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See 911, Page 5

See MWAA, Page 15

By Michael Lee

Pope

The Connection

When city offi-cials in Alex-andria re-

leased the audio of a911 call in a high-pro-file murder case, manypeople interpreted themove as a step forwardfor transparency in acommonwealth knownfor opaque government. Butthen reality set in. The releasewas a mistake. The cityattorney’s office failed to con-sult with the police department,which carefully guards its privi-lege to withhold informationfrom the public.

“It was a clerical error thatthe 911 call was released,” saidCrystal Nosal, spokeswoman forthe Alexandria Police Depart-ment. “We didn’t waive theprivileges under FOIA, so theyare not going to release itagain.”

Across Virginia, police agen-cies routinely deny access tobasic information and docu-ments available in other states.One key example of the lack oftransparency is audio from 911calls, which are regularly re-leased in most states acrossAmerica. But not in Virginia,which is one of the reasons whythe commonwealth got a fail-ing grade for transparency fromthe State Integrity Investigationin 2012. Advocates for opengovernment say audio from 911calls should be available to thepublic so people know howtheir government is — or isn’t— working on their behalf.

“If anything, it seems themore public input that can besought on this the better, andthe more information the pub-lic has the better,” said EmilyGrannis, a legal fellow at Ar-lington-based Reporters Com-mittee for Freedom of the Press.“This is a scary kind of case, andit’s a scary kind of case to haveopen and the more the publiccan know about it the better thepublic will be equipped to beable to help police investigate.”

POLICE AGENCIES in Vir-ginia don’t see it that way. TheVirginia Freedom of Informa-tion Act gives them sweeping

power to withhold documentsand information, a power thatis unprecedented in any state inAmerica. And even though partof the law talks about publicrecords being presumed open,Virginia police officials tend toview them as presumed closedbecause they have the power toprevent the public from havingaccess.

“A lot of the time, what youget with 911 tapes is someonecalling in is someone who isafraid of being identified,” saidDana Schrad, executive direc-tor of the Virginia Associationof Chiefs of Police. “They wantsome kind of understandingthat they are not going to havetheir name released.”

Advocates for open govern-ment disagree with that per-spective. They say 911 callsshould be available to the pub-lic so people know how theirgovernment is working on theirbehalf. Instead of denying ac-cess to public records alto-gether, which is how Alexandriais now handling subsequent re-quests for the 911 audio in theRuthanne Lodato murder, thosewho support public access togovernment documents say theinformation could be partiallyredacted to protect sensitiveinformation. But that’s not howthe Alexandria city governmentis handling the situation. In re-sponse to a Freedom of Infor-mation Act request from Con-nection Newspapers, the cityattorney’s office said the recordwas being “entirely withheld”even though it was already re-leased to the Washington Post.

“They can’t discriminate fromone media source to the next,”said Ginger Stanley, executivedirector of the Virginia PressAssociation. “And they can re

Police agencies refuse to releaseaudio from 911 calls, promptingquestions about transparency.

Secrets of 911

By Ethan McLeod

The Connection

Phase I of the Silver Line is still not quiteready for final testing by Metro authori-ties, according to a Monday statement issued by Metropolitan Washington Airports

Authority (MWAA). With the handover of the SilverLine project to Metro authorities looming, NorthernVirginia residents will have to be patient despite theirreadiness to hop on the train at new Tysons Cornerand Reston Metro stations.

The Monday afternoon release stated that sevenof 12 key criteria had not been met by Dulles TransitPartners (DTP), who submitted their notice of “sub-stantial completion” to MWAA on Feb. 7. Unmet cat-egories included missing certificates of occupancyfor stations and tunnel facilities, elevator and esca-lator problems, water leaks, and incomplete docu-mentation for testing and security verifications. Mostnotably, the release reported performance issues withthe Automatic Train Control System for the train,which — until resolved — will prevent Metro frombeginning full operational testing.

There are no current penalties being assessed to-ward DTP as of Feb. 24, according to MWAA spokes-person Marcia McAllister. MWAA is still putting to-gether a timeframe for how long it will take beforePhase I testing can be handed over to Metro.

“The Airports Authority has instructed DTP to pro-vide a plan and date of conclusion for addressingthe outstanding items as quickly as possible. We willwork closely with DTP, WMATA and our other part-ners to monitor progress and assure that all contrac-tual obligations are satisfied,” said the statement is-sued by MWAA.

Del. Ken Plum (D-36) said that he hoped the de-lays would not last longer than a few weeks and re-mained optimistic about the Silver Line’s progress.“I share the same anticipation as everyone else forthe opening, but as projects of this size go, it’s pretty

close to schedule,” said Plum.Mark Ingrao, President and CEO of the Greater

Reston Chamber of Commerce, expressed similarviews about the delay. “When you have a project thislarge there are going to be unanticipated delays. Aslong as when they open it it’s open for good, we willbe happy,” said Ingrao.

On Tuesday, Feb. 18, MWAA Project DirectorCharles S. Carnaggio, P.E., presented the latestprogress of Phase I at a luncheon in Herndon. Inaddition to showing the various stages of comple-tion of each station from 2009 up to Feb. 2014,Carnaggio pointed out signs of budding economicdevelopment and provided a closer look at planningfor Phase II construction.

“This is a tremendous success not only for this areabut for the nation. Everyone is looking in at this

Performance issues and unmet safety testingrequirements cited as reasons for the continued delay.

Additional Delays SlowHandover of Silver Line to Metro

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Across Northern Virginia,police agencies routinely denyaccess to basic informationsuch as audio from 911 calls.

TIFIA Loan Could HelpFreeze Toll Increases

The U.S. Department of Transportation has formallyinvited MWAA to apply for a federal low-interest loan of upto $1.9 billion through the Transportation Infrastructureand Innovation Act (TIFIA). The loan, which still awaitsfederal approval according to Feb. 21 statement, wouldbenefit the Silver Line project by providing funding at alower interest rate than through private capital.

“It’s very significant because what it does is significantlyreduce the cost of the second phase of the project,” saidDel. Ken Plum (D-36). “By 2018 the other project costs willbe met and spread across a number of years. That adds upto no more toll increases.”

MWAA has worked closely with Loudoun and Fairfaxcounties to apply for the loan over the past several years.Receiving an invitation to apply for the loan essentiallymeans the project will receive it, according to Plum.

Commuters first saw Dulles Toll Road rates increase in2005, and MWAA has continued to increase tolls over theyears in order to pay for the project. After last year’s statebudget allotted an additional $300 million in funding, itbecame more likely that MWAA would receive the formalinvitation to apply.

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Photo courtesy of Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

Reston Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic

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Terraset ElementarySchool in Restonhosted its eighth an-

nual Spelling Bee on Feb. 19,in the school’s cafeteria. Four-teen students from grades 3-6participated. The format fol-lowed those used by both thecounty and national bee pro-grams. Sia Komba, a fourthgrader, won in round nine, withthe word “manufacture.” Ar-cher Oliver, a sixth grader, wasrunner-up. Komba will advanceto compete against studentsfrom all over Fairfax County atthe 2014 County Bee in March.The winner of the county con-

Sia Komba, a fourth grader, won in round nine, withthe word “manufacture,” and Archer Oliver, a sixthgrader, was runner-up at Terraset ElementarySchool’s spelling bee on Feb. 19.

Spelling Away at Terraset Elementarytest will advance to the ScrippsNational Bee in Washington,D.C. Of her Spelling Bee expe-rience, Komba said, “I likedlearning new words, and I feelreally good about what I did.I’m really excited!”

Sarah Nieto, a fourth gradeteacher and chair of the Spell-ing Bee Club at Terraset waspleased with the outcome thisyear. “We’ve had some competi-tive Bees in the past, but thisone was really exciting. Thekids prepared well,” she said asthe participants and other stu-dents congratulated Komba ontheir way back to their classes.

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By Ethan McLeod

The Connection

Lake Anne residents maysoon be required to ful-fill additional requirement if they wish to

switch their air conditioning ser-vice from the Lake-centeredReston Lake Anne Air Condition-ing Corporation (RELAC) systemto their own home units.

Language in a new amendmentproposed by the Reston Associa-tion requires that residents obtainrecertification of their medical ex-cuse from a doctor every year af-ter requesting to switch. Thechange to Covenant 15, which setsstandards for Lake Anne residents’air conditioning usage, bars re-moval of RELAC equipment fromhomes if they are not first in-spected by a RELAC-certified pro-fessional - something that currentresidents say does not exist.

“These amendments were madein the attempt to clarify ambigu-ities regarding temporary exemp-tions and the steps necessary toaddress a member’s concerns withthe system,” said Reston Associa-tion board president Ken Knuevenin an email. “After hearing fromstaff and the community, the boardis continuing to alter and craft theresolution to meet the needs ofthose the cooling system serves.”

IN THE PAST, RA’s policies pro-vided residents in the 500-homecommunity withthe ability to pro-cure a one-timemedical excuse toget off of their ser-vice to install homeunits on their prop-erty. Many resi-dents have foughtover the years to get rid of the cov-enant that binds them to RELACservice, like John Lovaas of Wash-ington Plaza cluster. In 2005,Lovaas was part of a group whocame close but were unsuccessfulin passing a referendum to makeair conditioning service a freechoice for Lake Anne residents.

“The long and the short of it isthat the system works adequately

for some people,” said Lovaas,who said he runs dehumidifiersconstantly to reduce the moistureof the air in his home. “Conven-tional air conditioning is nowquiet, and has zipped into the fu-ture. RELAC is still what it was in1964.”

Lovaas and his wife have livedat Lake Anne since 2002 and havehad numerous problems withmold and poor efficiency using theRELAC system, despite havingtwice-yearly maintenance on theirsystem and replacing their roofand windows. Lovaas said that heis one of a number of communitymembers who feel their concernshave been clearly ignored withRA’s proposed amendmentchange.

RELAC was first designed in1965 as a quieter alternative toindividual home air conditioningunits that would also lower thecost of providing air conditioningto all 500 homes in the Lake Anne

community. The system uses achiller near the village center thatpumps water from the lake intocounty pipes, which flow to thehomes. Ideally, the lake water tem-perature will be cold enough whenpumped into the pipes that it willhelp to cool each individual home,though this can vary depending onwater levels and lake temperaturesat different points of the year.

Over nearly 50 years the systemhas shifted ownership severaltimes. In 2012 it was sold by AquaVirginia, a subsidiary of the largerAqua America, to current ownersMark Waddell, Craig Nyman, andMike Coleman, who operatedReston RELAC, LLC. Waddell saidthat they bought the system origi-nally to bring better service to LakeAnne residents after years of al-most no system maintenance andpoor customer service.

“I live on the system, I know itsissues and problems, and in thepast the big one was getting properservice from Aqua,” said Waddell.Waddell has heard many of thecomplaints and has made himselfaccessible, providing servicechecks on request and monitoringthe pumps at the facility close tohis home 24 hours a day, sevendays a week.

IN AN INTERVIEW, Waddellsaid he could assure residents that

with propermaintenance andreplacement ofparts such as oldcoils, their servicecould be im-proved. He alsosaid that whilethere have been

complaints, many of the approxi-mately 350 customers still servedby RELAC are happy with theirservice.

“A lot of our frustration is thatpeople are comparing their oldRELAC system to a brand new heatpump system,” which Waddell saidwill run better initially, but willeventually require maintenance

Faith Notes are for announcementsand events in the faith community, in-cluding special holiday services. Send [email protected] is Thursday.

Trinity Presbyterian Church,651 Dranesville Road, Herndon, hasSunday worship services at 8:30 a.m.and 11 a.m. Nursery and childcare areprovided and youth and adult Sundayschool classes are held prior, from 9:40-10:45 a.m. 703-437-5500 orwww.trinityherndon.org.

Vajrayogini Buddhist Center,Unitarian Universalist Church, 1625Wiehle Ave., Reston, holds weeklyclasses starting Sept. 12, Thursdays 7-8:30 p.m., for the general public whichuse Buddhist teachings to practice medi-tation. $12. 202-986-2257 orwww.meditation-dc.org.

St. Anne’s Episcopal Church,1700 Wainwright Drive in Reston, holdsSunday services at 7:45 a.m., 9 a.m.,11:15 a.m. and contemporary service at5 p.m. Nursery, Sunday school and adulteducation available. Morning prayer onMonday at 9:30, Holy EucharistWednesday at 8:15 a.m. 703-437-6530or www.stannes-reston.org.

Adult Sunday school will be held9:30 a.m. Sundays at the WashingtonPlaza Baptist Church at Lake Anne Vil-lage Center. The group is studying theGospel of Mark. Services follow at 11a.m.

HAVEN of Northern Virginia of-fers a variety of free bereavementsupport groups, meeting on a weeklybasis. Contact 703-941-7000 orwww.havenofnova.org for schedulesand registration information.

Faith Notes

A view of the RELAC facility around the back side ofWashington Plaza that sends lake water to the chillersnext door, which then pump the water into Lake Annehomes.

RA Proposes CovenantChanges for RELAC ServiceLake Anne resi-dents are dividedover a proposedamendment.

“Conventional air conditioning is nowquiet, and has zipped into the future.RELAC is still what it was in 1964.”

— John Lovaas, Lake Anne resident

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Public Notice—Convention to Select an 11th Congressional DistrictRepublican Nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives and aChairman of the 11th Congressional District Republican CommitteeRepublicans residing in Northern Virginia’s 11thCongressional District will meet in a Conventionon May 10, 2014, at West Springfield HighSchool, 6100 Rolling Road, Springfield, VA, toselect a Republican nominee for U.S. House ofRepresentatives from the 11th CongressionalDistrict; and to elect a Chairman for the 11thCongressional District Republican Committee.

Any person seeking the nomination for U.S.Representative from the 11th CongressionalDistrict must notify, in writing, Mr. Mauricio J.Tamargo at 6448 Lake Meadow Drive, Burke,Virginia 22015, prior to 5:00 p.m. on Friday,April 25, 2014 (postmark shall not count), and atthe same time convey to Mr. Tamargo a non-refundable filing fee of $1,500.00, payable bycheck or money order, made payable to the 11thCongressional District Republican Committee.Further details are specified in the Official Callfor the 11th Congressional District Convention;this Official Call can be found on the 11thCongressional District Committee’s website(www.vagop11.org) Similar information pertain-ing to the submission and consideration of anyCommittee resolutions is also found in theOfficial Call.

Any person seeking election as Chairman of the11th Congressional District RepublicanCommittee must notify, in writing, Mauricio J.Tamargo at 6448 Lake Meadow Drive, Burke,Virginia, 22015, prior to 5:00 p.m. on Friday,April 25, 2014 (postmark shall not count).Further details are specified in the Official Call

for the 11th Congressional District RepublicanConvention, which is found on the Committee’swebsite (www.vagop11.org).

Any Republican who is unsure as to whether heor she resides in the 11th Congressional Districtshould consult his or her Commonwealth ofVirginia Voter Card. If the notation “CONG 11”appears on the card, he or she is eligible to regis-ter and vote at the 11th District Convention.

Delegates to the Convention must registerthrough their local county or city RepublicanCommittees. Those 11th District Republicans liv-ing in Prince William County (PWC) will registerthrough the Prince William County RepublicanCommittee (www.pwcgop.org/wordpress). ThePWC deadline for Registration is March 1st.Those having questions about this process cancall 703-680-7388. Those 11th DistrictRepublicans living in Fairfax County (FC) willregister through the Fairfax County RepublicanCommittee (www.fairfaxgop.org).The FC deadline for registration is March 15th.Those having questions about this process cancall 703-766-4467.

At this time, no registration procedures havebeen established for those 11th DistrictRepublicans living in Fairfax City. Those 11thDistrict Republicans living in Fairfax City shouldmonitor the Fairfax City Republican Committee’swebsite (www.fairfaxcitygop.com) to obtaininstructions for filing as a delegate to the 11thDistrict Convention.

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dact parts of the call theythink might jeopardize the in-vestigation, but they aren’t sup-posed to redact the wholething.”

IN VIRGINIA police agencieshave the ability to withhold avariety of information from thepublic, including “documentsand information, includingcomplaints, court orders,memoranda, notes, diagrams,maps, photographs, correspon-dence, reports, witness state-ments, and evidence.” Policeagencies regularly use this partof the Freedom of InformationAct to prevent the public to hav-ing free access to information.

“I think they are exercisingtheir discretion too broadly,”said Grannis. “This sort of in-formation should be made pub-lic by default, particularly inthis situation where they havealready released the tape andit has already been made pub-lic, there really cannot be a jus-tification for withholding it

from future requesters.”Alexandria police officials say

the justification is that thetransparency was a mistake —that they never intended onsharing the audio with the pub-lic. Perhaps most importantly,police leaders underscored,they did not ever waive theirprivileges to withhold informa-tion from the public. AcrossNorthern Virginia, governmentofficials say the public’s right toknow is tempered by thegovernment’s desire for secrecy.That means that the presump-tion is that 911 calls associatedwith criminal complaintsshould be secret.

“If there are any kinds ofcriminal charges tied into a caseor if it’s an ongoing investiga-tion or if it’s ever been part ofan investigation, then it’s ex-empt from release under FOIAand can only be released undera court order,” said ErikkDaniel, custodian of records forFairfax County Department ofPublic Safety. “Once there’s acriminal incident associatedwith a record, then it’s exemptfrom FOIA.”

911 ControversyTo have community events listed in theConnection, send [email protected] by theFriday prior to the following week’s paper.

WEDNESDAY/FEB. 26American Red Cross Blood Drive. 4-

8 p.m. St. Thomas A Becket Rcc, 1421Wiehle Ave, Reston.

THURSDAY/FEB. 27Herndon Historical Meeting. 7:30

p.m. Herndon Depot Museum, 717Lynn Street, Herndon. The speaker,Mary Lipsey, a member of the FairfaxCounty History Commission andpresident of the Fairfax CountyCemetery Preservation Association,will discuss the historic cemeteries of

Fairfax County.

ONGOINGFairfax County’s Meals on Wheels

urgently needs drivers in theAnnandale, Franconia/Kingstowne,Reston, Mount Vernon and McLeanareas. 703-324-5406, TTY 711 orwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/olderadults.

Knitting Enthusiasts, MusiciansNeeded. 10:30 a.m.-noon, atHerndon Senior Center. HerndonSenior Center seeks a knittingenthusiast to teach basic procedures.Musicians to play soothing music onweekend mornings also needed. 703-324-5406, TTY 711,www.fairfaxcounty.gov/olderadult [email protected].

Habitat Heroes Project. The fourthSaturday of each month. Join theHabitat Heroes in protecting Reston’sforests from aggressive plants andrestoring them to their natural state.Wear long sleeves, long pants, and ifpossible, gardening gloves to protectfrom insects and dangerous plants.R.A. will provide tools, gloves, snacks,and water. To volunteer and find moreinformation, [email protected] or 703-435-7986.


Opinion

By Sharon Bulova

In Fairfax County, when weadopt the budget, we are in-vesting in the priorities andneeds of the community. At the

center of this open and transparentprocess is community engagement. Itis critical that we have the commu-nity at the table with us when we areconsidering changes to the budget that theCounty Executive released for advertisementat our Board Meeting on Feb. 25. Below aresome opportunities to learn about the budget,ask questions and make suggestions during themonths of March and April. I look forward tohearing from you.

❖ Ask Fairfax Chat: The Ask Fairfax Chatis a great opportunity for residents to submitquestions about the County’s proposed Fiscal2015 budget directly to County Executive EdLong. The chat takes place online from 2-3 p.m.on Friday, Feb, 28. To submit questions andjoin the chat visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/askfairfax.

❖ Track BOS Budget Questions: You canview the answers to budget questions askedby the Board of Supervisors throughout thebudget process at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dmb/qa_search.htm.

❖ Sign up to speak: All publichearings take place in the Board Au-ditorium at the Fairfax County Gov-ernment Center (12000 GovernmentCenter Parkway, Fairfax, Virginia22035) and are open to the public.To sign up to speak at a hearing,please visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/bosclerk/speaker_bos.htm or call703-324-3151.

❖ Important public hearing dates:Effective Tax Rate Hearing - Board Audito-

rium - Govt. Center - 3 p.m., April 8, 2014Public Hearing - Board Auditorium - Govt.

Center - 6 p.m., April 8, 2014Public Hearing - Board Auditorium - Govt.

Center - 3 p.m., April 9, 2014Public Hearing - Board Auditorium - Govt.

Center - 3 p.m., April 10, 2014

BUDGET FORUMS AND TOWN MEET-INGS will be hosted by Supervisors and com-munity organizations throughout the county.Below is a list of currently scheduled meetings.Information on additional forums, as well as acurrent full budget calendar, will be listed inthe coming weeks at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dmb.

❖ Hunter Mill District Meeting, FryingPan Park, 2709 W. Ox Road, Herndon — Sat-

urday, March 1, 9 a.m.❖ Dranesville District Budget Meet-

ing, Great Falls Library, 9830 GeorgetownPike, Great Falls — Wednesday, March 5, 7 p.m.

❖ Braddock District Budget Meeting,Kings Park Library, Braddock Hall, 9000 BurkeLake Rd, Burke — Wednesday, March 12, 7:30p.m.

❖ Herndon Town Council, HerndonTown Council Chambers, 765 Lynn Street,Herndon — Thursday, March 13, 7 p.m.

❖ Mason District Budget Meeting, TBD— Tuesday, March 18 - 7 p.m.

❖ Providence District Budget Meeting,Dunn Loring Admin Center, 2334 GallowsRoad, Dunn Loring — Tuesday, March 18, 7p.m.

❖ Dranesville District Budget Meet-ing, McLean Community Center, 1234Ingleside Ave., McLean — Thursday, March 20,7 p.m.

❖ Lee District Budget Meeting,Franconia Government Center, 6121 FranconiaRoad, Alexandria — Wednesday, March 26,7:30 p.m.

❖ Braddock Town Hall, Robinson Sec-ondary School, 5035 Sideburn Road, Fairfax— Tuesday, April 1, 7:30 p.m.

I hope you will take the time to learn aboutand participate in this year’s budget process.You can contact my office directly by calling703-324-2321 or [email protected].

Chairman gives blueprint for communityengagement in Fairfax County budget process.

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By Kenneth R. “Ken” Plum

State Delegate (D-36)

One essential step in suc-cessful negotiations is toanticipate what the

other side needs or wants and at-tempt to come as close as possibleto that position to arrive at a com-promise. This process is followedeffectively on a daily basis in busi-nesses, families, and legislatures.

While therhetoric hasbeen harshfrom the Re-

publican majority in the House ofDelegates about not approving anexpansion of Medicaid in the state,I understood their partisan andideological stance but was confi-dent that some middle ground, oras Governor McAuliffe calls it“common ground,” could bereached. My optimism is startingto wane.

Last week Republican SenatorJohn Watkins introduced a com-promise plan. He chose to call itMarketplace Virginia and not tocall it Medicaid expansion becausethe term raises such strong objec-

tions among his par-tisan colleagues. Hisplan embodies somany basic Republi-can principles that Ithought it would beaccepted. His pro-posal is a market-based solution thatwould use federalfunds to provide basiccoverage from com-peting private insurers to thosewho would qualify. Participantswould be required to pay a co-payamount based on their income,and they would need to meet mini-mum work requirements. The in-surance would be good only aslong as the premiums were paid.If the federal government renegedon its funding commitment in fu-ture years, the policies would besubject to cancellation. Under thisplan the federal taxes paid by Vir-ginians to support health insur-ance would be returned to thestate. The proposal seemed like awinner to me. I endorsed it as areasonable solution. Within a dayof its introduction, however, theHouse leadership rejected it with-

out acknowledgingthat its provisionsseemed to respond totheir earlier con-cerns. Where doesthat leave us?

Virginia businessesare paying to the fed-eral government taxdollars to support theprogram, but thosedollars are not com-

ing back to the state. The Com-monwealth is losing $5 million aday! More than a million Virgin-ians continue to be without healthinsurance—including the 250,000that would have been insured un-der Senator Watkins’ proposal. TheSenate in a bipartisan way contin-ues to press for a solution. Gover-

nor McAuliffe is a strong propo-nent of extending insurance ben-efits to more Virginians and wantsa compromise. The House Repub-lican majority refuses to budge.

This is clearly an impasse thatwill keep the General Assembly insession beyond the March 8 sched-uled adjournment date. In themeantime I hope that citizens willcontinue to call, email, or writemembers of the House of Del-egates to ask for their support of acompromise that will extend ben-efits to some of our neediest citi-zens. Thanks to the many peoplewho have already contacted legis-lators from my earlier request. Weneed to keep working for a solu-tion. About a quarter million Vir-ginians are counting on us!

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sponsored by the Reston lions Cluband the Reston Community Cen-ter, on Tuesday, Feb. 11 were asfollows: vocal competition, NicoleMarie Frank, first place; AllisonGabrielle Engel, second place andCecelia Steffen McKinley, thirdplace. Instrument competition,Sarah Quan, first place; Abigail

Martin, second place and GabrielleLi, third place.

First place winners receivedprizes of $100 and are eligible tocompete in Virginia Lions Re-gional, District and State compe-titions for additional prizes. Sec-ond place winners received $75prizes and third place winners re-ceived $50.

Lions Steve Reber and JohnGazley were co-chairs. Judges

were Lydia Kriso, Gretel VonPischke, Katie Katinas and LeslieLuxemburg.

The Reston Lions Club and theReston Community Center haveco-sponsored the James A. BlandMusic Scholarship competitionannually since 1982. 544 talentedstudents from the Reston andHerndon areas have participatedin the competition during this pe-riod.

From left, Lion Steve Reber, Co-Chair; Allison Gabrielle Engel, Potomac Falls HighSchool; Sarah Quan, South Lakes High School; Gabrielle Li, Rachel Carson MiddleSchool; Rachel Sueryun Chon, Thomas Jefferson High School; Nicole Marie Frank,Potomac Falls High School; Abigail Martin, Westfield High School; Shankar N.Balasubramanian, Thomas Jefferson High School; Issac Daniel Mantelli, WestfieldHigh School. Cecelia Steffen Mckinley, Dominion High School, Christina Jean Roukis,Freedom High School; Ashley Renette Konga Ondoua, Thomas Middle School;Amelia Marie Burkley, Home Schooled; Sally Beatrix Burkley, Home Schooled; Ian N.Champney, South Lakes High School; Victor Pan, Forest Edge Elementary School,and Lion John Gazley, Co-Chair. Nicholas S. Drennan, Park View High School, partici-pated but is not in the picture.

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Lake Anne Dwellers Divided OverProposed RELAC Amendment

John Lovaas in front of his Washington Plaza clusterhome at Lake Anne.

just like the RELAC equipment.“We’d be glad to talk to any ofthose people, but some are so al-ready fed up with RELAC over theyears that we won’t change theirmind.”

And if people are given freereign to leave the system in favorof installing their own home units?“If one person leaves, it’s not a bigdeal. If ten percent leave, nowyou’re talking about the operatingcosts not being proportional to thecustomer base,” said Waddell.

Lake Anne resident DennisMcDermitt, who also serves on theWashington Plaza cluster board ofdirectors and supports making airconditioning a choice for all resi-dents, said that rate increases arenot certain if people decide toleave.

“By removing the monopolyRELAC has, it wouldn’t die, peoplewould just get better service,” saidMcDermitt.

“In terms of what the marketeffects are going to be [if peopleopt out of RELAC], you can look

at an ECON 101 text and knowthat adding choice to a marketimproves price and quality for con-sumers.”

Without the covenant’s restric-tions, McDermitt said that manyresidents would still remain withRELAC, citing the expensive costof installing a home unit as a de-terrent for many, as well as newroom for competition created byfreer market for air conditioning

service, which could lower rates.The Reston Association board is

still determining a date for a pub-lic hearing in March. In the mean-time, Knueven said that the pub-lic comment period remains open,and RA members can [email protected] toshare their thoughts and concerns.

Disclosure: John Lovaas is a colum-nist and former employee of TheConnection.

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By Marilyn Campbell

The Connection

Four Bernese mountaindogs, victims of an Alexandria house fire wererushed into the Emer-

gency and Critical Care Depart-ment at the Regional VeterinaryReferral Center in Springfield inthe middle of a frigid night lastmonth. It didn’t look good.

Dr. Melanie Galanis calls it oneof the center’s most traumatic casesin recent months. “The dogs hadto be placed on oxygen,” she said.“Just the number that came in atonce and had to be put on oxygenmade it dramatic. One of them re-quired surgery to take away theburned tissue.”

Fortunately, all of the dogs sur-vived. Galanis says that thanks toadvancements in veterinary medi-cine, furry friends now have accessto high-tech medical services thatequal those oftheir humancounterparts.

“We can doalmost anyprocedure thatis done on hu-mans in ane m e r g e n c ysituation ex-cept that thewait time is shorter,” said Galanis.“We can do a rapid assessmentwithin the first 10 minutes. Wehave the ability to mechanicallyventilate dogs for severe pneumo-

nia, neurological diseases that af-fect brain and the dog’s ability tobreathe.”

IN FACT, ADVANCEMENTS inveterinary technology have led tomore precise diagnoses, treatmentand ultimately survival. “In addi-tion to X-rays, we can do EKGs(electrocardiograms), ultrasounds.We have CT (computerized tomog-raphy) scans and MRIs (magnetic

resonance imaging) in house,” saidGalanis.

Dr. Jim Taylor, a staff surgeon atVeterinary Surgical Centers, a vet-erinary surgical referral practice

with offices in Vienna,Woodbridge, Leesburg and Win-chester, Va. said, “There are manyadvancements currently, and onthe horizon, for companion ani-mals in the realm of small animalsurgery. Many diseases are treat-able with excellent outcomes, somecurable.”

Lynn Chiappane, spokeswomanfor the Regional Veterinary Refer-ral Center, said the center even of-

fers a “rehabili-tative therapyprogram com-plete with un-derwater tread-mill.”

Galanis saidthat the mostcommon ail-ments that

bring dogs into veterinary emer-gency rooms are vomiting and di-arrhea. “Dogs come in after ingest-ing things that they shouldn’t likea foreign object or foods like choco-

late.”“A common thing that we see are

animals with bleeding in their ab-domen,” she said. “Tumors on theirspleen and they will bleed inter-nally.” Galanis says warning signsare when an animal becomes weakor collapses.

Other leading causes of emer-gency room visits are more trau-matic, such as injuries from animalfights or animals that have beenstruck by automobiles.

Most patients are referred to Vet-erinary Referral Center by their

regular veterinarians to see theboard-certified veterinary special-ists on staff, including a cardiolo-gist, dermatologist, jnternist, oph-thalmologist, radiation oncologistand radiologist, as well as generalsurgeons, including one with spe-cial training in surgical oncology.

The Springfield center isn’t theonly local facility for specializedanimal care, however. Dr. AnkeLangenbach, chief surgeon andowner of Veterinary Surgical Cen-ters, says her center performs arange of specialized surgeries, in-

cluding orthopedic, neurosurgeryand soft tissue surgery. Her centeralso offers rehabilitation services.

“I do a variety of surgical proce-dures,” said Langenbach. “Butamong the most common are pop-ping knee caps and big tumor re-movals.” Dr. James Campbell, Vet-erinary Surgical Centers’ staff neu-rologist and neurosurgeon, treatsanimals with issues running thegamut from brain tumors to epi-lepsy. However, the most commonare disk issues. “It’s usually from abulging disk in the back. It can

Cutting Edge Veterinary CareLocal veterinarians and behaviorspecialists detail the latestadvancements in animal care.

Dr. James Campbell (pictured with Dr. Katherine Crook),Veterinary Surgical Centers’ staff neurologist and neuro-surgeon treats animals with issues running the gamutfrom brain tumors to epilepsy.

Dr. Jim Taylor, a staff sur-geon at Veterinary SurgicalCenters, says that there aremany advancements inveterinary surgery on thehorizon.

Dr. Melanie Galanis, of RegionalVeterinary Referral Center, says thatadvancements in veterinary medicinenow offer animals access to high-techmedical services that equal those oftheir human counterparts.

Veronica Sanchez, M.Ed., (pictured with her dogMonty), a trainer and behavior consultant offerspet owners a variety of options when it comesto correcting undesirable animal behavior

present as back pain or being wob-bly or being unable to move theirlegs. It usually results in emergencysurgery, often in the middle of thenight.” When dogs and cats arrivewith symptoms such as back painor paralysis, surgeons use CT Scansand MRIs helps make a diagnosis.“Sometimes it is a back fracturefrom being hit by a car,” Campbellsaid. “Sometimes it’s a tumor of thespinal cord or brain.”

Veterinary Surgical Centers’ vet-erinarians primarily treat cats anddogs, but are also called on to con-

sult on cases for large or exoticanimals like horses, elephants andzebras.

MEDICAL ADVANCEMENTS forpets are not limited to veterinaryspecialty services. VeronicaSanchez, M.Ed., a trainer and be-havior consultant with Vienna-based Cooperative Paws, LLC, of-fers pet owners a variety of optionswhen it comes to correcting unde-sirable animal behavior.

“I had a client with a mixed-breed puppy who was afraid of

“We can do almost any procedure that isdone on humans in an emergency situationexcept that the wait time is shorter.”

— Dr. Melanie Galanis of the Emergency and Critical CareDepartment at the Regional Veterinary Referral Center

everything, including her owner,”said Sanchez. “The puppy wouldnot walk in a new environment oreven exit her crate voluntarily.”

Sanchez recommended severaldifferent strategies, includingteaching the owner how body lan-guage could help the puppy relax.“We also used clicker training toteach the puppy to exit the crate,”she said. “The owner was verycommitted and worked hard. Herpuppy gained confidence and shedeveloped a great relationship withher puppy.”

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By David Siegel

The Connection

It is going to be a great over-the-top time,” said EvieKorovesis, who is featured

in the upcoming Reston Com-munity Players’ production ofthe musical comedy “Xanadu.”

It’s about time for an escapeinto glitter, big hair, silver discoballs and roller skates. Laced upinto their roller skates, theReston Community Players(RCP) are deep into rehearsalworking on pop tunes like “EvilWoman,” “Have You Ever BeenMellow,” “Strange Magic,”“Suddenly” and “I’m Alive.”

“Xanadu” is the multiple TonyAward nominated, energeticmusical parody of the 1980movie “Xanadu” that starredOlivia Newton-John. Music andlyrics are by Jeff Lynn and JohnFarrar with book by DouglasCarter Bean. Director JoshRedford is a big fan of the mu-sical. “I have been drawn to themusic and the soundtrack for along time. The music is just soupbeat and infectious.” Musicdirector Matt Jeffrey will havea four-piece band to take theaudience along on the infec-tious ride. “It will be a brightdelightful 90 minutes,” saidRedford. The production willinclude projections and evenchalk drawings will come alive.

In “Xanadu” the audience fol-lows a magical Greek muse

named Kira. She is on a missionto inspire a struggling artist; amortal named Sonny. He wants tofashion the ultimate artistic cre-ation; a Roller Disco. Ah, but Kiramakes a major mistake, she fallsinto forbidden love with Sonny.Her jealous sisters try to have herpay for her misstep. Comic chaosacross time ensues. At a recentrehearsal, the cast was in the midstof a run-through. It was easy tovisualize the leg warmers andhand-bands that RCP costumerKathy Dunlop has in store. Theoutfits will run the gamut from1980’s sparkles, 1940’s wide la-pels, to Greek theme outfits. Manyof the costumes have been hand-made by Dunlop.

Korovesis, a Reston theater vet-eran, is Kira. With a charmingsmile, she chatted about her weeksof roller skating practices andlearning the necessary “Aussi” ac-

cent for her character. All of thisafter her regular workday asthe music teacher at ColumbiaElementary (Annandale).Korovesis called the show “silly,happy fun.” Her love interest isRussell Silber as Sonny. Silberhas performed on a number ofNorthern Virginia communitytheater stages. Get ready tojourney to another time andplace with wonderfully livelylove songs. And roller skates.It will leave you breathless.

In rehearsal ensemble, from left: Alexa Yarboro (Euterpe), Emil Jonas (Calliope),Sam Nystrom (Terpsicore), Evie Korovesis (Kira), Richard Durkin (Danny Maguire),Russell Silber (Sonny Malone), Sean Cator (Thalia), Katie Rebecca Cheek(Melpomene), and Megan Hubbell (Erato).

Sean Cator (Young Danny) taps while Richard Durkin(Danny) and Evie Korovesis (Kira) look on.

Musical Escape Into Innocent PleasuresReston Com-munity Playersto present“Xanadu” atCenterStage.

Where and WhenReston Community Players

present “Xanadu” at CenterStage,Reston Community Center, 2310Colts Neck Road, Reston. Perfor-mances are March 7-29,Friday-Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sun-day, March 16 & 23 at 2 p.m. Ticketsare $23. Call the Reston CenterStagebox office at 703-476-4500 or visit:www.restonplayers.org.

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Send announcements [email protected]. Thedeadline is the Friday prior to the follow-ing week’s paper. Photos/artworkencouraged.

Monday/Feb. 21- Friday/April 11Artists Honored at LRA’s “Winter

Dreams” Exhibit. Monday throughFriday, 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m. Parkridge 5Building, 10780 Parkridge Blvd.,Reston.www.leagueofrestonartists.org

TUESDAY /FEB. 25-SUNDAY/MARCH 2Something Blue. ArtSpace Herndon,

750 Center Street, Herndon. Finetextile art is showcased in SomethingBlue by the Northern VirginiaQuilters. 703-956-6590 orwww.artspaceherndon.org.

Wednesday/Feb. 26-Sunday/March 2Colorful Times Four. 9 a.m.-9 p.m.

Monday – Sunday. Jo Ann RoseGallery, 1609 Washington Plaza N,Reston. Four accomplished Restonartists – Ann Barbieri, Joan Kelly,Dana Scheurer and Connie Slack –present vibrant, dynamic works of artin their February exhibit, ColorfulTimes Four. 703-864-2588.

THURSDAY/FEB. 27Celeste Friesen Nikkel Painting

Exhibit. Monday through Friday,8:30 a.m.–4 p.m. Reston Center One,12001 Sunrise Valley Dr., Reston.www.leagueofrestonartists.org

FRIDAY/FEB. 28Mosaic Harmony. 11 a.m. Herndon

Senior Center, 873 Grace Street,Herndon. Local choir MosaicHarmony performs dynamic,energizing music influenced byspiritual and gospel music.

Vinifera Wine Bar & Bistro7Course Dinner with Fine Wines.7 p.m. Vinifera Wine Bar & Bistro,11750 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston.A special wine dinner featuringcritically-acclaimed wines andExecutive Chef John-MichaelHamlet’s fine European-influencedcuisine. $125 per person. 703-234-3550 or visitwww.viniferabistro.com.

SATURDAY/MARCH 8Used Book Sale. 8 a.m. – 4p.m.

Herndon United Methodist Church,701 Bennett Street, Herndon. Thesale will include all types of books,including: hardback books,paperback books, children’s books,and cook books. CDs, DVDs, VHStapes, and magazines will also be forsale. Proceeds from this sale will beused to fund HUMC’s local, national,and international mission projects.

Reston Contra Dance. Beginners’workshop 7:15-8 p.m. Dance 8-10:45 p.m. Reston Community

Center, 2310 Colts Neck Rd., Reston.Admission: $9 (workshop free).Partner and experience notnecessary.

SATURDAY/MARCH 8- SUNDAY/MARCH 30“Pinnochio.” Industrial Strength

Theatre, 269 Sunset Park Drive,Herndon. NextStop Family Theatrepresents a new adaptation of CarloCollodi’s classic story. It is adaptedand directed by Paul Reisman and co-produced by Faction of Fools.www.eldenstreetplayers.org.

SUNDAY/MARCH 9Rennie Harris’ RHAW 8 p.m., at The

Centerstage, Reston CommunityCenter Hunters Woods. RHAW willshowcase Dr. Rennie Harris’ newestand brightest street dancers as theybring hip hop back to basics. $15Reston/$30 Non-Reston.www.restoncommunitycenter.com or703-476-4500.

Acoustic Rooster and HisBarnyard Band Book Reading. 2p.m. ArtSpace Herndon. Each BookLook event features a reading andcraft project related to the book.Books

will be available for purchase andsigning by the author. The readingsare free and open to the public, butseating is limited so reservations arerecommended. Visitwww.artspaceherndon.org

WEDNESDAY/MARCH 12Lúnasa. 8 p.m., at The Centerstage,

Reston Community Center HuntersWoods. This group of Irishmencontinues its 20-year tradition offamed Celtic music. $20 Reston/$40Non-Reston.www.restoncommunitycenter.com or703-476-4500.

SUNDAY/APRIL 6Mr. Vaudeville and Friends with

Mark Brutsché. 3 p.m., at TheCenterstage, Reston CommunityCenter Hunters Woods. Buddy Silver,and alter-ego Mark Brutsché, returnsto to prove, once again, that nothingcan take the place of liveentertainment. $5 Reston/$10 Non-Reston.www.restoncommunitycenter.com or703-476-4500.

SUNDAY/APRIL 27Trout Fishing in America. 3 p.m., at

The Centerstage, Reston CommunityCenter Hunters Woods. This GrammyAward nominated duo’s infectiousmix of folk/pop and family music isenriched by the diverse influences ofreggae, Latin, blues, jazz andclassical music. $15 Reston/$30 Non-Reston.www.restoncommunitycenter.com or703-476-4500.

View DanaScheurer’s“Midtown

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Pet Connection

Bianca, a nine-year-old,female, German shep-herd mix dog, had been

living her life on the end of achain in a rural part of Virginia.In late January, an unknownstray dog approached Biancaand attacked her. Bianca’sowner came outside and in anattempt to stop the attack he hitboth dogs with a shovel, strik-ing Bianca over the head andinjuring her. Rather than pur-sue vet care, the owner droveBianca to the local pound andsurrendered her. For the next 36hours, Bianca sat with no medi-cal care, until a sympatheticstaff person called the shelter’srescue partner at the HighlandCounty Humane Society in ru-ral Virginia.

Highland County HumaneSociety rescued Bianca from thepound and got her emergency

medical treatment. She wastaken to a foster home to re-cover and receive further treat-ment and was transported tothe Fairfax County AnimalShelter on Valentine’s Day. Shewas made available for adop-tion and her story was sharedon the shelter’s Facebook page,where it caught the attentionof a long-time shelter supporterand adopter. The woman’s be-loved dog Princess (adoptedfrom the shelter in 1999), diedon Valentine’s Day at the ageof 18, on the same day thatBianca’s story was posted. Sheknew that she was meant tohelp give poor Bianca a secondchance. She immediately con-tacted the shelter and madeplans to come and meet Bianca.Bianca went home with hernew mom on Feb. 19, and sheis doing great.

Bianca sleeping at her new home.

Giving Bianca aSecond ChanceA Fairfax County AnimalShelter happy ending.

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Ducky, then when he’stired Ducky becomes a

comfy pillow.Andy’s mother was

rescued by A ForeverHome and the familywas fostered by twoFCPS teachers who

taught my children.They introduced us and

we brought Andy toour home in November

2008. ThanksCunninghams and A

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Reston

The king of the house, “Tufitu”, a 17-pound Maine Coon cat, surveys his king-dom from his throne.— Domenick & Pearl DiPasquale, Reston

Katniss Evermew warming herself by thefire.

— Heather Hampton, Reston


Sports

By Jon Roetman

The Connection

Two days after capturingits first conference/dis-trict championship in a

decade, the South Lakes boys’basketball team continued itssecond-half surge with a 64-48victory over West Potomac onMonday night in the openinground of the 6A North regiontournament.

After a disappointing 2012-13 season, which ended with a9-14 record and a loss to Fairfaxin the Liberty Districtquarterfinals, South Lakesopened this season with threestraight defeats and fell to 6-7with a loss to Woodson on Jan.15. From that point, however,the Seahawks won 12 of theirnext 13 games, including a 60-59 victory over Hayfield on Feb.22 in the Conference 6 cham-pionship game. It was SouthLakes’ first title since winningthe district in 2004.

“It was great. I was ecstatic,”head coach Andrew Duggansaid. “… It means a lot to meand my family, but I think moreimportantly it means a lot tothe school and our community.They’ve been craving some-thing like this for a long timeand I’m just happy our kidsworked so hard to get that forthe school and people ofReston.”

Duggan’s players were

pleased, as well.“It felt great,” junior guard

Brandon Kamga said. “I just feltlike the team came together asone. We really bonded to-gether. I think it was reallygood for the team and got useven closer.”

Senior guard Clayton O’Neilladded: “It felt sweet to win thedistrict championship. … Hardwork got us there, really — andpractice. Saturday morningpractices, they were tough, butit got us there.”

On Monday night, SouthLakes earned its first regionaltournament victory since 2011.West Potomac pulled withinfour early in the fourth quar-ter, but the Seahawksoutscored the Wolverines 24-12 during the final 7 minutesand cruised to victory.

Kamga led the way for SouthLakes, finishing with a game-high 29 points. He showed of-fensive versatility, knockingdown 3-pointers and scoring inthe paint. “He knows how toget through the defense — he’sslippery, I guess,” O’Neill said.“He’s real smooth with it. He’sjust a great player.”

O’Neill played a solid game,as well, finishing with 13points and 10 rebounds.

“Clayton over the last five,six weeks has really becomethe player we always thoughthe was going to be,” Duggansaid. “He’s playing really hard,which he’s always done, buthe’s now finishing and makingplays.”

Dre Puryear scored ninepoints for South Lakes andZach Pearl added eight.

South Lakes faced Robinson,the No. 2 seed from Conference5, in the quarterfinals on Tues-day, after The Connection’sdeadline.

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With nine returning ath-letes on the roster, theSouth Lakes girls’ bas-

ketball team is heavy withpostseason experience after lastseason’s trip to the state tourna-ment.

South Lakes played in sevenplayoff games during the 2012-13campaign, five of which were de-cided by three points or less.

But while the Seahawks are nostrangers to the postseason, SouthLakes on Saturday accomplisheda level of playoff success thateluded the program during its car-diac run to states.

South Lakes won the Conference6 championship on Feb. 22, beat-ing Madison 60-42 in the tourna-ment final. It was the program’sfirst postseason championship ofany kind since winning a districttitle in 1997.

Last season, the Seahawks lostto Madison in the Liberty Districtsemifinals, but secured a spot inthe region tournament. After threeregional wins by a combined fivepoints, South Lakes lost to Edisonin the championship game. Afterfinishing region runner-up, theSeahawks lost to Stonewall Jack-son by two points in the statequarterfinals.

The Seahawks entered the 2013-14 season with their sights set onmore than just advancing in thepostseason. They wanted to winchampionships — or “cut nets.”Beating Madison on Saturday gaveSouth Lakes something to show forits postseason success.

“It was almost surreal,” seniorguard Caitlin Jenson said aboutthe experiencing of cutting downthe net after winning the confer-ence title.

“It didn’t really hit you until youwere up on the ladder and[thought], holy crap, I’m here. But,that being said, it just made ushungrier to get that regional netthat we almost had last year, andthen maybe even go for that statenet.

“… It is weird because you goall the way to states and peopleassume you’ve cut a net or you’vewon something and we’re like, no,we were right there. So, to followthrough with that, it was a greatfeeling.”

Head coach Christy WintersScott said not winning any titleslast season made the postseasonexperience “incomplete.”

“[Winning championships] wasa vision that the team had afterlast season because at each seg-ment of the postseason last yearwe came up short and it felt in-complete,” she said. “… Last year,without [winning titles], it waskind of left up in the air. We werein limbo all summer, waiting forour opportunity.”

Aghayere was named Confer-ence 6 tournament MVP. Rendlewas named to the all-tournamentteam. Each earned first-team all-conference honors.

The Seahawks capitalized ontheir opportunity to win a confer-ence title. On Monday, SouthLakes started its quest for a regionchampionship by beating LakeBraddock 71-43 during the open-ing round of the 6A North tourna-ment at South Lakes High School.The Bruins kept things close for 18minutes, pulling within four whena 3-pointer by Caroline Jones cutthe Seahawks’ lead to 29-25 with6:31 left in the third quarter. SouthLakes took over from there, how-

ever, outscoring Lake Braddock18-8 during the remainder of thequarter and 42-18 for the rest ofthe contest.

Was there a chance South Lakesinitially overlooked the No. 4 seedfrom Conference 7?

“I was hoping that wasn’t it,”Winters Scott said, “and I did men-tion that at halftime.”

The Seahawks responded in thesecond half and took care of busi-ness. Rendle finished with 18points, Aghayere scored 15 andJensen added 11, including a trioof 3-pointers. Senior guard NatalieToma knocked down a pair of 3-pointers and scored nine points,and Brenda Kamga had sevenpoints.

South Lakes faced Centreville inthe quarterfinals on Tuesday, afterThe Connection’s deadline.

The Seahawks last won a regionchampionship in 1986.

Winters Scott said last season’spostseason experience should ben-efit the Seahawks.

“It will make them more hungry,as well, because they came up[just] short last year,” she said. “Itwas just right there and we hadall those one-possession gamesdown the stretch. It was like aroller coaster, and insane and emo-tional. At the same time, I thinkthat fueled this group in terms ofhaving that experience to rely onand understand that they didn’twant to feel that way [again].”

South Lakes Girls’ BasketballCaptures Elusive Postseason TitleSeahawks winConference 6,beat LakeBraddock atregionals.

South Lakes senior guardCaitlin Jensen scored 11points during theSeahawks’ 71-43 victoryover Lake Braddock onMonday during the openinground of the 6A Northregion tournament.

South Lakes senior AbbyRendle led all scorers with18 points during Monday’swin over Lake Braddock.

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Abyssinian cat trainer Lisa-MariaPadilla, 52, of Reston, is quite a fix-ture in the world of cats. Her per-

formance cats called “Abys” do feats ofathleticism all over the U.S. – at cat showsin Madison Square Garden, Orlando, andLas Vegas. The prize money is about $400for the agility ring, so she does it mostly forthe bragging rights.

After she performed last September at theNational Capital Cat Show at Dulles ExpoCenter in Chantilly, she took Racy Moonerto the World Cat Show in Novi, Mich., inNovember. There, Racy was featured on theDetroit Fox News doing tricks. In January,Racy and nephew Cyan Mooner took sec-ond in agility at the Cat Fancier’s Show atthe San Diego Cat Club. Last weekend, sheattended the Black Diamond Cat Show nearPhiladelphia where she showed Cyan andbrother Reggie.

Padilla’s Abys are famous for doing tricksor “behaviors” similar to dogs — like roll-ing, jumping or maneuvering through timedobstacle courses. They can jump on shoul-ders, plunge from pedestal to pedestal, andsit on command. They can also leap throughhigh hoops, tunnels and steeples.

“A lot of people think cats can’t be trained,but they are very trainable and they can bevery outgoing as well.” She added: “Theagility competition shows cats in movement,and how graceful they are,” she said. “It’sanother way to show how our cats are quitebeautiful creatures.”

Padilla is originally from La Mirada in LosAngeles where her mother Pat bred Siamesecats. Now she operates Hitails AbyssiniansCattery in Reston where she breeds warm,grayish-blue felines that originated in Egypt.

She lives with six cats, two of whom arebreeding cats, and is friends of pet ownersall over the U.S. with her cats. She calls hercore group of performance cats “Moonersin Motion” (for being happy cats). There’sRacy Mooner, age 6, who has her ownFacebook page (called racymooner and wholoves performing at airports); her motherTwyla Mooner, age 9; and Racy’s sister, LuluMooner, age 6, who is also a breeding catwho had four litters. Twyla was the veryfirst National Feline Agility Champion in theCat Fanciers Association (CFA) with a timeof six seconds – a 2005 record. She has tworetired Bengals — one called Spicymooner,age 10, and Callie Mooner, age 16, whichare brown-marble colored Bengals. She alsoshows two, five-month-olds named Cyan (ablue Aby) and Reggie (a ruddy Aby).

She trains them twice a day, about twominutes at a time and keeps the time pe-riod short because cats have short attentionspans — Abys in particular. Sometimes,within a day or two, a kitten may learn atrick.

To get them to roll over, she uses thephrase “roll over,” and has their eyes fol-low her hand. Then after they learn to rollover, they learn to sit, to stay and jumpthrough hoops (a crowd favorite). Trainingfor kittens can start at six weeks.

“I sit the hoop on the ground and havethem walk through it. Then I raise the hoopup and eventually have them leapingthrough it,” she said.

For treats, she feeds her Abys freeze-driedchicken treats, which she calls “kittie crack”(Whole Life Pet Treats); it makes them veryexcited and likely to pay better attention.“I try to get them to recognize the fun as-pect that they will get a treat,” she said.

Some tricks involve leaping with apointed finger and jumping to her shoul-der. The more advanced tricks involve get-ting a cat to understand directional signalsand jumping from one raised object to an-other — or through a raised, four-foot hoop.

“I tell people it’s generally easier whenyou start young, but you can train an adultcat,” she said.

“Most people want to know how to traina cat to walk on a harness,” she added. “Oneof the best ways to do that is to bribe themwith their favorite treats,” she said. It cre-ates the impression that wearing the har-ness is a good thing — not that the cat isgoing to the vet.

In her role as a cat breeder, she makessure she is pairing two healthy cats that aregenetically compatible. An expert on Abystandards, she wants to be sure her cats willbe free from genetic diseases. And she ispresent during the kittens’ actual birthingso everything comes out OK.

When she’s not breeding cats, Padilla is afeline humor writer, contributing stories toChicken Soup for the Cat Lovers Soul; YourCat from the U.K.; All About Cats — a maga-zine in South Africa, and Cat Talk Maga-zine published by the Cat Fanciers’ Asso-ciation.

Reston Woman Trains Agility Cats

Lisa-MariaPadilla ofReston withher Abys-sinian cat,RacyMooner.

Her Abyssinians arefamous in the catworld for their feats ofathleticism.

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