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By Alex McVeigh

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As the Reston Community Center plans for acrucial five-year period,the community is

sounding off on how they see thefuture of the center. GordonGerson, president of the RestonMasters Swim Club, said his goalscan be summed up simply.

“We need more swimmingpools,” Gerson said. “A lot ofpeople come here and want toswim, and suddenly we have 11,12, 13 people in a single lane.”

Gerson says his organization’sdream is a 50-meter swimmingpool in its own facility. WhileGerson’s dream might be far-fetched, RCC Executive DirectorLeila Gordon says this is a time forpeople to express their dreamsabout the community center, nomatter how far-fetched it mightbe.

“The front end is the most fun,it’s our opportunity to think bigabout the future,” Gordon said.“We’ll find out what’s impossibledown the road.”

THE COMMUNITY CENTERkicked off the first phase of plan-ning Monday, Feb. 14, with futuresessions to explore options beforethe plan is released in June.

“This is the beginning of the pro-cess for planning our next fiveyears, from 2011 to 2016,” saidLeila Gordon, executive director ofthe RCC. “This plan aligns with thetransition this community is mak-ing as the Silver Line arrives,which we hope will bring positivechanges.”

Representatives from commu-

nity groups across Reston sharedtheir visions for the future, as wellas what they enjoyed about thecommunity center’s current pro-grams and services. Reston Inter-faith board member Stuart Rakoffsaid he looked forward to work-ing with the RCC in the future.

“I think it’s important to con-tinue the extraordinary partner-ship we’ve had with the RestonCommunity Center,” he said. “Ithink there are a lot of folks in thecommunity who are looking tovolunteer, and part of our missionis to provide that opportunity. Aswe add 20 to 30,000 more peoplein Reston, the community centercan be a clearinghouse for people

looking to volunteer.”Joe Ritchey, president of the Ini-

tiative for Public Art-Reston, saidthe RCC will play a crucial role inIPAR’s future.

“I see the Reston CommunityCenter as the very heart of IPAR,and going forward, I’d hope theywould support world class stan-dards for architecture and publicspace design,” Ritchey said.

Ritchey also said he supporteda new space for the performingarts to replace the current stage.Reston Orchestra Executive Direc-tor Linda Ackerman also sup-ported a new performing artsspace.

“A performing art center wouldbe wonderful. When we want todo a larger production, such as onethat would require an orchestra,we just run out of space,”Ackerman said.

Diane Blust, speaking on behalfof Sustainable Reston, said shewould like to see programs offeredto encourage a sustainablelifestyle.

“We would be interested in see-ing a sustainable film series, andmaybe classes about sustainableliving,” she said.

Gerson said, in addition to apool, he would like to see work-out facilities at the communitycenter.

“We don’t have any gym facili-ties, and if you take look at theHerndon Community Center, youcan see a lot of things that we don’thave that we need,” he said.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS cangive their feedback and vision forthe Reston Community Center bye - m a i l i n [email protected].

Reston Community Center Executive Director Leila Gordon and Initiative for PublicArt-Reston President Joe Ritchey discuss the future role of the community center andIPAR at the Reston Community Center Feb. 14.

Community Center Looks Ahead

Reston Community CenterExecutive Director LeilaGordon solicits commentsfrom the public aboutprogramming at the centerFeb. 14. The RCC is cur-rently collecting publicinput while formulatingtheir five-year strategicplan.

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Aaron Schwartzbard ofReston finished behindonly 40 people in last

year’s Marine Corps Marathon,out of more than 20,000 run-ners. He ran the 26.2-mile racein two hours and 44 minutes,but he doesn’t think it’s any-thing to bragabout.

“It was one ofmy slowesttimes,” saidSchwartzbard,who says mara-thons are theshortest races heruns. “But I al-ways like run-ning in the Ma-rine CorpsMarathon. It’slocal and conve-nient, I canwake up in myown bed andrun.”

W h i l eSchwartzbardsays his indi-vidual performance wasn’t hisbest, it’s hard to top first placein the running store competi-tion, which he did as part of theteam from Potomac RiverRunning’s Reston location. Thestore, who had two other loca-tions place in the top four forrunning store teams, took firstplace in the Oct. 31 race.

Team member DeeDeeLoughran of Reston said it washer first time running in theMarine Corps Marathon.

“It was a great experience, atleast, as much as marathons canbe,” she said. “Actually, only thefirst 20 miles were a good ex-perience.” Bret Schmidt, opera-tions manager for the Marine

Corps Marathon, was joined byMiles the Bulldog to presentmembers of the winning teamas well as the owners ofPotomac River Running.

“Kudos to what you do as agroup, for promoting runningand fitness within your commu-nity, not just selling shoes,”Schmidt said.

Ray Pugsley, one of the own-ers, says thestore has beenrunning in thestore divisionof the mara-thon for aboutfive years.

“There aren’tmany optionswhen you’re anadult to com-pete as part ofa team,”Pugsley said.“So when theycome along,you try to takeadvantage. Thecompetition isalways fun, ev-eryone comesfrom different

backgrounds in fitness compe-titions.”

Brendan Shapiro, one of theowners, says the competitionbetween store locations - thereare eight in the area, includingArlington, Ashburn, Tysons Cor-ner and Burke - adds some funto the business.

“All of our stores put out a tonof quality runners, so we havea nice friendly competitionthere,” said Brendan Shapiro,one of the owners. “It’s excit-ing to have Reston win thisyear.” The team also featuredAdam Condit of Ashburn, whofinished seventh place overallwith a time of two hours, 31minutes.

From left, Potomac Running Company co-owners RayPugsley and Brendan Shapiro, Miles the Bulldog,Reston Potomac River Running team members AdamCondit, DeeDee Loughran and Aaron Schwartzbardand Marine Corps Marathon Operations ManagerBret Schmidt. Schmidt presented the Potomac RiverRunning Reston location their prize for finishing firstamong local running stores at the Oct. 31 marathon.

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“Kudos to whatyou do as agroup, forpromotingrunning andfitness withinyour community,not just sellingshoes.”— Bret Schmidt, opera-

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The Connection

Over the past few weeks, fouryear-old Quentin Tidd hasstarted to say a few words andto repeat sounds he has

heard.For Quentin, who has autism, this was a

major and somewhat unexpected leap for-ward in his development. Experts have toldhis family that Quentin might be able tomake more progress if he spent more timein one-on-one behavioral therapy, said hismother, Jennifer Tidd.

“My son is considered nonverbal so thisreally was a breakthrough,” said Tidd, wholives in Reston.

Unfortunately, the extra therapy thatQuentin needs doesn’t come cheap. Tiddsaid her family currently pays about $40per hour out of pocket for individual treat-ment, which Quentin receives approxi-mately twice per week.

Like many other families, the Tidds dis-covered their insurance policy did not coverany of behavioral and speech therapy thatdoctors say Quentin requires.

“Some insurance companies chargehigher premiums if an autistic child is onthe policy. They charge more but they refuseto pay for treatment,” said Tidd.

Tidd said her family spent their Christ-mas break discussing how they could re-work their finances so they could affordmore hours of one-on-one therapy forQuentin. Experts have said this type of earlyintervention could improve Quentin’s func-tioning for the rest of his life, according toTidd.

Still, the family finances are already a bitstretched, especially with one child enrolledat Virginia Commonwealth University.

“Honestly, we would probably be payingfor more therapy if we didn’t have child incollege,” said Tidd. “But we would find away to afford it now.”

Tidd has thought seriously about goingback to work to pay for extra hours of treat-ment for Quentin but she doesn’t necessar-ily trust another person to take care of herson. Tidd has no problem sending her olderchildren to daycare, but she would worryabout handing over Quentin to a caretakerthat did not have special training to dealwith children who have autism.

“There are days when he is just impos-sible. He can be very difficult. You worrythat you are not going to be able to findsomeone who will treat your child the rightway when he is screaming and kicking andthrowing a tantrum,” said Tidd.

“Then, you wonder, should we take thechance of putting him in a daycare situa-tion? If I don’t go to work to pay for this

additional treatment, he is not going toprogress as he should,” said Tidd.

RELIEF may be on the way for Tidd andother parents of children on the autismspectrum that are in similar predicaments.The Virginia General Assembly recentlypassed a bill that would require some in-surance companies to cover treatment forchildren with a diagnosis of autism spec-trum disorder.

The Virginia House of Delegates passedthe legislation 74-24 on Feb. 2, with thesupport of every Fairfax County delegate.Two Fairfax representatives, Del. Tim Hugo(R-40) and Del. Tom Rust (R-56), were chiefsponsors of the legislation in the House.

The Virginia Senate passed a very similarbill 28-11 on Feb. 8, with all but one Fairfaxsenator, George Barker (D-37), supportingthe bill. Sen. Janet Howell (D-42), also fromFairfax, sponsored the senate legislation.

Howell, who carried similar bills for thepast two years, said she got involved withautism advocacy in part because her grand-nephew, who lives in Arizona, is “severelyautistic.” She was impressed with the ser-vices he was provided but frustrated thatso many children in Virginia were beingunable to get the same treatment.

“He receives wonderful treatment but hedoesn’t live in Virginia. He lives in Arizonaand they have a [insurance] mandate,” saidHowell.

HUGO, who sits on the House subcommit-tee overseeing mandated benefits, said hewas moved by some of the testimony heheard from parents around the state.

One woman told the subcommittee thatshe had two children with autism but couldonly afford treatment for one. Another manasked the delegates to let his child “out ofthe darkness.”

“With these treatments, you can preventsome of these children from being impactedfor life. You can make sure they do not be-

come wards of the state,” said Hugo, whorepresents Clifton and Centreville.

“I think this is an important bill. If wedon’t do something, we risk leaving thesekids in the darkness,” he said.

Even though the legislation passed bothchamber by large margins, legislators andadvocates alike have said they are unsurewhether Gov. Robert McDonnell (R) plansto sign the bill into law. When contacted byThe Connection, McDonnell’s office said thegovernor had not reviewed the bill yet.

“We have no idea what he is going to do.His office is being pretty mum. But his [cam-

paign committee] did give the Virginia Au-tism Project a $5,000 contribution last yearso we know he is supportive of the cause asa whole,” said Lynn Miller, a Fairfax parentof two boys with autism who lobbied forthe bill.

AUTISM ACTIVISTS have been trying toget some type of mandate for insurancecompanies to cover autism spectrum disor-der in Virginia for about a decade, thoughthe effort has become more focused overthe last three years, said Teresa Champion,a Springfield resident.

“When a parent gets a diagnosis of au-tism from a doctor, they also get a prescrip-tion for therapy like speech therapy andbehavioral intervention and they will file a

claim with their insurance company. Then,the insurance company will send a letterback saying that the treatment is not medi-cally necessary,” said Champion of the cur-rent situation in Virginia.

According to Champion, the type of in-tensive therapy that will really make a dif-ference, particularly for toddlers and veryyoung children, could cost $15,000 to$20,000 per year, which few families canafford.

“When we began working intensively withmy son, he was considered to have moder-ate to severe autism. But after six monthsof intensive treatment, he was moved intothe mild to high functioning category. Heimproved after this therapy but we couldn’tafford to keep doing it,” said Champion,whose son is now 17 years old.

PROPONENTS of the bill have alsolearned to pare down their expectations.Three years ago, the advocates had pro-posed a bill that would have required in-surance companies to cover treatment forchildren with autism until they were adults.

This year, they narrowed their focus totoddlers and children in preschool, in or-der to make the legislation more palatableto fiscal conservatives in the House of Del-egates. They also put a cap on services of$35,000 per year, said Champion.

“A lot of people in the House don’t likethe government mandating anything. Thatwas the primary resistance. There was alsoa fear about what the cost might be,” saidChampion.

Twenty-three other states have passedsimilar legislation, so Champion and sup-porters of the bill were able to provide thelegislators with data on the cost incurredin other states. Of particular concern wasthe impact it might have on the state bud-get, since the benefit would be extended toemployees of the commonwealth, saidChampion.

“South Carolina thought it would cost $18million and it ended up costing $2 millionlast year. The data shows that the doom andgloom about this bill’s impact on budgetsdoesn’t exist,” she said.

Children with autism also are likely to costVirginia more as adults if they don’t receiveearly intervention services, said autism ad-vocates.

In Fairfax County Public Schools, one in83 students has been diagnosed with someform of autism, an 846 percent increasesince 1997. Last year, the county’s humanservices department announced that thegreatest threat to local government’s fiscalhealth was not the wave of aging babyboomers as previously thought but the rap-idly growing percentage of young adultswith autism.

“Without this bill, the cost to society ishuge because the incidence of autism is onlygrowing,” said Champion.º

IF THE BILL becomes law, it will still bethe most narrowly focused and limited ofall state mandates related to autism. Mostother states allow a wider age range to be

Springfield resident Teresa Champion spoke to the crowd gathered inRichmond to lobby on behalf of a bill that would require insurancecompanies to provide some treatment for Autism. Fairfax County Sen.Janet Howell (D-32), pictured in the background, was one of the spon-sors of the bill.

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General Assembly Mandates Autism TreatmentLaw would requiresome insurancecompanies to pay forcertain therapies.

“Self-insured companiesdo not have to providethis benefit and at least55 percent of people inFairfax work for self-insured companies.”

—Del. Mark Sickles (D-43).


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covered or have a higher spending cap for services.In one case, Minnesota, there is no upper age limitor cap on spending at all, said Champion.

Even under this legislation, there are familieswhose insurance still won’t cover services for autismspectrum disorder.

The legislation would not apply to companies with50 or fewer employees. Employers who are self-in-sured, including large corporations, are also exemptfrom the mandate. Individuals who buy plans fortheir families on the open market are also not cov-ered by this legislation.

“Self-insured companies do not have to provide thisbenefit and at least 55 percent of people in Fairfaxwork for self-insured companies,” said Del. Mark

Sickles (D-43).Sickles voted for the bill but said he worries that it

might cause more small businesses to stop provid-ing insurance to their employees altogether.

“This is most expensive mandate on businesses thatwe have imposed since I have been here. With allthe talk of Obamacare and what the federal govern-ment is doing, we have turned around and imposedthis very expensive mandate on a certain set of busi-nesses in Virginia,” said Sickles.

The delegate said he has also seen an opinion fromAttorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s office which sug-gested the $35,000 annual cap on services was notlegal because a federal law mandating parity formental health treatment. If the cap was removed,the mandate could be become even more expensiveto meet, said Sickles.

Assembly Passes Autism Bill

By John Lovaas

Reston Impact Producer/Host

The snow, slush and ice finally gotto us. So Fran and I decided togo hide out for a week with

friends and family in Florida, the Sun-shine State. We also decided to try a newmode of transport to travel there—theAutoTrain.

The visits with old friends andfamily were delightful and timewell spent. In both cases they toldus what was going on in their region and went togreat lengths to show us. And, we could not help butget filled in on local events and compare Florida toReston, Virginia.

While the trip was most satisfying in terms of timespent with people important to us, it also served toremind us how fortunate we are to live in a placecalled Reston. The scenery and landscape of the cen-tral and northwest areas of Florida at least are some-where between dull and dreary. The land is all lowand flat, with little variety in the vegetation and treesone sees all the way from Leesburg west to CrystalRiver to Tallahassee in the north and back to Sanfordto the east of Leesbury, Fla.—a 450-mile journey withno change. It makes Kansas seem exciting and Restonspectacular by comparison.

The human condition didn’t seem much better.Suburban and urban areas were continual strip cen-ters, neon and billboards along the road. And mostof the commercial areas were blighted by abandonedstorefronts and buildings. Unemployment is a little

over 12 percent statewide in Florida andfrom what we could see, it may be worsein the areas we experienced. Our friendsnear Orlando noted home foreclosuresand the lovely homes on the market butnot selling, even at greatly reducedprices. The same was true in the regionof my in-laws’ home near Tallahassee.Houses were selling at half or a third

what they sold for just a few yearsago. Examples included new, three-bedroom, three bath homes withnice lots along Route 44 advertised

at $120-$130,000. On the train, we dined with arecently retired prison guard from Rykers Island, N.Y.He was on his way to buy a home in Homestead,Fla., a deal he’d been working on since he’d begunto think of retirement three years ago. He was com-ing to finally buy a house he had first priced at$455,000, but would close on for only $175,000. Thisis the silver lining if you are buying, not selling.

Of course, this liberal had to check on Florida poli-tics while he was there. Here again, we were glad tobe just visiting. While our local pols sometimes dis-appoint and our state government headed by BobMcDonnell is worse, Florida makes them look verygood. Governor Scott, a Tea Party darling, is busycutting services and laying off folks in the face of 12percent unemployment while cutting taxes for thecorporate class. I’ll bet McDonnell could sell himsome liquor franchises.

Did I mention that it was also rainy and cold andmost oranges had been killed by frost? It really isgood to be back home on beautiful Lake Anne.

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Thanks to Delegates Tim Hugo andTom Rust, along with state Sen.Janet Howell and a majority ofmembers of the Virginia General

Assembly, for passing a bill that wouldrequire some insurance companies toprovide limited but critically importantcoverage for therapy for children withautism.

Now, Gov. Bob McDonnell should sign thebill into law.

“With these treatments, you can preventsome of these children from being impactedfor life. You can make sure they do not becomewards of the state,” said Hugo. … “If we don’tdo something, we risk leaving these kids in thedarkness.”

Behavior therapy at an early age can makethe difference between a child who speaks andinteracts and a child who is non-verbal. Butthe therapy, often not covered at all by insur-ance, can cost $20,000 a year or more per child.

Consider the heartbreak of one family whowas able to afford therapy for one of their chil-dren with autism. Unfortunately, the family hastwo children with autism.

As they become adults, children with autismwill cost Virginia more if they don’t receiveearly intervention services.

And this is a growing problem.

For example, in Fairfax County PublicSchools, one in 83 students has been diagnosedwith some form of autism, an 846 percent in-crease since 1997. Last year, the county’s hu-

man services department announcedthat local government’s fiscal healthwould be greatly impacted by provid-ing services to the rapidly growing

percentage of young adults with autism diag-noses.

Missing the PointAs the U.S. Department of Justice presses

Virginia to provide services for people withintellectual disabilities and more options to livein the community, it’s important to rememberthat it’s not just a question of moving somecurrent residents out of training centers.

Families across Northern Virginia and thestate are stretching budgets, going into debtand hanging on by their fingernails as they carefor family members with intellectual disabili-ties who should have “waivers” providing forservices in the community.

Right now, more than 6,400 Virginians withintellectual and related developmental disabili-ties are on waiting lists for community-basedservices, according to the Arc of Virginia.Nearly 3,000 of these individuals are in urgent

need because they live with an aging caregiver,are at risk of abuse or neglect, or are aging outof foster care.

See www.arcofva.org.

Cheap and EffectiveTraffic Fix: Telework

While National Telework Week officially be-gan Monday, Feb. 14, last month’s commut-ing-home debacle probably did more to pushindividuals, governments and companies tocontemplate real teleworking measures thanany other advocacy.

Increasing the number of people who regu-larly work from home at least one day a weekis the only possible cure for the current trafficnightmare in the region. On most days, rushhour in Northern Virginia is a pain. But it onlytakes one hiccup (a man threatening to jumpof the Woodrow Wilson Bridge or an inch ofbadly timed snow) to bring the region to astandstill and worse.

Telecommuting can also be good for the en-vironment, good for employee morale, goodfor families, good for productivity. And any-thing that decreases the chances of a 10-hourcommute or being stranded overnight on theGeorge Washington Parkway is a step in theright direction.

The technology exists to make this work.

- Mary Kimm,

[email protected]

Important Step for AutismGovernor should sign bill that would requirelimited insurance coverage for needed therapy.

Editorials

By Kenneth R. “Ken” Plum

State Delegate (D-36)

Virginia was one of the firststates to use an electricvoting machine as a way

for legislators to cast their voteswithout the need to call the nameof all 100 delegates and 40 sena-tors and having them “voice vote.”Beginning in 1964 Virginia in-stalled an electric voting boardwith member names and red and

green lights toindicate howm e m b e r s

voted using a switch at their desks.That system was replaced with anelectronic voting machine thatcontinues to display “yea” or greenvotes and “nay” red votes. A yel-low light is a way for legislatorsto indicate that they have a con-flict of interest that keeps themfrom voting on a particular mea-sure.

Since the legislative process islargely a consensus process, theoverwhelming majority of votesare green votes. With the sharpideological differences that havedeveloped among legislators in

recent years, casting a red light ora nay vote has increased. I musthave set an all-time record for myyears in the General Assembly lastTuesday when I voted against 31of the 74 bills on the regular orcontested calendar.

All of the bills passed on amostly partisan vote. Of the bills Ivoted against, nearly half wereArizona-style anti-immigrant billsthat among other things wouldhave put local police in the busi-ness of enforcing federal immigra-tion laws.

It is not likely that any of thesebills will pass the Senate. Anotherbill I voted against would havedefined a fetus as a person begin-ning at the moment of conception.This bill is also likely to be de-feated in the Senate. Its implica-tions would be far-reaching:Would birth control be considereda form of abortion? Would prop-erty rights extend to the unbornfetus? These were two amongmany questions.

On another day I voted againstthe House version of theGovernor’s transportation plan.The plan would push Virginia to

DisciplinaryAction asLearningExperience

To the EditorOn Feb. 8, 2011, at a regular

meeting of the Fairfax CountyBoard of Supervisors, along withSupervisor Penny Gross, I movedthat our Board direct County staffto engage Fairfax County PublicSchools (FCPS) and communityorganizations in a discussionabout how to help students andparents turn a FCPS disciplinaryaction into a learning experience.I believe that County and Schoolsworking together, along with othercommunity resources, can betterhelp a student understand thatwhile there are serious conse-quences to infractions of schoolrules, we are there as a commu-nity to help the student cope withthe emotional response that mayfollow and provide an appropriatelevel of support for both the child

Casting a Red Light Letter to the Editor

See Letter, Page 7

its debt limit with more than $4billion in borrowing.

The limited funds it providedwould not have built one inter-change in Fairfax County andwould have taken more than $150million from schools. I know thatsome people in the district haveheard about this vote from a robo-telephone call.

The vote is one step in a longlegislative process that I am confi-dent will result in some money fortransportation while we await theGovernor’s promised proposalnext year for a more permanentsolution to our needs.

The red light I cast on the Houseversion of the budget came be-cause of the more than $93 mil-lion cut in funding for publicschools and the significant reduc-tions in monies for mental health,especially among young people. Aswith all bills that pass each Housein a different version, a conferencecommittee will resolve the differ-ences, and a final vote will betaken.

Send your comments on how Ishould cast those votes to me [email protected].

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and the family. Disciplinary situ-ations, if handled compassionately,can help a child develop a bal-anced understanding that shouldultimately down the road translateinto a mature, responsible adult.Lessons can be painful, but theyneed not result in either the childor family feeling alone in theirability to examine and address thesituation, or see a path to a hope-ful future. I believe we can, work-ing together as county govern-ment, schools and community, doa better job at that than we havedone in the recent past.

I am not seeking for the Boardof Supervisors to commandeer theFCPS disciplinary process; that isnot our role. But as with so manyother aspects of the Board of Su-pervisor and FCPS partnership, theBoard of Supervisors provides,supplements, or augments servicesoutside of the $1.77 billion trans-fer to FCPS. In addition to the di-rect transfer, the County’s FY 2011budget provided nearly $55.8 mil-lion in additional support for pro-grams such as the ComprehensiveServices Act (CSA), Head Start,School Age Child Care (SACC),public health nurses and schoolhealth aides, School Resource Of-ficers and school crossing guards,field maintenance, afterschoolprogramming in middle schools,and services offered by the FairfaxFalls Church Community ServicesBoard, including mental healthand substance abuse preventionand intervention in the schools.

Clearly there is a role for FairfaxCounty Government in the devel-opment and safety of students inFairfax County Public Schools. Wedemonstrated in the past how wellwe can work together when we thecreated our joint county-school-community based organization,Fairfax Partnership for Youth. Weneed to have a discussion of howwe can work together on this is-sue before another precious life islost.

Supervisor Cathy HudginsHunter Mill District

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Sounds of clapping, singingand shouts of “amen”rang out as Kennedy

Saunders began singing the up-lifting spiritual “Lift Every Voiceand Sing.”

With its message of struggleand hope, the hymn has longbeen a staple at African-Ameri-can churches, and was quotedby the Rev. Joseph E. Lowery atBarack Obama’s presidential in-auguration.

But Saunders wasn’t singingfor his congregation at AntiochBaptist Church in Fairfax Sta-tion.

Along with the Antioch Bap-tist Choir, he was performing formore than 300 people whogathered at the Fairfax CountyGovernment Center auditoriumFriday night to celebrate BlackHistory Month. The free pro-gram, titled “Embracing OurYouth, Our Heritage and Cel-ebrating All Cultures,” wassponsored by Fairfax County, inpartnership with Cox Commu-nications.

“Joy is for everyone. We’re allbrothers and sisters, and that’s

what we’re celebrating tonight.Black history is the history of ev-eryone,” said Emma Marshall, whoorganized the popular event alongwith Tilly Blanding and DaleWallace. All are social workers forFairfax County.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH, cel-ebrated each February, officiallybegan in 1976, and this year ar-rives on the heels of the 25th anni-versary of Martin Luther King Jr.Day.

The stirring music programmixed dance and step perfor-mances with up-tempo gospel mu-sic. During an emotional perfor-mance by Maharold People, Jr. &The Tribe of Praise, the audiencedanced along and cheered thegroup’s soaring vocals.

The audience gave standing ova-tions after energetic routines byThe Mount Pleasant Baptist ChurchStep Team of Herndon, and theGreater Little Zion Baptist ChurchSpirit of Praise Youth Dance En-semble of Fairfax.

“It’s an awesome, inspiring pro-gram,” said Debora Brown, anemployee for the County’s WomenInfants and Children (WIC) pro-gram. She performed an interpre-tive dance selection, and has been

coming to the celebration for 18years. “This is an opportunity forus to love and celebrate our back-ground, and look forward to posi-tive changes in our future,” shesaid. The event included remarksby Sharon Bulova, Chairman of theFairfax County Board of Supervi-sors and Supervisor CatherineHudgins (D-Hunter Mill). Supervi-sors Pat Herrity (R-Springfield) andJohn C. Cook (R-Braddock) alsoattended the event.

Bulova choked up recalling anepisode from her childhood.“When I was growing up in the1950s outside of Baltimore, I didn’tknow anyone who was African-American.” On an afternoon walk,she and her siblings wandered intoa neighborhood they had neverseen before. “A boy who was aboutmy age came out to shake ourhand,” Bulova recalled. “He wasAfrican American. He invited usinside his house to have some cook-ies his mother had made. It openedup a whole new world for us … Itpleases me so much to see how ourworld has changed for the better.”

Hudgins mentioned the county’smany historically black churches,such as Cartersville Baptist Churchin Vienna, which was founded in1863 by free African-Americans.

“When others were not serving theAfrican-American community, thechurch served as a substitute andcontinues today to have a promi-nent place in our community,” shesaid. She emphasized thecommunity’s need to stay con-nected and get to know each other.“We acknowledge we are a countyabout all people,” she said.

AFTER THE MUSICAL PRO-GRAM, the crowd moved into theBoard of Supervisors’ chamber tohear the keynote speech by ViceAdmiral David L. Brewer, III, U.S.Navy (retired). During his careerin the U.S. Navy, Brewer, who wasborn in Farmville, commanded two

ships and won numerousawards for combat efficiencyand community service. He alsoreceived the Naval WarCollege’s Distinguished Gradu-ate Leader Award. He targetedhis speech to the youth in theaudience, and did a humorousquestion and answer sessionwith the group. Mark Cannadyof Lorton said he brought histwo teenage daughters and wifeto the celebration to hear theinspiring music, and hearBrewer “preach.”

“This is always a fantasticevent, and I really enjoyed thefocus on youth tonight,”Cannady said.

Black History Month CelebratedSpirited singing, dancing and preachinghighlight Fairfax County’s celebration.

Sharon Bulova, Chairman of the Fairfax County Board ofSupervisors, celebrates the event with SupervisorCatherine Hudgins (D-Hunter Mill).

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By Rich Sanders

The Connection

The Langley High girls’ swim anddive team captured first place atthe recent Northern Region

swim and dive championships, held atOak Marr Recreation Center Feb. 1-5.

The Saxons, coached by Ryan Jackson,finished the postseason event with 241team points, ahead of second placeYorktown (218), third place LakeBraddock (167), fourth place WestPotomac (152) and fifth place Westfield(149).

Finishing sixth through 10th place at

the 23-team girls’ meet were: South County(145), Robinson (143), Chantilly (138),Oakton (130) and Madison (119).

Other local teams of note included 11thplace McLean (116 points), 14th placeHerndon (68), and 19th place South Lakes(30).

THE CHAMPION SAXONS had first placefinishes from senior Jayme Katis (200-yardfreestyle) and sophomore Abi Speers (100-freestyle). Both were also a part of Langley’sfirst place 200-yard free relay team, con-sisting of senior Meghan Overend, Katis,senior Megan Howard, and Spears.

Other top six place finishers by Langley

girls’ swimmers came from: Spears (secondplace in 50-free); Meghan Overend (fifthin 100-butterfly); Megan Howard (sixth in100-fly); and Katis (second in 100-free).

The Saxons’ 400-free relay team of jun-ior Allie Zeidan, Katis, Speers and Overendfinished second overall.

Oakton High’s Janet Hu won two events- the 50-free and 100-back. She was also apart of the Cougars’ winning 400-free relayteam. Oakton’s team members on that re-lay were: Hu, Stephanie Hallock, KendallLawhorn and Kaitlin Pawlowizc.

Individual girls’ champions from areaschools included Oakton’s Pawlowicz (200-IM) and Madison’s Kelly Corish (dive).

Pawlowwicz was also a second place fin-isher in the 100-fly.

Top six place finishers from the areaincluded: Madison’s Laura Kellan (fourthin 200-free); Marshall’s KatherVanWinkle (third in dive); South Lakes’Emily Sennett (third in 100-fly); McLeanHigh’s Eva Greene (third in 100-back,fourth in 100-free); Herndon High’s RyanMurphy (sixth in 100-back); andHerndon’s Jenna Van Camp (second in100-breaststroke).

THE BOYS’ TEAM CHAMPION wasWestfield High, which finished with 271points, ahead of second place Woodson(188), third place Robinson (186), fourthplace Madison (179), fifth place LakeBraddock (163), and sixth place Fairfax(145).

Local Swimmers Shine at Region ChampionshipsLangley captures team title on girls’ side. Madison, Oakton, McLean,South Lakes and Herndon swimmers excel at postseason showcase.

By Rich Sanders

The Connection

South Lakes High wrestlingsensation Ryan Forrest remained unbeaten for theseason and captured the

145-weight class title at lastweekend’s Northern Region cham-pionships. The two-day postseasonevent took place Friday and Sat-urday (Feb. 11-12) at Fairfax HighSchool.

Forrest, a junior who two weeksago captured his third consecutiveLiberty District title, won all fourof his matches at regionals to gainthe 145 crown. In the finals, hedominated his match versusRobinson’s Zak Depasquale with a10-1 major decision triumph.

“It was great,” said Forrest, ofthe excitement of winning the titlematch. “I knew most of the[Fairfax High] gymnasium wouldbe on his side because of how goodRobinson is.”

Depasquale, indeed, had a loudand supportive following of fanscheering him on. The Robinsonfaithful enjoyed a night in whichseven Rams’ wrestlers won cham-pionships at their respectiveweight classes. On top of that,Robinson easily won the team title- its first since 1991.

But in the 145 finals, Forrest,who had some good fan supportof his own, quieted the Robinsonfollowers with his fantastic titlematch win in which, midwaythrough the first period, he used a

takedown and turned his oppo-nent onto his back to build a 5-0lead. The score was 8-0 after thatfirst period and Forrest controlledthe remainder of the match.

FORREST, OVER THE YEARS,has wrestled with and againstDepasquale and had a good ideaof what it would take to win thematch.

“I’ve known that kid most of mylife,” said Forrest, with a smile.

As thrilled as Forrest was with theindividual title, he has been mostpleased this season with theprogress the South Lakes program,as a whole, has continued to makeunder head coach Bruce Hall. TheSeahawks have continually gotten

better and better under Hall in re-cent years. South Lakes put to-gether an exceptional season thiswinter in which the Seahawks went19-6 over the dual meet season.

“This is definitely the best[South Lakes wrestling] has beenin a long time,” said Forrest, whowas a third place finisher at lastyear’s regionals. “I’ve really en-joyed my team and I love ourcoaches. I try to take on more lead-ership and try to help out some ofthe other kids.”

Forrest, along with growing inthe sport under the guidance ofthe South Lakes coaching staff, hasalso worked under the tutelage oflongtime wrestling aficionadoWade Schalles at Landon School

in Bethesda. Schalles, a nationallyrenowned wrestling coach and aformer two-time NCAA champion,is director of EagleHawk Academy.

It has all come together this sea-son for Forrest, who goes into nextweekend’s Virginia State AAAchampionships at Robinson Sec-ondary with a perfect 37-0 record.Forrest said he has not felt thepressure of being unbeaten for themost part this season, although heis more conscious of his perfectrecord now that the postseason ishere.

But he appeared as focused asever at regionals. In his first roundmatch, Forrest defeated Hayfield’sMark Allan on a first period pin,then pinned Chantilly’s SamCronin early in the second periodof his second round match. In thesemifinals, Forrest handledWestfield’s Nick Hehman, 6-0, toearn his spot in the finals againstDepasquale (33-10), the 145-Concorde District champion.

SOUTH LAKES finished 19thplace overall in the region teamstandings with 32 points. Theteam champion was Robinson,which captured its first regioncrown since 1991. The Rams fin-ished with 260.50 points, finish-ing ahead of second place and de-fending region championWestfield (208). South County(118) finished third place, whileAnnandale (92) and Hayfield (78)finished fourth and fifth places, re-spectively, at the 30-team event.

Finishing sixth through 10thplace were Lee High (69), MountVernon (65), Edison (62), the Sax-ons and Lake Braddock (54.50).

Robinson’s Jack Bass, the 125-weight class champion, wasnamed the region tournament’sMost Outstanding Wrestler.Centreville High, which finished18th place in the team standings,accepted the SportsmanshipAward trophy during brief postmeet ceremonies on Saturdaynight.

Neither South Lakes norHerndon had any top six place fin-ishers at regionals, other thanForrest.

OAKTON HIGH, meanwhile,saw Austin Murga earn a thirdplace finish at 189-division, whileCougars’ wrestlers Eddie Gerow(112) and Matt Norterangelo(152) finished fourth and fifthplace, respectively.

Murga earned a third place fin-ish at 189. He defeated Stuart’sMelvin Mazariegos with a secondperiod pin, then lost an 8-6 deci-sion to Annandale’s JohnMcCollom. But Murga then wenton a tear, winning four straightmatches in the loser’s bracket toearn third place. The wins cameover Yorktown’s Hakeem Sansui,8-3; Langley’s Elie Kawmy (11-3major decision); Centreville’sDavid Chenevey, 9-8; and, in theconsolation finals, a default winover Jefferson’s Patrick O’Connor.

The Virginia State AAA champi-onships will take place this Fridayand Saturday (Feb. 18-19) atRobinson Secondary.

South Lakes’ Ryan Forrest (right) competes againstRobinson’s Zak Depasquale during Saturday night’s 145-division region wrestling finals at Fairfax High School.

South Lakes’ Forrest Captures Region Wrestling CrownSeahawk standout remains unbeaten at 37-0 going into states.

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The Connection

Getting a lot of attention at thisyear’s Consumer ElectronicsShow were several NorthernVirginia companies who were

among the more than 2,700 exhibitors dis-playing some of the world’s most cuttingedge home technology trends.

This year was all about the “apps” as morethan 150,000 people from around the worlddescended on the Las Vegas ConventionCenter last month for the 2011 ConsumerElectronics Show.

Homeowners can have more control overtheir homes using many newly developedsmartphone applications, getting real timeinformation from home security systemseven when not at home, controlling roomtemperatures, raising and lowering windowshades or even starting dinner or the laun-dry from anywhere with an internet con-nection.

Surveillance Systems,Archerfish: Reston

For homeowners looking for a home sur-veillance system, Reston’s Cernium Corpo-ration has developed the Archerfish Solo,an IP-based wireless camera that sendsvideo clip emails to your smart phone orcomputer whenever it senses unusual ac-tivity.

“There’s been a lot of interest in the Solo,”said Debbie Shuey of Archerfish, a CES ex-hibitor for the last three years. “We’ve hadfar more people stopping by this year thanthe last two.”

Homeowners can use Archerfish to viewlive video via computer, smart phone or tab-let devices, as Shuey demonstrated by moni-toring the cameras at Reston Skate Questcameras from the show floor in Las Vegas.

“The number of people interested in thisfor personal use has multiplied tremen-dously,” Shuey said. “Even our competitorshave been stopping by.”

Debuting at CES this year was the Archer-fish Solo Flood Light Adapter, which allowsthe camera to be installed simply by screw-ing it into an existing flood light socket.

“We’re continuously developing productsto help consumers keep an eye on the placesthat matter to them,” said Cernium presi-dent Craig Chambers. “The Archerfish FloodLight Adapter makes installing the Solo aseasy as screwing in a light bulb.”

www.myarcherfish.com

Tablet Times Two,Entourage: McLean

McLean-based Entourage Systems usedthis year’s CES to launch the Pocket Edge,a portable version of its bestselling Entou-rage Edge.

“We just launched last year and are do-ing very well, especially internationally,”said Entourage vice president DougAtkinson. “As a consumer device, we are justgetting started and are excited to be here.”The mission is to provide an all-inclusivepersonal technology device that combinesthe functions of several products into onesolution.

Both the Entourage and Pocket Edge aredual screen e-reader, Android-based tabletcomputer, notepad and audio/video re-corder and player. Connected to theinternet, it can manage any connected homesecurity system or smart appliances. Pricesstart at $349.

“We can build a tablet by cutting off half,but then we’d be just like everybody else,”Atkinson said. “But people still write andalong with many other features, we offerthat with our product.”

www.entourageedge.com

Security, Convenience and Green InnovationNorthern Virginiacompanies debuthome technologytrends in Las Vegas.

See Home, Page 13

Jon Kelman demonstrates a light-upsecurity vest by Fairfax Station-basedMAXSA Innovations.

Entourage vice presi-dent Doug Atkinson,left, demonstratesthe new Pocket Edgeto David Goldhagenof San Antonio.

Skip West, founder of Fairfax Station-based MAXSA Innovations, displayshis latest home technology solutions at the Consumer Electronics Showin Las Vegas last month. West teaches the course “From Geek toGazillionaire” at George Mason University.

Herndon-based Simplicikey presidentJason Pizzilo, right, demonstrates thenew lockset to Oracle’s Joel Storm atthe Consumer Electronics Show.

Photos by Jeanne Theismann/The Connection


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Going Green, MAXSA:Fairfax/Fairfax Station

Skip West is no stranger to the crowds of the Con-sumer Electronics Show.

“This is my eighth year here and it just keeps get-ting better,” said West, founder and president of theFairfax Station-based MAXSA Innovations. “I love in-venting new products and this is the place to intro-duce them to consumers.”

West debuted a dozen new items at this year’s show,most focusing on “green” technology.

“We now have solar powered motion activatedflood lights, along with our solar walkway lights fordecks, stairs and driveways,” West said. “We’ve beentaking lots of orders and getting a great response.”

MAXSA also offers laser garage parking systemsand personal devices such as a reflective safety vestwith 16 LED lights, devices to avoid automobile/deercollisions and special flashlights.

“I sold my last company but didn’t like being re-tired,” said West, who teaches the course “From Geekto Gazillionaire” at George Mason University. “I lovehelping students develop their ideas into successfulcompanies.”

West, one of the first to produce the now popularbattery powered votive candles, donates his salaryfrom GMU to a student business competition.

“I love what I do and have been fortunate in mysuccess,” West said. “It’s very rewarding to help mystudents see their dreams become reality.”

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First Impressions,Simplicikey: Herndon

If the employees of Herndon-based start-upSimplicikey all look young, it’s because they are.

“We hired 11 people, all between the ages of 21and 35,” said Carl Guerreri, president of parent com-pany Electronic Warfare Associates, a governmentdefense contractor. “I told them to wander the worldfor a year to come up with an idea that best utilizedour technology.”

The result is the Simplicikey lock, a remote con-trol electronic deadbolt.

“We wanted to make something worthy of a frontdoor,” said D’Vell Garrison, vice president of salesand marketing. “The lock is all metal with a carbon

core center deadbolt, concealed light-up keypad andremote key fob that works from up to 50 feet away.”

The slim design lock is programmable with up to16 different codes and runs on 4 AA batteries.

“This is our first time at CES,” Garrison said. “It’sgreat seeing all the first adapters’ eyes light up whenthey see the lock.”

The Simplicikey uses standard deadbolt installa-tion and is available in three finishes.

“I started early this morning and haven’t stoppedtalking since,” said Simplicikey president JasonPizzillo. “But people love the product and it’s been agreat show.”

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There’s an App for ThatArguing over the remote may soon be a thing of

the past as smartphones and tablet computers takecontrol of your home theater system. In a worldwhere all you need is an Ethernet cable and ISP, ev-ery major TV manufacturer is now producinginternet-connected HDTV and 3D displays, all easilycontrolled and monitored by mobile apps.

On screens that can reach up to 90 inches (on asoon-to-be-released Mitsubishi plasma display),smart TVs and the newest apps allow web surfingfrom your sofa. You can also connect with friendsvia Facebook, Google Talk and Twitter as you watchyour favorite programming. Also expected to gainground in the home theatre arena is gesture con-trolled TV, which uses technology similar to the XboxKinect.

Debbie Shuey monitors security at theReston Skate Park as part of the Archerfishdemonstration at the Consumer Electron-ics show in Las Vegas last month.

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Security, ConveniencePhotos by Jeanne Theismann/The Connection

The Capital Home & Garden Show will feature hundreds of displays and exhibits this year, with a special emphasison “Going Green.” Exhibitors include all aspects of home design and improvement, gardening, kitchen and bath re-modeling, flooring, roofing,doors, windows, fencing, pools, interior and exterior lighting, home entertainment, interiordesigns and much more. Get ideas, investigate new products, gather information and meet the professionals who canhelp. Dulles Expo Center, Feb. 25 – 27, www.capitalhomeshow.com.

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As simple as my preference is however,receiving the terminal diagnosis that I did(stage IV lung cancer) really changes your pri-orities, and “simple” is the last thing your lifewill ever be. Consider the effect that shufflinga deck of playing cards has on the previousorder of those cards; that’s minor compared toa cancer patient’s reality. The reality is 52 pick-up – cards scattered everywhere with norhyme or reason as to how any of the cards gotanywhere. Now, try to organize that indis-criminate and random chaos into some kind ofmeaningful arrangement, all the while endur-ing physical and mental/emotional obstacles toaccomplishing the most important task in yourlife: trying to make order out of that chaos.Welcome to my/our whirled.

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Fact or fiction. True or false. Believable ornot. Add in the amount of medical informationa key stroke away on the Internet, some of itfor-profit, not to mention all the solicited –and unsolicited (well meaning though it maybe) – advice from family and friends; and thepotential for contradictory, misleading andinappropriate courses of action/treatment (foryour specific medical history/condition/ diagno-sis) is off the charts. Combine this with thepatient’s inability to filter and discern as keenlyand objectively as before they were diagnosedand you have a series of disasters waiting tohappen. The trick is, there is no trick; it’s justlife in the cancer lane.

And though it’s a road I never thought I’dbe on – certainly at age 55 (ever really, consid-ering my immediate family’s medical history;no cancer), I’m on it – full time! Trying tomake the best of a bad situation is how Iapproach every day. Pretending – and maybeeven denying – (there’s no “maybe”), is how Iapproach every night. I’m not living to die; I’mdying to live (figuratively speaking). Every day,every result, brings new challenges. What mat-ters, what matters not? It’s a recurring theme. Iwish I had the answer. I don’t and that’s theproblem. Even though I’ve been on this cancerlane now for two years, there’s no road map todirect me. Maybe a GPS would help.

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Hope Fellowship Church will temporarily bemeeting at Woody’s Golf Range, 11801 LeesburgPike, Herndon. Sunday Worship Services for thisnew Southern Baptist church are at 10:45 a.m. Thepublic is invited to join a growing Bible believing,multi-ethnic/multi-cultural congregation, withBible-based sermons and uplifting music. 703-599-3527 or www.hopefellowshipchurchloudoun.org.

Knitters needed the first and third Wednesdaysof the month, at 7 p.m., at St. Timothy’s Epis-copal Church, 432 Van Buren St., Herndon. Thechurch’s Shawl Ministry is offering free knittinginstruction while providing shawls, blankets andother knitted items for people in need. No cost andyarn can be provided. E-mail [email protected] or visit the Pastoral Care page atwww.saint-timothys.org.

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Jewish rituals, ethics and the creation of a Jew-ish home, regular meetings and group Shabbatsand holidays. Participants include Sha’are Shalom,Congregation Beth Emeth, Temple Rodef Shalomand the Jewish Community Center of NorthernVirginia. ShalomDC.org.

The Baha’i community of McLean holds aweekly fireside, a meeting of discussion, devotionand fellowship, at 7500 Box Elder Court in McLean,at 8 p.m. every Friday. An opportunity to learnabout the Baha’i faith. 703-556-3400.

Epiphany United Methodist Preschool,1014 Country Club Drive, N.E. in Vienna, is nowenrolling 3-4-year-old students for the 2010/2011school year. Contact 703-938-2391 orwww.epiphanypreschool.com.

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Winners of the James A.Bland annual musiccompetition held at the

Reston Community Center at theHunters Mill Shopping Center onFebruary 8 were: Antonia Stabile,first place; Evelyn Mo, secondplace; and ShankarBalasubramanian, third place inthe instrumental division. Winnersin the vocal division were: AlexisGruber, first place; Meg Boyle, sec-ond place; and Ryan Sill, third

place. Fourteen students competedin the event that was co-sponsoredby the Reston Lions Club and theReston Community Center. Win-ners were awarded a total of $450of Series EE Bonds.First place winners will advanceto Regional, District and Statecompetitions and compete for ad-ditional awards. Judges wereLydia Kriso, Gretel Von Pischke,Elizabeth Kluegel and KathrynHonan-Carter.

Pictured, from left, Lions Steve Reber and Jack Gazlay,Co-Chairman; P. Taylor Vogelzang, Mountain View HighSchool; Stabile, Oakton High School; Sill, Dominion HighSchool; Adam Cleland, Flint Hill School; Claire Wang,Homeschooled; Balasubramanian, Rachel Carson MiddleSchool; Boyle, Stone Bridge High School; Kendra EunSong, Rachel Carson Middle School; Mo, Rachel CarsonMiddle School; Joshua Liu, Liberty Elementary School;Gruber, Dominion High School; Victor Pan, ForestvilleElementary School; Ellie Chang, Forestville ElementarySchool and Cynthia Ma, Colvin Run Elementary School.

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Twenty-eight Fairfax CountyPublic Schools (FCPS) studentswill be performing at Carnegie Hall inNew York City on Sunday, Feb. 20, aspart of the wind ensemble Flutopia.

Performing will be:❖ Brandon Austin and Ali Dettmer,

Centreville High School; JessicaHiemstra, Will Morgan Palmer, andVictoria Palmer, Chantilly High School;Maddie Boyles and Amanda Meneses,Fairfax High School; Katie Lopes,Herndon High School; Leanne Poussardand Michael Poussard, Lake BraddockSecondary School; Katie Moody, DanaRosenberg, and Jenna Weida, LangleyHigh School; Katy Maher and EvieMasterson, Lee High School; EmmaAndrews, Lydia Carlson, LauraFeibelman, Emily Hertzler, and OliviaStaton, Madison High School; JuliaHenderson, McLean High School; JenHarazin and Drew Witter, Robinson Sec-ondary School; Julia Morris and DylanReiser, South Lakes High School; KennyVenskus, Stuart High School; KerriganStrong, West Springfield High School;Will Crowley, Woodson High School.

The students will perform in “ABreath of Fresh Air” presented by theDistinguished Concerts InternationalNew York series as part of a larger con-cert.

Among the pieces they will performare Eyes Wide Open (Eric Jackson), Oc-tober (Eric Whitacre), Heaven’s Lightand Fate of the Gods, (Steven Reineke)and the overture to the Marriage ofFigaro (Mozart).

Martha F. Fischer of Reston hasbeen accepted to The Graduate School

at Virginia Tech. Fischer is majoring inhuman development and pursuing amaster of science.

Emily M. Peck of Reston has beenaccepted to The Graduate School at Vir-ginia Tech. Peck is majoring in humandevelopment and pursuing a master ofscience.

Frederick M. Kyle of Reston hasbeen accepted to The Graduate Schoolat Virginia Tech. Kyle is majoring ineducational leadership and policy stud-ies and pursuing a master of arts ineducation.

Lauren E. Whitley of Reston, a2009 graduate of South Lakes HighSchool, has been named to the fall 2010dean’s list at Christopher Newport Uni-versity in Newport News. Thesophomore is a directing and dramaticliterature major in the Theatre Depart-ment.

Melissa Tran of Reston has beennamed to the fall 2010 dean’s list atProvidence College of Providence, R.I.

Elisa Becker of Reston has beennamed to the fall 2010 dean’s list atLycoming College of Williamsport, Pa.

Khalid Abdelaziz of Reston hasbeen selected as a national outstandingcampus leader and is included in the2010 edition of Who’s Who among Stu-dents in American Universities andColleges. Abdelaziz is majoring in Infor-mation Technology at MarymountUniversity.

Tyler Binh Nguyen of Reston wasnamed to the fall 2010 dean’s list atMary Baldwin College of Staunton, Va.

Elena Yen-Vi Nguyen of Restonwas named to the fall 2010 honors listat Mary Baldwin College of Staunton,Va.

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