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Adult Bald eagle, probably thefemale, on the rim of the nest atBurke Lake. This eagle landed onthe nest rim directly from anapparent courtship flight with theother eagle. Notice that the eagle(she) is looking back and upprobably to see if the other bird,(the male) is coming in to mate.

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January 2015 marks quite a fewnew beginnings for the Comstockfamily – a new Congress, a newjob representing the 10th District

of Virginia in Congress for me, and our firstgranddaughter, Hailey Isabel Roller, born onSunday, Jan. 18, to my daughter Caity andher husband Andrew. A new year, full of newhopes and new beginnings. I have neverbeen so optimistic and committed to get-ting this country back on track. We mustcreate a country full of opportunity andhope for every child and grandchild in thiscountry. As I’ve met with my colleagues, it’sclear that there is a strong commitment toworking together and getting things donefor our constituents — first and foremost— growing a healthy economy, helping ourhardworking taxpayers make ends meet,dealing with the growing internationalthreats we face, and finding ways we canproduce a more efficient and effective gov-ernment.

OPENING DAY AND SWEARING-IN:Standing in the halls of Congress with myfamily and our family priest on Jan. 6, pre-paring for my swearing in, we couldn’t helpbut see and hear the echoes of the past andconsider the heavy responsibility on all whoare privileged to serve in these halls. Onlya little more than 10,000 people have everserved in Congress throughout our history.It is truly an honor to serve as the firstwoman to be the 10th District’s congress-woman. One of the best things about myjob is that unlike many of my colleagues, I

get to go back to my district every nightand see my constituents at the grocery store,at church, driving into work, on the Metro,at restaurants or just about any place I maygo. The people in my district also reflect abroad and diverse group of experts who canprovide me with great guidance in any num-ber of issue areas.

On Jan. 6, our first day of session, we heldan open house for 10th District constitu-ents. In between meeting constituents, I hadthe opportunity to do interviews with C-SPAN, and NBC 4 News talking about myfirst day in Congress and what it was liketo be a freshman congresswoman. As noon-time approached, it was time to head to theHouse Floor. After Speaker Boehner wasnominated and sworn in, all of the otherMembers of Congress jointly took our oathsof office on the House floor together. Therewere many young children with their par-ents on the House floor, while parents andspouses were watching us in the House gal-lery.

The House got right down to work that

afternoon, voting on The Hires More He-roes Act. This important legislation providesa great opportunity to help both veteransand small businesses. According to the U.S.Chamber of Commerce, 71 percent of smallbusiness owners say Obamacare makes itdifficult for them to hire more employees.The Hires More Heroes Act simply allowsveterans to stay on the healthcare programprovided through the VA or Tricare. The leg-islation passed unanimously in the Houseof Representatives. Following the vote Iwent back to my office and met with moreconstituents and joined with family andfriends in town at numerous celebratoryevents.

MY COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS: I amfortunate that my committee assignmentsfor this session reflect many of the sameissues that I worked on in the Virginia Gen-eral Assembly that are very important to myDistrict. I have been appointed to the Trans-portation and Infrastructure Committee, theScience, Space and Technology Committee

and the House Administration Committeewhich oversees the U.S. Capitol itself as wellas the Library of Congress and theSmithsonian where many of my constitu-ents work. In my second week, ChairmanLamar Smith appointed me to chair theResearch and Development Subcommitteeon the Science, Space and Technology Com-mittee. Having worked extensively with ourlocal technology community and havingserved as the chairwoman of the Scienceand Technology Committee in the House ofDelegates, I was pleased to be able to con-tinue work in this area and particularly fo-cus on how we can best promote and cre-ate the jobs of the 21st century. One of thefirst subcommittee hearings we will havewill deal with the challenging issue ofcybersecurity.

On the Transportation and InfrastructureCommittee, we will be tackling a highwaybill this year, as well as the reauthorizationof the Federal Aviation Administration. Bothof these have wide-ranging impacts in ourarea and I am pleased I will be able to serveon this important committee at this criticaltime. One of the first bills the Transporta-tion and Infrastructure Committee broughtto the House floor was the The KeystoneXL Pipeline Act at the end of our first week.The Transportation and Infrastructure Com-mittee shares jurisdiction on this importantlegislation with the Energy and CommerceCommittee. My first brief speech on theHouse floor was in support of the KeystoneXL Pipeline. Republicans and Democratsalike, as well as unions like the Teamstersand LIUNA, and groups such as the TeaParty, and the Chamber of Commerce allsupport this important project. Why? Be-cause it is a jobs bill — plain and simple.Keystone XL passed by a strong bipartisanvote. Now the Senate is expected to pass itwith a strong bipartisan majority and it will

Barbara Comstockreflects on her first fewweeks in Congress.

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All That Glitters Catersto the Fashion-ConsciousIn addition to jewelry, Clifton store sells designerhandbags, home décor, scarves, bath products.

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All That Glitters, located inthe Town of Clifton, is anaccessories and jewelry

boutique that specializes in fash-ion-forward pieces and vintagedesigns. Located in the historicWeaver House, at 7144 MainStreet across from the TrattoriaVillagio Restaurant, the store isowned by Alexandra Soper, whotook over three years ago fromMartha Mikeska In addition to avast selection of fashion jewelry,the store sells scarves, candles,bath products, designer handbagsand home decor. Some of the de-signer names it offers areBrighton, Vera Bradley, Pandora,Anne Coplik, John Medeiros andKelly Rae Roberts. “My whole vi-sion when I took over the storewas to create a place wherewomen could come and find anytype of jewelry piece; I try to carrya wide variety of styles and pricepoints to appeal to everyone,” saidSoper. Her target market is fash-ion-conscious, affluent womenages 30-65. She has one of the 12women-owned businesses in theTown of Clifton.

Soper also offers personal styl-ing services for $50 per hour, aone-stop shop for closet audits andstyling needs. For event styling,she’ll go along as a personal shop-per and help you pick out items,for say, a wedding or fancy event.For the closet audit, she’ll edit yourcloset to see what’s out of style,and donate items to Goodwill or aconsignment shop. With her con-cierge service, she’ll find pieces for

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Fresh from the cold, brownhills of Afghanistan for thepast three years, Bill

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Reynolds stayed in a fenced-inencampment, and with his fewhours of free time, he typicallyexercised or watched television.Standing in line for meals or otherresources was a way of life. Hisfirst interview with Fairfax countypersonnel was from his home-base in Kandahar a few monthsago. After a series of interviewsand checks, Reynolds eventuallywas offered and accepted the po-sition. He arrived in Virginia onDec. 15 and began employmentwith the FCPD on the Dec. 29. Lawenforcement isn’t new toReynolds; he was an FBI contrac-tor for several years prior to hisoverseas service. He took care ofaviation assets for two of the agen-cies units based in Northern Vir-ginia. Traffic doesn’t botherReynolds; neither do other peskylittle things that may annoy some.With a positive attitude and afriendly smile, Reynolds embracesthe five day-a-week schedule witha team he enjoys.

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Letters to the Editor

UrgingDelegates toVote ‘No’To the Editor:

This Friday, members of the Con-stitutional Law Subcommittee ofthe Courts of Justice in the Houseof Delegates will vote on HB2321— a dangerous and unconstitu-tional 20-week abortion ban. Mylegislator, Del. Dave Albo (R-42),is the chair of this subcommittee,and his leadership and oppositionto this legislation is crucial to thesanctity of a woman’s deeply per-sonal healthcare decisions.

Although nearly 99 percent ofabortions in the United States oc-cur before the 21st week of preg-nancy, the 1 percent of abortionsoccurring later in pregnancy involvetragic, unforeseeable medical cir-cumstances (such as rare, severefetal anomalies or serious risks to awoman’s health). Thus, this legis-lation proposes to thwart the judg-ment of doctors in exigent caseswhere sound, professional judg-ment is absolutely critical. Medicalassociations including the AmericanCongress of Obstetricians and

Gynecologists (citing the Journalof the American Medical Associa-tion) oppose these laws, becausethey are dangerous to the healthof women.

Yet medically unqualified politi-

cians in the House of Delegatesinsist that they know better.

In Nebraska, Danielle Deaver’swater broke at 22 weeks. Her doc-tor advised her that (with most ofthe amniotic fluid drained) the fe-tus could not develop or survive andthat the risk of prosecution madeabortion impossible. What kind ofpolitics forces a patient to carry afetus that is certain to be stillborn?

Similar measures in Wisconsin,Alabama, and Texas have been orsoon will be defeated on constitu-tional grounds. Virginia’s version(introduced by some of the moreextreme members of the legislature)reflects the same fundamental lackof understanding of both the lawand the medical circumstances inwhich Virginia patients find them-selves. Qualified physicians must befree to review each patient’s context,make the medically correct diagno-sis, and administer the appropriatetreatment (expeditiously in emer-gencies). Instead, we’ve reached analarming time when politicians haveproposed to criminalize medicallynecessary decisions (such as the onepresented in Ms. Deaver’s case) witha Class 6 Felony.

The House of Delegates is not thebody from which a woman seeksmedical counsel or permission to actin the manner that is critical to herhealth. It is her doctor (sworn to pro-tect her health, as well as extensivelyeducated and sedulously trained todo so) who she rightfully trusts with

these decisions. No woman ad-dresses a legislative committee forpersonal medical decisions.

Recognizing this basic under-standing of roles, Delegate Albomust uphold this truth and vote noon HB2321.

Son HuynhSpringfield

A Challengefor GarzaTo the Editor:

Your article “How Does She DoIt” - Karen Garza’s vision: the irre-sistible force moving immovableobject of Fairfax County PublicSchools (The Connection,December24-10, 2014) showed FCPS Super-intendent Dr. Garza as a force forchange. In the Fairfax Countyschool system, students demon-strate excellence by collaboratingand achieving good grades with theassistance of teachers.

Teachers play a massive role inthe successful education of studentsbecause teachers have high expec-tations for their students, they con-sistently stress the material that stu-dents need, and the teachers pro-vide in class discussion which al-lows students to relay what infor-mation they have obtained. How-ever, the total combination of home-work assigned by high school teach-ers for any one student is often ex-

cessive. As a result, students be-come overwhelmed with excesshomework, even though the stu-dents might already understand thespecific material. Students with ex-cessive homework in school haveless time to spend in after schoolactivities, less time to study on theirown, and less time to accomplishpersonal achievements.

Most experts agree, as do FairfaxCounty Public Schools’ own guide-lines that high school studentsshould only have two hours ofhomework per night, in total. Cur-rently, many teachers expect atleast one or more hours of home-work for each of their classes, es-pecially at the honors levels. An-other problem is that the teachersare not coordinating large tests andassignments as efficiently as pos-sible. The end effect is that stu-dents taking various classes havetoo much homework dumped onthem all at once, as well as at toomany tests on certain testing days.

Students will be able to obtainmore sleep next year due to thelater start times of high schools.Superintendent Garza plans tosolve any issues that arise in theschool systems; hopefully she willrecognize that the failure to coor-dinate and limit homework amongteachers is also a massive issue forhigh school students in FCPS.

James AdamsHerndon

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Long awaited, the opening of the Sil-ver Line promises to bring transfor-mation to Tysons and around thecurrent station in Reston, with an-

other Reston station and Herndon to come.The opening of Springfield Town Center has

been greeted by enthusiastic shoppers, show-ing plenty of demand for retailand restaurants.

Housing prices are up, al-though so is the number of

houses on the market, while the number ofhouses sold is down from last year.

But from local government, current eco-nomic conditions overall look more like this:

Job growth has slowed, and the jobs that arebeing created are lower paying. There is a de-cline in federal and business services employ-ment, while the job growth that the region isexperiencing is dominated by gains in hospi-tality and retail sectors. Slowing job growthand lower wages mean lower demand for homepurchases and retail spending, while declinesin federal jobs and government contractorsmean lower demand for office space. The re-gion is growing, but it is growing at a slowerrate than projected one or two years ago.

Lower demand for office space translates into19 million square feet of vacant office space inFairfax County alone. Just for some sense of

scale, that is like having eight malls the sizeTysons Corner Center (2.4 million square feet)completely empty. Arlington County has anoffice vacancy rate of more than 20 percent;in Rosslyn, the rate is approaching 30 percent(27.7). Overall, Northern Virginia has an of-fice vacancy rate of more than 17 percent.

Not only are companies moving their officesfrom older office space to newer space, moretransit-oriented space, but as they do so, theyare downsizing the amount of space, leavingmore less modern space vacant in the process.

The result will be a very difficult budget yearin Northern Virginia. It’s also a call to do thingsdifferently.

Critical to a successful economy will be tocreate housing that service and hospitalityworkers can afford. We have a massive short-age of affordable housing, and the opportu-nity transform some of the massive quantitiesof vacant office space into thoughtful, well-designed housing.

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pets, photos of you and/or your family withyour cats, dogs, hamsters, snakes, lizards,frogs, rabbits, or whatever other creaturesshare your home or yard with you.

Tell us the story of a special bond between achild and a dog, the story of how you came toadopt your pet, or examples of amazing featsof your creatures. Can your dog catch a Frisbee10 feet in the air, or devour an entire pizzawhen you turn your back for less than aminute?

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In largely residential areas,land use officials in the officesof Supervisor Pat Herrity (R-

Springfield) and Jeff McKay (D-Lee) say to expect to see more“infill” redevelopment in the fu-ture. Most of Fairfax County is“built out,” so these are instancesof larger lots or previously uncon-solidated parcels being redevel-oped and revitalized to increasethe residence, retail or office ca-pacity of the land.

1. Gambrill Pointe subdivi-sion: These 20 homes built on 11acres at roughly Gambrill PointeCourt and Ridge Creek Way werebuilt in 2014 and are in the pro-cess of being sold.

2. Park Pointe subdivision:18 single family homes on 7.7acres have been approved on theeast side of Gambrill Road, nearthe Fairfax County Parkway. Theplan is currently in the site reviewstage of redevelopment.

3. Madison Homes devel-opment: The developer MadisonHomes is working on a subdivisionof 12 single family homes on 5acres around 6408 Spring LakeDrive. That plan is currently in thesite review stage of redevelop-ment, but could see constructiontake place in 2015.

4. Corbet Manor: Sevensingle family homes on 4.5 acresof what were previously uncon-solidated parcels of land will belocated around 7717 GambrillRoad.

5. Monopole in Clifton: TheClifton Creek substation of Domin-ion Virginia Power already has amonopole on a 95-acre site around12895 clifton creek road, howeverDominion and Verizon Wirelesshave applied to move the pole toa different location with moreheight. No date is set for the de-velopment, but Herrity’s office ex-pects some time early this year.

6. Vulcan Materials Gra-ham Quarry: Vulcan, togetherwith the Fairfax County WaterAuthority, are proposing ways to

increase the area in the formerLorton Prison property that can bemined. One collaborative possibil-ity is using the dug-out quarry asa water holding reservoir.

7. Wegmans at Hilltop Vil-lage Center: Though the newdestination grocery-restaurantwas previously slated for a latespring opening, Supervisor JeffMcKay (D-Lee) now says to expectan opening in the May-Junetimeframe — among other rea-sons, due to the substantial train-ing employees must go through.The 350,000 square-foot facilitywill be an anchor at Hilltop Vil-lage Center (the corner of Tele-graph Road and Beulah Street),which will also feature a gym andother retail.

“One thing we’ve experienced atthe Springfield Town Center is itspopularity is unbelievable,” saidMcKay. “And the appetite, espe-cially for restaurants, literally, isso big in that area, that the morewe can build and provide servicesto people closer to where they live,the better.”

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By Donald Sweig

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A pair of nesting baldeagles and often color-ful, transient, winteringwaterfowl are two of

winter’s best attractionson the 218-acre BurkeLake, at Burke Lake Parkin Fairfax Station. Thevery large Eagle nest highin the naked leafless treesis easily seen from theshoreline by the boatlaunch or from the float-ing pier nearby; just lookacross the lake to thenorth.

On any given day youmay or may not see theeagles on or near the nest.Bald eagles tend to usethe same nest year afteryear, adding additionalsticks and branches eachyear until the nest can be-come quite large andquite heavy, as much as 7or 8 feet in diameter and10 or 12 feet deep, andweighing 1,000 pounds ormore. The Burke Lake eagle nesthas been there for a number ofyears.

BALD EAGLES, in the mid-Atlan-tic/Chesapeake region usuallymate and lay eggs in mid-February.They incubate the eggs for about a

month (34 to 36 days) before thechicks hatch, and then it takesabout 10 to 12 weeks before theyoung, juvenile eagles are ready tofledge and leave the nest.

In late January or especially earlyFebruary the adult eagles can some-times be seen mating on a branchor snag near the nest. Soon after,one may see a white head slightlysticking above the edge of the nestas the eagles incubate their eggs.

When first hatched, the youngeagles chicks will be too small tosee in the nest; by late April or earlyMay the chicks may be largeenough to be seen with a pair ofbinoculars or the little telescope. ByJune the juvenile birds are nearlyfully grown and can sometimes be

seen walking and bounding aroundin the nest, and flapping theirwings, although at this point they’restill being fed by their parents. Bymid to late June they should befledged and have left the nest.

Young Bald Eagles are almostentirely brown when they firstleave the nest; by the end of thefirst and during second year theybegin to get some transient whiteon the body or under the wings.

Late in their third year, and duringtheir fourth year they become sexu-ally mature and get the whiteheads and tails that are so charac-teristic and charismatic of our na-tional bird. If you would like to seethe eagle nest, and perhaps theeagles in it or nearby, take some

Winter is a greattime to see eagles.

binoculars and have a look foryourself from the boat launch areaor the floating pier.

Bald eagles are a very specialbird, they’re always fun to see.

Also, most winters, particularlyin late January, all of February, andin early March, Burke Lake alsohosts a good variety of interesting,often colorful, and beautiful win-tering waterfowl. One may seeCommon, Red-breasted, and

Hooded Mergansers,Common and Red-throated loons; Buffle-head, Ruddy ducks, Ring-necked ducks, Gadwall,Pied-billed and HornedGrebes, and in 2014 evena number of White-winged Scoters.

JUST GOING TO LOOKis all part of the adven-ture; one never knowswhat one may find. (Per-haps even a CommonGoldeneye … you neverknow). Most of the water-fowl should be easy tosee; take some binocularsand some kind of a birdbook guide if you haveone. The birds are fre-quently in the middle ofthe lake or flying back-and-forth over the lake.

They are often or usually visiblefrom the shoreline at the boatlaunch, on the path that goesaround to the north toward thedam, or from the dam itself.

So go have a look. The winterwonders at Burke Lake may just betoo good to miss.

Bald Eagles and Winter Waterfowl at Burke Lake


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Adult Bald eagle, probably the female, on the rim of the nest atBurke Lake. This eagle landed on the nest rim directly from anapparent courtship flight with the other eagle. Notice that the eagle(she) is looking back and up probably to see if the other bird, (themale) is coming in to mate.

Two adultBald Eaglesflying to-gether overBurke Lakein what wasapparentlycourtshipflight.

Eagle Nest at Burke Lake. A soaring adult Bald Eagle. A resplendent male Red-breasted Merganser at Burke Lake.


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Send notes to the Connection [email protected] or call703-778-9416. The deadline is the Fridayprior to the next paper’s publication.Dated announcements should be submit-ted at least two weeks prior to the event.

THROUGH SATURDAY/JAN. 31Exhibit of Colorful Nutcrackers. 11

a.m. - 4 p.m. Closed on Tuesdays.Sully Historic Site, 3650 HistoricSully Way, Chantilly. See an amazingarray of nutcrackers, both old andnew, in a colorful case exhibit. Did

you ever wonderwhere the craze forcollecting nutcrackerdolls came from?Nutcrackers have a

fascinating history. The firstnutcrackers were produced to cracknuts more effectively and the oldestknown metal example, on exhibit inTarent, Italy, is from the third orfourth century B.C. The LeavenworthNutcracker Museum in Leavenworth,Washington, shows a bronze Romannutcracker dated between 200 B.Cand 200 A.D. German nutcrackers,made as decorative pieces, weredeveloped around 1500. Earlynutcrackers were in the shapes ofanimals, birds and people. Later, theywere made in the likeness of kings,soldiers, church leaders and rulingclass figures. Fine wood carvednutcrackers were created acrossEurope, especially in France andEngland by the 15th and 16thcenturies. Admission: $7/adult, $6/student, $5/senior or child.

THROUGH MONDAY/FEB. 2Drink This! The Workhouse

International Cup Show.Workhouse Arts Center, 9601 OxRoad, Lorton. Sunday-Tuesday 12-5p.m. and Wednesday-Saturday 11a.m.-6 p.m. Earthy wood-fired teabowls, translucent tumblers, andrichly textured mugs are among 76works selected by Welsh masterceramist Phil Rogers for the thirdannual Workhouse InternationalCeramic Cup Show, “Drink This!”

THROUGH FRIDAY/FEB. 6Bodylore. Olly Olly, 10417 Main

Street, 2nd floor, Fairfax. Olly Olly, analternative art space in Fairfax ispleased to present its inaugural pop-up art exhibition, Bodylore, anexploration of the human figure andan investigation into the body as

social construct, tradition, myth, andfairytale.

SATURDAY/JAN. 31A Sweet History Walking Tour.

4:30-6 p.m. It begins at the RatcliffeAllison House and includes Old TownHall, the Ford House and the historicFairfax County Courthouse. Itconcludes at De Clieu Café withcomplimentary hot chocolate. Cost:$10 per participant. With one payingadult, free admission is provided forone child, age 5 and under. Pre-registration is required. For moreinformation and to register, go towww.chocolatefestival.net. Click on“Events” and then “Sweet HistoryWalking Tour.”

SATURDAY/JAN. 31 - SUNDAY/APRIL 5Reference. W-16 - Vulcan Gallery,

Workhouse Arts Center, 9518Workhouse Way, Lorton. Reference isa multi-media exploration of thevarious modes of influence thatinform visual artists in both contentand process. In Reference,participating artists incorporateperformance, sound, process, andimagery to address the stronginfluence of other artists, visual andotherwise, upon their creative outputas well as their deepest philosophical

and spiritual understandings. Noticket required.www.workhousearts.org. 703-584-2900.

SUNDAY/FEB. 1Super Bowl Party. 5:30 – 10:00 p.m.

Franconia United Methodist Church,6037 Franconia Road, Alexandria.Come and support your team on ourbig screen TV. Lots of food and funactivities in a safe (nonalcoholic)environment with nice people. Bringyour own chair/rugs/blankets/pillows. Contact 703 971-5151 [email protected]. Websitehttp://www.franconiaumc.org.

Winter Lecture: OrnamentalEdible Garden. 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.Historic Green Spring Gardens, 4603Green Spring Road, Alexandria.Designer Sandra Clinton will sharethe delightful history of kitchengardens. Learn how to make youredible landscale pleasing to the eyeas well as to your taste buds. $10(out-of-county and walk-ins $12.)Register online atwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/greenspring using code 290 182 2201or call 703-642-5173.

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FSO Presents ‘An Evening in Prague’Fairfax Symphony Orchestra presents “An Evening in Prague” at the George Mason University, Center for the Per-

forming Arts, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax. Performance: Saturday, Feb. 7, at 8 p.m. Tickets $25-$50. Tickets at888-945-2468 or visit www.fairfaxsymphony.org.

Chris Zimmerman, music director, Fairfax SymphonyOrchestra.

Sylvie Bodorova,composer

See Calendar, Page 11

Photos courtesy of Fairfax Symphony Orchestra

View Drink This! The Workhouse Arts Center’s Interna-tional Cup Show on display through Feb. 2. Earthy wood-fired tea bowls, translucent tumblers, and richly texturedmugs are among 76 works selected by Welsh masterceramist Phil Rogers for the third annual WorkhouseInternational Ceramic Cup Show.


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WEDNESDAY/FEB. 4 - SUNDAY/MARCH 8Julia Galloway. Building W-8,

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SUNDAY/FEB. 8T-TRAK Model Train Show. 1-4 p.m.

Fairfax Station Railroad Museum,11200 Fairfax Station Road, FairfaxStation. Museum members, free;adults 16 and over, $4; children 5-15, $2; under 4, free. Information onthe museum and shows is atwww.fairfax-station.org phone 703-425-9225.

National Concert Band. 3 p.m.Fairfax High School, 3501 Rebel RunRoad, Fairfax. In celebration of its40th anniversary season, the NationalConcert Band, founded by retiredmembers of the D.C. Services Bands,will perform Gustav Holst’s ThePlanets Op, 32. Here’s an opportunityto hear the complete seven-

movement suite. Tickets are $10General Admission, $5 Senior/Military. Students/Children are freewith a paying adult.www.nationalconcertband.org.

WEDNESDAY/FEB. 11Coping with Life Behind Bars: Art

and Music. 7:30 p.m. W-3 Theatre,Workhouse Arts Center, 9518Workhouse Way, Lorton. A paneldiscussion about the liberating andrehabilitative power of art and musicfor offenders of all ages. A specialdisplay of art created by D.C.prisoners will be on view. Part of thePrison Lecture Series. Free, $10suggested donation. Register inadvance. www.workhousearts.org.703-584-2900.


Woodson Hall of FameInduction

W.T. Woodson High School’s third Hall of Fame induc-tion will take place from 1-5 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 7 atthe Grand Atrium in Vienna.

The inductees will include: Gabe Oliverio (basketball,1965), David Strong (football, basketball, track, 1966),David Marsden (football, basketball, track, 1966), ScottSegraves (football, wrestling, baseball, 1975), Bill Boice

(wrestling, 1993), Michelle Dodds (tennis, 1990), BillyMcCulloch (lacrosse, 2001) and Sarrah Hadiji (cross coun-try, indoor track, outdoor track, 2007).

Basketball Skills CampJump Ball Basketball is running a basketball skills

camp for boys and girls in grades 3-8 from 9 a.m.-3p.m. on Monday, Feb. 16 at Patrick Henry College inPurcellville. Visit www.catoctinbasketball.com to reg-ister or [email protected] formore information.

Register Now forSpring Baseball

Registration is now open for Vienna Little League,home of the 9/10 Virginia State Champs.

Spring baseball is right around the corner. For boysand girls ages 5-12, Vienna Little League offers an ex-cellent program to help develop your child’s love forthe Great American Pastime.

Tryouts begin Feb. 6. New members meetings will beheld Jan. 21 and Feb. 18. Visit www.vll.org for moreinformation and to register online. Come join the fun.

Sports Roundups

By Jon Roetman

The Connection

As Rachel Barborek waited to starther floor routine duringSaturday’s Barbara Reinwald In-vitational, the Fairfax senior

looked around at the gymnasts and specta-tors inside the Washington-Lee High Schoolgymnasium and realized most of them werelooking right back.

“Today on floor, in one corner I could seeeveryone was staring at me,” Barborek said.“I was like, that’s cool, I guess. It doesn’tbother me, especially not on floor, becauseI like to perform.”

Barborek put on a show, earning a scoreof 9.3 and causing onlookers to say thingssuch as “she’s so good” and “she’s fun towatch.” Barborek’s performance on floor

helped her overcome a sub-bar performanceon beam and eventually capture first placein the all-around on Jan. 24.

Barborek produced a score of 36.525,edging Washington-Lee senior SophieHatcher (36.35). W-L’s Annie Hatcher placedthird (35.35), followed by Yorktown’sJuliette Mitrovich (34.975), T.C. Williams’Cailyn Lager (34.925) and Hayfield’s MollyOverstreet (34.55).

Barborek’s day started with two falls onbeam, resulting in a seventh-place finishand a score of 8.55. She bounced back witha second-place finish on floor, a third-placefinish on vault (9.2) and first-place perfor-mance on bars (9.475).

“It really was not my best at all,” Barboreksaid about her overall performance. “Istarted with two falls on beam and I reallythought that Sophie was going to beat me.

It was a nail-biter at the end.”Washington-Lee won the team title with

a score of 105.75 (top-three format).Yorktown finished runner-up (101.55), fol-lowed by T.C. Williams (97.725), Fairfax(93.45) and Woodson (90.975).

The ultra-competitive Conference 6 cham-pionship meet is scheduled for Monday, Feb.2 at McLean High School. Barborek is thedefending conference all-around champion.She finished second at the 2014 6A Northregion meet, earning a trip to states.

“I’m pretty confident that I’m going to dowell,” Barborek said. “I’m just going to prac-tice hard.”

McLean senior Lizzy Brown-Kaiser, whofinished conference runner-up last year,Washington-Lee’s Sophie Hatcher and AnnieHatcher, and Yorktown’s Mitrovich couldalso be in the running for the conference

all-around title.Hayfield’s Overstreet, a junior, captured

a three-way share of the AAA vault statechampionship as a freshman and won the6A bars state title as a sophomore with astate-record score of 9.925, but has battleda back injury this year. She finished thirdon bars (8.85) and floor (9.05)Saturday.,

The team competition will likely comedown to Washington-Lee, the three-timedefending region champion, McLean, lastyear’s conference champion and region andstate runner-up, and Yorktown. Only the toptwo teams advance to regionals.

“Our conference is the hardest by far be-cause McLean and W-L” have been the toptwo teams in the region each of the lastthree years, Yorktown head coach JoannePrice said. “Going up against them in anentry-level meet is a hard position to be in.They’re both excellent teams.”

The 6A North region meet is scheduled forFeb. 11 at Lake Braddock Secondary School.

Conference 6 championship meet scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Feb. 2.

Fairfax’s Barborek Wins All-Around at W-L Invite

Hayfield junior Molly Overstreet, the defending6A state bars champion, placed third at theBarbara Reinwald Invitational on Jan. 24 atWashington-Lee High School. Overstreet hasbeen battling back pain this year.

Photos by Louise Krafft/The Connection

The Woodson gymnastics team placed fifth atthe Barbara Reinwald Invitational on Jan. 24 atWashington-Lee High School.

Fairfax senior Rachel Barborek won the all-around competition at the Barbara ReinwaldInvitational on Jan. 24 at Washington-Lee HighSchool.

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go to the President’s desk. While the President hasalready threatened a veto before we even passed thebill, I would hope that the broad bipartisan supportfor this jobs bill would be cause for the President’sreconsideration.

GROWING RANKS OF WOMEN IN CONGRESS:This year marks the first time there have been over100 women serving in Congress. In the first weeks,we had a meeting of the bipartisan Women’s Caucusand we discussed issues where we can work together.Over the holidays, I had already gotten together witha Democrat friend of mine, Rep. Debbie Dingell, todiscuss how we can work together on my YoungWomen’s Leadership Program that I first started in2013. I look forward to continuing to work on thisprogram to expose young women to women leaderswho serve in a broad range of professions and wewill be starting our application process again thisspring. As my first weeks coincided with my daugh-ter Caity and her husband Andrew preparing for thebirth of their daughter, Hailey, I feel even moreblessed to have this privilege to serve our commu-nity and prepare for the best future for the next gen-eration.

KEEP IN TOUCH: As has been the case for the fiveyears I served as the delegate for the 34th District,my door will always be open for all of my constitu-ents in Virginia’s 10th District. I want to continuethe great tradition of Congressman Frank Wolf ’s

much heralded constituent service. That is why wehired many of his district staff to continue in theirpositions. We are opening up an office in Sterling at21430 Cedar Drive, Suite 218, and if you are on Capi-tol Hill stop by 226 Cannon House Office Buildingto say hello. We also will have a Winchester officethat will open in March. Fortunately, we were giventhe same phone number as Congressman Wolf’s 202-225-5136 and you can follow what’s going on inCongress by visiting Comstock.House.Gov. If you areon Facebook go to facebook.com/RepBarbaraComstock and “Like” our page and if youare on Twitter go to twitter.com/RepComstock tofollow our activities. Once again, I look forward toserving you in the people’s house.

Comstock: First Few Weeks on the Hill


U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock with constitu-ents at her open house in the CannonHouse Office Building.

Send notes to the Connection [email protected] call 703-778-9416. Deadline isFriday. Dated announcementsshould be submitted at least twoweeks prior to the event.

Fairfax Baptist Temple, atthe corner of Fairfax CountyParkway and Burke Lake Roads,holds a bible study fellowship at9 a.m. Sundays followed by a 10a.m. worship service. Nurserycare and children’s church alsoprovided. 6401 Missionary Lane,Fairfax Station, 703-323-8100 orwww.fbtministries.org.

The Guhyasamaja Bud-dhist Center, 10875 Main St.,Fairfax City provides free classesto both newcomers and advancedpractitioners of Tibetan Bud-dhism. The center emphasizesworking with the mind and learn-ing how to understand theworkings of the mind, overcom-ing innner causes of suffering,while cultivating causes of happi-ness. Under the direction of LamaZopa Rinpoche, the center is aplace of study, contemplation andmeditation. Visit http://www.guhyasamaja.org for moreinformation.

Lord of Life Lutheran offersservices at two locations, inFairfax at 5114 Twinbrook Roadand in Clifton at 13421 TwinLakes Drive. Services in Fairfaxare held on Saturdays at 5:30p.m. and Sundays at 8:30 and 10a.m. Services in Clifton are heldon Sundays at 8:15 and 10:30a.m. 703-323-9500 orwww.Lordoflifeva.org.

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LEGAL NOTICEPursuant to Section 55-33, 50-35 and 50-36 of the Code of the City of Fairfax, the City of Fairfax Police Department will be disposing of the below listed unclaimed property, by public auction conducted by an independent auction service, convert-ed to department use or generally disposed of. Any person who feels they have a legal claim, with reasonable proof of ownership, should contact MPO Lynn Coulter of the City of Fairfax Police Department at 703-385-7829 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. weekdays until close of business Friday, February 13, 2015.

Below is a summary list of all items. For a complete list, please go to the City of Fairfax website: http://www.fairfaxva.gov/unclaimedproperty

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On Monday, Jan. 26, Del. EileenFiller-Corn (D – 41), repre-senting Springfield, Fairfax,Burke, Fairfax Station, was

joined by her colleague Del. Rich Anderson(R – 51) of Prince William County, advo-cates from Child Care Aware, includingBurke and 41st District resident, Grace Reef,and parents and grandparents of childrenwho tragically lost their children while inthe care of unlicensed day care facilities ata press conference to urge the passage ofher 2015 legislation - HB 1552 and HB2046. “These common-sense bills will helpprevent needless deaths and ensure childrenare in the safest care possible. We shouldn’twait another moment. No family shouldhave to worry about the safety of their chil-dren in child care,” said Del. Filler-Corn.

Del. Filler-Corn’s legislation is aimed atensuring that child care in Virginia is as safeand accessible. HB 1552 would require li-censed child care providers to go throughan extensive background check which in-cludes a fingerprint check to ensure thatthese providers are fully vetted and are whothey say they are. Last year, HB 412 withDel. Filler-Corn as the Chief Co-Patron, es-

tablished a work group to make recommen-dations that could be put into legislation toaddress this issue. Elly Lafkin, a youngmother, lost her first born child in the careof someone with past felony charges, how-ever this information was unknown as heraliases were not picked up in the back-ground check because there was no finger-printing involved.

“It is tragic that in today’s day and agesomeone with five aliases and felonycharges could be allowed to care for a new-born,” said Filler-Corn.

Her second bill, HB 2046 would drop thethreshold of children allowed in a home forlicensed providers. Currently, child care pro-viders that care for six or less unrelatedchildren are exempt from state safety regu-lations. This bill looks to close that thresh-old gap to ensure children are safe while inthe hands of child care providers.

“People who are in the business of caringfor unrelated children, people who are paidevery week, whose income is made throughcaring for children, should have a license,”concluded Filler-Corn.

Del. Eileen Filler-Cornpresents new legislation.

Making Child Care Safe

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Del. Eileen Filler-Corn (D – 41) speaks at a press conference in Richmondon Monday, Jan. 26.

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SATURDAY/JAN. 31Teen Advisory Board (TAB) Meeting. 10:30

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2015 NAACP Fairfax Branch Open House. 11a.m. - 1 p.m. Park Library, 9000 Burke Lake Rd.,Burke. Meet NAACP branch officers, politicalofficials and network. Newly elected officers willbe sworn in during this time. Lunch will beserved. Please RSVP by Jan. 20 [email protected]. Visitwww.fairfaxnaacp.org for more info.

Genealogy Help Desk. 2 p.m. City of FairfaxRegional Library, 10360 North Street, Fairfax.Bring your family history stumpers to theexperts. Accomplished genealogists and librarystaff will be on hand to assist you. Ask at theVirginia Room desk or call 703-293-6227.

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WEDNESDAY/FEB. 18Diagnosis Dementia…Now What? 1:30 p.m.

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