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BurkeBurke Husband and Wife Team Classified, Page 15 Classified, ❖ At Burke Presbyterian News, Page 10 Sports, Page 18 ❖ Jarrett and Meg Peery McLaughlin Entertainment, Page 14 split time in the pulpit as new co- pastors at Burke Presbyterian Church. Forum Highlights Denim Do-gooders Help Domestic Violence Put Zip on Homelessness News, Page 3 News, Page 5 Photo by Tim Peterson/The Connection www.ConnectionNewspapers.comOctober 24–30, 2013 Burke Connection ❖ October 24-30, 2013 ❖ 1 • Schools are our Community Centers for Vote ‘Yes’ for Our School Meeting, Recreation, and Learning Bond on November 5th! • We Need More Classrooms for our Increasing Student Population • We Need to Renovate Existing Classrooms • Renovated Buildings Enhance Student Safety • The Use of Bonds will NOT Raise Taxes! Fairfax County Federation of Teachers PTA, Fairfax County Council COMMUNITIES OF WORSHIP HELP WANTED Part-time graphic artist needed on Wednes- days to help with page layout, ad Jubilee 9800 Old Keene Mill Rd. Methodist Burke United design and photo Christian Center 703-455-7041 Celebrating the Sounds of Freedom Methodist Church processing in small, Sunday School 703-250-6100 Realtime Worship - Sunday 8:45 & 11 AM very busy depart- Sunday School 10:10 AM 9:15 AM St. Stephen’s United Sunday Evening - Realtime Service & Youth 6 PM Worship Service Methodist Church ment in Old Town Family Night - Wednesday 7:15 PM 10:30 AM 703-978-8724 Call for Sunday Evening Worship Home Group Schedule Alexandria, walking visit our website: www.jccag.org Non-Denominational www.calvaryfamily.com distance to King St. 4650 Shirley Gate Road, Fairfax “Continuing the ministry of Burke Community Church Bill Frasnelli, PASTOR 703-383-1170 Metro. 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From left—Joan Fisher, CASA volunteer, Mindy Stewart, volunteer supervisor, Lisa Banks, executive director, Elisa Kosarin, associate director, Recruitment and Training. One common denominator among these women— they all started as volunteer advocates for children in the court system as the result of neglect or abuse. Photos by Andrea Worker/ The Connection Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Sharon Bulova, Jubilee Co-Chair Pamela McCarthy Forum Highlights Domestic Violence (behind Sharon Bulova), Fairfax Library Foundation Board of Directors Chair Brian Engler and Jubilee Co- a profound, negative effect on Chair Ilyse Gart. Cook holds gathering to children: 1-year-olds get the most harm from witnessing or “Stop the Silence—End the Violence.” being in an abusive environ- Fairfax Library Foundation’s ment. They learn that domes- By Andrea Worker tic violence is the norm,” he Jubilee Raises $110,000 The Connection said. “One of our goals is to A Library Jubilee is Fairfax Li- “Turning Hopper” series; Andy reach out to the people who are brary Foundation’s benefit Jampoler, author of “The Last ct. 17. The back the first line of contact like event to help keep Fairfax li- Lincoln Conspirator”; and patio at Kilroy’s coaches, teachers, daycare braries some of the nation’s RADM Terry McKnight USN ORestaurant and workers, so they can recognize best. At their fifth annual day- (Ret.), author of “Pirate Alley: Sports Bar on the signs of children at risk and light soiree, held Saturday, Oct. Commanding Task Force 151 Port Royal Road in Springfield know how to help.” 5 at Burke Centre Library, the Off Somalia”; Alethea Kontis, was the scene of a gathering Another agency with repre- group netted $110,000 with author of the “Wood Cutter” described by host Fairfax sentatives on hand is tackling their lineup of authors and series and the “AlphaOops!” se- County Supervisor John C. the problem from a different speakers. ries; and Barb Goffman, author Cook (R- Braddock), as “part of angle. Anger and Domestic Among those present were of several short stories and col- an effort to shine the light on Abuse Prevention and Treat- Shari Randall, author of the lection of short stories titled, the oft-hidden and denied ment (ADAPT), under the aus- short story “Keep it Simple” “Don’t Get Mad, Get Even.” blight on our families … of do- pices of the Fairfax County Of- which appeared in “Chesapeake Chairman Bulova spoke and mestic violence.” Cook was ap- Supervisor John C. Cook (R- fice for Women and Domestic Crimes: This Job is Murder”; Sup. John Cook attended. pointed by the Board of Super- Braddock) is the board’s liaison and Sexual Violence Services Ellen Crosby, author of “The Other honorable guests in- visors in February to be their to the Domestic Violence Pre- (OWDSVS), works with the Wine Country Mysteries” series; cluded councilmember Michael liaison to the Domestic Violence vention, Policy and Coordinat- offenders to help them deal Donna Andrews, who wrote the DeMarco and Hon. Mark D. Prevention, Policy and Coordi- ing Council. In this capacity, with their own issues and learn “Meg Langslow” series and the Sickles. nating Council. “The name may Cook organized a gathering to to regulate their violent behav- be a mouthful,” admitted Cook highlight the problems, bring- iors. Sam Bachman from in an interview during the ing involved agencies together ADAPT is ready to speak quite event, “but the people you need in a public forum. passionately about this batterer to get things done are all right intervention program. “With in the room,” he said. “This group gets things done.” programs like these,” said Bachman, the national Several government agencies and non-profits in recidivism rate ranges from 24-50 percent. Our pro- the county work to alleviate this problem and to pro- gram has a 7 percent rate of repeat offenders. We vide assistance to the victims, but on this occasion, even have one counselor who was an offender him- Cook was partnering with two in particular—Shel- self 20 years ago.” Kathleen Kelmelis, program man- ter House and CASA. Shelter House is the organiza- ager for the OWDSVSA, added that one of the pro- tion that runs Artemis House, the county’s only emer- gram graduates has come back to the counseling ses- gency shelter for people fleeing domestic violence sions voluntarily when “he felt himself slipping back and human trafficking. Fairfax CASA, which stands into the old bad ways.” for Court Appointed Special Advocates, is the volun- The evening included live music to entertain the teer group whose trained caseworkers advocate for attendees. Supervisor Cook expressed his gratitude neglected and/or abused children as they interact for the generosity of the Kilroy’s management for with the court system. Staff from both organizations hosting the event and donating 10 percent of the were on hand and more than willing to talk about evening’s food sales to the CASA and to Shelter the problem of domestic violence and how they are House. involved in the efforts to break what is all-too-often “Let’s all get involved,” said Cook. “Stop the si- Judy Hubka (community relations advisor at a cycle of abuse. lence to end the violence.” ExxonMobil) checks in two Jubilee attendees at the “And that’s just it,” stated Cook. “We need to get A list of domestic violence resources is available at Saturday, Oct. 5 event to benefit Fairfax County down to the roots of the problem, not just deal with the Fairfax County government website, Libraries. the aftermath. 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