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Fernanda Molina, 12, of Fairfax and an eighth-grader at Luther Jackson Middle School, cre-ates an app that helps reduce stress for thesummer Middle School Tech Institute by Tho-mas Jefferson High School for Science andTechnology.

Photos by Abigail Constantino/The Connection

From left, eighth-graders Nathan Ma, 12, ofGreat Falls, and Anthony Cruz, 12, ofKingstowne, wait at the 3D printers for theirdesigns to finish.

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By Abigail Constantino

The Connection

Inside W.T. Woodson High School inFairfax, Jacob Parker is watching acartoon on the computer, while histeacher Dan Trau walks around the

room, answering questions from students.But the rising Lake Braddock Middle Schooleighth-grader is actually watching his owncreation in action.

Got an App for That? is one of the mostpopular classes being taught at the MiddleSchool Tech Institute, a program of the Tho-mas Jefferson High School for Science andTechnology. MSTI enables rising eighth andninth grade students to explore numeroustopics in STEM (science, technology, engi-neering and math) fields during one-weeksessions. The program started on July 13and ends Aug. 7.

Parker’s app is a cat-and-mouse game,inspired by Tom and Jerry cartoons he usedto watch. Rising ninth-grader at ChantillyHigh School Arjun Nachiappan’s app is alsogame. It is not something he would playbut he’s learned a lot so far. “If I didn’t cometo this class, I wouldn’t know how to do it,”he said. Luther Jackson Middle Schooleighth-grader Fernanda Molina, of Fairfax,designed an app that was inspired by see-ing her parents being stressed out.

One app that Trau said shows a lot ofpotential is a baseball app idea from one ofthe students. The premise of the app is topredict if the baseball is going to be a strikeonce it is over home plate. “It’s in the be-ginning phases but that could be reallyinteresting…It’s simple but it’s challengingat the same time,” he said.

BUT NOT EVERYONE is going to comeup with a home-run winning product, es-pecially in the span of one week. Trau saidthat the focus should not be on whether theproduct failed or succeeded.

“They may struggle but if they struggle

and seek growth, then now they learn howto grow and that’s infinitely more valuablethan a particular discipline.” Trau said thatstudents do better in all their classes whenthey shift from a “failure mindset.”

“It’s a ‘I can’t do it right now but I will beable to do it if I do this, if I keep working atit, if i talk to people, if I look at it from dif-ferent points of view,’” he said.

Some 600 students from all over Fairfax,Prince William and Arlington counties andWashington, D.C. have participated in theinstitute. Two hundred students fromunderrepresented and economically disad-vantaged groups won scholarships fromNorthrup Grumman and the Jack KentCooke Foundation.

TJHSST principal Evan Glazer said thatit is “extremely important” to do everythingto attract students from a broader pool toSTEM fields.

STEM professions will only improve fromhaving a variety of perspectives, he said.He added that diversity is needed in allfields, as it creates a richer perspective.

Trau makes an active effort to engage girlsin computer science classes. At Falls ChurchHigh School, his class had over 40 percentgirls.

“In computer science it’s about 10 to 12percent girls taking computer sciencecourses and a lot of that has to do with per-ceptions of society and their intimidation,”he said.

Creating an environment where girls feelthat they fit in and they belong is a way toencourage them to computer science, saidTrau.

OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM, CamilaOrr, 12, of Great Falls, the only girl in the ItIS Rocket Science class, is about to test therocket she built. It broke during the trans-port but she feels confident that it willlaunch successfully once she reattaches thebroken piece.

“I thought that maybe the only girl thatwas there might have been late at first andthat maybe she was coming the next day.But no one else came,” she said. The Coo-per Middle School student signed up for theclass because she thought it was interest-ing.

MSTI program manager Craig Lewis saidthat 85 to 90 percent of students taking theclasses have no prior knowledge of thecourse they are going into. “They may havean interest but they may not know exactlywhat they’re doing.”

He said that teachers are able to teachstudents at any level and be able to get themthe knowledge to be proficient. “It can getas intricate as you want…You get out of itwhat you put into it.”

Classes offered at the institute include:Design for Disaster, Exploring the Night Sky,3D Printing and Animation, Infectious Bio-logical Outbreak, Fun with Electronics, amyth busters class, web page design andscience writing.

What I Did on My Summer Vacation—Built Rockets, AppsMore InformationSTEAM - http://www.fcps.edu/is/steam/

Governor’s STEM Academy at ChantillyHigh School - http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/career_technical/gov_academies/academies/fairfax.shtml

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation YoungScholars Program - http://www.jkcf.org/scholarship-programs/young-scholars/

TJHSST Partnership Fund - http://tjpartnershipfund.org/tjpartnershipfund/outreach/

TJHSST offers STEM courses to middle schoolers.

Lake Braddock Middle School student JacobParker perfects his cat-and-mouse game appinspired by Tom and Jerry cartoons at thesummer Middle School Tech Institute by Tho-mas Jefferson High School for Science andTechnology.

Bottom row, from left: David Zaldana, 13, Chantilly, Franklin MiddleSchool; Matthew Zoaquria, 12, Alexandria, Holmes Middle School;Jagath Mukkamal, 13, Chantilly, Mercer Middle School; Ethan Tran, 13,Reston, Herndon Middle School; David Ariunna, 13, Centreville, LibertyMiddle School. Top row, from left: Bryce Kaplan, 14, Fairfax, Robert FrostMiddle School; Kevin Zeng, 13, Ashburn, Trailside Middle School; andCamila Orr, 12, Great Falls, Cooper Middle School. Students prepare tolaunch rockets they created during Middle School Tech Institute byTJHSST.

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By Mike Salmon

The Connection

There’s nothing like a juicy red to-mato fresh out of the backyardgarden to brighten up a sum-mertime salad or a sandwich. Or

a bittermelon, aronia berries or “paradiseapple,” as persimmons are known in Bul-garia. The multi-cultural population inFairfax County has grown roots in the back-yard vegetable garden.

“In my country, the name is paradiseapple,” said Jiuka, an Alexandria residentfrom Bulgaria, as she held a small, greenpersimmon fruit on a tree in her yard.Jiuka’s yard was full of cucumber plants,eggplant, green peppers, squash, tomatoand okra, as well as aronia berries anddrenka, another Bulgarian favorite. Plant-ing her own fruits and vegetables “is veryimportant, I came from a country where wehad good agriculture,” she said. She doesall the gardening herself. “I learned frommy mom,” Jiuka said.

It’s not just the “backyard” garden forSpringfield resident Henrey Nguyen, wholives in a corner lot that is full of vegetables,herbs and fruit, mostly of an Asian variety.His grandmother “does all the work whenit comes to the garden,” Nguyen said. Thereare Bartlett Pears growing on a few trees inthe yard, with melons, red peppers andbittermelon, an Asian specialty that givessoup its flavor. Bittermelon has anotherunexpected use in the garden, said Nguyen.“We used to have deer, they took a bite ofthe bittermelon and never came back,” hesaid.

Some of Nguyen’s vegetables and herbsgo to local Vietnamese restaurants toowhere they know the owners, he said, likethe Golden Cow, Pho Factory and BangkokNoodle, all in Annandale.

JIUKA AND NGUYEN are not alone in the

backyard garden craze. In fact, there is asurge of gardeners growing their own foodin the last few years, according to the Na-tional Gardening Association, based inWilliston, Vt. In their report, “Garden toTable: A 5-Year Look at Food Gardening inAmerica,” Americans growing their ownfood in home or community gardens wentfrom 36 million households in 2008 to 42million in 2013, an increase of 17 percent.The NGA attributes the increase to federalagencies increasing awareness and educa-tional efforts, and by First Lady MichelleObama’s “Let’s Move,” initiative that fea-tures food grown in the White HouseKitchen Garden.

In Fairfax County, tomatoes are a stapleof local gardens along with peppers, cucum-bers, potatoes, beans, and herbs like mint,oregano and cilantro. Tomato gardening iswhat most of the questions the county Mas-ter Gardeners get, said Adria Bordas, a se-nior extension agent at the Virginia Coop-erative Extension Master Gardenerhelpdesk.

The Fairfax County Master Gardeners

Association, Inc. (FCMGA) is a nonprofitorganization of volunteers who provide re-search-based horticultural information, tips,techniques and advice to home gardenersin the community.

Bordas noted that one of the strong pointsabout vegetable gardening in Fairfax Countyis that gardens “can be a four-season veggiegarden if you work at it with frost protec-tion,” she said in an email.

In Jiuka’s garden, she has the tomatoesand cucumbers, but also a wide variety offruit she likes to eat because by growingher own, she knows what goes into themas far as pesticides and fertilizers. “I try tobe organic,” she said. Bordas noted this asa possible healthier aspect of homegrownvegetables too.

Although Jiuka doesn’t have bittermelonto fend off unwanted guests that nibble onthe fruits and vegetables like Nguyen, sheconstantly battles with the local animalsover the garden, especially the okra. “I haveone rabbit that likes these leaves,” she said.She puts nets over her blackberry and rasp-berry plants, but it’s a constant struggle. “I’m

fighting with birds, they like it a lot,” butadmitted she’s the imposter when it comesto the native birds and mammals.

BESIDES BEING FRESH AND OR-GANIC, some of these exotic fruits andvegetables have health benefits that are notknown to many in this area. Bittermelon,known as bitter gourd to some, has beenknown to be used for gout, cholera, eyeproblems and even hangovers. Aronia ber-ries are used for urinary tract disorders, andanother Bulgarian vegetable, drenka, helpsdigestion.

Highlights from ReportNGA report “Garden to Table: A 5-Year Look

at Food Gardening in America” states:❖ 1 in 3 households are now growing food, highest

levels seen in a decade❖ Americans spent $3.5 billion on food gardening

in 2013, up from $2.5 billion in 2008❖ 76 percent of all households with a food garden

grew vegetables, a 19 percent increase since2008

❖ Households with incomes under $35,000participating in food gardening grew to 11million, up 38 percent since 2008

In Fairfax County, tomatoes are a staple of local gardens along with peppers,cucumbers, potatoes, beans and herbs like mint, oregano and cilantro.

Backyard Vegetable Gardens Feed Multi-Cultural Cuisines

Photos by Mike Salmon/The Connection

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Early stages of a bittermelon. Red card in Nguyen’s garden wards off animals.


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Burke resident Nicole Hudakdidn’t think much of itwhen she would see extra-

neous items left in front of Good-will and Better World Recyclingclothing donation bins near thecorner of Old Keene Mill and LeeChapel Roads.

But since she walks her dog pastthe corner daily, she noticed im-mediately when the items grew insize and quantity.

“I started seeing more and morestuff: a pool table, couches, mat-tresses,” she said. “This is ridicu-lous. The sign on the bin clearlysays clothes and shoes, it doesn’tsay table and chairs.”

Hudak admits the items usuallyget picked up at some point — bywhom she doesn’t know — butthere’s always more to replace itthe next day — again, it’s not clearwho’s doing the dumping.

To find out who is responsiblefor maintaining the area, Hudakcontacted both Fairfax County andthe Virginia Department of Trans-portation, who informed her thecorner is not within the jurisdic-tion of the state.

She made contact with an inves-tigator in the Fairfax County De-partment of Code Compliance,who she said told her the dump-ing was indeed a violation.

THE QUESTION remained:What to do about it?

Hudak said the investigatorasked her what she would like tosee done. They discussed havingthe property owner put up signssaying, “No Dumping Allowed” orjust having the bins removed alto-gether.

“Whatever you can do to rem-edy the situation, that’s fine withme,” said Hudak. “There’s not aneyesore, but it’s people taking ad-vantage, unloading whatever rightthere.”

Heath Eddy with the FairfaxDepartment of Planning and Zon-ing said this problem isn’t local-ized to Burke. There was previ-ously a higher concentration ofdonation sites and dumps alongthe Route 1 Corridor. County staffhave been discussing the issue forthe last five to six years, he said.

Though the Department of Code

Compliance takes on cases wheresomeone complains about dump-ing by these bins, Eddy said so farit has remained a problem largelybecause there’s not a precise setof standards for the bins them-selves: where they can be placed,how many can be in one spot, howlong they’re allowed to sit unat-tended.

“It’s not clean the way it’s en-forced,” Eddy said. “You have tonegotiate — there’s no real ham-mer to go after people with.” Thatgoes for the county interactingwith the property owner and thebin owner, or just the propertyowner working things out directlywith the bin owner.

Eddy knows of one organizationthat has around 100 bins spreadacross Fairfax County and esti-mates there could be hundredsmore through other donationgroups.

To address the problem, Plan-ning and Zoning has alreadyadopted a resolution to create justsuch a set of standards. In Octo-ber, the department will send azoning ordinance amendment tothe Board of Supervisors for ap-proval that allows the Code Com-pliance officials to be more aggres-sive with how they handle com-plaints about dumping at the bins.

“One problem is these boxesappear out of nowhere and theproperty owners end up inheritinga problem they didn’t even want,”

Eddy said. “It’s a charity item, butat the same time, they don’t havethe right to leave a box or not haveit maintained enough.”

Jim Ciampini, a Department ofCode Compliance supervisor, esti-mates his office works on aroundten cases of dumping at donationbins each year.

UNDER THE CURRENT zoningordinance, the bins are defined as“accessory structures” to a givenproperty, Ciampini said, but theproposed amendment would morespecifically define what the binsare. With regards to the specificcase Hudak has complained about,Ciampini said the bins are in vio-lation of the current zoning dis-trict. They’re located on requiredparking spaces and not set far backenough on the property. Thenthere’s the overflowing problem.

Ciampini said both the propertyowner and and owner of the binshave been contacted about com-plying with the code.

In the mean time, Hudak sendsthe investigator an email with aphoto more or less every day shesees new items dumped at the sitein Burke. It’s “what’s here today,”she said. “For me now, you justkind of have to accept it.”

For residents interested in having largeitems like old mattresses or other usedfurniture picked up directly from theirhome, Jim Ciampini says to contact theagency that regularly picks up your trashand arrange a special pickup time.

Dealing with the DumpsSupervisors tohear proposal formore regulationof donation bins.

Desks, pool tables and kitchen tables are among thehousehold items Nicole Hudak has seen dumped in frontof clothing and book donation bins near the corner ofLee Chapel and Old Keene Mill Roads.

Nicole Hudak recently found a grill discarded at collec-tion bins meant for only clothing and books.

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Burke

Outrage over the shooting deathof John Geer of Springfield onAug. 29, 2013, by a FairfaxCounty Police officer led the

Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to formof the Ad Hoc Police Practice ReviewCommission, which began meeting inMarch 2015. The Communications Sub-committee was the first to give recom-mendations to the full commission, and thereport pulled no punches.

“Communications in recent high-profile use-of-force and critical incident cases were mis-handled, inadequate and untimely, leading toloss of public trust and questions about thelegitimacy of police actions. … Our commu-nity deserves better.”

“The failures in both communications andits Freedom of Information Act policies havecreated this crisis of confidence for FCPD. …There must be significant change coming fromthe leadership of the county and the FairfaxCounty Police Department. No longer can theyjust pay lip service to the idea of transparency.Real change is needed – now. ...

“It is well past time for the Fairfax CountyPolice Department to start providing timely,honest and effective communications with ev-erything it does. We deserve nothing less. ...

“Constant ‘happy talk’ breeds suspicion,

while being direct and clear about mistakesand failures as well as accomplishments resultsin increased credibility.”

The Communications Committee, led byformer Fairfax County Public Information Of-ficer Merni Fitzgerald, calls for: a culturechange to favor releasing as much informationas possible; policy change to encourage trans-parency and accountability by establishing aculture of disclosure; adopting a predisposi-tion-to-disclose, with public records presumedto be public and exemptions strictly and nar-rowly construed.

For example, the committee calls for: releas-ing the names of officers involved in any po-lice shootings within one week; releasing video

from body cameras, dashboard cam-eras and any other digital record of ofa police-involved shooting death im-mediately; a continuous process of

information declassification for cases that areno longer active or are closed; releasing ac-tual police reports, with redactions where nec-essary, rather than creating summary docu-ments; providing unfettered access to blotter-type information to include a list of every inci-dent and call with the basic who/what/when/where/how information.

The full report is eight pages, well-writtenand well worth reading.

CHANGE IN CULTURE is not coming auto-matically or easily to the Fairfax County PoliceDepartment. While the FCPD has releasedreams of information to the commission, thathas not included much requested and neededinformation for the commission and its sub-committees to meet established scope of work.

For example, the Use of Force Subcommit-tee is tasked in its scope of work to “review(not investigate) recent use of force incidents

(lethal and non-lethal) involving FCPD as wellas review any existing data summarizing allFCPD use of force interactions, officer involvedshootings resulting in death or injury, and in-custody deaths from 2005 to 2015.”

In May, the committee asked what docu-ments and reports would be available andwhen.

The following response was posted in June:“The Chief of Police will post a synopsis and

other information regarding the department’sofficer involved shootings but will not be re-leasing any case reports, files or documentsfrom the criminal or administrative case.”

That response does not reflect a culture oftransparency.

But what’s worse is that on Aug. 10, justweeks before the subcommittee’s final recom-mendations are due to the full commission, thecommittee still has not received the synopsispromised, or even a list of officer-involvedshootings resulting in death or injury, and in-custody deaths from 2005 to 2015.

FCPD Chief of Police Edwin Roessler is sched-uled to present the synopses to the committeeon Aug. 12. All commission and subcommit-tee meetings are open to the public, see http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/policecommission/

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Mary Kimm, Connection editor and publisher, serveson the Ad Hoc Police Policies Review Commission. Theopinions expressed here are her own, and do not speakfor the commission.

‘Our Community Deserves Better’Strongly wordedrecommendations forpolice on transparencyand public trust;FCPD has miles to go.

Read Report Onlinehttp://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/policecommission/

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By Jim Corcoran

President and CEO

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Chamber of Commerce

Recently, the Fairfax CountyFederation of Teachers ranadvertisements in the

Connection newspapers question-ing the dedication of the FairfaxCounty Board of Supervisors andthe business community to thecounty’s education system.

Nothing could be further fromthe truth.

The Fairfax Board of Supervisorshas worked tirelessly to supportFairfax County Public Schools(FCPS). In fact, approximately 70percent of FCPS’ budget is unfairlyshouldered by the county, whichcomes directly from residentialand commercial taxes. From FY1996-2014, contributions from thecounty quadrupled that of studentgrowth. And this past April, the

Board of Supervisors, in itsFY2016 adopted budget, increasedfunding for FCPS for the fifth con-secutive year, funding our schoolsat 99.8 percent of their advertisedbudget; bringing the total increasefrom FY2012 to FY2016 to $240million.

All the while, residents and busi-nesses are being taxed by lawmak-ers in Richmond, with little returnin education dollars coming di-rectly from the state to show forit. The Fairfax Chamber has, fordecades, supported the full fund-ing of K-12 education throughoutthe entire Commonwealth. TheChamber believes that the futuregrowth of the Northern Virginiaeconomy, and consequentlyVirginia’s economy, depends on asignificant investment in K-12 edu-cation. The Chamber has been aleading voice in Richmond, work-ing hand and hand with thecounty, to thwart any attempt to

cut the state’s contributions toFCPS.

Our work on behalf of FCPS ex-tends beyond advocacy. Since2010, the Fairfax Chamber haspartnered with FCPS to establishthe Education Foundation, a501(c)(3) charitable organizationallied with, but independent of,the county’s public school system.

Every two years, the FairfaxChamber spearheads the SchoolBond Referendum committee en-suring there are appropriate dol-lars for the county’s education in-frastructure to meet the needs ofour growingly diverse community.

Additionally, the Fairfax Cham-ber has been recognized by theSchool Board for its years of dedi-cated partnership with FairfaxCounty Public Schools.

And we promise that will notstop. We will continue to advocatefor the needs of our schools. How-ever, the Fairfax County Federation

of Teachers is wrong to direct theirfrustration at the Board of Super-visors and the business commu-nity. The problem rests with Rich-mond. Historically, the Local Com-posite Index (LCI) places FairfaxCounty at a disadvantage by nottaking into account important fac-tors such as the differential be-tween county and city taxing au-thority, the impact of cost of liv-ing on a locality’s ability to paystaff, and the increased costs as-sociated with providing services togrowing limited English profi-ciency and special education popu-lations. For years, the Board of Su-pervisors, FCPS, and the FairfaxChamber have called upon theGeneral Assembly to provide FCPStheir fair share of state educationdollars. Our schools, our children,and our economy depend on it.

We must come together andwork united towards a commongood.

Commentary

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The not for profit WesternFairfax Christian Ministries(WFCM) is seeking donations fromthe community of new backpacksfor students in need who attendschools in the Fairfax County areaas part of its Collect for Kids Backto School Program. WFCM’s goalis to provide backpacks for 2,300qualified low income children whoattend schools in the CentrevilleHigh School, Chantilly HighSchool and Westfield High Schoolpyramids. In 2014, WFCM assisted2,019 children in those schools.Due to continued demand, WFCMis looking to increase its programcapacity this year in hopes of as-sisting every child who needs abackpack in western Fairfax. Themost needed backpack size is alarge one with at least two com-partments to hold multiple booksand binders for middle and highschool students. Backpacks shouldbe of good quality, approximately$15-30 in cost.

Community members interestedin helping support WFCM’s back-pack program, may donated a new,large backpack, but no characterbackpacks, backpacks withwheels, or only one shoulder strap.

The greatest need is for large back-packs for older students; morethan 1,000 large backpacks areneeded for students in middle andhigh schools (dimensions 18-19inch high x 13in wide x 8-10 inchdeep, with two main compart-ments). Donated backpacks maybe brought to WFCM’s Client Ser-vices Office and Food Pantry(13888 Metrotech Drive, Chantilly,next to Papa John’s Pizza) untilFriday, Aug. 14, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Seewww.WFCMVA.org.

Free CarseatInspections

Certified technicians from theSully District Police Station willperform free, child safety carseatinspections Thursday, Aug. 13,from 5-8:30 p.m., at the station,4900 Stonecroft Blvd. in Chantilly.No appointment is necessary. Butresidents should install the childsafety seats themselves so techni-cians may properly inspect andadjust them, as needed. Becauseof time constraints, only the first35 vehicles arriving on each datewill be inspected. That way, in-spectors may have enough time toproperly instruct the caregiver onthe correct use of the child seat.Call 703-814-7000, ext. 5140.

Send notes to the Connection [email protected] call 703-778-9416. The deadlinefor submissions is the Friday prior topublication. Dated announcementsshould be submitted at least twoweeks prior to the event.

THURSDAY/AUG. 13Fairfax County Deer

Management ArcheryProgram PublicInformation Meeting. 7p.m. Fairfax CountyGovernment Center, 12000Government Center Parkway,Fairfax. The Fairfax CountyDeer Management ArcheryProgram begins Sept. 12 andruns through Feb. 20, 2016.Under the oversight of theFairfax County PoliceDepartment, in collaborationwith the Fairfax County ParkAuthority and the NorthernVirginia Regional ParkAuthority, the archeryprogram is conducted in parksand other locationsthroughout Fairfax County.

Blood Drive. 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.Rim Pacific Management,12150 Monument Drive. TheAmerican Red Cross is facing alooming shortage of the bloodtypes most needed by patientsand is calling on eligibledonors with O negative, Bnegative and A negative bloodto give now to prevent anemergency situation. Blooddonation appointments can bequickly and easily scheduledby using the Red Cross BloodDonor App, visiting

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the same. Here, Lataille concentrated on introducingwholly new elevations — eliminating all vestiges ofthe Colonial-style finish work while developing abrightly luminous interior scheme composed of gran-ite surfaces and ivory-hued cabinet facings.

The 3.6-foot-by-8-foot cook top island and threestool dining counter now features a dark walnut-col-ored base topped with a dappled granite surface. Thedark-stained oak flooring, by extension, perfectly con-trasts with the ivory-hued paneling that wraps a two-door refrigerator, a roll-out pantry and drawers cus-tom-designed to satisfy the cook’s requirements.

French doors with sidelights now connect the fam-ily room to a 17-foot-by-31-foot deck complete withhot tub and outdoor kitchen. The front stairs in thefoyer have been re-finished; existing decorative capi-tals refurbished.

Downstairs, the once darkly cavernous lower-levelhas been elevated into an all-purpose family play area.Exposed vertical support beams are encased in drywall, which, likewise, wraps HVAC vents. New wood-grained vinyl flooring, recessed lights and tawny/golden wall paint lend the space a light, cheerfulambiance.

The new play room features billiards, pinball and acard table where Dad hosts a weekly card game. Thestacked stone tile fireplace situated in front of an L-shaped configuration of couches offers a perfect spotto watch a plasma screen TV mounted above thehearth.

The old kitchenette, transformed into the family’sdownstairs refreshment center, provides step-savingconvenience that makes entertaining easier for ev-eryone.

Family life — at its most fulfilling.

John Byrd ([email protected]) has beenwriting about home improvement topics for 30 years.

walked through the house and — before anydecision had been reached regarding a pos-sible purchase — the designer developedpreliminary sketches depicting several re-modeling scenarios.

What was obvious to everyone from thestart was that the existing house was seri-ously dated, even degraded in places — andthat the desired upgrade would require con-siderable vision, budget-mindedness andteam performance.

Adding to the drama: if the deal wentthrough, the new owners wanted to put theircurrent house on the market immediately,remodel the purchased property at once andmove into their new residence as soon aspossible.

There would be no interim period of rentalproperties or furniture in storage.

“Looking back, the qualitative differencebetween the interiors of the two houses wasprofound,” Lataille said. “The house beingconsidered for purchase was like somethingfrom a 1970s movie set. There was large-pattern floral wall paper, wainscot panelingin many rooms; the family room adjacent tothe kitchen was covered by a sled ceilingwith faux exposed timbers.”

Moreover, the interior design style, Latailleelaborates, may have once been loosely de-scribed as rustic.

“But the look was plainly anachronistic in2015, “ he added, “A far cry from the con-temporary transitional style my clientswanted.”

The kitchen, likewise, featured outmodedColonial accents that including Dutch-stylemaple cabinet facings, a Delft mosaic tile

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modeling resource homeowners turn to, andreturn to, whenever they need expert ad-vice, hands-on support and commitment.

Case in point: in 2012, a north Arlingtoncouple engaged Lataille to execute a top-to-bottom makeover to their 2,300-square-foothome. The goal was to implement functionalimprovements within a “transitional” inte-rior design style that would work well for agrowing family. Delivered on time andwithin budget, the owners dubbed the re-sults “exceptional” in every detail.

Now, two years later, and with two daugh-ters growing rapidly, the couple askedLataille for ideas for an addition. As it turnedout, the terrain around the property was toosteep. While space enlargement discussionswere still underway, however, the couplelearned that elderly neighbors a few doorsup the street were planning to sell theirnearly 5,000-square-foot colonial.

This was a promising development forLataille’s space-cramped client, but far froma slam-dunk.

The neighbor’s house had been built in thelate 1960s and hadn’t been upgraded in de-cades. Still, more living space was a tanta-lizing proposition, and the couple soon askedLataille for an assessment on remodeling thehouse to the standard he had achieved intheir current residence.

In short order, Lataille and the clients

back splash, and vinyl counter surfaces. There waseven a 30-year-old microwave — “really a kind ofmuseum piece,” Lataille said — “embedded in the foodprep island.”

Downstairs, a spacious multi-function lower-levelzoned as “game room,” “playroom” and “work room”had become stale from lack of use.

There was a tired old kitchenette in a rear corner— which meant that fixtures needed for sinks andrefrigerators were already in place. But much of thelower level was little more than a partly below-gradebasement — hardly a place for upbeat family enter-tainment.

IN THE PLUS COLUMN: the house featured gen-erously-sized rooms and segues, large windows ac-cessing abundant natural light and an appreciably“open” first floor plan with sight lines in three direc-tions.

“The kitchen-centric first level plan had consider-able potential,” Lataille said, “but it needed a morecohesive interior — one that would support a moreintimate scale.”

The first feature Lataille slated for deletion: the sledroof.

By uniformly dropping the ceiling to the standard8 feet, the visual experience of anyone in the roomnow shifts to horizontal sight lines dominated by largewindows and outside landscaping. The more sharplyarticulated indoor-outdoor continuum, in turn, addsfocal points and intimacy — yet is more expansive.

To highlight perspective, Lataille proposed a stackedstone hearth for a sitting area adjacent to the openkitchen. The textural vertical accent — evoking a cozycabin-like ambiance — creates an iconic invitation tosit and interact that had previously been missing froma nondescript corner.

With a panoramic view on one side and the openkitchen on the other, the redesigned niche is trans-formed into a cozy spot for sitting by the windowwith a book, or chatting with the cook as meals areprepared.

With the exception of moving interior walls a fewinches, the kitchen footprint remains fundamentally

With time constraints, Sun Designconverts large, dated house into residencethat satisfies everyone’s agenda.

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By dropping the sled roof to the standard eight feet, the designer intro-duces a scale more appropriate to the family room’s size and purpose.French doors with sidelights now connect the space to a 17-foot-by-31-foot deck complete with hot tub and outdoor kitchen.

Sun Design’s Roger Lataille proposed a stacked stonehearth for a sitting area adjacent to the open kitchen. Thetextural vertical accent — evoking a cabin-like ambiance— creates an invitation to sit and interact that had previ-ously been missing from a nondescript corner.

BEFORE: Wood panelling, wainscoting, and a sled ceilingwith faux rafters were among the dated interior detailsthat defined the home’s previous interior.

Sun Design’s “transitional”-style interior design solutionconcentrates on pleasing contrasts. The 3.6-foot-by-8-footcook top island and three stool dining counter features awalnut-colored base topped with a granite surface. Thedark-stained oak flooring is offset by ivory-hued panelingthat wraps a two-door refrigerator, a roll-out pantry anddrawers custom-designed to satisfy the cook’s require-ments.

BEFORE: The existing kitchen’s dated Colonial accentsincluded Dutch-style maple cabinet facings, a mosaic tileback splash and a vinyl counter surface.

BEFORE: Lataille described the interior of the previous family room as“rustic” — something of anachronism in 2015.

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Continuing to bring Fairfax County fresh,youthful performing arts talent to audi-ences, the Workhouse Arts Center has aspecial family-friendly treat in store. It

is the debut of Pocket Change Theatre with its pro-duction of “Midsummer on a Playground.” It is a newadaption of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’sDream.”

“Pocket Change Theatre’s upcoming performancesof ‘Midsummer on a Playground’ is an inventive spinon Shakespeare and a welcome addition to our line-up of theatrical offerings for young audiences,” saidJoseph Wallen, director of performing arts. “We hopethis production is just the first of many that PocketChange will produce in coming seasons, adding moreoptions for parents wanting to share the magic ofattending live theatrical experiences with their fami-lies at the Workhouse.”

One of the goals of Pocket Change is to have aseries “to make Shakespeare accessible to kids byputting it in a fun, low-pressure environment,” saidartistic director Ruthie Rado of Springfield. “WhenShakespeare means a bunch of silly people on a play-ground, not a standardized multiple choice question,kids realize that Shakespeare can be exciting andfun.”

Pocket Change Theatre was founded by recentgraduates of George Mason University. The foundersinclude David Johnson, Colin Riley and Rado. In aphone interview, Rado indicated they wanted to cre-ate their own theatre company for young audiencesto “push the boundaries of style and story.” A firstproduction was “War and Peas” about “three bravevegetables on their quest to save their friend fromthe scary fruit bowl,” said Rado.

According to Rado, “while we have made cuts forlength and added a preshow magic act, Shakespeare’slanguage remains intact. We firmly believe thatShakespeare can be understood and enjoyed by

young audiences.” Pocket Change also aims to havea distinctive narrative that can be “dialogue light,making the show accessible to English as a SecondLanguage and Deaf/Hard of Hearing audiences.”

“Midsummer on a Playground” is directed by Brit-tany Martz (Fairfax Station and GMU graduate). Shewill use a theatrical framing device of a magic showas two traveling magicians “hypnotize” audience “vol-unteers” who will then unwittingly perform Midsum-mer while in a trance. Seven actors will play morethan 20 roles.

“Not only is Shakespeare for everyone, but so istheatre,” added Martz. “No matter what you looklike or where you come from, anybody can magi-cally transform into a new character.”

Workhouse Arts Centerdebut for Pocket ChangeTheatre’s “Midsummer ona Playground.”

Introducing Shakespeare to Children

Where and WhenPocket Change Theatre presents “Midsummer On A

Playground” at Workhouse Arts Center, W-3 Theatre, 9518Workhouse Way, Lorton. Performances Friday, Aug. 28 at 7p.m. and Saturday, Aug. 29, at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets,$12 adults, $10 for ages 12 and under. Call 703-584-2900or visit www.workhousearts.org

Note: This 45 minutes, no intermission performance of“Midsummer on a Playground” will have relaxed seating,making the show autism-friendly. This means that thehouse lights will stay up, lighting cues will be minimal, noloud sounds and audience members are free to move orstep outside. This will be explained at the top of the show.

From left — Aaron Sulkin, John Kinde,Jonathan Frye, Chema Pineda-Fernandez, Alison Talvacchio, MattSucci, and Nerissa Hart rehearse for“Midsummer on a Playground.”

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From left —Aaron Sulkin,John Kinde,Jonathan Frye,Chema Pineda-Fernandez,AlisonTalvacchio,Matt Succi andNerissa Hartrehearse for“Midsummeron a Play-ground.”

Photos by Ruthie Rado/Courtesy of Pocket Change Theatre

Send notes to the Connection [email protected] orcall 703-778-9416. The deadline isthe Friday prior to the next paper’spublication. Dated announcementsshould be submitted at least two weeksprior to the event.

THURSDAY/AUG. 13Afternoon Book Club. 1 p.m.

Richard Byrd, Library, 7250Commerce Street, Springfield.Join this afternoon book club,make new friends, and chat aboutbooks. This month’s title is “HowIt All Began” by Penelope Lively.

FRIDAY/ AUG. 14Library Playdate: Toddlers.

10:30 a.m. Burke Centre Library,5935 Fred Oaks Road, Burke. Afun place to play with othertoddlers. Ages 1-2 with Adult.Sign up required. http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/bc/

Kingstowne Farmers Market. 4-7 p.m. Fridays, May 1-Oct. 30.Giant Parking Lot, 5955Kingstowne Towne Center,Alexandria. Vendors productsinclude fresh organic honey andhand held pies androlls.www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/farmersmarkets/kingstownemkt.htm

SATURDAY/AUG. 15Art of Movement Class. 8 a.m.

Workhouse Arts Center, 9518Workhouse Way, Lorton. Enjoyfree, drop-in Art of Movementclasses featuring Yoga, Hula, MatPilates, Surfset and Tai Chi.

Date Night: Chef’s Table. 7 p.m.Workhouse Arts Center, 9518Workhouse Way, Lorton. Create,cook and eat together at this funcooking class. $150 per couple.

Master Gardeners- Plant Clinic.10 a.m. Kings Park Library, 9000Burke Lake Road, Burke. MasterGardeners will answer all yourgardening questions everySaturday morning. Adults.

Mount Vernon Nights 2015:The Revelers. 7-8 p.m.Workhouse Arts Center, 9601 OxRoad, Lorton. The Revelers,founding members of the RedStick Ramblers and The Pine LeafBoys” “unquestionably the twogroups at the vanguard of theLouisiana cultural renaissance”have joined together to form aLouisiana Supergroup whichcombines Swamp-Pop, Cajun,Country, Blues and Zydeco into apowerful tonic of roots music that

could only come from SouthwestLouisiana. Free admission.

Tales to Tails. 11 a.m. FairfaxLibrary, 10360 North Street,(Fairfax. Children ages 6-12celebrate Prince Boo-Boo’sbirthday with games, activitiesand reading to the dog. Pleasebring a birthday card. School age.http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/fx/

Burke Farmers Market. 8 a.m.-noon. Saturdays, May 2-Nov. 21.5671 Roberts Parkway, Burke.www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/farmersmarkets/burkemkt.htm

Springfield Farmers Market. 10a.m.-2 p.m. Springfield TownCenter, 6699 Spring Mall Drive,Springfield.www.smartmarkets.org.

Fairfax Farmers Market. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays, May 9-Oct. 31.10500 Page Avenue, Fairfax.www.fairfaxsaturdaymarket.com.

SUNDAY/AUG. 16Model Train Show. 1-4 p.m.

Fairfax Station Railroad Museum,11200 Fairfax Station Road. TheNorthern Virginia NTRAKmembers will hold a N gaugemodel train show. Admission: $2-$4. Visit www.fairfax-station.org.

Lorton Farmers Market. 9 a.m.-1p.m. Sundays, May 3-Nov. 8.Featuring fresh produce, a Swissbakery and potted plants andherbs. VRE Parking Lot, 8990Lorton Station Boulevard, Lorton.www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/farmersmarkets/lortonmkt.htm

Fairfax Farmers Market. 10a.m.-2 p.m. Sundays, May 10-Oct.25. 10500 Page Avenue, Fairfax.www.fairfaxsaturdaymarket.com/

Fair Lakes Farmers Market. 9a.m.-1 p.m. 4501 MarketCommons Drive,Fairfax.www.greentowns.com/initiative/farmers-market/fair-lakes-farmers-market-fairfax-va.

MONDAY/AUG. 17Lorton Evening Book

Conversations. 7 p.m. LortonLibrary, 9520 RichmondHighway, Lorton. Discuss “BackWhen We Were Grownups” byAnne Tyler. Adults.

Paws To Read. 5 p.m. Kings ParkLibrary, 9000 Burke Lake Road,Burke. Practice reading withWylie, a trained therapy dog. Callor sign up for a 15-minutesession. Age 6-12 with adult.

Let’s Hear It For The Girls! 7p.m. Kings Park Library, 9000Burke Lake Road, Burke. All girls

Nancy Hannans’ recent paintings weave stories oflove, joy and harmony in magical lands filled withunlimited possibilities. Hannans combines herlove for storytelling and universal symbolism tocommunicate that we are all interconnected, andto celebrate our common humanity. Her artwork ison display at the Workhouse Arts Center throughSept. 6.

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Evenings on the EllipseSummer Concert. Thursdays,through Aug. 20. 5:30-7 p.m.Fairfax County GovernmentCenter Ellipse (Backyard), 12000Government Center Parkway,Fairfax. Relax with music, tastesof local wines and great company.

Burke Arts in the Parks.Saturdays, through Aug. 22. 10 -11 a.m. Burke Lake ParkAmphitheater, 7315 Ox Road,Fairfax Station. Entertainchildren, teach them theimportance of protecting ournatural resources, introduce themto live entertainment in aninformal kid friendly atmosphere,and forge a connection betweenkids and parks. Call 703-323-6601.

Stars on Sunday ConcertSeries. Sundays, through Aug.30. 3 p.m. Workhouse ArtsCenter, 9518 Workhouse Way,Lorton.

Featuring a lineup of performancesthat showcase the diversity oftalent and culture in NorthernVirginia. Concerts are free toattend and are perfect for

Ongoingfamilies, a special date or arelaxing afternoon of music anddance.

Summer Reading Program.Friday-Saturday, through Sept. 5.10 a.m.-5 p.m. Fairfax Library,10360 North Street, Fairfax. Cometo the library all summer forbooks and events. http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/fx/.

Follow Your Heart: RecentWork by Nancy Hannansthrough Sept. 6 at WorkhouseArts Center, 9518 WorkhouseWay, Lorton. Nancy Hannans’recent paintings weave stories oflove, joy and harmony in magicallands filled with unlimitedpossibilities. Hannans combinesher love for storytelling anduniversal symbolism tocommunicate that we are allinterconnected, and to celebrateour common humanity. Thewomen in her work represent allcultures and races. They embodythe beauty of the human spiritand are symbols of wisdom,strength, honesty, courage andperseverance.

book discussion group of “Where theMountain Meets the Moon” by GraceLin. Age 9-12 with adult female.

Deconstruction/Construction. 2:30p.m. Fairfax Library, 10360 NorthStreet, Fairfax. Join the City ofFairfax Regional Binary and TechShop DC-Arlington for an afternoonof demolition. We will deconstruct acommon household electronic device.Teens. Sign up required. http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/fx/

TUESDAY/AUG. 18S.T.E.A.M Storytime. 2 p.m. Burke

Centre Library, 5935 Fred OaksRoad, Burke. Science, Technology,Engineering, Art and Math. Eachmonth focuses on one subject withstories and activities for preschoolers.Ages 4-5 with adult. Sign uprequired. http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/bc/

Brain Games at the Library. 2 p.m.Fairfax Library, 10360 North Street,Fairfax. Have fun and win prizes withour board and card games thatchallenge your thinking. Ages 8-12.School age. http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/fx/

Classics Book Club. 7 p.m. RichardByrd, Library, 7250 CommerceStreet, Springfield. This month’s titleis “Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Adults.

Afternoon Book Discussion Group.1:30 p.m. Kings Park Library, 9000Burke Lake Road, Burke. “DiscussOne True Thing” by Anna Quindlen.Adults.

Great Decisions Seminar. 2 p.m.Kings Park Library, 9000 Burke LakeRoad, Burke. Roundtable discussion

of U.S foreign policy. Topic: RefugeeCrisis. Adults.

Legos In The Library. 4:30 p.m.Kings Park Library, 9000 Burke LakeRoad, Burke. Use your imaginationand make friends with our LEGObricks free build. LEGOs provided byFriends of the Kings Park Library.

Evening Book Discussion Group.6:30 p.m. Kings Park Library, 9000Burke Lake Road, Burke. The WildBlue: the men and boys who flew B-24’s over Germany by Stephen E.Ambrose. Adults.

WEDNESDAY/AUG. 19PJ Book Buddies. 10:30 a.m. Burke

Centre Library, 5935 Freds OakRoad, Burke. Will read selectionsfrom the PJ Library and make a craftto bring home. PJ Library providesfamilies with free Jewish books andmusic each month. Ages 6 months to5 years. Sign up required. http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/bc/

Bilingual Storytime. 4 p.m. FairfaxLibrary, 10360 North Street, Fairfax.Stories and songs in English andSpanish. Ages 3-5 with adult. Sign uprequired. http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/fx/

THURSDAY/AUG. 20Afternoon Reading Group. 1 p.m.

Fairfax Library, 10360 North Street,Fairfax. A Constellation of VitalPhenomena by Anthony Marra.Adult. http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/fx/

Magic Tree House Club. 4:30 p.m.Burke Centre Library, 5935 FredsOak Road, Burke. Reading BuffaloBefore Breakfast. School age. Sign up

required. http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/bc/

Springfield Writers’ Group. 7 p.m.Richard Byrd, Library, 7250Commerce Street, Springfield.

Share your work, give and receivefeedback in a supportive setting.Adults.

FRIDAY/AUG. 21Kingstowne Farmers Market. 4-7

p.m. Fridays, May 1-Oct. 30. GiantParking Lot, 5955 Kingstowne TowneCenter, Alexandria. Vendors productsinclude fresh organic honey and handheld pies androlls.www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/farmersmarkets/kingstownemkt.htm

Fun and Games. 2 p.m. Burke CentreLibrary, 5935 Freds Oak Road, Burke.Board games and fun. Ages 6-12.Sign up required. http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/bc/

FRIDAY-SUNDAY/AUG. 21-23Workhouse Music Hall. Workhouse

Arts Center, 9518 Workhouse Way,Lorton. Friday & Saturday: 8 p.m.Sunday: 6 p.m. A good old-fashionedrowdy music hall filled with laughterand songs (both vintage and modernsongs that evoke the mood) will fillthe air in an homage to the famouslyunique brand of entertainment.Purchase tickets atworkhousearts.org.

SATURDAY/AUG. 22Burke Farmers Market. 8 a.m.-noon.

Saturdays, May 2-Nov. 21. 5671Roberts Parkway, Burke.www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/farmersmarkets/burkemkt.htm

Springfield Farmers Market. 10a.m.-2 p.m. Springfield Town Center,6699 Spring Mall Drive, Springfield.

Creative Writers Club. 2 p.m. BurkeCentre Library, 5935 Freds OakRoad, Burke. Join for sharing,discussion and feedback on yourworks in progress. Teen volunteerfacilitates. Ages 13-18. Sign uprequired. http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/

branches/bc/From Seed To Sprout. 10:30 a.m.

Kings Park Library, 9000 Burke LakeRoad, Burke. See how amazing seedsare and learn to sprout seeds bymaking your own Bean BabyAmerican Horticultural Society andNational Capital Area Garden Club.Age 6-12.

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With Fairfax County Pub-lic Schools facing aprojected Fiscal Year

2017 budget shortfall of $100 mil-lion, the school superintendent Dr.Karen Garza established a taskforce to look at programs or ser-vices that may be eliminated inorder to make up some of thatdeficit.

According to an update from theAug. 7 online newsletter fromFairfax County, the 36-membertask force has already met fourtimes since June and discussedideas for balancing the budget thatcame from a community onlineforum.

Among the four and a half pagesof preliminary suggestions drawn

from community input are elimi-nating athletics and varsity sportsprograms, downsizing the Ad-vanced Academic Program, en-ergy-saving measures such asshortening the period that athleticfields are lit, and not implement-ing the planned later school starttimes.

Though no decisions have beenmade, the newsletter announce-ment said more suggestions willbe posted online this month forcommunity members to exploreand offer feedback.

The school system also an-nounced a pair of communitymeetings where more informationon the budget process, task forcework and the online feedback tool

will be provided. Those meetingsinclude:

-Wednesday, Sept. 9, at SouthLakes High School from 7 to 9 p.m.

-Saturday, Sept. 12, at MountVernon High School from 10 a.m.to noon.

Final suggestions from the taskforce are scheduled to go to thesuperintendent in October and beshared with the school board inNovember.

Garza will formally present herbudget to the school board on Jan.7, 2016.

For more information on theTask Force and Fiscal Year 2017budget, visit www.fcps.edu/savefcps.

— Tim Peterson

Schools Budget Task Forceto Consult Community on Possible Cuts

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Sports

The Lake Braddock football team willhost Hayfield for a scrimmage at 6 p.m.on Thursday, Aug. 13. Second-yearHayfield head coach Eric Henderson wasa Lake Braddock assistant coach in 2012and 2013.

Woodson will hold its Blue/WhiteGame at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 13 atPat Cunningham Stadium.

South County will travel to scrimmageWoodbridge at 6 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 14.

Robinson will travel to scrimmageOsbourn and Edison will travel to scrim-mage McLean, both at 6 p.m. on Thurs-day, Aug. 20. Lee will travel to scrimmageWest Potomac and Fairfax will hostStuart, both starting at 6 p.m. on Friday,Aug. 21.

Football Scrimmages

By Jon Roetman

The Connection

There is no guarantee the LakeBraddock Bruins will face theWestfield Bulldogs this season. For

the first time since 2008, the teams will notmeet during the regular season.

But if you ask Bruins quarterback KyleEdwards, Lake Braddock will inevitablycross paths with Westfield if the Burkeschool is going to capture its first statechampionship in football.

“They’re going to be a team that we’regoing to have to beat if we want to go for astate championship,” Edwards said. “We’renot preparing for Westfield, we’re not think-ing about Westfield, but we know.”

The Bulldogs have reached the regionchampionship game each of the last fourseasons, beat the Bruins in the semifinalseach of the last two years and figure to onceagain be a contender in 2015. Last year,after beating Westfield during the regularseason, Lake Braddock laid an egg duringthe postseason rematch. The Bruins turnedthe ball over three times in the first quar-ter, trailed 35-0 at halftime and 42-0 in thefourth quarter before a trio of late Bruintouchdowns made the final score 42-20.

Edwards passed for 382 yards in defeat,but turned the ball over three times duringLake Braddock’s first 12 plays.

NOW A RISING SENIOR, Edwards en-ters his second season as the Bruins’ start-ing quarterback and will lead a LakeBraddock offense loaded with talent. The6-foot-2 signal caller is a threat through theair or on the ground, and figures to be morepolished in his decision making with a yearof experience under his belt.

“Really, what I’m looking for from Kyle isplay just like you did last year and cut downon mistakes because mistakes kill you,” LakeBraddock head coach Jim Poythress said.“Turnovers and interceptions kill you. Hejust needs to do what he’s capable of do-ing, not try to force any of the action. Lethis skill kids outside make plays [and] weshould be fine.”

Edwards will have plenty of weapons athis disposal as he attempts to lead LakeBraddock to a seventh consecutive PatriotDistrict/Conference 7 title and a deeppostseason run. Rising senior receiver/de-fensive back Peyton Scott is one of the Bru-ins’ playmakers and figures to be an impactplayer on both sides of the ball.

“He’s an X-factor type guy,” Poythress said.“He can run back kicks, play D-back, playanywhere in the secondary. He played safety

last year, now we’ll play him at corner. Hecan probably cover anybody in this region,I’m pretty certain. He can play out wide, hecan carry the ball and he can crack a longrun … at any time.”

Rising junior Lamont Atkins is the team’stop threat at running back.

“He has tremendous hands,” Poythresssaid, “but he can run the ball as well.”

Rising junior Ibrahim Mansaray will alsosee carries. Poythress said Mansaray is“probably the quickest kid I’ve evercoached.”

“He’s short, but don’t be fooled, he’sbuilt,” Poythress said. “He’s super strong.”

Rising seniors Josh Churchill, David Fofiand Trey Stephens are also receiving threatsfor the Bruins.

“They have to stop not only weaponsthrough the air running down the field onthem, but also, in the backfield,” Scott said.“They’re not going to know where the ballis going. … It’s going to be tough to handle.”

How does the quarterback keep all hisweapons happy?

“It’s not a challenge,” Edwards said, “it’sa great problem to have.”

Rising senior tackle Aaron Lenhardt (6-5, 250) and rising senior guard Johan Marin(6-2, 245) are standouts on the offensiveline.

Lake Braddock also returns plenty of tal-

ent on the defensive side of the ball. Risingseniors David Hibner and KamronAbolfotouh return as defensive ends in theBruins’ 4-3 scheme. Atkins, and rising se-niors Darius Johnson, AndrewNiedringhaus, and Daniel Dinges are return-ing linebackers. Scott, Mansaray and risingjunior Asa Ward are standouts in the sec-ondary. Rising sophomores Tyler Mathenyand Jack Darcy could also be impact play-ers.

Rising senior Nick Bruhn is the kicker.

LAKE BRADDOCK will open the seasonon the road against Lee at 7 p.m. on Friday,Sept. 4. The Bruins’ first home game is Sept.11 against Annandale.Lake Braddock’s other notable regular-sea-son matchups include Robinson (away,Sept. 18), Centreville (home, Oct. 2), WestSpringfield (home, Oct. 23) and SouthCounty (home, Nov. 6).

“It’s a better group [this season] becausethere’s no individualism,” Poythress said ofthe Bruins. “

These people sometimes stand out andthey’re above everyone else and they makeyou miserable, even from a coach. … Theyneed to bond and jell together more as aunit and not little cliques on the outside. Atthe end of the day, that wears you thin.Seems like we have a good group.”

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Rising senior Kyle Edwards entershis second season as LakeBraddock’s starting quarterback.

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Falls Church $224,9002 BR Condo at Skyline Square NearMark Center. With covered parkingspace close to elevators. A very well-maintained Condo with Pool, ExerciseRm, Secure Parking and Reception.Spacious Unit with view to trees from balcony. Call Kay for App’t 703-503-1860

Fairfax Station – $895,000Unbelievable opportunity – Over 5,000 gorgeoussq. ft. inside, on nearly 1 acre with a pond view!

Beat mortgage rateincreases. Sell while themarket is hot/buy whilerates are still low. Call

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Historic Town of Clifton – $659,000Own a piece of VA history! The McDaniel House, built

in 1895, has been lovingly maintained and updated.

Coming SoonSuper ArlingtonCondo. Rarelyoffered 1 BR +Den with 1 Fulland 1 half bath on8th Floor in Heartof Ballston. GreatViews FromBalcony. Unit HasSXS Fridge, Corian

Counters, Hardwood Flrs, Gas FP, Gas Cooking, Storage, & 1Garage Pkg, Space in Luxury Bldg Amenities Incl Pool,Fitness Ctr, Party Rm. Washer Dryer in Unit. Close to Metro,Trans, & Shopping. Call for details and pricing.

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Falls Church $515,000Charming Updated Cape Cod—Great Location Inside Beltway. 5BR, 3 BA, 3 Finished Lvls. 0.30 acusable lot. From Roof to HVAC,refinished gleaming Hardwoods,

Recent appliances, Cute as can be. READY for a new Owner. Openany time by appointment – Kay Hart 703-217-8444. Agent bonus.

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Fairfax Station $714,900Stunning Colonial in Beautiful Crosspointe. 5 BR’s, 3 1/2Baths, New Hardwood floors on main level + New StainlessSteel Appliances, Granite, Back Splash + New Master Bath+ New Carpet Upper Level, Freshly Painted thru-out, LovelyDeck w/Pergola, overlooking 14,535 Sq Ft Lot. Nothing to dobut move right in. Call Sheila Adams 703-503-1895.

Fairfax $198KExcellentCondition/Top Floor

Move into a beauti-fully updated 2 BR,1 BA condo close toMetro transporta-tion. Owned by acontractor.Renovated kitchenand bath. BrazilianHW floor in LR/DR.

Centreville $749,000This spacious colonial has 3 finished levels, 4 bed-rooms, and 3 1/2 baths. Gourmet kitchen, mastersuite is more of a spa and walk up lower level.

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Fairfax City $190,000You are minutes away from shopping, restaurants, and Metroservice! This two bedroom condo is perfect for first-timeowners but equally appealing if you are downsizing. Freshlypainted, new appliances, and new neutral carpet throughout.

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