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It has already installed a Julia O'Donoghue weekly after school program at Hayfield t was a typical scene outside of Lee Secondary on Tuesdays and will soon be High School last Thursday afternoon, operating at West Springfield on Mondays. ISept. 30. The parking lot was full of From a single student at Lee High School, students climbing into their cars while the Club Emerge program has seen its par- several others hung outside the front en- ticipating group grow to more than 350 stu- trance waiting for after school programs to /The Connection dents. start. But inside the school, something not Rick Priest, the sponsor for FCA at Lee, so typical was going on. has been with Club Emerge from the start. Screaming down the hall to the main “They wanted to start an organization with lobby was blaring music with bass, shaking a different flavor to it,” he said. “Here it’s the tile floors. This is not what one might much more inclusive, there’s food and fun expect from Club Emerge, a weekly after games. A lot of the students that started school interactive Christian youth club. In- Rick Priest, the FCA sponsor at Lee High School, kicks off the Club coming heard the music in the halls. We side were nearly 70 students assembled in Emerge meeting. have students that come together here of rows of folding chairs under dim lighting all faiths. It’s a good place for them to get talking excitedly with one another while the Tori Trayers, a senior at Lee, founded the different clubs for different people here, and together and know each other a little bet- music raged on. club last year as a junior with the help of I thought ‘what if we came up with a club ter.” “It’s just more fun, said Lee student Rachel her father Eddie Trayers, a pastor at Family that was all inclusive?’” Club Emerge is sponsored entirely by Grenz, comparing Club Emerge to other Worship Center in Springfield. “I really have started to get a feel for the Family Worship Center in Springfield. The after school programs. This was the second “It’s a great time for reflection and en- student body and have a heart for reaching meeting that she had been to. couragement,” said Tori Trayers. “We have out to all these students,” she said See Lee, Page 11 Find Oktoberfest Supplies at The Swiss Bakery Local shop welcomes “Both of our stores are fall season in destinations.” European style. — Laurie Weber, The Swiss Bakery and Pastry Shop By Julia O’Donoghue Photo by Photo Customers come in all year round to get The Connection traditional German and Swiss food, like a hot Bavarian pretzel with Bavarian cheese or people seeking the “real deal” spread. There is a market for such special- F when it comes to Oktoberfest food Julia O'Donoghue ties in Fairfax County, especially among ac- and drink, The Swiss Bakery and tive and retired members of the American Pastry Shop should meet all their needs. military. “It is extremely busy right now. This is “I have become aware of how much of like Christmas season for us,” said owner the military has traveled in Europe. They Laurie Weber. all come in to find the thing they used to Weber and her husband Reto stock their /The Connection buy when they lived over there,” said Laurie shelves with German, Austrian and Swiss Weber. Rod Orostico cuts grocery store products including imported In addition to its regular fare, the Swiss tiramisu at The Swiss mustard, sauerkraut, red cabbage, Bavar- Bakery does have special items on its menu Bakery and Pastry Shop ian chocolate, marzipan, wine, and, of this month in celebration of Oktoberfest. in Springfield. course, beer. The couple also brings in au- For a limited time, the store is offering a thentic German sausages from an “old larger selection of sausages — bratwurst, world” butcher in Baltimore. weisswurst, knockwurst and frankfurters — But the big draw to The Swiss Bakery, Laurie Weber, an American pastry chef, they hired a Swiss chef to prepare the food. in the café and for take away. People din- with two locations in Springfield and Burke, and Reto Weber, a Swiss baker, take pains They also try to keep at least one European ing in the café also have their choice of tra- is the European breads and pastries pre- to keep their prepared food solidly baker, currently a German, on staff at all ditional German side dishes like sauerkraut, pared every day. grounded in the European culinary tradi- times. red cabbage, German potato salad and “Both of our stores are destinations. tion. The couple has also taken two of their spatzle. People will tell us that they traveled an hour When the couple opened a new café at non-European pastry chefs on a trip to to get to us,” she said. their Springfield store three months ago, France, said Laurie Weber. See Taste, Page 11 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Springfield Connection ❖ October 7-13, 2010 ❖ 3 News Briefs Fall Fun Silver Star Recipient Dies Retired U.S. Army Col. Donald L Burt of Burke died Sep. 29. Burt was born Oct. 6, 1924, in Coldwater Kans. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Lydia Michailovitch, for- merly of Kharkov, Ukraine; four daugh- by Photo ters: Mary Else, Janet and her husband, Mike, Julie, and Julia O'Donoghue Diane; seven grand- children; and 12 great grandchildren. Donald L. Burt Burt served his country from 1943- 79, entering the Army as a private, serving initially in the European campaign during World War II. Burt received /The Connection the Silver Star for personally eliminating a machine gun nest and three sniper positions with hand grenades and rifle fire, despite being wounded three times in the pro- cess, allowing his unit — “Easy” Company, 15th Infantry Regiment — to move forward in battle during the Colmar Pocket offensive. Burt was also awarded the Obituary Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, three Purple Lorton resident Alana Figler, 5, tosses a Frisbee at the Giles Run Disc Golf course in Hearts, Combat Infantryman Badge and Laurel Hill Park. numerous other awards. Burt rose through the enlisted ranks and was later com- missioned. He served two tours in Vietnam. As a field of- ficer, he served as commanding officer of a supply battal- Having Fun Outdoors ion, deputy chief of staff for logistics for the Military Dis- trict of Washington and post commander of Cameron Sta- though people tion in Alexandria. Many athletic activities who are more Burt was an active supporter of the VFW and Wounded serious, like Local Disc Golf Warrior Project and was a founding member of the Na- allow residents to take Robinson, use tional Law Enforcement Museum. special discs. Courses A devout Christian, Burt served a term as president of in the scenery.