Attention Postmaster: PRSRT STD Time-sensitive material. U.S. Postage Requested in home 8-28-08 PAID Elkton, MD PERMIT #31 Centreville ❖ Clifton ❖ Little Rocky Run SOUTHERN EDITION AUG. 28-SEPT. 3, 2008 "Bound for Boulder" 25 CENTS Newsstand Price Volume XXII, NO. 35 Photo by Photo Wolf, Feder Steve Hibbard Steve Equal in Cash /Centre View /Centre Congressional challenger pulls from donors outside Virginia. By Julia O’Donoghue end of June. Wolf had $849,391 The Centre View available and Feder $812,122, ac- Visitors throng to last year’s Centreville Day celebration. cording to the Federal Election .S. Rep. Frank Wolf (R- Commission. U10) and Democrat Judy “We are way ahead of schedule Feder’s political cam- and way ahead of where we were Centreville Day Set for Sept. 13 paigns had approximately the in 2006. We have been doing ex- By Noah Martin also free at Centreville Day. same amount of tremely well and Centre View Opening ceremonies run from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. cash available at we are going to at the showmobile on the fairgrounds. Some of the the end of June, “I think it would have the budget it he Centreville Community Foundation ceremonies include a performance by Knights of Co- in spite of the be short sighted takes to win,” said will be hosting its 17th annual lumbus color guard, the singing of the National An- fund-raising ad- Luke McFarland, Centreville Day in Centreville’s historic them, the presentation of parade awards, and more. vantages incum- to equate the Feder’s campaign T bents typically manager. district on Saturday, Sept. 13. A pa- Bands, from multiple musical genres, will per- rade, food, fun, and games will all be part of the form until 6 p.m. on the showmobile stage. enjoy over a chal- amount of money An indepen- festivities. An array of food vendors are going to be serv- lenger. dent candidate, “Its going to be a great year as usual,” said ing their culinary creations all day at the event. A Wolf, who was someone raises Neeraj Nigam, is former organizer and volunteer Maryanne Toal. dining tent with public, first-come-first-serve seat- first elected in also running for “They have added a lot of historical activities so it ing, will be located across from the showmobile. 1980, has raised with their office in the is going to be as good as last year if not better.” A variety of vendors will be offering beauty, lit- approximately Virginia’s 10th The kick-off of the event gets under way at 10 erary, business, religious, veterinary, political, non- $1.4 million. chances of congressional dis- a.m. with a parade starting from Colin Powell El- profit, and travel products and services. Events With $1.2 million trict. Nigam has . winning a seat.” ementary School and ending at the intersection take place throughout the day until the closing of in donations, raised between of Mt. Gilead Road and Braddock Road. Parade the fair at 6 p.m. Feder had col- — Dan Keyserling, UVa. $5,000 and participants include Knights of Columbus, Daugh- Patriots of Centreville are holding an essay com- lected slightly Center for Politics $6,000 for his ters of the American Revolution, Sully District Re- petition for 6th – 8th graders, whose winners will less but she also campaign and in- publican Committee, Sully District Democratic be presented with awards on Centreville Day. The spent less, according to the Fed- tends to contribute some personal Committee, U.S. Rep. Frank Wolfe, and more. essay must be written about a patriot of eral Election Commission. money to his election efforts. In terms of “cash on hand” — “It is harder to raise money as At 11 a.m.,. the festival begins. There will be Centreville, past or present. For more information free parking at Trinity Center with free shuttles to about Centreville Day or the essay contest visit money that the campaign has not an independent candidate. I don’t take attendees to the event grounds. Admission is www.centrevilleva.org. spent yet — the two candidates have a ready-made group that is were locked in a virtual tie at the See Money Race Page 4 Centreville Theater Director Hits the Big Time “It’s considered the Cannes Film Festival expect it.” visible Man” portrays a day in the life of a Rogers’s entry is up of North America,” said Rogers first directed it as a homeless man and how his life changes for drama award Rogers. “It’s international and, Centreville High play in 2005, through the people he meets during that each year on Labor Day week- “I’m waiting and student Tyler Van Houten day. The www.invisiblemandvd.com Web at film festival. end, it shows 80 films from for someone to won Best Actor for it, that site describes it as “a heartwarming tale of over 1,000 that have been school year, at the VHSL com- what happens when you take a stand in life By Bonnie Hobbs submitted.” pinch me and petition. Now, the film version for what is right and good. [It’s] the classic Centre View His entry, “Invisible Man,” is features a mix of professional story of the underdog who fights against up for Best Film in the drama, wake me up.” thespians and Rogers’s former overwhelming odds to help his fellow man.” ocally, J. Mark Rogers is known as feature-film category, and he’s — J. Mark Rogers, students at Centreville, Dave the theater director at Centreville completely thrilled. “It’s an ex- Barchet, Sarah Langan, Ben THE PLAYWRIGHT is John Wells, theater L producer and director High. However, he’s also the pro- citing moment for me because Meyers and Natalie Carneal. In director at Loudoun Valley High in ducer and director of a film in contention it’s the first film I’ve directed,” addition, Carneal’s sister Leesburg, and Rogers has known him a long for one of the top awards at the upcoming he said. “The fact that it’s gotten this rec- Christine was the film’s costume designer. time and has directed several of his plays. Moondance Film Festival in Boulder, Colo. ognition is blowing my socks off — I didn’t Set in a Washington, D.C., subway, “In- See Film Selected, Page 8 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Centre View South ❖ August 28 - September 3, 2008 ❖ 1 YOU’VE PUT A LOT INTO YOUR See Complete School Information and VIRTUAL TOUR at HOME…MAKE SURE YOU GET www.seln4u.com THE MOST OUT OF IT! NOTHING SURPASSES EXPERIENCE TO ACHIEVE YOUR BEST RESULTS IN $289,900 CENTREVILLE $650,000 BLUE SPRING FARM $624,900 VIRGINIA RUN $435,000 COUNTRY CLUB MANOR EVERY TYPE OF MARKET—AND OUR Sun-filled, neutral 3 fin. lvl TH. 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