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HomeLifeStyleHomeFall 2014 LifeStyle Style Life ❖ Little Rocky Run Inside Centreville s w e N s t n o r ❖ ❖ F Centreville Clifton Little Rocky Run e m o H f o y s e t r u o C wLwowc.Calo nMneecdtiiao nCNoewnsnpaepcetrsio.cnom LLC online at wCwenwtr.ce Voienwn e❖c HtoiomneLnifeewSstyplea pFearlls 2.c0o14m ❖ 1 Home Home 25 CENTS Newsstand Price CureSearch Walk OCTOBER 9-15, 2014 At Fairfax Corner Event benefits Come One, Come All CureSearch for Centreville Day offers parade, music, food, Children’s Cancer. costumed pets, vendors and swordsman. ara Sankner is a friendly, softball-playing fourth- By Bonnie Hobbs Tgrader at Lees Corner El- Centre View Tara Sankner ementary. She also has an astro- cytoma, a treatable but inoperable also make people realize the great ome one, come all nd annual form of brain cancer. need for more children’s cancer- to the 22 So she and her family are par- research funding. Centreville Day cel- ticipating in the upcoming “I extend an invitation for every- ebration. It’s set for C one to participate,” said Tammy CureSearch Walk at the Fairfax this Saturday, Oct. 11, from 10 Corner shopping center, off Monu- Sankner. “If you’re not able to a.m.-5 p.m., in Historic ment Drive in Fair Oaks. It’s slated come and walk, please consider Centreville Park, 5714 Mount for Sunday, Oct. 19; registration donating to our team. We need Gilead Road (off Braddock and check-in are at 9 a.m., fol- your help to be successful, and Road, across Route 29 from the lowed by the opening ceremony we’d love to have a lot of support.” IHOP). and walk at 10 a.m. People may join Tara’s team, reg- Opening ceremonies are at 10 The event benefits CureSearch ister as an individual, or just make a.m. on the Centreville Stage in for Children’s Cancer, and the a donation to CureSearch for front of St. John’s. (The Zom- money raised by Tara’s team, “Pray Children’s Cancer on her behalf. bie Slouch 5K has been can- for Tara,” supports the To do so, go to celed). Supervisor Michael R. organization’s mission to fund and www.curesearchwalk.org, then Frey (R-Sully) will welcome ev- support targeted and innovative select the Northern Virginia walk eryone and the Centreville Citi- children’s-cancer research. on Oct. 19 and click “Find a Par- zen of the Year and Business of The day will include prizes, ticipant” and search for Tara the Year will be honored. music, food and fun-filled activi- Sankner. — Bonnie Hobbs A pet costume show for prizes ties for the entire family. But most will follow at 10:45 a.m.; regis- of all, Tara’s parents, Tammy and ter pets at Craig Sankner, hope this walk will www.CentrevilleVA.org. Next on tap will be the American Le- gion Parade which will pass the Lambert Named reviewing stand outside St. John’s around noon. It’ll travel through the heart Sully’s Officerlast of meeting Month of the station’s Citi- of the Historic District along The Chantilly Academy’s Air Force JROTC will be the By Bonnie Hobbs zens Advisory Committee (CAC). Centre View Mount Gilead and Braddock parade’s honor guard. In his nomination of Lambert, roads, and prizes will be 2:15 p.m. - Westfield Improv Team his supervisor, Sgt. Patrick O’Hara, awarded. To join in, contact 2:45 p.m. Harmony Road detailed why Lambert was deserv FC Danny Lambert is the Steve Hunter . at 3 p.m. - Stephon Morton’s Kung Fu Sully District Station’s Of- See Lambert, Page 4 [email protected] 3:30 p.m. - St John’s Choir, in the church Pficer of the Month for Sep- The Chantilly High Air Force JROTC will be the 4 p.m. - Outliers Rock Band parade’s honor guard. Other participants include G & C Tire & Auto will provide wristbands for tember. He was recognized at the Centreville Volunteer Fire Station 17, Centreville free children’s rides. The fun includes a climbing 10-10-2014 Dance Academy, Westfield High theater students, wall for older children and a large, inflatable home in Requested SYA Wildcat Cheerleaders, Scouts and local poli- “Cars” slide for younger ones. They may also en- material. Time sensitive Time ticians. joy the trackless train for free, courtesy of Kiddie Postmaster: The entertainment on the Centreville stage in- Academy. Attention cludes singing, dancing, cheering, theater improv There’ll be a Trick or Treat Trail through the PERMIT #322 PERMIT and martial arts. Deejay Myra Flemister will also Historic District and marketplace, and Miss Char- MD Easton, ❖ 1 play music. Here’s the schedule: lotte and others in Alpha Delta Kappa will be in PAID 11 a.m. - Westfield and Centreville High the- Postage U.S. ❖ October 9-15, 2014 the children’s area with their Faces of Centreville STD PRSRT ater students relate Centreville’s history contest, plus games such as tug of war and sack Centre View 11:30 a.m. – VADeatles (Beatles’ songs) races. Various vendors and churches will also host Noon – American Legion Parade See Centreville Day, Page 7 12:30 p.m. – Parade awards 12:45 p.m. - Centreville Dance 1:15 p.m. - Centreville Cheer 1:45 p.m. - The Liabilities www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Election 2014 Q&A WITH BARBARA COMSTOCK Q: What are some of your favorite restaurants in your district? A: “We love The Old Brogue in Great Falls. It’s like Cheers, where everybody knows your name. Also The Tavern in Great Falls and J. Gilberts in Comstock’s Comfort Zone McLean.” Q: What personal qualities do you have that make you the best candidate for this position? GOP candidate Barbara Comstock believes a woman’s place is in A: “All of my bosses would tell you this. I work very hard. As a woman in law and politics, sometimes I’ve had to work twice as hard as my male the House ... of Representatives. counterparts. Also, I am a problem-solver. When we were out campaigning, Congressman Wolf would introduce me to voters as a problem- By Victoria Ross Facebook, and Bobbie Kilberg, solver, someone who can get things done.” Centre View president and CEO of the North- Q: What are you most proud of? ern Virginia Technology Council. A: “Obviously my three children. They are all doing t’s just weeks before Election Day, The program was “incredible well, and it’s really fun to see your children and the contest to replace retiring and unforgettable” said Danielle succeed. Dan is a 2005 graduate of University of Republican U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf Hayden, a junior at Potomac Virginia; Peter is a 2007 graduate of Virginia I Tech, and Caity graduated from Villanova in Virginia’s 10th Congressional Falls High School in Sterling. University in 2010 and George Mason in 2012. district has become one of the most “This program reassured me that Peter is now helping me with my campaign; Caity is a scientist who performs DNA analysis watched, most expensive and most con- there is opportunity everywhere on rape kits. She was married last spring, so she tentious races in the country. you go in many fields, whether is Caity Roller now, and I’m excited to say she is But on this crisp fall October morning, it is government service, running now expecting her first child and our second Republican candidate Barbara Comstock a small business or working for grandchild.” is in her comfort zone. a government agency like Q: What would you tell young women who She is campaigning door-to-door with NASA.” are considering a career in politics? A: “Jump in! Believe in yourself, give it your all and Wolf, whom she counts as a longtime Comstock grew up in Spring- ‘lean in.’ You can make a difference.” friend and mentor, in McLean, her home- field, Mass., but remembers the town for the past 30 years, which she influence of her first visit to Vir- Q: What are your top priorities if you become the next 10th district has represented in the Virginia House of ginia, a third grade family trip representative in the U.S. House? Delegates since 2010. to Colonial Williamsburg. A: 1. Pass legislation increasing the child tax credit “I’m feeling great about the race,” said She remembers sitting in the from $1,000 to $2,000. 2. Work to repeal and replace ObamaCare which Comstock, her voice a little hoarse from historic Capitol building — in already has caused millions of hardworking non-stop campaign events. “I thoroughly the town where Jefferson stud- Americans to lose their health insurance and enjoy meeting people from every walk Photos contributed ied law with George Wythe — have their wellbeing and financial health threatened. of life. I’ve been particularly touched by Del. Barbara Comstock (R-34) campaigns with and thinking for the first time 3. Pass meaningful tax relief for families and the reaction I get from young women. husband Chip and daughter Caity Roller in that she could be a lawyer too. small businesses to encourage job creation in They notice a woman is out here cam- McLean last month. “I think that was the first time Northern Virginia. 4. Protect our national security and protect our paigning.” I wanted to be a lawyer … I was defense and national security infrastructure as Comstock is making a point. Comstock said she was inspired to estab- struck by how these ordinary people did well as the salaries and retirement of our She is aware of the criticism leveled by lish a Young Women’s Leadership Program such extraordinary things.” dedicated military Democrats who assert that she is part of the in January 2013 after reading Sheryl The trip was typical of the influence of Q: What do you consider your major GOP’s “War on Women,” noting Comstock’s Sandberg’s 2013 book “Lean In: Women, her mother, Sally Burns, a long-serving accomplishments as a Virginia vote in favor of the controversial “trans- Work, and the Will to Lead.” In the book, teacher and school administrator.

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