Fairfax Station ❖ Clifton ❖ Lorton Summer Stage Entertainment, Page 4 Classified, Page 12 Classified, ❖ Entertainment, Page 6 ❖ Sports, Page 12 These students are getting a taste of Broadway during one of Robinson’s Sheriff, Supervisor theater workshops. Primaries Ahead News, Page 3 Requested in home 8-12-11 home in Requested Time sensitive material. sensitive Time HomeLifeStyle Postmaster: Attention PERMIT #322 PERMIT Page 8 MD Easton, PAID U.S. Postage U.S. PRSRT STD PRSRT Photo by Bonnie Hobbs/The Connection Photo www.ConnectionNewspapers.comAugust 11-17, 2011 onlineFairfax at Station/Clifton/Lorton www.connectionnewspapers.com Connection ❖ August 11-17, 2011 ❖ 1 2 ❖ Fairfax Station/Clifton/Lorton Connection ❖ August 11-17, 2011 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Lorton/Fairfax Station/Clifton Connection Editor Michael O’Connell News 703-778-9416 or [email protected] Kammerer, Cooper Face Off in Sheriff’s Primary Primary will decide He also says one of his goals is to increase crime awareness among the county’s senior GOP candidate population. “I aim to keep senior citizens informed for county Sheriff. so they don’t become victims,” he said. “I’d go out myself and speak to our seniors, to By Alex McVeigh make sure they’re informed and make sure The Connection they have the proper literature to keep themselves educated.” es Kammerer and Bill Coo- Kammerer said another one of his goals per will face off for the Re- is to educate the community on the func- Wpublican nomination for tion of the Sheriff’s Office. Fairfax County Sheriff in the “I’d like to set up programs in our schools Aug. 23 primary. Both men are running for to teach kids about the Sheriff’s Office and the chance to run against three-term incum- who to go to for help,” he said. “Visibility is bent Sheriff Stan Barry (D). a key factor, and I don’t see it, which is why The Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office is re- I’m running. I want to unify with the Fairfax sponsible for managing the Adult Detention County Police Department to help with Center, providing courthouse security and this.” serving civil law process. Founded in 1742, He said he also aims to streamline the it is one of the oldest law enforcement agen- Sheriff’s Office to make sure funds and cies in the country, and with more than 600 manpower are allocated in the most effi- employees, it is the largest sheriff’s office Wes Kammerer Bill Cooper cient way. in Virginia. “I’ll look and see where we can save Kammerer was born in New York City, and a detective with the Office of the Chief of Kammerer said he hopes to use his con- money, where we can eliminate wasteful joined the Army at age 17. He served in the NYPD. nections with federal agencies to create programs and duplication,” Kammerer said. Army for several years before joining the He left the NYPD in 1989 and joined the partnerships. “And my top priority will be to make sure New York City Police Department in 1962. Secret Service in 1990, where he worked “I want to unify federal, state and mu- we’re always turning out professionally During his 26 years with the NYPD, he for 12 years in a security capacity, includ- nicipal organizations in case of a catastro- trained sheriff’s deputies.” served in numerous positions, including on ing security support for Presidents George phe,” he said. “I’ve observed that these agen- More information on Kammerer can be the firearms discharge review, as an inves- H.W. Bush (R) and Bill Clinton (D). He re- cies can tend to get argumentative about tigator in the Office of Internal Affairs and tired from the Secret Service in 2002. who should be doing what.” See Republican, Page 5 Martin, Baker Compete To Take on Barker in 39th Two Republicans vie to challenge incumbent cases before the U.S. Supreme viewed as vulnerable. Court, Baker said he has the back- By Michael Lee Pope often the case with primary races, the dif- ground and experi- The Connection ference between the candidates has less to ence needed in do with issues and more about personal Richmond. At the hichever Republican emerges background and biography. Both Baker and top of his agenda is Wfrom the August primary this Martin say they have the experience and doing away with month will be in one of the hot- the background necessary to be successful personal and cor- test campaigns of the year. The winner of in Richmond. porate income the Aug. 23 election will face incumbent “Barker is vulnerable, and [we] have two taxes as well as di- state Sen. George Barker (D-39), who is aggressive and mainstream Republicans versifying the local perceived as vul- who are eager economy. nerable by Demo- to take him on,” “Federal spend- crats and Repub- “Barker is vulnerable, and said Republican ing is going to slow licans. The newly consultant down,” said Baker, Miller Baker Scott Martin redrawn bound- [we] have two aggressive and Mike Lane. a member of the aries of the dis- “There is a rea- Federalist Society. trict stretch from mainstream Republicans who son to believe “So we need to attract businesses that have what their senator’s record is,” he said. Clifton to Alexan- that national nothing to do with the federal government.” “Transparency is essential if this represen- dria, increasing are eager to take him on.” political scene If elected, Baker’s first bill would be tative government is going to work.” the Democratic — Republican consultant Mike Lane is going to cast changing the Senate rules to make sure that Other bills he said he would introduce in voters by 1.7 per- a shadow over the voting record of every state Senator was his freshman term address transportation cent. the election this easily accessible on the General Assembly and education. On transportation, Baker “That’s an indication that the Democrats year, and that’s not looking very good for website — including floor votes, commit- said he would revise the allocation of rev- see this seat as vulnerable,” said Kyle the Democrats right now.” tee votes and subcommittee votes. Cur- enues for highway projects so that spend- Kondik, political analyst with the Virginia rently, some of that information is acces- ing is prioritized based on where the con- Center for Politics. “If this is a seat where BAKER describes himself as the sible, but it’s only available by looking at gestion is heaviest — an effort that was the Democrat loses to the Republican, that frontrunner in the race, a candidate who is each bill individually. And subcommittee unsuccessfully championed earlier this year would probably be an indication that the leading “by every metric.” He said he has votes are often unrecorded. Even if the bill by Del. James LeMunyon (R-67). On edu- leadership of the Senate would change.” knocked on more doors, raised more money is unsuccessful, Baker pledged to make the cation, he said he would introduce legisla- Republican voters have a choice of former and has more yard signs in the district than information available on his own website. tion that would prevent universities from Justice Department official Miller Baker and his opponent. As a former Justice Depart- “I think the General Assembly ought to education administrator Scott Martin. As is ment official who has successfully argued make it easy for constituents to find out See Martin, Page 11 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Fairfax Station/Clifton/Lorton Connection ❖ August 11-17, 2011 ❖ 3 News Briefs Entertainment Police Photo Fairfax County Police released this image of a truck they say is similar to the one that was near the scene of an October 2010 homicide in Fairfax Station. Information Sought by Photo On Truck, Trailer Bonnie Hobbs Information related to 2010 Fairfax Station homicide. /The Connection omicide detectives have released an image of a Hvehicle they believe might be connected to the October 2010 murder of Fairfax County busi- nessman Yong Suk Yun. “This is not a picture of the suspect vehicle,” said Of- ficer Tawny Wright, a spokesperson for the Fairfax County Police Department. “Through the course of the investiga- tion, we developed a number of leads, and police are al- Students learn the dance steps to the iconic jazz song, ‘One,’ from theater teacher ways following up on those leads. I don’t know when (po- Amy Hard, far left. lice) were first made aware of the vehicle, but they have now come back to it.” Wright said the pickup was in the area of Ladues End Court and Fairfax County Parkway around the time of the A Taste of Broadway murder, on Oct. 7, 2010. The image is of an older-model, white pickup truck with a utility or landscaping trailer at- Students learn to sing, and participated in a variety of improv and theater tached to it. games.” Yun, 61, was slain in his Fairfax Station home last Octo- dance and audition during Although the 27 students in the class came from ber, where his wife found him. on Thursday, Oct. 7, shortly different schools, their common interest and enthu- before 4 p.m. Police declined to say how Yun died, other Robinson’s theater camps. siasm bonded them. “It’s been such a treat to just than “trauma to the upper body.” Police determined the have fun and introduce them to musical theater [in death was a homicide after an autopsy but did not release a more relaxed way], as opposed to while I’m direct- By Bonnie Hobbs the cause of death because it would be known only to the ing/producing a show,” said Hard.