following college at Tech, servedas an assistant track coach at ChristiansburgHigh School outside of Blacksburg. Whenshe had the opportunity to join Workman’scoaching staff at Robinson, she jumped atit.
“I was really excited about coming backand working for coach Workman, and hav-ing the opportunityto learn from him,”she said. “I was soimpressed with theway he handledpractices everyday.”
Kelley Devlin, aformer Robinsonassistant coach un-der Workman whocurrently is part ofthe coaching staffat Centreville High School, said Workman’senthusiasm for track and field is infectious.
“He has had such a successful programat Robinson because he is so well-liked, re-spected and admired by so many athletesat Robinson,” said Devlin. “Hundreds of stu-dents flock out for each season because ofthe tremendous amount of success that thecross country and track and field programshave. I thoroughly enjoyed coaching withhim for six years, he taught me so muchabout distance running and was the bestrole model and mentor I could possiblyhave. He will be truly missed by theRobinson track and field athletes and in theregion. He has done so much good for thesport and has instilled excellent work eth-ics, values and life lessons for athletes tocarry with them forever.”
Workman teaches running as a lifelongactivity, not just suited for high school orcollege athletes. Coffield said she fell in lovewith running as a result of her high schoolexperience.
“The biggest thing he taught us aboutrunning is that it’s a lifelong activity, notsomething that stops when you graduate,”
she said. “It’s a fantastic sport and it’s some-thing kids can do their whole lives and havefun with.”
Riddle said Workman’s day to day coach-ing presence will be missed.
“I know Jeremy has a great passion fortrack and has done an outstanding job atRobinson,” said Riddle. “He has had a big
impact on North-ern Region track.I also know Jer-emy wants tospend more timewith his family. Irespect Jeremyfor that.”
W o r k m a n ’ scoaching experi-ence at Robinsonwas a wonderfulone.
“I’ve enjoyed being at Robinson and work-ing with the different kids,” said Workman,who has seen more than 30 of his athletesgo on to compete at the NCAA Division 1level. “We always had a very large program,and that kind of reflected the school. Theprogram gave kids a positive outlet to workon sports.”
WORKMAN KEPT so many youngsters onhis teams that as many as four school bus-ses were needed to transport the team toinvitational meets outside of the area.
“Management wise, it was a little tough,”said Workman, with a laugh. “Only about ahalf of the [team members] would run atthe meet, but the others were still a part ofit and got something out of it.”
Workman also got a lot out of leading hisstudent-athletes, but now he is ready tomove on.
“Robinson is certainly a place I’ve enjoyedmost and it was difficult walking away fromthe kids,” he said. “It hasn’t hit me yet. Idon’t think it will until cross country sea-son comes around. I feel I made the deci-sion for the right reasons.”
“I know Jeremy has a greatpassion for track and hasdone an outstanding job atRobinson.”
— Marty Riddle, R obinsondirector of student activities
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Broussard. 8 p.m. WolfTrap Foundation for thePerforming Arts, 1624 TrapRoad, Vienna. $40 in-house,$25 lawn. 877-WOLFTRAP orwww.wolftrap.org.
Mid-Atlantic Band Battle III.8 p.m. Jammin’ Java, 227Maple Ave. E., Vienna. $10.jamminjava.com.
Friends of the LibraryMeeting. 7 p.m. Kings ParkLibrary, 9000 Burke LakeRoad, Burke. Join the Friendsgroup for their monthlymeeting. Adults. 703-978-5600.
Cardio Kickboxing. 2:30 p.m.Pohick Regional Library, 6450Sydenstricker Road, Burke.Great music and movementhelps you experience a fullbody workout with instructorBardia Jafari. Wear looseclothing and tennis shoes. Age12-18. 703-644-7333.
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Kirby Second in StatePushes Virginia Beach’s BrinsonPaolini to the final hole.
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Mike Kirby, a 25-year-old Falls Church resident, was the run-ner-up in the 97th Virginia Amateur Championship on July3 at Alexandria’s Belle Haven Country Club. Kirby, a finan-
cial analyst for the U.S. Department of Defense, took the two-timedefending champion, Brinson Paolini of Virginia Beach, to the finalhole before losing 1-up.
The 32nd and lowest seedin the match play portion ofthe tournament, Kirby defiedthe bracket odds and won hisway into the final.
“I tried to put a little heaton Brinson, but he respondedto it well,” said Kirby.
Kirby, a graduate of GeorgeMason University, was pleasedthat he could keep up with afull-time golfer.
“If I can hang with him, for a working guy, that’s not too shabby,” hesaid afterward. “The pressure is just not there anymore, so I just goout and give it my best shot.” The back-and-forth match came downto the 36th and final hole, with Paolini 1-up. Both players hit theirapproaches into greenside bunkers, but each left his sand shot about 3feet from the cup. Slightly away, Paolini sank his. He could only pickup his coin and congratulate the state’s first three-time winner.
“If I can hang withhim, for a workingguy, that’s not tooshabby.”
— Mike Kirby
TUESDAY/JULY 13Julio Iglesias. 8 p.m. Wolf Trap
Foundation for the Performing Arts,1624 Trap Road, Vienna. $42 in-house, $25 lawn. 877-WOLFTRAP orwww.wolftrap.org.
Wolftrap Childrens Theatre in theWoods. Wolf Trap Foundation forthe Performing Arts, 1624 Trap Road,Vienna. 10 a.m. Synetic FamilyTheater: Cowardly Christopher FindsHis Courage, 11:15 a.m. SteveRoslonek: Stevesongs. Freeworkshops follow the 10 a.m.performance; reservations required at703-255-1824. $8-$10.www.wolftrap.org.
Fairfax Farmers Market. 8 a.m.-12noon, at Van Dyck Park.
Mid-Atlantic Band Battle III. 8 p.m.Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave. E.,Vienna. $10. jamminjava.com.
English Conversation Group. 7 p.m.City of Fairfax Regional Library,10360 North St., Fairfax.Conversation group for adultslearning English. 703-293-6227.
Let’s Hear It for the Girls. 7 p.m.Kings Park Library, 9000 Burke LakeRoad, Burke. Mother-daughter bookdiscussion group. “The Evolution ofCalpurnia Tate” by Jacqueline Kelly.Age 9-11 with adult. 703-978-5600.
Neighborhood Plant Clinic. 10 a.m.Pohick Regional Library, 6450Sydenstricker Road, Burke. TheFairfax County Master GardenersAssociation gives tips and advice.Adults. 703-644-7333.
Summer Preschool Story Time.10:30 a.m. Pohick Regional Library,6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke.Come in for some cool stories. Age 3-5 with adult. 703-644-7333.
WEDNESDAY/JULY 14The B-52s with Supercluster. 8
p.m. Wolf Trap Foundation forthe Performing Arts, 1624 TrapRoad, Vienna. $40 in-house, $25lawn. 877-WOLFTRAP orwww.wolftrap.org.
Wakefield Farmers Market. 2-6p.m., at 8100 Braddock Road,Annandale.
Mid-Atlantic Band Battle III. 8p.m. Jammin’ Java, 227 MapleAve. E., Vienna. $10.jamminjava.com.
Rocknoceros. 2:30 p.m. BurkeCentre Library, 5935 Freds OakRoad, Burke. Join Coach Cotton,Williebob, and Boogie WoogieBennie for a rockin’ good time.All ages. 703-249-1520.
Sound Waves. 10:30 a.m. KingsPark Library, 9000 Burke LakeRoad, Burke. Share the nauticalnonsense of Charlie Williams, theNoiseguy, as sound effects bringsplashy stories to life. Age 6-12.703-978-5600.
THURSDAY/JULY 15Instrument Petting Zoo and
City of Fairfax ConcertBand. Petting Zoo at 6:45p.m., concert at 7:30 p.m. atVeterans Amphitheater, City Hall,10455 Armstrong St., Fairfax.Classics, pops and marchesespecially for children with freeice cream and balloons, aninstrument petting zoo, and JohnLyon on folk guitar. Freeadmission. Weather permitting.
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Michael Edwards ofBurke, a junior, public and ur-ban affairs major in the Collegeof Architecture and UrbanStudies at Virginia Tech, waspicked to be a 2010 VirginiaTech Orientation Leader.Twenty-four orientation lead-ers and six orientationassistants will welcome theclass of 2014 during StudentOrientation in July.
Isabella Ton, a junior inaccounting and finance fromFairfax, was a member of a stu-dent team from Virginia Tech’sPamplin College of Business towin third place in the college’ssecond annual diversity casecompetition. Ton and herteammates received $500.
Claire Holman of Fairfax,a junior majoring in English inthe College of Liberal Arts andHuman Sciences, was recentlynamed on of the 2010-11 Vir-ginia Tech Union. Holman wasnamed director of films.
Fairfax resident and AzusaPacific University student LisaDamerell made the academicdeans’ list at APU. Damerell, acinematic arts major, is hon-ored for a fall semester 2009academic standing of 3.5 orbetter grade-point average.Damerell is joined by morethan 1,565 other students re-ceiving the same honor.
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Community
The Truth Behind the Movies
Chris Palmer talks with Rhonda Krafchin, outreach specialist at REI in Fairfax Corner,following his discussion of his new book, ‘Shooting in the Wild: An Insider’s Accountto Making Movies in the Animal Kingdom,’ on June 8.
Nature films aren’t always as theyappear, says author Chris Palmerduring talk at REI in Fairfax Corner.
“No one wantsanimals to betreated badly orabused for thesake of a shot.”
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The little boy in the front row was enraptured by the shortvideo clip of grizzly bear cubs in the wild, playfully splash-ing in the cold Alaskan river within sight of their motherbut unaware of the documentary filmmaker’s camera.
When the question and answer session of Chris Palmer’s discussionof his new book, “Shooting in the Wild: An Insider’s Account to Mak-ing Movies in the Animal Kingdom,” Lucas Hwostow of Fairfax raisedhis hand and asked how the director was able to get so close to thebear. Palmer, with a grin that suggested he’d had to answer this ques-tion before, came clean.
“The director used a long-distance lens,” said Palmer, director of theCenter for Environmental Filmmaking at American University, who wasdiscussing his new book at the REI in Fairfax Corner on Tuesday, June8.
But the long-distance lens, which allowed the filmmaker to get theclose-up from far away, wasn’t the worst part: Palmer confessed thatthe bear cubs seen interacting with the filmmaker in the earlier por-tion of the tape weren’t the same ones that were playing in the water.Worse yet, the sound of water dripping off the cub’s paw wasn’t au-thentic; it was recreated in a studio after the fact when a technicianrecreated the effect using a tub and his own arm.
As he explains in his classes and his book, wildlife films can be morethan meets the eye. Sometimes in order to “get the shot,” the imagethat captures the interest of fans and producers alike, filmmakers haveto resort to using animals kept on wildlife preserves instead of settingup their equipment and waiting, as long as it might take, to get thesame shot.
Other times, Palmer said, the filmmakers will blatantly set up a scene,for example, by putting a captured predatory animal, like a chimp, inthe same room or location as an animal it preys upon, like another,lesser primate. Then the cameras roll, and the audience is led to be-lieve that this altercation happened naturally in the wild and is a com-mon occurrence, which might not be completely true.
People are attracted to wildlife films for their beauty and the fasci-nating life of animals, Palmer said. But there’s a right way and a wrongway to do it.
Chris Palmer, director of the Center for EnvironmentalFilmmaking at American University and author of a newbook about what goes on when making nature films,discusses the ethical debate caused by some directors’tactics during a discussion at REI in Fairfax Corner onTuesday, June 8.
Using the examples of Steve Irwin, the infamous“crocodile hunter,” and Timothy Treadwell, the sun-glasses-wearing shaggy haired man who lived withgrizzly bears in Alaska because he believed he couldkeep them from being poached, Palmer said some-times people have the best intentions but go abouttheir conservation efforts in the wrong way.
Those men, and countless others, sometimes getthe shots they want by disrupting the animals’ natu-ral way of life. Treadwell in particu-lar “habituated” the bears to his pres-ence, Palmer said, meaning the bearsbecame accustomed to him, whichmay lead them to be accepting toother humans who may wish to dothem harm.
The right way to make nature films,Palmer said, is to ask three questions:Is this film being done in a way thatis harassing the wildlife? Is the audi-ence being deceived to thinksomething’s happening that isn’t tak-ing place naturally? And is this promoting conserva-tion?
PALMER HAS been involved in making nature filmsfor the past three decades and admits he made mis-takes in the past. People didn’t know better and didn’tthink twice about setting up certain shots, he said,because if they didn’t come back with sensationalfootage that would entice audiences, their odds ofgetting funding for future projects would be in jeop-ardy.
Things are better now, he told the audience of 20people at REI on June 8. He praised the footage inthe wildly popular television series Blue Planet,” fornot only capturing breathtaking images, but also be-
ing more realistic in portraying the lives of animalsaround the world. He also credited the BBC andNational Geographic for their efforts to encouragereality in nature documentaries.
However, he admitted that there are loopholes andways of arguing for and against the work of any con-servationist or filmmaker. The forward to his book iswritten by Jane Goodall, the grandmotherly Britwhose work with chimps has made her something of
the animal’s patron saint.But Goodall spent years living
with chimps, so couldn’t that beconsidered habituation, makingthem comfortable with one humanand therefore less wary of others?
Palmer smiled and admitted thatsomeone, somewhere, may criti-cize Goodall for exactly that rea-son. But her work in conservationand education about chimps andwildlife preservation may out-weigh any ill effects of her living
with the animals.“There are extremes on both sides,” Palmer said.
“No one wants animals to be treated badly or abusedfor the sake of a shot. But in between the extremes,there’s a whole world of disagreement and debate.That’s where people get hot under the collar.”
Rhonda Krafchin, outreach specialist at REI, saidspecial events like Palmer’s talk happen every so of-ten, as a way to educate their customers and pro-vide a different perspective on topics of interest totheir outdoors-loving members.
“People love going into or watching movies aboutthe great outdoors, but they rarely ask about whetherthe people making these movies are good stewardsof nature,” Krafchin said.
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The JCC of Northern VirginiaBodzin Art Gallery is pleasedto announce the opening of anew art exhibit called Sum-
mer Colors running June 22 through Aug. 10. BarbaraKaplowitz’s exhibit delights us with its playful papermache birds and stunning photographs that explore thenatural beauty of flowers. Carol S. Zilliacus works magicwith her polymer clay jewelry and more. The artist recep-tion is Thursday, July 8, 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
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Burke $589,000Delightful 4 bedroom colonial in Signal Hill with a gorgeouspark-like view. Lake Braddock School, walk to the VRE, andshopping is just minutes away. Replacement windows and new(2010) HVAC system.
Fairfax,near GMU
Feels like a single familyhome! This design awardcommunity has qualityconstruction + master-ful details & great loca-tion. Backing to trees,this upgraded garagetownhome has a gracefulcurved staircase, 9 ftceilings in living area,master suite w/cathedralceilings & more. For aspecial showing, contactMary Hovland @703/946-1775.
UNDER CONTRACT IN 4 HOURS & SOLD IN 20 DAYS!
MANASSAS/WOODBRIDGE
$799,950Gorgeous home!What a setting! Lookout on your own spec-tacular priv. 4+ acreparkland from yourfabulous deckwith/screened porch!Enjoy this stately
colonial home w/ 3- Car Gar., 5 BR, 3.5 BA, w/ Morning Rm,custom interior paint, Dual staircase, Stone FP in Fam. Rm.,gourmet kit, with granite. Shows like a model! This homesports a sprinkler system, outdoor motion sensor lighting,luxury mbr suite, sitting room, Jacuzzi BA, water filtrationsystem and LL BR and Full BA. Call Florence!
