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Burke Martinsburg, WV PERMIT #86 PRSRT STD U.S. Postage PAID Burke Martinsburg, WV PERMIT #86 Attention Postmaster: Time sensitive material. Requested in home 05-8-09 Fresh flowers, produce, meat and other foods are available every Saturday at the Burke Farmers Market. Classified, Page 15 Classified, ❖ ❖ Sports, Page 14 ❖ Calendar, Page 10 Market Day Community, Page 8 ammer/The Connection Saints Clean A Mighty Oak Many Cabins News, Page 3 News, Page 3 Photo by Robbie h Photo www.ConnectionNewspapers.comMay 7-13, 2009 Volume XXIII, Number 18 online at www.connectionnewspapers.comBurke Connection ❖ May 7-13, 2009 ❖ 1 HERBS IMPATIENS ¢ OVER 100 VARIETIES REG. $1.89 KNOCKOUT ROSES . 99 SALE 97 3 GALLON $19. TOMATO PLANTS MARKET PACKS AZALEAS 99 3 CU. FT. SHREDDED HARDWOOD MULCH $2. 3 GALLON $12.99 HANGING FOUNTAINS, BASKETS BIRDBATHS, LIKE YOU’VE NEVER SEEN STATUES & 00 ENCHES $2. OFF ALL B 25% OFF BASKETS PATIO CACTI WALLS PERENNIALS BONSAI Over 1000 WALKWAYS Varieties SUCCULENTS PAVER 4” to 3 Gallons 25% OFF DRIVEWAYS HOSTA & SO MUCH 20% OFF MORE 10 Sizes & Colors PENNSYLVANIA WALL STONE $299 Full Pallet $149 Half Pallet $89 Quarter Pallet ORCHIDS 25% OFF ALL 2008 GROUND COVER 25% OFF SALE Star TREES & SHRUBS $ 75 HOLLIES 35% OFF Select Grown 5’-10’ Ivy.........Approx. 100.........$24.95 Pachysandra..Approx. 100..$21.95 ROSES 26. LL OTTERY 1/2 Whiskey A P Vinca........Approx. 50 ......$24.95 ULK ULCH 60–75% OFF Barrels 38.75 B M Liriope.......Gallon...........$3.99 Reg. $29.99 $ 99 LARGEST SELECTION 19. Per Cu. Yd. IN THE WASHINGTON AREA New Shipments Weekly SINCE TOPSOIL 1973 PLAYGROUND CHIPS $ 99 19. Per Cu. Yd. USED RAILROAD TIES 99 99 #1 $19. #2 $14. 50% OFF ALL WICKER BASKETS 2 ❖ Burke Connection ❖ May 7-13, 2009 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Burke Connection Editor Michael O’Connell News 703-917-6440 or [email protected] WoodyMan, 92, Sharesand the Home Big with Oak Giant Oak 200-year-old white oak towers over Woody Jerman’s front lawn. By Justin Fanizzi The Connection ears ago, open green land ex- tended as far as the eye Ycould see. No cars, no con- dominiums, no convenience stores. If a visit to a neighbor was needed, it was a 1-mile walk to the closest one and every face was fa- miliar. Now, it has by Photo “It’s a all changed, but magnificent fortunately, a bridge exists to Fanizzi Justin tree.” the past. Woody — Mike McMahon, Jerman, 92, has Tree Commissioner, witnessed all of Braddock District the development /The Connection in Burke, having lived in the same house at the corner of Glenbard Court and Old Keene Mill Road his entire life. On the front lawn of his white farmhouse stands a mas See Burke, Page 9 The massive tree towers over Woody Jerman’s two-story farmhouse in Burke. Many Hands Make Quick Work LDS volunteers clean cabin camps at Prince William Forest Park. n the morning of April 18, about /The Connection O200 members of the Annandale Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) descended of courtesy Photo upon the 15,000-acre Prince William For- est Park. Annandale Stake president Erick Robbie Hammer R. Erickson of Burke led the LDS saints. They carried with them brooms, dusters, rakes, cleaning solutions and other supplies as part of an effort appropriately named by Photo Bill Eargle “Operation Clean Sweep.” Some wore T- Volunteer Award shirts given to them by the park overseer, For her volunteer work with the National Park Service (NPS), which ex- Brain Injury Services, Inc., pressed thanks to the volunteers for the task Deena Hunkler Sanks of at hand. Burke, was presented with In 1936, the United States government Volunteers from the Annandale Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of the Adult Volunteer (250 chose the land that is now Prince William Latter-day Saints pose for a photo outside of one of the cabins that hours and under) Award Forest Park as the site where inner-city they cleaned April 18 at Prince William Forest Park. during the 2009 Fairfax youth from Washington, D.C. could venture to recreate in nature during overnight County Volunteer Service out into nature. The Great Depression was to be of service to the community, the LDS camp-outs. From this legacy, Prince William Awards ceremony on April 24 weighing heavily on the youth of America’s saints, in coordination with NPS park rang- Forest Park has grown into a center of rec- at the Fairview Park Marriott. cities, and parks were born to relieve this ers, accomplished the stated goal of clean- reation for Washington, D.C. area residents burden. To this end, five cabin camps, which ing four of the five cabin camps, in order and visitors from around the world. still operate today, were built to allow youth Out of respect for the park’s history and See LDS, Page 8 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Burke Connection ❖ May 7-13, 2009 ❖ 3 The County Line Governor’s Primary: The Fight Over Money fundraising strengths inside the common- How much does Top Fairfax County Donors wealth. McAuliffe’s prolific In Governor’s Democratic Primary “I think it is important to note that he outraised both of the other Democratic can- The information listed below covers fundraising in 2008 and 2009 and is provided by the fundraising matter? Virginia Public Access Project, www.vpap.org. didates in Virginia,” said Elisabeth Smith, a spokesperson for the McAuliffe campaign. Name Hometown Work/Job Donation Of the three Democrats, Moran has raised By Julia O’Donoghue DEEDS the most money in Arlington County The Connection Edward Hart Rice Vienna Stockbroker/ $100,000 ($225,538), Loudoun County ($51,869) Financial Advisor and the City of Alexandria ($1.1 million) any young adults join politi- since the beginning of 2008. Sen. Dick Saslaw Springfield Virginia Senate $15,000 cal campaigns after gradu- (D-35) Majority Leader But McAuliffe has raised more money Mating from college. Few end during that time period in Fairfax County, up where Terry McAuliffe, a Thomas Greeson Herndon Attorney $12,500 Virginia’s most populous locality. Virginia gubernatorial candidate, found According to the Virginia Public Access himself during the 1980 re-election bid of MORAN Project, McAuliffe garnered $828,117; President Jimmy Carter. George Pedersen McLean Defense Industry $75,000 Moran received $502,329; and Deeds raised At the age of 22, McAuliffe rose through $217,001 from Fairfax County residents and the ranks to become national finance direc- John Andrew Braun Falls Church Defense Industry $57,930 businesses during 2008 and 2009. tor of the Carter campaign, launching a ca- Dario Marquez Jr. Vienna Homeland Security $35,000 While most of Moran and Deeds larger reer as one of the Democratic Party’s most Northern Virginia donors are already active successful national fundraisers over the next MCAULIFFE in local political campaigns, McAuliffe has three decades. Hani Masri McLean Private Equity/Investors $100,000 also been able to attract local donors who During the rest of the 1980s, McAuliffe have previously not given to state cam- served as deputy treasurer and director of A. Huda Farouki McLean Import-Export/Finance $50,000 paigns in the commonwealth. finance for the Democratic National Com- McLean resident Hani Masri, who has ties Premium Alexandria Alcohol Distributors $50,000 mittee, and other leadership positions. He Distribution of Virginia to Bill Clinton, contributed $100,000 to was fundraiser for and advisor to President McAuliffe’s campaign, and does not appear Bill Clinton during the 1990s. In 2000, to have given money to statewide candi- McAuliffe headed up the Democratic Na- McDonnell had raised $5.14 million by not always win. …It is harder to buy a pri- dates in the past. tional Convention. He was chair of the the end of March. mary because the electorate is so small. You Oak Hill resident Jack Xi Deng, who con- Democratic National Committee from 2001 just don’t know who is going to show up,” tributed $25,000 to McAuliffe, also does not to 2005; he raised money for 2008 Demo- McAULIFFE may need all that money if said Faulk. appear to be a regular donor in other Vir- cratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton he wants to win the primary against two Moran and Deeds have also pointed out ginia races. and President Barack Obama’s campaign. well-established candidates, according to that much of McAuliffe’s campaign money Arlington resident Thomas DePasquale, “Without question, he is a formidable some political scientists. has come from outside Virginia. who has contributed to many Virginia fundraiser. Terry McAuliffe would be on any Moran represented Alexandria in the Vir- The McAuliffe campaign states that 17 Democrats over the years, gave $35,000 to list of the top 10 Democratic Party ginia House of Delegates from 1996 to percent of their candidate’s the Moran campaign and fundraisers,” said Dan Keyserling, deputy 2008. During the 2007 state election cycle, donations come from Vir- “Terry McAuliffe $10,000 to McAuliffe. Alex- director of communications at the Univer- he served as the Democratic house caucus ginia, while the bulk of andria resident Frank sity of Virginia’s Center for Politics. chair, traveling around the state to help sev- Moran and Deed’s dona- would be on any Connor gave $2,500 to eral of the Democratic Party’s current del- tions – over 90 percent ac- Deeds before contributing McAULIFFE was the third Democrat and egates win or retain their seats. cording to those respective list of the top 10 $20,100 to the McAuliffe the fourth candidate overall to jump into Deeds, who is from Bath County and rep- campaigns — have come Democratic Party campaign.
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