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Nancy St. Pierre and Donna Daughtery, both Burke residentsand attendees of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, serve foodat the FACETS Hypothermia Shelter on Jan. 8.

Nancy St. Pierre and Donna Daughtery, both Burke residentsand attendees of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, serve foodat the FACETS Hypothermia Shelter on Jan. 8.

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Annual Valentine’s Day Ban-quet. The Family Ministry of theGreater Little Zion Baptist Church issponsoring their annual Valentine’sDay Banquet on Saturday, Feb. 15.from 6:30 to 11 p.m. All couples andsingles are invited to fellowship toenjoy an evening of dining, music,dancing and featured entertainment.The theme for this night of extrava-ganza and celebration of Valentine’sDay is “The Joy Of Love” (Song ofSongs 4:10). Location: Waterford Re-ceptions at Fair Oaks, 12025 LeeJackson Memorial Highway, Fairfax.Cost: $55 per person. Contact Dea-con Anthony Bazemore orDeaconess-Elect Terri Bazemore at703-764-9111. Reservations andpayments are due by Feb. 10.

Fairfax Baptist Temple, at thecorner of Fairfax County Parkwayand Burke Lake Roads, holds a biblestudy fellowship at 9 a.m. Sundaysfollowed by a 10 a.m. worship ser-vice. Nursery care and children’schurch also provided. 6401 Mission-ary Lane, Fairfax Station,703-323-8100 orwww.fbtministries.org.

The Guhyasamaja BuddhistCenter, 10875 Main St., Fairfax Cityprovides free classes to both new-comers and advanced practitioners ofTibetan Buddhism. The center em-phasizes working with the mind andlearning how to understand theworkings of the mind, overcoming

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Lord of Life Lutheran offersservices at two locations, in Fairfaxat 5114 Twinbrook Road and inClifton at 13421 Twin Lakes Drive.Services in Fairfax are held on Satur-days at 5:30 p.m. and Sundays at8:30 and 10 a.m. Services in Cliftonare held on Sundays at 8:15 and10:30 a.m. 703-323-9500 orwww.Lordoflifeva.org.

First Baptist Church ofSpringfield offers Sunday school at9:15 a.m., followed by a 10:30 a.m.worship service at 7300 Gary St.,Springfield. 703-451-1500 orwww.fbcspringfield.org.

Clifton Presbyterian Church,12748 Richards Lane, Clifton, offersSunday worship services at 8:30 a.m.and 11 a.m. Nursery care is provided.Christian education for all ages is at9:45 a.m. 703-830-3175.

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Faith Notes


News

By Victoria Ross

The Connection

As members of the Virginia Gen-eral Assembly convene for thefirst time since last February, leg-islators are stampeding to intro-

duce ethics legislation in response to thegift scandal which engulfed then Gov. Rob-ert F. McDonnell (R).

The revelations last spring about numer-ous undisclosed gifts and purported loansfrom businessman Jonnie Williams toMcDonnell — including a $6,500 Rolexwatch engraved to the “71st Governor ofVirginia” and $35,000 in gifts and cateringfor his daughters’ weddings — shined aspotlight on Virginia’s porous financial dis-closure laws.

McDonnell, who remains under federalinvestigation over his relationship withWilliams, pointed to various loopholes inexisting state law as reasons for not disclos-ing gifts, noting that state law requires onlythe disclosure of gifts directly to officehold-ers, and not their families.

Following the principle cited by SupremeCourt Justice Louis Brandeis that “Sunlightis said to be the best of disinfectants,” stateSen. Chap Petersen (D-Fairfax) has intro-duced an ethics reform package which hesays “makes the Freedom of Information Act(FOIA) a centerpiece.”

PETERSEN’S BILLS would increase dis-closure, limit contributions and gifts, pro-hibit the use of private law firms for statebusiness, and create an ethics commission,ideally with subpoena power, to hold legis-lators accountable and increase transpar-ency.

“The era of Rolexes, lake-house vacations,and $150,000 loans must end,” Petersensaid. “For far too long those of us who servein Richmond have relied on super-sizedpolitical contributions to fund our cam-paigns. That is a part of our current flawedculture. Working Virginians don’t see cam-paign donations larger than their yearlyincomes as ‘no strings attached.’ They see atransaction.”

Petersen’s package of ethical reform billstakes its place alongside several others an-nounced last week, including a bipartisanreform package unveiled Tuesday, Jan. 7,by House Majority Leader M. Kirkland Cox(R-Colonial Heights) and House MinorityLeader David J. Toscano (D-Charlottesville).

Under the Kirkland-Toscano bill, reformsinclude:

❖ A $250 cap on tangible gifts to offi-cials and their immediate family members

from lobbyists or people with business be-fore the state.

❖ A ban on solicitation of those gifts.❖ The requirement that family members’

finances and gifts be disclosed.❖ The creation of an ethics commission

that would serve as a resource, providinglegislators guidance on issues that may posea conflict of interest.

“What we have really tried to do here istake the best parts of our current system,which is fairly strict reporting accountabil-ity, and in targeted areas, we’ve really triedto beef that up and really get at some ofthe problems,” Cox said at a news confer-ence in Richmond last week with Republi-can and Democratic leaders.

Petersen said his proposals differed sig-nificantly from the House bill.

“I’m not overly impressed by the ‘biparti-san compromise’ announced in the Housethis week. My package has teeth. My inten-tion is to change the culture, not just closethe loopholes,” Petersen said in an inter-view on Wednesday, Jan. 8.

“The other issue that’s part of my proposalis making FOIA the centerpiece,” Petersensaid. “I think my FOIA bill is critical forbringing more transparency to this process.That’s a huge difference, because withoutthat it’s really hard to know what’s going

on and it’s for people and the media to in-vestigate. ”

Petersen said he wants his ethics commis-sion to have subpoena power, which wouldgive the group the authority to compel law-makers to testify and produce evidence, orface a penalty for failure to comply.

According to the National Conference ofState Legislatures, more than 40 states havesimilar ethics commissions, most with sub-poena power.

Petersen said he has long been botheredby the lack of financial transparency in Vir-ginia, and the ensuing erosion of the public’strust.

WHEN REPORTS ABOUT THE ROLEXsurfaced last July, Petersen sent a letter tothe governor asking him to “come clean onthis matter” by explaining the gifts, deny-ing the reports, or resigning from office. Hebecame the first Virginia lawmaker to sug-gest McDonnell’s resignation in the wakeof the deepening controversy over the lav-ish gifts.

“For too long, we’ve said ‘hey, we’re hon-orable gentleman, we can police ourselves,’Unfortunately, there have been too manyrecent incidents to contradict that,” Petersensaid.

“That’s why I’ve introduced four bills that

will increase the public’s right to know, limitcampaign contributions to $20K per candi-date from a single donor, end the soakingof taxpayers by white-shoe law firms, andstart a truly independent and distinguishedethics commission that includes everydaycitizens to hold legislators accountable.”

But Del. Dave Albo (R-42) said he wasn’toverly impressed with Petersen’s bills, andhe supports the bipartisan compromise.

“The bipartisan House proposal includesan ethics commission, so I don’t know whySenator Peterson thinks that his ethics com-mission is better,” Albo said Friday, addingthat it’s unrealistic for state lawmakers toimpose certain campaign contribution lim-its.

“If a bill could be crafted that wouldequally limit [all campaign contributions],then I would support it. But it has to be alevel playing field,” Albo said.

“It takes a long time to start earning backthe trust that you have lost, and as Virgin-ians, and as public officials, we need to startnow,” Petersen said.

Let Sun Shine on Virginia’s Financial Disclosure LawsState legislators turnattention to ethics inwake of McDonnellgift scandal.

Photo by Victoria Ross/The Connection

Sen. Chap Petersen (D-34), sitting, confers with a colleague during lastyear’s General Assembly session. After the session ended in February, itwas disclosed that federal and state authorities had launched an investi-gation regarding gifts given to then-Gov. Robert McDonnell (R) and hisfamily. The investigation served to heighten public awareness ofVirginia’s lax financial disclosure laws.

What Petersen’s EthicsPackage Would Do❖ SB212: FOIA for General Assembly members

and staff - SB212 removes the GeneralAssembly’s exception from the Virginia FOIA act.This bill repeals the 2013 General AssemblyFOIA exemption act (HB1639), patroned by Del.Tag Greason (R-Potomac Falls).

❖ SB218: Limits on Campaign Contributions andGifts - SB218 Limits General Assembly membersand Executives in the Commonwealth to a totalof $2,000 in gifts per year. All gifts over $50 willcontinue to be itemized and reported. “Super-sized” campaign donations will be limited to$20,000 per individual donor per candidate.

❖ SB220: Prohibiting the Use of Private Law Firmsfor State Business -SB220 requires the office ofthe Attorney General to contract local city orcounty attorneys, rather than private counsel,when it experiences a conflict of interest. Thisbill will remove the incentive for private lawfirms to exploit the current law and over-bill thestate on a public matter. This bill was broughtabout due to the ongoing attorney’s fees chargedby two firms employed by Attorney Gen. KenCuccinelli’s office to defend Gov. BobMcDonnell, reportedly more than $780,000.

❖ SB219: Establishment of the Virginia EthicsCommission -SB219 requires that all loans, gifts,and statements of economic interests disclosuresshall be filed with the Virginia EthicsCommission. Currently these disclosures arefiled to the clerks of each house. The VirginiaEthics Commission will be a body independentof both houses, comprised of both formerlegislators and distinguished independentcitizens whom have never held office. Thecommission will be able to makerecommendations for disciplinary proceedingsagainst legislators found in violation ofdisclosure laws to their respective house, wheremembers will vote on any disciplinary action.

For more information on these bills, go to:http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/

legp604.exe?141+sum+SB212SB220 (Petersen)http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/

legp604.exe?141+sum+SB220HB1639: (Greason, 2013)http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/

legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1639SB218 (Petersen)http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/

legp604.exe?141+sum+SB218SB219 (Petersen)http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/

legp604.exe?141+sum+SB219

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By Janelle Germanos

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Temperatures in FairfaxCounty have reachedrecord lows over the past

week and FACETS is continuing torun its hypothermia preventionshelters this winter.

The shelters are hosted atchurches throughout the area, andare intended to prevent hypother-mia-related deaths, said SingleServices Team Leader AbbyDunner.

FACETS worked with other or-ganizations to ensure that nobodywas left in the cold during thebone-chilling weather last week.

“Since the program started, inFairfax County we have not hadany hypothermia related deaths,so it is obviously a very effectiveprogram,” Dunner said.

FACETS runs one of four hypo-thermia shelters in Fairfax County,and is the only organization thatlacks its own shelter. The organi-zation partners with localchurches to host those in need.The FACETS shelter opens at 5:30p.m. and guests must exit by 7a.m.

“We are using completely do-nated space, so we are not able tostay during the day, but we try tomake other arrangements, andthey may go to drop in centers andthings like that so they can stayout of the cold during the day,”Dunner said.

ST. ANDREW’S EPISCOPALCHURCH in Burke hosted one ofthe hypothermia shelters the weekof Jan. 6, when the “Polar Vortex”came to Fairfax County.

Churches hosting a hypothermiashelter are required to provideshelter and food, but most goabove and beyond, Dunner said.

“They provide entertainment,they provide services like giftcards, they upload smart trip cardsso guests can get around, and theyprovide entertainment like choirsor bands. They really go out oftheir way to make this an enjoy-able experience for guests,”Dunner said.

Jewell Gould, a volunteer at St.Andrew’s Episcopal Church inBurke, said that welcoming guestsin extreme temperatures is a toppriority.

“Hospitality and welcomingstrangers is our core mission,”Gould said.

Church volunteer Claire Palmerof Springfield said her whole fam-ily often comes to volunteer.

“I think God requires it of us tohelp others, especially those whoare less fortunate,” Palmer said.

Robinson High School JuniorGiselle Clark is in charge of pack-

Keeping Homeless Out of the ColdFACETS hypoth-ermia preventionshelters continuefor winter 2014.

Robinson High School juniors Giselle Clark and AustinSouthern volunteer at a FACETS Hypothermia Shelter atSt. Andrew’s Episcopal Church on Jan. 8 in Burke. Clarkis in charge of packing lunches for shelter guests to eatduring the day.

Jewell Gould and Abby Dunner, left, stand in the roomwhere clients from the FACETS Hypothermia Shelter willspend the night at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church inBurke. Gould is a volunteer who attends church at St.Andrew’s and Dunner is the single services team leaderfor FACETS.

FACETS Hypothermia Shelter at St. Andrew’s EpiscopalChurch in Burke can hold up to 35 people. The shelteropens at 5:30 p.m. and closes at 7 a.m.

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Teen Advisory Board Meeting. 3p.m. Burke Centre Library, 5935Freds Oak Road, Burke. TAB meetsonce a week to help shape thelibrary’s young adult collection,programming and outreach projects.

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The Virginia General Assembly be-gan its annual session last week onJan. 8.

The actions of the Virginia Gen-eral Assembly matter more to localities than itwould in many other states. In Virginia, locali-ties have only the power specificallygranted by the General Assembly, theDillon rule.

So, for example, MontgomeryCounty and Prince Georges County in Mary-land recently voted to increase the minimumwage in those localities. They didn’t need per-mission from Maryland General Assembly todo so. Arlington and Alexandria might be in-clined to follow suit (the District governmentalso voted to increase the minimum wage) butdo not have that power.

The General Assembly limits how localitiescan raise revenue, what kinds of traffic regu-lations they can implement, whether they cancontrol where guns are allowed, whetherschool districts can begin classes before LaborDay, and much more.

Fairfax, Arlington and Alexandria sent theirmembers of the Northern Virginia delegationof state senators, all Democrats, and delegates,overwhelmingly Democrats (13-5), to Rich-mond, where the House of Delegates is over-whelming Republican and control of the Sen-ate is still up in the air pending special elec-tions.

Del. Ken Plum (D-36) filed HB536 which

would “increase the minimum wage from itscurrent federally mandated level of $7.25 perhour to $8.25 per hour effective July 1, 2014,and to $9.25 per hour effective July 1, 2015,unless a higher minimum wage is required bythe federal Fair Labor Standards Act.” It isn’t

likely to see the light of day.Anyone can watch the Virginia House

of Delegates or Senate on streamingvideo when either is in session, and the

Virginia General Assembly proved last year thatit can be worthy of national attention for en-tertainment. It is in fact well worth tuning inonce or twice or more. Visit http://virginiageneralassembly.gov/ and click on“members and session,” and see the “quicklinks” section for video links.

Legislators will consider literally thousandsof bills between now and March 8.

Some quite random examples of proposedlegislation from local delegates and senators:

❖ Del. Dave Albo (R-42): Driving while in-toxicated; refusal of blood or breath tests. Thisbill would allow a person who has been ar-rested for driving while intoxicated and whohas refused to submit to a blood or breath testbe given another opportunity to consent to test-ing after the arresting officer has advised theperson of the consequences of his refusal.

❖ Del. David Bulova (D-37): One bill wouldallow the employment of lights for the obser-vation of deer (spotlighting) for certain activi-ties authorized by the Department of Game and

Inland Fisheries. Another would provide thatproperty used in connection with certaincrimes associated with human trafficking issubject to forfeiture to the Commonwealth.

❖ Del. Scott Surovell (D-44) has proposedthe repeal of last year’s hybrid tax, plus a billthat would place a cap on the compensationthat may be paid to a special counsel appointedto handle certain legal matters where it wouldbe improper or uneconomical for the AttorneyGeneral, or the Attorney General is unable, tohandle such matters. That cap would be thesame as allowed for a court appointed attor-ney, a very small amount.

❖ Del. Mark Sickles (D-43) proposes to cre-ate the Virginia Health Benefit Exchange,which will be established and operated by anew division within the State CorporationCommission.

❖ Sen. Dave Marsden (D-37) would make ita Class 1 misdemeanor for the owner of awebsite to both post an arrest photo and so-licit, request, or accept money for removingthe photograph.

❖ Sen. Chap Petersen (D-34) proposes to re-quire drivers and passengers to wait for a rea-sonable opportunity to open vehicle doors onthe side adjacent to moving traffic, an effortto prevent the “dooring” of bicyclists.

Why the General Assembly matters more inVirginia than most states.

From Late Night Comedy to Your BedroomSee for Yourself

Visit http://virginiageneralassembly.gov/ andclick on “members and session,” and see the “quicklinks” section for live video links, information onwho your legislators are and how to track bills.Every resident is represented by one state delegateand one state senator; look up your and email to beplaced on their mailing lists. Consider attendingtheir local meetings.

Editorial

By David Bulova

Special to The Connection

Greetings from Rich-mond! The 2014 Gen-eral Assembly is now in

full swing. In addition to consid-ering nearly 2,000 bills, we willadopt Virginia’s biennial budget,which must be balanced as requiredby Virginia’s constitution. Thanks toeveryone who has contacted meabout issues throughout the year.This session I have introduced 13bills and several budget amend-ments. Below is a summary of is-sues and initiatives I will be work-ing on during the 2014 session.

❖ Transportation – Last year’stransportation funding packagepassed with strong bi-partisan sup-port and is already generating sig-nificant revenue to fix local andregional transportation bottle-necks such as the I-66 corridor.Several legislators, however, arelooking to repeal the package. Pro-tecting this landmark accomplish-ment is a top priority.

❖ Standards of Learning – There

has been mountingconcern that Virginia’sStandards of Learninghave resulted in

“teaching to the test” at the expenseof critical thinking skills. I amthrilled that I have been appointedto the new Educational ReformSubcommittee of the House Edu-cation Committee, which will con-sider how to reform the SOLs.

❖ Education Funding – It is notyour imagination! The difference inthe cost of living between North-ern Virginia and the least expen-sive part of the state is a whopping66 percent. To make up for this dif-ference, our region has tradition-ally been given additional cost-to-compete funding for education. Un-fortunately, the Governor’s intro-duced budget proposes to eliminatethis funding for school support per-sonnel, which would result in a lossof $20.7 million for our region. Re-storing this funding is a priority forthe Northern Virginia delegation.

❖ Bridge to Kindergarten –Quality early childhood educationis a key predictor of future educa-tional success. This year I have in-troduced a budget amendment toprovide classroom readiness skillsto disadvantaged children whohave not had a preschool experi-ence. This initiative is based on asuccessful pilot program atDaniel’s Run Elementary.

❖ Ethics Reform – Several eventsthis past year placed a harsh spot-light on Virginia’s relatively lax eth-ics and transparency laws. We gotstarted on the right track when theDemocratic and Republican cau-cuses announced the framework fora bipartisan ethics reform package.However, I am pushing for more tobe done and have introduced HouseBill 271 to increase transparency byrequiring that gifts be reported ona more frequent basis. Currently,gifts are only reported once a yearafter the elections.

❖ Health Care – There is broad

bi-partisan support to makechanges to our mental-health sys-tem in the wake of the stabbing ofSenator Creigh Deeds and the sui-cide of his son. We will also con-sider whether to expand Medicaid.

❖ Human Trafficking – For thepast several years I’ve beenpleased to be part of a bipartisancoalition to fight human traffick-ing in Virginia by increasing pen-alties and giving law enforcementthe tools they need to prosecutetraffickers. This year I have intro-duced House Bill 767 that allowspolice to seize the assets of a traf-ficker, similar to what is alreadyallowed for drug runners.

I invite you to share yourthoughts by filling out my 2014Constituent Survey. Also, markyour calendars for my annualTown Hall with Senator ChapPetersen on Feb. 1, from 9-10:30a.m., at Fairfax City Hall. Moreinformation on both can be foundat www.davidbulova.com.

Del. Bulova unveils his legislative priorities.

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Shelters Continue for Winter 2014ing lunches for guests this year.Clark, who previously lived inHawaii, where she recognized theneed for low-income housing, per-sonalizes each guest’s bag to addsome cheer to their day.

“I think it is important to helpthe homeless and serve the com-munity,” Clark said.

Guests sleep on thick mats onthe floor, and are given two blan-kets each.

“It’s not frivolous, it’s not pretty,”Dunner said. “It’s one of thosethings that is the bare bones ofwhat we are able to provide.”

According to Dunner, capacity isan issue and Fairfax County hasgotten involved in determining theappropriate number of people thatcan safely sleep in the churches.

Because FACETS has strong re-lationships with other services inthe community, they are able tomake accommodations for every-one in need of shelter.

“The whole purpose of the pro-gram is to make sure that peoplehave a safe and warm place tosleep, and that nobody is on thestreets when it’s this cold. Whatthat means is that regardless ofcapacity, we will find a place forthem to go,” Dunner said.

Although Dunner said that FAC-ETS recognizes the importance ofthese shelters and they will alwaysbe needed, the organization is fo-cusing on creating housing oppor-tunities for low-income people inFairfax County.

“As the program moves forward,we’re really committed now togetting people into housing,”Dunner said. “We’re really commit-ted to making sure that while shel-tering people, we’re also workingtowards finding more permanentsolutions to end theirhomelessness.”

FACETS is currently working ona Triumph II Housing program,designated for chronically home-less individuals.

“Chronic homelessness implies acertain length of time so actualdefinition is a year or morestraight being homeless or fourtimes in the last three years,”Dunner said. “They have to havea disabling condition, so the lengthof time and the disabling condi-tion implies chronichomelessness.”

Dunner, however, said that morethought needs to be put into hous-ing for all low-income individuals.

“The problem with FairfaxCounty is that we are such an ex-pensive county. Our moneydoesn’t go as far as it would go inless expensive areas,” Dunner said.

According to Dunner, more low-income housing opportunities,such as the proposed residentialstudio units, would help FACETSclients in Fairfax County.

“These are affordable units thatare safe for ourfolks to live, to bestable and to beproductive mem-bers of society,”Dunner said.“Housing rightnow is such ashortage thatwe’re in a desper-ate situation.”

Dunner findsthe backlash theresidential studiounits proposal isreceiving to besurprising.

“I think if otherpeople took thetime to reallylearn who wouldbe occupyingthese units, theywould have a different view-pointabout it,” Dunner said. “Housingis the most important thing and yetit’s the most difficult thing to con-nect people to.”

“The wholepurpose of theprogram is tomake sure thatpeople have a safeand warm place tosleep, and thatnobody is on thestreets when it’sthis cold.”

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K.J., 8, and his sisterKalina, 3, love readingbooks, particularlybooks they’ve written

themselves or with their mother. Infact, K.J. is an avid reader of bothhomemade and traditionally pub-lished books, and his sister is fol-lowing in his footsteps.

“When they were younger, I tookpictures and copied them on a homeprinter,” said their mother, HollyKarapetkova, an associate professorof literature at Marymount Univer-sity in Arlington. “Once they wereolder, they illustrated the books orchose the item they wanted to in-clude like for a specific letter in analphabet book.”

Karapetkova and other research-ers said that creating books like thiswith children is not only easy and

inexpensive, it’s one of the bestways to help them develop a loveof books and reading, whichKarapetkova said is one of the great-est gifts a parent can give a child.

“Reading is one of the fundamen-tal ways that we interact with theworld and particularly with knowl-edge,” she said. “As a college pro-fessor, I find that my students whocan read well can also think welland write well. They are thinkerson a much deeper level. Researchhas shown that reading makes youmore contemplative, builds pa-tience, concentration, and youhave to use your imagination.”

MAKING YOUR OWN BOOKSstretches the imagination. M. Su-san Burns, Ph.D., a member of theearly childhood education and hu-man development and family sci-ences faculty at George MasonUniversity says there are a few

things that parents should keep inmind when making books withtheir children, however.

“Parents need to make it a posi-tive experience,” she said. “Chil-dren need to have books available[on topics] that are of true inter-est to them. When a book is beingmade with parents, it may not beengaging if the book is only of in-terest to the parent.

“Sometimes it gets sickening tohave your kid tell you another prin-cess story or another train story, butit is really important though to gowith the child’s interest,” she con-tinued. “You can take a little bit ofa twist on the story by maybe add-ing a map that shows the placeswhere the train might go.”

Children may also want to turnto real-life for their books. “Childrenlove to create stories based on theirown experiences, and begin to de-velop a love of art and literature atan early age,” said Sharon Fishel,ArtReach director for the McLeanProject for the Arts in McLean. “Par-ents can foster the link betweendrawing, writing and reading byhaving their child draw pictures of

their daily routine or special events,such as field trips, family outings orunplanned adventures.”

When creating a homemadebook, the text doesn’t have to beoriginal either. “You can take a fa-miliar song and adapt the lyrics,”said Karapetkova. “For example, abook about a daily routine can say‘This is the way we brush our teeth,brush our teeth, brush our teethearly in the morning.’”

The techniques for young chil-dren are a little different. “Youwant a little one to engage with a

book,” said Fishel. “A parent-childidea is nice. We do a lot of parent-child workshops here [at theMcLean Project for the Arts] whereone parent does one side [of thepage] and child does the other.”

The books children and theirparents create don’t have to befancy, however. “When I’ve madebooks like this with my children,we’ve taken photos, we cut out pic-tures from magazines, glue sticks,something to put the picture onto,”said Burns. “You can make thosebooks fun by using artifacts. If

you’re doing a book from your beach trip,your child may want to put some sand inthe book, but it is important to have a childinitiate it.”

“I like the thicker paper stock and some-times it makes it easier to hold onto,” sheadded. “The other thing is to get the clearlaminating paper and putting a plastic sheetover it.”

Even “folded paper, bound with a pencilbecomes a writer’s journal,” saidKarapetkova. “You can also take plastic zip-lock bags, punch holes in the bags, fill themand they become bath time books becausethey are waterproof.”

Fishel suggests sticking with the basics:“Composition book, crayons, colored pen-cils. Go to a crafts store [and get] bags oforigami papers or printed pattern papers,”she said, noting that “each part of it can become a lesson plan. Get a patterned pieceof paper and explore with your child whatmakes that a pattern. Don’t assume that yourchild knows.”

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS atSt. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Potomaccreate their own books as part of the elemen-tary school curriculum. Jordan Love, headof the Lower School, said that parents can“create a writing center at home by provid-

ing a child with an area dedicated to theirwork and ideas. All children need is blankpaper, coloring crayons or markers, and aquiet place to work, preferably at a table thatis their size. Elementary-age children shouldbe provided paper that has a blank sectionat the top and lines on the bottom.

“For preschool age children,” Love said,“parents can ask their child to dictate ordescribe in order the illustrations. Parentsshould describe what they are writing whilethe child watches them transcribe their ideasto the paper. This reinforces that languagecan be printed.”

Experts add that it’s important to empha-size that mistakes, corrections and changesare OK. “I usually say don’t let them erasewhat they write or draw 150 times. It is notabout perfection,” said Fishel.

Burns agrees. “In books for pleasure youdon’t want to make big corrections,” shesaid. “It’s the relationship with parents thatwill make it positive.”

Love suggests that parents display theirchildren’s books. “Writing and reading gohand in hand, and through supporting thewriting process, parents are enhancing theirchild’s ability to be a more effective and effi-cient reader. Writing together helps to expanda child’s vocabulary, encourage creativity, ac-tivate prior knowledge, and build self-esteem.”

Creating Books with ChildrenExperts say helping little readersbecome authors can deepen alove of reading.

“As a college professor, I find that my students whocan read well can also think well and write well. Theyare thinkers on a much deeper level.”

— Holly Karapetkova, Ph.D., Marymount University

Photo courtesy of Holly Karapetkova

K.J., 8, and his sister Kalina, 3, make books with theirmother, Holly Karapetkova, a professor of literature atMarymount University in Arlington. Experts say makingbooks with children can help them develop of a love ofreading.

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By Janelle Germanos

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At the Jan. 9 SchoolBoard Meeting, FairfaxCounty Public Schools

Superintendent Karen Garza re-leased the proposed budget of$2.5 billion for FY 2015.

The budget proposal requiresan additional $98.1 million, or5.7 percent increase comparedto FY 2014, from Fairfax County,which the school system says isdue to uncontrollable factorssuch as enrollment growth, re-tirement rate increases and thestructural deficit. The FY 2015proposed budget is an increaseof $59.4 million from last year’sapproved budget.

“We had some significant costdrivers that affected our budgetmoving forward,” Garza said atthe school board meeting.

According to Garza, enroll-

ment growth has created a strainon the school system due to the re-sources needed to address thisgrowth. Other costs factors includea retirement rate increase of $38.9million, as required by the state,and health insurance increases ofan estimated $23.9 million.

THE PROPOSED BUDGET alsoincludes an increase of step bo-nuses for employees who are eli-gible, totaling $41.0 million. Therehas been one step increase for em-ployees in the past five years.

In order to address these costincreases, the budget includes re-

ductions and savings of $96.5 mil-lion, which includes the elimina-tion of 731 positions.

The reductions include the elimi-nation of 82 positions from centralsupport, 180.5 positions fromschool support, which includes as-sistant principals, technology spe-cialists, school clerical employees,custodians, and the elimination ofthe administrative intern program.The elimination of 468.7 classroompositions is also included in theproposed budget and will be doneby increasing class size and cuttingdown on needs-based staffing, in-structional assistants, and the ca-reer and transition program.

“Some of that we believe can bemitigated by annual growth andannual attrition, but it is signifi-cant. It is a significant number ofpositions,” Garza said.

The proposed budget also in-cludes an addition of $4.2 millionin fees for Advanced Placementand International Baccalaureatetests.

According to Garza, the Board ofSupervisors has spent a great dealof time meeting with the schoolboard regarding the budget.

“I’m very hopeful and optimistic,having met with them numerous

times, as we all have, that therewill be a shared solution andthat they will partner with us aswe move forward to protect ourgreat schools,” Garza said.

Garza said at the meeting thatthe school board has taken ashared approach in the FY 2015proposed budget.

“As we look to FY 2015, ourapproach has been a shared ap-proach. As I mentioned earlier,we had a projected significantshortfall. As we visited with theBoard of Supervisors, we feltlike after having visited withthem and really surveying thelay of the land, we knew thatwe were going to have to lookforward to solving this througha shared approach, recognizingthat we’re going to need theirhelp in helping protect ourschools moving forward, but atthe same time, that we’re goingto have to make some difficultdecisions as a system, very pain-ful ones,” Garza said.

Garza said at the school boardmeeting that she knows theschool system is asking a lot ofthe Board of Supervisors. Thebudget is dependent on the

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The FY 2015 projected begin-ning balance, used to prepare thebudget, was $48.5 million.

The school board’s revenue as-sumptions include $375.9 millionin state aid, $171.7 million of statesales tax, $42.0 million in federalaid, and $66.6 million in tuitionpayments from City of Fairfax andother revenue.

The projected FY 2015 studentenrollment is 187,994 students.

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERSexpressed both thanks to Super-intendent Garza for increasingtransparency and beginning thebudget discussion earlier than pre-vious years, as well as concerns forsome aspects of the budget.

“I have serious concerns with thebudget that has been presentedbecause I personally believe that

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Schools Budget Requires Tough Choicesthere is some long term impactsin here that we need to amelio-rate,” said Dan Storck, the MountVernon District School Boardmember.

Other concerns included classsize increase and the eliminationof certain positions.

“These are some brave cuts.These are going to be some diffi-cult situations we are going tohave Monday going forward,”Springfield School Board memberElizabeth Schultz said.

Mason District School Boardmember Sandy Evans said at themeeting she agrees the step in-crease for employees is fundamen-tal. “As far as the request for the5.7 percent transfer, I think thatthis is modest. It’s reasonable.Considering our huge growth andour huge critical, fundamentalneeds, I think that our request hereis quite reasonable,” Evans said.

Braddock District School Boardmember Megan McLaughlin ex-

pressed concern with the 5.7 per-cent increase in the county trans-fer at the meeting, based off whatthe Board of Supervisors has ap-proved in the past.

“This school system has not seena 6 percent or more increase since2006. This 5.7 percent increasegives me great pause,” McLaughlinsaid. Some school board members,however, think the request is rea-sonable, including Vice Chairmanand Lee District School Boardmember Tamara Derenak Kaufax.

“It cannot simply be stated thateducation is a top priority, whenit has not been adequately fundedfor several years now. Our systemhas not. Lip service cannot educatea child. Our uncontrollable in-creases cannot be ignored. Ourenrollment growth, our changingdemographics, our rising insur-ance and retirement rates. Theseare uncontrollable expenses.Again, don’t ignore them,”Derenak Kaufax said.

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Annual Valentine’s Day Ban-quet. The Family Ministry of theGreater Little Zion Baptist Church issponsoring their annual Valentine’s DayBanquet on Saturday, Feb. 15. from6:30 to 11 p.m. All couples and singlesare invited to fellowship to enjoy anevening of dining, music, dancing andfeatured entertainment. The theme forthis night of extravaganza and celebra-tion of Valentine’s Day is “The Joy OfLove” (Song of Songs 4:10). Location:Waterford Receptions at Fair Oaks,12025 Lee Jackson Memorial Highway,Fairfax. Cost: $55 per person. ContactDeacon Anthony Bazemore or Deacon-ess-Elect Terri Bazemore at703-764-9111. Reservations and pay-ments are due by Feb. 10.

Fairfax Baptist Temple, at thecorner of Fairfax County Parkway andBurke Lake Roads, holds a bible studyfellowship at 9 a.m. Sundays followedby a 10 a.m. worship service. Nurserycare and children’s church also pro-vided. 6401 Missionary Lane, FairfaxStation, 703-323-8100 orwww.fbtministries.org.

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The South County gymnasticsteam took third place at a six-team meet on Jan. 9 at OaktonHigh School.

South County posted a scoreof 118.225. Oakton won theevent with a total of 129.625and Chantilly finished runner-up (128.375). Langley finishedfourth (114.65), Hayfield wasfifth (102.575) and WestSpringfield finished sixth(97.55).

Oakton’s Natalie Weaver wonthe all-around with a score of34.625. West Springfield’sAllison Leibrandt finished sev-enth with a total of 32.375, andSouth County’s Darby Glackinfinished eighth (32.250).

Langley’s Natalie Volpicelliwon vault with a score of 8.85.

Leibrandt tied for fifth (8.475)and Glackin tied for seventh(8.4).

Weaver won bars with a scoreof 8.575. Leibrandt placed fifth(7.825), Glackin finished sev-enth (7.7) and South County’sSamantha Leung placed eighth(7.575).

Weaver won beam with ascore of 8.7 and South County’sCollea Burgess placed secondwith a score of 8.65. Leibrandtplaced seventh (7.8) andGlackin finished eighth (7.5).

Chantilly’s Elise Mazzonewon floor with a 9.4 and Bur-gess finished runner-up with ascore of 9.125. Glackin tied forfifth with a score of 8.65 andLeibrandt tied for eighth(8.275).

South County Gymnastics PlacesThird at Oakton Meet

Photo by Craig Sterbutzel/The Connection

South County’s Darby Glackin tied for fifth on floorwith a score of 8.65 during a Jan. 9 meet at OaktonHigh School.

Photo by Craig Sterbutzel/The Connection

Oakton sophomore Natalie Weaver won the all-around competition during a home meet on Jan. 9.

Sports

By Jon Roetman

The Connection

West Springfield guard Amy Berglundgrabbed an offensive rebound duringthe fourth quarter of Tuesday’s gameat West Potomac and attempted a

putback just a few feet from the basket. The shotrimmed out, leading to a groan from the Spartancrowd.

Berglund, on the other hand, smiled.“[O]f course I missed that one,” she said.Berglund wasn’t happy that she missed a gimmie.

But on a night when the Spartan senior was other-wise unstoppable, No. 25 understood the irony inher lone misfire.

Berglund connected on 13 of 14 field-goal attemptsand scored a career-high 30 points as the West Spring-field girls’ basketball team remained undefeated withan 80-37 victory over West Potomac on Jan. 14.

Berglund, a 5-foot-9 guard, made her first 13 field-goal attempts, eight of which were mid-range jump-ers or perimeter shots. She went 2-for-2 from thefree-throw line and made both of her 3-point at-tempts. Berglund’s final attempt after a night ofsharpshooting resulted in her missing one of hereasier opportunities and receiving a reaction fromthe crowd.

Berglund, who surpassed 1,000 career points thisseason, said getting off to a hot start gave her confi-dence.

“It’s huge,” she said. “If you make your first couple,you feel like you can make any shot.”

West Springfield head coach Bill Gibson saidBerglund added the 3-point shot to her arsenal afterscoring nearly 400 points as a junior and shooting52 percent from the floor.

“She has good shot selection,” Gibson said, “andshe’s a good shooter.”

Berglund scored 10 points in the first quarter, in-cluding a transition bucket with 2:34 remaining thatgave West Springfield a 20-0 lead. The Spartans led23-2 at the end of the period and 42-8 at the end ofthe first half.

West Springfield twice led by 40 points in the thirdquarter. Berglund’s three-point play with 3:53 left inthe period capped an 8-0 run and gave the Spartansa 52-12 advantage. Less than a minute later, Berglundknocked down a jumper to give West Springfield a54-14 lead.

“She’s amazing,” West Potomac head coach KennyFarmer said. “… She can flat-out shoot the ball.”

The loss dropped West Potomac’s record to 8-5.Sophomore forward Maura D’Anna scored 11

points for West Springfield and sophomore guardJasmine Taylor finished with seven. Sophomoreguard Shelby Haynes, junior forward Emily Reba andjunior guard Sadie Shroeder each had six.

Tuesday’s win improved West Springfield’s recordto 13-0. Gibson said the maturation of sophomoresD’Anna, Haynes and Taylor, who played varsity ballas freshmen, has led to improvement for the Spar-tans. Last season, West Springfield lost in the PatriotDistrict tournament semifinals, ending its streak ofthree consecutive district titles. The Spartans finished

with a 21-5 record, ending their year with a two-point loss to Centreville in the regional quarterfinals.

West Springfield reached the state tournament in2010, 2011 and 2012.

“Our team goal has always been to go to states,”Berglund said, “but we’ve got to take it one step at atime.”

West Springfield will host Woodson at 7:30 p.m.on Friday, Jan. 17.

Sharpshooting Berglund LeadsSpartans in Blowout VictorySenior guard scores 30 points,makes 13 of 14 attempts.

West Springfield senior Amy Berglundscored a career-high 30 points againstWest Potomac on Jan. 14.

West Springfield sophomore MauraD’Anna scored 11 points against WestPotomac on Jan. 14.

Photos by Louise Krafft/The Connection


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