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25 Cents Attention Postmaster: Time-sensitive material. Requested in home 6/6/08 Vol. XIX, No. 23 Mount Vernon’s Hometown Newspaper • A Connection Paper June 5, 2008 BRAC Deadline In Jeopardy DeWitt Hospital to bring state-of-the-art medical services.

By Chuck Hagee during a public information meet- deadline of Sept. 15, 2011, accord- Gazette ing highlighting construction of ing to Col. Michael Rossi, director, the new DeWitt Community Hos- Ft. Belvoir Integration Office, who ocating the final 6,300 pital and other BRAC projects. heads up the engineering compo- personnel coming to Reconstructing the General Ser- nent of BRAC for Fort Belvoir. LFort Belvoir as a result vices Administration (GSA) ware- Plus, the decision as to where of the 2005 Base Re- houses in Springfield to house the those personnel will be located has alignment and Closure Report Washington Headquarters Ser- now been pushed back from June (BRAC) took a new and unex- vices (personnel) cannot be com- to September, at the earliest, Rossi pected twist last Wednesday night pleted by the BRAC mandated further noted. How such a change

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Col. Brian Lauritzen, commander, Ft. Belvoir, fields a question from the public attending the information session on BRAC progress highlighting the construction of the new DeWitt Community Hospital.

in the timetable will be handled that the Engineering Proving was not addressed. The BRAC en- Grounds would be limited to con- A large crowd of interested citizens gathered at Riverside Elementary School to hear abling legislation mandates a Sept. taining only the National about the construction of the new DeWitt Community Hospital on Ft. Belvoir and 15, 2011 completion deadline. other developments taking place as a result of BRAC. “When the decision was made See New, Page 4

nsorcel Another Piece Of The BRAC Puzzle

Arts ❖ Entertainment ❖ Leisure looming tsunami of traffic through County Parkway at the EPG. The present There are two countywide programs by Aresidential neighborhoods adjacent lack of highway funds has put Phases three which communities can petition the county to Fort Belvoir’s Engineering Prov- and four of the roadway on hold. to slow traffic through neighborhoods — ing Grounds brought about a rare bi-parti- Although Phases one and two of the con- “Traffic Calming” and “Cut-Through.” How- Fairy san Board Matter at Monday’s Fairfax struction have been agreed to by the Fed- ever, both, due to the elongated process to County Board of Supervisors meeting. It was eral Highway Administration and Virginia implement either, takes approximately a Dance jointly sponsored by Democrats Mount Department of Transportation “the lack of year before any traffic calming mechanism Vernon District Supervisor Gerald Hyland funding will not permit the full extension can begin to be put in place, according to and Lee District Supervisor Jeffrey McKay to be completed at this time,” the supervi- the three Supervisors. in conjunction with Republican Springfield sors noted in their joint appeal. District Supervisor Pat Herrity. “The phased construction has led to con- REQUIREMENTS CALL for the County to Triggering the proposal to waive certain cerns by adjacent residential communities run traffic speed and volume counts, fol-

The School of requirements for a community or neighbor- about cut through traffic generated by the lowed by collection of signatures from 75 Swans brings Shakespeare’s hood to request the installation of traffic need to access the Parkway without the percent of the residents in the impacted play to life.

End Note, Page 8 calming devices was the possible delay in complete set of ramps and ingress/egress

Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ June 5-11, 2008 ❖ 1E construction of the final link of the Fairfax points,” they stated. See Another, Page 4

Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ June 5-11, 2008 ❖ 1 2 ❖ Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ June 5-11, 2008 Community Six Area Students Receive Chamber Scholarships FCPS Superintendent Jack Dale outlines County’s education goals.

By Chuck Hagee brick wall when the emphasis Gazette shifted in public education to an overemphasis on accountability ostering creativity and with the “No Child Left Behind” helping students realize program. That’s when teaching the Ftheir passion in pursuing art of creativity began to suffer,” their life’s work are two he told the Chamber audience. of the primary challenges that face “Our schools are the core of the any school system — not putting community and we don’t want Photo by an over emphasis only on account- anything to diminish that fact,” he ability. That was the message de- said. To make the point Dale out- livered by Fairfax County Public lined the three primary goals of Chuck Hagee Schools Superintendent Jack Dale the Fairfax County Public Schools to the Mount Vernon-Lee Cham- Board: ber of Commerce. As the featured speaker during the Chamber’s annual Education “One of the great /Gazette Partnership Luncheon at the Mount Vernon Country Club Tues- challenges is helping day, Dale discussed the “Chal- lenge Index” that evaluates the students develop Recipients of the 2008 Mount Vernon-Lee Chamber of Commerce high school $2,000 various techniques employed by their creativity.” scholarship awards, from left, Santos T. Chopin, Bryant HS; Kelly Batchelder, Edison the school district to entice stu- HS; Lindsey Christensen, Hayfield Secondary School; Edwin Rivera, MountVernon HS; dents to excel, not only in their —FCPS Superintendent Kerrianne Beyer, West Potomac HS; and Caroline Grady, Thomas Jefferson HS; are studies but also in their individual Jack Dale flanked by Mount Vernon District Fairfax County School Board member Dan Storck lives. (left) and Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Jack Dale after receiving “One of the great challenges is * Develop the primary skills such their scholastic stipends. helping students develop their cre- as mathematics, languages, skills ativity. There has always been a in technology, and a solid knowl- sponsibility for their actions. public schools. Fairfax County’s $2,000 scholarship awards by debate as to whether creativity can edge in the other basics of educa- * Engender the incentive in stu- high schools rank in the top three Chamber President Katy Fike to six be taught or whether it is in-born. tion. dents to give back to the commu- percent nationwide, Dale empha- high school seniors. This year’s I believe it is teachable,” Dale said. * Develop essential life skills to nity as they proceed through life. sized. recipients and their schools were: “We were making great progress aid students as they travel life’s “These goals drive all our deci- Highlight of the luncheon was Santos T. Chopin, Bryant HS; Kelly along that path of teaching and path such as a sound work ethic, sions at the Board level,” said Dale the presentation of the Chamber’s fostering creative, then we hit a financial literacy, and taking re- who oversees the County’s 200 2008 Education Partnership See Scholarships, Page 6 Mt.Vernon Honors Fourth Book Prize Recipient ginia, so George Washington and the Vir- University of ginia aristocracy always loomed large in my Pittsburgh historian mind. It’s where I first came to understand issues of race and class and I’ve been work- named. ing on them ever since,” he said in accept- ing the award. Presented to the author at a black-tie din- arcus Rediker, author of “The ner attended by some 200 luminaries from MSlave Ship: A Human History,” the worlds of book publishing, politics, jour- was awarded the fourth annual nalism, and academia, the prize includes, George Washington Book Prize, honoring in addition to the monetary reward, a the most important new book about medal. It is one of the largest history awards America’s founding era, during ceremonies in the nation. at Mount Vernon Estate May 29. For his Complete with fireworks and candlelight work in this bicentennial year of the aboli- tours of Washington’s Mansion, the event tion of slavery in America Rediker was also celebrated the works of two other fi- awarded $50,000. nalists: Woody Holton, author of “Unruly A prize-winning author, who chairs the Americans and the Origins of the Constitu- University of Pittsburgh’s history depart- tion,” and Jon Latimer, author of “1812: War ment, Rediker was honored for his defini- with America.” tive and painfully evocative account of the The books were selected by a three-per- floating prisons that carried an estimated son jury of American historians, including 12.4 million African across the so-called Chairman Robert L. Middlekauff, University “Middle Passage” of the Atlantic to help Marcus Redikerr, winner of the fourth annual George Washington Book of California, Berkeley; Elizabeth A. Fenn, build the newly established America. Prize. Duke University; and Andrew Jackson “One of the things I wanted to do in this O’Shanghnessy, director, Monticello’s Inter- book was to make our understanding of the capacity to live with injustice depends to “The George Washington Book Prize is a national Center for Jefferson Studies and slave trade concrete — hence my subtitle, some extent on making it abstract,” said tremendous honor, and a surprise. I grew “a human history” — because I think our Rediker. up in the South, went to high school in Vir- See Recipient, Page 6

Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ June 5-11, 2008 ❖ 3 News New State-of-the-Art Hospital Planned

From Page 1 from that site to the main Post. The prox- The other is imity of the rail line was unacceptable in the new $747 Geospatial Intelligence Agency’s the context of heightened force protection million 8,500 personnel, the GSA site could requirements for military bases following DeWitt Com- not be readied by the BRAC deadline,” the 9/11 attacks. It is still there and opera- munity Hospi- Rossi told the crowd assembled at tive. tal. It will be Riverside Elementary School. “Once the final private site is selected it 1.3 million “Going out on the street for bids will still be weighed against the GSA site, square feet and trying to do a turnkey type op- which is already government property and spread eration is new to the Army,” he said. would only need to be transferred to the throughout “It can either be done more slowly Department of the Army and Fort Belvoir,” five structures and less costly or fast and very ex- said Donald Carr, public information officer, that includes pensive.” Fort Belvoir. a state-of-the- Presently, there are two other sites In order for the GSA warehouses site, art 120 bed, in the running for the WHS person- which is primarily a huge storage facility seven level fa- nel — an 11-acre plot at Mark Center for the Patent and Trademark Office, to be- cility, with an just off I-395 and The Victory Center come the future home of WHS personnel, intensive care on Eisenhower Avenue. Both are in the present tenants must be relocated, unit, behav- Alexandria and both, presumably, buildings demolished, the site reworked, ioral health could make the deadline, although including infrastructure, and new structures inpatient unit, that fact was not made clear. built. With a decision now pushed back to cancer center, The Mark Center site is unencum- September 2008, that leaves only 36 emergency An illustration of a patient’s room. bered and meets all the BRAC/DoD months from start to finish to meet the Sep- center, addi- tember 2011 deadline. requirements. The Victory Center has tional operating rooms, and improved di- southeastern portion of the County. On the Col. Brian Lauritzen, installation com- several hurdles to overcome. agnostic centers. On each end of the curved former subject, Lauritzen said the Army will mander, Ft. Belvoir, who chaired the four- The pri- triangle design concept will be a multi-level build two lanes initially that will open in Colonel panel at the meeting, assured the mary one is parking garage connected to the medical the Fall of 2010. audience that the location of the WHS will that its buildings by a glass-enclosed walkway. Phase 2 of the new road, now designated BRAC...eventually be solved in line with BRAC requirements. owners “Steel will be going up this summer. It Mulligan Road, which will connect Route 1 “Although, BRAC is a major operation na- have stead- will be built from the outer buildings in. with Telegraph Road, calls for its widening will be only a tionwide at this juncture, it will eventually fastly indi- We are on a fast track with this. It is being to four lanes but the money for that is not be only a blip on the screen. We will move blip on the cated they designed as we build,” Rossi said. available at this time, according to are not will- on,” he said. “If BRAC had not come along, DeWitt Lauritzen. The new connector is part of a screen.” ing to sell would have become a small 20 bed facility broad based land swap with Woodlawn —Col. Brian Lauritzen, the site to JOINING Lauritzen and Rossi for the pub- mainly serving out patients. Now, when we Plantation. lic information meeting were Col. Kenneth installation commander, make it be- are finished we will have 155 resident phy- Several speakers continued to question come a part Canestrini, hospital administrator, DeWitt sicians with a variety of specialties to serve Ft. Belvoir the Army’s calculations of the impact on of Fort Community Hospital, and Col. Mark our 220,000 beneficiaries throughout public school by the influx of 19,300 BRAC Belvoir. Moffatt, deputy for BRAC & Transformation, Northern Virginia,” said Canestrini. personnel plus allied contractors and busi- BRAC law requires that any site that Fort Belvoir. The primary purpose of the “Each patient will have their own room nesses that could take the total much higher. is to be used to house incoming BRAC session was to highlight construction of the with an area for visitors. These rooms are Lauritzen noted that BRAC also calls for transferred personnel must be legally new medical facility and provide updates designed so that the patient, family mem- 14,500 jobs moving out of the National part of Fort Belvoir. on other BRAC projects. bers, doctors and medical staff all interact Capital Area to other locations nationwide. When asked the direct question if “There are $4 billion worth of various but are not in each other’s way,” he said. He also questioned whether those com- that requirement had been waived as projects coming to Belvoir as a direct result The facilities are designed to be open with ing to Fort Belvoir as a result of BRAC would a result of the GSA site situation, Rossi of BRAC. $152 million is for new roads, lots of glass, wide corridors, and internal actually move from where they are pres- answered, “No. It must become a part bridges, utilities and other infrastructure,” open courtyards. There will be special fa- ently living. He also raised the possibility of Fort Belvoir. We can not justify said Rossi in kicking off the two-hour pub- cilities for up to 300 “wounded warriors,” that those that did move might be more moving from one leased space to an- lic information meeting. according to Canestrini. The eventual work likely to move farther south, rather than other.” The two largest projects are the $1.7 bil- force at DeWitt will reach approximately Fairfax County, where housing prices are The other primary obstacle associ- lion NGS campus headquarters that will 3,300 — three times today’s staff of 1,100. more aligned with their pay scales. ated with the Victory Center is the rail encompass 2.4 million square feet at EPG. During the question and answer period, “We all need to work together to solve line that runs behind the site. It was At the height of its construction it will in- attendees focused on the replacement for this problem,” said Dan Storck, Mount one of the primary triggers in mov- volve an estimated 3,000 construction per- Woodlawn Road and the impact of BRAC Vernon District representative on the FCPS ing the Army Materiel Command sonnel, according to Rossi. on Fairfax County Public Schools in the Board and Board Chairman. Another Piece Of The BRAC Puzzle

From Page 1 be exceptionally and frustratingly exacer- from the homeowners association or civic increased cars on the road, brought by new bated by the tangle of access points and association,” according to the Supervisors. development on and off the EPG, may lead area, followed by the establishment of a task ramps created by the construction of phases All other steps would remain at this time. to an increase in cut-through traffic,” the force of stakeholders to establish a traffic 1 and 2 of the Parkway,” they stated. “Eliminating the petition process up front three pointed out. calming plan, followed by a vote by the “It is critical that staff look at the com- would save crucial time to ensure that the They asked for “unanimous consent” that entire community on the plan. That takes munities adjacent to the proposed Parkway devices are in place and effectively prevent- their request be granted and that staff “re- about a year before VDOT can get started construction and determine which side ing the use of neighborhood streets by com- turn to the Board with a procedure to imple- on constructing what ever is decided upon roads may receive an increase in through muters,” they said. ment” the suggested changes on a tempo- in the plan. traffic,” the Supervisors said. They also pro- They also suggested county staff reevalu- rary basis for interested neighborhoods. It “BRAC will lead to an unprecedented posed that the community petition require- ate current traffic count requirements for was approved. number of new workers, and new cars on ment, to initiate any study, be dropped. This devices. “Although some of these roads may roads in the area. The impending traffic will would be replaced with “a letter of interest not reflect higher traffic counts at this time, —Chuck Hagee

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From Page 3 with their professional lives. dent, who chaired the meeting, In recognizing the students’ paid special tribute to the parents 16 Batchelder, Edison HS; Lindsey achievements, Dan Storck, Mount of the scholarship recipients. Christensen, Hayfield Secondary Vernon District’s representative on “They are the support that lets the School; Edwin Rivera, Mount the FCPS Board said, “It’s always students shine. And, I’m honored Vernon HS; Kerrianne Beyer, West a pleasure to see a group of stu- to be in the same room with these Potomac HS; and Caroline Grady, dents who has taken charge of students,” he said. Thomas Jefferson HS. their lives and have maintained a Funds for the Chamber’s schol- Prior to receiving their scholar- passion for learning. But, we have arship program is raised primarily ship stipend, each of the recipients to also remember we are here to- through their annual Potomac came to the microphone to explain day because a lot of people have Classic Golf Tournament. This year where they would be attending taken their time to develop this it will be held Monday, July 18, at First Session FREE college, what they intended to scholarship program.” the Mount Vernon Golf Club after study, and what they hoped to do Jeff Todd, Chamber vice presi- being rained out earlier.

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6 ❖ Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ June 5-11, 2008 Primary 2008 Battling for the Future of the Party Traditional conservative to face libertarian alter- Republicans on the Ballot native on the June 10 Republican primary ballot. Mark Ellmore, 49: A native of the Alexandria section of Fairfax County, Ellmore is a senior consultant at Countrywide By Michael Lee Pope date as a traditional Republican candidate Bank who led an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican Gazette Packet who shares the worldview of President nomination in the eight congressional district in 2006. After George W. Bush, a compassionate conser- Thomas O’Donoghue won the primary and lost in the general irginia’s eighth congressional dis- vative who sees an active role for govern- election, Ellmore started putting the pieces into place for an- trict, long held by incumbent ment in supporting Christian values. Since other run this year. He casts himself as is a Christian conserva- Rep. Jim Moran (D-8), is not typi- loosing the Republican primary for the tive who sees an active role for government to play in promoting Ellmore V family values and curbing illegal immigration. He supports cally considered Republican ter- eighth congressional district in 2006, ritory. Yet the G.O.P. primary has taken a Ellmore has been steadily building support building a fence along the Mexican border and limiting medical heightened importance this spring in ad- from establishment figures and party lead- damages from what he calls “frivolous lawsuits.” vance of the June 10 balloting, with voters ers. His list of endorsements includes Alex- facing a choice between traditional conser- andria City Republican Committee Chair- Amit Singh, 33: A native of Colonial Heights, Va., Singh is an vative Mark Ellmore and libertarian alter- man Chris Marston, Sen. Jay O’Brien (R- engineer who works with the intelligence community. He native Amit Singh. The campaign that has 39) and former Alexandria Vice Mayor Bill announced his candidacy in an Old Town in March last month. pitted establishment figures against Cleveland. Singh is a fiscal conservative who has launched a libertarian grassroots activists in a race that could de- “The Amit Singh supporters are a bunch challenge to Ellmore’s candidacy, arguing that government termined the future of the Republican Party of Ron Paul wingnuts,” said Mike Lane, should take a reduced role in the lives of Americans. The starkest in Northern Virginia and even beyond. Next former chairman of the Eighth District Re- contrast between the candidates is the war in Iraq, with Singh week’s primary comes at a time when party publican Committee. “They’re very active, supporting a “phased troop reduction.” Singh leaders have been stunned by losing spe- very enthused and very crazy. Our challenge cial elections in solidly Republican districts will be keeping them from hijacking a low- in Illinois Louisiana and Mississippi. turnout election.” power structure within the Republican lenging Jim Moran in the general election.” “Should Singh win the nomination, he Party. Records filed with the Federal Elec- Both candidates contributed about will offer voters in November a brand of THE LOOMING PRESENCE of U.S. Rep. tions Commission show that Singh has $10,000 to their own campaigns, although Republicanism very different from the one Ron Paul (R-Texas) has hovered over the raised more than twice as much money as Ellmore added am additional $5,000 loan they are used to,” wrote Daniel McCarthy primary campaign, with supports and de- Ellmore, building a $58,000 war chest with to his fundraising totals. The federal docu- in the June 2 issue of American Conserva- tractors of the longshot Republican presi- more than $25,000 heading into the final ments show that Ellmore raised a total of tive magazine. “If that brand can win con- dential candidate acting as a sort of Ror- days before the primary. $24,000, with about $17,000 heading into verts in this heavily Democratic district, it schach test for gauging support. Like Paul, “We’ve got a broad base of support that the final days of the election. Ellmore sup- may point the way toward Republican re- Singh has carved out an ideological place will be necessary to win in this district,” said porters acknowledge that Singh has been vival in places like Illinois, Louisiana and for himself in the campaign that is against Navdeep Singh, press secretary for the able to raise more money, but they are quick Mississippi.” the war in Iraq, in favor of limited govern- Singh campaign. “Amit has a network in Ellmore supporters describe their candi- ment and starkly opposed to the current place that will be the most effective in chal- See Republicans, Page 7 Lopsided Race in the Democratic Primary Falls Church attorney Matt Famiglietti hopes to Democrats on the Ballot unseat incumbent U.S. Rep. Jim Moran (D-8). Matt Famiglietti, 55: A native of Washington, D.C., Famiglietti received a bachelor’s degree in political science from By Michael Lee Pope paign to Prevent Gun Violence, the Sierra the College of Charleston in 1981 and a juris doctorate from the Gazette Packet Club, NARAL and Defenders of Wildlife University of South Carolina School of Law in 1985. He worked Action Fund, to name just a few. As one of at a nonprofit organization as an advocate for children with hallenging any incumbent member the most outspoken opponents of the war severe disabilities before launching his own law firm in South of Congress in a primary is diffi- in Iraq, Moran has carved a national iden- Carolina. Famiglietti moved to the eighth congressional district C in 1999 to work at the Department of Labor before launching his cult, but challenging a senior mem- tity for himself as a harsh critic of Presi- Famiglietti ber of the Appropriations Committee who dent George W. Bush’s administration. own Washington firm in 2002. His law practice specializes in is popular in his district is even more of a “I had never even met Mr. Famiglietti until disability and discrimination. task. Despite an overwhelming disadvan- a few months before he filed to run in the tage in fundraising and a lack of party en- primary,” said Margo Horner, chairwoman Jim Moran, 63: A native of Natick, Mass., Jim Moran received dorsements, Falls Church attorney Matt of the Eighth Congressional District Demo- a bachelor’s degree in economics from the College of the Holy Famiglietti is optimistic about his chances cratic Committee. “The rules of our party Cross in 1967 and a master’s degree in public administration at the polls on June 10. Famiglietti never allow anybody to run, but I think that Jim from the University of Pittsburgh in 1970. He first ran for office let cerebral palsy slow him down, and he Moran has served our district well and he in 1979, when he was elected to the Alexandria City Council. He seems equally impervious at the prospect deserves to be the nominee.” served as vice mayor from 1982 to 1985 and then as mayor from of facing a nine-term congressional incum- 1985 to 1991, when he became a member of Congress. He is bent. FUNDRAISING RECORDS released by currently a member of the Appropriations Committee, where he “I’m flying under the radar,” said the Federal Election Commission show a serves on the Defense Subcommittee and Interior Subcommittee. Moran Famiglietti. “I think a lot of people are go- lopsided race for cash, with Moran an in- ing to be surprised on Election Day.” cumbent able to raise large amounts of Moran has the support of the Democratic money. Since January 2007, records show, officials cautioned against reading too much “We’ve spent about $20,000 on this pri- Party establishment, and the endorsement Moran has raised $871,931 and spent into these numbers, however, saying that mary,” said Austin Durrer, a spokesman for of the chairwoman of the Eighth Congres- $539,509, leaving him with a $700,000 war most of the expenditures were leftover bills Moran. “We sent out two mailings, and the sional District Democratic Committee. His chest to fight the Republican nominee that from the 2006 race against Republican chal- campaign has the backing of the Brady Cam- emerges from Tuesday’s primary. Campaign lenger Tom O’Donoghue. See Democrats, Page 7

Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ June 5-11, 2008 ❖ 7 Opinion Get Involved It’s not too late to participate in the 2008 Susan G. Komen National Race for the Cure. The annual 5K event will be held in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, June 7, rain or shine, with more than 50,000 Why I Race for the Cure participants, including 3,500 breast cancer survivors. The race supports breast cancer research and has invested more than $1 ther was her steadfast supporter, but it was billion over the past 25 years. See Cancer survivor makes a difference by leading a very difficult time, and all of our lives www.nationalraceforthecure.org or call changed because of her illness. Within two 703-416-RACE for late registration.º top fund-raising team in Race for the Cure. For more stories and information, see years my mother lost her own mother to www.ConnectionNewspapers.com. metastatic breast cancer. By Susan Sonley radiation and chemotherapy. Today we have so many more resources When it was all over and my available, thanks to Susan G. Komen for the I started Champions for the Cure in 1998 his weekend my life started to regain some sem- Cure. Komen has raised awareness to un- to celebrate my 5th anniversary cancer free. team, Champions blance of normalcy, I learned precedented levels and put breast cancer Since then, we’ve been able to raise an as- T for the Cure, will it wasn’t really over. Did the funding on our lawmakers’ agenda. We now tounding $500,000 for Komen’s breast can- again participate treatment work well enough to have many surgical and treatment choices; cer research, treatment, education and in the Susan G. Komen Na- give me another year or two? counseling and support groups are standard screening programs. tional Race for the Cure, held This is a question for which procedure. My family would have been so I’m constantly grateful to Komen for pull- annually on the first Saturday there is no answer. So when the lucky had my mother had half these re- ing breast cancer out of the closet and mak- in June on the National Mall. treatments are over, it’s really sources. ing it a public issue, so different than it was My goal is to always be the not over. At my first race in 1995, I was thoroughly for my mother and grandmother. So every team that raises the most I was always aware of breast unprepared for the emotions that over- year, I dust off my mailing lists and begin money, and I’ve accomplished cancer because my mother, 29 whelmed me that beautiful June morning fund-raising again, hoping the cure is in it for the past nine years. As I Guest Editorial at the time, was diagnosed in as I walked onto the National Mall. The sight. And every year, I find people really add names to my massive mail- 1959. She had four small chil- uncertainty and fear that were constant do care, and donate generously. I am blessed ing list, I reflect on why I be- dren under the age of 6 and companions during my illness were miti- to be a 14-year survivor who can continue came involved. It’s not a simple answer, but underwent a treatment program that would gated by the fellowship, love and support to contribute to this worthy cause. it carries a strong message of hope and soli- be considered barbaric today. A radical mas- from the tens of thousands whose lives had darity. tectomy and immediate hysterectomy fol- also been touched by breast cancer. I was Susan Sonley is an 18-year Reston resident and breast cancer survivor who, for the past nine years I was diagnosed with breast cancer at age lowed by massive doses of radiation were not alone with this disease. What a power- running, has led the highest-grossing National 40, in 1994, and had multiple surgeries, very hard on her, but saved her life. My fa- ful message! Race team. Letters to the Editor

place and our public officials should step transponder to collect tolls different from the store window Preview of up to the plate. EZ Pass. This could also require drivers to teddy bears in school sweaters Thing to Come There are so many reasons why. As has take their hands off the wheel to make any Majors, Wolverines, Saints been reported by those able to pry infor- adjustments that are necessary. stuffed into a 1930s red racer To the Editor: mation from VDOT and Fluor/Transurban, Then there’s the revenue, the majority of off to the spring picnic I’m sorry but it is hard to believe that the project requires demolishing and re- which will go to a private company. Virginia 3 miles away by the sign VDOT did not rush to clear the land across building overpasses along the route. The full taxpayers will share in the revenue but that picnic from Cooper Middle School for a staging meaning of this will become clear when the we’re not allowed to know exactly how with honey, cake and lemonade area for HOT Lane construction before lo- Beltway turns into a parking lot and much or when. Is there a cost/benefit analy- red ants headed toward the goodies cal citizens or public officials could do any- homeowners along the way are treated to sis of all this? And does anyone think the fireworks thing about it [“Tree-Cutting Alarms Neigh- years of construction mayhem and noise project will be completed on time? Does the a maypole bors,” May 14-20]. For those who haven’t pollution on behalf of a private company Springfield interchange ring a bell? And green grass driven by there suffice it to say it’s a jarring that won’t tell us much about how they plan we’re still paying more than $400 million a big black bear wearing a hat sight to see hundreds of trees gouged out to run the enterprise, how much they will of the expected construction bill. an oasis of nostalgia of the ground. That drastic action sets the charge, or prove that it will benefit us. and spring fun tone for things to come and is in keeping THEN THERE’S the secrecy surrounding in the Virginia Florist window with how this boondoggle came about in ONE INNOVATION will apparently see the negotiation of terms for the project. the first place. some homeowners being asked to help pay What do opponents of the no-bid agreement Peter Lattu I remember reading about the proposal for sound barriers along the widened for construction of the rail to Dulles think May 1, 2008 years ago and thinking that the idea was so beltway. We have learned that a promised of this? We don’t know the terms of favor- ridiculous and unworkable that no public use of the HOT Lanes by public transit will able federal loans that Fluor/Transurban is official would go for it. Silly me. The next probably not be feasible until 2020 and even getting, we don’t know how toll revenue to put the home telephone numbers of ev- thing I know an agreement was signed to that will be minimal. will be collected and we don’t know how eryone involved in approving this mess on build it and now construction has begun. The prices for the HOT lanes will be infractions will be treated. signs posted along the construction route. Supervisors John Foust and Gerry posted and presumably drivers will have a This project should have been stopped a That way when I’m driving on the beltway Connolly and state lawmakers were right few moments to ponder whether to get on long time ago but many of our public offi- to my mother’s house in North Springfield to step in and promise monitoring of the or not. Won’t this slow traffic down? Won’t cials are skilled at keeping projects under I’ll have a sympathetic someone to talk to. project but more is required. It should be it slow down when the HOT lane is sud- the radar until its too late for anything other Then I’ll ask my mother to call them. stopped before more abominations like that denly closed when traffic on it goes below than a lawsuit. If that’s what it takes fine. Arthur Kingdom III done to the land across from Cooper take 45 mph? Accessing the lanes will require a At the very least VDOT should be required Great Falls

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8 ❖ Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ June 5-11, 2008 Primary 2008 Democrats Republicans From Page 7 From Page 7 to point out the impressive list of party insiders rest has been spent on staff.” that have signed on to their campaign. Last week, Famiglietti’s filing with the Federal Election Com- for example, the Ellmore campaign announced the mission shows that he’s spent about $6,500 on the support of former Fairfax County supervisor Mychelle race, leaving him with about $400 heading into the Brickner, former Fairfax County School Board mem- final days before the primary. On the campaign trail, ber Steve Hunt and former congressional candidate Famiglietti has opposed Moran’s support for bank- Lisa Marie Cheney. ruptcy reform and free trade, criticizing the “Mark is the only compatible candidate to stand congressman’s reluctance to move forward with im- with John McCain in November on the Republican peachment resolutions aimed at President Bush and ticket,” said Daniel Tillson, Ellmore’s campaign man- Vice President Dick Cheney. ager. “Most Republicans here in Northern Virginia “When I talk to voters, they tell me that they are recognize that it is out duty to nominate a candidate fed up with Jim Moran,” said Famiglietti. “They don’t who will stand by our core principles which is why feel that he’s a true Democrat, and neither do I.” they are backing Ellmore in the primary.”

China Patterns From Mt. Vernon Now! 1,000s of pictures of sports, From Page 5 valued at graduations, current events and more— $750. never published, but posted on the Web. The original set was a gift to Martha Washington Drawing Free for evaluation, available for prints. from an agent of the Dutch India Company. Upon will occur her death it was passed to her grandson, and then to daily at 3 ConnectionNewspapers.com his daughter, who became the wife of General Rob- p.m. in the ert E.Lee. Shops at A reproduction of the service was created in cel- Mount ebration of the exhibition “Setting the President’s Vernon. Table: American Presidential China.” On display in No pur- Mount Vernon’s Reynolds Museum and Education chase is re- Center, the Robert L. McNeil,Jr.,collection showcases quired and over 100 pieces of porcelain from the McNeil Ameri- winner do China pattern can Collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art not have featuring White House china from the presidential to present at the drawings. administrations of George Washington to Ronald In the case of the Corcoran Art Gallery/Mount Reagan. Vernon Estate partnership both venues have agreed Reproduced by Woodmere China located in west- to promote the other by recognizing the admission ern Pennsylvania, each piece of the “States” china is tickets of each other to offer a half price admission hand painted. to the second site. Regular members of each site en- “States” china is our most recognizable pattern. joy complimentary entrance to the other year-round. It’s the most distinct and the most inspiring,” said The summer promotion, which began May 1 and David Turner, president, Woodmere China. runs until July 27, connects George Washington’s On August 31 Mount Vernon will pick a grand prize home with the Corcoran’s exhibition entitled “The winner who will receive a full entertainment set that American Evolution: A History Through Art.” It fea- includes a teapot, pedestal cake plate, creamer, sugar tures portraits of Washington and a painting of Mount bowl, four cups and saucers, and four desert plates Vernon Estate. County Notebook

HOT Lanes Project Could ties near the beltway. They asked the state transpor- tation department to conduct a review of the project Lead To A Noise Increase for “adequate noise abatement.” Some residents may not only be sitting in traffic Providence district supervisor Linda Smyth said the but also listening to it once the Capital Beltway’s High new walls will not adequately protect people living Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes project gets underway on the upper levels of high-rise buildings. She also in July. said the new sound barriers would not cover nearly The Virginia Department of Transportation and two as much ground as the current walls. private partners, Fluor and TransUrban corporations, “They are talking about shorter sound walls than I will be removing and replacing the sound barriers have ever seen before,” said Smyth, who added that along the interstate as part of the five-year plan to she not yet seen a full sound wall study or the plans upgrade the beltway. for where they will be installed. Officials said the new barriers will be more effec- The excess noise could also impact some public tive at keeping noise out of the community but, in space. Braddock District supervisor Sharon Bulova some cases, the current wall would have come down raised concerns about the increase in Beltway din at before a new one is installed. Wakefield Park in Annandale. “People are going to be left with nothing for a very Public spaces, like parks, do not automatically re- long time,” said Mason District supervisor Penny ceive sound barriers like residential areas do, she Gross. said. Gross and her colleagues on the Fairfax County — Julia O’Donoghue Board of Supervisors have other questions about the HOT lanes impact on noise in residential communi-

Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ June 5-11, 2008 ❖ 9 Primary 2008 Vote June 10 Any registered voter in the 11th congres- sional district can participate in its Democratic primary June 10, regardless of political affiliation. Voters in Virginia do Democrats Debate in Fairfax not register to vote by party. Citizens should expect to vote at the same polling station they attend during a general election from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. See http:// www.fairfaxcounty.gov/eb/ Voters decide upcoming.htm. between four “We are calling people racist in Prince candidates June 10. William County. We are labeling another county that is close to us,” said Alexander. By Julia O’Donoghue Connolly said he was not accusing Prince The Connection William County residents of being racist and Byrne Connolly Denneny Alexander defended his remarks about Stewart. ith very few substantive dif- “When I see demagoguery, I call it for ferences on the issues, to get elected. Connolly won 60 percent of “We have 46 precincts in Prince William what it is,” he said. WDemocratic candidates vy- the vote in his countywide race last fall. He and some [of those residents] don’t like the Denneny, who stayed out of the sparring ing for the party’s nomina- also alludes to the Davis’ defeat of Byrne, other candidates. …They made fun of the between other candidates, said the govern- tion in the 11th congressional district are em- who previously held the seat, in 1994. candidates’ socio-economic status and how ment needs to find a way for current illegal phasizing experience, character and their “I can hold this seat. No one else on this they deal with immigration,” she said. immigrants to acquire legal status but pay ability to get elected in the days leading up stage can say that to you,” said Connolly. a penalty for breaking the law. to the June 10 primary. Iraq war veteran Doug Denneny empha- ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION produced one “We need to end the ‘round-them-up’ The four candidates sizes his life as a career of the more heated moments in the debate. mentality,” he said. discussed the immigra- public servant, not a ca- Connolly said he shown leadership on the tion and the Iraq war dur- “I haven’t really reer politician. issue last summer. He publicly denounced ALL FOUR Democratic candidates said ing a debate in Fairfax “I am not in this race to Prince William County’s approach to ille- they were in favor of ending the war but City May 29. narrowed it down. I raise my standard in life gal immigration that, among other things, favored different solutions for achieving it. Many undecided voters … not to chase another directed local police officers and county Byrne said she had signed on to a plan said they would have dif- was impressed with office,” Denneny said. officials to check into a person’s immigra- with 70 other candidates for congress as ficulty picking one candi- all their answers.” Denneny has been criti- tion status as routine matter when they well as high-ranking members of the mili- date over another, since cal of Byrne and were stopped or sought services. tary that can be found at they said several of those — Natalia Parmly, Connolly, saying that the During the debate, Connolly referred to www.responsibleplan.com. Byrne said it running are well quali- Fairfax City resident two candidates are more Prince William County’s board chairman calls for rolling back the U.S. Patriot Act and fied. focused on each other Corey Stewart as a “demagogue.” “making sure the media is not a monopoly “I haven’t really narrowed it down. I was than on issues. Byrne immediately criticized Connolly for so we can be sure we get the correct infor- impressed with all their answers. … Com- Physical therapist Lori Alexander said she his approach to the issue. mation.” ing to the debate made it harder,” said is running to help fix the health care sys- “We can demonize other localities but it Connolly likes a plan put forward by Fairfax City resident Natalia Parmly after tem. isn’t a solution. … I don’t think name call- Democratic Sen. Joe Biden, which would the debate. “If I am elected, I will be the first physi- ing at any level is a good idea,” said Byrne, divide Iraq into three areas controlled by The winner of the primary will compete cal therapist to be a member of congress,” who added later that she “didn’t like Corey the Sunni, Shia and Kurdish populations against Republican Keith Fimian for the she said. Stewart and [she] didn’t like what he stood respectively. The three different areas would congressional seat next November. Rep. Having only raised $11,000, Alexander for.” be loosely associated with each other, said Tom Davis (R-Va.), who currently holds the said she would be more independent than Alexander agreed the Connolly was too Connolly. seat, announced that he would not seek her opponents because she hasn’t accepted harsh. Though she stopped short of saying Denneny criticized both plans, saying the reelection earlier this year. money from special interest groups. She she supported Prince William’s action, Byrne plan was good but lacked details. He also criticized the other candidates for ig- Alexander said that many Prince William also said the Biden plan would fail. FORMER Rep. Leslie Byrne has presented noring constituents in Prince William residents were happy with what the local “That is not going to work to have walls herself the candidate with integrity. Byrne County, where approximately one third of government had done on illegal immigra- See Debate, Page 29 said she spoke out against the Iraq war the congressional district lives. tion. when few other public figures would. As a state senator, she fought the trucking indus- try and was able to get a law passed that mandated truck covers. Byrne Tops Democratic Fund-raising In Last Two Months Byrne has criticized other candidates, es- FORMER REP. LESLIE BYRNE raised more during the same time period. Fluor Corporation, a private partner helping to pecially Fairfax County chairman Gerry money over the last two months than her build and run the Capital Beltway’s HOT lanes Connolly, saying he backed down from Democratic opponents, including prolific OF ALL THE candidates, Byrne has received the project. political fund-raiser Gerry Connolly, in the 11th most money from political action committees Many of Connolly’s donations also come tough issues and taking money from busi- congressional district primary. (PACs), according to the Federal Election from fellow elected officials including ness interests, particularly defense contrac- Bryne raised $182,423 from April 1 to May Commission. supervisors Jeff McKay, Sharon Bulova, Penny tors. 21, bringing her to a total of $529,056. With $68,550 from PACs overall, Byrne has Gross and Cathy Hudgins. State senator “No one has had a hint that I have been Connolly raised $152,145 during the same received at least $43,500 from groups associated George Barker and City of Alexandria Mayor time period, but has collected more money with labor unions. She has also collected a Bill Euille have also contributed to Connolly’s standing up for anyone else other than the overall, with $653,519 in campaign donations significant portion of her money from organiza- campaign. people I represent,” she said during the overall. tions and people associated with left-leaning According to the Center for Responsive debate. Iraq War veteran Doug Denneny raised causes or candidates, according to the Center for Politics, Connolly had received at least $35,293 from April 1 to May 21 and has Responsive Politics Web site, $88,300 from those associated with the real Connolly focuses on his record as a local garnered $100,609 in total. The federal www.opensecrets.org. estate industry as of March 31. Connolly’s top government official. During the debate, the election commission did not have updated At least $35,000 of Byrne’s money came from contributing groups during this period chairman touted Fairfax County’s status as campaign information about physical therapist people associated with ActBlue, a group that included people associated with local develop- the “best managed” county in the country Lori Alexander, who had raised $8,690 as of funnels money to progressive Democrats around ment companies like the Lerner Enterprises March 31. the country. As of March 31, Byrne had also ($22,950), Peterson Companies ($16,100) and under his leadership. He also notes that Republican candidate Keith Fimian, who received $23,500 through EMILY’s list, which West Group Management ($7,650). Fairfax has the highest graduation rate of does not face a primary opponent, has more focuses on getting women who are pro-choice Denneny has received $6,000 from PACs, any locality and lowest crime rate of the money than any of the Democrats, with elected to office. including $1,000 from Votevets Inc., a group 100 largest localities in the nation. $957,264 as of May 21. He loaned his Connolly has received $64,691, or slightly less that supports veterans running for office. campaign $325,000, nearly one third of the than Byrne, from PACs, according the Federal Denneny’s top contributing groups including Connolly’s 20-year environmental plan is total money raised. Election. people who gave through ActBlue ($5,150) the first of its kind, he said. Locked in a contentious primary, both Byrne His PAC contributors include some government and those associated with Boeing Co. “I am not satisfied with making a point and Connolly have outspent Fimian so far. As contractors like HNTB Holdings Inc. ($4,000) and ($3,050). or taking an ideological position. I want to of May 31, Byrne had spent $242,897; Science Applications International Corporation As of March 31, the majority of all Demo- Connolly had spent $373,029; and Fimian had ($10,000), which is also Connolly’s employer. The cratic candidates’ money came from people get things done,” said Connolly. spent $189,751. Denneny spent $82,837 candidate also accepted at least $2,000 from and organizations located in Virginia. The chairman also emphasizes his ability

10 ❖ Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ June 5-11, 2008 Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ June 5-11, 2008 ❖ 11 The County Line More at www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Survivors Triumph in Sea of Pink One in eight women Get Involved Readers can still participate in will be diagnosed the 2008 Komen National Race for the Cure. Late registration will be available this Thursday and Friday, with breast cancer. June 5 and 6, from 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. at the U.S. Department of Commerce, By Ken Moore 1401 Constitution Ave., NW, in Washington, Gazette D.C. See www.nationalraceforthecure.org or call 703-416-RACE.

isa Gray’s sister and niece each who flew planes for the Navy for 20 years, held one of her hands, the day and now is an engineering consultant. LGray chose to have her head “I never knew guys get that,” he said he’s shaved in a hair salon. Gray’s own often told. “They are kind of caught back.” hairdresser was too emotional to cut off Gray’s hair, hair not yet claimed by chemo- PATTI BROWNSTEIN was taken aback, therapy. when she was diagnosed in December 1998. “I had my eyes closed, crying, and a voice “I kind of didn’t believe it, because I was in that wasn’t familiar to me, all of a sudden, the lowest risk group,” she said. “It was very was in my ear,” said Gray. “She said to me, frightening when you’re a mother of two ‘You are so strong and you are wonderful.’ teenagers. Very frightening.” It was the lady in the beauty parlor sitting Only five to 10 percent of breast cancers next to me. Bob Heyer, of Fairfax Station, a living Lisa Gray, of Kingstowne, is an are due to heredity; in fact, the majority of “You know or you think you’re dying and reminder that not only women are eight-year breast cancer survivor. women with breast cancer have no signifi- anytime anybody gives you some strength, diagnosed with breast cancer. cant family history or other known risk fac- it just helps you through that day,” said Gray, tors, according to www.komen.org. a self-employed technical writer. THIS YEAR, about 182,460 new Brownstein, 54 of Great Falls, didn’t de- Gray, 55 of Kingstowne, is an eight-year “Even though I’m a 20- cases of invasive breast cancer will be tect the cancer in her body. survivor of breast cancer. Next Saturday, year survivor, it never diagnosed. More than 40,000 women “A mammogram saved my life,” June 7, she will walk the Susan G. Komen goes away, you always will die. Brownstein said, a nine-year survivor. National Race for the Cure for the sixth time. think about it.” When the cancer is detected early Brownstein, owner of LGP Promotional before it spreads beyond the breast, Group, Inc., travels to Aruba to celebrate COTY DICKSON was a 41-year-old single “WE’RE ON the right the survival rate is now 98 percent, her wedding anniversary each year with her mother with two children, 12 and six-years- side of the coin, but compared to 74 percent in 1982. husband Alan Brownstein, whom she met old, when she was diagnosed with breast there’s another story here, Komen for the Cure has invested $1 when she was 15 years old. cancer after detecting a lump during a self- the sisters that we’ve billion for breast cancer research and “I watched my daughters grow into in- examination. lost,” said Susan Sonley, a community outreach. The organiza- credible young women who I’m extremely “Needless to say, that news altered my life 14-year survivor from tion pledges to invest $2 billion more proud of,” she said. forever,” she said. Reston. Susan Sonley over the next decade. Without a cure, Brownstein hopes for a cure, not only for Dickson’s mother had died of breast can- One of her friends, a an estimated 5 million Americans will early detection. “I’d love to change the cer three years earlier. Dickson’s grand- team member, lost his 32-year-old wife to be diagnosed and more than a million could theme,” she said. mother also died of breast cancer. breast cancer. The couple had three girls. die in the next 25 years. Dickson, of Great Falls, chose one full year “I look at those girls and it breaks my Close to home, more than 1,070 women SUSAN G. KOMEN was Nancy G. Brinker’s of chemotherapy rather than six months heart, the little one won’t even know her in Virginia die each year of breast cancer, sister. Brinker, who went on to found Su- following her modified radical mastectomy. mother,” Sonley said. on average 113 in Fairfax County, 25 in Ar- san G. Komen for the Cure, promised her “Somehow I have to get strong so I can Sonley, vice president of Grubb and Ellis lington County, 18 in Loudoun County and dying sister that she would do everything rear these children,” Dickson said she was Company, organizes a team of participants 17 in the City of Alexandria. in her power to end breast cancer forever. thinking. “I have to get this six-year-old and donors each year. She leads the high- Komen for the Cure is the world’s largest through high school. What can I do to get est-grossing National Race team, which has NEXT SATURDAY is a day source of private funds for 15 years?” raised more than $500,000 for Komen, of emotion, a day to cel- breast cancer research and Dickson, now a 20-year survivor of breast funding breast cancer research, treatment, ebrate survivors and a day to “A mammogram community outreach pro- cancer, has participated in the National Race education and screening programs. honor the memory of moth- grams with nearly $1 billion for the Cure for 15 years. “I found out it was easier to raise money ers, grandmothers, sisters, saved my life.” invested by the end of 2007. Her children are grown, both have gradu- than to get my friends out of bed [for the aunts and friends who have — Patti Brownstein, The first year Gray walked ated from college, she watched her son get race],” she said. died of breast cancer. Great Falls the National race, she had married, and she looks forward to watch- “I look at young people, 14-, 16- and 22- More than 3,500 breast planned to serve as a volun- ing Sex in the City with her daughter who years-old and I want them to live a cancer- cancer survivors and 50,000 teer. returns home soon. free life,” she said. “Un- supporters altogether are expected to par- Her sister said, “No, I don’t think we Dickson, now 61 and til we find a cure, ticipate Saturday in the walk and race. In should volunteer, I think we should walk. retired from the federal “I did the walk, I was there’s work to be the United States today, there are nearly 2.5 You can walk, you walk Duncan every day.” government, has re- done.” million survivors. Duncan was Gray’s dog; Gray said she got married, takes art alive, I was a survivor. One of every eight Bob Heyer is a living reminder that breast up each day to walk Duncan despite exhaus- classes at the Torpedo women in the country cancer doesn’t only affect women. tion from chemotherapy and radiation treat- Factory in Alexandria, From that point on, will be diagnosed with In 2008, there will be 1,990 new cases of ment. and has traveled to all I was a survivor.” breast cancer. breast cancer diagnosed in men in the Gray walked the race for the first time 50 states as well as to Gray found herself United States. An estimated 450 men will six years ago with her sister, niece, brother- France, Italy and En- — Lisa Gray, counting in eights at die from breast cancer in 2008 in the U.S. in-law, neighbor and college friend. gland with her husband Kingstowne her niece’s high school Heyer, 67 of Fairfax Station, remembers “Unbeknownst to me, they all put ban- Dan Dickson. graduation. “Here were when a doctor told him 11 years ago that ners on their backs,” Gray said. “They wrote “You try to make sure you seize the mo- these young women, he needed to have an operation to find out they were walking in honor of me. Then I ment, you don’t let things get past you, high school graduates, and I couldn’t ac- if he had a malignant tumor in his chest. cried some more.” when you have an opportunity you take cept that those young women would have “If you do, you’re going to have a mas- “I did the walk, I was alive, I was a survi- them,” she said. to face this,” she said. tectomy. I said, ‘What’s that?” said Heyer, vor. From that point on, I was a survivor.”

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18 ❖ Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ June 5-11, 2008 Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ June 5-11, 2008 ❖ 19 Obituary Faith Notes School System as a teacher and Guidance Counse- E-mail announcements to evening meetings at 7 p.m. Everyone is Louise S. Young Dies lor. She became a Certified Reality Therapist and was [email protected]. welcome. For more information call ouise S. Young was born in Minneapolis in Deadline is Thursday at noon for the fol- 703-768-2494. awarded for excellent guidance of adolescents and lowing week’s paper. Photos and artwork 1922, she grew up in Portland, Ore., where families at the Hayfield Junior High. Following re- encouraged. Call Rebecca Halik at 703- The Vajrayogini Buddhist Cen- she attended Lincoln High School and Reed tirement she became a Certified Master Gardener, 917-6407 with questions. ter offers classes in Buddhist L Meditation at the Meade Memorial Epis- College and was active in the Unitarian resumed her lifelong study of the piano, and was Mount Vernon Presbyterian copal Church, 322 North Alfred St. in Church. Louise married Robert L. Young of Nan- active with the Women’s Circle at the Mount Vernon Church, 2001 Sherwood Hall Lane, has Alexandria. Classes are held on Tuesday tucket, Mass. in 1947 and moved to Vershire, Ver- Unitarian Church. Louise was known for refined a special learning session from 9:45- evenings from 7-8:30 p.m. Buddhist mont where she founded with husband, Robert L. handwork in knitting, embroidery, and sewing. 10:45 a.m. every Sunday starting June Nun Kelsang Varahi will be teaching. Young an economic cooperative that included the 1 through Aug. 24. Children and adults $10/class. For more information visit In 1999, Louise moved to Carpinteria, Calif. where will have the opportunity to learn about www.meditation-dc.org or call 202-331- local saw mill, maple syrup company, and local weav- she was active in the Library Literacy Program, traditional Bible-times family life by 2122. ing cooperative. She raised her three children on League of Women Voters, The Energy Alliance of playing authentic games, being appren- Meadow Lark Farm. Santa Barbara, and held season tickets to the Santa tices in the Carpentry Shop, chatting Beth El Hebrew Congregation In 1954 she and Robert Young moved their family with shopkeepers and tax collectors, holds services at 8:15 p.m. on Fridays Barbara Symphony, which she dearly loved. She participating in Synagogue School, and and 10:30 a.m. on Saturdays. Religious to Nantucket, Mass., home of the Harvey A. Young moved to Ojai in December, 2006, where she contin- sampling food. For more information school is on Wednesdays evening and family. There she worked as a reporter and copy edi- ued to practice her piano and enjoy the garden. about this exciting program, or to pre- Sunday mornings. Adult learning oppor- tor of the local paper, The Town Crier, which was She is pre-deceased by her brother, Dr. Malcolm register, call 703-765-6118 or e-mail tunities take place throughout the year. fiercely positioned against bigotry, prejudice, igno- [email protected]. Visit Tot Shabbat on first and third Satur- Stubblebine of San Francisco, and her ex-husband www.mvpconline.org. days. Kolot Shabbat (musical service) rance, and injustice. On Nantucket, she was active Robert L. Young of Saco, Maine. Her three children, the first Friday of every month at 7:30 in the Unitarian Society and the Nantucket School Willow Young of Santa Barbara, Calif., Heather Young St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, p.m. Beth El is located at 3830 Seminary Board. of Alexandria, and Tyl Young of San Mateo, Calif., 8531 Riverside Road has activities. 703- Road in Alexandria. For more informa- In 1960 she moved to what is today known as the 360-4220: tion, call 703-370-9400 or visit survive her. Additionally, she is survived by her three There is also a group of moms and www.bethelhebrew.org. Tauxemont Historic District, a cooperative commu- grandchildren Star Michelle Young of Mountain View, pre-school kids that meets every nity south of Alexandria. When her children were in Calif., Maia Friedman of Bennington, Vt., and Chaz Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. for coffee, Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church grade school, she continued her education and earn- Boyer of Alexandria, and her Nantucket nieces and muffins, and fellowship and moves into has worship at informal service on Sun- the church at 9:30 a.m. to take part in day at 8:30 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall, ing a Masters in Counseling Education from George nephews, Robert, Lucinda, Stephanie, and Harvey the Day School’s chapel service, which or, come to a traditional worship service Washington University in Washington, D.C. Divorced Young is a short child-friendly service full of at 11 a.m. in the sanctuary. Sunday in 1972 Louise remained in Tauxemont and contin- singing and silliness. school classes for all ages, start at 9:45 ued what became 30 years in the Fairfax County a.m. On Wednesday evenings at 6 p.m. Convergence: A Creative Com- in the Church Library, located in the munity of Faith at 1801 N. Quaker Fellowship Hall, a group gathers to- To have an obituary listed in the Mount Vernon Gazette, send an e-mail to Lane, gathers each Sunday at 5 p.m. for gether for a time of fellowship and a worship gathering. All are welcome. prayer and a light meal is provided. [email protected]. If a person lived in Mount Vernon, say that in the obituary. Visit www.convergenceccf.net, or call Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church is For questions, call 703-917-6407. 703-998-6260. located at 2001 Sherwood Hall Lane. 703-765-6118 or visit First Church of Christ, Scientist, www.mvpconline.org for more. 1509 Collingwood Road, Mount Vernon, is now holding Wednesday Good Shepherd Catholic Church on Mount Vernon Highway in Alexan- dria is offering a “Coming Home” process at 7:30 p.m. on the first and third Mondays of each month to ask Visit These Houses of Worship questions, get an update on the church, and to help decide if it’s time to recon- Join A Club, Make New Friends, or Expand Your Horizons... nect with parish life. Contact Rob CHURCHES-LUTHERAN Doerschner at 703-822-0523. EPIPHANY LUTHERAN CHURCH-ELCA….703-780-5077 Good Shepherd EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH….703-765-5003 GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH-ELCA….703-548-8608 The Urban Passage Inc., a faith- IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH-MISSOURI, SYNOD…703-549-0155 based non-profit organization, seeks Catholic Church MESSIAH EVENGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA...703-765-5003 adult volunteers, 50 years and older, to Mass Schedule NATIVITY LUTHERAN CHURCH-ELCA….703-768-1112 mentor high-risk youth at the Northern Saturday Evening Weekdays St. James’ Episcopal Church ORTHODOX Virginia Juvenile detention Home in 5:00 pm; 6:30 pm (en Español) (Mass or Communion Service) SAINT APHRAIM SYRIAC…201-312-7678 Alexandria. Volunteers are also needed 9:00 am (followed by Rosary) 5614 Old Mill Road, Mt. Vernon, Virginia Sunday Children’s Liturgy of the World to serve as youth advisory council lead- 8 AM - Holy Eucharist CHURCHES- PRESBYTERIAN 7:30; 9:00; 10:30 am; 12:00 Noon Sundays (Sept.-July) during 9:00 am ALEXANDRIA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH…703-683-3348 ers and community service project Mass (English) OLD PRESBYTERIAN MEETING HOUSE…703-549-6670 2:00 pm (en Español) 10:15 AM - Holy Eucharist - music leaders for a program that serves termi- (6:30 pm Mass) Sign Language Interpreter HERITAGE PRESBYTERIAN…703-360-9546 Sunday at 9:00 am Mass All Education Activities & Nursery – 9:00 AM MT. VERNON PRESBYTERIAN…703-765-6118 nally and seriously ill children at Inova 8710 Mount Vernon Highway, Alexandria VA, 22309 Office: 703-780-3081 WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH…703-549-4766 Fairfax Hospital. Tel: 703-780-4055 Fax: 703-360-5385 www.gs-cc.org CHURCHES-UNITED METHODIST Loving as Christ loves, serving as Christ serves www.stjamesmv.org ALDERGATE UNITED METHODIST...703-765-6555 BEVERLY HILLS COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST...703-836-2406 The Christian Women In The DEL RAY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH...703-549-2088 Marketplace meets to study God’s SHILOH BAPTIST…703-683-4573 FAIRLINGTON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH....703-671-8557 word at the Royal Restaurant in Old MT. PLEASANT BAPTIST CHURCH...703-256-1239 ROBERTS MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH...703-836-7332 VICTORY TEMPLE…703-370-2233 ST. ANDREWS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH…..703-751-4666 Town Alexandria. The CBWC meets Christ the Saviour PLYMOUTH HAVEN BAPTIST...703-360-4370 TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH…703-549-5500 WASHINGTON FARM every Wednesday at 7 a.m. for Anglican Church CHURCHES-BRETHREN UNITED METHODEST...703-780-4696 breakfast. Additional information con- GRACE BRETHREN CHURCH…703-548-1808 WASHINGTON STREET UNITED METHODIST CHURCH…703-836-4324 tact Pamela Nilsen at 703-660-6759. New Location - Washington Mill ES ALEXANDRIA CHURCH OF GOD...703-548-5084 CHURCHES- UNITARIAN UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST...703-765-5950 AWANA is an international, 9100 Cherrytree Drive BUDDHISM THE VAJRAYOGINI BUDDHIST CENTER...202-331-2122 CHURCHES- UNITY non-denominational, Bible cen- Sunday School - 9:15am UNITY IN ALEXANDRIA…703-931-8507 CHURCHES- ROMAN CATHOLIC tered youth organization providing Worship Service - 10:15am GOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC CHURCH…703-780-4055 SYNAGOGUES weekly clubs and programs for ages ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH…703-836-3725 AGUDAS ACHIM CONGREGATION…703-998-6460 three-year-old through high school. Vicar, The Rev. Huey J Sevier ST. MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH…703-836-4100 SYNAGOGUES-ORTHODOX Engleside Baptist Church’s, 8428 High- www.christthesaviouranglican.org CHURCHES-CHRISTIAN CHABAD LUVAVITCH OF ALEXANDRIA-ARLINGTON…703-370-2774 HIS KINGDOM MINISTRIES... 703-313-5029 land Lane, AWANA club consists of 703-785-8976 FIRST CHRISTIAN OF ALEXANDRIA CHURCH... 703-549-3911 SYNAGOGUES- REFORM three parts, Handbook Time, Council BETH EL HEBREW CONGREGATION…703-370-9400 CHURCHES-CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Time, and Game Time. Club meetings FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST ALEXANDRIA...703-549-7973 THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS are held every Wednesday night during CHURCHES- AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL-ZION ALEXANDRIA I WARD...703-683-7577 ALLEYNE AME ZION CHURCH…703-548-3888 CHURCH OF CHRIST ALEXANDRIA II WARD...703-549-9891 the school year from 7-8:30 p.m. Call ALEXANDRIA CHURCH OF CHRIST…703-836-3083 COLONIAL II SINGLES WARD...703-313-6249 703-780-5410. CHURCHES-ANGLICAN OLD TOWN SPANISH WARD...703-519-9545 ST. ANDREW & ST. MARGARET OF SCOTLAND… 703-683-3343 CHURCHES- EPISCOPAL BELLE HAVEN WARD 703-780-4789 EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH...703-683-0798 KINGSTOWNE WARD...703-313-6140 CHURCHES- APOSTOLIC Up Where We Belong Family LOVE OF CHRIST CHURCH…703-518-4404 ST. AIDAN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH...703-360-4220 FRANCONIA WARD...703-313-6147 ST. LUKE’S ESPICOPAL CHURCH...703-765-4342 MT. VERNON WARD...703-780-9577 Ministry will hold its Northern CHURCHES- BAPTIST ST. MARK EPISCOPAL CHURCH...703-765-3949 Virginia’s Super Church event, the third ALFRED STREET BAPTIST CHURCH…703-683-2222 CHURCHES- CHURCH OF GOD SALVATION ARMY ALEXANDRIA CITADEL BAPTIST TEMPLE CHURCH…703-548-8000 703-836-2427 Sunday of every month starting at DEL RAY BAPTIST CHURCH…703-549-8116 10:40 a.m., at Mount Vernon High DOWNTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH…703-549-5544 FIRST AGAPE BAPTIST COMMUNITY OF FAITH…703-519-9100 To Highlight Your Faith Community School’s main auditorium. Bring the FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF ALEXANDRIA…703-684-3720 family and participate in their worship PROVIDENCE- ST. JOHN BAPTIST CHURCH…703-683-2565 b call Karen at: (703) 917-6468 celebration. Contact Bishop Robert b Lewis Taylor at 703-878-2247. 20 ❖ Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ June 5-11, 2008 Community

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Parents and children gather as raffle winners are announced. Worldwide Celebration

ore than 300 par- Ments and children attended The Child and Family Network Centers’ (CFNC) 5th annual Multicultural Celebra- tion. According to Bar- bara Mason, Executive Director, it was one of the largest crowds ever gath- ered for the celebration. This year’s celebration was particularly vibrant as CFNC is now serving families with roots trac- ing back to 29 countries worldwide, ranging from Afghanistan to El Salva- dor to Yugoslavia and all points in between. The celebration was or- ganized by the parents involved in CFNC’s pro- grams. In addition to planning and fundraising, they also contributed home- cooked food from some of the best recipes world- wide. Highlights of the cel- ebration included: Music CFNC students meet Burke and Herbert Bank’s and entertainment, in- mascot, Runyon. cluding a live perfor- mance by reggaeton artist, Janc; petting zoo The Mobile Learning Adventure offered and pony riding, face painting; kiosks with touch-screens where children moonbounce; games and door prizes, arts played educational games, and parents and crafts such as puppet making, paint- learned how to use everyday experiences ing, and sand art. to educate their young children. It also in- The celebration was made possible cluded a “When I Grow Up” station, where through sponsorships from Burke & Herbert students dressed like their future chosen Bank & Trust and PNC Bank In addition to profession and had their picture taken. Chil- sponsoring the celebration, both banks dren received a free copy of the photo. joined in the festivities. Runyon, the parrot To help the event run smoothly, employ- mascot of Burke and Herbert Bank, was very ees from Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City and popular with the children. PNC Bank’s Mo- students from The Potomac School volun- bile Learning Adventure was also a big hit. teered their time. Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ June 5-11, 2008 ❖ 21 Mount Vernon Bulletin

To have a notice listed in the Bulletin, workouts and four evening workouts a weekly visits, meeting one-on-one with your children for free at several events Vernon Memorial Highway starting e-mail the Mount Vernong Gazette at week during the summer. Swim work- residents. For further information and to around Fairfax in May and June. If your June 6. Free. Visit [email protected]. Call outs will be held at Waynewood, Little obtain an application, call 703-324- child is ever missing, the ID card will www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/perfor- Rebecca Halik at 703-917-6407 with Hunting Park, Virginia Hills, and Hollin 5422, or visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/ give authorities vital information to help mances for more. questions. Hills pools. Interested swimmers can LTCOmbudsman. them locate him or her. This community obtain more information on the club’s service is available for county and The Northern Virginia Habitat Alexandria Masters Swimming Web site: HYPERLINK “http:// Fairfax Court Appointed Special Fairfax City residents, ages 0-17. For ReStore, located at 7770-G Richmond began the summer season of swim work- www.AlexandriaMasters.com/ Advocates (CASA) is hosting an infor- more information or to schedule a pub- Highway, Alexandria, VA (behind Gold’s outs starting Monday, June 2. The group ”www.AlexandriaMasters.com. mation session on Saturday, June 14, 11 lic safety event, contact Captain Sean Gym), sells new and used building and is one of over 300 local clubs belonging a.m. –noon at the John Marshall Library, Whitmore at 703-246-7521 or e-mail home improvement materials to the to US Masters Swimming, an organiza- The Northern Virginia Long- 6209 Rose Hill Drive. To learn more [email protected]. general public. All proceeds benefit tion promoting adult swimming and Term Care Ombudsman Program about advocating for abused or ne- * June 21, noon - 4 p.m.(Community Habitat for Humanity of Northern Vir- fitness. Swimmers interested in summer is seeking persons who are diplomatic, glected children, call 703-273-3526, ext. Event(Meadow Woods Apart- ginia. The ReStore is run by volunteers fitness and triathletes interested in assertive, and good communicators to 22 or e-mail [email protected] ments(3308 Lockheed Blvd. that dedicate their time and energy to maintaining or improving their swim- serve as volunteer ombudsmen. Volun- for more information. the work of Habitat and we are in need ming skills are invited to come swim teers are assigned to a specific local Mount Vernon Nights. Listen to a of more volunteers. Call the store today with us, and can try a workout with no nursing home or assisted-living facility The Fairfax County Sheriff’s Of- variety of music at 7:30 p.m. on Friday at 703-360-6700 or stop by. For more obligation. There are six early morning in the City of Alexandria and make fice will photograph and fingerprint nights at Grist Mill Park, 4710 Mount information visit: www.restorenova.org.

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22 ❖ Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ June 5-11, 2008 Faith Old Presbyterian Dedicates Columbarium On Sunday, May 25, the congre- the western boundary of the cem- gation of the Old Presbyterian etery, contains 192 niches in rows Meeting House dedicated a new four courses high, each niche able Cemetery Superintendent Robert columbarium at the Presbyterian to hold two small urns with cre- Ellis demonstrates the opening of Cemetery. Shortly before noon mated remains. The columbarium a section of the columbarium. Cemetery Board President Robert extends in two graceful arcs some W. Sennewald began by summa- 260 feet in length along the base rizing the history of the burial of the U-shaped roadway. The ground for some 30 people gath- columbarium is faced with pol- ered near the northern entrance ished red granite plates that will on Hamilton Lane. Established in be engraved with the names of 1809 by members of the Meeting decedents as it is occupied. De- House congregation, the Presby- signed by Alexandria architects terian Cemetery is one of the old- Stephenson and Good, the struc- est and most historic in the City of ture was built by the Rust Con- Alexandria. A cross-section of struction Company, Inc., of Alex- Alexandria’s citizenry has been andria. Additional property is buried here: merchants, ship’s cap- available at the site to increase the tains, clergy, veterans of the size of the facility in the future, if American Revolution, the War of necessary. A small slate plaza in 1812, and the Civil War – includ- front of the columbarium between ing those who served for both the north and south wings pro- North and South – a half dozen of vides space for a graveside cer- Alexandria’s mayors, numerous emony, and the landscaping members of the city’s governing complements the serene environ- council, and at least one member ment of the cemetery. Superinten- of the U. S. House of Representa- dent Ellis demonstrated the open- ment of cremated remains. dedicating the columbarium to its tives. ing of a section of the Rev. Dr. Robert R. Laha, Jr., OPMH To conclude the ceremony, the use in service to the community. The columbarium, located near columbarium to permit the inter- Senior Pastor, offered a prayer Your Home…Your Neighborhood…Your Newspaper

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24 ❖ Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ June 5-11, 2008 Employment 703-917-6400 Employment Zone 3: • Alexandria Classified Zone 3 Ad Deadline: • Mount Vernon Tuesday Noon COMPANIONS & CNA’s NEEDED 201 Import Auto 101 Computers 28 Yard Sales 26 Antiques 12 Commercial Lease 29 Misc. for Sale 2003 BMW Z-4, 3.0 – $250 KING Pillow Top Enable seniors to live independently in their own Alex moving/yard sale We consign/pay top $ for ALEX/OLD TOWN IMMACULATE CONDITION, EXECUTIVE OFFICE Mattress & Box set (3pc)- homes with our non-medical companionship and home 6/7, 7:30-1, Parking lot antique/semi antique furn. $22,500 PERSONAL SUITES Brand New, Never Used care services. Rewarding P/T days, evenings, weekends, 225-hp, 3.0-liter, I-6, Alpine behind N. Kings Hwy Post including mid century & w/warranty. (Retail $500+) live-ins, medical benefits offered. White, Beige top, Beige leath- COMPUTER office(Huntington Plaza), danish modern Teak Elegant great location Free Deliverable 571-926-1990 Home Instead Senior Care. er interior. EXCELLENT SERVICES across from Huntington furniture, sterling, mens Parking, Reception svcs, Call Today: 703-750-6665 CONDITION, 44K miles, 5- Metro, look for balloons, watches, painting/art glass, 2 conf rms,$695 -$1,995. for Individuals & Furn, h/h, jewelry, kids toys, clocks, jewelry, costume speed automatic w/OD and Please call Grace at 7 PC Cherry Sleigh Bedroom auto-manual, Sport Package, Small Businesses books, Lots more! jewelry, etc. Call Schefer (703) 739-9805 Antiques @ 703-241-0790. set - Brand new in boxes, Sycamore Wood Trim, Dual ✓ Advice on Equipment [email protected] Worth $1200+ BOOKSTORE/CAFE MANAGER Power heated Seats, Single ✓ Set Up and Configuration Alex, Multi-family yard sale, (Can help deliver)Asking $575 CD changer, iPod interface, ✓ 6/7, 8am-noon, Elaine Ct/W. 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Head/Bone, blk/ red, box set Brand new in plastic side mirrors, Keyfob (all doors) Yard Sale 6/7 8am to noon vetted/ dewormed/1st $17000 SeaRay Boat / Trailer w/warranty! Can deliver. remote keyless entry, Car has Mt Vernon Mem Hwy & vaccine, ready 6/20. 210 Bowrider worth $19500 (Worth $300+) MUST SELL been garaged and covered Patton Blvd $1200 Only 190 hrs. 703-360-3910 $150 571-926-1990 (BMW cover included) No call 301-972-3031 bodywork or visible scratches. BMW Dealership maintained - Trash* Treasures Internships all service records available. * Bake Sale Persian kittens born 3/30/08 3 RE for Rent 3 RE for Rent 14.5 gal. Fuel tank - Excellent *Door Prizes * Raffles * All adorable. 3 white males gas mileage (Average 22 city, Food * Drinks and 2 blue cream females. 30 Hwy.) Rear wheel drive, 4 4 RE for Sale St. James' Episcopal Call 703-283-7275. Kittens Available wheel disc brakes. Church of Mt. Vernon located in Reston $200.00 Single Family Home 5614 Old Mill Road NADA value - $22,800 Ft. Washington Waynewood School District Unusual opportunity to learn many Saturday, June 14 * Kelley Blue Book value - $1,699,000 8:00 am - 1:30 pm Potomac River & Mt Vernon Pky, 4 BR, aspects of the newspaper business. $22,500 Potomac River Waterfront Consumer Car Reviews give 04 Contemp col, close to 3 BA, 2 car gar. Basement, patio room Internships available in reporting, the Z-4, Overall Rating 5 out of Nat’l Harbor & 495, 8000 sq Yard Sale! 346 Home 28 Yard Sales double lot, Dep. w/credit approval 5 stars. This is an AWESOME ft, gourmet kitchen, butlers Community. 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26 ❖ Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ June 5-11, 2008 News Democrats Debate 0311-3 From Page 10 ernment has to be careful about creating a put up,” said Denneny, who added that ethnic strife in the region. his own plan includes lots of specifics about “There is a possibility of absolute fratri- how to draw down the American troops in cide. The U.S. has been protecting the Kurds “smart way.” since the first Gulf war,” said Connolly. Connolly responded that he would not Alexander said the United States needs endorse putting up walls between the sepa- to be careful not create more turmoil by rate regions. But Connolly, who spent 10 withdrawing troops from Iraq too quickly. years working for the U.S. Senate foreign “We do need to end the war but we need relations committee, said the federal gov- to do it responsibly,” she said. Mount Vernon Bulletin

To have a notice listed in the Bulletin, e-mail Team and group discounts available. One on One [email protected]. Call Rebecca Basketball runs other day camps throughout the Halik at 703-917-6407 with questions. region. Call 202-244-BALL or visit http :// www.1on1basketball.com/dc/ Mount Vernon Nights. Listen to a variety of music at 7:30 p.m. on Friday nights at Grist Mill Park, 4710 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway start- This year, from March through September, ing June 6. Free. Visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/ Mount Vernon Archaeology will be excavat- parks/performances for more. ing in the Upper Garden, one of two walled gardens that flank the western approach to George The Northern Virginia Habitat ReStore, Washington’s home. Washington created the gar- located at 7770-G Richmond Highway, Alexandria, den during his 1775 redesign of the Mount Vernon VA (behind Gold’s Gym), sells new and used build- grounds, transforming a circa 1760 rectangular ing and home improvement materials to the garden into an elliptical space bounded by a brick general public. All proceeds benefit Habitat for wall as well as a greenhouse and slave quarter to Humanity of Northern Virginia. The ReStore is run the north. by volunteers that dedicate their time and energy Opportunities to volunteer are available Monday to the work of Habitat and we are in need of more through Friday; in addition, we will be working on volunteers. Call the store today at 703-360-6700 Saturdays during the months of June, July and or stop by. For more information visit: August. Work hours are between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. www.restorenova.org. A typical week includes lab work on Monday and field work Tuesday through Friday; lab work is also On Tuesday, June 17, 2008, the Mount carried out on rain days. Contact Curt Breckenridge Vernon Genealogical Society (MVGS) will at [email protected] or 703-799- meet in room 112 of the Hollin Hall Senior Cen- 6303 if you would be interested in volunteering. ter, 1500 Shenandoah Road. The meeting will start at 1 p.m. and is free. The meeting will feature a Band musicians [young or old] bring instru- presentation entitled “Digital Reference, Digital ments and play along with the Mount Vernon Resources and Digital Maps at the Library of Con- Community Band during their Tuesday evening gress.” The program will be presented by Ed band practices from 7:30-9:30 p.m. at Mt Vernon Redmond. Additional information about the meet- High School Band Room. 8515Old Mt Vernon ing and MVGS can be found at http:// Road. No auditions. Just sit in and play along even www.MVGenealogy.org/. Any questions about the if you are “rusty.” Music and music stands will be program should be directed to Harold McClendon provided. Call Ed Smith 703-768-8278 or Eric at 703-360-0920 or [email protected]. Leighty 703-768-4172.

One on One Basketball presents its first Adoption Support Groups are forming in overnight camps this summer. Located at the 130 the Mount Vernon area. All members of the adop- acre Episcopal High School campus. The Northern tion triad, (adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive Virginia Basketball Camp caters to boys ages 7 – 16 parents) are encouraged to call for more informa- and provides a day camp option. The Northern tion about the groups as well as individual, couples, Virginia overnight Camp runs July 6-10 for $475. and/or family counseling. The groups will be held The day camp option (9 a.m.-3 p.m.) is $350. The in the evenings. Contact Diana Tracey, licensed Intensive overnight Camp runs July 11-13 for $350. clinical social worker, at 571-245-0054. Health Notes

E-mail announcements to families dealing with mentally ill family members [email protected]. Deadline is suffering from depression, bipolar or schizophre- Thursday at noon for the following week’s paper. nia. Alison Malmon will be the guest speaker at the Photos and artwork encouraged. Call Rebecca Halik Lee Center, 1108 Jefferson St. Call 571-451-0773 at 703-917-6407 with questions. for date.

The Alexandria Mental Health Family Yoga in Daily Life, 2402 Mount Vernon Ave., Support Group of NAMI/FOCUS is open to all offers classes for people of all ages and physical dealing with mentally ill family members suffering ability, seven days a week. Meditation classes also from depression, bipolar or schizophrenia. Meet- offered. Free trial class the first week of each ses- ings are held the second Wednesday of each month sion for newcomers - next session begins June 23. from 7:30-9:30 p.m. at the Alexandria Mental Drop-ins welcome. Lunchtime Yoga classes held on Health Office, Community Service Board Club- Wednesdays 12:15- 12:50 p.m. Visit http:// house, 4480 King St. Contact J. Gulka, Facilitator, www.yogaindailylifeus.org/ or call 703-299-8946. 571-451-0773. Body in Balance Center, 1423 N. Powhatan Learn about Medicare on Friday, June 13 at St., offers fusion flow for parents and babies, a class 2 p.m. at NOVA’s Alexandria Campus, 3001 N. specifically designed for parents with babies who Beauregard St. Free. 703-845-6222. are crawling and beginning to walk as well as pre- crawlers. Classes are offered Thursdays at 11 a.m. Capital Hospice is starting a Grief Support and Saturdays 11:30 a.m. $20.00 drop in fee or 6 Group at the Hollin Hall Senior Center on Mon- class pass for $90.00. Visit 0310-3 days, from 2-3 p.m. to talk with others who have www.bodyinbalancecenter.com or 703-518-4434. also had losses. Carol Mansfield of Capital Hospice will facilitate. Call Senior Center at 703-4573 or CrisisLink has been helping people deal with sign up on their Bulletin Board. anxiety, stress and crisis throughout the entire Dean Bryant metropolitan area for 35 years. Call 703-527-4077 The Alexandria Mental Health Family or 1-800-784-2433, or learn on the web at Support Group of NAMI/FOCUS is open to all www.crisislink.org. Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ June 5-11, 2008 ❖ 27 Mount Vernon Gazette Sports Editor Eric J. Gilmore Sports 703-917-6438 or [email protected] West Potomac Runs For Glory Wolverines have two top-10 finishes at state track and field meet. By Eric J. Gilmore Gazette

est Potomac carried on its track and field tradition Wwith several standout per- formances at the Group AAA state meet at Todd Stadium in New- port News, Va. over the weekend. University of Connecticut football recruit Jimmy Bennett had the highest individual finish, grabbing seventh in the shot put with a 51-foot, 10.75-inch throw. Fellow senior Kerem Ertekin finished 13th in the same Photo by event with a 49-foot-1.75 toss. Sophomore Kelsey Rosenburg had the Track Sterbutzel Craig highest individual female score, barely miss- ing the point category by turning in a five- minute, 12-second time in the 1,600 meters.

Rosenburg was the highest Northern Region /Gazette representative outside of first-place Westfield senior Tasia Potasinski (4:56.75). Senior Kat Lee, who will run track next year at the University of Akron, finished Kat Lee, running at the region meet, capped her track career with an 11 th in the long jump at the state meet. 11th in the long jump (17-3.25) and 25th in the triple jump (34-3.75). finished in 3:21.48. The 800-meter relay LoRusso, who added to his indoor title. ever margin of victory. West Potomac was powered by its boys finished 19th. The Wolverine boys tied for 32nd with Mount Vernon junior Elizabeth Ball was the 400-meter relay, which finished a team-high Senior Kelly Carmichael placed 12th in seven points, well behind boys state cham- Majors’ only individual participant, grabbing fourth. Juniors Joe Bradley, Brandon Com- the 1,600 meters, turning in a 4:28.32. He pion Western Branch. Landstown won the 11th in the girls shot put with a 36-foot throw. fort, Jon McCants and senior Robert Byrd was 15 seconds behind Oakton senior Joe girls team score by 36 points, the largest- Mount Vernon failed to register a point. Sports Briefs

Rockville, the defending champions, dria native Kelvin Coggins, a 6-foot-4 for- American and Jacksonville, has been dustrial societies major, both made the Aces Set To along with the Express Bethesda Big ward from Coastal Carolina to bolster the granted his release, and is currently all-academic team. So did Cal leading Train, College Park Bombers, Herndon offensive firepower. The Avengers have pursuing other schools. scorer Danni Zuralow, who is a Fairfax Debut on Friday Braves, Silver Spring-Takoma Thunder- scored 145 points on separate occasions. Williams played in just five games, scor- native, went to Robinson and carried bolts, Maryland Redbirds and Youse’s Midway through the season, the West ing four points and grabbing five rebounds. a 3.248 GPA. The Alexandria Aces will celebrate Maryland Orioles. Virginia Wild were forced to disband af- after averaging 14 points and 10 re- Downs, one of four seniors, started opening night when they host the Alexandria will play 21 home games ter not showing up to a schedule contest bounds as a senior for coach Mark in all 18 games and tallied a team-high Herndon Braves at 7 p.m. on June 6 at Four Mile Run Park throughout June with the Elmira Bulldogs. According to the Vincent as Bishop Ireton in 2007. 902 minutes. She also had 23 ground at Four Mile Run Park. and July. Tickets are $5 for adults and league’s Web site, the NPBL had no pre- Originally from Solihull, England, balls and two goals for the Bears, who The Aces are a part of the fourth- $3 for children. vious knowledge of Wild owner Daniel Williams was a third-team All-WCAC lost to Oregon, 9-8, in the MPSF year Cal Ripken, Sr. Collegiate Hicks’ legal woes and financial instability. selection as a senior, when the Cardinals Championship third-place game. Baseball League, a Baltimore, Md.- “Professionally it was not handled prop- only won four games. He suffered a Dale, a junior who started every based wooden bat league comprised Avengers Sitting at erly on either side as a decision was made knee injury during his junior year when game, notched 25 goals and a 51 of college players. Players’ home- and all parties must live with that deci- current University of Maryland assistant percent shot percentage. She also towns span from Acton, Mass. to .500 With Playoffs sion,” the league said on its Web site. “We Chuck Driesell was the head coach. had a career-high seven assists. Tuscon, Ariz. The 31-man roster is at the NPBL would like to apologize to all Derrick Jasper, a sophomore guard Zuralow, a senior attacker, was from easily recognizable schools like the sponsors, families and friends for the who played in 20 games last season, was the Golden Bears’ season leader in Wake Forest and Rutgers, but also Looming manner in which this was handled.” also recently granted a release and will points (58), goals (40), caused turn- include more obscure schools like The Alexandria Avengers, a minor Meanwhile, the Bulldogs, who beat transfer. overs (20) and game-winning goals Armstrong Atlantic and Yavapai. league basketball team playing in the Alexandria by 13 points on April 27, hold (3). She was recently named to the Alexandria, who is the newest National Professional Basketball the first-place seed, but the Bayriders are Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse franchise in the eight-team league, League, have one more home game be- a half-game out of first place. The play- Two Former Saints Coaches Association West/Midwest will be managed by Eric Williams, fore the playoffs start on June 14. The offs start on June 14, with the NPBL second team, given to 128 players in who has been a varsity assistant at Avengers are currently 5-4, having championship set for June 21. Honored at Cal eight regions nationally. both Annandale and Lee High logged wins over the Hudson Valley According to a school release, Cal Schools. The last two years, Williams Hawks, the New York Strikeforce and A pair of St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes put 12 Golden Bears on the academic been an associate head coach in the the Maryland Bayriders. Williams to Transfer graduates were honored by the University team, tying with Oregon for the sec- Valley Baseball League. But Alexandria has lost its two of its last of California, Berkeley in being selected to ond-most student-athletes in the Ben Krentzman, a four-year out- three games heading into a scheduled visit From Kentucky the 2008 Women’s Lacrosse Academic All- Pac-10. Students were required to be fielder at Bucknell University, will be an from the Hawks. The Avengers will host Mountain Pacific Sports Federation team. at least a sophomore, have a 3.0-plus assistant and Brian Midkiff, a Mount Hudson Valley, who they beat, 123-120, Morakinyo Williams, a 6-foot-11, Senior midfielder Mary Downs, who cumulative grade point average and Vernon grad and James Madison alum, in overtime at 7:05 p.m. on June 7 at 260-center will transfer from the Uni- had a 3.062 GPA as a history major, and play in at least in fifty percent or more will serve as the pitching coach. Francis Hammond Middle School. versity of Kentucky after one season. junior attacker Madeleine Dale, who had of the institution’s competition in the Other teams in the league include The Avengers recently added Alexan- Williams, who chose the Wildcats over a 3.499 GPA as political economies of in- student-athlete’s respective sport.

28 ❖ Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ June 5-11, 2008 Sports Weber Named New West Potomac Coach Northern Region Tournament Champs est Potomac has hired GIRLS LACROSSE Michael Weber as the new Oakton High School W girls varsity basketball (Oakton 14, Chantilly 12) coach. Weber replaces Pe- ter Stephan, who resigned immediately fol- BOYS LACROSSE Chantilly High School lowing the season in what he perceived to (Chantilly 8, Oakton 6) be a lack of support from the administra- tion. BASEBALL Weber has been the head coach at Tho- Lake Braddock Secondary School (Lake Braddock 9, Chantilly 6) mas Jefferson since 2004, where he led the Colonials to a 6-17 record last season. SOFTBALL Jefferson finished sixth in the Liberty Dis- Westfield High School trict and lost to Langley, 44-34, in the dis- (Westfield 5, Herndon 3)

Photo by trict tournament. GIRLS SOCCER Weber graduated from the University of Robinson Secondary School Maryland and has held coaching positions (Robinson 2, Westfield 1) with Archbishop Carroll High School, AAU Robbie Hammer BOYS SOCCER teams and the Potomac Valley Vogues Bas- Stone Bridge High School ketball. (Stone Bridge 1, Robinson 0) He currently works as an instructional BOYS TENNIS assistant at Mark Twain Middle School. Robinson Secondary School “Coach Weber brings with him a great

/Gazette deal of basketball experience and knowl- GIRLS TENNIS edge of the Northern Region. We are ex- Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology tremely excited that Coach Weber will be joining the Wolverine family,” said first-year New coach Michael Weber has a tough road at West Potomac, where the GIRLS OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD director of student activities Aaron Helmick Wolverines haven’t won a district game in two-plus seasons. Lake Braddock Secondary School in a press release. (Lake Braddock 101, Centreville 56.50, Edison 53, Langley 46, T.C. Williams 45.50) According to multiple reports, newly West Potomac finished with six wins last over rival Mount Vernon was a vast improve- named Wakefield head coach Marcia season, but did not win a game for the sec- ment from the 2-19 season in 2006-2007. BOYS OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD Richardson, who was a varsity assistant was ond straight year within the Patriot District, Weber becomes the fourth coach in the South Lakes High School initially offered the job, but turned it down arguably the toughest district in the state. last three seasons. (South Lakes 93.50, Edison 86, T.C. Williams 77.50, Lake Braddock 51.50, West Potomac 45) in favor of returning to coach the Warriors. The six-win season, which included a win —Eric J. Gilmore

Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ June 5-11, 2008 ❖ 29 Schools JR ROTC Tadie Nominated Students Win for Beatty Award Walkathon at Beth El Hebrew Raises $1,300 for Homelessness DAR Medals Carl Sandburg Middle School student Christopher P. Tadie, 13, was nomi- More than 75 students, along nated for the Bob Beatty Memorial Phyllis Kelley, regent of the Award from the Fort Hunt Youth Asso- with teachers, sponsors and Kate Waller Barrett Chapter of ciation. parents from the Religious the National Society Daugh- Chris has participated in FHYAA bas- school of Beth El Hebrew Con- ketball for six years as a player; he will ters of the American Revolu- gregation in Alexandria partici- tion, NSDAR, announced that be a youth coach next season. (From left to right): Mt. At Carl Sandburg Middle School, pated in an assembly and three area students in the JR Vernon High’s Patriotism where he in the eighth-grade, he has Walkathon on Sunday, May 4 to ROTC programs at Hayfield been on the honor roll every quarter. Medal winner, Nicole raise awareness about Secondary and Mt. Vernon He was inducted into the National Jun- Gailliot with Regent homelessness. They raised over High Schools were awarded ior Honor Society in seventh grade. Phyllis Kelley. He is an active member of the $1,300 to support Beth EI medals by the Chapter. Aldersgate United House, a private, non-profit or- Methodist Church ganization dedicated to assist- Youth Group. He served as an ac- ing homeless women and their tive participant in children make the transition to the “Jeremiah independent living. Project,” a week of service to the disadvantaged in the Winchester area, where he Quander Road Starts PTSA worked on several Congratulations to Quander Road School PTSA on its inauguration as a PTSA houses, building a on Tuesday, May 27 — the first alternative school to start one in Fairfax County. deck, painting, District Director Debbie Kilpatrick and doing land- assisted the PTSA Planning Com- Mt Vernon High’s ROTC scaping. Chris mittee with adopting unit bylaws Medal winner, Rachel will participate in and conducted the elections and Hayfield High’s ROTC Chris Tadie the “Jeremiah the installation of the new offic- Medal winner, Kelsey Simonsen with Anne Project” again this ers: Kelly Greenwood, president; Talbot with National De- McKinney, member of summer, from June 22-28. At Linda Schaeffer, secretary; and fense Chairman of the Kate Waller Barrett Aldersgate, Chris is a also member of the Dan Graifer, treasurer. Quander Chapter and the “Psalm 150” Youth Band/Choir that will Road School is an ED high school Chapter, Tillie Cassidy. visit Orlando from July 12-19 to per- and provides students with neces- student’s NCO. form at a local Methodist Church and to sary skills to be successful upon conduct community service projects for their return to their base high disadvantaged residents. schools. If You are UNHAPPY with your CHILD’S SAT PREP progress in AVAILABLE school, the TIME to take A Action is NOW! Child’s Call NOW for Summer Enrollment Place f your child struggled this past school year, the summer is an excellent time to get ahead for next I year. Summer Day Camps The Huntington Learning Center can help! Our summer day camps offer school aged children, Our qualified teachers can find out what’s holding fun-filled weeks of daily field trips and activities such as: your child back and create an individualized program of instruction designed to fix the problem. Just a few hours a week this summer can improve your child’s learning skills, so your child can overcome Kenwood Summer Day Camp A Child’s Place @ Hollin Hall frustration with school, as well as develop confidence Annandale, VA Alexandria, VA and motivation. 703.765.8811 Call Huntington today. We’re nearby and affordable. 703.256.4711 www.camp.kenwoodschool.com www.hollinhall.com/camp Alexandria / Mt Vernon/ Lorton Springfield / Burke/ Fairfax Station 703-541-2211 703-451-4466 Summer Day Camp $50OFF Registration Fee Coupon must be presented at time of Mention this ad and enrollment. Not valid with any other offers. Expires 6/30/08 SAVE $50 OFF DIAGNOSTIC TEST 30 ❖ Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ June 5-11, 2008 Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ June 5-11, 2008 ❖ 31 32 ❖ Mount Vernon Gazette ❖ June 5-11, 2008