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It’s crunch time for the lo-cal branch of Santa’s Workshop known as Our

Neighbor’s Child (ONC). Inlittle more than a week, thisnonprofit, all-volunteer organi-zation will be delivering Christ-mas gifts to 633 families in needin Centreville, Chantilly, Clifton,Fair Oaks and Fair Lakes.

Yet, a great deal still remainsto be done. Presents need to befound for each child whosename and gift wish is on an or-nament hanging on the multi-tudes of giving trees through-out the local area. Then all thegifts for each family need to begathered together, packagedand delivered — along withhomemade cookies — on Dec.18.

“We’ve organized andplanned as much possible, andnow we it’s up to the commu-

nity,” said ONC Executive Di-rector Kelly Lavin. “We’vebeen extremely blessed withgreat people in the past andwe hope that we’ll haveenough people to make thishappen again this year.”

There are still several waysmembers of the communitymay help. Toy, gift card andclothing donations are stillgreatly needed. Cookies willbe needed by Dec. 15, andmany hands are needed topackage the gifts at ONC’swarehouse, that same day,and then deliver them all tothe recipient families, a fewdays later.

Virginia Run’s GeriMorrisette Lightburn will beleading a team of toy-tablemanagers who will assistONC’s volunteer shopperswith finding the right gift in

By Bonnie Hobbs

Centre View

Ribbon-cuttings are gen-erally done with shiny,oversized scissors thatare only symbolic. But

the ribbon on the new, CentrevilleLabor Resource Center wassnipped Saturday with somethingmore appropriate — a workman’spruning shears.

After all, that’s why the centerexists — to serve as the meetingplace for employers andCentreville’s day laborers. And theatmosphere during its open houseand grand opening, Dec. 3, was ju-bilant.

“This is the day we’ve been wait-ing for,” said Edgar Aranda, animmigrant advocate with the Le-

gal Aid Justice Center in FallsChurch. “It’s amazing. This is anexcellent space, and an appropri-ate place where employers candrive up and workers can wait in-side.”

That’s an important attributebecause, in recent years, day la-borers looking for jobs stood out-side the Centreville Square Shop-ping Center, on the outskirts ofCentrewood Plaza and near theCentreville Regional Library.ºAndthat led to tension in the localcommunity.

Store owners said the men’spresence discouraged customersfrom patronizing their businesses.And some mothers felt uneasybringing their children to a librarywith men standing outside.

Meanwhile, the Centreville Im-migration Forum (CIF) was estab-lished to help the local, immigrantcommunity. Members made con-tact with the workers, directedthem to social services that couldhelp them

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Providing Christmas gifts to local families in need.

Much To Do for ONC Volunteers

Collecting new toys for Our Neighbor’s Child, last Saturday, outside the Fair LakesWal-Mart are (from left) Taylor Kim, Brooke Caskey, Brianna Crump, Katie Barta andCristina Sturniolo. Caskey assists ONC Executive Director Kelly Lavin, and the othersare on the competition team of Creative Dance Center of Chantilly.

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Stone Middle eighth-graders ErinSteen and Patrick Kearney unloaddonated toys, clothes and sportsequipment during the PantherPickup.

New BeginningLabor ResourceCenter opensfor business.

Sully District Supervisor Michael Frey and worker MikiCarrillo (in hat) cut the ribbon on the center’s doortogether.

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and their families, and connected them to churchesoffering English-language classes.

Then Al Dwoskin, who owns the Centreville SquareShopping Center, proposed the idea for a worker cen-ter and followed through. He donated one of hisstorefronts and agreed to pay for utilities if the CIFwould run it.

So the CIF began fund-raising, soliciting grantsand donations to pay for a director and an assistant.It eventually reached its goal and hired them. First,though, CIF members invited the laborers to theirmeetings, had them develop the center’s rules andregulations and made sure they were an integral partof the new facility so they’d actually use it.

Saturday afternoon, there were smiles all around,as about 100 well-wishers — including CIF mem-bers, workers and their families, dignitaries, politi-cians, clergymen and other community residents —celebrated the center’s opening.

“It was a long time coming,” said CIF FinanceChairman Ed Duggan. “It’s an exciting day.”

Following the ribbon-cutting, the group moved in-side the center, which contains the main room whereworkers and employers will meet, plus a separate

room for tax-information and ESOL classes. Then theRev. Marci Huntsman of Centreville United Method-ist Church gave the blessing.

She asked God for His “continued presence, graceand flow of blessings upon this community and thelabor resource center.” Huntsman also beseeched Himto bless those “who’ve given of themselves so gener-ously” to make the facility a reality.

She thanked God for helping people in the localcommunity “to set aside any differences, biases andpersonal agendas so that we’re able to come togetherand do the work You’d have us do. Lord, throughthese doors let all who enter be blessed with Yourpresence and strength.”

Then CIF President Alice Foltz told the crowd, “Wewouldn’t be here, at all, if [Sully District Supervisor]Michael Frey and Al Dwoskin hadn’t gotten together,two years ago, to make this all possible.”

Dwoskin said he was so impressed by the CIF’s be-liefs that he wanted to lend a hand. “This is one ofthe most remarkable examples of a community com-ing together to do the right thing,” he said. “I sup-port you and wish you the greatest of success.”

Furthermore, said Dwoskin, “If there’s an awardfor

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Labor Resource Center OpensPreparing to cut the ribbon are (from left) Alice Foltz, Alejandro Santiago, MikiCarrillo, Michael Frey and A.J. Dwoskin.

Labor resource center Director ShaniMoser speaks during the open house.

Olga Garcia (foreground) and Shani Moser(behind her, in center) mingle duringSaturday’s open house.

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Police TargetShopping Swindlers

Phony credit cards, stolen IDs and out-of-state shopliftingscammers are being targeted by Fairfax County Police Retail Anti-Theft Teams (RATT) once again this holiday season. In an an-nual effort that began “Black Friday,” RATT officers are patrol-ling the malls and shopping centers across the county, hoping tokeep the areas safe and crime-free.

Teams of officers are working in shopping malls and retail busi-nesses in both uniformed and plain-clothed capacities. They’retargeting all shoplifters, but particularly the “professionals” thatdistract store employees while associates across the store attemptto conceal and steal merchandise. In 2010, officers assigned tothe retail theft operations made significant arrests, charging sus-pects with fraud, forgery, embezzlement, possession of stolenproperty, distribution of narcotics and more. In the Fair OaksPolice District, 41 adults and 23 juveniles were charged with182 felony and misdemeanor offenses.

Residents Can Help SantaAs the holidays approach, some special children in Fairfax

County won’t have to wait until Christmas Eve to see Santa. Heand his elves will be rumbling down the streets here next week.Once again, Santa will temporarily trade in his sleigh and rein-deer for a Harley Davidson motorcycle.

The Fairfax County Police Motorcycle Squad, in cooperationwith the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office, Virginia State Police,Fairfax City Police, Falls Church Sheriff ’s Office and the Town ofVienna Police will escort Santa on his 25th annual Ride for Chil-dren. On Monday, Dec. 12, Santa’s elves will pick up toys andother donations from police stations and other government fa-cilities throughout the county. Then on Tuesday, Dec. 13, Santawill visit seven local schools. Anyone wishing to make a dona-tion should bring a new, unwrapped toy, game, book or othergift to any county police station, their designated school or tothe Fairfax County print shop at the Government Center. All do-nations should be made before Dec. 12 at 9 a.m.

Hart, Litzenberger ReappointedAt the Tuesday, Dec. 6, meeting of the Fairfax County Board of

Supervisors, two Centreville residents were reappointed to theirposts on the county Planning Commission. Serving additionalfour-year terms will be At-Large Planning Commissioner Jim Hartand Sully District Planning Commissioner John Litzenberger.

Free Carseat InspectionsCertified technicians from the Sully District Police Station will

perform free, child safety carseat inspections Thursday, Dec. 15,from 5-8:30 p.m., at the station, 4900 Stonecroft Blvd. inChantilly. No appointment is necessary. But residents should in-stall the child safety seats themselves so technicians may prop-erly inspect and adjust them, as needed.

However, because of time constraints, only the first 35 vehiclesarriving on each date will be inspected. That way, inspectors mayhave enough time to properly instruct the caregiver on the cor-rect use of the child seat. Call 703-814-7000, ext. 5140, to con-firm dates and times.

Sully District Council MeetingTo avoid the winter holidays, the Sully District Council of Citi-

zens Associations and its Land-Use Committee will meet nextmonth on the third Thursday, Dec. 15, at 7 p.m., in the SullyDistrict Governmental Center, 4900 Stonecroft Blvd. in Chantilly.Call Jeff Parnes, evenings, at 703-904-0131.

Three presentations are scheduled:❖ I-66 Automated Traffic Management plans;❖ Outside the Beltway Tier 1 Environmental Impact Statement

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cations facility at Centreville United Methodist Church.

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By Bonnie Hobbs

Centre View

It’s time to celebrate the season, and WestfieldHigh is doing it in style with “Candlelight Car-ols,” its choral concert for the holidays. The joy-

ful sounds will ring out Friday, Dec. 16, at 7:30 p.m.The event is free and the public’s invited.

Performing will be 125 students in the Boys andGirls Concert Choirs, Bel Canto, Chamber Singersand Show Choir. In addition, 40 students from StoneMiddle School, under the direction of Steve Kogut,will sing three songs.

“It’s going to be a fun and entertaining eveningfilled with lively, seasonal mu-sic performed at a high level ofquality,” said Westfield ChoralDirector David Reimschussel.“There’s a great variety of mu-sic to appeal to everybody —traditional, upbeat, pop-typesongs and songs from othercultures. And the Show Choirwill be singing and dancing tochoreographed routines, so it’sa nice addition to the pro-gram.”

“The kids have really done afabulous job preparing for thisconcert,” he continued. “The opening processionalwill be done completely in the dark. The studentswill surround the audience with candlelight, and allthe choirs will sing together.”

The audience will be treated to familiar songs fromAmerica, as well as carols from around the world,including France, Italy, Germany, the Ukraine,Scandinavia and Nigeria. For example, the studentswill sing “Kling, Glockchen, Kling” (Ring, Bells, Ring)in German, and a festive African tune of celebration,“E Oru O,” in Nigerian.

They’ll also perform “S’vivon,” a Chanukah tunesung in Hebrew. It tells the story of the Dreidel andhow playing with it taught children the Hebrew lan-

guage.Senior Mary Burke, a soprano in the Chamber Sing-

ers and Show Choir, has been in choir four years.Her favorite song in the concert is “Masters in thisHall,” a traditional, English Christmas carol. “I likeits harmonies and how all our voices blend into oneas we sing it,” she said.

Excited about the processional, Burke said, “Theboys will be on the stage, singing on risers, holdingcandles in the dark. The girls will wear red, sparklydresses and will process from the sides of the audi-ence up onto the stage.” She said the audience willalso like the songs sung in different languages, plusthe choir’s dancing.

Alto Lindsey Wheeler, a senior, performs with theShow Choir and especially likes the song, “SleighRide,” because it’s cheerful and upbeat. “This is ourfirst woman’s Show Choir, so the audience will likeseeing us all dance and sing,” she said. “I like per-forming in front of people and making them happy.”

Classmate Autumn Robinson sings soprano withBel Canto and the Show Choir.“Singing is my thing,” she said.“A lot of people in my family areathletic — I like singing.”

Her favorite number is BelCanto’s rendition of “LittleTree,” an adapted poem by e.e.cummings. “The words are funand it expresses a lot of the ex-citement I feel atChristmastime,” she said. “Ev-erybody loves Christmas songs,so the audience will enjoy see-ing a chorus perform a lot of theones they know.”

Singing alto and soprano with the Chamber Sing-ers is Lalita Kota, a four-year choral student. Callingsinging a “stress-reliever,” she said, “It lets me getaway from the demands of school, and it makes mehappy when we’re all singing together. This Christ-mas concert is a nice start to the holidays.”

Senior Emily Hunt, a soprano, performs with theChamber singers and Show Choir. Her favorite songis the Scandinavian “Corpus Christi Carol,” which issung in English. “I love all the dissonants, when notesclash and different voice parts sing in opposition toeach other,” she said. “In the context of the song, it’s

Westfield High choir members practice for their upcoming “Candlelight Carols”holiday concert on Friday, Dec. 16.

Making a Joyful NoiseWestfield Highpresents “CandlelightCarols” concert.

Westfield Rent-A-CarolThe Westfield High choir is available this

holiday season, from now through Dec. 30, tosing Christmas carols for office parties, familygatherings, church socials or other events. Stu-dents perform 20 Christmas songs, and theircost varies, depending on the size of the groupneeded and the length of the performance.

For more information about the choir or theRent-A-Carol program, go towww.westfieldhschoral.org. To hire the carol-ers to perform, contact Choral Director DavidReimschussel at 703-488-6431 or [email protected].

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the warehouse if it hasn’t arrived fromthe giving trees. She has 10 shopping posi-tions available, and those interested wouldideally be adults available Wednesdayevening, Dec. 14, from 3-6 p.m., and all dayThursday, Dec. 15, beginning at 9 a.m. Con-tact Lightburn [email protected].

“We still have a need for brand-new,children’s coats in all sizes,” added Lavin.“These can be dropped off at any Paisano’spizza or Jobin Realty office. Any coats thatare not matched with a child’s wish will bemade available locally to school guidancecounselors for any child still without a coatafter the holidays.”

Video games are also popular items onmany children’s and teen’s wish lists. “Wearen’t able to provide the systems, them-selves; but if it’s a game they want, thesmaller handheld versions can be reason-able — as low as $10,” said Lavin. “XBoxand Playstation games can cost more thanwe’re able to put out on our giving trees.”

But for the last two seasons, Bob Froelichwith Jobin Realty has come to ONC’s res-cue in this area. In fact, Lavin refers to himas the organization’s “video-game Santa.”

“Bob’s taken our list, and he and his staffhave converted their expert home-sellingskills to convince retailers to discount someof these games to fit our budget,” said Lavin.“We thought they’d be able to help make adent in our list, but they amazed us by bring-ing in nearly all of it.”

However, this year’s task is more daunt-ing than ever, with so many requests forvideo games. So anyone interested in help-ing ONC provide them should stop in JobinRealty’s Centreville office at 5714 PickwickRoad, ask for Froelich and drop off a gameor two.

“Speaking of Bobs, Ourisman Toyota’sBob Hager and Bob Biagi are still providingONC with transportation for more than 100bikes that will arrive at the warehouse nextweek,” said Lavin. “It’s a big haul and weappreciate their time and efforts.”

She’s also grateful for all the volunteerswho worked at last Saturday’s toy driveoutside Wal-Mart and who also collected,sorted and delivered toys, games, books andclothing during Stone Middle School’s Pan-ther Pickup, that same day.

On Dec. 3, parents drove Stone Middlestudents around their school’s enrollmentarea to pick up items donated by the com-munity for the event. They were thenbrought to Stone and sorted by students and

parents to give to Our Neighbor’s Child.“We had a hugely successful day,” said

Panther Pickup Coordinator Pam DeBell.“We collected over 1,200 new toys, plus 65bins of clothing and other items, includingjewelry, CDS, accessories, perfume and lo-tion.”

Stone’s National Junior Honor Societysponsored the event as its service project.Members previously delivered flyers in SullyStation, explaining what was needed, andreturned Saturday morning to collect thedonations from people’s front doors.

“This was the first year we did a toy driveto supplement the Panther Pickup,” said

ONC GIVING TREE LOCATIONSOur Neighbor’s Child giving trees

are at Bull Run, Cub Run, Poplar Treeand Virginia Run elementary schoolsand Centreville and Westfield highschools. They’re also at:❖ Chesterbrook Academy, 43800Clemens Terrace;❖ St. Andrew Lutheran Church, 14640Soucy Place;❖ Centreville Baptist Church, 15100Lee Highway;❖ Centreville Presbyterian Church,15450 Lee Highway;❖ Minnieland at Centreville Square II,60001 Centreville Crest Lane;❖ Compton Village Community Cen-ter, 14401 Compton Village Drive;❖ Woodway Apartments, 5751 WoodMeadow Way;❖ Gate Post Estates, 15063 Brown PostLane;❖ Sully Station’s Children’s Center,5801 Stone Creek Drive;❖ Minnieland at Compton Village,14415 Compton Village Drive;❖ St. John’s Episcopal Church, 5679Mount Gilead Road;❖ Sully II Community Center, 5501Sully Park Drive;❖ Jobin Realty, 5714 Pickwick Road,Centreville;❖ Centreville United MethodistChurch, 6400 Old Centreville Road;❖ Rita’s Italian Ice, 5097 WestfieldsBlvd., Centreville;❖ Ferguson Enterprises, 13890 LoweSt., Chantilly;❖ Patton, Harris, Rust & Associates,14532 Lee Road, Chantilly;❖ Bowl America, 4525 StonecroftBlvd., Chantilly;❖ ImagiNation Learning Center, 14428Albemarle Point Place, Chantilly;❖ ImagiNation Learning Center 2,14225 Newbrook Drive, Chantilly;❖ Integrity Applications,Inc., 5160Parkstone Drive, Suite 230, Chantilly;❖ Hensel Phelps Construction Co.,4437 Brookfield Corporate Drive,Suite 207, Chantilly;❖ Scott Long Construction, 14170Newbrook Drive, Chantilly;❖ Keller Williams, 14155 NewbrookDrive, No. 100;❖ Pleasant Valley United MethodistChurch, 43987 John Mosby Hwy.;❖ Quest Diagnostics, 14225Newbrook Drive;❖ OBC William E. Crutchfield, DDS,14012 E. Sullyfield Circle;❖ St. Andrew the Apostle CatholicChurch, 6720 Union Mill Road;❖ Clifton Presbyterian Church Pre-school, 12744 Richards Lane, Clifton;❖ Winwood Children’s Center, 12301Lee Jackson Memorial Hwy. (Route 50);❖ King of Kings Lutheran Church,4025 Kings Way, Chantilly;❖ Centreville Business Alliance, 3028Javier Road;❖ Church of the Epiphany, 3301 Hid-den Meadow Drive;❖ ManTech International Corp., 2250Corporate Park Drive, Suite 500;❖ BT Americas Inc., 11440 CommercePark Drive, and❖ Paisanos, 5900 Fort Drive, Suite201, Centreville.

Much Work Remains for ONC Volunteers

Sorting gently used, like new and new clothing are (from left) Westfieldseniors Casey Di Pietro, Grace DeBell, Kendell Anderson, Matt Pisarcikand Justin Little.

From left: Kellen Behnke, Jeremy Bradshaw and Rachael Lowrey, allStone eighth-graders, start unloading a truck outside their school.

From left: Parent volunteersCindy Hicks and Guizelda Aversa,plus ONC Project Leader PamDeBell, stand with some bags oftoys and games donated duringSaturday’s Panther Pickup.

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❖ Warm, winter clothes are es-pecially needed. To “adopt” a childand purchase his or her specificclothing needs, e-mail DeniseMcInerney at [email protected].

❖ Groups or businesses can col-lect gift cards to donate. Especiallypopular with teens are Target,Wal-Mart and iTunes gift cards. Ifcompanies would consider collect-ing gift cards or making donations,ONC members would have theflexibility to either buy the gifts,themselves, or purchase gift cards— especially for the clothing itemsso desperately needed, but diffi-cult to choose, for teen-agers.

❖ Volunteers are needed thisSunday, Dec. 11, from noon-2p.m., to help set up the warehouse.Contact Jean Novak [email protected].

❖ A box of homemade cookieswill be given to each family receiv-ing gifts from ONC. This meanssome 20,000 cookies are needed.

Anyone wishing to bake cookiesfor the families should drop themoff Thursday, Dec. 15, from 10a.m.-4 p.m., at the Virginia RunCommunity Center, 15355Wetherburn Court, off Route 29and Pleasant Valley Road, inCentreville.

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Westfield seniors BenKendrick and AmandaCameron worked all daySaturday loading andtransferring all the donatedtoys from outside Wal-Martto ONC’s warehouse.

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a courageous politician who’d support this kindof effort [in an election year], Mike Frey gets it. Andthe community’s support for him was pretty dra-matic.”

“The fact that I won reelection despite — or be-cause of — this means the community here is finallyready to address immigration and ready to push Con-gress to stop leaving communities hanging,” saidFrey. “I was glad to be a part of this, but this [cen-ter] is thanks to Alice and the members of the CIF.This is a tremendous community effort.”

He also said the community is “better off” becauseof the center. “It gets workers away from the libraryand shopping centers, off the streets, to be treatedfairly,” said Frey. “This has been done the right way;and in a tough, economic environment, it wasn’t easy[for the CIF] to become a startup, nonprofit organi-zation. But they knew they had a good message and

they made the grant-givers and donors aware of thechurch, business and community support this projecthad.”

Thanking everyone who “worked so hard to get tothis point,” Frey said it’s only the beginning. “Nowwe have to work to make this successful,” he added.“This is a professional resource center to align needswith skills. I think any fears or perceptions the com-munity had about this center will disappear. It’s agreat day, and this will be to everybody’s benefit.”

Foltz then recognized the CIF board members. “It’sbeen difficult raising money in this [economy],” shesaid. “But they were determined and persistent andstuck with it.”

She also expressed appreciation for support fromthe religious community, especially Centreville UnitedMethodist Church, Bull Run Unitarian UniversalistChurch, Wellspring United Church of Christ, various

By Bonnie Hobbs

Centre View

Members of the Centreville Immigration Forum (CIF) say there are manyreasons the new, labor resource center will be a success.

Most important is that the workers, themselves,are vested in it. Two of them, Miki Carrillo andAlejandro Santiago, are on the CIF board, and la-borer Carlos Gonzales designed the logo adorningthe center’s front door.

Recognizing all the workers at Saturday’s openhouse, CIF President Alice Foltz said they not onlydeveloped the center’s rules and regulations and codeof conduct, but they also used their skills and exper-tise to turn a vacant storefront into a place of busi-ness.

“We worked here at night for almost two weeks,”said Gonzales. “It was very dirty before. We still needto install the baseboard, but we already scraped glueoff the floors and cleaned them, painted the walls,cleaned the windows and installed a handicap ramp.”

Celebrating with the community at the center’sDec. 3 open house, he said how happy he was thatthe labor center exists. “It’s a good opportunity foreverybody who was waiting on the corner,” saidGonzales. “Now everybody has a place to be — es-pecially now that winter is coming.”

Besides that, he said, “The employers will pay goodmoney for our work. And we, the workers, will havemore control here for better pay, work and opportu-nities than we did standing outside.”

Gonzales called Foltz and her husband Jerry “won-derful people because they’re always helping some-

body. They’re very special, and I’m grateful for themand for all the work they do.”

Center organizer Molly Maddra said she and oth-ers have passed the word about the center to theemployers through the workers. They’ve distributedfliers with the center’s phone number and address,telling employers that, as of Dec. 5, they’d have to gothere to hire the laborers.

“We’re also hoping nearby homeowners who wereuncomfortable approaching the workers outside willcome here to hire them for yard work, snow removal,home repairs and other jobs,” said Maddra. “We’llmonitor the work they do. Employers will fill outevaluation forms and we’ll tell the workers that,whether they do a bad or a good job, it reflects onthe center as a whole.”

She said employers may also request specific la-borers; the center will just help with wage negotia-tions. She expects workers to earn $10-$12/hour forgeneral labor, and more for specific occupations. “Butwe’re flexible,” said Maddra. “For example, the em-ployer might pay less per hour for long-term work.But it’s up to the workers to agree — we’ve come upwith this plan by talking with them.”

At Saturday’s event, Alice Foltz encouraged every-one there to “come by and volunteer and also hire aworker to help make this center a success.”

Giving the closing blessing, Father Stefan Starzynskiof St. Mary of Sorrows Catholic Church in Fairfax,said, “May this be a place of healing, peace and res-toration, and may it bring harmony to the commu-nity.” Afterward, people continued mingling and tour-ing the new facility. Among those attending wereformer 67th District Del. Chuck Caputo and his wifeBarbara. “To have this come about, with staff andeverything, is amazing,” he said. “When you look ata community and its assets, you have to look at thislabor center as being one of the jewels of Centreville.”

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DetailsThe labor resource center is at 5956

Centreville Crest Lane, beside BrickPizza, on the lower level of theCentreville Square Shopping Center. Itfaces Route 29 and the Route 28 on-ramp. It’s open Monday-Saturday, 6a.m.-noon. For more information, call571-278-1961 or [email protected].

CIF volunteer Ann Gillenat the labor resourcecenter’s reception desk.

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Stone’s Assistant Principal Christine Sciabica. “Stu-dents had a classroom competition last week andcollected 370 new toys. We did it through the teacher-advisory [homeroom] classes, and two classes eachcollected more than 100 items.”

This was the fourth annual Panther Pickup and,said Sciabica, “Each year, it gets better and better.The first year, Kelly Lavin came and asked us if therewas something we could do to help, and it’s grownsince then. It’s a great opportunity for the kids togive back to their community and, over the years,they’ve really embraced it. I’m proud that it’s becomean embedded piece of what we do here at Stone.”

Virginia Run mom Holly Cameron organizeddance-team members of the Creative Dance Centerof Chantilly to man the toy-donation box, Saturday,outside the Fair Lakes Wal-Mart. They told arrivingcustomers about the giving tree inside the store andlater placed their toy donations in the box outside.

Westfield seniors Ben Kendrick and AmandaCameron brought hot chocolate and doughnuts forthese young volunteers. They also helped set up, co-ordinate and make posters; then they worked theentire day to load and transfer all the donated toysto ONC’s warehouse.

Creative Dance Center, along with local youth

sports teams SYA Mets 11U, SYA Mets 12U, SYA 13Utravel baseball, CYA 95 football, CYA125 football,CYA 12U travel baseball, and Cheer Legacy, with thehelp of Christine Clancy and Kelly Beckner, also dida coat drive for ONC, collecting more than 150 coats.In addition, Barb Castro and the Centreville DanceTeam are providing stocking stuffers for teen-age giftrecipients.

“Besides having more than 30 volunteers at theWal-Mart toy drive, Creative Dance Center collectedover 50 of the new winter coats for Our NeighborsChild,” said Cameron. “This is our fifth year workingwith ONC, and we plan on continuing as long as thereis a need.”

She said it’s fun for the girls to be able to buy some-thing for someone their age and “know it’s going tosomeone who really needs it. The dancers alwaysend up buying extra stocking stuffers and toys whenthey realize this is for a girl just like them.” Cameronsaid the “outpouring of generosity” from the fami-lies at Creative Dance Center always amazes her.

“It brings tears to my eyes when I see the officeloaded with coats and the children standing outsideWal-Mart asking patrons to purchase a gift for a childin need,” she said. “Our Neighbor’s Child has taughtthese dancers the meaning of the holiday season. It’sreally about loving your neighbor and giving joy tothose less fortunate.”

Christmas Gifts to Families in Need

Stone studentsand parents showsome of the toysdonated to ONC.From left areCallie Rennyson,Danielle Little,Skye Koutstaal,mom Sue Comer,Caroline Cecil andmom Robin Lott.

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gifts that were brought to our home supplied thebulk of what my kids received in both 2009 and2010.

Since that time, I have gotten a much betterjob and, while life is still a bit on the lean side,we made it through 2011 with a modest Christ-mas on our own. But this year, we are finallydoing well enough to “pay it forward!” We are sothrilled to be able to contribute to ONC. Yay!

I just wanted to say that your labors of love donot go unappreciated, and the spirit of Santa wasnever more real to me than when your volun-teers gave my children Christmas, not once, buttwice.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.Sincerely,“Mom”

Below is a letter Our Neighbor’s Child recentlyreceived through its Web site. The names were removedto protect the family’s privacy:ONC,

I just signed my 16-year-old daughter up forvolunteering; and earlier this evening, my sonsand I went out shopping for some gifts to do-nate this year.

In 2009, I moved to Centreville with my fourchildren, freshly separated from my ex-husbandwho could no longer work due to a longstandingillness and has been unable to pay child sup-port. I had a job making just enough to keep mefrom qualifying for assistance, but not enoughto make ends meet most months.

We signed up for Our Neighbor’s Child throughmy son’s school and, for two years, the amazing

Grateful Mom Sends Thanks to ONC


Opinion

Organizations that help needyfamilies and individuals inNorthern Virginia have seen adramatic increase in requests for

assistance since the recession hit in 2008, andright now those organizations need your helpto meet the need.

Centre View reporter Victoria Ross cites theexamples of Ecumenical Community HelpingOthers (ECHO) and Food for Others. In 2010,ECHO assisted more than 1,472 households,an increase of nearly 30 percent from beforethe recession. And Food for Others delivered arecord 2.7 million pounds of food to an aver-age of 125 families a day last year.

More than 45,000 students in Fairfax CountyPublic Schools are from families poor enoughto qualify for free or reduced priced meals.That’s more than 25 percent of students in theschools. In Arlington, 34 percent of studentsare poor enough to qualify for free or reducedmeals. In the City of Alexandria, more than 54percent of students are poor.

In Fairfax County, 46,000 live below the pov-erty line; more than 80,000 have no healthinsurance. In Northern Virginia, thousands areunemployed and many more are underem-ployed. Among the homeless in Northern Vir-ginia, many are working poor, families with atleast on wage-earner who doesn’t make enoughto pay for housing for the family. About half ofthe homeless in Northern Virginia are children.

Here are some suggestions about how tohelp, but there are dozens of other opportuni-ties.

Where To GiveIn no particular order:

❖ Our Daily Bread — ODB has been serving needyfamilies in Fairfax County for 25 years. For moreinformation on their holiday programs, includinghow to sponsor a family, go to www.odbfairfax.com.

❖ Food for Others — Food for Others is the largestdistributor of free food directly to people in need inNorthern Virginia, provides the assistance needed byunemployed and low-income neighbors. The non-profit provides a safety net for people who suddenlyface unforeseen emergencies such as a family illnessor the loss of a job or a spouse. Located at 2938Prosperity Ave., Fairfax, VA 22031, 703-207-9173. www.foodforothers.com

❖ Ecumenical Community Helping Others(ECHO), 703-569-9160. Open to receivedonations at 7205 Old Keene Mill Road,Springfield. www.echo-inc.org.

❖ Lorton Community Action Center operates the Act llThrift Shop at 9506 Richmond Highway, Lorton.Sales from the shop generate funds for LCAC andclients also shop there.

While donations are welcome during store hours,visitors are asked to call first at 703-339-8611before dropping off. www.lortonaction.org.

❖ Comfort for America’s Uniformed Services (CAUSE)— CAUSE ensures that recuperating servicemembers have opportunities for recreation andsocial interaction and receive concrete signs ofappreciation for all that they have done. 4114Legato Road Suite B, Fairfax, VA 22033, 703-591-4968, cause-usa.org

❖ National Capital Food Bank, 6833 Hill Park Drive,Lorton, serving all of Northern Virginia, 703-541-3063. www.capitalareafoodbank.org

❖ Western Fairfax Christian Ministries — food pantryat 13981 Metrotech Drive in Chantilly (nearBackyard Grill and Bar). For more information or tosponsor a family, call 703-988-9656, ext. 105. Tomail gift cards or send donations by check, add anote saying “food basket program” and send themto: WFCM, P.O. Box 220802, Chantilly, VA 20153.703-988-9656.

❖ The Jeanie Schmidt Free Clinic, 13525 DullesTechnology Drive, Herndon, VA 20171, 571-235-3577. Last year, 139 community volunteers —nurses, nurse practitioners, and physicians — gavemore than 1,300 hours of their time to see patients.jsfreeclinic.org.

❖ Alternative House — Abused and HomelessChildren’s Refuge, 2100 Gallows Road, Vienna, VA22182, 703-506-9191.

www.thealternativehouse.org.❖ Reston Interfaith, 11150 Sunset Hills Road, Suite

210, Reston, serving Reston and Herndon. 571-323-9555, www.restoninterfaith.org. Programs andservices include the Embry Rucker CommunityShelter, Emergency Food Pantry, HypothermiaPrevention Program and the Thanksgiving Food Drive.

❖ SHARE of McLean seeks donations of grocery giftcards. Gift cards can be dropped off at SHARE, c/oMcLean Baptist Church, 1367 Chain Bridge Road onWednesdays and Saturdays (except Thanksgiving

week) 9:30 a.m. - noon. Checks and giftcards can be sent to: Holiday Celebration,Share, Inc. PO Box 210, McLean, VA 22101.703-284-2179. www.SHAREofMcLean.org❖ LINK, serving Herndon, Chantilly,

Loudoun and more, needs contributions of food,coats and holiday toys for children, plus volunteers.Email Lisa Lombardozzi [email protected]. 703-437-1776www.linkagainsthunger.org

❖ FACETS — Information about supply donations andFACETS holiday gifts drive is available on thewebsite at www.facetscares.org. Additionally,FACETS is always in need of volunteers, and offers avariety of one-time and ongoing opportunities.People who are interested in volunteering cancontact 703-865-4251 or [email protected].

❖ Committee for Helping Others (CHO), Vienna 703-281-7614

❖ Fairfax City Area FISH (For Immediate SympatheticHelp), 703-222-0880

❖ Lamb Center, www.thelambcenter.org, Fairfax 703-691-3178

❖ Herndon-Reston FISH (For Immediate SympatheticHelp), 703-391-0105

❖ Northern Virginia Family Service, Oakton, 703-385-3267

❖ United Community Ministries, Mount Vernon, 703-768-7106, 7511 Fordson Road, Alexandria, 22306

❖ National Capital Food Bank, 6833 Hill Park Drive,Lorton, serving all of Northern Virginia, 703-541-3063, www.capitalareafoodbank.org

❖ Arlingtonians Meeting Emergency Needs (AMEN),703-558-0035

❖ Doorways for Women and Families, Arlington 703-522-8858

❖ Arlington Food Assistance Center 703-845-8486❖ Habitat for Humanity of Northern Virginia,

Arlington, 703-521-9890❖ Arlington Free Clinic, 703-979-1400

More on Giving Locally Local organizations need your helpright now to help needy families.

Editorial

In this relatively affluent area,times are still tough for peoplestruggling financially. While

those who can afford it are eagerlyplanning their holiday meals,many parents here are wonderinghow they’ll feed their children, atall. Without help from people inthe local community, many ofthem will go hungry over the holi-days.

So Western Fairfax ChristianMinistries (WFCM) — servingfamilies in need in Centreville,Chantilly, Clifton, Fair Oaks andFairfax Station — is providing foodbaskets for them at Christmastime.But the need is too great for it todo it alone, so it’s seeking helpfrom local residents, businessesand organizations.

“While we provided 547 fami-lies with Thanksgiving assistance,I have over 700 requests for De-cember holiday food assistance,and I am currently behind in sup-port,” said WFCM’s CommunityOutreach Manager, Terri Kelly. “Alot of people think of giving giftsat Christmas, but people still need

to eat.”If someone can sponsor a fam-

ily with a food basket, she’ll matchthem up with a recipient. If donorswant to shop for the holiday-mealitems and put together the foodboxes or baskets, themselves, she’llgive them a list of suggested thingsto include.

❖ Those unable to provide awhole basket of food — or whodon’t have time to go shopping —can help by contributing gift cardsto local grocery stores, in any de-nominations.

❖ Food baskets, boxes or bagsmay be dropped off Saturday, Dec.17, from 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m., at theWFCM food pantry at 13981Metrotech Drive in Chantilly (nearBackyard Grill and Bar).

❖ Grocery-store gift cards maybe mailed with a note saying “foodbasket program” to: WFCM, P.O.Box 220802, Chantilly, VA 20153.

❖ For more information or tosponsor a family, contact Kelly at703-988-9656, ext. 105, or [email protected].

— Bonnie Hobbs

Help Provide Holiday Meals

400 Pounds of Food For the second year, SalonAntoine and Spa of

Fairfax, sponsored a Thanksgiving food drive inconjunction with the Knights of Columbus, Fr. JuliusJ. Cilinski Council #10947. Salon Antoine’s TonyChahine, left, holds son Andrew and is joined bystaffers Morodie Long, center, and Mark Bartyczak,right. They are surrounded by a sampling of the 10boxes of Thanksgiving food donations gathered forthe Knights and St. Andrew’s the Apostle CatholicChurch in Clifton to distribute to needy families.

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By Joshua E. Baker

There are very fewdecisions that canimpact your family

life, and the value of one ofyour biggest assets than select-ing the right remodeler. Why not approachthis as you would when hiring a lawyer, in-vestment advisor, or even a physician?

1 Seek an Advocate: Unless you’re an expert,and have an enormous amount of time, you willneed someone who is able to assemble and man-age team of professionals to work together on yourbehalf. Complex projects require input from nu-merous players, and may include an architect ordesigner, various engineers, landscape designer,lighting expert and others. Having one party whotakes accountability and manages the entire pro-cess while looking after your interests is key to asuccessful remodeling experience.

2 Plan Early Government regulations andthe permitting process for home remodeling arebecoming increasingly restrictive and challeng-ing. An experienced professional whounderstands the ever-changing requirementscan help you to navigate through this processwill be invaluable during the early stages ofyour project.

3 Find a Good Match Ensure that your con-tractor has a track record of success with projectssimilar to your own. Ask specifically about projectsof comparable complexity, magnitude and level offinish, or requiring special areas of expertise, suchas green remodeling, or historical restoration.

4 Get First-Hand Info Check the remodelingcompany’s current references and visit recentlycompleted projects to see firsthand if you are sat-isfied with the caliber of work. The bestremodeling firms will be able to provide you witha list of raving fans who will welcome you into theirhomes. Also, check the company website for ex-amples of recent client testimonials from some ofyour neighbors.

5 Explore Options “Paper is cheap.” Take asmuch time as you need to make sure that the de-sign addresses all of your priorities. It is better toinvest in design which is relatively inexpensive, vs.having missed opportunities or costly changes dur-ing the construction process. Look to theremodeler for advice on cost-effective ways to in-crease your home’s value, such as using durablematerials, incorporating specialty items you maynot know were available, and investing in greentechnologies that will pay off over time.

6 Be Wise Beware of offers and deals that ap-pear too good to be true. Remodeling remains oneof the most reported industries at the Better Busi-ness Bureau. Understanding exactly what you aregetting for your investment and taking steps to en-sure the remodeler will be able to provide servicein the long-term is essential. Asking for bank refer-ences, researching employee tenure, and confirmingthat subcontractors have been paid on time can helpyou evaluate a company’s financial stability.

7 Prevent Stress Especially for larger or morecomplex projects, insist on a full-time onsite project

supervisor to orchestrate the entire process and allthe players involved. This will help to keep yourproject on schedule and surprises to a minimum.

8 Be Firm Insist that a detailed productionschedule be tied to your contract, and hold thebuilder accountable for these deadlines. While it’snot commonly provided, ask for a written sched-ule guarantee with a penalty clause to ensure yoursatisfaction.

9 Double Check Warranties can vary greatlyfrom one remodeler to another, so make sure youunderstand exactly what your builder will coverand for what duration after the completion of theproject. Also ask about what resources are availableto provide service if problems arise in the future.

10 Take Advantage Now is a great time toremodel. Compared to a few years ago, subcontrac-tors are more readily available and their costs aresignificantly lower, enabling contractors to produceprojects more efficiently and deliver greater value.

Joshua E. Baker is founder of BOWA Builders.

Top 10 things to know before you remodel

By Marilyn Campbell

Centre View

A festive holiday table requiresmore than prime rib and plumpudding. From incorporatingnatural elements to maintaining

a consistent theme, local entertaining anddesign gurus dole out advice for creating atablescape as enticing as the food it holds.

Candlelight creates a warm ambience, butAnn O’Shields, owner of The Nest Egg inFairfax suggests skipping tall tapers.

“Low candles set a really nice glow onthe table and give it a really nice feeling aswell,” said O’Shields. “I always recommenddoing unscented candles so they don’t in-terfere with all the fragrances from yourholiday meals.”

Vienna-based design consultant DeniseWillard of Décor by Denise suggests choos-ing a color scheme, but limiting the palette.

“A simple way to give your holiday deco-rations a designer look is to stick to two orthree colors at most,” said Willard. “Thisyear the silver and green color combinationis hot.”

O’Shields agrees that simpler is better.“Whether you want to decorate with bluesand browns and silver or go more tradi-tional and use red and gold, keep your pal-ate at a minimum for really high impact.”

Let the colors of your room inspire you,especially when choosing flowers.

“Pick a color scheme that goes in yourenvironment,” said Evelyn Kinville, lead flo-ral designer for Behnke’s Florist Shop inPotomac. “If it is neutral, then you want to

add in other colors. Choose col-ors that go in the room, maybethe colors of the linens. Some-times people will bring in thechina [and try] to pick [the col-ors in the pattern].”

Bring the outdoors in by us-ing elements from nature, evenfrom your own property, onyour table.

“The outdoor, woodsy, or-ganic feel is really popular rightnow,” said O’Shields. “You canincorporate [things] from yourown back yard, whether it ispinecones or holly. [You don’thave to purchase] brand newdecorations every year. You canfreshen up what you have byusing new elements from out-side.”

Rustic floral centerpieces arealso popular.

“Woodsy [arrangements] arewell-received in Potomac,” saidKinville. “There is a [plant]called angel vine. It looks al-most like grapevine except thatit is very, very fine. Add it to afresh centerpiece to give it awoodsy look.”

But remember that whenyou’re creating concepts for thetable, height matters.

“When setting yourtablescape for a dinner, keep inmind the height of things thatyou’re putting together and howmany people will be at thetable,” said O’Shields. “You don’t want it tobe so high that you can’t see the personacross from you.

For the most polished look, choose atheme and keep it consistent.

“I always think that if you pick a themeand do it well throughout and don’t falter,you’ll be satisfied whether you spend a lot

of money or not,” said Michael Corrado,owner and head designer at Devers DesignGroup in Arlington. “If your theme is candycane, for example, and everything you do[is] red, white and candy cane oriented, itis going to be very successful looking. If youstart faltering, that is when your event looksmish-mashed and not well organized.”

Don’t be afraid to break tra-dition. Holly and mistletoe areholiday mainstays, butO’Shields says sometimes it iswise to mix old and new.

“If you have plates that youlike that were passed down toyou, you can use them and addin some new, modern elements,like mercury glass pieces,” shesaid. “A good way to keep yourdecorations current is by add-ing in modern elements.”

Kinville suggests looking forways to personalize your cen-terpieces and other embellish-ments.

“A good way to give [yourcenterpieces] a custom look isto [have them made in] yourown containers,” she said.“[Choosing accessories] fromone’s own environment, willmake [a centerpiece] look likeit was done especially for[you].”

FOR YOUR GUESTSUse care in choosing a menu,

keeping in mind possible di-etary restrictions of your guests.

“Make sure you understandall of your guests’ needs and aredoing your best to make surethat you have food for everyoneso that no one feels overlookedor left out,” said Scott Hoffner,corporate chef for Main EventCaterers in Arlington. “Keep in

mind that the dietary restrictions of theaverage person are much different than[they were] even just a few years ago. Thereis a huge turn to vegetarianism and vegan-ism, and you have gluten issues and reli-gious factors in terms of pork or shellfish.”

Hoffner believes a menu with farm-to-table fare will make a memorable meal.

Ann O’Shields, owner of the Nest Egg in Fairfax

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Annandale4112 Duncan Dr.................$449,999.............Sun 1-4..........Valerie Gaskins .......................Weichert..703-881-2787

4517 Mayfield Dr ................ $369,000.............Sun 1-4..................Jim Leslie................................NBI..703-642-2787

6738 Fern Ln.......................$479,000.............Sun 1-4..............Andy Novins..............Keller Williams..703-532-6500

Burke9912 Wood Astor Ct............$575,000.............Sun 1-4............Mary Hovland...............Long & Foster..703-946-1775

Fairfax5708 Glenwood Ct .............. $489,999.............Sun 1-4...........Doris Crockett .......................Weichert..703-615-8411

8907 Karen Dr.....................$935,000.............Sun 1-4................Jim Merritt..............Keller Williams..703-980-5554

5424 Crows Nest Ct............$368,500.............Sun 1-4............Patricia Robel.........Prudential PenFed..703-691-7653

12111 Greenway Ct #201....$239,500.............Sun 1-4..........Janet Shin..Prime Realty & Investment..703-957-0202

3965 Valley Ridge Dr .......... $429,900.............Sun 1-5.................Mira Dedja..............Keller Williams..703-786-2952

4205 Pond Way...................$419,900.............Sun 1-4.............Athena Keifer .......................Weichert..703-934-0400

Fairfax Station8217 Shadowridge Dr.........$777,000..Sat 12:30-3:30.....Susan Heflebower...............Long & Foster..703-786-3196

Kingstowne/Alexandria3393 Governors Crest Ct.....$570,000.............Sun 1-4..Fred & Susan Smith .......................Weichert..571-215-3733

5809 Clapham Rd...............$474,900..............Sat 1-3...............Terri Bolduc............Coldwell Banker..703-763-1942

6606 Rockleigh Way...........$359,950.............Sun 1-4..Tom & Cindy & Assoc............Long & Foster..703-822-0207

7182 Lake Cove Dr..............$449,500.............Sun 1-4.....Michael Malferrari.........Prudential PenFed..703-399-5774

7709-G Haynes Point Way..$299,950............Sun. 1-4..Tom & Cindy & Assoc............Long & Foster..703-822-0207

Springfield6526 Bowie Dr....................$500,000.............Sun 1-4 ..........Dallison Veach........................RE/MAX..703-922-8500

7582 Woodstown Dr...........$510,000.............Sun 1-4 ................Ron Griffin .......................Weichert..703-255-0782

8301 Covington Woods Ct..$849,900.............Sun 1-4 ......... Leah Bradshaw..............Keller Williams..703-282-7740

8305 Covington Woods Ct..$849,900.............Sun 1-4..........Patrick Kessler..............Keller Williams..703-405-6540

Woodbridge1401 F St ............................ $419,900...........Sun 12-4..........Patrick Kessler..............Keller Williams..703-405-6540

4112 Duncan Drive, Annandale • $449,999 • Open Sunday1–4 p.m. • Valerie Gaskins, Weichert, 703-881-2787

HomeLifeStyle

By John Byrd

Special to Centre View

What a relief to be living in a “holiday-tested” house as the season ap--proaches.

Such are the reflections of MarieBrill, on the kitchen-centric floor plan she and herhusband introduced into their busy lifestyle just lastyear as the holidays commenced.

And what can this baby do?A sit-down dinner for 40 or more. Family gather-

ings at Thanksgiving, Christmas. Open house par-ties. Birthdays. Anniversaries.

“We’re the hub for our extended family,” Brill ex-plains. “So I appreciate a plan that makes it easier toprepare meals and spend time with guests. I can standat the range oven facing the living room. The visualconnection really adds to the festivities.”

A food preparation island, well-organizedworkspaces and several strategically located built-ins facilitate multi-tasking. Yet the kitchen is inte-grated so the entire first floor functions as an up-scale entertainment suite.

The effect, Brill says, is a far cry from the compart-mentalized warren of small rooms that dominated

the home the couple purchased in late 2009.Certainly, the existing house — a circa 1980s cen-

ter hall Colonial on a tree-shaded lot in Burke —had potential for a young family that includes twopreschoolers. There’s a large backyard; a comfort-able, well-located neighborhood.

“But when I took a critical look at the first levelfloor plan,” Brill recalls, “I knew entertaining wasgoing to be difficult.” Brill pictured holiday partiesas one endless trudge from the stove to the frontparlor and back.

“We interviewed several remodeling firms,” Brillsays. “Sonny Nazemian, at Michael Nash DesignBuild, however, offered plausible solutions the firsttime we walked through the house together.”

Since the Brills were especially interested in a moreopen first floor socializing scheme, Nazemian — whois certified as both a remodeler and an interior de-signer — proposed a reconfiguration of rooms thatplaces a gourmet kitchen squarely into the home’smainstream.

Holiday TestedKitchen-centric, open floorplan well-suited for ex-tended family entertaining.

Photo by Greg Hadley

Removing a load-bearing wall by means ofa high-tech beam, the Brills’ center-hallcolonial in Burke now has open spacessuitable for entertaining.

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‘Candlelight Carols’ at Westfield HighFrom Page 3

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beautiful.”Hunt said singing gives her the confidence and

experience of being in front of a crowd and “puttingmyself out there.”

She said the audience will enjoy hearing some ofthe songs they heard last year, “but with differentpeople, this time.”

Chamber Singers member Melanie Robison, analto, particularly likes “Carol of the Bells” because“the altos’ and tenors’ harmony sounds like bells ring-

ing.” She enjoys singing with her friends and plansto become an elementary-school music teacher.

Robison also student directs the Show Choir. “Isometimes write music to fill in or add other voiceparts,” she said. “I also help Mr. R. choose the musicand sometimes lead warm-ups. In this show, the au-dience will especially like when, at the end, all thechoirs stand up and sing together.”

All in all, added Reimschussel, “My kids are awe-some. They’re not only good singers and students,but they’re also good people — and that’s the mostimportant part.”

Adopt a ShelterAnimal

The Fairfax County Animal Shel-ter has launched “OperationEmpty Cage” as part of its two-month-long “Home 4 the Holi-days” adoption push. One of thegoals is to empty the shelter’scages by finding a home for eachanimal available for adoption.

As part of this event, the shelter– at 4500 West Ox Roadºin Fairfax– will offer free spay/neuter for thefirst 100 dogs and cats adoptedfrom it until Dec. 31.

Animals available for adoption

at the shelter may be seen Tues-days through Fridays, noon-7p.m., and Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5p.m. For more information, call703-830-1100.

WFCM SeeksFood, Volunteers

Western Fairfax Christian Min-istries’ (WFCM) food pantry ur-gently needs donations of peanutbutter, jelly; jam; canned meatsand pasta, juice; dry milk and oil.Also needed are deodorant, toiletpaper and sizes 5 and 6 diapers.(Toiletry items cannot be pur-chased with food stamps).

Roundups

From Page 3 Bring all items to WFCM’S foodpantry at 13981 Metrotech Drive(near Backyard Grill and Bar) inChantilly. Volunteers are alsoneeded:

Food Pantry:❖ A regular, weekly volunteer is

needed Mondays, from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Thrift store:❖ General assistance needed

Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays,from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. A regularweekly volunteer is needed Thurs-days, from 1-6 p.m., as well asSaturdays, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Formore information, contact Volun-teer Manager Annette Bosley at703-988-9656.


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C E N T R E V I L L ETHE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION

TraditionalAnglican Service

1928 book ofCommon Prayer

(CHURCH SCHOOL & NURSERY)13941 Braddock Road, (north off Rte. 29) Centreville, VA

703-830-3176www.thechurchoftheascension.org

One Sunday Service - 10:00 am

Sunday WorshipServices8:45 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.

Rev. Dr. Eugene Johnson, Pastor

Service Times:Sunday Morning Worship: 10:00 AMChildren’s Church and Jr. Youth Church-During regular Worship ServiceSunday School (9:00-9:45 AM/ All ages)Spiritual Development Courses: (8:45-9:45 AM)Youth Sunday Morning Worship: 10:30 AM(Rev. Bobby J. Ford Jr., Youth Minister)Holy Communion (Third Sunday) 10:00 AMWednesday Prayer Meeting/ Bible Studyand Spiritual Development Courses: 7:00 PM(Includes Youth Bible Study)

6600 Old Centreville Road, Centreville, VA 20121Phone: 703 830-8769; Fax: 703 830-6718

www.mountolive-church.org.E-Mail: [email protected]

Mount Olive Baptist Church

Saint AndrewLutheran ChurchSunday Worship: 8:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m.

Christian Education for All Ages: 9:45 a.m.

Adult Bible Study: Wed. 9:30 a.m.

Christmas Eve Worship4:00 PM & 6:00 PM:

Family Worship with Live Nativity

9:00 PM & 11:00 PM:

Carols, Candlelight & Communion

Braddock Road and Cranoke Street

Centreville, VA 20120

www.saintandrewlc.org703-830-2768

Faith

SUNDAY/DEC. 11Jubilee Christian Center is having the

following special events for theholidays:

❖ Sunday, Dec. 11 — 11 a.m. TheBethlehem Project. A Children’sChristmas Musical.

❖ Sunday, Dec. 18 — 8:45 a.m. and 11a.m. Christmas Cantata, “Joy to theWorld.” The Music Ministry of JubileeChristian Center will present aChristmas Cantata, “Joy to the World.”

❖ Saturday, Dec. 24 — 8 p.m. ChristmasEve Service.

❖ Sunday, Dec. 25 — 11 a.m. ChristmasDay Service.

Jubilee Christian Center is located at 4650Shirley Gate Rd., Fairfax. Call 703-383-1170 or www.jccag.org

The Mount Olive Baptist Church iskicking off this season of giving with aHoliday Feast for individuals andfamilies in need. This free dinner willbe held in the church’s new banquethall on Saturday, Dec. 10, from 12-4p.m. Reaching out to area shelters,low-income housing units, socialservice organizations, localgovernment agencies, and otherchurches, Mount Olive Baptist expectsto draw, feed, and minister to as manyas 1,000 people during the event. Theday will include a holiday dinner withall of the trimmings, along withChristmas music and entertainment inboth English and Spanish.

On Saturday, Dec. 24, at noon, MountOlive Baptist Church will host aChristmas Program entitled “One

Solitary Life, The Night that Christ wasBorn.” The free event is a celebrationin word, song and dance. Mt. OliveBaptist Church is at 6600 OldCentreville Road, Centreville.

Congregation Yad Shalom, located inCentreville, provides a variety ofprograms in a traditional format with amodern flair. There are a number ofactivities for the family:

❖ Join the congregation for a Saturdaymorning Shabbat service with CantorZucker on Dec. 17 at 10 a.m. at LittleRocky Run Community Center # 3.

❖ Come to a special Chanukah party atour member’s home on Sunday, Dec.25 at 6 p.m.

❖ Contact the Congregation at 703-579-6079, or visit www.yadshalom.com.

Fairfax Dentists Dr. Tara L. Zierand Dr. Riaz Rayek are offering a sig-nificant discount on dental services inorder to assist people who need dentalcare in tandem with helping their commu-nity food pantry.

Drs. Zier and Rayek are looking to as-sist the people in their community whohave lost their dental coverage due to jobloss by offering dental services at a frac-tion of their normal rate. For $39, patientswill receive oral examinations, x-rays anddental cleanings, with all proceeds goingto Food for Others.

Both dentists were inspired to organizethis community effort after reading a re-port in the New York Times about how anincreasing number of Americans are goinghungry: http://dentistryfairfaxva.com/

index.php/category/fairfax-dentist-com-munity. The community discountspearheaded by Drs. Zier and Rayek tobenefit people in need of dental care aswell as the local food bank will remain ineffect until Dec. 20, 2011. Visit http://dentistry fairfaxva.com/index.php/cat-egory/fairfax-dentist-community/ or call703-222-3245.

Kristina Dlugozima of Centrevillewas elected to the office of LieutenantGovernor for Division 20 of Capital Dis-trict Kiwanis. She is an accountant atOnline Resources Corporation inChantilly. Division 20 consists of clubs inArlington, Alexandria, Fairfax, andLoudoun Counties. Dlugozima has been amember of the Kiwanis Family since 1997.

Business


SHILLELAGHS TRAVEL CLUB100 East Street SE, Suite 202 • Vienna, Virginia 22180

703-242-2204 1-800-556-8646Please visit our Web site at: www.shillelaghtravelclub.com

for a listing of all our upcoming trips and socials.

IRELAND, April 9-18,...................................................................................$2199Includes Air, Hotels, Daily Breakfast, 7 Dinners, Daily Sightseeing

NEW ORLEANS, March 18-24,......................................................................$947Includes Motorcoach from Vienna, 6 Nights Hotel, Daily Breakfast, 4 Dinners,Sightseeing

CRUISES FROM BALTIMORE ON ROYAL CARIBBEAN:Jan. 28-Feb. 6 -.....................................................................................................$390March 19-31 - ......................................................................................................$770

Entertainment

TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYSCentreville Stitchers welcome adults

who enjoy knitting, crocheting, orother needlework crafts andconversation. Join us at the CentrevilleRegional Library, 14200 St. GermainDr., Centreville. Admission is free.Contact Jo at 703-803-0595 or [email protected].

❖ Tuesday, Dec. 13 – 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.❖ Thursday, Dec. 22 - 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.❖ Thursday, Jan. 12 – 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.❖ Tuesday, Jan. 24 – 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

NOW THROUGH DEC. 25Enchanted Ice Palace. 10 a.m. At Fair

Oaks Mall’s Grand Court, the IcePalace features falling snow,interactive elements, footage of arcticanimals and landscapes along withstories and fun facts. The strollconcludes with a visit with Santa andMrs. Claus. Guests will have fouropportunities to have their pets’pictures taken with Santa. The annual“Santa Paws” will be offered onSunday, Nov. 20 from 8 a.m. to 10a.m.; Sunday, Dec. 4 from 8 a.m. to 10a.m. and again from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30p.m.; and on Sunday, Dec. 11 from7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Visitwww.ShopFairOaksMall.com.

NOW THROUGH JAN. 8Bull Run Festival of Lights & Holiday Village. Admission:

Monday - Thursday $15 Cars or vans (1-14 people), $25 Van(15-34 people), $50 Bus (35 or more people); Friday,Saturday, Sunday & Holidays $20 Cars or vans (1-14 people),$30 Van (15-34 people), $55 Bus (35 or more people).Monday - Thursday: 5:30 to 9:30 p.m.; Fridays - Sunday andholidays: 5:30 to 10 p.m. At Bull Run Regional Park, 7700Bull Run Drive, Centreville.

THURSDAY/DEC. 8Lecture “Battle of Dranesville, VA” 150th Anniversary

Event. 7 p.m. Free. Speaker Mr. Mark Trbovich discusses the“Battle of Dranesville, VA” at this special 150th anniversarylecture. Event sponsored by the Bull Run Civil War RoundTable. At Centreville Regional Library, 14200 St. Germain Dr.,Centreville. Call 703-830-2223.

FRIDAY/DEC. 9Messiah Sing-Along. 7:30 p.m. The Truro Parish Choir and

director Michael Mentzel will lead in a joyful sing-along eventof Part I of the Messiah and the Hallelujah Chorusaccompanied by a chamber orchestra, organ, and soloists.Bring your own score or purchase one at the door. Non-singers are invited to come and enjoy listening to this popularChristmas musical tradition. A freewill offerings will be takenwith net proceeds to benefit Crosslink International.www.crosslinkinternational.net. Open Singer Rehearsal: Dec.6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary.

Used Book Sale. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Centreville Regional Library,14220 St. Germain Drive, Centreville. 703-830-2223 orFriendsofcentrevillelibrary.blogspot.com.

DEC. 9-11The Sugarloaf Crafts Festival. Some 300 artisans will

showcase their contemporary crafts and fine art. Friday-Sunday, Dec. 9-11, at the Dulles Expo Center, 4320 ChantillyShopping Center, Chantilly. Hours are Friday-Saturday, 10a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tickets are $7/adultsonline; $9/door. Visit www.sugarloafcrafts.com or call 800-210-9900.

SATURDAY/DEC. 10Holiday Used Book Sale. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Centreville Regional

Library, 14220 St. Germain Drive, Centreville. 703-830-2223or Friendsofcentrevillelibrary.blogspot.com.

Buddhist Scholars Seminar. 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Threescholars will lead discussions: Dr. Phyllis Granoff, Professor ofReligious Studies and Director of Undergraduate Studies, YaleUniversity, “The Life of the Buddha;” Dr. Koichi Shinohara,Senior Lecturer, Religious Studies, Yale University, “ChineseBuddhism;” Dr. Paul Groner, Professor of Religious Studies,University of Virginia, “Japanese Buddhism during theKamakura Period (1192-1333). At Ekoji Buddhist Temple,6500 Lakehaven Lane, Fairfax Station.

Chantilly Model Train Displays. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. ChantillyBible Church is hosting a free holiday model train display.This event is for families with children, and will featuremultiple displays: Lionel, HO, Lego and a wooden train areafor hands-on fun. At Chantilly Bible Church, 4390 PleasantValley Road in Chantilly. Call 703-263-1188 or visitwww.ChantillyBible.org.

Holiday Spectacular Craft Show. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Hosted bythe Chantilly High School Athletic Boosters. At Chantilly HighSchool’s cafeteria. For vendors that are interested, contactKathy Richter at 703-961-8671 or [email protected].

Super Science Saturdays. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free. The themeis “The Wright Brothers.” Super Science Saturdays take placefrom 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the second Saturday of each month,

offering activities focused a different science concept. Throughdemonstrations and hands-on activities, visitors will becomeimmersed in science, technology, engineering andmathematics (STEM) topics related to aviation and spaceexploration. At the National Air and Space Museum, Steven F.Udvar-Hazy Center, 14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway,Chantilly. Visit: http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/superscience/.

DEC. 10-17Holiday Candlelight Tours at Sully Historic Site. 5 p.m.

Historic holiday candlelight tours of the home of NorthernVirginia’s first congressman. At Sully Historic Site, 3650Historic Sully Way, Chantilly. Call 703-437-1794.

SUNDAY/DEC. 11Pajama Jam and Jingle. 6:15 p.m. Come sing, move, jingle

and play. Bring a new set of children’s pajamas or a newchildren’s book to donate to the Pajama Program, whichprovides PJs and books for children in homeless shelters orwaiting for adoption. At Compton Village Rec Center, 14401Compton Village Drive, Centreville. RSVP [email protected], or call Beth at 703-631-2046 with anyquestions.

Holiday Used Book Sale. 1-3 p.m. Centreville RegionalLibrary, 14220 St. Germain Drive, Centreville. 703-830-2223or Friendsofcentrevillelibrary.blogspot.com.

Children’s Christmas Musical Drama. 11 a.m. TheChildren’s Ministry of Jubilee Christian Center will present afree Christmas musical drama, “The Bethlehem Project.Jubilee is located at 4650 Shirley Gate Rd., Fairfax. Call 703-383-1170, or see www.jccag.org.

FRIDAY/DEC. 16Holiday Choral Concert. 7:30 p.m. Free. The choral program

at Westfield High School will be performing a concert oftraditional and modern Holiday songs on Friday, Dec. 16 at7:30 p.m.

Swing Dancing. 9 p.m. to midnight. Cost is $15. With the band,King Teddy. Drop-in beginner swing lesson 8:30 to 9 p.m. Atthe Hilton Washington Dulles Airport Hotel, 13869 ParkCenter Road, Herndon.

DEC. 17 AND 18Ho-Ho-Holiday Show. 2 p.m. Westfield High hosts its annual

Ho-Ho Holiday Show. Tickets are $5; groups of 15 or moreare $4/ticket. More than 100 theater students will perform“The Grinch,” “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” “Frosty theSnowman,” “The Hanukkah Story,” “’Twas the Night BeforeChristmas” and “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.” Email:[email protected].

SUNDAY/DEC. 18Christmas Bird Count. The Aubudon Society of Northern

Virginia will mark the 112th anniversary of the Christmas BirdCount. Volunteers will count birds in a circle aroundCentreville. The area includes Manassas National Battlefield,Bull Run Regional Park, undeveloped areas around Bull RunPost Office Road and Dulles Airport. ASNV is seekingvolunteers to help. Contact ASNV at [email protected] call 703-438-6008.

Christmas Cantata. 8:45 a.m. and 11 a.m. Jubilee ChristianCenter Music Department will perform the Christmas Cantata,“Joy to the World.” Jubilee is located at 4650 Shirley Gate Rd.,Fairfax. Call 703-383-1170 or see www.jccag.org

WWII Christmas at Sully Historic Site. 5 p.m. SullyHistoric Site is all decked out for a WWII era Christmas athome of Northern Virginia’s first congressman. At SullyHistoric Site, 3650 Historic Sully Way, Chantilly. Call 703-437-1794.

DEC. 10 AND 11“The Nutcracker Ballet.” Tickets are $12/adults; $10/students, children, seniors.

Saturday, Dec. 10 at 3 p.m.; Sunday, Dec. 11 at 4 p.m. Sponsored by theCentreville High School Drama Boosters. All proceeds benefit CVHS DramaScholarships and Gold Star Wives of America Inc. At Centreville High School,6001 Union Mill Road, Clifton. For tickets, contact: JoEllen [email protected] or call: 703-988-0567.


Shop at The Treasure Houndresale store this holiday

season, where you’ll find avariety of beautiful treasures

at great prices.

All proceeds benefit Friends of Homeless Animals,a no-kill shelter for cats and dogs.

Adopt, Donate,Volunteer…and Shop!

Tax-deductibledonations are accepted

during store hours.

Saturday, December 10th3:00 p.m. ~ 7:00 p.m.VIRGINIA RUN COMMUNITY CENTER15355 Wetherburn Ct.Lee Hwy & Pleasant Valley Rd., Centreville

Come shop for the holidays andsupport small, local women-ownedbusinesses. Door prizes every hour

and free holiday portrait with proof ofpurchase from any vendor!

Admission is FREE

Gift Baskets • Designer JewelryHandbags • Accessories • Cosmetics& Skincare • Housewares • ScentedCandles • Events • Entertainment

CHS Holiday ShowsIn the spirit of the season, Chantilly

High’s Performing Arts Department ispresenting it Tiny Tots concert andshow, Wednesday, Dec. 14, at 9:15 a.m.,10:15 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 12:45 p.m.in the school auditorium. It’s especiallytailored to preschools, daycare groups,and stay-at-home parents with youngchildren. For more information, ticketprices or to make group reservations,contact the event coordinator [email protected].

Then on Monday-Tuesday, Dec. 19-20, at 7 p.m., Chantilly presents itsannual Holiday Spectacular. It featuresmore than 300 students from the schoolband, choir, theater and orchestra pro-grams. Tickets are $10/person atwww.chantillychoral.org. Click on the“Buy Tickets Now” tab on the left side ofmain page. This show usually sells out,so patrons are encouraged to purchasetickets online in advance.

Holiday Gift Guide

Artful GiftsSarah Petty of Fairfax, works on a fruitbowl at Clay Café Studios on Dec. 6. Sheplans to give the bowl as a gift after it isfired. Petty picked Clay Café Studios be-cause of its wide selection of pottery itemsto paint.

Lily Fry of Centreville adds a touch of pinkglaze to a pottery cupcake plate at ClayCafé Studios as her mother Kim Frywatches on Dec. 6.

Mugs, ornaments and special holiday-themed statues, boxes, plates and othertimes are available at Clay Café Studios inChantilly for a fun paint-your-own potteryexperience.

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Sports

Two Northern Region Football Teams in State Finals

By Rich Sanders

Centre View

Behind an outstanding gamefrom lefty-throwing quar-terback Shane Foley and an

offensive line which dominatedplay in the trenches, the SouthCounty Secondary football teamsoundly defeated Hanover High(Mechanicsville), 38-22, in a Div.5 Virginia State AAA semifinalsfootball playoff game last Satur-day evening. The postseason con-test, which began at 4 p.m., tookplace at South County’s home fieldin Lorton.

With the win, South County con-tinued what has been as dramatica turnaround season as has per-haps ever been seen from a North-ern Region football team. The Stal-lions began the season with threestraight losses — to Hayfield,Oakton, and West Potomac — buthave since won 11 straight andnow find themselves preparing forthis Saturday afternoon’s statechampionship game against an-nual Div. 5 power Phoebus High(Hampton). The title game isscheduled to be played at the Uni-versity of Virginia’s Scott Stadiumin Charlottesville beginning atnoon.

Following that state finals clash,the Div. 6 (larger schools) titlegame will take place between lo-cal Northern Region teamCentreville versus Oscar SmithHigh (Chesapeake). That game,set for 4:30 p.m., will also beplayed at Scott Stadium.

South County’s 11-game win

Photo by Craig Sterbutzel/Centre View

Manny Smith and the Centreville Wildcats will be playingOscar Smith High of Chesapeake for the Div. 6 Virginiastate football crown this Saturday at the University ofVirginia.

Photo by Craig Sterbutzel/Centre View

South County running back Peter Basnight rushed for 64 yards in the Stallions’ stateplayoff win over Hanover last Saturday in Lorton.

Centreville, South County set to playin respective title games thisSaturday in Charlottesville.

streak following its tough start hasbeen fascinating to watch. TheStallions, under new head coachGerry Pannoni this fall season, hadnever before, in the school’s rela-tively short seven-year history,won any type of postseason foot-ball title before this season. Fol-lowing the 0-3start, SouthCounty won allseven of its re-maining regularseason games tomake its record7-3, earning theStallions a partof the PatriotDistrict titlealong with WestPotomac and Lake Braddock.

Then, in the eight-team Div. 5region playoffs, the Stallions con-tinued their red-hot play with vic-tories over three quality opponents— Madison, 31-0, defending Div.5 region champion Stone Bridge,25-3, and previously unbeatenYorktown, 37-13, the latter victoryover the Patriots (National Dis-trict) coming in the region finals.

That earned South County itsfirst-ever trip to the state playoffs.

“The past 11 weeks, it’s reallybeen unexplainable,” said SouthCounty senior running back JakeJosephs, who both caught a touch-down and threw for one as well— on a halfback option play. “Ev-erything has worked. “If some-thing goes wrong [in a game], thenext play works. …When we were0-3 we all got together and said,`That’s it, no more losses or we’re

done.’”Hanover, the Div. 5 Central Re-

gion champion, had no answersfor slowing down South County’srolling offense on Saturday asFoley, the Stallions’ southpawquarterback, behind ample protec-tion from his offensive line,

smoked theHawks by con-necting on 13-of-16 passes for 200yards and threet o u c h d o w n s .The signal callerthrew no inter-ceptions and wasnot sacked.

His biggest tar-get was senior

wide receiver Mike Ferguson, whocaught three touchdowns on passplays of 27, 11, and 13 yards.Ferguson, the team’s kicker, alsoconverted a 29-yard field goal.

The Stallions (11-3), who led24-0 at halftime, utilized an im-pressive running attack in the winto bring balance to the offense.South County, in all, rushed for162 yards, the top ball carrier be-ing senior running back PeterBasnight (15 carries, 64 yards).

CENTREVILLE HIGH, mean-while, edged home team Hermit-age High (Richmond), 10-9, in aSaturday afternoon Div. 6 statesemifinals game. The Wildcats(13-1), champions of theConcorde District, will play in thestate title game this Saturday af-ternoon at 4 p.m. against OscarSmith (Eastern Region) in

Charlottesville.Centreville, under second year

head coach Chris Haddock, went9-1 over the regular season, itslone loss coming against districtopponent Westfield in overtime. Inthe playoffs, the Wildcats defeatedFairfax, 42-19, defending Div. 6champion Lake Braddock, 21-18,and Westfield, 27-24. The regiontitle game win over Westfieldavenged the regular season lossand gave the Wildcats their firstregion crown since 2000.

Last week against Hermitage,Centreville, with the score tied at3-3, took the lead for good in thethird quarter when quarterbackMitch Ferrick, on the final play ofa 50-yard scoring march, con-nected with receiver Chase Walteron an eight-yard fade route pat-tern in the back of the left side ofthe end zone. Jared Rondeau, whohad tied the game with a 20-yardfield goal in the second quarter,converted the extra point kick togive the Wildcats a 10-3 lead.

“I had a one-on-one on the out-side,” said Walter, a senior, of theTD play. “Mitch told me he wouldthrow it up and I said, `fine.’ Wework on that play every day. I beatmy guy — he was behind me —and Mitch threw it up. It was awell thrown ball and I just caughtit.”

Hermitage scored a touchdownin the fourth quarter to get within10-9 but the extra point kickfailed. Ferrick said a Wildcat playermight have tipped the ball on theconversion try.

“We knew [from watching game

films] that we’d have a greatchance to block field goals or ex-tra points,” said Ferrick. “It was ahigh snap and our guys went inhard at it. I would think it likelytheir kicker was nervous [with thegame on the line].”

Later in the fourth quarter, withHermitage threatening,Centreville’s fierce pass rushforced a poor pass from QBD’Vonta Derricott, resulting in aninterception by Connor Coward atthe Hawks’ 30-yard line.

Shortly after that, with time run-ning out and Hermitage with theball at its own 25, the Wildcats,on third and fourth down plays,got sacks from Ken Ekanem andRyan Sepulveda to put the gameaway.

In all, Centreville’s defense ac-counted for 10 sacks, withEkanem, a senior linebacker, ac-counting for four-and-a-half.

“I think we did real good on de-fense,” said Ekanem. “We wantedto prove we were a better defensethan Hermitage. We threw someblitzes at them and their linemencouldn’t pick them up.”

Centreville star running backManny Smith led the Wildcats’ground game with 50 hard foughtyards on 20 carries.

The Wildcats, this week, will belooking for their first state crownsince winning it all in 2000.

“It’s very exciting,” said Walter.“We’ve been playing football [to-gether] since we were in the sev-enth grade, so to get to the statechampionship game is awe-some.”

“We wanted toprove we were abetter defense thanHermitage.”

— Ken Ekanem

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Fairfax Adult Softball (FAS),at its Board of Directors meetingon Monday, Nov. 14 held its elec-tions for the expiring terms of theFAS President, 1st Vice President(Umpires), and Treasurer. Carl Eyof Alexandria begins his first termon the executive committee asTreasurer. Incumbents JohnCarney, of Clifton, and ScottSemmler, of Centreville, were re-elected by acclimation as Presidentand 1st Vice President (Umpires).They begin their new term of of-fice in January 2012.

The newest edition to the FASexecutive committee is Carl Ey.

“I feel very fortunate to havebeen elected to the duties of Trea-surer,” said Ey. “As a participant inFAS since 1997 and a board mem-ber for almost two years, I am ex-cited about being elected to theTreasurer’s position. Hopefully, Ican continue to do as fine a job asmy predecessor, Christina Voss,who has been a dedicated mem-ber of our great program for longerthan I have been associated withFAS. As we move forward, I havea goal to garner as much informa-tion as possible toward making ourleague fields, particularlyBraddock Park, super venues andhopefully attract more attentionfor the tournament circuit.”

Beginning his second consecu-tive term, Scott Semmler contin-ues to serve as 1st Vice President(Umpires). He will focus on main-taining FAS high level of umpiretraining and improve the alreadyexcellent ratings FAS umpires re-ceive from coaches. As a memberof the FAS executive committee,

Semmler’s action will be guided bythe principle that, “Anything thatcan be done to improve the qual-ity of our softball program willhave a positive effect on our play-ers.”

President John Carney will be-gin his fourth consecutive term asPresident.

“As I reflect back on my manyyears of service to this program,the community and the sport ofsoftball, my position as Presidentof one of the largest service orga-nizations has been a challenge, yetvery educational and rewarding.My contributions to this programhave been and will continue to bemy honesty, integrity, dedication,and leadership skills. My missionis to continue to make this pro-gram grow and thrive for years tocome, one that all participants willenjoy and find rewarding. I willcontinue to advocate strongerteamwork among the staff, partici-pants, volunteers, Park Authorityand our [Fairfax] County Repre-sentatives. We will continue toencourage, solicit and discusseveryone’s suggestions and ideasto make this program better.”

FAS depends heavily on volun-teers and is always looking for newpersonalities to share brand newideas. Directors meet monthlythroughout the year to review andestablish polices and rules for theoperation of the program, to pro-vide direction concerning financialand administrative operations,and, in November, to elect the of-ficers of the corporation. Theseofficers comprise the Executivecommittee which meets monthly

to direct the FAS program. TheExecutive Committee includes thePresident, 1st Vice President (Um-pires), 2nd Vice President (Rules),Secretary, and Treasurer. Theyserve staggered two-year terms toprovide for corporate stability. FASis always seeking new voices withenthusiasm to consider joining theboard in order to make the pro-gram the best it can be.

Go to Fairfax Adult Softball.comfor more information on the orga-nization.

Pro boxer Jimmy Lange, aGreat Falls resident, will return tothe Patriot Center on Saturday,Feb. 11, 2012, for another world-class fight card featuring top areaboxers. Considered one of the mid-Atlantic region’s premier boxingshowcases, the event is scheduledto host three world championshiptitle fights, headlined by juniormiddleweight Jimmy Lange’s firsttitle defense of his World BoxingUnion (WBU) 154-pound champi-onship belt. His opponent has notyet been determined.

Lange (37-4-2, 25 knockouts),who has headlined all 13 previousPatriot Center boxing shows sincereturning from his participation on‘The Contender’ TV series, cap-tured the WBU title last Septem-ber by knocking Raul Munez downthree times en route to his 25thvictory by knockout. The GreatFalls fighter continues to drawlarge, enthusiastic crowds fromacross the region while advancingthe ranks in the junior middle-weight division.

The Feb. 11 boxing card will in-clude: Michelle Garland Nelson(5-0-1) of Ashburn in a World In-ternational Boxing Associationmiddleweight championship; Zain‘Tiger’ Shah (6-0) of Chantilly, whowill meet Tony Jeter (12-2-1) ofStevensville, Md. in a six-roundmiddleweight contest; and unde-feated, rising welterweight pros-pect Todd ‘White Lightning’ Wil-son (11-0) of Fairfax.

Chantilly’s Shah, who trains outof LA Boxing’s Reston Gym, is par-ticularly known for his punchingprowess. He has recorded secondround knockouts in his last twofights, including a win over JuliusKennedy last September at thePatriot Center.

Wilson, of Fairfax, whose oppo-nent is to be determined, is com-ing off his biggest win to date — avictory over Alexandria productEric Aiken at the last Patriot Cen-ter show.

Doors will open at 6 p.m., withthe first fight scheduled to beginat 7 p.m. Tickets will be availablefor purchase through allTicketmaster outlets, including thePatriot Center box office and byphone at 703-573-SEAT.

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Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) student journalists werehonored for their work on student publications at the Journal-ism Education Association (JEA)-National Scholastic Press As-sociation (NSPA) fall convention held last weekend in Minne-apolis. Publications recognized with NSPA Best of Show awardsincluded:

❖ Newspaper 17 or more pages: the Purple Tide, ChantillyHigh School, Jane Muir, editor; Bretton Zinger, adviser; andthe A-Blast, Annandale High School, Annie Curran and C.J.Aftergute, editors; Alan Weintraut, adviser.

❖ Yearbook 325 or more pages: the Guardian, Westfield HighSchool, Megan McNulty, editor; Anthony Whitten, adviser; andOdyssey, Chantilly High School, Jennifer Urban, editor; MaryKay Downes, adviser.

Franklin Middle School received a generous grant fromJust Born Inc. through the efforts of Clara Hauth-Pflugrath,Special Education Teacher and Devra Gordon, FCPS SchoolSocial Worker. The school is developing a year-long charactereducation/anti-bullying program based upon marshmallowPEEPs. The program is being created by the Positive Behav-ioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Committee at FranklinMS (Devra Gordon FCPS School Social Worker; Cara Gottheim,School Psychologist; Susan Harris, School Resource Teacher;Clara Hauth-Pflugrath, Special Education Teacher; KathyHudson; School Counselor; Asama Junco, Assistant Principal;Karen Serroka, Mathematics Teacher and Toni Tupper, SchoolSocial Worker).

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Also speaking was the Rev. NancyMcDonald-Ladd of the Bull Run UUC inPrince William County, where governmentofficials took a hard line against Hispanicimmigrants. “People in other jurisdictionstake inspiration from what you’re doing,”she told the gathering. “In Prince WilliamCounty, it sometimes feels like an uphillbattle.” Recalling how Jesus was born in amanger when there was no room at the inn,she said, “What you’re doing here is mak-ing a place for the people.”

Catherine Read, president of theCentreville Rotary Club, addressed thecrowd, as well. “By going forward, we canbe the change the rest of the world is seek-ing,” she said. “We can build a communitythat is truly inclusive. The Centreville Ro-tary Club recognized Alice and Jerry [Foltz]as our Citizens of the Year, and it was trulydeserved.”

Next, Alice Foltz acknowledged the sup-port and advice given by Edgar Aranda, whohelped guide Centreville’s immigrants; BillThrelkeld, who formerly headed Herndon’slabor center; Dwoskin’s employee RoniRobbins, who helped move the projectahead; and teacher Connie Rojas, who ini-tially met with the workers on the streets,spoke with them in Spanish and explainedthe CIF’s ideas to help them.

“The turnout here is heartwarming andthrilling,” said center Director Shani Moser.“This project is about love of our fellowman. I worked with immigrants in Oregonand, after what I saw, I wanted to do some-thing to help. So, to me, this is a dreamcome true and gave me a chance to put backsomething in my soul that was missing forso long. We are an open-arms organization,and I look forward to working with eachand every one of you.”

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