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Viennaand Oakton Vienna sisters Ilana and Kyra Bell are fascinated by Charles Darwin and his theories of evolution. They attended a surprise 200th birthday party for Darwin Feb. 22 at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens. Classifieds, Page 17 Classifieds, ❖ Sports, Page 16 ❖ Faith, Page 12 ❖ Calendar, Page 10 ❖ HappyHappy Birthday,Birthday, Opinion, Page 6 CharlesCharles DarwinDarwin First Metrorail News,News, PagePage 44 Stations Approved News, Page 3 Requested in home 03-05-09 home in Requested Time sensitive material. sensitive Time ‘Poppy Ambassador’ Postmaster: Attention PERMIT #31 PERMIT Elkton, MD Elkton, Re-Appointed PAID U.S. Postage U.S. News, Page 4 STD PRSRT Photo by Donna manz/The by Donna Connection Photo www.ConnectionNewspapers.comMarch 4-10, 2009 ❖ Volume XXIII, Number 9 Read us online atVienna connectionnewspapers.com Connection ❖ March 4-10, 2009 ❖ 1 2 ❖ Vienna Connection ❖ March 4-10, 2009 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Vienna/Oakton Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic News 703-917-6428 or [email protected] Principal Michelle Makrigiorgos and First Assistant Principal Lisa Pilson display the Louise Archer Stations Elementary School 70th birthday cake. Approved Supervisors approve “February is always design of two Tysons about Louise Archer Metrorail stations. because we have By Julia O’Donoghue such a rich history The Connection in our school.” he Fairfax County Board of Super- —Michelle Makrigiorgos Tvisors approved the design and plans for two of the four new Metrorail stations anticipated in Tysons th Corner and another stop set for Wiehle Av- enue in Reston at their Feb. 23 meeting. Happy 70 , Louise Archer ES The stations, set to open in 2013, would be part of the Metrorail’s new “silver line,” Photos by Donna Manz/The Connection an extension of the mass transit system from Vienna school the West Falls Church stop to Dulles Inter- national Airport and beyond. celebrates anniversary. Supervisor John Foust (D-Dranesville) voted against the approval of the two Tysons Corner stations. Supervisor Gerry Hyland ouise Archer Elementary School (D-Mount Vernon) was not present for any celebrated its 70th birthday in its of the three station votes. Lpresent building with song, story and skit … and cupcakes. THE SUPERVISORS rescheduled the “February is always about Louise Archer hearings and deliberation on the other two because we have such a rich history in our Tysons stops for March 9 because informa- school,” said principal, Michelle tion about possible conflicts of interest was Makrigiorgos. “That’s who we are.” not available in a timely manner. It is ex- During the Feb. 27 assembly, the school pected that the supervisors will easily ap- band played the National Anthem and prove the final two stations for the first “Grand Old Flag” and the chorus sang “High phase of the project, which terminates at Hopes,” a model for Louise Archer students. the Wiehle Avenue station. Using slides, the Junior Optimist Club nar- “We have been in discussion about these rated the history of the school, and a group for years. I think we have vetted a great of peer mediators appeared as a box of cray- deal about what the designs should be,” said ons in an allegorical tale of tolerance. “Each Cathy Hudgins (D-Hunter Mill), who has color is unique,” says the narrator. “But at least two stations in her district. when we are together, the picture is com- Still Supervisors Foust and Linda Smyth plete.” Louise Archer students sing “High Hopes,” which is what they have. (D-Providence) remained concerned that Classes created their own places in Louise they could be cut out of discussions about Archer history, using things – or themselves integrated. Expansion continued through- gram. future design changes to the two Tysons – to represent the number 70. Some classes out the second half of the 20th century, and The school, which once was heated by a stations if they supported the plans with- formed a human 70; others created math- in the 1980s, the school became a magnet potbelly stove and had no indoor plumb- out any strings attached. ematical references to the number. One class school for Vienna’s gifted-and-talented pro- ing, is, today, a model of diversity. Its gar- The two Tysons Corner stations approved, turned themselves into 1970s hippies den is a certified wildlife habitat, and one planned for Route 123 at Tysons Bou- while another class held up seven Ds. its motto, “The Sun Always Shines at levard and the other on Route 7 just north The kindergartners were represented Louise Archer,” is emblazoned on the of Route 123, would be in Smyth’s magis- by 70 rays of sunshine. gym floor. terial district and located very near Foust’s The assembly ended with the tradi- Recognized by Makrigiorgos were constituents. tional singing of “Happy Birthday to guests Ulysses Cox of the Cluster II of- Smyth, with cooperation from the other You.” fice, former Louise Archer administra- supervisors, attached an amendment to the Opened in 1867 on a lot on Lawyers’ tive assistant Judy Beach, and retired stations approval that would require the Road near Church Street as a school Louise Archer teachers Delores A. Metropolitan Washington Airports Author- for “colored” children, Louise Archer Hailstalk and Sylvia B. Taylor, as well ity, the group managing the project, to no- Elementary grew and thrived under the as current Louise Archer staff. tify county chairman Sharon Bulova (D) and direction of educator Louise Archer Of the school’s annual birthday cel- the local district supervisor — in many cases who became the school’s principal in ebrations, Makrigiorgos says, “It’s Smyth — about any changes made to a par- 1922. where we were, and where we’re go- ticular station’s design or landscaping. Segregation ended in Virginia in ing.” But some other supervisors, who do not 1954, but not at Louise Archer. It was Crayons are “unique,” but when together, not until 1965 that the school became “the picture is complete.” —Donna Manz See Metrorail, Page 9 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Vienna Connection ❖ March 4-10, 2009 ❖ 3 News Photos by Photos Donna Manz The winning three-member alliance at the FIRST /The Connection Washington, D.C., regional Robotics Competition includes the James Madison High School Robotics Team. Week in Vienna Madison Robotics Team Keeps Blaire Osborn, with daughter Lynley and Charles Darwin time traveled to Vienna as son Parker, a Westbriar Cub Scout, said guest of honor at his 200th birthday party Winning the whole family is “interested in the at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens Sunday, The James Madison High School Robotics Team, coached by evolution thing.” Feb. 22. teacher Toss Cline, came in number 54 out of 65 in the elimina- tion matches of the first Robotics Competition in Washington, DC, on Feb. 28. It was chosen by the number one seeded team to Happy Birthday, Charles Darwin participate as part of the three-member alliance finals. Madison’s two alliances were both from Indiana. In the final rounds, the Meadowlark throws Linnaeus and anthropologist Alfred Russell Wallace, three-team alliance went undefeated to become the Washington, on a conference call set up by the time-machine cre- DC, Regional Champions. The alliance advances to the finals in surprise party. ators of the Northern Virginia Regional Park Author- Atlanta in mid-April. ity. By Donna Manz “Our whole family is interested in the evolution The Connection thing,” said Blaire Osborn of Vienna, a biologist. “The fossil records make a lot of Darwin’s theories indis- Dominion Guild Inc. Donates eadowlark Botanical Gardens threw putable. I pretty much have bought into his theories $32,306 a surprise 200th birthday party for of evolution.” MCharles Darwin Feb. 22 and more The Dominion Guild Inc. recently presented a total of $32,306 than 100 Vienna-area guests showed FIFTY YEARS AGO, three Northern Virginians cre- to three community organizations. up. And through the miracle of time travel, Darwin ated the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority. The Arlington Food Assistance Center received $10,000 for food himself was thrust into the 21st century. Co-founder Walter Mess spoke briefly on the birth of and materials for families who need food. Funding is largely from “I’m really interested in Darwin and evolution,” that park system. individual donations. said Ilana Bell, a James Madison High School stu- Party guests included families, a Westbriar Cub The George Mason Univeristy School of Nursing received dent who won the high- schoolers’ door prize of Scout troop, Vienna teens and Mess. $12,306 to support graduate students working in researching the Nikon binoculars and the “Field Guide to Butterflies.” The Charles Darwin program at Meadowlark had rehabilitation of breast cancer patients. They are working espe- “For me, this was mostly review, but I learned that a tie-in to black history. Matthew Henson, an Afri- cially in the area of fatigue that is experienced by these patients. Darwin learned taxidermy from a black slave. I didn’t can-American, became the first person to set foot on The Women’s Center of Vienna received $10,000 for mental health know that before. the geographical North Pole. Explorer outreach counseling in the area of domestic violence and other areas. “How we evolved is fascinating to Robert Peary, on his eight attempt, was The Dominion Guild, Inc. has been raising funds for over twenty me. It’s the beginning of life.” “It’s so too exhausted to continue and sent years for distribution to qualifying projects and entities serving Henson on, instead. Henson lived his the Northern Virginia community. This year’s annual fundraiser, EXHIBITS highlighted sample letters interesting how whole adult life as an explorer. an Open House Boutiques and Coffee, was held at the Arlington from Darwin, taxonomy, taxidermy, The Washington Academy of Sci- home of Jeff and Mindi McClure.