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ServingServing FairfaxFairfax AreasAreas ofof BurkeBurke Bradley Kilpatrick performs a trick during the semi finals of the Over 19 Street Course HangHang competition at Skate Fest ’08. TimeTime News,News, PagePage 33 Classified, Page 23 Classified, ❖ Sports, Page 18 ❖ Faith, Page 21 ❖ Camps & Schools, Page 9 Camps & Schools, insideinside One Last Requested in home 6-27-08 Time sensitive material. Attention Postmaster: /The Connection Meeting U.S. Postage PRSRT STD PERMIT #322 News, Page 3 Easton, MD Senior PAID Sam Funt Send Off Sports, Page 18 Photo by Photo www.connectionnewspapers.com www.ConnectionNewspapers.com June 26-July 2, 2008 Volume XXII, Number 26 Fairfax Connection ❖ June 26 - July 2, 2008 ❖ 1 2 ❖ Fairfax Connection ❖ June 26 - July 2, 2008 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Fairfax Connection Editor Michael O’Connell News 703-917-6440 or [email protected] Michael Brown, left, Photos by Photos and Ryan Brown watch on as their competition Sam Funt competes in the Under 11 Mini Half /The Connection Pipe event at Skate Fest ’08 on Satur- day, June 21 at Van Dyke Park in Fairfax. Grabbing Ozone Boarders show their stuff at Van Dyke Park during the semi-finals of Skate Fest ’08. Spalding McGullicutty warms up at the skate park. Bradley Kilpatrick makes a slam dunk off his skateboard during the semi finals of the Over 19 Street Course competition at Skate Fest ’08 on Satur- day, June 21 at Van Dyke Park in Fairfax. City Honors Outgoing Council Members “It is a bittersweet night for this group. “Her rhubarb cobbler is awesome,” said New elected officials take office July 1. We got elected together. … And now we assistant fire chief Andrew Wilson, at the are losing 50 percent of our team,” said outgoing council member’s appreciation By Julia O’Donoghue Council during the past three election cycles Lederer before the outgoing officials’ last ceremony. The Connection and the six current members, including meeting. Del. David Bulova (D-37) drove back from those who are leaving, have served together a special summer ver 100,000 resident may in- with Mayor Robert Lederer since 2002. BUT FAIRFAX session of the Gen- habit the City of Fairfax, but Several residents said the mayor and the CITY is the type of “It is a bittersweet night eral Assembly in Ono place felt more like a small council members had overseen a period of close-knit commu- for this group. We got Richmond to attend town on the evening of June unprecedented growth and investment dur- nity in which people the City Council’s 24. ing their tenure. remember elected elected together.” last meeting to- Over 100 people arrived at Fairfax’s City officials more for gether. In remarks, Hall to say farewell and honor three outgo- THE COUNCIL backed large upscale re- their personal con- — Mayor Robert Lederer he recalled the first ing City Council members. Gail Lyons, Scott tail developments that have changed per- nections than their time he met Winter Silverthorne and Patrice Winter presided manently the landscape of the city’s down- political legacies. in 2005. over their last council meeting that night town. They are also responsible for reno- In suburban Washington, D.C., it is hard Bulova was out knocking on doors and and will step down at the end of this month. vating or overseeing the construction of the to imagine that people who hold public of- trying to meet voters during his first cam- The departure of the three elected offi- majority of the city’s public facilities, in- fice, like Winter, not only dine with the lo- paign for delegate when he saw “Patrice cials could mark the end of an era. The City cluding the library, police station, high cal firefighters regularly but also bring des- See Council Members, Page 21 of Fairfax has had no turnover on the City school, middle school and City Hall. sert. www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Fairfax Connection ❖ June 26 - July 2, 2008 ❖ 3 Week in Fairfax News Diamantes New Deputy Chief Fairfax County Fire Chief Ronald L. Mastin has selected Bat- talion Chief John Diamantes for promotion to deputy chief. Diamantes will be assigned as deputy chief, Safety and Person- nel Services Division, effective July 5. Currently, Diamantes serves as the acting deputy chief, Operations, C-Shift. Diamantes became a firefighter in April 1985, when he be- gan his career at Seven Corners Fire and Rescue Station 28. In 1988, Diamantes was promoted to Cave-In Technician and a year later he was promoted to lieutenant and assigned to Baileys Crossroads Fire and Rescue Station 10. Diamantes was promoted to the rank of captain I in 1995 and assigned to Franconia Fire and Rescue Station 5 and then Woodlawn Fire and Rescue Station 24. In 1999, Diamantes was promoted to captain II and assigned as station commander at Fair Oaks Fire and Rescue Station 21. In 2003, he was promoted to battalion chief. As the deputy chief, Diamantes will supervise Safety and Per- sonnel Services within the department and he will be responsible for supporting the Public Safety Occupational Health Cen- ter. Diamantes has an associate’s degree in applied science, fire administration from Northern Virginia Community College and a bachelor’s of science in communication arts from James Madi- son University. He lives in Springfield with his wife, Cathy and two children, Brenna and Patrick. — Wade Rice Local band Cerca Trova plays June 28 at T.T. Reynolds in Fairfax. From left, are: Dan Wernli, bass; Angelo Soares, guitar; Josh Cockrell, drums and Jordan Waddell, vocals. Fair Oaks Checkpoint Results On Saturday, June 21 from midnight until 3 a.m. Sunday, Fairfax County Police conducted a sobriety checkpoint. Twelve Ready for the Next Step officers stopped approsimately 861 motorists in the westbound lanes of Lee Jackson Memorial Highway near the intersection people’s lives,” Cockrell said. of Rugby Road. Four local musicians hone “We want to be the talk at the dinner table,” All motorists were checked to assure that their abilities to drive were not impaired by drugs or alcohol. No arrests were their craft as Cerca Trova. Waddell said. made for DWI, but five traffic summonses were issued for mis- Waddell and Cockrell got their start in music cellaneous traffic offenses. through Fairfax County Public Schools. Waddell sang By Wade Rice in church and a school choir growing up, which is The Connection how he met Cockrell. Waddell’s choir director was Cells for Soldiers Kick Off Cockrell’s father, Glenn Cockrell. The Fairfax County Community and Recreation Teen Centers hen a local band gets to a certain point Cockrell also did choir at a younger age. “Once it is collecting cell phones for their Cell Phones for Soldiers pro- in its life, the band members have to came time in elementary school to choose an instru- gram. Donating an old cell phone and any accessories to the Wstart to look for other locations to ment to play,” he said. “I picked drums, because I cause will allow families to connect their loved ones overseas. spread their music. Sometimes this always wanted to play drums. I had little bongo sets Eleven drop-points have been set up around the county. For leads to self-booked tours and out-of-town shows. when I was a kid.” more information, contact Hector Collazo, regional program “We’re trying to branch out,” said Dave Wernli, “I played trombone from fifth grade to 12th grade,” coordinator of Fairfax County Community and Recreation Ser- Cerca Trova’s bassist. “We have a said Wernli. “I picked up the bass during my fresh- vices’ Teen Services Division at 703-704-6796 or visit show coming up in Richmond and men year. My friends and I were www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com. we’re trying to get stuff lined up in starting a band and they played Baltimore and Philly.” “Whenever we go drum and guitar, so I naturally “Our songs sound like other picked bass.” Park Public Hearing, July 17 bands,” said Wernli. “The songs out for shows, we “When I was little, my dad was On Thursday, July 17, from 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m., the Fairfax really remind me of Incubus, Red in rock bands, he was a drummer, County Park Authority will host a Public Planning Workshop to Hot Chili Peppers or Foo Fighters. want to change and I just watched him,” said discuss future planned uses at Kings Park Park, located at 8717 They could be like B-Sides. people’s lives.” Soares. “I would watch him play Trafalgar Court, Springfield. This will be the second public meet- “Almost all of our songs are com- Jammin’ Java and just admire him. ing in the master planning process. pletely different. It’s really hard to — Josh Cockrell One day, he was playing his The workshop will take place in the Lecture Hall at Lake put us in a genre, I feel,” said singer Alvarez guitar and I asked him to Braddock Secondary School, 9200 Burke Lake Road, Burke. Jordan Waddell. teach me to play, so he taught me some songs. I played Members of the community are invited to arrive as early as Drummer Josh Cockrell and Angelo Soares, gui- for his band back in the day.” 7:10 p.m. to preview maps and concept drawings. tarist, met during their junior year at Chantilly High Soares is the only member of Cerca Trova that has Visit http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/plandev/ School and they started what would become Cerca not had formal music lessons or performed with a kingspark.htm for information and updates on the project Trova.

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