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Girl ScoutsTour the World

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McLeanPresents ‘AView FromThe Bridge’News, Page 3

Catherine Carbone (played byMcLean senior Lexi Shoaibi)catches the attention of Italianimmigrant Rodolpho (played byjunior Max Johnson) during aperformance of “A ViewFrom the Bridge” atMcLean High School.

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News

From left, Justices Caroline Costle, Stu Mendelsohn, John Scalia, FrankShaw, Cary Greenberg, Mark Haskell and Nathaniel Howe (a Langleysenior) listen to cases presented during Langley Case Day.

Matthew Moser, counsel for the respondent in Miller v. Alabama, pre-sents his case during the 20th annual Langley High School Case Day.

Langley Senior Mikey Adams, oneof Case Day’s masters of ceremony,speaks to the audience at theLangley Library.

Langley senior Shams Haidaripresents her argument for thepetitioner in Miller v. Alabama.

From left, Langley Case Day coordi-nators Sun Park, Chaffee Duckersand Alicia Underhill thank theaudience for participating in the20th annual Case Day.

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Langley Seniors Make Their CaseSchool hosts 20thannual Case Day.

See Case Day, Page 7

By Alex McVeigh

The Connection

Langley High School’s senior classspent Monday, March 19 goingover two Supreme Court Caseswith a fine-tooth comb, as part of

the school’s annual Case Day. The event,now in its 20th year, allows the class tobreak down an upcoming case that will beheard by the Supreme Court, with studentsserving as counsel, justices, presenters andmany other roles.

This year’s cases, which will be heardstarting March 20 by the Supreme Court,are Miller v. Alabama and Jackson v. Hobbs.Both cases involve young men aged 14 andwhether or not they should receive life inprison without the possibility of parole, andwhether this violates the eighth amend-ment, prohibiting cruel and unusual pun-ishment.

In 2003, 14-year-old Evan Miller, alongwith 16-year-old Colby Cameron beat ColeCannon with a baseball bat, then proceededto set his trailer on fire, killing Cannon.Miller was tried as an adult in 2006 oncharges of capital murder and first degreearson, and sentenced to life without parole.

In 1999, 14-year-old Kuntrell Jackson waswith two older boys who murdered a videostore clerk. He was sentenced in 2003 tocapital felony murder and aggravated rob-bery, and was given a mandatory life sen-tence without parole.

BOTH BOYS came from abusive house-holds and had previous records with sub-stance abuse and other juvenile offenses.

“Jackson’s mother was a convict, arrestedwhen he was 6 years old for shooting some-one, and his brother was arrested when hewas 13 for shooting someone. Jackson onlysaw violence from his parental figures. Simi-larly, Miller, whose parents were both alco-holics, whose father beat him, his motherand his siblings constantly, had no othermeans to learn how to display his anger,”

History Honor SocietyMakes Predictions

Since its inception in 1993, the LangleySupreme Court’s decision has coincided withthe Supreme Court’s decision 14 out of 19times.

This year, the History Honor Society re-searched the current justices and tried toguess how each justice would decide. Hereare their predictions.

For life imprisonment without parole forjuveniles who commit homicide: JusticesAntonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, John G.Roberts and Samuel Alito.

Against life imprisonment without parolefor juveniles who commit homicide: JusticesStephan Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, RuthBader Ginsburg, Anthony Kennedy andElena Kagan.

The Supreme Court began hearing Millerv. Alabama and Jackson v. Hobbs on Tues-day, March 20. Several Langley students willbe in attendance.

said Nick Rifken, giving a presentation onsocial and developmental psychology as amember of the Psychology Club. “Neitherof these children saw socially acceptablebehavior from their parents. The only thingthey saw from their parents, the first teach-ers in their lives, was violence.”

Seniors Shams Haidari and Sabrina Khanwere given the task of defending Jacksonand Miller’s petition, saying that 14 is tooyoung to impose life in prison with no pos-sibility of parole to people who hadn’t evenfully developed brains yet, and whose back-ground made them susceptible to violence.

“They were certainly gruesome crimes,especially involving a 14-year-old, but thefirst thing you have to do is reconcile theemotional conflict with the law,” Haidarisaid.

The counsel, also made up of MatthewMoser and John Studabaker, made theirarguments to a nine-person Supreme Courtthat included local lawyers, two studentsand John Scalia, son of Supreme Court Jus-tice Antonin Scalia serving as chief justice.

“The process certainly got my interest upin law, I feel like after this experience I knowsome of what it takes to put your full heart

into studying, reading and fully forming anargument,” Studabaker said. “I feel like thathas prepared me for any profession I mightchoose, however law is certainly one ofthose options that I will consider.”

In the end, the justices voted five to fourin favor of the respondent, saying that lifewithout the possibility of parole does notviolate the eighth amendment. JusticeNathaniel Howe, a Langley senior, read themajority decision.

“It is not clear that [Jackson] affirmativelydesired to end the life of another humanbeing. However, he involved himself in thecommission of a violent crime, in whichhomicide was a possible, if not likely re-sult. So long as we continue to allow statesto impose life without parole for felonymurder when committed by adults, we findno principled reason to hold differently forjuvenile that exhibits a similar degree ofcriminal intent.”

Spencer Shabshab, the other Langley se-nior serving as a justice, composed and readthe dissenting opinion.

“We would extend the protections af-forded to juveniles and prohibit life sen-tences without the possibility of parole inthe cases presented to us,” he said. “Juve-niles are less able than adults to considerthe potential consequences of their actions,extricate themselves from the situation thatwould result in the loss of human life orexecute independent judgement. These in-herent psychological and physiological dis-advantages diminish their legal and moralculpability.”

Even students who weren’t presenting orarguing had duties to fulfill leading up tothe event. Justin Strahan headed up the fi-nance committee, and it was their job toprocure sponsorships, donations and set abudget.

“It was a really interesting process, a mixof hands-on distribution, marketing andmore,” Strahan said. “It was so multi-fac-eted that you couldn’t help but learn a lotabout a lot of different areas. I’m hoping tostudy finance in the future, and I think thiswas a valuable experience.”

Members of the education committee

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By Alex McVeigh

The Connection

When McLean High School’s McLeanTheatre Company decided to presentArthur Miller’s “A View From theBridge,” the wide open spaces of the

regular auditorium just wouldn’t do. For the perfor-mances, they decided to use the more intimate con-fines of the school’s black box theater. The result is aplay, a tale of poor Italian immigrants living in theshadow of New York’s Brooklyn Bridge, that happenswithin a few feet of the audience at all times.

“A View From the Bridge” tells the story of long-shoreman Eddie Carbone, his wife and niece and thechanges that take hold of their life as a pair of newlyarrived immigrants stay at the Carbone’s ground-floorapartment. Eddie Carbone, who at the play’s start isalready having trouble accepting change, finds hisworld thrown upside down when his niece takes aliking to Rodolpho, one of the visitors.

“One of the biggest challenges was to make surewe’re getting as deep into the characters as we dothe plot,” said Lexie Shoaibi, who plays Catherine,Eddie’s niece. “Working in such an intimate environ-ment probably pushed us as hard as we’ve ever beenpushed as actors.”

DIRECTOR and McLean theater teacher Amy Poesaid the setting was “essential to the closed in feel-ing that the play gives you.”

Max Johnson, who plays Rodolpho, said gettinginto character was essential for the give and takethat comes as the plot unfolds.

“So much of what I do is based off of how Damian[Leverett, who plays Eddie Carbone] or Lexie treatsme,” he said. “So every moment, whether very inti-mate, or very awkward, changes a bit from day to

day depending on how affectionate Lexie is, or hownasty Damien is to be during our scenes.”

Siena Richardson, who plays Eddie’s wife Beatrice,said she felt it important to be comfortable with thecharacters around her.

“It was important to know how to bounce off ofeach other, how to react even if things go a littledifferently than they did last time,” she said. “Oncewe became comfortable, it was much easier to re-spond in a more natural way.”

The black box theater was transformed into astreet, the Carbone apartment and a lawyer’s officeby stage crew determined to make it look like a true1950s tenement. The audience is seated on a collec-tion of vintage chairs, and the play’s set up puts themright in the middle of the action.

“With everyone so close, it’s natural to not want tomake the audience uncomfortable, but that’s goingto happen in the play,” Leverett said. “When you’reon a normal stage, you have to be very careful toopen up to the audience, but here you can act in amuch more realistic manner.”

THE CAST AND CREW spent a lot of time tryingto re-enact the environment of a 1950s tenement.They watched films such as “On the Waterfront” and“The Godfather” and used an accent coach to helpthem learn the mannerisms of characters that knowvarying levels of English.

“We were very concerned with detail, because weknow the audience is so close, if things aren’t real,they’ll be able to tell,” said Terry Mittelman, stagemanager for the production. “We did a lot of researchinto the state of tenements around that time. Forexample, we used a lot of wallpaper, because eventhough we found that fire codes in the 1950s didn’tallow them, we found a lot of landlords used wall-paper anyway.”

The apartment is furnished with old radios, maga-zines, furniture and even a Monopoly game that isfrom the 1950s. Audience members will be ledthrough a brick panel-lined hallway and actuallyenter through the front door of the Carbone’s to beled to their seat, fully immersing them in the envi-ronment.

McLean Theatre Companyputs on Arthur Miller’stale of 1950s immigrants.

McLean Presents ‘A ViewFrom the Bridge’

From right, Damian Leverett as Eddie Carbone, Siena Richardson as hiswife Beatrice as they welcome illegal immigrants from Italy. Rodolpho,played by Max Johnson and Marco, played by John Williams in theMcLean Theatre Company’s presentation of “A View From the Bridge.”

Eddie Carbone (played by Damian Leverett) argues with his nieceCatherine (played by Lexie Shoaibi) during “A View From a Bridge,”which will be presented at McLean High School starting March 21.

Eddie Carbone (played by Damian Leverett) has a discus-sion with his wife Beatrice (played by Siena Richardson)during “A View From the Bridge,” which will be presentedstarting March 21 by the McLean Theatre Company.

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ShowtimesMcLean High School’s McLean

Theatre Company will present “AView From the Bridge,” which willpremiere Wednesday, March 21 at 7p.m., and will show every day at 7p.m. through March 24, and then

again from March 27 to 29.There will also be a Sunday mati-

nee March 25 at 2 p.m. All shows willbe at McLean High School

Tickets can be purchased atwww.brownpapertickets.com for$15. Each show only seats 75, soadvance purchase is recommended.


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By Alex McVeigh

The Connection

The Old Firehouse Teen Center hostedmore than 150 Girl Scouts Sunday, March18 for their annual Thinking Day Celebra-tion. The event, which also celebrated the

100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts, featured dis-plays from 11 troops examining the culture and his-tory of a specific country.

“Thinking Day is an annual event the Girl Scoutsused to share cultural education,” said Sally Hack, aparent from Troop 2049, which hosted the event.

Troop 2049, made up of eighth graders from Coo-per Middle School, put on the event as part of theirSilver Award project.

“We all remember Thinking Day as younger scouts,so we decided to plan the event for our Silver Award,”said Clare Dabaldo, a member of the troop. “It wasfun, but complex, to reach out to so many differenttroops around the area. We enjoyed finding out aboutall the different countries presented here.”

One of the events put together by Troop 2049 wasthe fact hunt, which gave the younger scouts a list of

questions to answer by visiting all the stations andfinding out a fact from each one. Girls who filled outall the answers turned in their paper for a chance towin a prize drawing.

“I was surprised when I learned the answer to thequestion about how many castles are in Germany,”said Diana Liddell, 9, a member of Troop 2069.“There are 25,000 castles. I thought the numberwould be much smaller.”

Troop 2069 gave their presentation on Venezuela.Members of the troop split into group beforehandand each one did a country, then they voted on theone to do their presentation on.

“Venezuela is a pretty interesting country,” saidtroop member Isabella Hendricks, 10. “They have alot of different animals there, and a lot of them Iwouldn’t expect to see there.”

As part of their presentation, each troop presenteda popular food item in their country of choice. Troop5160 made crepes at their station on France, whileTroop 5412 did their project on Italy and gave outbiscotti.

Some scouts were surprised at some of the cul-tural discoveries they made.

“I really liked learning about cherry blossoms dur-ing out project on Japan,” said Maddie Ernst, 9, ofTroop 686. “They’re so lovely, and since they’reJapan’s national flower, we got to learn a lot aboutthem.”

In between stops around the globe, the girls couldalso stop at various stations and make a re-usabletote bag for groceries, or make a fish out of twistedplastic water bottles, tissue paper and glue.

Annual Thinking DayCelebration featurestroops presentingdifferent cultures.

Girl Scouts Tour the World

From left, Kiran Blanton, 6, Maddie Ernst,9 and Lydia Callabresi, 9 of Troop 686dress in traditional Japanese clothing fortheir presentation at the annual ThinkingDay celebration at the Old Firehouse TeenCenter Sunday, March 18.

Girl Scouts from the McLean area make fishout of twisted plastic water bottles at theannual Thinking Day celebration at the OldFirehouse Teen Center Sunday, March 18.

Top row from left, CatherineWhite and Manolya Elsekkaki,bottom row from left, ClareDabaldo, Uma Krishnan andJackie Litschewski of Girl ScoutTroop 2049, made up of eighthgraders from Cooper MiddleSchool. The troop hosted 11younger troops at the OldFirehouse Teen Center SundayMarch 18 for their annualThinking Day celebration.

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People

Priya Krishnan, aMcLean residentand a senior at

the Thomas JeffersonHigh School for Scienceand Technology has beenselected as the 2012AXA/US News Achieve-ment Scholar for thestate of Virginia.Krishnan will receive$10,000 scholarship tocollege and join 51 otherexceptional studentsfrom around the countryin receiving this honor.She received this awardfor high academicachievement and leader-ship combined with herexceptional service toassist financially disad-vantaged autistic chil-dren. Partnering with USNews, AXA Equitable identi-fies ethnically and economi-cally diverse students whoshare the following qualities:

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McLean Resident wins AXA/USNews Achievement Award

Priya Krishnan

Roger Cole displays his McLeanHigh School Sports Hall of Fameplaque. Cole, a teacher at theFairfax County public school whenit first opened in 1955, coachedseveral sports and served asathletic director.

Roger Cole: Fond Memories of Days as a Highlander

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also supervisor of the custo-dial staff, as well as a part ofthe drama and music depart-ment at the school.

As director of athletics atMclean High School, he wassomewhat of a pioneer when itcame to soccer in Virginia, ashe ran the first two soccer statechampionships ever played inthe state in the 1980s.

Cole says that he is veryproud of his time at McleanHigh School, of the teachersand the students, and notesthat it´s a very fine school.

He adds that he is alsoproud of the athletics programat the school, somethingwhich he was a crucial part ofas both a coach and a teacherinvolved in several differentsports and as athletic directorfor 14 years.

Cole is currently a residentof the Ashby Ponds Retirementcommunity in Ashburn, wherehe manages the resident his-tory group and organizesevents with notable speakers,ranging from genealogists toresident World War II veter-ans. Outside of Ashby Pondshe is enjoying time as a golfplayers’ assistant atLandsdowne resort.

By Daniel Elséus

The Connection

At the end of 2011 McleanHigh School inductedRoger Cole into its Ath-

letics Hall of Fame, as part of thefirst class of Hall of Fame induct-ees ever at the school.

Cole spent over 20 years atMcLean and was one of the firstteachers there in 1955, the year theschool was founded. Between1955 and 1959, he worked as as-sistant basketball, baseball andfootball coach for the Highlanders.

During that period he alsotaught physical education, earn-ing Teacher of the Year honors atone point. He sponsored a classof sophomores for three years,and took a class of 150 seniorson a trip to New York City andback, before leaving Mclean Highin 1959.

In 1969 he came back to theschool and was the head footballcoach for three years - between1969-72 - during which time Colealso coached track and field andgymnastics, both the boys andgirls.

He became McLean’s directorof athletics in 1972 and held thatposition until 1986. Cole was notonly involved in athletics, but

and community and❖Ability to succeed in col-

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The Reston Raiders PeeWee AA Blue team has had a season of exceeding expectations. Coached byDave Regan, the team amassed 24 points in the CBHL with an 11-7-2 record, in a very competitiveleague.

Their season continues as they were honored by a selection to represent the state of VA in the 2012 U.S.National Championships held in Ashburn & Reston from March 28 – April 1. The tournament will have 38of the best Tier II teams in the U.S. representing State Champions from Florida to Connecticut, Vermont,Alaska, California, Arizona and everywhere in between.

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Cooper Orchestra ReceivesSuperior Assessment Rating

Bo-Min Son conducts the Cooper Middle School Sym-phonic Orchestra.

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The Cooper Middle SchoolSymphonic Orchestra re-ceived a Superior (high-

est) rating at the District XII El-ementary and Middle School Or-chestra Assessment on March 10.Conducted by Bo-Min Son, the or-chestra performed a Chorale byBach, Hungarian Dance No. 5 byBrahms, and Dorian Dance byPhillips. Soloists in Dorian Dancewere eighth graders Alex Lim oncello, Kevin Le on viola, and KevinPulley on double bass.

The thirty-six members of theorchestra worked with OrchestraDirector Erin Maguire and substi-tute teacher Bo-Min Son for threemonths in preparation for the as-sessment.

Each year, the Virginia Band andOrchestra Directors Associationsponsors assessments for all of the

music programs in Virginia publicschools. A panel of professionaladjudicators is assembled to cri-tique the ensembles and judgethem against state standards forexcellence in performance, sight-reading, musicianship, and or-chestral skills. Cooper MiddleSchool is a member of DistrictXII, which includes schools fromthe northern region of FairfaxCounty and some schools fromArlington County. District XIIOrchestra Assessment is amongthe largest and most competitivemusic festivals in the U.S. It hasgrown so large that the event hasbeen split into two divisions: theHigh School and the MiddleSchool Division. On March 9-10,the middle school entries werehosted by Washington-Lee HighSchool in Arlington.


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Case Daywent to elementary, middle and

even fellow Langley students toexplain what Case Day was andwhat it hoped to accomplish.

“My job was to focus on gettingin touch with the junior class, toget them involved and get them aglimpse of what happens so they’reready to pick it up next year asseniors,” said Tommy Orme of theeducation committee. “We wereable to speak to governmentclasses and get people involved,because we wanted them to be inthe audience asking questions.”

Other school clubs were also in-volved. The History Honor Soci-ety created Facebook pages foreach Supreme Court Justice usingtheir past decisions to guess whatthey might think about the currentcases. The Science Honor Soci-ety gave a presentation abouthow adolescent brains might notdevelop the adult level of deci-sion making until they wereolder, bringing into questionwhether or not it is just to im-prison someone whose brainhasn’t fully developed yet.

THE DAY also featured discus-sions by groups who wrote amicusbriefs for the Supreme Court case,including Amnesty International,the Equal Justice Initiative, theFormer Juvenile Court Judges, theNational District Attorney’s Asso-ciation, the American Probationand Parole Association, the NAACPLegal Defense Fund and the Na-tional Organization of Victims ofJuvenile Lifers.

“It’s really energizing to see somany people so wrapped up andinterested in advocating for peoplewho are in need of it,” said Ben-jamin Maxymuk of the Equal Jus-tice Initiative. “It motivates me towork harder.”

For the event coordinators,Chaffee Duckers, Sun Park andAlicia Underhill, Case Day con-sumed their lives since they werechosen last December. While thetrio, as well as their classmates,put in months of hard work,Underhill called it an amazing ex-perience.

“My favorite part of putting to-gether this whole day has beentalking to the students and seeinghow we’ve all come together withvarious talents and combined ef-fort to bring it together,” she said.“I’ve met so many people that Ididn’t know before, I’ve seen sidesof people that really impressed meand I think we’ve done a reallygreat job in our last big projecttogether as a senior class beforegraduation.”

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Opinion

‘Practices That Undermine Trust’Virginia gets a failinggrade on ethics rules.

The State Integrity Investigation is“designed to expose practices thatundermine trust in state capitols —and spotlight the states that are

doing things right.”Virginia got a failing grade, ranking 47 out

of 50 states for vulnerability to corruption. Cor-ruption in the Commonwealth is probably notany more rampant than voter fraud. But interms of practices that could undermine trust,Virginia has vast room for improvement.

Here are a few commentsabout Virginia from the investi-gation (can’t call them high-lights):

“The Old Dominion is one of nine states withno statewide ethics commission, one of fourstates with no campaign finance limits and oneof only two states (South Carolina is the other)where the part-time legislators handpick the

judges before whom many of them practice law.“With 8.1 million residents, Virginia is the

12th most populous state in the union. But itspart-time lawmakers have one of the shortestmeeting schedules in the country — 30 daysin odd-numbered years and 60 days in even-numbered years. At that speed, lobbyists ofnecessity have been elevated from influencepeddlers to trusted advisers and authors oflaws.”

Virginia has admirable disclosure of cam-paign contributions, earning a near perfectgrade on citizen access to campaign financerecords. The credit on the transparency of ac-tual contributions to candidates belongs to theVirginia Public Access Project, vpap.org, morethan the Commonwealth.

But the benefit of access to information oncampaign finance is overshadowed by “laxoversight rules, weak consumer representationprotections, dwindling capitol press corps andcoziness between political and economic elites.... Meanwhile, the few ethics and disclosurerequirements that do exist tend to be flawed,

limited or fraught with exemptions and quali-fications,” according to the report.

A couple of examples of laws and practicesthat could undermine trust:

❖ Virginia has no limits on financial contribu-tions to political candidates. Literally. Compa-nies and individuals can give unlimited amountsto any and all state and local elected officials,with some very limited restriction on timing.

❖ The licensing of car title loan companies,and allowing those companies in Virginia tolend to out-of-state car owners is clearly not inthe interests of consumers or the communitieswhere these storefronts are located.

❖ Despite a groundswell of indignation abouta state law that sets the start date for publicschools rather than allowing local school dis-tricts to set their own calendar, the entertain-ment industry prevailed this year again.

❖ Votes in subcommittees, where many im-portant reforms go to die, are not recorded andnot available to the public.

See Virginia’s report card (overall grade: F)http://www.stateintegrity.org/virginia

Delegate Lists Assembly’s Legislative Successes

Editorial

By Barbara Comstock

State Delegate (R-34)

The General Assembly com-pleted the 2012 regularsession on Saturday

evening, March 10, shortly after10 p.m. The last week was ex-tremely busy as the House andSenate worked to negotiate jointcompromises on many bills thatwill now be sent to the Governor.Many of these important initiativesnever make the headlines but theydo impact our everyday lives and

these are the areaswhere I haveworked to make adifference in im-proving our jobs

and economy, our schools, ourtransportation network and ourquality of life. We also just re-ceived the great news thatVirginia’s unemployment rate hita three year low of 5.8% — a tes-tament to the fact that we continueto make jobs our #1 priority andVirginia remains #1 for jobs.

The following highlights some ofthe key measures that I promotedand passed during this session:

❖ Economic Developmentand Reform:

HB 33, The Fair and Open Com-petition in Government Contract-ing Act: This bill I introduced pro-vides for fair and open competi-tion in contracting bids and allowsour 96% non-union workforce tofairly compete with union work-ers. My bill was passed in the

House and the Senate. This willincrease the creation of Virginiajobs, increase competition, andprovide our taxpayers with moremiles of transportation and infra-structure solutions for every dol-lar we spend, while guaranteeinga level playing field for Virginiaworkers. This bill received strongsupport throughout the businesscommunity, including the Fairfaxand Loudoun Chambers and theLoudoun County Board of Super-visors.

HB 216, Retail Sales And UseTax Exemption For Data Centers:This bill I championed provides taxincentives for the large and grow-ing business of data centers. Theindustry is expected to grow byhundreds of millions of dollars inthe coming years and we want tokeep Virginia a top destination. Weneed to continue to diversify oureconomy by focusing on privatesector commercial markets wherewe have a competitive advantage.This bill passed unanimously inboth the House and the Senate.The bill was also supported by ourstate and local Chambers of Com-merce, and was a top priority ofthe Northern Virginia TechnologyCouncil (NVTC).

HB 1013, Extending The Capi-tal Gains Tax Exemption: I intro-duced this legislation to extend thecurrent capital gains exemptionfor new tech investments in theCommonwealth to free up our en-trepreneurs to risk their capitaland create jobs across the Com-monwealth. Again, this measure

passed overwhelmingly in theHouse and the Senate with thebroad support of our NOVA busi-ness community and has alreadybeen signed by the Governor.

HB 551, Extending TheTelework Tax Credit: This bill willextend the Telework Tax Credit,which I passed last year, throughDecember 31, 2016. The TaxCredit is already being utilized byover 174 employers and we willcontinue to work with our busi-ness community and state and lo-cal officials to promote the taxcredit to more businesses. The billpassed unanimously in both theHouse and the Senate. This billwas also supported by NVTC andour technology community aswell, as state and local Chambersof Commerce.

❖ Transportation:HB 545, VDOT Incident Man-

agement: I introduced this bill toallow VDOT vehicles to drive on aportion of the highway other thana roadway at, en route to, or fromthe scene of a traffic accident. Con-gestion related delays can costmillions. This will help relieve traf-fic congestion at the site of a traf-fic accident, allowing VDOT toreach the scene sooner and clearblocked roads more quickly. Thisbill was passed unanimously in theboth the House and Senate andhas already been signed by theGovernor.

HB 599, Northern VirginiaTransportation District: I spon-sored this bill to require the Com-

monwealth Transportation Board,in cooperation with VDOT and lo-cal governments, to objectivelyevaluate all Northern Virginiahighway and transit projects andprovide a quantitative rating as tothe ability of each to cost effec-tively reduce traffic congestion.This will help ensure that tax dol-lars are being spent on highwayand public transit projects that willdo the most to relieve traffic con-gestion. The bill passed in theHouse this year and last year andthis year we were able to rally sup-port to get the Senate to supportit this year despite the oppositionof some Northern Virginia Sena-tors last year.

❖ Education:HB 1063, Starting School Before

Labor Day: I sponsored HB 1063,which would have eliminated theso-called King’s Dominion law andallow local school boards to set theschool calendar and determine theopening of the school year, andeliminate the post-Labor Dayopening requirement. It wouldgive all our students an equal op-portunity to learn and performbetter on standardized tests. Thebill was endorsed by the Governor,the Speaker, the Fairfax Chamberof Commerce, and the VirginiaSchool Board Association. This billwas passed in the House with astrong bipartisan vote of 76-23 butwas killed by the Senate and un-fortunately opposed by a FairfaxSenator on a key committee.

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❖ Health Care Bills:HB 83, Information on Breast

Density: I sponsored HB 83, whichwill require the Board of Healthto establish guidelines requiring allmammogram reports to includeinformation on breast density andinform women with dense breasttissue, as determined by the physi-cian, that supplementary screeningtests may be beneficial, dependingon individual risk factors. This billpassed unanimously in both theHouse and the Senate and was al-ready signed by the Governor.

HB 1106, Insurance Coveragefor Autistic Children: Early thissession we passed emergency leg-islation, which the Governor hassigned, to license behavior ana-lysts and assistant behavior ana-lysts who treat children with au-tism. This bill clarifies legislation

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❖ Veterans:HB 548, Higher Education For

Active Duty Military: I introducedthis bill at the suggestion of aGeorge Mason University em-ployee to require higher educa-tional institutions to implementpolicies that help provide accom-modations for students called toactive military duty to completetheir college degrees. This bill waspassed unanimously in both theHouse and the Senate and has al-ready been signed by the Governor.

❖ Water Quality Issues:Restored Virginia Membership

In The Interstate Commission OnThe Potomac River Basin. I ampleased that I was also able towork with my colleagues and theGovernor’s office to reinstate Vir-ginia into the Interstate Commis-sion on the Potomac River Basin,the entity that promotes water-shed based initiatives with an in-tergovernmental focus and edu-cates the public about water qual-ity and resources issues.

To see the bills I have introducedthis year and co-patroned andtheir outcome you can go to theGeneral Assembly website: http:// l i s . v i r g i n i a . g o v / c g i - b i n /legp604.exe?121+mbr+H214and to my website:www.delegatecomstock.com Nextweek, I will provide an update onthe Budget situation which unfor-tunately has not been completed.While the House passed a budget,the Senate refused to vote on abudget at all and negotiations arestill continuing.

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DemocratsDefault on theirDutyTo the Editor:

With a lot of our attention fo-cused on the Presidential and Con-gressional races this year, we needto keep in mind what has beenhappening in the Virginia GeneralAssembly session in Richmond.

In short, the Senate Democratsfailed in their constitutional duty topass a state budget. The session ad-journed without approving a budget,which is the first time that this hashappened that anyone can remem-ber. So, an upcoming special sessionis required to pass a budget.

Importantly, one of our newestsenators, Barbara Favola, who rep-

resents parts of Arlington, Fairfax,and Loudoun Counties (and alsomy Senator), was AWOL in theSenate when the budget vote wastaken. Where was she you ask?She was taping a TV show with anational media outlet. That showswhere her priorities lie — not withher constituents.

This is a disgrace to all Virginians.Please let Senator Favola know howdispleased you are with her behav-ior of holding the budget hostageand harming our local governments,schools, and kids, just for reasonsof raw political power.

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Fairfax County

By Alex McVeigh

The Connection

First in a three part series.

Periodically, Fairfax County conducts a youthsurvey which polls thousands of studentsto get a glimpse into issues of substanceabuse, antisocial behaviors as well as fac-

tors such as mental health and civic engagements.This is the sixth year the survey has been conducted(the first was in 2001), and in the 2010 Fairfax CountyYouth Survey was completed by 32,953 students ineighth, 10th and 12th grade, representing 85.6 per-cent of enrolled students in those grades.

The survey was previously conducted in 2001, 2003,2005, 2008, 2009 and 2010. Over time, more spe-cific questions regarding risk factors and generalhealth questions have been included. In 2008, thesurvey was administered in random English class-rooms in every school, but in 2009 the county adopteda census-like approach, where all students in the tar-geted grades were encouraged to participate.

“For the last few years, we’ve conducted the surveyevery year, because it helps us learn about certainbehaviors our youth are doing, and that’s informa-tion we can use to plan our prevention efforts,” saidMarcus Allen of the county’s Department of Neigh-borhood and Community Services. “The data showsus the way behaviors are trending and we use thatfor short and long-term planning.”

Of the completed surveys, 2,554 were rejected dueto fewer than eight questions answered, information

was missing, the student reported a use of a fictitiousdrug called BTM that was mentioned or a studentanswered “I was not honest at all” on the final ques-tion.

The survey itself consisted of 203 questions, whichwere derived from such sources as the U.S. SubstanceAbuse and Mental Health Administration’s Commu-nities That Care Youth survey, the Center for DiseaseControl and Prevention’s Youth Risk Behavior Surveyand others.

A PRIMARY FOCUS of the 2010 survey was on “as-sets” by students, which, according to the survey are“strengths in young people, their families, schools andcommunities that help them thrive in health, in schooland daily life and in a safe environment.”

The county polled students on six of these: personalintegrity, regular community service, recognition byteachers for good work, having adults to talk to, ex-tracurricular activity participation and having parentsavailable for help.

“We’ve found that the presence of three of theseassets dramatically reduces the risk of these studentsengaging in risky behavior. It’s simple really: the moreassets they have, the less likely it is they’re going toengage in these behaviors,” Allen said. “It’s not allnegative, we want to make sure we’re reinforcing howimportant these assets are, because it directly affectsthe likelihood of success.”

For example, students with at least three assets arealmost half as likely to have had sex, used marijuanain the last 30 days, binged on alcohol in the past twoweeks, smoked a cigarette within the last 30 days or

joined a gang.Other risky behaviors such as bullying someone,

carrying a weapon and using alcohol within the last30 days were also reduced by having at least threeassets.

Extracurricular activities and civic involvement aretwo of the assets that students can control. Accord-ing to the survey, 55.8 percent of students reportedbeing involved in some sort of extracurricular activ-ity once a week, while only 9.2 percent reported neverhaving been involved in an extracurricular activity.

The survey also found that as grade level increases,so does the likelihood of a student getting involvedin activities.

Many community groups use the survey to shapetheir programming and outreach efforts from year toyear. Debbie Witchey of the Safe Community Coali-tion, which hosts programs designed to raise aware-ness of issues mostly in the Langley and McLean highschool pyramids, says it’s a very useful tool to have.

“We look at trends to see what areas of risk areincreasing, particularly in areas where the numbersare higher than the rest of the local community orthe national average,” she said. “We decided a fewyears ago that the survey was going to be our pri-mary resource when it comes to programming. Wefeel like it’s quantifiable, empirical data that is veryhelpful when trying to compare statistics with the restof the county.”

Witchey also said that they make sure to keep thedata in context.

“The survey isn’t the be-all, end-all in terms of whatwe do, we also do exit surveys at all of our programsand make sure we’re keeping in touch with teachersand administrators,” she said.

The SCC recently hosted a forum covering all as-

pects of teen dating violence, and Witchey said thatwas in response to the data they saw in the survey.

“We were seeing a rise in students that said theywere experiencing physical and emotional abuse, andwe wanted to make sure we got information out tostudents, families, parents and school staff so theycan be aware of the dynamic,” she said. “Often timesabuse begins with emotional abuse, which if left un-checked, can lead to physical abuse.”

Other findings:❖ Nearly seventy percent of students responding

report sleeping less than eight hours per night.❖ Fifty-four percent said they had been bullied.❖ Five percent of teens report physical abuse by a

dating partner.❖ Twenty-three percent report emotional abuse by

a dating partner.❖ Thirty-eight percent of 10th graders and 34 per-

cent of 12th graders reported that they have adults inthe community they can talk to.

❖ Thirty-six percent of 12th graders reported con-suming alcohol in the past month.

❖ More 12th graders reported using marijuana (18.9percent) than reported smoking cigarettes (12.8 per-cent) in the previous 30 days.

❖ Thirty-two percent of students surveyed in grades8, 10 and12 said they had been depressed in the pastyear.

THE COUNTY has prepared an online toolkit forfamilies, school staff and other community organiza-tions to find resources that will help prevent the riskybehaviors identified in the survey and reinforce theimportance of assets.

The toolkit can be found online atwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/ncs/prevention/toolkit.htm.

The 2010 Fairfax County Youth Survey shows how the presence of at least three “assets” can dramatically reducethe odds of students engaging in risky behaviors such as sex, drug abuse and violent behaviors. Six assets are: highpersonal integrity, performing community service, being recognized by teachers for good work, having adults in thecommunity to talk to, participating in extracurricular activities and having parents available to help.

Risky Behavior by the NumbersYouth Survey highlights risks, assets for students.

Contributed

A Wrong Way toFeel CoolArea high schoolstudents discussrisky behaviors.

ViewpointsThe Connection high school interns

– Nikki Cheshire (Langley High),Monika Bapna (Marshall High) andMary Grace Oakes (Madeira) –asked area high school students:

❖ What type of risky behaviors dosome youth engage in and what doyou think poses the greatest risk?

❖ Are there certain activities thatcan lend themselves more to riskybehavior because of the nature of thegroup?

Here are their responses.

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Viewpoints

Sam Kyung, Grade: 11,Marshall High School

“The most risky behaviors in myopinion are drinking, and drinkingand driving. Drinking and driving,though, poses the greater risk be-cause it affects everybody."

Magne Bugten, Grade: 12,Langley High School

“Parties outside of school-relatedactivities, definitely cause riskybehavior. I feel like people whodon’t do extracurriculars are morelikely to party.”

—Nikki Cheshire

Adrienne Schmidt, Grade:11, Langley High School

“When parents aren’t close withtheir child, they have the tendencyto rebel. It depends on the person,but if you have a better relation-ship with your parents then riskybehavior is less likely.”

Meigan McManus, Grade:12, Langley High School

“I think something like drunkdriving is especially risky. If a per-son is using drugs, it only reallyaffects them, but drunk drivingposes a highly dangerous situationtoward other people.”

Sherwin Zahirieh, Grade:12, Langley High School

“People drive recklessly, riskingtheir life, which can obviously re-sult in disaster. People do all sortsof drugs and drink alcohol everyweekend. Drunk driving definitelyposes the greatest risk, since peoplethink they’re invincible.”

Jennifer Oler, Grade: 12,McLean High School

“I think drunk driving definitelyposes the greatest risk becauseyou’re not only putting yourself indanger but everyone else drivingthen too."

“When there is a larger group ofpeople, teenagers tend to do stu-pid things that they most likelywouldn’t do if they were by them-selves or just with a couple ofpeople.”

— Mary Grace Oakes

Makenzie Parent, Grade: 12,The Madeira School

“Binge drinking is probably themost dangerous behavior becauseit can easily and rapidly get out ofhand, causing hospitalizations."

“I think when there is a big groupinvolved, that group mentality cre-ates more peer pressure, so kidsmight feel forced to do somethingthey would not if they were justwith a small group of friends.”

Kristen Bilowus, Grade: 12,The Madeira School

“I think DUIs pose the greatestrisk to kids because so many deathsare caused by this every year, andthe legal repercussions are so se-vere.”

Annie Wattenmaker, Grade:12, The Madeira School

“The most common risky behav-ior is drinking and driving. Somany kids in this area drink anddrive all the time without thinkingof the risks.”

Joey Phoon, Grade: 11,Marshall High School

“Teenage parties are where mostkids get access to these things, soany events that have a lot of teen-agers together and no parent su-pervision lend themselves to alco-hol and drug use.”

—Monika Bapna

Nick Nelson, Grade: 11,Marshall High School

“Fatigue, I think, is the biggestproblem with teens these days.When students drive to school, forexample, it can lead to so manyaccidents in the morning if they aretired."

"Procrastination, extracurricularactivities, and all the things thatteenagers have to do these dayscauses fatigue.”


By Marilyn Campbell

The Connection

Can playing the piano strengthena child’s reading and mathskills? Can joining a schoolband be a catalyst for building

self-confidence? Does one develop stronganalytical abilities by taking violin lessons?Some music experts say yes.

“Every minute that you’re engaged inmusic, you’re applying more than one con-cept or one knowledge,” said Dr. KevinStrogher, Head of Music at The HeightsSchool in Potomac. “Music develops ana-lytical thinking because it requires studentsto be creative. They don’t just regurgitatememorized facts. They have to apply thosefacts.”

March is Music in Our Schools Month andsome music aficionados are trying to raiseawareness about impact of music educationon the lives of students. The National Asso-ciation of Music Education in Reston citesa strong body of evidence which shows thatparticipation in musical activities can en-hance a student’s education. “For today’s

students to succeed tomorrow, they need acomprehensive education that includesmusic taught by exemplary music educa-tors,” said Elizabeth Lasko, Assistant Execu-tive Director, NAME. “Music In Our SchoolsMonth gives music teachers the chanceto…let everyone know how learning musicbenefits kids, and how it contributes to theirgrowth and development both as studentsand as future adult citizens.”

Instructors say playing music can boostbrain power. “Music helps build and developcognitive skills because you have to do threeor four things at the same time to performmusic,” said Holly Vesilind, music instruc-tor at Westgate Elementary School in FallsChurch and a private flute instructor inFairfax. “It builds math skills because it in-volves counting and fractions.

Experts say music activities can affectsocial development. “Music ensembles workmuch like team sports, students learn thenecessity of teamwork and collaboration,”said Dr. James Criswell, director of theMiddle School advanced band and UpperSchool wind ensemble and orchestra at St.Stephen’s & St. Agnes School in Alexandria.

Strogher dispels the notion that the dis-cipline attracts social misfits. “It is not justthe choir geeks or the band nerds,” he said.“When [The Heights Men’s Chorus] was

During Music In OurSchools Month,musicians raise awarenessof the impact of musiceducation on the livesof students.

Does Music Make Children Smarter?McLean Youth Orchestra

The McLean Youth Orchestra presents MYORocks! Sunday, March 25 at 3 p.m. at OakcrestSchool, 850 Balls Hill Road in McLean. Admis-sion is $10 (free admission for children under13). Visit http://mcleanyouthorchestra.org.

Considering Private Music Lessons?When should students start taking

music lessons?Between the ages of 5 and 6 for piano. Be-

tween the ages of nine and ten for windinstruments or band instruments because stu-dents have to have the lung capacity and thefinger stretch to perform on the instrument.

What is a good first step?The piano is a great instrument to start on be-

cause it plays in every key and gives students adeep understanding of musical harmony andhow music works in terms of cords, melody andharmony.

— Holly Vesilind,

music instructor at Westgate Elementary School

Helen Fall of the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra mentors students from theSandburg Area Orchestra. Experts say students can benefit from expo-sure to professional musicians through educational programs sponsoredby local symphony orchestras.

Oboist Elise Favia plays a solo during aMcLean Youth Orchestra concert.Experts say playing music can developanalytical thinking and boost readingand math skills.

Students from Westgate Elementary School in Falls Church joined members of the Fairfax SymphonyOrchestra for the “Overture to Orchestra” program. The program introduces elementary school stu-dents to the instruments and sounds of a symphony orchestra. Students (from left): Aidan Ordover,Agnes Holmberg, Adam Haizoun, Matteo Betancourt, Katrina Maranon, Tharini Vayuvegula and YusraAdan. FSO members (from left): Ashley Batten, narrator; Eric Moore, horn; Paul Johnson, trumpet;Mike Bunn, tuba; Andrew Skaggs, trombone; Chris Ferrari, trumpet.

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So, what do students think? “Music al-lows people from different social groups tobond and come together over a commoninterest,” said Connor Ortman, a sophomoreat St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes.

“Regardless of a student’s level, partici-pation in music education teaches the im-portance of teamwork and collaboration asa group as well as individual discipline andpreparation, much like athletics,” added St.Stephen’s & St. Agnes School sophomoreKathryn Cavallo.

EXPERTS SAY early musical experiencesbenefit even the youngest musicians. “Wefocus on experiences, the process and over-all music making through movement, sing-ing and instrument playing,” said JulieMueller, a music teacher at Arlington’sJamestown Elementary School.

Earlier this month, the Jamestown El-ementary School chorus joined other stu-dent choral groups from around the world

for the “Concert for Music in Our School’sMonth,” an annual musical experiencesponsored by The National Association ofMusic Education. “Events like these arewonderful opportunities to encourage thestudents to develop their musical abilitiesand to be part of activities with musiciansfrom all over,” said Dr. Maritza Sadowsky, amusic teacher at Jamestown.

Music educators want musical interest toextend beyond a month-long effort. “Wehope that because of advocacy efforts suchas [Music in Our School’s Month ]…thatparents will encourage their children to getand stay involved in music,” said Lasko.

One means of involvement say educatorsis exposure to professional musiciansthrough educational programs sponsored bylocal symphony orchestras. “Having been aschool strings and band teacher, myself, Iunderstand how the voices of professionalmusicians who come into the classroom canreinforce the instruction the teachers give,”said Helen Fall, a Fairfax Symphony Orches-tra Violist.

Hall and other FSO members mentor stu-dents as part of programs like SymphonyCreating Outreach Resources for Educators(SCORE) and Overture to Orchestra. Over-ture to Orchestra is designed to introduceelementary school students to the instru-

ments and sounds of a symphony orchestrathrough in-school concerts performed bychamber ensembles from the FSO. TheSCORE program offers extensive masterclasses, individual sectional instruction, and“side-by-side” rehearsals to middle and highschool bands and orchestras.

“The students are always excited to haveus come. They feel they are getting extraspecial attention, and having a pro on ev-ery instrument makes them all feel impor-tant,” said Fall who teaches violin and violain her home studio in Fairfax.

The FSO allows students ages 6-18 to jointhe Student Passport Club where membersget $5 tickets to symphony performances.Young music enthusiasts also have an op-portunity to play symphonic instrumentsand meet members of the orchestra.

“The FSO concentrates on providing itsprograms to areas where students have lim-ited access to private music instruction orconsistent support for their music studiesin the home,” said Elizabeth Murphy, FSOPresident and CEO. “These are the studentswho will benefit most from one-on-one ex-posure to the instruments and professionalmusicians.”

OFFICIALS FROM THE MCLEAN OR-CHESTRA created the McLean Youth Or-

Music in Our Schools Enhances EducationFrom chestra (MYO) to cultivate the talent of

musically advanced middle and high schoolstudents. “MYO students not only learn toread and play music better, but workingwith our conductors and section coaches,they also learn the discipline, team work,self-reliance and confidence required to bean effective ensemble member,” said AileenPisciotta, President-Elect of the McLeanOrchestra.

On Sunday, March 25, MYO musicianswill present MYO Rocks! “This is [theorchestra’s] first-ever ‘fusion’ concert,” saidPisciotta. “The students will perform acouple of classical selections as well as ac-company accomplished rock musicians onsome current as well as classic rock favor-ites. This is an MYO outreach effort in-tended to be a really fun exposure to sym-phony music for teens who don’t normallygo to classical concerts.”

MYO oboist and Vienna resident EliseFavia, believes the concert will be a hit withher peers. “I am really big on modernsongs,” said Favia, who is a 10th Grade Stu-dent at Thomas Jefferson High School forScience and Technology in Alexandria. “Iactually don’t like classical music as muchas I do the others, but classical music onthe oboe is fun because the oboe is used alot.”

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WEDNESDAY/MARCH 21“Orphans of the Storm.” 8 p.m.

McLean Community Center, 1234Ingleside Ave., McLean. D.W.Griffith’s 1921 silent film, starringsisters Lillian and Dorothy Gish in thestory of two young women in perilduring the French Revolution. $6-$8.www.mcleancenter.org.

Digitour with Dave Days,DeStorm, Ricky Ficarelli, AlexGoot, Asher Monroe, NicePeter, The Key of Awesome andWhatADayDerek. 8 p.m. Jammin’Java, 227 Maple Ave E Vienna.www.jamminjava.com.

Celtic Crossroads. 8 p.m. The Barnsat Wolftrap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna.Bluegrass, gypsy-folk and jazz. $27.www.wolftrap.org.

Judging of Vienna PhotographicSociety PhotojournalismEntries. 7:30 p.m. Thoreau MiddleSchool, 2505 Cedar Lane, Vienna.Mary Ann Setton, past president andpast competition chair of theNorthern Virginia PhotographicSociety will judge. 703-451-7298.

THURSDAY/MARCH 22David Choi and Jeff LeBlanc. 8 p.m.

Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave. E.,Vienna. www.jamminjava.com.

Youth Art Show Reception. 5:30-7:30 p.m. McLean CommunityCenter, 1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean.Featuring artwork by McLean areamiddle and high school students.703-790-1953.

Art History Lecture Series. 10 a.m.Great Falls Library, 9830 GeorgetownPike, Great Falls. Second of fourIntroductory Art History Lectures.801-361-5464.

The Second City: Laugh Out Loud.8 p.m. The Barns at Wolftrap, 1551Trap Road, Vienna. Comedy. $24.www.wolftrap.org.

“A View from the Bridge.” 7 p.m.McLean High School, 1633 DavidsonRoad, McLean. Tragedy by ArthurMiller. $15 in advance, $20 at [email protected].

FRIDAY/MARCH 23Virginia Opera: The Mikado. 8 p.m.

George Mason University’s Center forthe Arts Concert Hall, 4400University Drive, Fairfax. Gilbert andSullivan’s masterpiece, set in thefictional Japanese town of Tiputu.Sung in English with Englishsupertitles. $48-$98. 888-945-2468or www.gmu.edu.

Family Skate Night. 6:30-8 p.m.Vienna Community Center, 120Cherry St., Vienna. Admission $1.Bring your own roller skates or in-line skates (no scooters) and safetyequipment. Parents required to staywith their children. 703-255-6360 orwww.viennava.

The Second City: Laugh Out Loud.8 p.m. The Barns at Wolftrap, 1551Trap Road, Vienna. Comedy. $24.www.wolftrap.org.

Friday Afternoon Chess Group. 1p.m. Great Falls Library, 9830Georgetown Pike, Great Falls. Allages and skill levels welcome. 703-757-8560.

Derek Webb and SandraMcCracken. 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave. E.,Vienna. www.jamminjava.com.

McLean Art Society. 10 a.m. McleanCommunity Center, 1234 InglesideAve., McLean. With Susan Ellis,realistic pastel artist. 703-790-0123.

“A View from the Bridge.” 7 p.m.McLean High School, 1633 Davidson

Road, McLean. Tragedy by ArthurMiller. $15 in advance, $20 at [email protected].

SATURDAY/MARCH 24McLean High School Historical

Reenactment Society. 1-4 p.m.Stabler-Leadbeater ApothecaryMuseum, 105-107 S. Fairfax St.,Alexandria. Members of McLean HighSchool’s historical reenactmentsociety will conduct demonstrationsabout science in the 1700s. Explorethe Apothecary and its large varietyof objects, from poison bottles todragon’s blood. $6, includes a tour ofthe museum. Reservations requiredat 703-746-3852.

Fairfax County Mega Job Fair. 10a.m.-3 p.m. Fairfax CountyGovernment Center, 12000Government Center Parkway, Fairfax.This year’s event includes a trainingvouchers program for veterans toenhance their job skills, a section foryouth employment services plusrecruiters from a wide variety ofemployers and government agencies.Co-hosted by Congressman GerryConnolly, the Fairfax CountySkillSource Centers and BusinessDevelopment Assistance Group.Participating employers, businessresources partners, and programagenda atwww.fairfaxmegajobfair.com.

Black-Top Banquet & Auction. 6p.m. Great Falls United MethodistChurch, 10100 Georgetown Pike,Great Falls. Gourmet dinner,entertainment and a live auction.Proceeds will go toward resurfacingthe church parking lot. Tickets $50.703-582-1640 [email protected].

McLean Orchestra. 8 p.m. OakcrestSchool, 850 Balls Hill Road, McLean.Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia ona Theme of Thomas Tallis, PercyGrainger’s Irish Tune from CountyDerry (Danny Boy), Pietro Mascagni’sIntermezzo from CavelleriaRusticana, Maurice Ravel’s MotherGoose Suite and Bolero. Reception tofollow. http://mclean-orchestra.org.

VVFD Spring Bazaar. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.Vienna Volunteer Fire Department,400 Center St., Vienna. Crafts andhome based businesses, holidaydecorations and more. Lunch andbaked goods available for purchase.Proceeds raise funds for life-savingfire and rescue equipment. Freeadmission. 703-309-3468 [email protected].

“The Revenge of the Space Pandasor Binky Rudich and the Two-

Speed Clock.” 3 p.m. McLeanCommunity Center, 1234 InglesideAve., McLean. For ages 6 and up. Acomedy by David Mamet. [email protected].

Children’s Shows: Ralph’s World.10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Jammin’Java, 227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna.www.jamminjava.com.

Chris Ayer, Matt Simons andAdam Barnes at 7 p.m.;Adrenaline Dance Music Partyat 10 p.m. Jammin’ Java, 227 MapleAve. E., Vienna.www.jamminjava.com.

Harlem Globetrotters. 7:30 p.m.George Mason University PatriotCenter, 4500 Patriot Circle, Fairfax.Tickets available atwww.harlemglobetrotters.com or 1-800-745-3000.


DC/VA 2012 MDA Muscle Walk. 8a.m. George Mason University, 4400University Drive, Fairfax. Help raisefunds to fight muscular dystrophy,ALS and related muscle diseases.Register at 703-476-5780 ormusclewalkmda.org/DCVirginia.

SUNDAY/MARCH 25Virginia Opera: The Mikado. 2 p.m.

George Mason University’s Center forthe Arts Concert Hall, 4400University Drive, Fairfax. Gilbert andSullivan’s masterpiece, set in thefictional Japanese town of Tiputu.Sung in English with Englishsupertitles. $48-$98. 888-945-2468or www.gmu.edu.

Merrifield Lions Club Snow CrabLegs and Shrimp Feast. 1-4 p.m.Dunn Loring Fire Department, 2148Gallows Road, Dunn Loring. All youcan eat crab, shrimp, hot dogs, bakedbeans, cole slaw and more. Beeravailable. Adults $35-$37, ages 5-11$13. 703-573-2733 orwww.merrifieldlions.com.

Animal Rescue: A MusicalAdventure. Colvin Run Mill HistoricSite, 10017 Colvin Run Road, GreatFalls. With string trio VirginiaVirtuosi and music by Berlioz,Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saens and more.$2. Registration required atwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks.

“The Revenge of the Space Pandasor Binky Rudich and the Two-Speed Clock.” 3 p.m. McLeanCommunity Center, 1234 Ingleside

Bass Kevin Burdette as Ko-Ko in Virginia Opera’s produc-tion of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mikado”. The VirginiaOpera will present “The Mikado” on Friday, March 23 at 8p.m. and again on Sunday, March 25 at 2 p.m. in GeorgeMason University’s Center for the Arts Concert Hall, 4400University Drive, Fairfax. Tickets are $48-$98. 888-945-2468 or www.gmu.edu.

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Sunday, March 25th, 12-4pmThe Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner

Get unbelievable items at ridiculous prices.You can’t afford to miss this!

On-site moving company available for hire for large item purchases.Make your spring cleaning count this year!

Admission: $5 per PersonMembers of the Military FREE with Military ID

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Ave., McLean. For ages 6 and up. Acomedy by David Mamet. [email protected].

Breakfast Buffet. 8 a.m.-12 p.m.Vienna American Legion, 330 CenterSt, N, Vienna. Omelets, scrambledeggs, blueberry pancakes, bacon andmore. Adults $8, children $3. 703-938-6580.

This Century, The Getaways andForeverisforever at 2 p.m.; ATribute to the Rolling Stoneson their 50th Anniversary withAnthony Fiacco, Luke Brindley,Todd Wright and MichaelPearsall at 7 p.m. Jammin’ Java,227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna.www.jamminjava.com.

Harlem Globetrotters. 2 p.m. GeorgeMason University Patriot Center,4500 Patriot Circle, Fairfax. Ticketsavailable atwww.harlemglobetrotters.com or 1-800-745-3000.


MONDAY/MARCH 26Tiny Tot Time. 10:30 a.m. Dolley

Madison Library, 1244 Oak RidgeAve., McLean. Stories, rhymes andactivities. Age 13-23 months withadult. 703-356-0770.

No Blitz, Aside Oceans, The RedLetter and Me and This Army. 7p.m. Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave.E., Vienna. www.jamminjava.com.

TUESDAY/MARCH 27Literacy Council of Northern

Virginia. 1 p.m. Dolley MadisonLibrary, 1244 Oak Ridge Ave.,McLean. Tutoring. 703-356-0770.

Merrin Karras, Brockway andLogan Venderlic. 7 p.m. Jammin’Java, 227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna.www.jamminjava.com.

“A View from the Bridge.” 7 p.m.McLean High School, 1633 DavidsonRoad, McLean. Tragedy by ArthurMiller. $15 in advance, $20 at the [email protected].

WEDNESDAY/MARCH 28Hop, Fly or Run. 10:30 a.m. Dolley

Madison Library, 1244 Oak RidgeAve., McLean. Birds, toads and otheranimals are on the move in thespringtime. Meet an animal andenjoy activities. Presented byRiverbend Park. 703-356-0770.

French Story Time. 10:30 a.m. GreatFalls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike,Great Falls. Introduce your child to aforeign language with storytime inFrench. Ages 3-5 with adult. 703-757-8560.

Communion: Austin To Bostonwith Ben Howard, The Staves,Nathaniel Rateliff and Bear’sDen. 8 p.m. Jammin’ Java, 227Maple Ave. E., Vienna.www.jamminjava.com.


THURSDAY/MARCH 29Art History Lecture Series. 10 a.m.

Great Falls Library, 9830 GeorgetownPike, Great Falls. Third of fourIntroductory Art History Lectures.801-361-5464.

Nneka and Bajah & The Dry EyeCrew. 8 p.m. Jammin’ Java, 227Maple Ave. E., Vienna.www.jamminjava.com.

Annual 10th DistrictCongressional Art Show. 6-8p.m. George Washington University

Loudoun County Campus, Bldg. 2,44983 Knoll Square, Ashburn. Hostedby Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10th).Featuring works by area high schoolstudents. All submitted artwork willremain on display at the GWUcampus until April 19. The winningpiece will be displayed in the U.S.Capitol for a year alongside other

“Best in Show” entries fromcongressional districts across thecountry. 540-667-0990 orWolf.house.gov.


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By Alex McVeigh

The Connection

On Saturday morning,the electronic clockthat hangs on the wall

of The Old Brogue in Great Fallsread “0 Days, 0 Hours, 0 Min-utes and 0 seconds” for the firsttime in 366 days. The clockspends most of the year count-ing down to St. Patrick’s Day, andit hadn’t read zero for long be-fore people started showing up.

“I try to get here as early aspossible, because this is one ofmy favorite parties of the year,and it always seems to fill upquick,” said John August ofGreat Falls. “You know for sureeveryone’s going to be wearinggreen and ready to have a goodtime.”

Old Brogue owner MikeKearney said that more than 300cars were there first thing in themorning for the weekly Cars andCoffee Event, and the crowd onlygrew from there.

Visitors were treated to musicthroughout the day, as well as aselection of traditional Irish fare.

“The bangers and mash are

one of my favorites anyway, andthey’re pretty authentic here,”said Sean DeWitt of Vienna. “Ilived in Ireland for a few yearsafter college, and this is the clos-est I’ve come to getting that sametaste with the sausage, mashedpotatoes and mushy peas.”

Dana Bowman of Great Fallsand several friends came com-plete with green buckled hatswith bright red pigtails attached.

“This is one of our annual tra-ditions every year,” she said.“And it’s one I think we’ll keepup for a while.”

From left, Deborah Hall,Kelly Laurienti, Dana Bow-man and Amy Papanucelebrate St. Patrick’s Dayat The Old Brogue Satur-day, March 17.

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FALLS CHURCH ..... $366,000 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ............ 22043 ........................... PAVILION THE7011 FALLS REACH DR #209 .............. 2 . 2 .. 0 ... FALLS CHURCH ..... $364,500 .... Mid-Rise 5-8 Floors ........... 22043 ........................... PAVILION THE1800 OLD MEADOW DR #420 ............ 2 . 2 .. 0 ........ MCLEAN .......... $352,000 .... Hi-Rise 9+ Floors ............. 22102 ............... REGENCY AT MCLEAN8350 GREENSBORO DR #417 ............ 2 . 2 .. 0 ........ MCLEAN .......... $335,000 .... Hi-Rise 9+ Floors ............. 22102 ................................ ROTONDA8370 GREENSBORO DR #824 ............ 2 . 2 .. 0 ........ MCLEAN .......... $320,000 .... Hi-Rise 9+ Floors ............. 22102 ................................ ROTONDA2545 HERRELL CT ............................. 3 . 2 .. 1 ... FALLS CHURCH ..... $300,000 .... Townhouse ......... 0.03 .... 22043 .. DOMINION HEIGHTS HERRELL1640 WESTWIND WAY #163 .............. 3 . 1 .. 1 ........ 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WEDNESDAY/MARCH 21The Mechanics of Alzheimer’s

Disease. 1:30 p.m. Alzheimer’sFamily Day Center, 2812 Old LeeHighway, Suite 210, Fairfax.Discussion will include thedisease process and tests that candiagnose and assess progression.Free. Reserve at 703-204-4664.

THURSDAY/MARCH 225th Annual Positive Aging Fair:

Tools for Creative Aging.8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. JewishCommunity Center of NorthernVirginia, 8900 Little RiverTurnpike, Fairfax. With JudithMartin (Miss Manners),workshops, vendors, lunch, doorprizes and more. $18.www.jccnv.org.

SATURDAY/MARCH 24Town Hall Meeting. 10 a.m.

Vienna Town Hall Chambers, 127Center St. South, Vienna.Delegate Mark Keam with anopportunity for anyone living inthe 35th House District to askquestions about state laws andpolicies, and to present anyconstituent service needs. 703-350-3911 [email protected].

SUNDAY/MARCH 25Real Estate Seminar Series. 1

p.m. Keller Williams Realty, 774-A Walker Road, Great Falls. Gettips from a professional stager,

home inspector, appraiser and more.Reserve [email protected].

This Will Change Everything. 12:45p.m. Fairfax Unitarian Church, 2709Hunter Mill Road, Oakton. Howvisions of the future will affectsociety and our relation with eachother as the gap between the havesand the have nots likely widens.

MONDAY/MARCH 26Great Falls Historical Society. 1-5

p.m. Great Falls Library MeetingRoom, 9830 Georgetown Pike, GreatFalls. Meeting Mondays throughApril. www.gfhs.org.

McLean & Great Falls CelebrateVirginia. 5:30 p.m. McLeanCommunity Center, 1234 InglesideAve., McLean. The group will discussevent plans for commemorating theCivil War and the War of 1812. 703-356-8223.

Water Exercise Classes forSeniors. Oak Marr RecreationCenter, 3200 Jermantown Road,Oakton. $68 for ten Monday sessions,March 26-June 4. Register at 703-273-6090 [email protected].

WEDNESDAY/MARCH 28Public Hearing on Programs. 7:30

p.m. McLean Community Center,1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean. MCC’sGoverning Board would like residentsof Dranesville Small District 1A tocome to the meeting and share theirthoughts on Center programs andservices. 703-790-0123, TTY 711 [email protected].

THURSDAY/MARCH 29ESL, Citizenship, and Computer

Class Registration. 7 p.m. St.Mark Christian Formation Center,9972 Vale Road, Vienna. Allstudents must be registered andtested. Classes begin Tuesday,April 10 and meet Tuesday andThursday evenings at 8 p.m. BasicComputer Skills Lab available forintermediate and advanced ESLstudents. Citizenship PreparationClass available to those with atleast intermediate Englishproficiency. For English orSpanish, contact 703-300-3936 [email protected]. ForKorean, contact 703-994-8510.

SATURDAY/MARCH 31Faith and Public Policy

Breakfast. 8:30 a.m. LewinsvillePresbyterian Church, 1724 ChainBridge Road, McLean. “1% and99% and all the Numbers inBetween: Trends in US IncomeInequality and Why We Should beConcerned,” with AdamWasserman of the Social JusticeNetwork of the UnitarianUniversalist Congregation ofFairfax. 703-356-7200, 703-534-9729 or [email protected].

SUNDAY/APRIL 1Gospel music for atheists. 12:45

p.m. Fairfax Unitarian Church,2709 Hunter Mill Road, Oakton.With Stephen Baird and TheGalapagos Mountain Boys.

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SportsMcLean Connection

Sports Editor Rich Sanders


Exciting All-Star AfternoonConcorde/Patriot All-Stars beat the Liberty/Nationalteam 109-108 in overtime.

South Lakes’ JD Wallace scored 15 pointsfor the Liberty/National All-Stars.

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Bryant Fultz wasn’t among the top perform-ers in the dunk contest during NVABBC all-star festivities on March 17, but the WestPotomac senior made his mark during the

main event.Fultz threw down a fourth-quarter alley-oop dunk

from fellow Wolverine Randall Brobbey, scored ateam-high 15 points and earned game MVP honorsas the Concorde/Patriot All-Stars defeated the Lib-erty/National team 109-108 in overtime at WakefieldHigh School. The all-star game featured some of thetop players from the Northern Region, and matcheda team composed of athletes from the Concorde andPatriot districts against players from the Liberty andNational districts.

“With the dunk contest, it was really hard becauseI’m not really a trick dunker,” Fultz said. “I’m moreof a go-up-and-do-it kind of guy.”

Fultz made up for any lack of flair in his dunk-contest performance. With the Concorde/Patriotsquad leading by four late in regulation, Brobbeythrew an alley-oop pass off the backboard, whichFultz slammed home for a 99-93 advantage.

“In practice,” Fultz said, “we do it all the time for fun.”After the 3-point shootout, South County’s Oren

Burks held off Lake Braddock’s Tyler Snow to winthe dunk contest. Jumping over a human prop be-came the unofficial theme of the event. T.C. Will-iams’ T.J. Huggins was one of the first to attempt themaneuver, leaping over fellow Titan Jordan Byrd,who stands 6 feet.

“It was his idea at the last minute,” Byrd said. “Iwas just supposed to throw the [alley-oop]. Hemissed it a couple times and then at that time hejust changed it and said, ‘Can I dunk over you?’ Isaid, ‘Go ahead, I’ll give it a try, but you better nothurt me.’”

THE ALL-STAR GAME provided an exciting endto the afternoon. The Liberty/National team over-came an 11-point second-half deficit to force over-time and held a one-point lead late in the extra pe-riod. But after allowing the go-ahead bucket toHayfield’s Nate McShay of the Liberty/National team,Huggins, the region Player of the Year, drove to therim and scored the game-winner for the Concorde/Patriot team.

The Concorde/Patriot All-Stars, led by Woodsonhead coach Doug Craig, featured a balanced scoringattack. South County’s Marqueice Johnson andWestfield’s Quentin Basil each scored 11 points, andLake Braddock’s Snow had 10. Centreville’s EvanFuller and Robinson’s Robert Pillow each tallied ninepoints, while Huggins added eight.

Johnson, a rebounding force for the Stallions, saidit took some time to settle into a rhythm while play-ing with athletes from other schools, but the teamseventually found a groove. He also said there was arelaxed approach in terms of competition, but thatdidn’t stop hip from hustling.

Chantilly’s Brady Caslavka (7 points), Robinson’sTristian Crenshaw (7), T.C. Williams’ Byrd (6),Centreville’s Robert Coker (5) and Lake Braddock’sBrendan McHale (2) also competed for the

Concorde/Patriot team.Edison head coach Terry Henderson led the Lib-

erty/National All-Stars. Henderson received a good-natured ribbing for calling a timeout in the closingseconds of the first half to design a play for Langley’sDaniel Dixon. The play worked, as Dixon buried a25-foot 3-pointer at the buzzer to give his team a49-48 halftime lead.

“It’s fun. You get some talent you don’t normallyhave,” Henderson said. “It’s kind of like coaching ata private school or something. You’ve got your shoot-ers, you’ve got big men [and] you’ve got ball han-dlers. I was like a kid in a candy store; I didn’t knowwhat to do and what to call.”

Dixon, who also had the ball in his hands near theend of regulation and overtime, said he enjoyed hav-ing opportunities during crunch time.

The play prior to halftime “was drawn up to getme the ball, but probably in a different spot thannear half-court,” Dixon said. “But I just pulled it fromthere.”

Hayfield’s McShay led the Liberty/National teamwith 20 points. Dixon scored 17 points, South Lakes’J.D. Wallace finished with 15 and McLean’s GordonRogo added 11.

Edison’s Tyrone Mackall (9), Wakefield’s JustinGlenn (8) and Corey Aldrich (5), McLean’s SangoAmolo (7) and Thomas Van Wazer (6), South Lakes’Jordan Francis (4), Langley’s Joey Robinson (4) andMarshall’s Latrell Watkins (2) also competed.

Wakefield head coach Tony Bentley hosted the fes-tivities for the third consecutive year. He said theall-star game was the best it has been and he en-joyed watching his players — Glenn and Aldrich —participate.

The Great Falls Everton Blue under-11 boys’ soccerteam captured the championship at the recentArlington Cup showcase event. Top row, left to right:Craig Scott, John Greenhalgh, Shane McPartland,Alex Marinescu, Justin Duenkel, and Olufemi Adu.Bottom row: Wiley Simonds, Rohan Chatturvedula,Jonathan Merrill, Alex Robles, Joseph Mejia, JackVan Volkenburg, Adrien Cushing.

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The Great Falls Everton Blue U11 Boys competed inboth the Arlington Cup and nationally ranked Jefferson Cup(Richmond) the first two weekends in March. From March 3-4,Everton competed in the Arlington Cup and swept the competi-tion, bringing home the Championship Cup to Great Falls. Thefollowing weekend, Everton traveled to Richmond to competein the nationally ranked Jefferson Cup. There, they faced stiffcompetition and defeated their first three opponents to make itto the championship again. However, they lost 3-1 to a strongYMS Wolves team from Pennsylvania. Nonetheless, Everton didan outstanding job and made the parents and the Great FallsSoccer Club proud.

The Langley High girls’ varsity softball team started their 2012spring season with a home game versus the Robinson Second-ary Rams on March 16. The Saxons had a strong game at theplate on way to a 16-4 victory.

Langley set the non-district game’s tone by getting three homeruns in each of the first three innings - a two-run homer bysenior Julia Weeks in the first inning; a solo shot by junior AshleyPanetta, the first homer of her Langley career, in the secondinning; and a two-run blast by sophomore Emily Templin, alsoher first career four-bagger, in the third inning.

Saxon singles in the win came from freshman MelanieDronfield, freshman Carina Sturm, freshman Maggie Natal,sophomore Kaitryn Evans and senior Hope Albers. Senior LaurenMensing and junior Ashley Panetta both hit doubles.

Langley’s defense played a solid game behind freshman pitcherHaley Falkenberry, who made her high school debut on themound. Falkenberry worked two strong innings before seniorJenna came in and pitched well the remainder of the game.

Great play in the outfield came from center fielder CarinaStrum and right fielder Lauren Mensing, who both made stellargems. The Saxons’ infield was well managed by second basemanKaitryn Evans, shortstop Maggie Natal and first baseman EmilyTemplin.

However, the play of the night was the calm, cool reaction ofthird baseman Julia Weeks, who stopped a mad grounder with-out a flinch before throwing the ball to first for the put-out tag.

Langley, in all, collected 16 hits. The game was halted in themiddle of the fifth inning.

Langley was scheduled to travel to Marshall for a Liberty Dis-trict game on Tuesday, March 20 of this week. This Friday nightat 6:30, the Saxons will host district opponent Fairfax.

Game Reports WantedCoaches, team managers/parents - Please send high school team

game results to sports editor Rich Sanders at [email protected], orcontact him on twitter at richsand8. In game reports, please includedate and place of game, game highlights, team win-loss record, andany other newsworthy items. Photos are also accepted.


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Improved by the premises known as1642 Besley Road, Vienna, Virginia

In execution of a Deed of Trust from Sunil Chacko and, dated August 30, 1996, and recorded September 3, 1996, in Deed Book 9797 at page 1951 among the Land Records of Fairfax County, Virginia, the undersigned substitute trustee will offer for sale at public auction at the front entrance of the Judi-cial Center for Fairfax County, at 4110 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax, Virginia, on

Wednesday, MARCH 28, 2012 at 9:30 a.m.

the following property being the property contained in said Deed of Trust, described as follows:

Lot 16, Section 2, SPRING LAKE, as the same appears duly dedicated, platted and recorded in Deed Book 1734 at page 22, among the Land Records of Fair-fax County, Virginia.

Commonly known as 1642 Besley Road, Vienna, Virginia 22182.

TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $20,000.00 or ten percent (10%) of the sale price, whichever amount is less, in the form of cash or its equivalent will be re-quired of the purchaser at the time and place of sale; the bal-ance of the purchase money being due and payable within fif-teen (15) days after sale, time expressly being of the essence, with interest at the rate of 5.125 percent per annum from date of sale to date of settlement. Provided, however, that if the holder of the secured promissory note is the successful bidder at the sale, no cash deposit shall be required, and part of or the entire indebtedness, including interest and costs, secured by the Deed of Trust, may be set off against the purchase price.

Any defaulting purchaser shall forfeit the deposit and stand the risk and cost of resale.

Sale shall be made subject to all exist-ing easements and restrictive covenants as the same may law-fully affect the real estate. Sale is further subject to mechanic's and/or materialman's liens of record and not of record. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, covenants, re-strictions, rights of redemption of federal lienholders or encum-brances, and agreements of record affecting the same, if any.

In the event the undersigned trustee is unable to convey to the purchaser good title, then purchaser's sole and exclusive remedy shall be in the refund of the deposit paid at the time of sale.

The subject property and all improve-ments thereon will be sold in "as is" condition without warranty of any kind. Purchaser shall be responsible for any and all building and/or zoning code violations whether of record or not of record, as well as for all unpaid and enforceable homeown-ers' or condominium owners' associa-tion dues and assess-ments, if any. Purchaser also shall be responsible for obtain-ing possession of the property at his/her expense. Purchaser shall assume the risk of loss and shall be responsible for any damage, vandalism, theft, destruction, or the like, of or to the property occurring after the time of sale. Conveyance will be by special warranty deed. Conveyancing, recording, transfer taxes, notary fees, examination of title, state stamps, and all other costs of conveyance are to be at the expense of purchas-er. State and local taxes, public charges, and special or regu-lar assess-ments, if any, shall be adjusted to the date of sale and thereafter shall be assumed by the purchaser.

The undersigned trustee unconditional-ly reserves the right: (i) to waive the deposit requirement; (ii) to approve or disapprove the creditworthiness of any bidder and/or purchaser; (iii) to withdraw the property from sale at any time prior to termination of the bidding; (iv) to extend the time for bidding; (v) to reject any or all bids; (vi) to postpone or set over the date or time of sale; and (vii) to extend the period of time for settlement hereunder.

Additional terms and conditions of sale may be announced at the time of sale.

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDSDIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN

VIRGIN GRAND VILLAS – ST. JOHN )CONDOMINIUM OWNERS ) ST – 11 – CV - 544ASSOCIATION, )

)Plaintiff, ) ACTION FOR DEBT

) FORECLOSURE OF vs. ) LIEN AND BREACH OF

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Defendant. )__________________________________________ )

SUMMONSTo: CRYSTAL A. DENUNZIO

6820 McLean StreetMcLean, Virginia 22101

Within the time limited by law (see note below) you are hereby required to appearbefore this Court and answer to a complaint filed against you in this action and in case ofyour failure to appear or answer, judgment by default will be taken against you asdemanded in the Complaint, for

DEBT, FORECLOSURE OF LIEN AND BREACH OF CONTRACT.Witness my hand and the Seal of this Court this 16th day of February, 2012.

HON. MICHAEL C. DUNSTONJUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURTOF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

Richard H. Dollison, Esq.Attorney for Plaintiff,Virgin Grand Villas – St. John Condominium Owners AssociationDuensing, Casner, Dollison & FitzsimmonsElectra House, 5060 Forts StraedeP.O. Box 6785St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 00804

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The Beatles sang it on their “Revolver”album back in the mid 60s. My wife and Idanced to it in the late 70s when we selectedit as “first song as husband and wife” – in1978. And recently we felt it, three years aftermy stage IV lung cancer diagnosis, as our reac-tion/assessment to the many similarly diag-nosed individuals who’ve shared their lungcancer stories with us. Who knew? All of a sud-den – or so it seems, people with whom wethought we had little in common – and evenless of a connection, have selflessly offered uptheir lung cancer experiences, journeys, asso-ciations, etc. One-hundred, sixty-thousanddeaths per year attributed to lung cancer, theleading cause of cancer-related deaths in thiscountry – by far, is reason enough for what ini-tially seemed like a random coincidence butnow feels more like an inevitability. Apparently,where there are overwhelming numbers, sotoo is there an overwhelming capacity forempathy and understanding.

Any lung cancer story I hear is more evi-dence and reinforcement to boost my own sur-vival. Not that any experiences of what othercancer patients have endured/survived is nec-essarily related to my survival, still; it beats thealternative, as I like to say. Living is its ownreward and surviving lung cancer is exponen-tially more rewarding than anything else I do.It’s the first thing I think of when I wake in themorning and the last thing I think before I fallasleep at night. And on those many nightswhen I’m unable to fall asleep, or sleepsoundly – or enough, you can be sure the cul-prit is cancer. Certainly, I have physical chal-lenges related to my diagnosis, but mostly theproblem I face is mental: how do you notobsess on the thing that is most likely killingyou and one for which you have minimal con-trol or defense? My solution, or rather anattempt at a solution: I try to compartmentalize– and/or pretend, but cancer is insidious andtricky: an enemy of the people if there everwas one.

More specifically, trying to make the best ofa bad situation is what I do best. When you’recharacterized as “terminal” at age 54 and ahalf – not even three months after you buriedyour widowed mother at age 86 – of a diseasefor which there was no immediate-family his-tory, combined with the fact that you were alifelong non-smoker (85 percent of lung cancerpatients have been smokers), the breaks don’texactly feel as if they’re going your way.Nevertheless, dwelling on that fact or feelingsorry for myself or “woeing” is me is not reflec-tive of the positive mental attitude that my par-ents instilled in me. I saw how they lived theirlives and more importantly, I observed theirdignity and perseverance when their healthdeteriorated. Somehow, they never made itabout them, it was more about others.

Likewise, as I regularly receive communica-tions from and occasionally meet other cancersurvivors, I only hope that I am doing for themwhat they are doing for me. A cancer diagnosiswas not exactly what I had anticipated hearingfrom my Internal Medicine doctor three yearsago when he made “the call” to me. However,now that I’ve lived the cancer life for three-plus years and met the people I have and readthe many stories sent to me, I feel privileged tobe part of such a brave and courageous group.Thanks for reaching out to us. Because of you,we’ve never felt alone.

Kenny Lourie is an Advertising Representative forThe Potomac Almanac & The Connection Newspapers.

By KENNETH B. LOURIE

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