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Westfield alumni Branson Reese andReeves McElveen re-creating theirCappie-winning scene from “Ham-let,” theater grad Jade Jones belt-

ing out a song from “The Wiz” and a sneak peekat the school’s upcoming musical, “West SideStory.” All this and more arepart of Westfield High’s “10-Year Cabaret – A Decade ofExcellence.”

For one night only — Sat-urday, Jan. 16, at 8 p.m. —(snow date, Jan. 23),Westfield’s Theatre Arts De-partment will celebrate adecade of the school’s memorable performancesas more than 100 former and current theater stu-dents reprise some 25 songs and scenes from pastproductions. Seating is reserved and $10 ticketsmay be ordered online at www.westfieldtheatreboosters.com. Proceeds will go toward

upgrades of the auditorium’s sound system.“Alumni will be here from all over the country,”

said director Lori Knickerbocker. “we have kidsflying in from Utah, Chicago and up and downthe East Coast. Rehearsals were when they werehome over Christmas break.” Her son Kevin andSarah Cowdery, both theater alums, helped herorganize the show.

“We’ve been working on this several monthsbecause the logistics were pretty challenging,”said Knickerbocker. “But it’s been rewarding tosee and catch up with everybody. It’s really greatto see the older and younger students together

and know they’re all part ofthe Westfield Theatre fam-ily. It doesn’t matter whatyear they graduated — theyall speak the same lan-guage.”

Some of the students’ fa-vorite numbers from 10years of shows will be pre-sented, with the original

cast, where possible. “We picked things that wouldappeal to the general public,” said Knickerbocker.“And the featured soloists are either still study-ing this or doing it professionally. The caliber of

Photo by Lori Knickerbocker

More than 100 alumni and current students are performing in Westfield Theatre’s10-Year Cabaret, Jan. 16. They include (from left) 2008 grads Lindsay Thomas, BenReese, Jade Jones and Allison Wruk, plus 2009 grad Samantha Henry.

‘A Decade of Excellence’Westfield Highpresents 10-year cabaret.

“… it’s been rewardingto see and catch upwith everybody.

— Lori Knickerbocker, director

By Bonnie Hobbs

Centre View

Hundreds of studentsfrom local elementary,middle and high

schools will gather Sunday, Jan.17, in remembrance of Dr. MartinLuther King Jr. The Chantilly Pyra-mid Minority Student Achieve-

ment Committee (CPMSAC) willhold its 16th annual King Festivalfrom 4-6 p.m. in the WestfieldHigh auditorium. (Snow date isJan. 24).

The free event is a blend of en-tertainment and education, as wellas a showcase of the students’ ar-ray of talents as they honor Kingand everything for which he stood.Co-chairs are Kim Graham, BrendaJohnson, Wanda Tanks-Gregoryand Deneen Vaughn.

“This program is a way of carry-ing on Dr. King’s legacy and main

Festival To HonorMartin Luther KingCPMSAC holdsannual eventon Jan. 17.

By Bonnie Hobbs

Centre View

Usually, Paisano’s is in thebusiness of selling food— pizza, pasta and other

Italian specialties. But for threeweeks after Thanksgiving, it alsofocused on collecting food to give

to local people in need.“People often give to national

organizations, but we wanted todo something to help FairfaxCounty residents — people in ourown backyard,” said FouadQreitem, Paisano’s president.

So he contacted St. Andrew the

Food for the NeedyNearly 10,000 cans donated.

Photo by

Ed Fulginiti

Shakinghands in frontof somePaisano’sautomobilesfilled withfood are(from left)Father JohnKelly andFouadQreitem,Paisano’spresident.

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The Westfield Dance Team performed “I Have a Dream” at last year’s annual Dr. MartinLuther King Jr. Festival.

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Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.taining awareness of his contributions,” said Tanks-

Gregory. “CPMSAC wants to invite the communityto celebrate his life.”

This year’s theme is “We Dream a World of Love,Vision, Democracy and Hope,” and each group orindividual performing will illustrate one of theseconcepts. Westfield High Principal Tim Thomas willwelcome the crowd, and two Chantilly High seniors,Malcolm Gregory and Alexis Askew, will be, respec-tively, the master and mistress of ceremonies.

The program is still being finalized, but severalperformers have already signed up. Franklin MiddleSchool eighth-grader Jonesha Fullerton will sing,“When You Believe,” and a 25-member chorus fromColin Powell Elementary will sing, “The Quest forPeace.”

Greenbriar East Elementary’s 30-person choruswill perform “Amani Utupe” (Grant us Peace, Grantus Courage). And the Virtuous Dance Ensemble willdance to Seal’s version of “A Change is Gonna Come.”

Bringing 80 students each are Lees Corner andBrookfield elementaries. Lees Corner’s fifth-gradechorus will perform, “I Have a Dream,” andBrookfield’s chorus will sing, “I Am But a Small Voice.”

Rocky Run Middle seventh-grader Kathryn Youngwill perform a classical number on the piano, andthe McNair Elementary Singers and Recorder Clubwill entertain with “There Will be Peace.”

Three students, Elanna Gregory, Cameron Vaughnand Trent Pace, will read a poem in honor of King.Professional singers Tara Boyd, Anthony Ogburn andElemeria Buckholder will also perform.

Several Westfield students will also take the stage.Devin Simpson will dance, as will the school’s danceteam, coordinated by coach Cindy Kilmer. TheWestfield drumline will perform, guitarist and singerClayton Mouzon will entertain, and Avery Hobbs andTaylor Aucott will sing a duet.

Also participating will be students from Centrevilleand Chantilly high schools, plus Oak Hill Elemen-tary.

Man SentencedFor Assault

A Penderbrook man has been sentenced to sixmonths in jail for a Sept. 9 assault in Fair Oaks. Heis Daniel Jimenez Munoz, 25, of 3909 PenderviewDrive in Fairfax.

According to police, an 18-year-old woman waswalking outside an apartment complex in the 12100block of Polo Drive, around 10 p.m., when a manapproached her and tried engaging her in conversa-tion. She ignored him and continued walking, buthe grabbed her and threatened her with a smallknife.

The victim struggled with him and was able tobreak free. The man then fled on foot toward Monu-ment Drive. The victim did not require medical at-tention. Police later released a composite sketch ofthe suspect and, on Sept. 15, a Fairfax County po-lice officer recognized Munoz from that sketch. Asubsequent investigation led to his arrest on assaultand abduction charges.

Munoz appeared Nov. 9 in General District Courtand, at that time, his abduction charge was dropped.However, Judge Mitchell Mutnick found him guiltyof assault and sentenced him to 360 days in jail, with180 days suspended.

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Inova Health System is offering 2009 novel H1N1vaccinations as well as seasonal influenza vaccina-tions to children and adults at Inova Fair Oaks Hos-pital.

❖ Saturday, Jan. 16 from 12:30-3:30 p.m. at theMedical Plaza Building Conference Room, 3700 Jo-seph Siewick Drive, Fairfax.

❖ Saturday, Jan. 23 from 12:30-3:30 p.m. at theMedical Plaza Building Conference Room, 3700 Jo-seph Siewick Drive, Fairfax.

The cost for the seasonal flu vaccine is $25 per

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Because of Our Neighbor’s Child and its volunteers, nearly 800local families in need — including more than 2,300 children —received Christmas gifts this year. The photos show Centreville

and Westfield students readying homemade cookies for each family,plus ONC volunteers packaging toys.

Bringing HolidayJoy to Local Families

Westfield High students gather to package the homemade cookies they baked for ONC.Each of the 100 SGA members made three dozen cookies.

Holding their home-baked cookies are Centreville High students (fromleft) Katie Dudzik, Allison Blumer, Emily Bullard, Molly MacDonnell,Danielle Stoffelen, Haley Esau, Shelby Reingruber, Gina Masters andAmanda Smith. Some 200 members of Centreville’s SGA each made threedozen cookies for ONC.

Sorting toys for packaging are (from left) Ross Lavin, Jeremy Ryan,Shawn Mordhorst, Steve Crouse and Kevin King. Crouse lives inChantilly Highlands and the others are all college students andWestfield High grads.

Verifying package-delivery information are(from left) caller Veronica Delaney of SullyStation II and Virginia Run residentsNicole Rogers, project leader for packag-ing day, and Melissa McKee, project leaderfor calling volunteers.

ONC treasurer KarenMoore (on left) handsONC clothing coordi-nator DeniseMcInerney a checkfrom a local resident.Donations from thecommunity helpedfurnish these coatsfor families in need.

From left: Virginia Run’s Bob Biagi andVictoria View’s Bob Hager of OurismanAutomotive helped organize bikes. Biagitook over as bike coordinator this year,when last year’s coordinator couldn’t doit, at the last minute, and Ourisman do-nated several bikes.

Sisters Kacey andMolly Cronin

(from left)organized bikes,

scooters andskateboards and

matched themwith helmets

(pictured). Kaceyis a Westfield

High 2008 gradand Molly is a

Westfield junior.

From left: SueKiely, Kym Sundayand SuzanneOlijar sort clothesfor the ONCclothing “store”for recipientfamilies.

Photos by

Bonnie Hobbs/

Centre View

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person (cash or check accepted). The cost for the H1N1 vac-cine is $10 per person (cash or check accepted). Medicare Part Bis also accepted for influenza and H1N1 vaccinations.

Call 703-750-8818 (or call 1-877-895-5BUG, toll-free) or visitinova.org/flu.

Free Carseat InspectionsCertified technicians from the Sully District Police Station will

perform free, child safety carseat inspections Thursday, Jan. 7and Jan. 21, from 5-8:30 p.m., at the station, 4900 StonecroftBlvd. in Chantilly. No appointment is necessary. But residentsshould install the child safety seats themselves so techniciansmay properly 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 properuse of the child seat. Call 703-814-7000, ext. 5140, to confirmdates and times.

Westfield Community CoalitionThe Westfield Community Coalition will meet Monday, Jan.

11, at 6 p.m., at Moe’s Southwest Grill, 505 Westone Plaza inChantilly. Contact Jennifer Cooper at jalcooper@aol.com.

Man Pleads Guilty to AbductionA Fairfax man has pleaded guilty to abducting a 25-year-old

Fairfax woman. He is Wilson Boteo Barahona, 22, of 12111 PoloDrive, No. 124. The crime occurred Aug. 18, around 6:15 a.m.,in the 12200 block of Pender Creek Circle.

Fairfax County police said the victim was exercising in the com-munity gym and, as she left, a man grabbed her from behind.She screamed and he covered her mouth. A brief struggle en-sued and he fled without injuring her. However, several hourslater, witnesses directed officers to a bicycle-riding man whomatched the suspect’s description.

Police charged Boteo Barahona, 22, with assault and abduc-tion by force. On Nov. 4 in General District Court, the assaultcharge was dropped, and Judge Stuart Davis sent the abductionto the grand jury. Boteo Barahona was indicted for that offenseon Nov. 16 and pleaded guilty, Dec. 8, in Circuit Court. He’s slatedfor sentencing, Feb. 12, by Judge Charles Maxfield.

Bad Check Yields Jail, ProbationIn July, City of Fairfax police charged an Oak Hill man with

attempting to obtain money by false pretenses from a Fairfaxbusiness. Now, Donovan Antoine Myers, 20, of 12818 WrexhamRoad, has been sentenced to jail and probation for his actions.

According to police, on July 31, around 10:27 a.m., an em-ployee of Cash for Less at 9766 Fairfax Blvd. reported that a manwas trying to cash a fraudulent check. Police responded and ar-rested Myers. He appeared Nov. 17 in Fairfax County GeneralDistrict Court and, at that time, his charge was reduced to a mis-demeanor offense of bad-check larceny. Judge Mark Simmonsthen sentenced Myers to 180 days in jail, suspending 178 days,and placed him on a year’s probation.

Man Pleads Guilty to RobberyIn May, Fairfax County police charged two Centreville residents

with robbing the BB&T Bank at 13360 Franklin Farm Road inChantilly. Now both have been convicted and will be sentencedin February. They are Zoghanno Holmes, 50, and Marlon Negassa,37, both of 14547 Golden Oak Road in The Meadows commu-nity. On Oct. 15 in Circuit Court, Holmes pleaded guilty to rob-bery. Judge Robert Smith then set her sentencing for Feb. 26.Negassa was scheduled to stand trial Dec. 1 in Circuit Court, butinstead pleaded guilty to use of a firearm in the commission of afelony, plus an amended charge of robbery on or near a street.He’s slated for sentencing, Feb. 5, by Judge Michael McWeeny.

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Photo by Ed Fulginiti

Father John Kelly and Fouad Qreitem (middle) are flanked by Paisano’s store managers(from left) John Qreitem, Norman Taweel, Pierre Chahine and Sam Saah.

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Collecting Food for Those in NeedApostle Catholic Church, on Union Mill Road in

Clifton. “It was close to one of my stores, I havefriends who attend there and I knew they work witha couple organizations in need of food,” Qreitemsaid.

The restaurants involved in the food drive werethe Paisano’s in Chantilly, Fair Lakes, Fairfax City,Reston and Herndon, plus Bella Pizza (also ownedby Qreitem) in Centreville. When customers calledto place an order, employees taking their calls toldthem about the food drive and asked — in a low-key way — if they’d like to help.

“I was thinking, if we could collect 500 cans perstore, it would be a good thing,” said Qreitem. “Butthey all did great. The first two days we did it, weraised 1,500 cans.”

By the time the drive ended,Paisano’s had amassed nearly10,000 cans — as well as boxed fooditems and 20 bags of clothing.

“A real thank-you goes out to ourclients and customers,” saidQreitem. “They were so gracious andgenerous. Some would order foodfrom us, four days a week, andwould donate four days a week. It was truly hum-bling and amazing.”

Each restaurant served as a drop-off site, butQreitem said about 85 percent of the contributionswere given when Paisano’s employees delivered foodto customers. “It was great to know that peoplehelped other people,” said Qreitem. “The office wasjust stacked with cans. We estimated that we hadenough food to feed a couple thousand people.”

Then, the morning of Dec. 22, several automo-biles from Paisano’s delivered the food to St. An-drew, with Father John Kelly there to receive it. Thechurch then shared the bounty with Western FairfaxChristian Ministries (WFCM), House of Mercy,Choices and Our Lady of the Blue Ridge.

WFCM runs a food pantry and thrift store inChantilly for people in need in Western FairfaxCounty, and House of Mercy provides food and cloth-ing for the poor in Manassas. The latter, said Kelly,was “established by Jack Fullen, a priest formerlyfrom our diocese.”

Choices operates a shelter for victims of domesticviolence and sexual assault, and Our Lady of the BlueRidge is a Catholic parish in Madison, Va. “A lot ofthe people in the mountains there are very poor,” saidKelly. “So we send them food, clothing and baby sup-plies all year long, plus gifts and gift cards at Christ-mas.”

Therefore, he said, when Qreitem contacted hischurch about its food drive, he was overjoyed to learnabout the effort and delighted to channel the fooditems to those needing them most. St. Andrew alsoaccepted non-perishable food donations at the par-ish office, weekdays, and in the parish hall after allSunday masses, and those, too, added to the totalcollected.

“We’ve seen a big increase, in the past six months,in people needing assistance withfood,” said Kelly. “The effect of theeconomy is still being felt here. Sowhen Paisano’s said they wanted todo this, we were more than happyto jump on the bandwagon withthem.”

Kelly said the response fromPaisano’s customers was remark-able, and their generosity “confirmsthe goodness in people’s hearts and

their willingness to share and help others less fortu-nate, even when their own financial picture isn’t asstable as it once was.”

All in all, he said, “We were touched that a busi-ness would reach out to the community at large, andthe [four recipient organizations] were impressed andgrateful for the help. They were overwhelmed by [allthe food that was donated] and were happy to beable to help the people that were depending on it.”

But Qreitem, for one, wasn’t surprised. “I was 100-percent confident this food drive would be a success,”he said. “I know the capacity for caring among thegreater Fairfax County community is second-to-none.”

He, too, was pleased knowing what had been ac-complished. “It was as gratifying to my managers,and us as a unit, as it was to the people who receivedthe food,” said Qreitem. “The community supportsus, year ’round so, for us, it was the least we coulddo. We went home at night feeling like we’d reallydone something to help.”

“It was trulyhumbling andamazing.”

— Fouad Qreitem,Paisano’s president

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By Julia O’Donoghue

Centre View

The Fairfax County School Board wasalready discussing the eliminationof elementary school foreign lan-

guage instruction, most full-day kindergar-ten classes and the majority of thecounty’s summer school program as away to cope with a projected budgetshortfall of $100 million to $200 millionduring the 2010-2011 school year.

Now, they have may have to come upwith a longer list of program cuts thanksto Gov. Tim Kaine’s latest state budgetproposal, announced in December.

Kaine (D) recommended freezing thestate education funding formula, a movethat would result in Fairfax schools losingan additional $50 million to $60 million infinancial help from Richmond during thenext school year.

Fairfax County already provides the ma-jority of its school system’s budget. In 2010for example, the locality covered approxi-

mately 73 percent of Fairfax Public Schools$2.2. billion operating budget.

If Fairfax County wants to make up for astate funding cut of that magnitude, thelocal Board of Supervisors would have toraise the local property tax rate approxi-mately 2.5 to three cents this spring.

Fairfax’s foreign language in elementaryschools program costs about $2.5 millionand the foreign language immersion pro-gram costs about $2.1 million annually. Theschool system spent just under $5 millionon traditional summer school and about $30million on full-day kindergarten this year.

“If we had $50 million, we might be ableto avoid an increase in class size,” said

school board member Stuart Gibson(Hunter Mill District).

VIRGINIA’S education funding formulatakes into account several factors butlargely relies on localities’ property valuesand median household income to determinehow much money each school district re-ceives from the commonwealth.

Described by legislators as a “complicatedalgorithm,” the formula is designed to covera larger portion of public education costsin Virginia’s school districts with the few-est financial resources. The formula as-sumes that jurisdictions like Fairfax — con-sidered one of the wealthiest localities inthe country — can more easily afford tofund its own education systems throughlocal taxes.

As a result, the state covers relatively littleof Fairfax County Public Schools budgetwhen compared to what they provide forother localities.

Virginia provides approximately $23.47for every $100 spent on public educationin Fairfax County. In other Virginia schooldistricts which reap the most from the cur-rent funding formula the state provides$84.47 for every $100 spent on public edu-cation, according to Fairfax County docu-ments.

“Any time you have a state funding for-mula that is based on relative wealth, wedon’t do very well,” said Del. Dave Albo (R-42), who represents Lorton, Springfield,Fairfax Station and Burke.

BUT FAIRFAX, Loudoun and Prince Will-iam counties were expected to benefit fi-nancially from a scheduled recalculation ofthe state education funding formula thisyear.

Though property values and averagehousehold incomes remain high in North-ern Virginia overall, Fairfax and these otherlocal jurisdictions saw a more substantialdrop in home prices when compared with

By Justin Fanizzi

Centre View

The candidates for AttorneyGeneral-elect KenCuccinelli’s vacant 37thDistrict State Senate seat

kicked off their last week of campaign-ing before the special election with ameeting with local business leadersWednesday, Jan. 6 at a networkingbreakfast.

Hosted by the Greater SpringfieldChamber of Commerce at the FairfaxStation Railroad Museum, the break-fast was the only joint appearance for

Del. David Marsden (D-41) and Republicanchallenger and former School Board mem-ber Steve Hunt leading up to the Jan. 12election. The candidates each spoke on thesignificant issues facing the district and tookquestions from the attendees. As expected,jobs and the economy dominated the dis-cussion.

“I think we need to have our House ofDelegates and State Senate be more pro-business,” said Chamber of Commercemember Kathleen McDermott. “We need to

have less regulation and more of an effortto support developing small businesses.”

McDermott’s feelings echoed the senti-ment of many of the event’s attendees,many of whom are small business owners,and the candidates seized the opportunityto reach out to their audience. Marsden andHunt were given 10 minutes to speak be-fore taking questions, and both focusedtheir speeches on economic recovery, in-cluding job growth, taxes and governmentregulation.

Marsden repeatedly stressed Virginia’srating as the “best state to do business in,”as selected by Forbes Magazine, and out-lined his plans on how to maintain that rat-ing. He said that the state needed to keepthe rating intact so that new small busi-nesses would have incentive to open theirdoors in this area and to do that, he said,Richmond must take a pro-business, pro-growth stance. A pro-business stance,Marsden said, would include less regula-tion as well as ensuring that the governor’sOpportunity Fund has money in it and thatthe Small Business Financing Authority re-mains able to guarantee small businessloans.

“Job growth has not been strong,”Marsden said. “We need to make sure ournew governor have money in the Oppor-tunity Fund and we need a small businessloan guarantee to get [the number of] jobsback up. Small business is the engine thatdrives Virginia and I’m your partner inRichmond that will make sure you are nothindered.”

Hunt, on the other hand, said that a mar

Business Community Meets with CandidatesCandidates for vacant37th District StateSenate seat meet withconstituents at anetworking breakfast.

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Will Richmond Yield Deeper Cuts for Schools?Freezing state funding would add $50 millionto the schools’ projected budget shortfall.

“I’m looking [to vote] forthe person who is goingto stand up for the smallbusiness owner.”

— John Faith

“No other region of Virginiawould tolerate this type ofdiscriminatory treatment.”

— State Sen. Chap Petersen (D-34)

“If we had $50 million, wemight be able to avoid anincrease in class size.”

— School board member Stu Gibson(Hunter Mill)

Special ElectionThe 37th State Senate District is com-

prised of parts of the Sully, Springfield andBraddock Districts. All registered residentsof this district can vote in the special elec-tion on Tuesday, Jan. 12 from 6 a.m.-7 p.m.at their normal polling places.

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At the Centre View, we invite our read-ers to fill us in, literally. As we beginthe New Year, we are reminded thatwe need to hear from our readers.

As local, weekly newspapers, theCentre View’s mission is to bring thenews you need about your community,to give you the information you needto enjoy the best things in and nearyour community, to advocate for communitygood, to call attention to unmet needs, to pro-vide a forum for dialogue on local concerns,and to celebrate and record milestones andevents in community and people’s lives.

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We publish photos and notes of a variety ofpersonal milestones and community events,including births, engagements, weddings, an-niversaries, awards and obituaries.

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Get InvolvedThe first day of the 2010 General Assembly

session is Wednesday, Jan. 13.The House Appropriations and Senate Fi-

nance Committees will hold a Regional PublicHearing on Friday, Jan. 8, at 10 a.m., at theNorthern Virginia Community College,Annandale Campus. The hearing will focus onthe Governor’s proposed 2010-12 BiennialState Budget and is open to the public.

Fairfax County’s delegation to the GeneralAssembly will hold a pre-session public hear-ing on Saturday, Jan. 9, at 9 a.m. at the FairfaxCounty Government Center. Sign up to speakby calling the Clerk of the Board of Supervi-sors at 703-324-3151.

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Editorial

Get NorthernVirginia MovingTo the Editor:

I chose to move to FairfaxCounty 15 years ago for its greatquality of life, excellent schools,and business opportunities. How-ever, this standard of living is be-ing threatened by a transportationcrisis.

Over the past 10 years the popu-lation in Northern Virginia has al-most tripled, while our road andtransit systems largely remain thesame. Little progress has occurredduring the Warner and Kaine ad-ministrations, whereby decades-old transportation formulas werestill being used that neglected thechanging population patterns ofthe Commonwealth. This is notgood news for Northern Virginia.The announced budget reductionswill not only halt construction, butwill halt maintenance of our wornroadways and bridges. The up-coming McDonnell Administrationshould face these challenges byfinding alternative revenuesources such as the sale of state-owned liquor stores and public-private partnerships.

The most drastic traffic concernis Route 66 — it is almost a dailyoccurrence that the highway isbacked up for 10 miles or moreduring rush hour. Widening Route66 is not just a matter of easing

traffic flow, but is also an issue ofnational security. If a terrorist at-tack were to occur in Washington,I-66 would be the primary meansof evacuating the city. Consideringthat this route cannot handle rushhour on any given weekday, it’shard to imagine the chaos in amass evacuation. As I have wit-nessed disasters in my career,whether it be September 11th orHurricane Katrina, strong evacu-ation routes are of supreme neces-sity. Widening 66 inside thebeltway has been discussed fordecades, but now is the time a“shovel has to be placed in theground.” Congressman Frank Wolfhas been aggressively fighting forfederal dollars for this project andwe need to support his efforts todo so.

For new projects, raising rev-enues can be done without rais-ing taxes, through existing meth-ods such as maintaining the “trust”in the Virginia trust fund and in-novative ideas such as selling ourstate-owned ABC liquor stores.The liquidation of our state-ownedABC liquor stores could raise asmuch as $500 million in sale rev-enue and save the Commonwealthover $115 million in annual over-head costs by eliminating a statebureaucracy. What’s more, Virginiais only one of 18 states that doesnot allow private liquor sales.

Public -private partnershipsshould be a key part of our trans-

portation plan including HOTlanes. An example of this in West-ern Fairfax is the Route 28 Expan-sion from I-66 to Leesburg Pike , aproject being completed betweenVDOT and Clark Construction.This project will help expandRoute 28 from six to eight lanesand add several interchanges onthis vital corridor. Another optionthat needs to be explored are HighOccupancy Toll (HOT)-Lanes.Plans have been put in place for395, I-95 and 495 Capital BeltwayCorridor and should be imple-mented. Unfortunately GovernorKaine ordered a halt to construc-tion for HOT Lanes on the 395 andI-95 Corridor — this move dis-mayed many, including Chairmanof the Board of Supervisors SharonBulova. The Chairman wrote a let-ter in September to the Governorarguing that Hot Lanes are “… theonly viable opportunity to securethe critical infrastructure neededin the I-95/I-395 corridor in theforeseeable future.” HOT Lanesand other forms of public-privatepartnerships are a way of movingtransportation projects forwardwhile maximizing scarce tax dol-lars during this economic down-turn.

In addition to innovative fund-ing ideas, Delegate–Elect JimLeMunyon has proposed signageindicating the available parkingspots along the I-66 Metro Sta-tions: Vienna, Dunn Lorring and

West Falls Church. Commutersdrive towards these Metro stationswhere the lots are often filled bymid-morning, wasting time andstalling exit ramps. This notifica-tion process could help ease head-aches before additional parkingbecomes available.

We need a plan and we need itimplemented, as the current stateof stagnation cannot persist. With-out this, we will lose employersand jobs, and the value of ourhomes will continue to fall. Whenwe are stuck in traffic we are notmaking meetings, purchases,working or spending time with ourfamilies. This traffic is a drain onour economy and our quality oflife.

Marianne HorinkoChantilly

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have him come down the driveway andshouted “100 bucks.” The driver stopped,backed up and started plowing. In about 5minutes he did what would have taken medays to do. I walked over to give him mytip which he refused and just said “MerryChristmas! The money is not necessary buthere’s my card. Check us out and tell yourneighbor.” (He meant the neighbor I sharethe pipe-stem with.) He was Bill Casey,owner of Casey’s Automotive in Chantilly.

I said, “You may have just saved a life to-day. Thanks.” And off he went.

I’ve actually been a customer of Casey’sand have always been treated well there.I’m taking the “neighbor” request a littlefurther with this letter — hoping you willpatronize this fine business and one of ourcommunity’s many Good Samaritans.

Mark SearleChantilly

Support SchoolsIn Bad Times TooTo the Editor:

Fairfax County Public Schools face yetagain another budget shortfall. With the2009-2010 school year nearing the halfwaypoint, county leaders are already preach-ing gloom and doom for next year. As aneducator in Fairfax County, this concernsme. Most teachers can barely afford to livein the communities that we teach in; an-

other year without a step increase or COLAadjustment will drive more and more of usout of the district. Having been born andraised in Western Pennsylvania, how thiscounty cannot come up with sufficient fundsto meet the needs of its students is beyondmy understanding. Unemployment standsat 4.8 per cent in the county; the averagefamily income is $122,000/year; 59 per centof county residents hold at least a bachelor’sdegree. Let us compare this with AlleghenyCounty, whose population is about the sameas Fairfax County. Unemployment stands at7.3 per cent; average family income is$46,402; only 28 per cent of county resi-dents hold a bachelor’s degree. It is consid-ered a disgrace to the district if a teachercannot afford to live where they teach —in Fairfax County, it is assumed that theywill not live within.

Unlike Fairfax County, schools in Penn-sylvania are sustained by the local commu-nity; any budget shortfall must be made upby the residents who live within the schooldistrict (whether they have children in theschools or not). Education is seen as some-thing of extreme importance — it’s a wayout of the factories that our parents andgrandparents have labored in all of theirlives. It is the reason that I did not followthe path of my father — I do not have tostand at the same machine like he has forthe past 37 years. My father worked Satur-days and holidays so that I could receive acollege education and an out from the mind-less daily toil that he has faced. I can never

thank him enough. While residents maycomplain about the costs, they step up andfund their schools. My 85-year-old grand-mother, whose only income comes fromSocial Security somehow comes up withnearly $5,000 every year to pay her schooltaxes. How can a county where 59 per centof its residents have achieved academic ex-cellence not put every penny they have backinto education? The parents of FairfaxCounty want their children to receive aCadillac education but are only willing topay for a Pinto.

Homeowners in Fairfax County have se-rious decisions to make about where theirpriorities are. When times were good andtheir house values were overinflated, no onewas complaining. Instead they were flippinghouses in a mad dash to make a few extradollars (while at the same time laying thefoundation for the market collapse). Nowthat reality has set back in, residents sim-ply want to use the drop in the value of theirhome as an excuse for not having to payhigher taxes. Candidates running for officeall seem to think they can offer a tax reduc-tion — how is that possible? Do people ac-tually believe that this shortfall can beclosed with a tax cut? We cannot have itboth ways — the county cannot continueto educate children at a high level withoutthe funds needed to do so. Further, as teach-ers get priced out of living in the area, theywill move to communities where they arerespected and taken care of. Parents wantexcellent teachers — raise their salaries and

you will get them. I have four college de-grees — I could be making much more inthe private sector; however, the future ofthis nation and its youth is much more im-portant to me than the greed that comeswith an inflated income. I simply want tobe able to live in the community that I teachin. The nation elected a president whotalked about change and commitment tocommunity — Fairfax County voted for this“change.” It is time to step up and act — asErnest Gains wrote “Words mean nothing.Action is the only thing. Doing. That’s theonly thing.”

Thomas Demharter

Hold Line on TaxesTo the Editor

I proudly support Steve Hunt for StateSenate for the special election on Jan. 12.Steve is a retired Naval Flight Officer whohas served our nation and community wellfor years. From working with Habitat forHumanity, to serving on the Fairfax CountySchool Board, Steve has been a selfless ser-vant of our community. Now, more thanever, we need a principled, conservativeleader like Steve Hunt in the State Senate.Steve will hold the line on taxes, offer taxcuts to small businesses that help them cre-ate jobs, and fight wasteful spending inRichmond.

Ralph HubbardCentreville

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Westfield High Hosts 10-Year Cabaret

Choreographer Yvonne Henry works with the “Guys and Dolls” cast to re-create theproduction number, “Sit Down You’re Rockin’ the Boat,” for Westfield’s cabaret.

the talent is phenomenal.”

SPONSORED BY the WestfieldTheatre Boosters, the event is partof the school’s year-long, 10th-birthday celebration. Westfield’sfirst principal, Dale Rumberger,will join current Principal TimThomas, Assistant Principal DaveJagels and Westfield Theatre Di-rector Scott Pafumi as hosts.Knickerbocker and CharlieManship (music director) are di-recting, aided by Ashley Dillard,Carol Jones (vocal director), EmilyHowell, Yvonne Henry (choreog-rapher), Susie Pike, Zoë Dillardand others.

“Things are going wonderfully,”said Henry. “The best part is hav-ing all the kids I’ve been fortunateenough to work with, the last 10years, come back and share theirlove of theater, one more time.We’re having so much fun, andthey even remembered the origi-nal choreography from theseshows.”

Alumni performers include PatMitchell (’02), Courtney Reed(’03), Reaves McElveen (’04),Kevin Knickerbocker (’04), KevinPearson (’04), Jon Lawlor (’04),Carolyn Agan (’05), Megan Mead-ows (’05), Michelle Murgia (’05),Laura Fraase (’06), Branson Reese(’06), Michelle Polera (’05), Dal-las Sweezy (’06), Kevin Manship(’06), Ashley Dillard (’06), SarahCowdery (’08), Ben Reese (’08),Daniel Calabrese (’08), Sarah Pike(’07), Jonathan Goldsmith (’08),Jeremy Rommel (’09) and ClaireManship (’09), plus current stu-dents.

There’ll be vignettes fromWestfield shows including “OnceUpon Mattress,” “The Glass Me-nagerie,” “Into the Woods,”

“Brighton Beach Memoirs,” “SouthPacific” and “Guys and Dolls.”

Ashley Dillard’s done theaterworkshops and studio gigs inWashington, D.C., since graduat-ing in 2006 and is assistant direct-ing the cabaret. “This is a greatcollaboration of Westfield’s tre-mendous amount of talent andexcellence, over the years, and tocome,” she said. “It’s a broad spec-trum from Shakespeare to musi-cals.”

Noting the songs Kevin Manship,Jade Jones and Martina Green willperform, Dillard said, “Their voicesare amazing — they’ve gotteneven better since high school.”Dillard and four others will sing“Matchmaker” from “Fiddler on

the Roof.” One of them, CarolynAgan, is now a professional, Eq-uity actress.

DILLARD CONTACTED thealumni and helped rehearsals runsmoothly. She called the show “acelebration of how much we’veachieved over the years, all ourhard work and the dedication ofour theater teachers, choreogra-phers and parents.”

2006 grad Branson Reese is cur-rently doing standup comedy andimprov in New York and studyingwith the Upright Citizens Brigade.He has an improv group calledCookie Puss and is in a children’stheater company that takes storieschildren write and turns them intosketch comedies.

He and the other alumni keepin touch on Facebook but, saidReese, “It’s cool to see everyone inperson. Dallas [Sweezy], Reevesand I are doing comedy sketchesfrom ‘Monty Python.’ It’ll be inter-esting to see the old shows donewith new casts and some originalcast members. I’m really lookingforward to performing with myfriends that I haven’t performedwith for years.”

Classmate Kevin Manship is asenior, majoring in musical theater,at Elon University in North Caro-lina. He plays in a rock band thathopes to go professional. “If thatdoesn’t fly, I’ll use my degree andstart auditioning,” he said. “Insome way, I’ll be performing pro-fessionally.”

In the show, he sings “KansasCity” from “Oklahoma,” a numberfrom “Forever Plaid” and a duetwith alumni Jon Lawlor. “We’ll do‘Hallelulia’ by Leonard Cohen thatJon and I — in different years —performed in cabarets,” saidManship. He called it “kind ofweird” returning to Westfield be-cause he’s older and doesn’t knowmany of today’s theater students.

“But it’s good to see the adultswho are still doing the samething,” he said. “And it’s good tosee my old friends. I think this’llbe a lot of fun and somethingmany people will come out of thewoodwork to attend.”

2007 grad Sarah Pike is a socialwork major and nonprofit studiesminor at JMU. She hopes to be asocial worker who creates systemchanges in food justice and evalu-ates programs for nonprofits. Inthe cabaret, she’s doing a mother-daughter scene from “Our Town”and is among the singers in “GodBless the Lord, My Soul” from“Godspell.”

“I feel I almost haven’t left[Westfield] because my mom [the-ater teacher and director SusiePike] is still here and gives meupdates on what’s happening inthe department,” said Sarah. “Butthere were lots of people I haven’tseen since graduation; and it’s coolto see so many generations ofpeople who’ve shared the samepassion on the same stage.”

“I think all the acts will be amaz-ing, so it should be a really enter-

taining show for everyone of allages,” she continued. “Anyone whoenjoys theater will enjoy watchingthis production because there areso many people in it who love the-ater.”

Jade Jones, 2008 grad, is study-ing theater at Ferrum College inFerrum, Va. She acted in “TheGood Person of Setzuan,” a musi-cal called “Baby” and “The VaginaMonologues” and is artistic direc-tor for The Black Mask improvteam. In this show, she’ll sing“Don’t Nobody Bring Me No BadNews” from “The Wiz” and will bein the “Bless the Lord” numberfrom “Godspell.”

She said it’s “absolutely wonder-ful being back because, in college,you don’t have the same feelingand closeness that you have onstage in high school. It feels like Ihaven’t seen most of these peoplein years, but I’m so familiar witheverything here; nothing’schanged in the theater.” Jones saidthe audience will enjoy seeingscenes from the older shows, suchas “Godspell,” “Fiddler on theRoof” and “Our Town,” because“they haven’t been revisited inawhile, and seeing them all willbring people back home.”

2008 grad Kevin Knickerbockerhas a business degree from UVAand works at a law firm in Chi-cago. He’s also taking classes atImprov Olympic. He’s excitedabout being in the “Bless the Lord”ensemble because “it’ll be a re-union of people who were inWestfield’s “Godspell” plus peoplewho were in sixth grade then andattend the school now.”

He hopes to combine song sec-tions from every Westfield musi-cal and put them all together as atribute. He said it seemed like theonly thing that’s changed at theschool is the number of theaterposters on the wall. “When I wasthere, we’d only done eightshows,” he said. “Now, they’vedone about 22.”

Classmate Sarah Cowdery, asophomore at Temple University,is studying film and communica-tions and doing some improv inPhiladelphia. “I’ll be in the MontyPython sketch with Dallas andBranson, and the balcony scenefrom ‘Romeo and Juliet’ with Jer-emy Rommel,” she said. “[Return-ing to Westfield], it was kind ofsurreal to see all the different gen-erations there together, but cool.”

For more information, contactwww.westfieldtheatreboosters.com,call 703-488-6439 or see Facebookevents at www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=177053315661&ref=ts.

From left: Michelle Polera (’05), Sarah Cowdery (’08),Ashley Dillard (’06) and Carolyn Agan (’05) rehearse thesong, “Matchmaker,” from “Fiddler on the Roof.”

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Carol Coulter, a second-gradeteacher at Colin L. Powell ElementarySchool, has successfully renewed hercertificate for National Board Certifica-tion, the highest credential in theteaching profession. The number of newNational Board Certified Teachers(NBCTs) increased by nearly 8,900 in2009, bringing the total number of ac-complished teachers and schoolcounselors certified by NBPTS to morethan 82,000. Nearly 1,700 NBCTs suc-cessfully met the standards to renewtheir National Board Certification.

The Goddard School located at5001 Westone Plaza in Chantilly haschosen Carmen Wilson as 2009’sTeacher of the Year. The School openedin October 2006 and is owned and op-erated by Brad and Risa May. Theschool accommodates 140 children,ages six weeks to private Kindergarten.

Ms. Carmen is originally from theNorth of England. She achieved herBachelors in English and Education fromLancaster. Following her graduation

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Centreville Preschool Inc. (CPI)is hosting an Open House on Saturday,Jan. 23 from 9 a.m. to noon. Registra-tion packets will be available for the2010-2011 school year beginning inSeptember. Morning and afternoon co-op and non co-op classes are availableto children who turn 3 or 4 years of ageby Sept 30, 2010. A beginner’s non co-opmorning class is offered to children whoturn 2 1/2 by Sept 30th. Established in1969, CPI is a non-profit cooperative pre-school located in a renovated Victorianhouse at 13196 Braddock Rd. inCentreville. Bring your child’s birth certifi-cate and meet the staff of professionalteachers. Call 703-830-5656 orregister@centrevillepreschool.com.

The Inova Breast Care Instituteat Inova Fair Oaks Hospital is oneof the first in the D.C. region to earn athree-year accreditation in breast carefrom the National Accreditation Pro-gram for Breast Centers (NAPBC), partof the American College of Surgeons,which sets the standard for how breastcancer patients receive care.

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FRIDAY/JAN. 8Swing Dancing. Night of 1,000 Elvises

with King Cadillac. Elvis costumecontest, his favorite food and ElvisTrivia. Cost is $15. Swing lesson from8:30-9 p.m.; dancing from 9 p.m. tomidnight. With Sue and Gary Caley. Atthe Hilton Washington Dulles AirportHotel, 13869 Park Center Road,Herndon.

SATURDAY/JAN. 9Birds of Prey. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Cost is

$32. Visit the local “hot spots” insearch of wintering and resident hawksand owls. A van will leave fromWalney Visitor Center for the day trip.Meets at E.C. Lawrence Park, WalneyVisitor Center, 5040 Walney Road,Chantilly. Call 703-631-0013.

Lane’s Mill Chapter DAR Meeting.Prospective members are welcome toattend. At the Chantilly Library,Stringfellow Road, Chantilly. ContactJennifer Smith at jsmithtot@aol.com.

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other Virginia localities.The result should have been that Fairfax, Loudoun

and Prince William received a larger slice of thestate’s overall education funding next year.

But if incoming Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) and theVirginia General Assembly take up Kaine’s sugges-tion and decide to “freeze” the state’s education fund-ing formula, Fairfax and others will not see an in-crease in education funding.

Ninety-seven of the commonwealth’s 136 schooldistricts — and constituents represented by the ma-jority of the Virginia General Assembly’s members— would be negatively impacted by the scheduledchange in the formula, so it is likely that the freezewill be seriously considered and approved in theupcoming session.

The situation may be particularly tense becausethe General Assembly will likely have to cut state

Kindergarten students in Mrs. Kitchen’s class at LeesCorner Elementary decorated gingerbread men andthen had to find them when they ran away.

In Search of …

education monies across the board anyway, as theresult of an overall budget shortfall.

“Any time you cut education, people are trying toget as much money as they possibly can,” said Albo.

ALBO and other local members of the General As-sembly said they are ready to fight any proposal tofreeze the formula, even if they are outnumbered bytheir colleagues in the state legislature.

“The [funding formula] is used to measure thewealth of a locality and, for years, it has been usedto jerk us around. Now, for the first time, the num-bers are actually moving in our direction. Now thatthe system is actually starting to benefit Fairfax, theyare asking us to freeze it out,” said state Sen. ChapPetersen (D-34).

“No other region of Virginia would tolerate thistype of discriminatory treatment. … We must fightagainst it,” he added.

Senate Candidates Talk Business

Deeper Cuts for Schools?

ket-based solution is needed for job growth andeconomic recovery instead of government involve-ment. Hunt said that government stimulus packagesonly result in tax increases and budget deficits andthat the government should try to curb spending byexamining programs and services to see which onesare effective and cutting the ones that are not. Keep-ing the budget in check, Hunt said, would do the jobof maintaining a positive environment for small busi-ness growth, which he believes is the key element ofthe economy.

“I’m not going to Richmond to create jobs, becausethat is creating governmental jobs,” Hunt said. “I’mgoing to Richmond to create an environment whereyou, the people, create jobs. My role is to representthe community to the government, not to justify thegovernment’s actions to the community.”

WHILE THE ECONOMY was the focal point of thebreakfast, the candidates also addressed tort reform,and by proxy, healthcare, as well. Marsden praisedthe state’s actions in regards to tort reform, notingthat Virginia has a $2 million cap on malpractice law-

suits. The cap, he said, along with the Birth InjuryProgram, which pays out money that doctors con-tribute in the event of an injury during the birthingprocess, help to keep health care costs relatively low.Hunt, in turn, said that while the cap places a limiton lawsuit payouts, it still does not alleviate doctor’sand insurance companies’ fears of lawsuits and there-fore, does not help to keep healthcare premiums incheck.

Time restrictions limited the candidates to a 10-minute speech and two questions to answer, but forthose in attendance, it was more than enough timeto cover the issues that mattered most to them.Though most would not divulge their favored candi-date, they acknowledged that the issues discussedwere the ones that would sway their vote and thatthey got a good idea of which would be their bestally in office.

“Regulation, taxes and health care. Those are theimportant issues,” said John Faith. “Those are theareas that will allow us to either do business or tieour hands. It’s hard to separate those issues whensmall business is your livelihood, and I’m looking[to vote] for the person who is going to stand up forthe small business owner.”

Candidate ForumFor State Senate

The Fairfax Family Forum is hostinga 37th State Senate District CandidateForum on Thursday, Jan. 7, at 7 p.m.The event is organized by the forum’s“Northern Virginia Candidates ForumSteering Committee,” an interdenomi-national group of local clergy and layleaders.

The forum will give citizens of the37th State Senate District a chance tohear from the invited candidates, Del.Dave Marsden (D) and former FairfaxCounty School Board Member SteveHunt (R). It will be held at Fair OaksChurch off West Ox Road. The eventmoderator is Fair Oaks Church SeniorPastor, David R. Stokes.

The forum will include individual in-terviews of each candidate by themoderator. Each interview will be fol-lowed by questions from the audience atthe forum.

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Sports

By Reed S. Albers

Centre View

Basketball PlayHeats Up

With the holiday tournamentsover and just about every local highschool basketball team about to en-ter the bulk of its district play, thebasketball scene is primed to heatup the frigid month of January.

Fresh off their victory at thePohanka Chantilly Classic BasketballTournament, the Chantilly boys’basketball team is entering Januarywith a 7-3 record.

The boys’ are lead by a talentedgroup of juniors and 7-foot centerJohn Manning.

Chantilly’s girls’ team is off tostrong 6-3 start to its season. Afterlosing the season opener on Dec. 3,the girls’ surged back with fourstraight wins.

The girls’ team will begin themajority of its Concorde District playwith a Jan. 8 bout with Robinson.

The Westfield boys’ basketballteam is still struggling to find con-sistency, but will look to January’sdistrict play earns some wins.

The Bulldogs have a 2-7 recordand will face Robinson on Jan. 12.

For the Lady Bulldogs, the 8-2record the team earned in Decem-ber has helped Westfield set itself

Stories To Watch for in 2010With 2009 over-and-done, here’s a look at some of the teams to follow and how they fared in 2009.

apart from local teams.Westfield’s girls’ team will

face-off with Centreville onJan. 8.

Centreville’s boys’ basket-ball team almost escapedDecember with a perfectrecord, but will have tosettle for 8-1 following aDec. 18 loss to WestPotomac.

The boys’ team did man-age to win the WestfieldBulldog Bash holiday tour-nament during the winterbreak.

For the girls, the LadyWildcats sit at an even 4-4and face stiff tests in earlyJanuary opponents W.T.Woodson and West Spring-field.

Baseball andSoftball in 2010

With the winter sports seasonnearing the midway point, it’s nottoo soon to be thinking about springtraining and the upcoming baseballseason.

Here’s how the local teams faredin the 2009 season.

Chantilly’s baseball team enjoyeda dominating 18-6 season in 2009.Despite the strong season, theteam’s region title aspirations were

cut short in a 1-2loss to West Spring-field in the North-ern Region tourna-ment.

The Lady Charg-ers’ softball teamendured a losingseason in 2009, butwill be seeking achance to rebuildfrom their 4-12record.

Westfield’s his-torically strongbaseball seasoncontinued its win-ning tradition witha 21-2 season thatsaw the Bulldogscapture theConcorde Districttitle.

The Bulldog boys’weren’t the onlyteam enjoying astrong 2009 season.The Lady Bulldog’ssoftball teamcapped the 2009campaign with a

16-6 record, but were unable to cap-ture the Concorde District title lastseason.

Centreville’s baseball team is pois-ing itself for a run at the ConcordeDistrict title after finishing 2009with a 10-13 record and reachingthe semi-finals in the district tour-nament.

The team will be led by a batch offour talented players who are com-mitted to play NCAA baseball.

For the Centreville softball team,2009 proved to be a banner-year forthe Lady Wildcats.

The girls’ softball team capturedthe Concorde District title, reachedthe Northern Region finals andended the year with a 21-7 record.

Area baseball and softball teamswill also be looking to battle forhome-field advantage in the stateplayoffs.

Westfield will be hosting the VHSLState Baseball Finals in 2010 and iflocal teams can garner top seeds,they’ll enjoy playing in the comfyconfines of Fairfax County insteadof journeying around the state inJune.

Spring SoccerFever

Those hankering for some soccerbefore the FIFA World Cup in SouthAfrica arrives in mid-June shouldcheck out the high school soccer scene.

For the first time in school history,the Chantilly Lady Chargers won theVirginia State Soccer Championship.

The Chargers defeated MillsGodwin 2-1 and finished the seasonwith a 20-2-1 record.

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The Centreville girls’ softballteam won the Concorde Districttitle and finished with a dominat-ing 21-7 record in 2009.

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Westfield’s boys’ baseball team cappeda 21-2 season in 2009 with a ConcordeDistrict baseball title at the end of theseason.

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Chantilly’s boys’ lacrosse team reached the state finalsin 2009, but were beaten by Langley 3-4.

With a state title to defend, theChargers will be one of the topteams to watch this spring.

Chantilly’s boys’ soccer team willbe seeking improvement in the 2010season after their 2009 campaignended with a 2-10-2 record.

For the Wildcats, Centreville’sgirl’s soccer team finished 2009 witha 6-6-1 record, a minor improve-ment from the 2008 season’s 6-7-1campaign.

Local Lacrosse Action to WatchIf soccer or baseball is too slow for some spectators, perhaps the fastest

game on two feet, lacrosse, might be the best sport to keep an eye on thisspring.

Concorde District powerhouse Chantilly came within a goal of winninga state title in 2009, but fell short in a 3-4 loss to Langley on June 7.

With the loss serving as a motivator, Chantilly is a good place to startwhen watching local lacrosse action. The Chargers ended 2009 with a 16-3 record and won the Concorde District championship.

Westfield’s boys’ and girls’ teams will use 2010 as a season to improveupon the records they earned in 2009. The boys’ finished the year with a7-8 record, while the girls found themselves at 8-6.

Along with Westfield, Centreville’s boys’ team will seek an improve-ment upon their 5-8 record in 2009. The girls’ will be led by a new headcoach, Brian Newell, in their attempt to avenge a 2-10 record in 2009.

Despite finishing with a 7-6-2record, the Centreville boys’ soccerteam advanced to the Concorde Dis-trict finals in 2009, but were unableto defeat Robinson.

The Westfield girls’ soccer teamis looking to 2010 as a year for im-provement. The Bulldogs openedthe 2009 season with eight consecu-tive losses, but were able to musterfour wins including a 7-1 blowoutof T.C. Williams.

Centre View Sports Editor Reed Albers

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I imagine the confession I’m about tomake likely will get me banned from futuresimilar cultural events (good!). But, since I’msitting here (here being the NationalCathedral in Washington, D.C.) semi listen-ing to their Choir & Baroque Orchestra, Ihave to do something, even if some mightconsider writing on the very programdescribing the music, musicians, conductorand author to which I’m listening (I didn’tsay subjected; after all, it was with my con-sent that I agreed to this outing) a defama-tion of my character (or lack there of) and adefacing of sacred text. Nevertheless, asPopeye the Sailor Man said so famously,“I’yam what I’yam.” And what I am not, ashas been proven by this musical interlude is,a fan of George Frederick Handel’s Messiah,(God forgive me) “arguably the most widelyshared musical experience in our culture.Each year the oratorio is sung by tens andperhaps hundreds of thousands of people.”And it is “mid nave” that I find myself not soenthralled on Sunday, Dec. 6.

And though the National Cathedral is anelegant and magnificent environment forthis most traditional of presentations, I amnot sure if my eyes and ears can truly appre-ciate its suitability. However, as I am writing(and then pausing and thinking about whatto write next) I have to admit, the musicand words (many of which I can’t actuallydiscern) do provide a soothing backdrop,conducive almost, to this creative process. Idon’t imagine, though, that the cognoscenteof this music appreciate it for its inoffen-sive/barely noticeable/backdrop-type whitenoise as I do.

I mean, the Cathedral is nearly full, at$54 a ticket – not exactly a cheap thrill (andin a challenging, shall we say, economy toboot). Apparently, these many listeners puttheir money where their ears are. It’s onlypeople/non-patrons of the arts like me whodon’t know any better and can’t process themelodies sufficiently to find joy in “themthar” notes and we’re nearly two-thirds(“Part The Second”) through this holiday tra-dition. (The extremely famous “Hallelujah!”chorus is close, I’m told.)

Let me be clear, none of this commen-tary has anything at all to do with the amaz-ingly talented musicians, soloists, conduc-tors and choir performing this evening. Noris it a reflection of the courteous and patientstaff ushering (voluntarily no doubt) thehundreds of ticket-holding Handel enthusi-asts to their assigned seats. It’s more aboutan experience I have now shared with manybefore me, and heard much about, that Iofficially “don’t get.” I wouldn’t say attend-ing this event was worth the money wespent (like The Allman Brothers concert Isaw in October was) but in an odd way, I dofeel better having experienced it.

Would I go back? No. Do I regret havinggone? No. Am I planning my next culturalsoiree? Absolutely not! For me, enjoyingsuch fare is an “achoired” taste. A tastewhich I have not yet acquired. (I did find agreat parking space on Wisconsin Ave.directly across from the Cathedral, though.)

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LEGAL NOTICEOn Tuesday, February 2, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. at the Clifton

Community Hall, the Clifton Town Council and the Clifton Plan-ning Commission will hold a joint public hearing to consider adopting an ordinance amending the Low Impact Commercial Zoning District, codified in Section 9-23B of the Town Code, to allow all uses permitted in the Residential Zoning District. The proposed amendment to Section 9-23B is available for exami-nation by contacting the Town Clerk by email kathleen.barton21@yahoo.com

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LEGAL NOTICEOn Tuesday, February 2, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. at the Clifton Community Hall, the Clifton Town Council will hold a public hearing pursuant to VA. Code Section 15.2-1800 on the pro-posed sale of the Old Town Hall property, identified as Fairfax County Tax Map Number 0754 02 0021A.

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ABC LICENSEAlam Enterprises, Inc trading as Ledo Pizza & Pasta 11725 Lee Hwy, suite A9 Fairfax, VA

22030 is applying to the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL for a Wine and

Beer license to sell or manu-facture alcoholic beverages. Akim Alam, Director, Owner

ABC LICENSECentrewood Venture, LLC

trading as Ledo Pizza & Pasta 14115 St. Germain Dr, Centre-

ville, VA is applying to the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL for a Wine and

Beer license to sell or manu-facture alcoholic beverages. Akim Alam, Member, Owner

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We consign/pay top $ for antique/semi antique furn.

including mid century & danish modern Teak

furniture, sterling, mens watches, painting/art glass,

clocks, jewelry, costume jewelry, etc. Call Schefer

Antiques @ 703-241-0790.

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-Abraham Lincoln

Sports

Spring Chantilly LittleLeague Registration

Registration for Chantilly Little League is openthrough 31 Jan (late fees apply 1-15 Feb). Visitwww.chantillybaseball.com for more information.

SYA Spring SportsRegistration

SYA Spring Sports Registration is now availableonline at www.syasports.org.

SYA offers the following spring sports: Babe RuthBaseball, Little League Baseball, T-ball, lacrosse, soc-cer, softball, track and field and volleyball.

Please register early to assure team placement.For more information refer to the SYA Web site or

contact the SYA Office at syaboard@verizon.net.

Roe Raises PenniesWith Passes

For the past three seasons Chantilly Youth Associa-tion football player Colton Roe, 13, has raised over$6,500.

Colton is the starting quarterback for his youthfootball team in the Fairfax County Youth FootballLeague (FCYFL). Food for Others is a Fairfax basednonprofit charitable organization, provide food forarea families in need during the holidays.

He thatfancieshimselfveryenlight-ened,becausehe seesthe defi-cienciesof oth-ers, maybe veryigno-rant,becausehe hasnotstudiedhis own.

—EdwardBulwer-Lytton

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Bible Study-9:30 a.m.Worship- 10:30 a.m.

• Programs for Children, Youth & Adults• Nursery Provided

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

Our mission is to welcome all people,

to grow in our relationship with Christ,

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Braddock Road and Cranoke Street

Centreville, VA 20120

www.saintandrewlc.org

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