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Vienna! Attracts Hundreds of Area Residents Each Year Over the Memorial Day Weekend PRSRT STD and Oakton U.S. Postage PAID Martinsburg, WV Vienna PERMIT #86 Attention Postmaster: Time sensitive material. Requested in home 05-21-09 ViVa! Vienna! attracts hundreds of area residents each year over the Memorial Day weekend. ViVa!ViVa! Vienna!Vienna! ComesComes toto TownTown Schools,Schools, PagePage 33 Classifieds, Page 13 Classifieds, ❖ Sports, Page 12 ❖ Former White Calendar, Page 8 ❖ House Chef Visits Vienna School News, Page 13 Opinion, Page 6 ool Oakton School House Preserved News, Page 12 Photo by Sarah Kashanian/Oakton High Sch Photo www.ConnectionNewspapers.comMay 20-26, 2009 ❖ Volume XXIII, Number 20 online at www.connectionnewspapers.comVienna Connection ❖ May 20-26, 2009 ❖ 1 2 ❖ Vienna Connection ❖ May 20-26, 2009 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Vienna/Oakton Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic News 703-917-6428 or [email protected] Thirty-Two FCPS Students Win ViVa! Vienna! Comes to Town National Merit Annual Memorial Day Scholarships The National Merit Scholarship Cor- poration (NMSC) has named 32 Fairfax festival biggest one yet. by Photo County Public Schools (FCPS) students win- ners of $2,500 National Merit® Scholar- By Donna Manz ships. The students are part of a group of The Connection Robbie Hammer approximately 2,500 National Merit® final- ists chosen to receive scholarships prima- f this is Memorial Day weekend, it rily financed by the NMSC. Winners of the must be ViVa! Vienna!, the town’s scholarships, with their probable career Ithree-day festival celebrating enter fields in parentheses, are: tainment, food, carnival rides, ven- ❖ /The Connection Alexandra Tanner of Lake Braddock Sec- dors and more food. ondary School (education—music). Three hundred and ten vendors — 20 of ❖ John Weidinger of Lake Braddock Sec- those food sellers — are offering everything ondary School (military service). from clothing and jewelry to services, in- ❖ Zachary Charles of McLean High School cluding E-waste disposal, as well as (economics). handcrafts and political information, in the ❖ Frank Sponn of Madison High School largest ViVa! Vienna! yet. (performing arts—dance). Organized by Vienna’s Rotary Club, in Children enjoy the variety of rides and festivities during the traditional ❖ Jessica Levine of Marshall High School cooperation with the Town of Vienna and ViVa! Vienna! Festival. (journalism). title sponsor, Navy Federal Credit Union, ❖ David Levonian of Robinson Secondary ViVa! Vienna! takes over the Church Street School (chemical engineering). corridor over Memorial Day weekend, from ❖ Allison Whitlock of South Lakes High Mill Street, to Lawyers’ Road, and down School (international relations). Dominion. ❖ Varun Bansal of Thomas Jefferson High Specialty foods abound, from pizza and School for Science and Technology barbecue fare to popcorn, kettle corn, fun- Photo by Photo (TJHSST) (environmental engineering— nel cakes and what can only be described science). as deep-fried “stuff.” ❖ Thomas Bettge of TJHSST (law). The Rotary Club’s motto is “service above ❖ Jonathan Choo of TJHSST (medicine). self,” and ViVa! Vienna! fits in with the club’s Donna Manz ❖ William Czaplyski of TJHHST (medicine). mission, organizers say. ❖ Jared Hallett of TJHSST (mathematical “This year’s is bigger and better than research). ever,” said Howard Svigals of the Vienna ❖ Michael Howard of TJHSST (engineer- Rotary Club and vice chair of ViVa! Vienna!. /The Connection ing). “We put on a community-spirited festival ❖ Lily Hsiang of TJHSST (technology man- for the whole town to enjoy, a family week- agement). end,” said Svigals. “In doing so, we raise ❖ Blair Hu of TJHSST (bioengineering). money for worthy charitable organizations.” ❖ Peter Im of TJHSST (chemical engineer- Svigals said the Rotary Club of Vienna has ing). already assigned over $100,000 for 2009. ❖ Brian Han Jang of TJHSST (biomedical Over the past three years, the club has do- engineering). nated over $250,000 to local and interna- ViVa! Vienna! 2009 The food court offers smoothies, ❖ Seung-Hyuck Kim of TJHSST (law). tional charities. carnival treats and ethnic delights. ❖ When: Saturday, May 23 – Monday, May 25. Joy Lee of TJHSST (medicine—research). Where: Church Street corridor, between Mill ❖ Carolyn McCallister of TJHSST (English). ON SATURDAY, May 23, at 10 a.m., Street and Lawyers’ Road. What: 310 vendors, participate in the opening ceremony on ❖ Sumit Malik of TJHSST (chemistry). amusement rides and food vendors only are community service booths, and amusement rides Sunday. A Memorial Day tribute is planned, ❖ Kyle Markwalter of TJHSST (clergy). for children and adults. Food court features open. Festival bus service from James Madi- as well. The Geico gecko and the Sandy ❖ Jed Metge of TJHSST (engineering). son HS/Vienna Metro begins at noon, and, carnival treats, barbecue snacks and ethnic Spring dog are scheduled to make guest dishes. ❖ William Minshew of TJHSST (engineer- at 4:30 p.m., live entertainment begins. Amusement rides and food vendors open appearances. ing—physics). Rides and food vendors shut down at 11 Saturday, May 23, at 10 a.m. Sunday and “ViVa! Vienna! is a treasure for our club,” ❖ Monica Mowery of TJHSST (neurosur- Monday all attractions, vendors and rides open. p.m. said Woody Bentley, ViVa! Vienna! chair. gery). On Sunday, ViVa! Vienna! is in full swing. For schedule of events and list of vendors, see “[It] provides us with the vehicle to serve www.vivavienna.org. ❖ Barbara Pelham-Webb of TJHSST Attractions and vendors, except amusement the community … and then to help chari- (biogenetics—mathematics). rides, open at 10 a.m. and run until 10 p.m. Live entertainment runs all day on the table organizations serve specific groups ❖ Narendra Tallapragada of TJHSST (elec- An opening ceremony will take place at main stage and the children’s stage through- with the profits.” trical engineering). noon at Freeman House, and the e-waste out the weekend. Included among the festival’s special ❖ Maya Wei of TJHSST (operations re- collection center, sponsored by Navy Fed- The Navy Federal e-waste collection cen- sponsors are: Children’s Stage, C&E Print- search). eral Credit Union, opens at the same time ter accepts computers, printers, modems, ing; Food Court, Cox Communications; Mid- ❖ David Wu of TJHSST (medicine). in the Madison High School front parking keyboards and associated computer gear, way, GEICO; Transportation, Renewal by ❖ Yangbo Xu of TJHSST (engineering). lot. Amusement rides open on Saturday, at but no television sets. Andersen; Entertainment Stage, Sandy ❖ Katherine Zettler of TJHSST (manage- 12:30 p.m. “We’re doing more to promote the e-waste Spring Bank; Newspaper Media, The Con- ment—consulting). Monday, at 10 a.m., vendors and amuse- disposal this year, and use of Metrorail and nection Newspapers; Health Fair, Vienna- ❖ Jiho Kim of Woodson High School (un- ment rides open, and bus service from Madi- buses to the festival,” said Howard. Tysons Regional Chamber of Commerce. decided). son High School and Vienna Metro begins. Price of individual tickets is $1 each, a “The day we close out, we start planning Each of the FCPS winners received a At noon, a Memorial Day tribute is planned sheet of 24 tickets, good for all three days, the next one,” said Svigals. scholarship supported by the NMSC’s own on the main stage, and the e-waste collec- is $20. Other ticket options are available. funds with the exception of Tallapragada, tion center opens in the Madison High Number of tickets required per ride ranges SEE INSERT in this week’s Connection for whose scholarship is sponsored by the School parking lot. The festival closes at 6 from three to five tickets. schedule and layout of vendors and attrac- AMETEK Foundation. p.m., as does the e-waste collection center. Local dignitaries have been invited to tions or go to www.vivavienna.org. www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Vienna Connection ❖ May 20-26, 2009 ❖ 3 News Month Four Democrats Run for Shannon’s Seat delegate in the fall. Voters to choose “I match up very well against party nominee in their nominee. I have been here SALE for awhile as well,” he said. June 9 primary. CARPETS, JOHN CARROLL a first genera- tion Irish American, is the only FLOORING & By Julia O’Donoghue candidate who was raised in the The Connection 35th delegate district. ORIENTAL RUGS “My goal is to have the commu- our Democrats are vying nities of Vienna, Oakton, Fairfax BY ROBERTS to replace Steve Shannon and Dunn Loring be the same kind F(D) as the 35th district of safe place that I grew up in,” Roy Baldwin (D) representative to said Carroll. John Carroll (D) Virginia’s House of Delegates next If elected, Carroll said his pri- Age: 51 Residence: Vienna Age: 44 year. orities would be public safety and Family: wife Sharon, son Nathaniel Residence: Oakton Roy Baldwin, John Carroll, Mark public education. (24) Family: wife Grace, son Jack (12) Keam and Esam Omeish are fac- In tough budget times, Carroll, Hometown/Grew Up In: daughter Maeve (10), and son Burke (4) ing each other in the Democratic a former prosecutor, said it is im- Nacogdoches, Texas; Lincoln, Nebraska Hometown/Grew Up In: Vienna We are an authotized Business/Job: The Baldwin Law Business/Job: Carroll & Carroll Party primary June 9. The winner portant to protect the money set Firm LLC (Oakton) P.C. (City of Fairfax) agent of will compete against Jim Hyland, aside for police and other safety Education: University of Nebraska Education: Brown University (1986 former chair of the Fairfax County positions. If Fairfax County contin- at Lincoln (1973 – Political Science); - Organizational Behavior and Econom- Republican Committee, in the No- ues to be a safe place to live, then The George Washington University Law ics); George Mason University School of School (1976) Law (1992) vember general election. it will continue to grow economi- Community Engagement/Rel- Community Engagement/Rel- Shannon is the 2009 Democratic cally and home values will remain evant Experience: Vienna-Tysons evant Experience: former Fairfax Party nominee for Virginia attor- high, he said.
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