Attention Postmaster: PRSRT STD Time-sensitive material. U.S. Postage Requested in home 6-19-08 PAID Elkton, MD Chantilly ❖ Fair Oaks ❖ Fair Lakes ❖ Oak Hill PERMIT #31 NORTHERN EDITION JUNE 19-25, 2008 "Life’s Lessons" 25 CENTS Newsstand Price Volume XXII, NO. 25 Sharing Learning Their From Journeys Tragedy Mountain View gave new opportunities Panel discusses to its graduates. lessons 14 months after Virginia Tech By Andrew Hartnett Centre View massacre. s the senior class of Mountain By Mirza Kurspahic View Alternative High School A Centre View filed into the Centreville High School auditorium, parents rushed to Graduate Jabriel King with his family. Jabriel will be joining the Air catch a glimpse and take a picture of he April 16, 2007, tragedy Force. their students. The graduation com- at Virginia Tech struck a menced with Assistant Principal Ellen Tchord in Fairfax County McCarthy leading the audience and for many reasons, not graduates in the singing of the na- least of which is that five of the 32 tional anthem. Next, Principal James victims and the shooter hailed from the area. Discussing the aftermath of See Graduates, Page 3 the tragedy almost 14 months after it, “Tragedies “The day I started to Mountain fathers of the two View seniors victims met with trump each make decisions for turn their legislators and ex- tassels. perts to discuss other, there myself, my life started some lessons learned from the is always to get back on track.” Photos by massacre. — Kimberly Inch Karen Doss/ “Our angel the next one Centre View Reema, Mary Read and other children, coming. It is and their profes- sors were such cre- important to Price Pleads Guilty to Prime Mart Robbery ative, positive and inclusive people,” learn from By Bonnie Hobbs The clerk wasn’t seriously in- a cell phone while standing in the said Joe Samaha, this one.” Centre View jured, but the robber took an un- roadway. father of Reema disclosed amount of cash, plus “The customer then observed a Samaha, one of the — Carroll Ann year has passed since a Chantilly store and personal items, and fled. second subject exit the business, victims of the trag- Ellis, Director of Aconvenience store was robbed, and Police were called, and Robert wearing a hood and ski mask,” edy. “We know FCPD Victim now a 31-year-old Springfield man Price was soon apprehended wrote Vickery. “The witness [saw] they would want to Services Division has pleaded guilty to the crime. He is Rob- nearby and charged with robbery the subject on the cell phone run fix the wrongs that ert F. Price of 5750 Backlick Road, No. 202. and abduction with the intent to toward the green, Dodge Durango led to the tragedy,” The incident occurred June 22, 2007 at extort money. and enter the driver’s side.” Then said Joe Samaha, who along with the Prime Mart in the 4300 block of In a June 25, 2007 affidavit to the vehicle drove away, and the other members of the family and Chantilly Shopping Center. Fairfax County look for evidence in Price’s green, Robert Price customer called police and de- friends founded Angel Fund, estab- police said a masked man with a taser/stun 2000, Dodge Durango SUV, police scribed the vehicle. lished to honor the victims and learn gun entered the store just after 6 a.m., while Det. John Vickery detailed the case against Patrol officers from the Sully District Sta- the lessons from the tragedy to help others waited outside. The clerk, 51, of him. He wrote that, on the day of the rob- tion found it in a parking lot in Chantilly’s ensure it does not happen again. Herndon, was alone, and the intruder over- bery, a customer saw the vehicle parked See Panel, Page 5 powered him and demanded money. near the Prime Mart and a man talking on See Price, Page 12 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Centre View North ❖ June 19-25, 2008 ❖ 1 YOU’VE PUT A LOT INTO YOUR See Complete School Information and VIRTUAL TOUR at HOME…MAKE SURE YOU GET www.seln4u.com THE MOST OUT OF IT! OPEN SUNDAY, 6/22/08, 1-4 P.M. NOTHING SURPASSES EXPERIENCE TO ACHIEVE YOUR BEST RESULTS— $520,000 COMTON RIDGE AND OUR SUCCESS CONFIRMS IT! Lovely 4 BR Colonial. Many Updates! No- $450,000 CABELLS MILL $424,900 CHALET WOODS Traffic Street. Gleaming Hdwd in foyer, kit. & $559,000 VIRGINIA RUN Charming Home! Turn-Key Condition! Amazing Charming, well-maintained split level on cul- FR. Kit. w/granite flows into the sunny FR. Brick front colonial offering a great curb appeal. 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