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Enjoying‘Beautiful Things’
News, Page 3
‘Mr. SocialJustice’ Honored
News, Page 5
Glade WatershedDecision Deferred
News, Page 3
Brenda Belfield, the owner of Artworks Gallery andStudio, and Kim Hessler, the owner of DragonflyDesign Décor, stand in front of “Buddha House.”
This is a piece of art that would have been carriedthrough a village in the East. The theme for the
holiday hop at Artworks was “East Meets West.”
Brenda Belfield, the owner of Artworks Gallery andStudio, and Kim Hessler, the owner of DragonflyDesign Décor, stand in front of “Buddha House.”
This is a piece of art that would have been carriedthrough a village in the East. The theme for the
holiday hop at Artworks was “East Meets West.”
Reston
Enjoying‘Beautiful Things’
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NewsReston Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic
703-917-6428 or [email protected]
By Mike DiCicco
The Connection
Renette Oklewicz said she didn’tknow who to trust anymore.
Talk of stream restoration inReston had been going on for years, andwork had been underway since February,but Oklewicz had simply trusted that theReston Association would have “excellentoversight” of the project it had initiated, shesaid. “I always support everything Restondoes.”
Then, in the fall, work began on a badlydamaged stretch of the lower SnakedenWatershed and hundreds of trees were cutdown as workers widened the river. Sud-denly, stream restoration became a conflictin Reston.
“You would never think, ever, that theywould be taking out a massive amount oftrees,” Oklewicz said. “Not Reston. Not theR.A.”
She was one of about 40 people who hadspoken at a public hearing before the RestonAssociation’s Design Review Board (DRB)Tuesday, Dec. 16, regarding the plannedrestoration of the Glade Watershed. Withwork on the Snakeden area nearing comple-tion, the DRB was scheduled to decidewhether to approve restoration of the firstthree of six “reaches” of the Glade Water-shed, but the board tabled the decision un-til Jan. 27.
Oklewicz’s opposition to the project wasthe majority opinion among residents inattendance.
THE WORK is being carried out by Wet-land Studies and Solutions Inc. (WSSI), acompany that sells credits, based on thewetland restoration work it does, to com-panies whose projects inflict unavoidabledamage on a wetland. It’s a sort of cap-and-trade arrangement set up by the Army Corpsof Engineers.
Mike Rolband, who heads the company,assured that the Glade area would not re-quire the sort of work that was done in thelower Snakeden. That stretch, he said, wasin a part of Reston where impermeable sur-faces cover 45 percent of the ground, caus-ing massive runoff. Meanwhile, about 15percent of the surface area around the Gladeis impermeable, “so the stream can be stablein a much smaller configuration,” Rolband
By Janelle L. Plummer
The Connection
A collage of Hawaiian arthangs on the wall at Artworks Gallery and Studio.Purple and pink collide in
the painting. Hawaiian music playssoftly in the background. Next doorat Galerie Brigitte, Vietnamese art andhand painted silk are on display.
Irving Berman of Reston stares atthe Vietnamese art on the wall, somemade of crushed eggshells.
“I’m here to enjoy all of the beauti-ful things,” Berman said.
While Berman usually attends theexhibits at Artworks Gallery andGalerie Brigitte, tonight is somethingnew at the Sunset Galleries in Reston.It’s not shop until you drop, Thursday,Dec. 11. It is an evening where resi-dents can do some holiday hoppingfrom one gallery to the next and giveback to the community.
“It’s good they are having thisevent,” Berman said. “Especially, now
because times are so hard.”
FIFTEEN PERCENT of all proceeds at theholiday hop event supported Reston Inter-faith and throughout the month of Decem-ber, 10 percent of all the galleries’ sales willbenefit Reston Interfaith.
Amy McDowell, the events and commu-nications manager at Reston Interfaith, saidthe holiday hop does not just support localbusinesses in the Reston area, but it offersresidents a unique way to give back to thecommunity.
“It’s exciting and encouraging to see theartistic community contributing to the com-munity,” McDowell said. “We look forwardto seeing their paintings in the communityand we thank Brigitte for coming up withthe idea.”
McDowell said the money would be usedto support a variety of programs at RestonInterfaith. Those programs include afford-able child care, affordable housing, theneighborhood rescue program and theEmbry Rucker Community Shelter.
McDowell said Reston Interfaith encour-ages nontraditional fund raising in theReston-Herndon community. She said ev-eryone should get out and buy some neatpieces of art.
“Events like [the holiday hop] providesafety nets for those who are struggling toget by,” she said.
IN THE NEW YEAR Capital Steps, a Wash-ington-based music political satire group,will host its annual performance that willalso benefit Reston Interfaith. The event willtake place Feb. 15, at the Hyatt Regency in
Reston.According to Reston Interfaith, the per-
formance provides the organization withfunding that directly supports critical socialservice programs and services in the com-munity.
Sonya Dervenis, the owner of LavenderHill Interiors, said the holiday hop broughtpeople to the galleries for a good cause. Shesaid it was good community marketing.
Dervenis said she was able to bring in herclients and Reston Interfaith brought peopleshe did not know. She said she sold a rugfor $200 and she is excited the check willgo to Reston Interfaith.
“I’m complaining that I can’t sell a couchand people can’t buy dinner,” Dervenis said.“I stop complaining and I realize what Ihave.”
IN THE END, Brigitte Le, the owner ofGalerie Brigitte said so many people do notknow that various art galleries are locatedin Sunset Galleries in Reston, especially herart exhibits.
Le represents various artists from Viet-nam. She said the Vietnamese art is lost art.
Le also had a “Flying Pigs” exhibit on dis-play.
“When they found us it was a treasure,”she said, “and we wanted to team up withReston Interfaith.”
The art galleries that participated in theholiday hop were Artworks Gallery and Stu-dio, Lavender Hills Interiors, Galerie Brigitteand Dragonfly Design Décor. MargoSchlossberg, the founder of KuraDesignHandbags and Anabela Ferguson, an artistfrom Springfield, were also in attendance.
Residents stillexpress shock overtree cutting instream restoration.
GladeDecisionDeferred
Art galleries supportReston Interfaith.
Enjoying ‘Beautiful Things’
Brigitte Le stands next to Vietnam-ese art at Galerie Brigitte. Lerepresented artists from Vietnam.
Susan Stolpe, the volunteer manager at Reston Interfaith and MargoSchlossberg, the founder of KuraDesign Handbags, gather for the holi-day hop at Galerie Brigitte in Reston. They are standing in front of apiece of art titled “Indian Summer” by Anabela Ferguson, an artist fromSpringfield.
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“I’m here to enjoy all ofthe beautiful things.”
— Irving Berman
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By Mike DiCicco
The Connection
Reston Citizens Association board memberand former presidentJohn Lovaas compared
Citizen of the Year Hank Blakelyto a hot coal under his sofa cush-ion, always reminding him therewas something he ought to be do-ing.
“I call him Mr. Social Justice be-cause he can’t stand it when hesees injustice,” said Lovaas, whohad nominated Blakely for thehonor he was receiving at theReston Community Center lastMonday, Dec. 15. About 30 peoplehad gathered for the event.
Lovaas recalled Blakely’s leader-ship of a push for affordable hous-ing in the county about five yearsago, which resulted in an afford-
able housing fund and the preser-vation of 181 affordable units inReston’s Crescent Apartments.Prior to that, Lovaas said, Blakelyhad worked to pressure the Boardof Supervisors into voicing its mis-givings with the Patriot Act’s po-tential threats to civil liberties. Theeffort eventually succeeded.
ACCORDING TO LOVAAS’nomination, Blakely even wrote aplay as part of the campaign andthe show was performed around theD.C.-metropolitan area, and therewas a performance in Delaware andanother in Long Beach, Cal.
Citizen of theYear designationrevived, HankBlakely named.
‘Mr. Social Justice’ HonoredNews
Photo by Mike DiCicco/The Connection
From left, Diane Lewis, Barbara Bruleson, Colin Mills,Hank Blakely, John Lovaas and John Bowman pose nextto the Citizen of the Year roster in the Reston CommunityCenter. Blakely’s name was the first to be added in eightyears.
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Opinion
We wish our readers a MerryChristmas, a Happy Hanukah,and an exciting New Year.There is much to fuel optimism
here, despite the drumbeat of dismal economicnews.
While Northern Virginia is certainly feelingsome of the effects of the economic crisis, thisis probably the best place in the nation toweather the storm. Employment is strong here,with unemployment still below 4 percent.
This region’s economy will get a boost fromthe January change in administration. Eventsand visitors for the inauguration itself willbring an infusion, the movement of officials inand out of the region will create economic ac-tivity.
And the sheer optimism and enthusiasm forchange, and for this particular change, will liftspirits and boats.
Close-in real estate, inside the Beltway, isholding its value. At the bottom end of the realestate spectrum, some condos, townhouses andeven some single family detached homes have
reached levels of affordability not seen in manymoons, and that should bring out first-timehome buyers. When first time homebuyersenter the market, this can kick off a kind ofdomino effect, allowing owners of the housesthey buy to move up.
At the same time, we’ll all feel the effects ofbudget cuts in local government, from reducedlibrary hours and other services to the possi-bility of larger class sizes. There are many morefamilies in Northern Virginia feeling the painof the recession, with thousands of foreclosuresand, while unemployment is low, the loss ofsome jobs. This has dramatically increased de-
mand on groups that provide emergency helpfor food, housing, utilities and more.
Even groups that help animals are seeing ahuge surge in trouble. Some owners are giv-ing up beloved pets when they face foreclo-sure, while others say they can no longer af-ford to feed their pets. The Humane Society ofFairfax County, for example, has started a PETfood pantry to help people keep their pets.
Enjoy the holidays, and remember to givelocally.
For a list of local charities in need, see “GiveLocally,” http://connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=322554&paper=68&cat=110
Happy HolidaysMuch cause foroptimism, butalso many reasonsto help others.
This is the last “regular” edition of the Con-nection for 2008. The edition that will be de-livered after Christmas is our annual Children’sConnection, featuring the writing and art ofarea students.
Our first publication date in January willappear on Jan. 7, kicking off a four-part serieson fun, with more than 100 ideas for fun localactivities in each of our 17 weekly papers. Thiswill no doubt add up to more than 1,101 waysto have fun near home. We’ll include tips onfree fun, outdoor fun, indoor fun, arts, music,theater, fun at home, food fun and more.
January Is for FunIf you have an idea that you think we should
include, please let us know.The Jan. 7 issue will also be our chance to
catch up on news and events that happen be-tween Dec. 18 and the beginning of the NewYear.
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By Kenneth R. “Ken” Plum
State Delegate (D-36)
In 1897 Francis P. Churchwrote for the New York Sunwhat was to become one of
the most famous editorials everwritten. He wrote it in responseto a letter from a young girl.
“Dear Editor:I am 8 years old. Some
of my little friends saythere is no Santa Claus.Papa says, ‘If you see it in The Sun,it’s so.’ Please tell me the truth isthere a Santa Claus?
Virginia O’Hanlon
Virginia, your littlefriends are wrong. Theyhave been affected bythe skepticism of a skep-tical age. They do notbelieve except they see.They think that nothingcan be which is not com-prehensible by their little
minds. Allminds, Virginia, whetherthey be men’s orchildren’s, are little. In
this great universe of ours, man isa mere insect, an ant, in his intel-lect as compared with the bound-less world about him, as measured
by the intelligence ca-pable of grasping thewhole of truth andknowledge.
Yes, Virginia, there isa Santa Claus. He existsas certainly as love andgenerosity and devotionexist and you know thatthey abound and give toyour life its highest
beauty and joy. Alas! how drearywould be the world if there wereno Santa Claus! It would be asdreary as if there were noVirginias. There would be no child-like faith then, no poetry, no ro-mance to make tolerable this ex-istence. We should have no enjoy-ment, except in sense and sight.The external light with whichchildhood fills the world would beextinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus! Youmight as well not believe in fair-ies. You might get your papa tohire men to watch in all the chim-neys on Christmas eve to catchSanta Claus, but even if you didnot see Santa Claus coming down,what would that prove? Nobodysees Santa Claus, but that is nosign that there is no Santa Claus.
The most real things in the worldare those that neither children normen can see. Did you ever see fair-ies dancing on the lawn? Of coursenot, but that’s no proof that theyare not there. Nobody can con-ceive or imagine all the wondersthere are unseen and unseeable inthe world.
You tear apart the baby’s rattleand see what makes the noise in-side, but there is a veil coveringthe unseen world which not thestrongest man, nor even the unitedstrength of all the strongest menthat ever lived could tear apart.Only faith, poetry, love, romance,can push aside that curtain andview and picture the supernalbeauty and glory beyond. Is it allreal? Ah, Virginia, in all this worldthere is nothing else real and abid-ing.
No Santa Claus! Thank God! helives and lives forever. A thousandyears from now, Virginia, nay 10times 10,000 years from now, hewill continue to make glad theheart of childhood.”
Jane and I are thankful for thespirit of Santa Claus that we seethroughout our community everyday. We wish for all peace and joy
Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus
Commentary
Watershed RenewalNeeds to ContinueTo the Editor:
I attended the Snakeden stream renovation walk Saturday, Dec.13, and was amazed that so many of the people there were notinterested in how the stream was being renovated. After years ofneglect, it is being renovated. What people wanted to talk aboutthough was the fact that they didn’t like seeing trees being cut.Big beautiful trees have been falling into our streams for yearsdue to erosion. It’s not reasonable to think that we can put our
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By Mirza Kurspahic
The Connection
Jill Egle is 32 years old, anexecutive director of a nonprofit and has created a
popular YouTube video. She trav-els the country and, perhaps mostimportantly, she likes herself andso do many others.
“I can’t help but think if myclassmates had been open to un-derstanding me when I was 13 or14 years old, perhaps I would havestarted my wonderful life a littlesooner,” Egle said.
Growing up in Louisiana, Eglewas labeled a “retard” in schooland diagnosed with mild mentalretardation. The nonprofit sheleads, when first established 45years ago, was called the Associa-tion of Retarded Citizens. Theworld has changed somewhat andnow Egle has an intellectual de-velopmental disability and directsthe Arc of Northern Virginia. Egle’svideo, “Can We Talk Ben Stiller,”
of and ignored,” she said. Egleurged the Langston Hughes stu-dents to stop using the word “re-tard,” to sit with someone eatinglunch alone, invite someone with-out many friends to an event andbe open to understanding that ev-eryone has a lot of gifts to offer.
HUGHES STUDENTS werealso treated to a presentation fromTroy Simmons, 33, a victim of aviolent act while attendingWoodrow Wilson High School inWashington, D.C., who is wheel
‘Hello Is Universal’LangstonHughescelebratesinclusion.
Photo by Mirza Kurspahic/The Connection
Langston Hughes Middle School students participated ina weeklong program as part of the commemoration ofthe National Inclusive Schools Week.
“When I thinkpositively positivethings happen.”
— Troy Simmons,UDC social work student
made the rounds across the coun-try.
“I did not have a great time injunior high or high school,” Egletold an assembly of about 100Langston Hughes Middle Schoolstudents Thursday morning, Dec.4. “I was called a retard, made fun
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A fund-raising event was heldat Rachel Carson Middle Schoolfor The Child Rescue Centre inSierra Leone, Africa. The showwas written, directed, producedby and starred RCMS students
Derek Wahdan and MichaelFeldman, also known as“Two of a Kind.”
Michael Feldman and Derek Wahdan, kneeling front row,with their crew Monica Matthews, Chase Strait, TaylorCulman, Daniel Lerner, Sean Capella, Christie Parvin. Notpictured are ushers Rachel Berman, Jeffrey Liu, and JorgeNaboa.
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Helping Child Rescue Center in Sierra LeoneMichael Feldman and DerekWahdan of “Two of a Kind.” Theaudience was transfixed as theboys performed a combination ofmagic, juggling and illusion usinghumor, innovative techniques, ad
lib and audience participation ina captivating and unique show.The boys can be found perform-ing close-up magic tricks andjuggling at various venues in andaround Reston.
ONGOING EVENTSHoliday Book Drive. Barnes &
Noble, Spectrum Center, 1851 Foun-tain Drive, Reston, is supporting TheEmbry Rucker Community Shelterwith a display and suggestions forthose wanting to make a purchaseand add to the boxes of gifts. Theshelter asks that all gifts be new andunwrapped to make it easier forthem to match the gift and recipient.
Holiday Performances. Com-munity groups will present musicand dance performances at FountainSquare, Reston Town Center. Sched-ule on www.restontowncenter.com.
The Bargain Loft HolidayShop, 336 Victory Drive, Herndon, isopen for business through Dec. 24.Store open Tuesdays, Wednesdaysand Fridays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Thurs-days, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturdays,10 a.m.-4 p.m. All proceeds go toHerndon-Reston FISH Inc. to helppeople with emergency needs. Visitwww.herndonrestonfish.org.
Visit Santa. Visit Santa and takephotos with him next to M&S Grill onDemocracy Street at the Reston TownCenter, through 24, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
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Power of Inclusion
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Jill Egle, right, speaks to Langston Hughes eighth-gradersBecky Oswalt and Ashley Sandoval.
chair-bound. Simmons is a so-cial work student at the Universityof the District of Columbia (UDC)and said there are three factors tohis success: preparation, equip-ment and resources, and havingthe right attitude.
“When I think positively positivethings happen,” Simmons said.
The assembly was a part of theweeklong program at LangstonHughes that commemorated theNational Inclusive Schools Week.Eighth-graders Becky Oswalt andAshley Sandoval said the eventhelped them gain perspective oninclusion. “I think I am much moreaware of other people,” Oswaltsaid after the assembly. Sandovalsaid she would make a better ef-fort to invite those who seem tobe alone to join her and her friendsin eating lunch or hanging out.Hughes students also made cardsthat greet the school’s visitors inthe lobby for the weeklong com-memoration. One reads, “Hello isuniversal.”
“Everybody wants to feel in-cluded,” said Mary Nell Clark, aLangston Hughes parent whosedaughter has Down syndrome.“Inclusion is a basic human right.”
Ann Deschamps, a LangstonHughes parent who is also a spe-
cial-education resource teacherwith career and transition servicesat Fairfax County Public Schools(FCPS), said the program did morethan what it is designed to do. “It’sinteresting because it was de-signed for special needs, but itended up including everyone,”Deschamps said. She said it did notonly educate “regular kids” aboutchildren in special education, butalso educated students about otherdifferences, for example culturalones. “Anything we can do to makedifferences acceptable” is a goodprogram for FCPS schools, saidDeschamps.
SIMMONS THANKEDLangston Hughes students for in-cluding him in their assembly. Eglemade herself available to the stu-dents at any time. “I can alwaysbe a good mentor and a good rolemodel,” she said.
“It was so inspirational,” Oswaltsaid about Egle’s presentation. “Alot of times we think we have ithard,” she said about feeling in-cluded.
Sandoval commented onSimmons’ approach as somethingshe hopes to learn from, “He al-ways has a positive attitude andwe should follow his example.”
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streambeds back into good condition without bigmachinery and some big tree cutting.
As a forester with 50 years of working experienceI can say that this is one of the best watershed re-newal projects I have ever seen. It would be a crimeagainst nature to stop it because some people are so
focused on their immediate concerns that they areunwilling to look at what the stream needs.
I live near Glade stream and hope the work con-tinues on so that the eroded mess that Glade hasbecome can be repaired.
Lester A. DeCosterReston
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said. “It’s apples to oranges.”Rolband said the original stre-
ambeds in the Reston area couldnot handle the added flow ofrunoff from impervious surfaces,so an increase in size and alter-ation of the shape of the streamswas required, depending howbadly they were affected. Sometrees must be taken down to al-ter the streams.
“If you go down there, it lookslike a clear-cutting operation wasgoing on,” John Griggs, who hadalso spoken at the meeting, saidof the lower Snakeden area. Likemany, Griggs, who lives along the Glade area, saidhe agreed that stream restoration was necessary, butthought it could be done in a gentler way. “The ideathat you can say, in 40 years it’ll look great, I mean,I’ll be dead by then,” he said.
Also, he said, the Glade watershed does not emptyinto a lake that needs protection, but rather a marshthat absorbs silt.
While he acknowledged that Rolband had prom-ised to take a more sensitive approach, he said heand others had trouble trusting the pledge at thispoint.
MARIE HUHTALA, who ran for Hunter Mill Dis-trict supervisor as an independent candidate in 2007,also lives in the Glade area and had been in atten-dance at Tuesday’s meeting. She is also a member ofthe newly formed Save the Glade Coalition.
Huhtala said WSSI had not only taken down trees,but had straightened the streams and lined them with“gigantic black boulders,” creating stagnant pools,as well as warmer water temperatures due to thelack of tree cover. “So they changed the entire eco-system in a really drastic way,” she said, noting thatthis could constitute a violation of the Reston Asso-ciation covenants, which stipulate that the essentialnature of a wooded area should not be changed.
Also, she questioned the practice of approving res-toration for reaches individually and said she wouldprefer to see the entire watershed and all the impli-cations of the restoration considered at once.
Rolband said the project, which is to cover about26 miles of stream in three watersheds, was beingreviewed and put out to bid in small pieces becausea “huge amount of time and design” went into each
reach. “These little segments are actually very largeprojects themselves,” he said.
He noted that the Chesapeake Bay Foundation andNorthern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Dis-trict had written letters in support of the project, andthat a representative from the Virginia Departmentof Forestry, brought to the site by concerned citizens,had visited and said the work would benefit wildlifein both the short term and the long term.
Reston Association president Robin Smyers said thevery reason that Tuesday’s hearing before the DRBhad been held was because the association was sub-ject to the same rules as any citizen. The work onevery reach of the Snakeden restoration had beenvetted and approved by the board, she said.
SMYERS said efforts at stream restoration in thearea began in 2000 with a grassroots campaign. “Ithink the idea was that we’d be lucky if 1,000 feet[of streambed] were going to be done by traditionalfund raising,” she said. Now, the association, as wellas the Friends of Reston, are getting paid by WSSIfor its work, which would cost up to $70 million.Reston was benefiting from developers buying cred-its to build a runway at Dulles Airport, she said.
Smyers said the project needed to move ahead be-fore the streams got worse, more lakes had to bedredged and possible problems arose with the Envi-ronmental Protection Agency over things like exposedsewer pipes in the streambeds.
She noted that the association had also receivedmany letters of support for the project.
“This is the future of Reston,” she said, noting thatthe streams and local ecology would still be therefor future generations to enjoy.
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WSSI president Mike Rolband, in the orange hat, ad-dresses the crowd that recently joined him on a tour ofthe Snakeden Watershed.
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A year ago, the SouthLakes High wrestlingteam won four dualmeet victories, a break-
through season for a program thathad struggled so much to win evena couple matches in prior seasons.This winter, second-year headcoach Bruce Hall and hisSeahawks are looking to continuethat positive progression.
A glimpse of South Lakes’ vastimprovement came a coupleweeks ago when the Seahawks’junior varsity team defeated cross-town rival Herndon in a dual meet.It marked the first time in 15 yearsthat South Lakes had enoughwrestlers to place a full JV teamin a competition.
South Lakes’ team roster, varsityand JV combined, consisted of 23athletes in Hall’s first season at thehelm last year. This season, morethan 40 students are a part of theprogram.
“It’s like a regular wrestlingroom now,” Hall, a veteran coachwho is determined to build theSeahawks into a Liberty Districtfactor, said. “We’re going to bebetter this year and move up a fewspots [in the district].”
Hall recalls last year’s early sea-son Northern Region WrestlingClassic in which just one Seahawkwrestler — then senior andstandout heavyweight JamalDorsey — advanced to compete inthe event’s second day of action.This year’s team, in contrast, hadsix students wrestling on the sec-ond day of the classic.
THE TEAM’S MOST accom-plished returning wrestler, accord-
ing to Hall, is senior AndrewTzikas (152-weight class). Thecoach said Tzikas, despite notearning a place finish at the recentclassic, had a good two days ofwrestling there.
“He didn’t place, but he wrestledwell in a stacked weight class,”Hall said.
Tzikas was 28-12 last year andfinished third in the district at 152-weight class. He fell just short ofearning a place finish at the North-ern Region championships.
“He’s the best conditioned ath-lete in the room and he has beenfor two years,” Hall said. “He’s oneof the better mat wrestlers I’veever coached. He’s always in amatch and very competitive.”
trict.“He’s a good athlete and a real
good kid,” Hall said. “We’re look-ing for him to move up to first orsecond in the district.”
Hall is also looking for a strongseason from sophomore KenRobair, who will wrestle at 189 or215 as the season moves on. Hebroke his hand early last year andmissed the season.
A FRESHMAN who could be animpact wrestler for the Seahawksis Ryan Forrest (125), who had agood showing at the classic.
“He held his own,” Hall said ofthe ninth-grader who a year agoas an eighth-grader took secondplace in his weight class at the re-nowned Virginia-Maryland selectyouth league Beltway Tourna-ment. “He was in the best weightclass [at the classic]. He finishedseventh and could have easily fin-ished third or fourth. He’s just go-ing to be real good.”
Ryan’s dad, John Forrest, is apart of Hall’s coaching staff thisyear.
Hall also sees exceptional talentin two other ninth-graders — Aus-tin Rosmarin (103), a newcomerto the sport and Devon Johnson(119), who was a member of theSouth Lakes freshmen footballteam this past fall of which Hallwas an assistant coach.
Other members of this year’svarsity line-up include sophomoreAndrew Goldberg (112), sopho-more Brandon Harris (130), jun-ior Phillip Kroke (135), junior Jus-tin Magerer (140), who is a trans-fer student from Magruder Highin Maryland, sophomore HarrisHasizi (145), sophomore GeorgeRamirez (160 or 171), sophomoreKevin Canales (171) and BelminRivera, who can wrestle at 215 orheavyweight.
Hall’s assistant coaches arecoach Forrest and assistant headcoach Tim McAteer.
South Lakes wrestling continuing tomake positive progress.
Seahawks Moving in the Right Direction
“We’re going to bebetter this year andmove up a few spotsin the district.”
— Bruce Hall,South Lakes wrestling coach
Two other Seahawks who will becatalysts on this year’s team aresophomore Jake Slover (160) andjunior Alex Stanley (189).
Slover was a seventh-place fin-isher at the classic a few weeksago. He worked hard to go 6-16during that ninth-grade campaign.This winter, Slover is already 5-2.
“We’re really looking for him tomove up [in the district] this year,”Hall said.
Stanley suffered an injury at theclassic, which likely prevented himfrom placing. Last year, in his firstseason of wrestling, Stanley went19-17 and was fourth in the dis-
The South Lakes High Ath-letic Booster Club is announc-ing a fun-filled night of basketballwhen the Harlem Wizards willplay the coaches of the SouthLakes boys and girls teams. Theevent will take place Saturday, Jan.31, at South Lakes High School’sWendell G. Byrd Gymnasium. Ad-vance tickets cost $10 for studentsand $15 for adults. Tickets at thedoor will cost $15 for students and$20 for adults. Purchase tickets atSeahwkBoostrers.com.
The annual South LakesGymnastics Invitational tookplace Dec. 13. Stone Bridge Highcaptured the team title of theeight-team event, finishing aheadof second-place Edison, third-place Robinson and fourth-placeJefferson. The fifth through eighthfinishers were Park View, SouthLakes, West Potomac and T.C. Wil-liams. The all-around individualchampion was T.C. Williams’ Sh-
annon Murphy (35.950).Park View’s BrittanyZartman was sixth in all-around (31), while her Pa-triot teammates LindaPoplawski and KateWellington were 10th and13th, respectively. StoneBridge’s Kelly McCabe wasseventh in all-around andSouth Lakes’ ChanaeWesley was 11th.
Thomas Jefferson Highfreshman Sarah Stites(Reston resident) wasnamed an All-American atthe recent USA Track andField Cross Country JuniorOlympics, held on the PoleGreen course inMechanicsville, Va.
Prior to August, Stiteshad never run more thantwo miles at a time. For-merly home schooled, hernormal practice routinewas to run a mile aroundher Reston neighborhoodeach day as part of her
physical education curriculum.When she was accepted to
Jefferson, she decided she wouldtry out for the cross country team,just like her brother-in-law, DavidSmith, had done 10 years before.
“Dave encouraged me to give ita try,” Stites said. “He said that thecoach, Matt Ryan, was great andthat joining the team would be agood way to meet people.”
Little did Stites know she wouldfinish the season with the fastest4K and 5K times of any freshmangirl in Virginia or that she wouldplace seventh in the nation in theyouth division of the Junior Olym-pics.
On a beautiful race day for theJunior Olympics, the field of com-petition included 237 girls from allover the country who had quali-fied in their respective regional orstate meets.
The Jefferson freshman ran the4K course in 15:10, a personal besttime.
South Lakes’ Emily Lopynski (12)dribbles left during theSeahawks’ home girls basketballwin over Herndon last week.South Lakes is at Jefferson thisFriday night.
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LANDSCAPING“M&M Premiums.” Just what I neededto see for sale at my local drugstore; with“Triple Chocolate” being one of thevarieties, no less. God, give me strength.How is a pre-diabetic chocoholicsupposed to cope when manufacturerscreate such sweet enticements? It’s badenough that M&M/Mars, makers ofSnickers, Milky Way and 3 Musketeers,among countless other extremely familiarbrands (including the relatively new“Dove” brand) already dominate the top-ten-candy-bar-sales list nationwide with itspresent inventory, but to add another layerof lusciousness on top of its well knownand impressive array of bars and bags is, toquote my mother, Celia, “Too much forany body’s nerves.”
Granted, I have free will, so I amcertainly able to resist, but, as any “StarTrek Next Generation” fan knows,“Resistance is futile,” for most species, andas much as I try to resist, I fear the speciesI most closely resemble — human, will beunable to resist. Eventually, we’ll all beassimilated and buying candy will nolonger be voluntary but mandatory, almostas if we’re all part of a “collective”: see —buy, see — buy, see — buy.
Wait a second. I must be assimilatedalready. Every time I see chocolate, I buychocolate, without even thinking about it.The only thing that stops me is a person,that person being my wife, Dina.
It seems that if we’re together in a storethat sells chocolate, I’m able to mask myneeds/urges and pretend that thechocolate I see (and crave) means nothingmore to me than the salad bar does; thatmeans something that is readily availablebut not the least bit interesting. Fordifferent reasons, of course, butapparently, spouse/peer pressure and/orhaving a fellow adult in close proximity (tome), and an adult who eats like one,seems to be an effective deterrent to anadult who, also in close proximity, eats likea child. If left to my own devices, I willdevise a way where buying and theneating chocolate will serve some greatergood other than feeding my face. Whatthat “way” is, other than being the “go-to-guy” for chocolate information for ourfriends and family members, is a bitunclear. But as my friend, Sanford, sooften says, “Everybody needs a hobby.”
The problem for me is, that being achocoholic is not a hobby, it’s a way oflife. It’s an avocation, it’s a vocation, andit’s an occasion to eat sweet, morning,noon and night. It’s an extremely hardhabit to break and/or brake, nothing likean addiction, at least not on the level ofthose brought on by repeatedconsumption of alcohol, drugs or nicotine,I would imagine (but don’t really know).Nevertheless, certainly there seem to beoverwhelming urges to buy and try,especially when something relatively newappears on the grocer’s shelves. The kindof a new thing that you’ve beenwondering about in your own mind foryears, perhaps, even before the productshowed its packaging; like theEntenmann’s chocolate covered, creme-filled, chocolate cup cakes; or DoubleStufOreo Cookies; or Ben&Jerry’s PeanutButter Cup ice cream, and now, gourmetM&Ms. What will they think of next?
On the one hand, I can’t helpwondering what took them so long, whileon the other (where they’re still notmelting), I have to wonder, why now,when I’m most vulnerable? I realize it’s notalways about me, but when it comes tochocolate, it’s hard to think aboutanybody else.
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Also, Lovaas said, Blakely had worked toregister voters and was still challengingcorporations’ treatment as citizens by thejudicial system and fighting for self-gover-nance for Reston.
According to the nomination, Blakely alsowas a leader in the opposition to the stateconstitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and remainedinvolved in a campaign for aliving wage in the county.
Blakely pointed out that anumber of others had workedwith him on these projects,although he said he was hon-ored. “I’m more pleased thanI can say about this,” he said.
Blakely remembered taking family drivesout into the suburbs when he was growingup in Chicago and thinking these people liv-ing in spacious, tree-filled neighborhoodsled lives somehow more significant thanthose of city dwellers. He had decided hewanted to live in such a neighborhood whenhe grew up.
After moving to Reston, he was on a driveone day and realized he had “come to theplace of my childhood dreams,” he said.“Reston is not just a place to live. Reston isidea come to life.” Here, he said, residentscreate a sense of community and live pur-
poseful lives. “Reston is equity. It is socialjustice.”
However, Blakely said, maintaining suchideals in the community is a struggle — onein which defeats outnumber victories andone never feels that one has done enough.Of his citizen of the year designation, hesaid, “I take this as encouragement that I’mdoing the right thing and I should keep ondoing it.”
BLAKELY’S NAME plaquewill be the first placed on theCitizen of the Year roster,which hangs in the commu-nity center, since 2000. RCAvice president Colin Mills saidthe award was a revival of thecitizens association’s commu-nity service award, which was
initiated in 1976 and had been dormant forthe last eight years. It was intended to rec-ognize people who improved Reston’s qual-ity of life without any expectation of recog-nition.
“Our strength, our heart and our powerlies not with our association but with ourcitizens,” Mills said. “They’re the invisiblethread that binds our community togetherand we want to make them visible.”
He noted that many other valid nomina-tions had been submitted and would beconsidered again next year.
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