RestonReston HomesHomes TourTour ShowsShows UpsideUpside Guests examine the waterfall in the backyard of the home of Leslie OfOf DownsizingDownsizing Hanna and Dan Miller, which was News,News, PagePage 55 one of the stops on this year’s Reston Homes Tour. Classifieds, Page 18 Classifieds, ❖ Sports, Page 16 ❖ Entertainment, Page 14 ❖ Forrest Challenges Howell For 32nd Senate Seat Opinion, Page 6 News, Page 3 RCC Lake Anne Cuts Ribbon News, Page 3 /The Connection Page 12 Alex McVeigh PERMIT #86 PERMIT by Martinsburg, WV Martinsburg, PAID U.S. Postage U.S. PRSRT STD PRSRT Photo Photo www.ConnectionNewspapers.com October 19-25, 2011 online at www.connectionnewspapers.comReston Connection ❖ October 19-25, 2011 ❖ 1 There’s Never Been a Better Time For a Change… Teachers Say…Get Educated! Did you know? Teachers and Parents Agree on School Board candidates! Did you know that the Fairfax Education Association, Fairfax Zero Tolerance Reform, and the Fairfax County Federation of Teachers, are endorsing the SAME CANDIDATES for School Board? • It’s time for a change that will bring the necessary resources to our neediest students, and provide differentiated support for all FCPS kids, • It’s time for a change that will bring greater sensitivity and a restorative, educational, and therapeutic discipline process to our children, • It’s time for a change that will bring greater professional autonomy for our teachers to start teaching with creativity, and not ‘to the test’. These candidates will bring about change for the better: • Braddock: Megan McLaughlin • Lee: Tamara Derenak Kaufax • Providence: Patty Reed • Dranesville: Louise Epstein • Mason: Sandy Evans • Mt. Vernon: Dan Storck • Hunter Mill: Pat Hynes • At-Large: Lolita Mancheno-Smoak, Steve Stuban Every child, parent, and teacher matters. VOTE ON NOVEMBER 8th ~ SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS MATTER! Congratulations to • SANDY EVANS (Mason) • TINA HONE (At-Large) • PATTY REED (Providence) Recipients of the 2011 Fairfax County Federation of Teachers President’sPresident’s AwardAward For Outstanding Advocacy for the Employees of FCPS. Thank you all for your continuous support, empathy, and service. You are appreciated! VOTE FOR THE FCPS BOND REFERENDUM ON NOVEMBER 8TH TO IMPROVE OUR SCHOOLS! 2 ❖ Reston Connection ❖ October 19-25, 2011 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Reston Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic News 703-778-9414 or [email protected] From left, Republican Patrick Connection McVeigh/The by Alex Photo Forrest and Democrat Janet Howell, candidates for the 32nd Senate district. Photos by Alex McVeigh/ The Connection From left, Reston founder Robert Simon, Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Sharon Bulova and State Sen. Janet Howell (D-32) prepare to cut the ribbon on the expanded Reston Commu- Forrest Challenges Howell nity Center Lake Anne Sunday, Oct. 16. For 32nd Senate Seat RCC Lake Anne Twenty-year incumbent Democrat Janet Howell faces Cuts Ribbon Republican challenger Patrick Forrest. By Alex McVeigh ter arts education director The Connection Cheri Danaher said will take a By Alex McVeigh lot of pressure off of the main The Connection Meet the Candidates he Reston Community arts studio. TCenter Lake Anne offi- For those who create their tate Sen. Janet Howell (D- cially cut the ribbon on works of art at RCC Lake Anne, 32) will face off with Re- its 4,500 square feet of reno- they won’t have to go far to dis- Spublican challenger vated space, which includes play them. The expansion in- Patrick Forrest for the two fitness studios, a wellness cludes a hallway display where 32nd district senate seat in studio and a 3-D media studio. sculpture, pottery and other Virginia’s General Assembly. The previous ribbon cutting works made at the community The 32nd district changed dur- was delayed after the Sept. 8 center are on display and for ing the recent redistricting, with flooding. sale. Herndon, Great Falls and North- Leila Gordon, executive di- Sharon Bulova, chairman of ern McLean going to the 31st dis- rector of the Reston Community the Fairfax County Board of trict, and areas in Oak Hill, Center, said that the expansion Supervisors, said she was very Chantilly, Oakton, Vienna and Ar- was a direct response to the pleased with the new space. lington added. According to the overwhelming need for more “I had an opportunity when Virginia Public Access Project, of programs at the community we had a naturalization cer- the 25 new precincts added, 11 center. emony at Lake Anne to get a voted strongly Democratic (in “This board made a constant sneak peak of the expansion which 2008 and 2009 elections effort to address the frustra- and it really does give us a were decided by more than 10 tions of people who wanted to wonderful space,” she said. “It percent), seven are Democratic, Janet Howell be involved in our programs but doesn’t happen by accident, it two voted strongly Republican and Janet Howell, 67, has lived in Reston for whom we literally did not happens because you have five are Republican. Patrick Forrest for 37 years, was elected to the senate have space,” Gordon said. “Our folks that get it, and you have in 1992. She has also been president of Patrick Forrest, 34, is a Baltimore the Reston Community Association fitness programs and our arts a community that’s willing to native who attended Virginia Military FORREST said that if elected, one (now the Reston Citizens Association), education, our fine arts pro- invest the time, energy and re- Institute. Until March 2011, he was a and a member of the Reston Interfaith of his first priorities would be to senior official at the Department of grams were a big part of the sources into making this space board. She received her bachelor’s de- solve the disconnect between land Homeland Security. He received a Juris demand that led to this under- and programs for people to gree from Oberlin College and her Doctor from Syracuse University and a use and transportation issues. master’s from the University of Pennsyl- taking.” engage in.” Master of Laws from George Washing- “Transportation issues are deter- vania. She is married to Hunt Howell, Bill Bouie, a member of the Supervisor Cathy Hudgins ton. He currently lives in Reston. mined at the state level, land use and they have three children. board of governors, said they (D-Dranesville) said that hav- issues are determined at the local level. This is a dis- have been waiting a long time ing a special tax district for the connect I will not allow to continue,” he said. “I’ll “This is a regressive tax that was brought about in for this expansion. area was essential for the submit a piece of legislation right away that gives the War of 1812 to fund the war and was originally “This will be a great addition Reston Community Center to local jurisdictions authority over transportation is- put on blacksmiths,” he said. “We need to roll that to Lake Anne and to Northern maintain its mission. sues. We are the ones who best understand what our tax back for the first five years of a new business to Reston,” he said. “The fitness “It really works well in terms local traffic issues are.” give them reasons to come to our area and not make and wellness studios are a ma- of us being able to identify our He also said he would immediately support legis- it difficult on them for those first couple of years jor part of what we’re going to community needs and uniquely lation that would make it easier for small businesses when they’re trying to set up shop and they prob- be able to offer now.” fund them and help the com- to thrive in the area. He pointed to the Business Pro- ably aren’t making a profit.” Part of the expansion includes munity,” she said. “For Reston fessional Occupancy Licensing Tax as an example of a 3-D media studio, which cen- that’s important.” government hindering small businesses. See Howell, Forrest, Page 4 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Reston Connection ❖ October 19-25, 2011 ❖ 3 News Howell, Forrest Run for 32nd From Page 3 cluding federal Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act funds. Forrest also said he hoped to lure more manufactur- “We need TIFIA funding, we need the flexibility of ing companies to the area. that bonding to keep our options open,” she said. “We need to incentivize the repatriation of highly “The airports authority itself needs to do some things. complex manufacturing back to They need to toll the access Virginia. I want to set up an of- road. That’s only fair. And they fice in the governor’s office Candidates Debate need to impose some fees on which coordinates and provides A forum featuring 32nd Senate district can- the airlines to pay for this technical assistance, from soup didates Patrick Forrest and Janet Howell will project, that will help all of to nuts, going out and target- be televised on Comcast Channel 28 Wednes- Northern Virginia, especially ing industries that are involved day, Oct. 19 at 8:30 p.m. the airports.” The forum is also available online at in highly complex manufactur- www.rctv28.com. When it comes to attracting ing, showing them… this is how businesses, Howell says she has you can do business in Northern Virginia.” a Joint Legislative Audit and According to VPAP, the Forrest campaign has raised Review Commission study currently looking at how $135,997, with $24,441 in cash contributions of incentive programs are working. more than $100; $47,135 of in-kind contributions “We now have about 11 [incentive programs]. We of more than $100; and $55,075 in loans received.