Schnippel Is Found Guilty See Schnipple, Page 2 See Hull, Page 3 By Bonnie Hobbs Centre View A fter her daughter Alicia overdosed on heroin on Aug. 12, 2007, Donna Lannes sat at her kitchen table in Centreville and spoke with Alicia’s boyfriend, Skylar Schnippel. Knowing her daughter had been traumatized by something in her past, she wanted to protect her from further harm. “Skylar said he’d never done heroin and wasn’t involved in it,” Lannes testified in court Monday at Schnippel’s trial for causing Alicia’s heroin-related death, seven months later. “He said it was Alicia’s idea to use heroin and he’d do his best to keep her away from it.” But Schnippel’s words were lies and he never kept his promise. And on March 5, 2008, as Alicia, 19, lay dying in her basement bed- room after us- ing heroin he’d given her, he still did nothing to help her. When they texted each other and she stopped re- sponding, he didn’t call her parents and tell them to go downstairs and check on her, nor did he call 911. Instead, he called friend Michael Bonner, who’d gone with Schnippel earlier on March 4 to buy the heroin from Daniel Nash. “Around 3 a.m., he asked me to check on her because he thought she was overdosing and might be in trouble,” testified Bonner. “Alicia’s mother, a registered Centreville man convicted of heroin distribution resulting in death. Schnippel By Bonnie Hobbs Centre View C olin Powell Elementary Principal Brian Hull has received two of the high- est honors a principal can get. Yet he won them both not by any con- scious effort to garner personal ac- colades, but by doing each day what he does best — being an extraordi- nary school leader. In 2008, he was named Fairfax County Public Schools’ Principal of the Year. And now, he’s just been se- lected as Virginia’s 2009 National Distinguished Principal by the Na- tional Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) and the and then taught math in the special- ed program at Fairfax High. “This is my 25 th year as a princi- pal, so I’ve had the good fortune to work in a great variety of schools and communities,” said Hull. But he’s truly left his mark on Colin Powell — so much so, in fact, that it was his colleagues in the Centreville Pyramid who nominated him for the NAESP award. However, instead of crowing about it, he praised his fel- low principals — saying, “I feel very grateful to work with such incred- ible professionals.” AND THAT’S how Hull’s faculty and staff feels about him. “We are just so pleased and excited he’s re- ceiving this award,” said office as U.S. Department of Edu- cation. “I am humbled beyond belief that they’ve given it to me,” said Hull. “I’m just honored by what’s happened here. Our in- structional teams have worked so collaboratively and explicitly to support student achievement and the high expectations we have in this building, and our stu- dents work very hard to meet those expectations.” In his 29th year in FCPS, he’s been at Colin Powell Elementary since it opened in September 2003. Prior to that, he was principal at Franklin Sherman, Willow Springs and Brookfield elementaries, acting princi- pal at Jermantown Elemen- tary and assistant principal at Brookfield. In the mid- to late-1980s, Hull was principal at both the Fair Hill and Bush Hill centers for the physically disabled. And before that, he was a teacher for seven years. He taught special-ed students in Milwaukee Hull is Virginia’s 2009 National Distinguished Principal. Statewide Honor for Colin Powell Elementary Principal Brian Hull By Bonnie Hobbs Centre View F ractured fairytales with a message and music hit the stage in Westfield High’s production of “Into the Woods.” Featuring songs by Stephen Sondheim, this Tony- award-winning musical boasts a cast and crew of 76 — includ- ing both theater and choral stu- dents — plus a live orchestra. Show times are Friday, May 15, at 8 p.m.; Saturday, May 16, at 2 and 8 p.m.; and Sunday, May 17, at 2 p.m. in the school theater. Tickets are $10 at www.westfieldtheatreboosters.com, or at the door; all seating is re- served. “The students are doing fan- tastic,” said Director Susie Pike. “It takes a tremendous amount See Westfield, Page 5 Fairytales with Musical Message Westfield High presents “Into the Woods.” From left are Russell Wagoner, the baker; Claire Manship, Little Red Riding Hood; and Taylin Frame, the baker’s wife. Photo by Bonnie Hobbs /Centre View “I’m not in this for recognition.” Brian Hull, principal, Colin Powell Elementary PRSRT STD U.S. Postage PAID Elkton, MD PERMIT #31 Attention Postmaster: Time-sensitive material. Reques ted in home 5-7-09 MAY 7-13, 2009 "Smackdown" 25 CENTS Newsstand Price Volume XXIII, NO. 18 SOUTHERN EDITION Centreville ❖ Clifton ❖ Little Rocky Run
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Schnippel IsFound Guilty
See Schnipple, Page 2
See Hull, Page 3
By Bonnie Hobbs
Centre View
After her daughter Aliciaoverdosed on heroin onAug. 12, 2007, DonnaLannes sat at her
kitchen table in Centreville andspoke with Alicia’s boyfriend,Skylar Schnippel. Knowing herdaughter had been traumatized bysomething in her past, she wantedto protect her from further harm.
“Skylar said he’d never doneheroin and wasn’t involved in it,”Lannes testified in court Mondayat Schnippel’s trial for causingAlicia’s heroin-related death,seven months later. “He said it wasAlicia’s idea to use heroin and he’ddo his best to keep her away fromit.”
But Schnippel’s words were liesand he never kept his promise.And on March 5, 2008, as Alicia,19, lay dying in her basement bed-
room after us-ing heroinhe’d given her,he still didnothing tohelp her.When theytexted eachother and shestopped re-sponding, hedidn’t call herparents andtell them to go downstairs andcheck on her, nor did he call 911.
Instead, he called friend MichaelBonner, who’d gone withSchnippel earlier on March 4 tobuy the heroin from Daniel Nash.“Around 3 a.m., he asked me tocheck on her because he thoughtshe was overdosing and might bein trouble,” testified Bonner.
“Alicia’s mother, a registered
Centreville man convicted of heroindistribution resulting in death.
Schnippel
By Bonnie Hobbs
Centre View
Colin Powell ElementaryPrincipal Brian Hull hasreceived two of the high-
est honors a principal can get. Yethe won them both not by any con-scious effort to garner personal ac-colades, but by doing each day whathe does best — being an extraordi-nary school leader.
In 2008, he was named FairfaxCounty Public Schools’ Principal ofthe Year. And now, he’s just been se-lected as Virginia’s 2009 NationalDistinguished Principal by the Na-tional Association of ElementarySchool Principals (NAESP) and the
and then taught math in the special-ed program at Fairfax High.
“This is my 25th year as a princi-pal, so I’ve had the good fortune towork in a great variety of schools andcommunities,” said Hull.
But he’s truly left his mark on ColinPowell — so much so, in fact, that itwas his colleagues in the CentrevillePyramid who nominated him for theNAESP award. However, instead ofcrowing about it, he praised his fel-low principals — saying, “I feel verygrateful to work with such incred-ible professionals.”
AND THAT’S how Hull’s facultyand staff feels about him. “We arejust so pleased and excited he’s re-ceiving this award,” said office as
U.S. Department of Edu-cation.
“I am humbled beyondbelief that they’ve givenit to me,” said Hull. “I’mjust honored by what’shappened here. Our in-structional teams haveworked so collaborativelyand explicitly to supportstudent achievement andthe high expectations wehave in this building, and our stu-dents work very hard to meet thoseexpectations.”
In his 29th year in FCPS, he’s beenat Colin Powell Elementary since itopened in September 2003. Prior tothat, he was principal at Franklin
Sherman, Willow Springsand Brookfieldelementaries, acting princi-pal at Jermantown Elemen-tary and assistant principal
at Brookfield.In the mid- to late-1980s, Hull was
principal at both the Fair Hill andBush Hill centers for the physicallydisabled. And before that, he was ateacher for seven years. He taughtspecial-ed students in Milwaukee
Hull is Virginia’s 2009 National Distinguished Principal.
Statewide Honor for Colin Powell Elementary Principal
Brian Hull
By Bonnie Hobbs
Centre View
Fractured fairytales witha message and music hitthe stage in Westfield
High’s production of “Into theWoods.” Featuring songs byStephen Sondheim, this Tony-award-winning musical boastsa cast and crew of 76 — includ-ing both theater and choral stu-dents — plus a live orchestra.
Show times are Friday, May15, at 8 p.m.; Saturday, May 16,at 2 and 8 p.m.; and Sunday,May 17, at 2 p.m. in the schooltheater. Tickets are $10 atwww.westfieldtheatreboosters.com,or at the door; all seating is re-served.
“The students are doing fan-tastic,” said Director Susie Pike.“It takes a tremendous amount
See Westfield, Page 5
Fairytales with Musical MessageWestfield Highpresents “Intothe Woods.”
From left are Russell Wagoner, the baker; ClaireManship, Little Red Riding Hood; and Taylin Frame, thebaker’s wife.
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nurse who’d saved her before,was upstairs, and Schnippel nevercalled 911,” said Assistant U.S.Attorney Daniel Grooms. “Onlyafter four hours passed [since shetook the heroin, around 1 a.m.]did someone else call 911, at 5a.m. She died, and the defendantwalked away.”
This time, though, Schnippel,20, of Centreville’s Virginia Runcommunity, is going nowhere ex-cept to prison. After a bench trial,Monday-Tuesday, May 4-5, in U.S.District Court in Alexandria, hewas found guilty of heroin distri-bution resulting in Alicia Lannes’sdeath.
He was also convicted of con-spiracy to distribute one kilogramor more of heroin resulting indeath, possession with intent todistribute heroin resulting indeath, and obstruction of justice.He pleaded guilty to the obstruc-tion charge, but was found guiltyof the others and will be sentencedJuly 24.
Schnippel was part of an exten-sive, two-year-long, heroin-traf-ficking ring based in Centrevilleand begun by people who kneweach other from Westfield High,where many of them were oncestudents. It went on under the ra-dar, at first; but when young menand women began dying fromheroin overdoses, federal authori-ties got involved.
AN INVESTIGATION dubbed“Operation Smackdown” by theFBI and Fairfax County police re-sulted in 16 arrests; 15 laterpleaded guilty, with onlySchnippel opting for a trial. At theoutset, Grooms said, “Conspiraciestake on lives of their own — thingschange and members come andgo. But in this one — despite over-doses, arrests and deaths — therewas one constant, SkylarSchnippel.”
Every day of those two years,said Grooms, multiple grams ofheroin were bought and used.“Schnippel introduced J.R. Quick,David Schreider and Daniel Nashto heroin and drove them to Wash-ington, D.C., to get it. When Ali-cia Lannes overdosed on Aug. 12and Oct. 18, 2007, there was thedefendant. And when she died,there was [Schnippel]. But itchanged nothing for him. Even inOctober and November 2008 —fully aware of the federal investi-gation — there was the defendantintroducing heroin to [someoneelse], even on the day he was ar-rested.”
Grooms said Kevin Zuiker and
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sistant Kim Burke. “He’s verydeserving, and it’s nice that he’sbeen acknowledged by the en-tire commonwealth. He’s awonderful leader — hands-on,visible and involved — and helistens to the children, parents,staff and faculty.”
Calling him approachable,Burke said, “You can go to himto discuss any topic. He’sknowledgeable, supportive,professional, friendly and nur-turing, and I’m happy to beworking with him. He’s a greatmotivator and really sets thepace and the high standards forthe school.”
A mom too shy to give hername for publication spoke ofHull’s kindness to her child, afourth-grader there. “My son in-terviewed Mr. Hull for a writ-ing project for his class,” shesaid. “And he was so excitedand honored that the principaltook the time to do it.”
The Virginia Association ofElementary School Principals
about what we can do and what we as a school communitycan provide our students — that’s what it’s all about.”
In addition, through VAESP and NAESP, he’s become a cer-tified mentor for new principals around the state. He’s cur-rently mentoring two assistant principals and two adminis-trative interns in four, different counties.
“That’s been such a rewarding experience, having the timeto talk with them, one on one, on a weekly basis,” said Hull.“I feel like I’m helping the next generation of administrators,and that’s exciting.”
Colin Powell is also a professional-development school withGMU. Year-long interns from the college function as part ofthe staff while learning the latest teaching methods fromparticular faculty members, and half-year interns work as
student teachers.“The kids and the community love it,” said
Hull. We have five interns this year and they’vebeen enthusiastically embraced by the staff.And the interns have enjoyed the opportunityto be on the cutting edge of what’s happeningin public education.”
As for his award, he’ll receive it during a pro-gram, Oct. 22-23, in Washington, D.C., alongwith 58 other principals from throughout theU.S., plus private and overseas schools.
“At the helm of every successful school is asuccessful principal,” said NAESP Executive Director GailConnelly. “Our National Distinguished Principals programprovides us with an opportunity to recognize the outstand-ing leadership of these principals and their commitment tocreating successful learning communities.ºBecause of them,students thrive academically, teachers grow professionallyand communities are strengthened.”
Teachers at Colin Powell know this firsthand and couldn’tbe happier for Hull. Just ask ESOL teacher Deborah Vitus,who’s been at the school three years.
“He’s wonderful,” she said. “He knows how to bring outthe best in people and is always cool, calm and collected —the consummate professional. And he has a heart for chil-dren — and for all people. Many of us were a little weepywhen we found out about his award. We have incredible pridein him and in being part of the community he spearheads.”
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First-graders in teacher Corin Harmon’s class gather ‘roundColin Powell Elementary Principal Brian Hull in the hallway.
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“He knowshow to bringout the bestin people.”
Deborah Vitus,ESOL teacher
(VAESP) conducted a statewide search for its nominee, butHull didn’t know he was even in the running until December.Then, after he was notified, he had to complete four essayquestions on school leadership, setting high student goals andbeing responsive to the community.
“It wasn’t difficult because I just wrote about what we dohere,” he said. “A month later, they said I was a finalist andwas invited to come for an interview in Richmond on March10. I expected a panel of eight to 10 people, but it was 25-30people — principals from around the state, and they were allon the VAESP executive board.”
AT FIRST, Hull was a bit intimidated, but then relaxed andhad fun. “I was speaking from the heart,” he said. “I talkedabout what we’ve created here, and about schoolleadership — but through the lens of Colin PowellElementary.”
Then in February, a three-principal team cameto the school and interviewed the PTA president,reading specialist and staff members. They alsowalked around the building and visited class-rooms to get an understanding of the school’s cul-ture.
“They were surprised at the rich diversity wehave here and were impressed with our high levelof achievement,” said Hull. “We have an incred-ibly strong instructional staff, and I could not be more proudof the quality of educators we have in this building.”
And it was while meeting with those educators that helearned of his award. Said Hull: “I was in the midst of mymonthly staff meeting, on April 21, when the door openedand in walked my wife Laura, [FCPS] School SuperintendentJack Dale, Deputy Superintendent Rich Moniuszko, ClusterVII Assistant Superintendent Linda Burke and several princi-pals.”
Also there were VAESP and NAESP representatives, plusincoming VAESP President Jim Baldwin, principal of CentreRidge Elementary, and the Colin Powell PTA executive board– President Jason Ahn and officers Bethann Lockert, AngeloAfrica, Dawn Fraioli and Patrice Mortson.
“It was such a surprise,” said Hull. “I was just honored tobe nominated. I’m not in this for recognition; I’m passionate
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his girlfriend Anna Richter firstintroduced Schnippel to heroinand then Schnippel bypassedZuiker and began buying it from aman called “T.” He’s actually An-tonio Harper, 33, who’ll be sen-tenced July 17 in federal court onthe same heroin charges asSchnippel, plus possession of afirearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime.
“Schnippel brokered deals andgot heroin for himself and others,[including] regularly for Lannes,”said Grooms. “Others told him tostop supplying heroin to her be-cause she could die,” but he didn’tlisten.
Defense attorney Rod Lefflersaid, “These kids got mixed upwith heroin, their junior and se-nior years at Westfield, and con-tinued another year afterward.Dozens of classmates who pooledtheir money became addicted toheroin. Their recklessness andboldness will shock the court.These young people did heroin intheir parents’ homes, in their cars,in school while doing AP projects,while being runners in restaurantsand while babysitting. They wererabid heroin users.”
Both he and Grooms agreedthat, unlike many drug-distribu-tion conspiracies, this one wasn’tprofit-driven. Instead, said Leffler,“The heroin addiction got so badamong all these kids that their pri-mary goal was to buy heroin anduse it, themselves.”
FROM SUMMER 2006 throughNovember 2008, Schnippel andothers worked together to obtainheroin from Washington, D.C., andMaryland to use and distribute toothers. In court Monday, Quick,Schreider, Nash and Lokesh Rawat— each already sentenced toprison for their roles in the con-
spiracy — detailed the extent ofthe operation, as did Zuiker, who’llbe sentenced May 29, along withRichter and Tayler Gibson.
Zuiker first got heroin from An-gela Aycock, whose supplier wasHarper. (Aycock’ssentencing isJune 5). Zuikerthen purchaseddirectly fromHarper, who’d sellhim six bags for$100. SaidZuiker: “I’d get anaverage of $600worth each time,one to three timesa week.”
Then in latesummer/early fall of 2006, Zuikerbegan selling heroin to Schnippeland eventually to Schreider andQuick, until those three beganbuying from Harper, who sold itcheaper. Zuiker lowered his pricesto $40/one bag; $70, two and$100, three, and continued distrib-uting until he was arrested in May2008 for distributing Xanax.
The end of 2007, he switchedsuppliers to a Baltimore sourcehe’d obtained from Richter. Hethen paid $125/gram, usually buy-ing 5 grams each time for $625.He went to Baltimore once or
twice a weekand, in return,he said Richterwould get freeheroin for her-self.
Schreider saidSchnippel firstsold him cocaineand ecstasy.Then in spring/summer 2007,Schnippel intro-duced him to
heroin. “Skylar said, ‘It’s nice; youshould try it,’” said Schreider, whothen purchased $50 bags from himbefore switching to Zuiker andthen Harper. Eventually, Schreiderdistributed heroin with Quick.
“We got it multiple times aweek,” said Schreider. “We’d spendabout $1,000/trip, keep a little forpersonal use and sell the rest.”
When he and another person werearrested, he said, “We had 60 bagsbetween the two of us.”
Quick said Schnippel startedhim on heroin, too, and he alsobecame a dealer. For $1,000, saidQuick, they’d both get 50 or morebags at a time from Harper, everyother day, and sell it in Centrevilleand use it.
In December 2007, Quick beganbuying it in Baltimore, instead,and that’s where he purchased it,March 4, 2008, to give to Nash forSchnippel — who then gave it toLannes. But neither her death, norhis own arrest, a month later,stopped the heroin pipeline. “Af-ter your arrest, your girlfriendTayler Gibson took over yourroute, correct?” asked Leffler.“Yes,” replied Quick.
Nash — whose addiction was sointense, federal agents feared he’ddie of an overdose before theycould arrest him — was alsohooked on heroin by Schnippeland later distributed it. Nash saidSchnippel got heroin from him “atleast once a week after Alicia
died.” Rawat testified thatSchnippel got him to inject heroin,saying it was “more potent thansnorting it.” He, too, had multiplesources and dealt it to others.
Several witnesses describedLannes’s previous overdoses. Shebriefly shared a Centreville apart-ment with Nicole Anderson, whotestified that, on Oct. 18, 2007, shecame home to find Alicia uncon-scious, struggling to breathe andturning blue. Anderson’s boyfriendadministered CPR and she calledSchnippel. Said Anderson: “Hesaid he was with her earlier andshe began to become unconsciousand he left.”
Meanwhile, Lannes’s mother,Donna, went to see Alicia, un-aware what had happened, butconcerned after her husbandfound Schnippel’s caller I.D. ontheir phone. Lannes said hismother told her he wasn’t away atcollege, as Lannes had thought,and had “a horrible heroin addic-tion.” So she went to the apart-ment, got no answer at the doorand walked to the back — catch-ing Schnippel about to leave.
They went inside and discoveredAlicia had stopped breathing, soLannes gave her “rescue breath-ing” until paramedics arrived. Afew days later, said Lannes, “Skylarsaid he’d used heroin in Augustand that he was all clean anddoesn’t do it anymore. He prom-ised us that, if Alicia ever wantedit again, he’d call us before obtain-ing it for her so we could call herdoctor.” On March 5, 2008,Schnippel did call, around 5:20a.m. — less than 30 seconds be-fore police pounded on theLannes’s door after receiving a 911call about their daughter. But bythen, it was too late.
On Tuesday, U.S. Dis-trict Court JudgeLeonie Brinkema
found Centreville’s SkylarSchnippel guilty of threeheroin-distribution charges, in-cluding giving his girlfriend,Alicia Lannes, the dose thatproved fatal to her.
Afterward, her father, GregLannes, said his family waspleased with Brinkema’s ver-dict. “The evidence presented inthe trial clearly showed howdeep Skylar was involved in thisdrug conspiracy,” he said. “Ourhearts go out to the Schnippel
family and friends during this dif-ficult time.”
But, he added, “The thing thatstill surprises me is the fact thatthere are many people in our com-munity who believe drugs are notan issue. The evidence in this trialclearly shows that we have a bigproblem with drug abuse and itmust be addressed now. Inhalants,PCP, cocaine, heroin, prescriptiondrugs, along with a host of otherdrugs I’ve never heard of, are be-ing consumed by our youths. Weall need to chip in and stop thenon-sense of drug abuse in ourcommunity.”
Law-enforcement authoritiesalso responded to the judge’s find-ings of guilt.
“Today’s conviction should be awarning to other young peopledealing deadly drugs,” said DanaJ. Boente, Acting U.S. Attorney forthe Eastern District of Virginia. “Ifany of these youth fromCentreville had stopped to con-sider the consequences of theiractions, this death may have beenprevented. Our thoughts are withthe Lannes family and the otherfamilies who lost loved ones as aresult of this conspiracy.”
“Many of our investigators have
children of their own; and drugcases like this, where a childdies, are particularly heartbreak-ing,” said Joseph Persichini, Jr.,Assistant Director in charge ofthe FBI Washington Field Office.“Sometimes it’s hard to deter-mine when a good kid will turnbad. But, we know for sure thatparent involvement is an essen-tial deterrent. We urge parentsto speak with their childrenopenly and frankly about thiscase, which has changed morethan a dozen lives forever.”
— Bonnie Hobbs
Lannes Family, Authorities Respond to the Verdict
Schnipple Found Guilty on All Counts
“This defendantwas selfishlyindifferent to theconsequences ofhis actions.”
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of focus and dedication to pulloff a show like this, but they’re act-ing like true professionals. Thefirst act is all about what we want,and the second act is deciding ifthat’s what you really wanted —and dealing with the conse-quences.”
Junior Carey Jarosik plays thewitch. “She’s not your normalwitch,” said Jarosik. “She castsspells, but all the characters haveinner issues you wouldn’t expect.So the cool thing about her is thatshe does mean things because ofher insecurities.”
The witch cast a spell on a bakerso he can’t have children. Thebaker and his wife try to break it,and the other fairytale charactershave the ingredients for a potionto help them.
Jarosik loves being the villainbecause “she’s dramatic, sarcasticand witty. And she sings an inter-esting range of music — every-thing from ballads to rap. The au-dience will like the lyrics’ funnyplays on words and double mean-ings.”
Portraying the baker is senior
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Russell Wagoner. “Through hismethods of undoing the spell andexperiencing the repercussions, helearns about himself and his rela-tionship with his wife,” said Wag-oner. “It’s all about finding thebalance between the masculinitythe part requires and thecharacter’s vulnerability.”
As his wife, senior Taylin Frameis “a strong, courageous, indepen-dent woman who just wants achild. So she goes into the woodswith her husband to help himbreak the spell, even though hedoesn’t want her to go. I like herbecause she’s serious about whatshe wants, but she has lots of hu-mor and spunk.”
PLAYING CINDERELLA is se-nior Micaela Anderson. “Shedoesn’t know if she wants a princeor to be her step-family’s servantand not have to make decisions,”said Anderson. “She’s clumsy, butbecomes more mature and amother figure for Little Red RidingHood. I’m in choir and band, soI’ve never done this before, but Iembrace the challenge.”
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Opinion
A look at the records of more than1,000 homes that sold in March,2009 in our area offers a glimpse ofa sales at the top and bottom of the
market.In March in Northern Virginia, hundreds of
homes, mostly condos and townhouses, soldfor less than $250,000.
About half or more of these were likely fore-closures or distressed proper-ties, but all movement in thereal estate market is a goodsign, clearing out inventory.
Many of the families whose homes sold andclosed in March are now able to move up inthe market; there are unusually good pricesavailable on homes at all entry points rightnow.
In the City of Alexandria, at least fivetownhouses sold for under $250,000, withmore than two dozen condominiums sellingfor under $200,000. At the other end, fivehomes sold for more than $1 million.
In Arlington, 14 sales closed for under$200,000, and 14 more between $200,000 and$250,000. There was movement at the highend too, with the sale of one condominium for$5.65 million, plus eight more homes sellingfor more $1 million in March alone.
Looking for a single family home under
$200,000? Among the nearly 50 March salesunder $200,000 in Sterling were a dozen singlefamily detached homes, with many more un-der $300,000.
More than 20 townhouses sold in Herndonfor under $200,000.
In Mount Vernon, the top home sold for$2.65 million, while nearby a variety of bar-gains sold for remarkably low prices in theRoute 1 corridor, including 29 condos andtownhouses for under $100,000. Twenty morecondos, townhouses and duplexes sold inMarch in the area for between $100,000 and$200,000.
In Reston, one condo sold for $1.1 million,while there were 13 sales of condos andtownhouses for under $200,000.
In Burke, 15 homes sold for under $250,000in March, mostly townhouses.
In Centreville in March, 22 townhouses soldfor under $200,000.
In Springfield in March, there were 31 sales
Hopeful Home Salesof condos and townhouses for under $250,000.
In Fairfax Station and Clifton, 22 homes soldfor more than $500,000, with two sales over$1 million in March. In Lorton in March, 10townhouses sold for under $200,000.
In Great Falls, only one home in March soldfor less than $500,000, but there were fivehomes sold for more than $1 million.
In McLean, one home sold for $3.4 million,with eight more homes selling in March formore than $1 million. A handful of condos soldin McLean for under $250,000.
In Vienna, eight homes sold in March formore than $1 million, while nine condos andtownhouses sold for under $300,000.
For specific addresses and home sales bytown for March, see http://www.connection-n e w s p a p e r s . c o m / a r t i c l e . a s p ? a r t i c l -e=%20328003&paper=%2059&cat=228.April home sales will be posted after May 20.
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Editorials
In the Interests of Public HealthW
hile it’s a huge topic for discussion,no one really has any idea what thefuture holds for us and the so-called
swine flu. It’s reasonable to predict that in thenext few weeks, it will turn up in NorthernVirginia.
With the Centers for Disease Control callingfor the closing of schools where cases are con-firmed, we might well be facing one or moreschools that are unexpectedly closed.
But we question whether such a policy isconsidering all aspects of public health. Whenan elementary school, for example, is closed,how do families that depend on two incomes
or single parent families cope? In any less af-fluent area, what percentage of children mightbe home alone because parents have no sickleave or vacation time?
In middle school, students are nominallymore able to be home alone for some periodof time, but we know there are consequencesto unsupervised adolescents in terms of riskybehavior.
Let’s take the actions necessary to stem acrisis, but let’s not lose sight of other risks inthe process.
What gives us the ability to treat oth-ers unequally and why do simpledifferences bring that about?
Centreville High School explored these ques-tions which have plagued humankind for eter-nity in its rendition of “The Elephant Man.”
Set in Victorian England, the play was writ-ten by Bernard Pomerance in 1979, in an at-tempt to relay the true story of the elephantman, named John Merrick. Merrick suffers
from a medical disorder that is anenigma to all who see him. Be-cause of his physical condition anddeformities, society is repulsed byhim, abusing him and treating him
inhumanely. His life is one of suffering, beinggawked at in a circus and cheated of his earn-ings. However, Merrick is taken in by FredrickTreves, a doctor, who allows him to find a homein the hospital. Merrick begins to discover themeaning of life, while teaching those aroundhim to cherish its beauty. His story is one of
determination in facing unattainable aspira-tions.
With few main characters in the play, theaudience was able to observe the developmentof each role as the storyline progressed.Though the changing volume of charactersmade it difficult to hear lines, overall the castperformed very well. Steve Belden’s recreationof John Merrick held the audience’s heartsthroughout the duration of the play, as his de-piction of Merrick was quite realistic. Theheartfelt drive for life he displayed, as well asthe deplorable adversity he faced as a charac-ter, established him as a powerful actor.Frederick Treves, played by Torin Van Houten,gained the admiration of the audience with hisstriking loyalty to Merrick and his ability togive Merrick an identity as a human being. AsTreves, Houten reminded the audience howsimilar humans are to one another and thatequality is a right all humans deserve.
Other characters who made the play moreeffective were Mrs. Kendal, played by AnnieParadis, and Ross, played by Neema Atri. WhileMrs. Kendal showed the importance of kind-
ness toward others in her visits with Merrick,Ross demonstrated the terrible impact of cru-elty in his abuse of Merrick. In addition, theBishop, Zach Schebish, consistently advocatedthe consolation of religion in Merrick’s life,providing Merrick a chance to dream of a fu-ture life without affliction. The cast created apoignant and heart-wrenching story, with theuse of strong character development, mood-setting lights, and sentimental music.
The music in the play allowed it to flow dur-ing scene changes, helping the audience toconsider the play’s meaning and create a moodof tragedy. The lighting, especially during thecircus scenes gave more depth to the play byillustrating the treatment of people likeMerrick.
Centreville High School’s of “The ElephantMan” provided a heartbreaking testimony ofthe treatment given to people with incompre-hensible disorders at the time, and the strongdesire of those people to live a normal life.
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Junior Taylor Aucott playsCinderella’s prince. “He’s ex-tremely pompous, but kind,” saidAucott. “He thinks he’s better thananyone else, but he’s not rude.He’s the big brother of Rapunzel’sprince, but feels superior to him.And he’s in love with Cinderella,but other people, too. He says hewas ‘raised to be charming, notsincere.’”
It’s enjoyable to play someoneover-the-top and “so out of my el-ement,” said Aucott. “And al-though he’s a jerk, the audienceloves him because he’s extremelyamusing. They’ll also love theshow because it’s a spectacle and,when we’re singing, we’re tellinga story.”
Portraying Rapunzel’s prince isfreshman Colby Dezelick. “He’sadventuring into the woods be-cause the woods are where it’s at,”said Dezelick. “You have to gothrough the woods to get any-where, and Rapunzel lives in atower in the forest. He’s alsopompous and royal. He’s fun toplay — a prince with great lines.It’s amazing to see how the char-acters’ paths intertwine, but in fardifferent ways from the originals,so you look at them in a new light.”
Senior Nathan Neeley plays amysterious man who’s “eccentric,pops from behind trees and talksin riddles. He helps the baker,without the baker realizing it. Hehas little quirks; he’s alwayshunched over and speaks in anodd voice. And he has funny, be-wildering moments with otherpeople.” Neeley says Sondheim“mixed up all these fairytale char-acters, added twists and createdsomething new. He put in darkhumor so it’s more adult, but stillfamily-friendly.”
Cinderella’s stepmother isplayed by senior Leslie Roth. “I’mrather officious and take strides todemean Cinderella and keep herin her place because I’m sowrapped up in my own daugh-ters,” said Roth. “Later, my daugh-ters and I join Cinderella and theprince to live in the palace and seethings from a different perspec-tive, and it’s humbling to us. It’sexciting to be part of this operetta,and I even have miniature solossprinkled in.”
Senior Kim Perrow, playingdaughter Lucinda, said, “The step-sisters act rudely to Cinderellabecause we’re jealous of herbeauty and goodness.” And junior
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“Happy Mother’s Day Mom, we Love You!”from Mike and Elizabeth Esser” (andChase II). Mom is Roseann Esser, clinicaide at Centerville High School.
Corey (age 9), Kim and Jake (age 7)Richardson of Virginia Run in Centrevilleat Nationals Stadium as the Nats battle theColorado Rockies in August 2008.
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Christmas at the Coverts in Little RockyRun, Clifton. Four big boys to feed (fromleft to right): Cal (father), Carolyn(mother), Rick (18), Centreville HighSenior; T.J. (21), second year NVCC; Phil(23), George Mason senior; Nathan (13),Liberty Middle - 8th grade.
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Phoebe Dillard, playing daugh-ter Florinda, called Cinderella’sstepsisters coldhearted. “We’reclose, but materialistic and self-ish,” said Dillard. “We only careabout looks, pretty things, statusand becoming royal. It’s fun be-cause we’re friends in real life andwe bring that camaraderie to thestage.”
A NARRATOR, senior Andy Nyedescribes the action. “All my linesare new moments in the show, soI don’t have anyone to play off of,“ he said. “Me and HeatherDoubleday, the other narrator, arealways addressing the audience.But I love it — it’s a lightheartedshow.”
Playing the steward ofCinderella’s prince is senior JordanWilson. “I’m a servant and a snoband feel privileged to be ‘part’ ofthe royal family,” he said. “I’m veryshallow. It’s purely comedic andfun to play arrogance.” His favor-ite song is “Stay with Me,” whichthe witch sings to Rapunzel.“Sondheim’s genius showsthrough,” said Wilson. “It’s musi-cally brilliant and humanizes thecharacters, making them ‘real.’”
Westfield Choral Director JessicaLardin is the music director, con-ducting the orchestra and vocals.“It’s a pleasure collaborating withSusie [Pike] on this,” she said.“About half the students are mineand this is one of my favoriteshows. I’ve been singing Sondheimmusic since I was in high school,so it’s near and dear to my heart.”
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Music Performance. 7:30 p.m. at St.John Neumann Church, 11900Lawyers Road, Reston. Hear the VoceChamber Singers. $20/adult; $15/senior; $10/student. Visitwww.voce.org or 703-277-7772.
Community Yard Sale. 8 a.m.-2 p.m.Virginia Run is holding its Springsale. Pick up map of locations of salesat corner of Wetherburn Drive andPleasant Valley on the day of. 70-216-6730 or 703-402-6730.
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ContributionsFrom All
When all seven Concorde District girls’tennis coaches met last Saturday to draftwhat would become this year’s All-Districtteams, nine parts of that computer’s key-board got a little bit more of a workout thansome of the others — those nine keysneeded to type Centreville.
Except for one player, every member ofCentreville’s starting lineup achieved somesort of honor, whether it was a first teamsingles player, honorable mention laurels orpart of a second team doubles pairing.
“That hasn’t happened in a long time,”said Wildcats coach Terry Hicks, whoseteam finished the regular season at 9-3 andwill travel to South County on Monday forits first round regional matchup.
“We’re very thrilled with how the yearwent,” Hicks added. “Coming in second inour district, we just think that we’ve gottencontributions from everybody. It’s been avery balanced team.”
On the boys’ side, Centreville finished fifthin the district with a 5-7 record, earningwins over Herndon, Fairfax and Oakton.
Soccer ShortsAveraging more than four goals per game,
the Westfield boys’ soccer team sits at 12-1-0 overall, 5-1-0 against Concorde Districtopponents ahead of next week’s districttournament, which is scheduled to begin onMay 13. Despite a 3-1 home loss toRobinson on March 27, Westfield regainedits familiar place atop the standings withthe Rams second at 4-1-1. With a total of53 goals, the Bulldogs are the NorthernRegion’s top offensive team. Sean Murnaneleads the squad with 21 markers, and IrvinHerrera has 15 goals and 15 assists. …Centreville, meanwhile, is 4-4-1 overall, 2-2-1 against district foes, and the Wildcatssquared off with Chantilly (2-9-1, 2-3-0Concorde) Wednesday night, which endedtoo late for this edition. Senior JacobLawrence has paced Centreville’s offensethis season, scoring a team-high four goals.Calder Street and Pat Luke are tied for sec-ond on the team with three apiece.
Around the DiamondWith only two district games remaining,
the Westfield softball team has already
clinched the regular-season Concorde title.The Bulldogs, at 14-4 overall, 10-0 in theConcorde, sit three games ahead of second-place Centreville (12-5, 7-3 Concorde) priorto the district tournament, which starts withthe quarterfinal round on May 13; semifi-nals are May 15 and the title game is sched-uled for May 18 at Chantilly. Westfield hasscored 129 runs this season, whileCentreville has totaled 96. Both decisionswent to Westfield this spring, with the Bull-dogs taking a 10-9 victory on March 31 anda 2-1 win on April 28. Neither team reachedthe district final last season, as Robinsonupset Herndon, 4-2.
Westfield CrewCaptures SilverMedals
This past Saturday at the Ted PhoenixLower Boat Championship Regatta on theOccoquan, two Westfield boats won silvermedals. The novice men’s eight came withintwo feet of winning its race in the closestrace of the day, with nothing but open wa-ter between it and the third-place finisher.
Those in the boat included Myles Anhalt,Stephen Chastka, Ryan Titzer, DharanishGollamudi, Sean Amico, Ben Fairbanks,Cameron Schultz, Daniel Johnson and Jor-dan Trenkov as coxswain.
The women’s fourth eight won silver in aclose race with Jefferson. The boat includedJessie Gold, Mary Burke, Danielle Rehn,Samantha Kehn, Meg Gardner, SierraHiginbotham, Kristen Neitz, ElizabethKearns and coxswain Rachel Kieler.
On Saturday at the Virginia ScholasticRowing Association’s Championship Regattaat Sandy Run Regional Park on theOccoquan, Westfield’s top three men’s andwomen’s boats will attempt to earn theirown medals and qualify for the ScholasticRowing Association’s National Regatta onLake Mercer in Princeton, N.J. on May 22-23. For more information about Westfieldcrew, go to www.westfieldcrew.org.
Scholarship AwardedStephanie Kelly, a senior on Centreville’s
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By Jason Mackey
Centre View
Two reasons could explain the different outcomes for Westfield’stwo lacrosse teams on
a rainy Tuesday night in Fairfax.And while one is more black andwhite, producing a get-it-done-or-else assessment, the other hasmany, many different variables.
But regardless of any compari-son between the two, the inabilityto control the draw for Westfield’sgirls’ lacrosse team Tuesday nightsaddled the Bulldogs with an over-time loss, while an increased fo-cus and intensity vaulted the boys’team into Friday’s Concorde Dis-trict title game.
In the first game of the night forthe district semifinals, the third-seeded girls’ team — after an hour-long delay as school officials usedsqueegees to push water off thefield — suffered an 18-14 loss toNo. 2 Robinson in overtime. De-spite tying the score on an Amanda
O’Sullivan goal with 19 secondsremaining, Westfield lost everyovertime faceoff and wasoutscored, 4-0.
Nearly a half-hour later anddown the road at Fairfax HighSchool, the third-seeded Westfieldboys’ team was tied at 4 with No.2 Robinson after three periods.And despite having a goal wavedoff with 9:12 left, Westfield ralliedfor two unanswered tallies in the
final seven minutes and hung onfor a 7-5 win.
“It felt like the clock wouldn’t godown,” said Westfield’s GageHagen, who scored the Bulldogs’final goal with 6:25 left. Hagenand Co. will face Chantilly on Fri-day, which earned a 7-3 win overOakton earlier in the evening.
“There was a lot of hype beforethis game,” added Hagen. “Weplanned a lot and watched a lot of
film. We were ready to come outand beat [Robinson].”
FIRST-YEAR coach Brian Dilleyrefused the credit. There are a lotof things he can do on the side-line, he said, but forcing his play-ers to want to win isn’t on that list.Indeed, Dilley spent the better partof his postgame interview praisingthe merits of his players, who tookit upon themselves to erase the
memory of a four-goal loss toRobinson on April 27.
“I can’t coach motivation. I can’tcoach heart. But when they bringit, that’s when we’re good,” saidDilley, whose squad improved to7-6 on the year with the win. “Ithought it would take a lot ofwork, and, as a testament to thekids, they’ve put in the work. Theywork hard, so my credit is to myteam — not to me.”
Dilley also pointed out that theloss on April 27 came on a Mon-day. As most coaches will say, Mon-day games are especially hard toprepare for because all the game-planning must be done on Satur-day. And with players in school allday, very little can be done beforethat first faceoff.
Practice on Monday afternoonwas a much-needed breath of freshair, Dilley said, and the effortagainst Robinson the second timearound couldn’t have been differ-ent than how it was at the end ofApril.
“We had an outstanding pre-game practice,” Dilley said. “Theycame ready, and they were focusedand they were ready to go. I thinkit’s a testament to my team andthe captains.
“It’s the playoffs, and I’ve beenemphasizing that to the wholeteam. It’s now one-and-done forus, and that’s how they have to
Westfield boys’lacrosse upsetsRobinson, girls’team suffersloss to Rams.
One Up, One Down for Westfield
Westfield’s Eric Alter scored the game-winning goal during his team’s 7-5 win overRobinson Tuesday. The Bulldogs will now face Chantilly in Friday’s Concorde Districttitle game.
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WITH LESS than 30 seconds remainingand her team trailing by a goal, O’Sullivansloshed her way into the offensive zone. Aspin move later, O’Sullivan netted her sixthgoal of the game and produced a 14-14tie.
But starting with the first overtimefaceoff, Westfield suddenly couldn’t gaincontrol again. It wasn’t any specific issue,rather just the sort of bad luck nobody wantsduring the overtime period of a playoffgame.
“They won every draw,” said Bulldogs
Westfield Upsets Robinsoncoach Jim Dwyer, whose team dropped to8-5 on the season. Westfield, with theConcorde’s No. 3 seed, will play the loserof Friday’s Liberty District title game be-tween W.T. Woodson and Madison in thefirst round of the region tournament nextTuesday.
“You have to have possession,” Dwyeradded. “If you don’t win the draw, there’s agood chance you’re not gonna score. Youhave to have the draw, and we didn’t getit.”
Besides O’Sullivan’s six goals, Westfieldgot three tallies from Mary Barondess.Hanna Skahn had two goals, and NicoleFicarra had a goal and an assist. MaddyCurry and junior attack Katie Sasek eachscored once.
ships, which were presented by the Vir-ginia High School League. A male and fe-male student from each of the VHSL’s threeclassifications was awarded the $1,000scholarship. The selection criteria includedthe applicant’s contributions to family,school or community; promotion of goodsportsmanship and citizenship; participa-tion in at least one VHSL activity; and sub-mission of a student essay. A four-year mem-ber of the swim and dive team, Kelly vol-unteered as a swim instructor for the “Makea Splash” program — a water safety andskills program for children, teens and youngadults with disabilities. In addition to swim-ming, Kelly is a member of the NationalHonor Society and serves as vice presidentfor both the Drama and Key Clubs.
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