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Westfield High School seniorclass officers (front row): DidiPace, president; Allie Bush, vicepresident; and Carolyn Ziegler,secretary; (back row): MayaHossain, treasurer; JulieFrappier, historian; and MarissaRitter, senator.
Remembering Reema,10 Years LaterNews, Page 2
‘Music to Do GoodAnd Help People’News, Page 5
Remembering Reema,10 Years LaterNews, Page 2
‘Music to Do GoodAnd Help People’News, Page 5
Farewell to Westfield HighNews, Page 4
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By Bonnie Hobbs
Westfield High 2006 grad andVirginia Tech victim Reema-Samaha loved both theaterand dance, both of which
range from funny to deeply serious andmoving. And the 10th annual RemembranceCabaret in her honor contained all theseemotions within skits, songs and dances.
It was held Saturday, June 17, on theWestfield stage where Reema once acted inshows such as “Fiddler on the Roof” and“Arsenic and Old Lace.” And making it evenmore special was the fact that – as has beenthe case each year – participating in thecabaret were both Westfield alumni anddancers from Virginia Tech’s ContemporaryDance Ensemble (CDE), with whom Reemaused to perform.
However, the emotional highlight of theevening came when the four people who’vebeen Westfield’s theater directors joinedtogether at the podium. There, ScottPafumi, the school’s first theater director –from 2000-2010 – read the senior essay he’dhad Reema write, reflecting on her time inWestfield Theater and her hopes for thefuture. Standing next to him were formerWestfield directors Zoe Dillard and SusiePike and current director Rachel Harrington– who was a Westfield student when Reemawas and who also performed in the caba-ret.
The event raises money for the Reema J.Samaha Memorial Scholarship Fund, aswell as Angel Fund, which supports thesafety and wellbeing of youth and school-aged children. And at the end of Saturday’sshow, Reema’s father, Joe Samaha, ad-
dressed the crowd.He noted all the work Angel Fund has
done in the past decade to make schoolssafer. And he praised its past president, LuAnn McNabb, for getting four pieces of leg-islation passed toward that end, during hertenure. In the past 10 years, said Samaha,“We’ve given about $60,000 in scholarshipsto Westfield and Herndon high school stu-dents and $15,000 to $16,000 to ActivelyCaring 4 People,” a positive-reinforcementprogram in schools.
He also expressed gratitude toward CDE
Remembering Reema, 10 Years Later
Laura Walsh sings “Pulled” from“The Addams Family” musical.
The Gin Dance Co. entertains in “Hello! Goodbye.”
Doing an improv sketch are (from left) Westfield alumni Branson Reese, Will Quinn,Sarah Cowdery, Joe Schumaker, Michelle Murgia, Megan Meadows, and Jesse Leahy.
WestfieldTheater Direc-tors (fromleft) ZoeDillard, SusiePike andRachelHarringtonlisten to ScottPafumi readReemaSamaha’ssenior essay.
The Crtv Cmplx (Creative Complex) Dance Co. performs“The Preface.”
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A dancer performs a number called“Tether.” Lauren DeVera dances to “Surfacing.”
Bobby Hersey, Lauren Bobby and Alex Merrill per-form “I Lived.”
Dancer Ahmad MaatyThe Contemporary Dance Ensemble during“Andaloosia.” Reema choreographed andperformed it with CDE as a VT freshman.
Rachel Harrington sings“She Used to be Mine”from “Waitress.”
The band, Uncle Jesse, performs the song, “Torn.”
A dancer with Nomadic Artists performs to “The Weight.”
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Remembering Reemaand the Westfield theater alumni
who’ve returned every year tohonor his daughter, including sis-ters Ashley and Phoebe Dillardwho produce and direct the annualcabaret. Said Samaha: “To all ofyou who’ve come back each yearand supported us, our heartfeltthanks.”
Also speaking was Reema’smother, Mona Samaha. “Besidesthe hardship of losing Reema,we’ve learned that love is the es-sence of life,” she said. “And theseremembrance events have been sospecial because they’ve been full
of loving, giving and receiving.[And through them all], Reema isstill alive and kicking.”
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Graduation 2017
Westfield High School’s Class of 2017 during graduation at the EagleBank Arena at George Mason University. Westfield Chamber Singers perform during graduation.
Westfield High Graduates 610 StudentsA
mid pomp and circumstance anda sea of black and gold, WestfieldHigh School’s Class of 2017 heldits 16th commencement cer-
emony for 610 students at the Eagle BankArena at George Mason University in Fairfaxon Thursday, June 15.
School Principal Dr. Anthony Copelandpresented several statistics about the classof 2017, namely that the class received$2,271,920 in scholarships, had 14 Cappiesnominations for theater, had two NationalMerit Scholars, 110 Summa Cum Laudegraduates (students with 4.0 GPAs orhigher), eight Governor’s School attendees,and nine students who will be attendingU.S. Service Academies (Naval, Air Force,Military, Coast Guard, etc).
On top of that, the Westfield Bulldogsfootball team won the state championshipGroup 6A this year.
Student graduates who were singled outfor excellence include: Pride Award winnerAndrew Ssekikubo, and Carolyn Zieglerwho won both the Leader of the Pack Awardand the Student Award.
— Steve Hibbard
Westfield graduates Derek Knodt, Evan Kohnstamand Lauren Kohout.
Westfield graduates Gracie Wright, Orville E. Wright,Joel Yang, and Christine Yoon.
Westfield graduates Nick Jiang,Lilly Johnson, and Chase Johnson.
Westfield graduates Alan Zhai, Camilla Zhang, Lingyi Zhu, and LucindaZhu.
Westfield graduates Israt Jahanand Yash Jain.
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By Bonnie Hobbs
When Don Halterman was thepraise and worship directorat Centreville PresbyterianChurch, he went on a mis-
sion trip to Zambia in 2012. And althoughhe returned home to his life here, the or-phans he’d met there stayed on his mind.
A musician, he was determined to bettertheir lives in some way. And now, througha new venture called Project Joy — viawhich these children will perform and selltheir original songs — he intends to do justthat. But it’ll take some help from others tobring it to fruition, and he’s hoping mem-bers of the community will open their heartsand wallets to lend a hand.
“When I went to Zambia, I fell in love withthe orphans there and became passionateabout helping them,” said Halterman. “Andsince retiring from my position atCentreville Presbyterian, two-and-a-halfyears ago, I’ve wanted to start my ownmusic company. But I wanted to do mean-
ingful music that impacts the world —which is my company’s mission statement.”
So he and the three others in the com-pany, Grander Music — Centreville resi-dents Kent Washburn and John Nixon, plusphotographer Anders Arestad of Front Royal— looked for artists and organizations topromote, in line with their goal. Their vi-sion statement is “Rite place, right people,write music.”
Halterman said the word “rite” is used assignifying a sacred spot. “We believe thatGod put us [the right people] together todo this — write music that can do good andhelp people,” he said. “What makes themusic meaningful is its impact in the worldafter we create it.”
He returned to Zambia in 2014 andstarted singing with the orphans there andhelping them write songs. “I loved the way
they sang so joyfully and passionately,” hesaid. “Their voices were untrained, but re-ally beautiful.”
The following year, Halterman went backagain. Accompanying him was Centreville’sCathy Baker, a board member of EveryOrphan’s Hope (EOH) — a national groupthat sponsors Zambian orphans and buildsvillages in Zambia. “I worked with the kids,
‘Music to Do Good and Help People’Project Joy willprovide an incomefor Zambian orphans.
In their music studio are (back row, from left) DonHalterman and Kent Washburn and (front row, fromleft) John Nixon and Anders Arestad.
The orphans gather around Don Halterman and hisguitar to learn new music.
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BeyondFather’s DayTo the Editor:
“And remember the time whenWe took a covenant from the chil-dren of Israel: ‘You shall worshipnothing but Allah and show kind-ness to parents and to kindred andto the orphans and the poor, andspeak to men kindly and observePrayer, and pay the Zakat:’ thenyou turned away in aversion, ex-cept a few of you” (2:84).
The verse above from the HolyQur’an gives me an even greaterappreciation for my father who inUrdu I refer to as Abu. I read thisverse and think about how peoplehave misconstrued view of the re-lationship between Muslim fathersand their daughters as one with-out love.
As I typed in Father’s Day in theGoogle search engine, I expecteda Wikipedia page about the historyto show up as the first link. How-ever, I was fascinated to see howmany Groupon ad messages ap-peared with activities to do for thenation-wide celebration. It sad-dens me that every time a holidaycomes and passes through theyears some people tend to strayaway from the meaning and truepurpose of the holiday. These holi-
days are used as an excuse bymarketers to encourage people togo out and pay for a “Father’s Day3 Course Meal” package deal.Families feel the need to spendmoney on one day due to deeplyrooted societal pressures whichthey believe is necessary to go outand spend. Sure these pressures ofgoing out with the family doeshave a positive side in that it bringseveryone together which can bedifficult for some families on anynormal day.
But to appreciate fathers on justone day should not satisfy the soulof any child. It is very difficult forme personally to stay upset withmy father at any time because Ialways remind myself of every-thing he must have to deal withon a daily basis and how he keepshis calm and composure while notmentioning any of it or botheringothers with his stresses. It makesany pressures I may be dealingwith seem so irrelevant and small.
I look at my dad and sometimesponder at the fact that once upona time he was my age and I won-der with amazement at how he hasformed such a flawless characterthroughout his life. When I as aMuslim daughter hear the word“father,” I automatically think ofsomeone who can hold down afort, someone who has leadership
qualities, is calm, collected andcan recover from any and everysituation with ease. A father issomeone who only expresses hisgood strong characteristics in frontof others and seems like he neversheds a tear. Ever. He is someonewho loves watching gladiator orold western films because he ad-mires and wishes to achieve orrelate with those warrior-liketraits. A father is someone whodoes not say much but when hedoes it means a lot! Every fathermay not have the qualities I laidout above but these are certainlythe ones possessed by my dear fa-ther. He is my role model whom I
look up to everyday. Adulthoodcan be scary at times but when Isee my dad I am reminded that athis age and with everything he hasgone through, if he can keep hisrelaxed stature then I sure can too!Fathers will always be there. Ittakes time for some of us to learnand appreciate that simple fact butat the end of the day we do notrealize everything they do sincethey are the guardian of the house-hold or the captain of the fort andhow everyday they get up to keepthat fort from falling down.
Marium Sadia SosanMalik
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To the Editor:Currently, Muslims in Northern
Virginia and around the world arecelebrating the holy month ofRamadan which started on May 27(10 days earlier than last year) incorrelation with the Lunar Calen-dar. It was in this month that theholy scripture of Islam, the Quran,began to be revealed to theProphet Muhammad. Muslims fastfrom dawn to sunset and abstainfrom food and water for this time.This fast is not just physical in na-ture but also requires them to shunany wrongdoing or bad habits.
The Holy Quran states: “O ye
who believe! Fasting is prescribedfor you, as it was prescribed forthose before you, so that you maybecome righteous” (2:184). There-fore, the purpose of Ramadan isnot only to abstain from food anddrink, but to also practice self-re-straint, focus on good deeds thathelp others and improve one’sspirituality, and understand thestruggles of those less fortunatewho do not have ample food andwater available for them. Thismonth will conclude with the Eid-ul-Fitr festival on June 26.
Shumaila AhmadChantilly
Opinion
Later this week, when area Muslims cel-ebrate the end of Ramadan, a month ofobservance and daily fasting at Eid al-
Fitr, the surrounding community grieves withthem the loss of 17-year-old Nabra Hassanenof Reston.
Nabra was among a group of teenagers whowere gathered at the All DullesArea Muslim Society for an all-night event overnight Saturday
during Ramadan, and who were returning tothe center after going to eat at a fast food res-taurant.
Fairfax County Police report: “At about 3:40a.m. on Sunday, a group of as many as 15 teen-agers was walking and riding bikes onDranesville Road. The group of teens had beenattending an overnight event at a mosque, theAll Dulles Area Muslim Society or ADAMS Cen-ter, and had left to go to a fast food restaurant.As they were returning to the mosque, somewere on the sidewalk and others were on theroad itself. Detectives believe [Darwin MartinezTorres, 22, of Sterling] came upon the teenswhile he was driving. The investigation revealsa teenaged boy on a bike began arguing withTorres. Torres then drove his car onto the curbas the group scattered. Witnesses say Torres
caught up with them a short time later in anearby parking lot and got out of his car armedwith a baseball bat and began chasing thegroup. Torres was able to catch Nabra. Hisanger over the encounter led to violence whenhe hit Nabra with a baseball bat. Torres thentook Nabra with him in his car to a second lo-cation nearby in Loudoun County.”
Nabra’s body was found in a Loudoun pond.Torres is charged with her murder, which po-lice describe as a road rage incident rather thana hate crime, although more charges couldcome later.
All parents who have successfully raised chil-dren into a teenagers know fear for their safetyas they become more independent. We expectour teens to be safe participating in eventsbased at a house of worship. We expect ourteens to be safe from violence. Nabra’s deathmeans that all of us now have a diminishedsense of safety; we all grieve with Nabra’s par-ents, who lost their beautiful and beloveddaughter during Ramadan, on Father’s Day. Weshare their horror at what their daughter suf-fered.
Coming together in support of the Muslimcommunity in vigil, prayers and other supporthas meant a great deal.
“Basically, the outpouring of support fromthe Christian community, the Jewish commu-nity, Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Bahá’í; everyoneis comforting to us,” Rizwan Jaka of theADAMS Center told a Connection reporter.“People care so much and it means so much tous.”
But we will all feel the loss of NabraHassanen, and a loss of sense of safety here,in weeks and years to come.
— Mary Kimm
Losing One of Our OwnWorst fear of any parent of a teenager,losing a child to violence.
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Nabra Hassanen, 17, of Reston was asophomore at South Lakes HighSchool.
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By Michael Lee Pope
Karrie Delaney knows a thing ortwo about Republican politics.Back in 2004, she was appointedto the West Melbourne City
Council in Florida. The following year, ac-cording to public records in the SunshineState, she registered as a Republican. Butshe lost the election that year after she votedhigher taxes. Now she’s running as a Demo-crat against four-term incumbent Del. JimLeMunyon (R-67), and she’s hoping herexperience working in human services willhelp her unseat LeMunyon, the co-founderof Sterling Semiconductor. That experienceas a former Republican might not hurt ei-ther.
“It certainly has given me the ability tosee both sides of an issue, and I think thatis going to be especially important in thisdistrict,” said Delaney. “But also that expe-rience in my life taught me a lot about fis-cal responsibility, and that’s a big part ofmy platform during this race.”
Delaney raised about four times as muchmoney as her two opponents, and she builtup a list of endorsements, everyone fromFairfax County Board of Supervisors Chair-woman Sharon Bulova and Sully DistrictSupervisor Kathy Smith to state Sen. Bar-bara Favola (D-31) and Del. Alfonso Lopez(D-49). She won the primary with 65 per-cent of the vote. If elected, Delaney saysshe wants to fight for education funding forNorthern Virginia by changing the schoolfunding formula that offers poorer commu-nities more money. She says that formulacreates a burden for wealthy areas likeFairfax County, although she acknowledgesshe does not know how to change the for-
mula.“I think it needs to be recalculated,” she
said. “The nuance of exactly what the out-come of that would be is going to have tocome with a lot more study and informa-tion on exactly what that ramificationwould be in other areas and a much broaderdiscussion then about how we would ad-dress those issues.”
DEMOCRATS ARE EAGER to take aimat LeMunyon’s reputation as a moderatelawmaker, pointing to a voting record thathas him voting with Republicans on someof the most conservative issues consideredin Richmond. Just this past session, for ex-ample, he voted to allow religious-baseddiscrimination against gays. He voted toprohibit local governments from taking anyaction to restrict enforcement of federal im-migration laws. He voted to reinstate thecoal employment and production incentivetax credit. And he voted in favor of estab-
lishing parental choice education savingsaccounts. Nevertheless, LeMunyon seeshimself as someone who can work acrossparty lines.
“I’m not voting with the Republicans tovote with the Republicans. I’m voting be-cause I think it’s in the best interest of thepeople I represent,” said LeMunyon. “I call‘em like I see ‘em, and you can find plentyof votes where I voted with the Democratsand was maybe one of just a handful ofRepublicans or maybe the only one.”
During the last two sessions of the Gen-eral Assembly, LeMunyon had more billssigned into law by the governor than anyother member of the legislature, 32 of hisbills are now law. One of those was the lawthat authorized Virginia to become part ofthe Washington Metrorail Safety Commis-sion Interstate Compact. LeMunyon says thegoal was to create an oversight authorityto review, approve, oversee and enforcesafety measures for the troubled system.
“One of the reasons I’m running again isbecause, not that we need another bill todo that, but I very much want to be involvedin the successful implementation of thatbill,” he said.
THE DISTRICT, which stretches fromSouth Riding through Chantilly intoPenderwood, straddles the county line be-tween western Fairfax and easternLoudoun. Although the district voted over-
whelmingly in favor of Republican BobMcDonnell’s 2009 campaign for governoragainst Democrat Creigh Deeds, voters herestarted moving to the left in 2012. That’swhen the President Barack Obama took 53percent of the vote against Republican chal-lenger Mitt Romney, who lost with 45 per-cent. Ever since, it’s been a solidly blue ter-ritory, voting for Democrat Terry McAuliffefor governor in 2013 and Democrat MarkWarner for U.S. Senate in 2014. More re-cently, the 67th District has become a tar-get for Democrats because it’s one of the17 Republican-held House seats whereDonald Trump lost to Hillary Clinton lastyear.
“It’s suburban and exurban Virginia wherea lot of these 17 House of Delegates dis-tricts are where there’s political movement,”said Quentin Kidd, political science profes-sor at Christopher Newport University. “Youcan make a case to voters who might notbe hard Democrats or hard Republicans andconvince them to vote for you.”
Perhaps the most interesting thing aboutthis Republican-held district is not just thatit voted in favor of Hillary Clinton againstDonald Trump, but the margin of her vic-tory. Clinton won all 19 precincts in the dis-trict, most of which with overwhelmingmargins. She won with 58 percent of thevote, compared to Trump, who took only36 percent. The only precinct where thevote was marginally close was Stonecroft,
Four-Term Incumbent LeMunyon to Face Former RepublicanKarrie Delaneyregistered as aRepublican afterbeing appointed toWest Melbourne CityCouncil in Florida.
Delayney LeMunyon
Top LeMunyon Donors$25,000 from Dominion Leadership Trust❖ $10,000 from Majority Leader PAC❖ $5,000 from Del. Randy Minchew (R-10)❖ $3,500 Virginia Wine Wholesalers Association❖ $3,000 Virginia Contractor Procurement Alli-
ance
Top Delaney Donors❖ $5,000 from Adam Pritzker of Houston with
Assembled Brands❖ $5,000 from Cynthia Raskin of Chicago, re-
tired❖ $4,000 from Edward Rice Hart, a private eq-
uity investor from Vienna❖ $3,500 from David Karp of New York with glo-
bal proprietary trading firm Jane Street Capital❖ $3,000 from Loren Hershey, a lawyer from
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ONGOINGArt Guild of Clifton Exhibit. 10
a.m.-8 p.m. at Clifton Wine Shop,7145 Main St., Clifton. Includes oilpaintings of European settings;doors, windows, and flower shops.Free. Call 703-409-0919 for more.
Carolina Shag Dance. Wednesdays,6:30-10 p.m. at Arlington/FairfaxElks Lodge, 8421 Arlington Blvd.,Fairfax. Free lessons at 7:30 p.m.; nopartners needed; dinner menu at6:45 p.m. Tickets are $8. Visitwww.nvshag.org for more.
Open Rehearsal. Wednesdays, 7:30p.m. at Lord of Life church, 13421Twin Lakes Drive, Centreville. TheFairfax Jubil-Aires barbershop chorusinvites men of all ages who enjoysinging. Free. Visitwww.fairfaxjubilairs.org for more.
Toddlin’ Twos. Tuesdays, 10:30 and11:30 a.m. at the Chantilly Library,4000 Stringfellow Road. Earlyliteracy storytime with songs andactivities included. Age 2 withcaregiver, free. Call 703-502-3883 toreserve a spot.
Storytime for Three to Fives.Tuesdays, 1:30 p.m. at the ChantillyLibrary, 4000 Stringfellow Road.Stories and activities for children age3-5 with caregiver. Free. Call 703-502-3883 to reserve a spot.
English Conversation Group.Thursdays, 7 p.m. at the ChantillyLibrary, 4000 Stringfellow Road.Practice English with a group ofstudents and adults. Free. Call 703-502-3883 to reserve a space.
English Conversation Group.Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. at the Chantilly
Library, 4000 Stringfellow Road.Practice English with a group ofstudents and adults. Free. Call 703-502-3883 to reserve a space.
Practice English ConversationGroup. Saturdays, 3-5 p.m. atCentreville Regional Library, 14200St. Germain Drive. Drop in and enjoycasual conversation and learning foradult learners of English. Volunteerled program. Call 703-830-2223.
English as Second Language BookClub. Mondays, 7-9 p.m. atCentreville Regional Library, 14200St. Germain Drive. Adults learningEnglish meet to discuss a bookchosen by the group. Call the library703-830-2223 for book title.
Advanced English ConversationGroup. Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m.-12:30p.m. at Centreville Regional Library,14200 St. Germain Drive. Drop-inconversation group for adult Englishas Second Language speakers whowant to improve their skills. Call 703-830-2223 for more.
Plant Clinic. Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. atthe Chantilly Library, 4000Stringfellow Road. A neighborhoodplant clinic with horticultural tips,information, techniques, and advice.Free. Call 703-502-3883 to reserve.
ESL Book Club. Mondays, 7 p.m. atthe Centreville Regional Library,14200 St. Germain Drive. Meet anddiscuss a book chosen by group. Free.Call 703-830-2223 with questionsand to reserve a spot.
ESL Book Club. Every other Saturday,11 a.m. at the Chantilly Library, 4000Stringfellow Road. Adults learningEnglish are welcome to meet anddiscuss a book chosen by the group.To find out book title, call 703-502-3883.
Lego Block Party. Every otherTuesday, 3 p.m. at the ChantillyLibrary, 4000 Stringfellow Road.
Legos will be provided for anafternoon of building. Grades 3-6.Free. Call 703-502-3883 to reserve.
Duplo Storytime. Every otherWednesday, 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. atthe Chantilly Library, 4000Stringfellow Road. Develop andreinforce early literacy skills forreading success. Ages 1-3 with adult.Free. Call 703-502-3883 to reserve.
Live After Five. Fridays at 5:30 p.m.at The Winery at Bull Run, 15950 LeeHighway. Every Friday night a bandplays on the patio of the winery. Freeto attend. Find the full schedule atwww.wineryatbullrun.com.
Mondays are Family Night. 5-7 p.m.at Villagio, 7145 Main St. $45 for afamily of four. Call 703-543-2030.
Legos Kids Club. Every otherTuesday, 10:30 a.m. at theCentreville Regional Library, 14200St. Germain Drive. Thousands ofLegos for children to play with. Ages6-12. Free. Call 703-830-2223 toreserve a space.
Starlight Storytime. Every otherWednesday, 7 p.m. at the CentrevilleRegional Library, 14200 St. GermainDrive. Stories under the stars for ages4-8. Wear pajamas and bring stuffedfriends. Free. Call 703-830-2223 toreserve a space.
One-on-One English Conversation.Various times at Centreville RegionalLibrary, 14200 St. Germain Drive.Spend an hour with a volunteer tutorto practice conversing in English.Various times and days. Reservationsare required. Call the library at 703-830-2223 to make a reservation.
THROUGH JUNE 30Thrift Store Sale. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Monday through Saturday at PenderRegift Thrift Store, 4447-C BrookfieldCorporate Drive. Storewide sale, 25
percent off. Visitwww.penderthrift.org, or call 703-378-7371 for more.
SATURDAY/JUNE 24Rockin’ in the Park. 10-11 a.m. at
the Ellanor C. Lawrence ParkAmphitheater, 5040 Walney Road,Chantilly. Rocknoceros is a three-man band from Fairfax that performsoriginal children’s songs and much-loved favorites. Visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/performances for more.
Colonial Medical Care Exhibition.1, 2 and 3 p.m. at the Sully HistoricSite, 3650 Historic Sully Way,Chantilly. Tour Sully’s garden, visitthe 18th century kitchen and house,and learn about old-fashioned homeremedies. See how they comparewith today’s modern medicaltreatments. Call 703-437-1794 orvisit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/sully-historic-site for more.
SUNDAY/JUNE 25Colonial Times Exhibition. 1-3 p.m.
at Ellanor C. Lawrence Park, 5040Walney Road, Chantilly. Atournament of hoop and stick, thegame of graces and other childhoodgames of yesteryear. A scavengerhunt and ice cream. Call 703-631-0013 or visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/eclawrence for more.
TUESDAY/JUNE 27Nature Photography
Fundamentals. 7-8:45 p.m. in theCentreville Regional Library, 14200St. Germain Drive. Professionalinstructor Michael Glagola teacheshow to get that perfect shot. Call703-830-2223 for more.
WEDNESDAY/JUNE 28Keeping a Travel Sketchbook/
Journal. 7-8:30 p.m. in theCentreville Regional Library, 14200St. Germain Drive. Bring thesketchbook and drawing material ofchoice. This is part of the The “Art atthe Library” series which is held thefourth Wednesday of every month atCentreville Regional Library, 7-8:30p.m. Call 703-830-2223 for more.
JUNE 30-JULY 1Whys and Whey of Dairy. 1, 2 and 3
p.m. at the Sully Historic Site, 3650Historic Sully Way, Chantilly. Learnhow dairy products used to be madebefore the days of big grocery storesand chilly refrigerator sections. $7.Call 703-437-1794 or visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/sully-historic-site for more.
TUESDAY/JULY 4Holiday Crafts Day. 1-4 p.m. at the
Fairfax Station Railroad Museum,11200 Fairfax Station Road in FairfaxStation. The crafts will highlight theholiday and the railroads. Museummembers and ages 4 and under, free;ages 5-15, $2; ages 16 and older, $4.Visit www.fairfax-station.org, or call703-425-9225 for more.
SUNDAY/JULY 16NTRAK Scale Model Train Show. 1-
4 p.m. at the Fairfax Station RailroadMuseum, 11200 Fairfax StationRoad, Fairfax Station. $4 for adults16 and over $2 for children 5-15 freefor Museum members and childrenunder 5. Visit www.fairfax-station.org or phone703-425-9225.
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Education●Learning●Fun
By Marilyn Campbell
Tamyka Mason says that she was strugglingwith academics, finances and time manage-ment. She knew that she needed to make a
change, but didn’t have a source for guidance. Ma-son discovered the Women in Search of Excellence(WISE) Mentoring Program run by Northern VirginiaCommunity College and her life began to change.
“When I joined WISE, [I] was assigned [a] mentorand learned how to speak about the challenges I wasfacing and the goals I had,” said Mason. “[My men-tor] helped me dramatically … plan for futureevents.”
The upcoming summer months offer teens an op-portunity to connect with adults other than parentswho can offer guidance through mentorship pro-grams. Finding the right mentoring match can be alife-altering experience, say experts.
“Through supportive relationships with adult men-tors, teens can learn how to develop practical goals,identify resources to accomplish goals … regulateemotions, communicate effectively with others andcope better with stress,” said Jerome Short, Ph.D.,associate professor of psychology at George MasonUniversity.
The Virginia Mentoring Partnership (VMP) is asource for those who are looking for a mentor orthose who want to mentor others. The organization’sprogram managers train mentoring program coordi-nators and mentors. Their goal is to increase the num-ber and quality of mentoring programs in Virginia.VMP maintains a database where prospective men-tors or mentees can plug in a ZIP code and find theclosest mentoring program.
“We provide support across the State of Virginia tohelp align program practices that research showsmake high quality mentorship programs,” said BetsyBilharz, Virginia Mentoring Partnership. “We recruit,screen and match mentors with young people usingthat set of standards.”
Recognizing that amentoring relationship is notusually a relationship ofequals is an important aspect
of mentorships, says Amy L. Best, Ph.D., professorand chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropol-ogy at George Mason University. “There are reallytwo types of mentors: those who provide guidanceand willingly share knowledge they have accruedfrom their experience in the field,” she said. “Thesecond type are those who facilitate opportunity,vouching for someone or helping the person withpoints of contact in their area of interest. Both areimportant.”
THE MENTORING RELATIONSHIP develops bestwhen mentors listen to a young person’s concernsand expectations [and] empathize and tailor supportand skill building around the teen’s needs and withtheir input, says Short. “The relationship should ben-efit both the mentor and the teen through expres-sions of gratitude, a sense of accomplishment, andexpectations for future support and success.”
Effective mentors are as interested as they are in-teresting and are forthcoming with accounts of theirown struggles and the strategies they used to over-come them, says Best. “The best mentors listen firstand then lead. It’s not a one size fits all relation-ship,” she said. “The best mentors are concrete intheir guidance and work with attainable and flex-ible goals. [They] don’t play favorites, but work tocreate an ethos of fairness and mutual respect.”
Tykesha R. Myrick works as a financial aid man-ager at Northern Virginia Community College(NOVA) and is the founder of the WISE program oncampus. The program, which targets minoritywomen, pairs students with adult professionals whooffer guidance to the students, many of whom arethe first in their families to attend college. “The rela-tionships go beyond academic accomplishments andare life changing and life lasting,” said Myrick. “Thegoal is to provide a holistic environment for theseyoung women.”
Mentorship programs such as WISE work bestwhen those being mentored are receptive. “The [best]mentees [respect] the mentor’s gift of time [and]recognize the importance of learning by listening andask thoughtful questions, and they are open and re-sponsive to guidance,” said Best. “It is equally im-
portant to invest not simplyin the best and brightest, butthose with the smallest glim-mer of promise. Good men-tors move mountains.”
Finding the Right MentorA mentor can brighten ayoung person’s future.
The Womenin Search ofExcellence(WISE)MentoringProgram runby NorthernVirginiaCommunityCollege isdesigned toaddresschallengesfaced byyoung womenin highereducation.
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a part of Fairfax County that in-cludes Westfield High School.
Trump couldn’t even win in thismost Republican of precincts, pick-ing up only 42 percent of the votecompared to Clinton, who took 50percent. But Democrats are quickto point out that those statisticswill not necessarily translate into
a string of victories this Novem-ber.
“In 2013, Terry McAuliffe car-ried 51 House districts in his elec-tion for governor, and he still onlywon 34 House seats,” said Demo-cratic strategist Ben Tribbett. “Sojust winning up-ballot don’t nec-essarily translate to a victorydown-ballot.”
Health DepartmentNeeds Volunteers
The Health Department is seeking volunteers to participate in itsupcoming Point of Dispensing (POD) exercise on Saturday, July 29.From 9-11 a.m. a simulated POD will be operated at Centreville HighSchool, 6001 Union Mill Road, Clifton.
Trained Health Department staff and volunteers will assist actors —POD clients — with filling out a screening form, dispensing faux-medi-cations and answering questions. This exercise is intended to evaluatethe Health Department’s ability to provide critical services during adisaster, specifically dispensing medication quickly to residents.
Register to participate as an actor by going to www.eventbrite.com/e/fairfax-county-health-department-point-of-dispensing-exercise-tick-ets-33333277731.For more information, contact Liz Sullivan, trainingand exercise coordinator, at 703-246-8703.
Free Carseat InspectionsCertified technicians from the Sully District Police Station will per-
form free, child safety carseat inspections Thursday, June 22, from 5-8:30 p.m., at the station, 4900 Stonecroft Blvd. in Chantilly. No ap-pointment is necessary. But residents should install the child safetyseats themselves so technicians may properly inspect and adjust them,as needed. Because of time constraints, only the first 35 vehicles arriv-ing on each date will be inspected. That way, inspectors may haveenough time to properly instruct the caregiver on the correct use of thechild seat. Call 703-814-7000, ext. 5140, to confirm dates and times.
Several Volunteers NeededWestern Fairfax Christian Ministries at 4511 Daly Dr. Suite J, Chantilly
seeks individuals to volunteer for the following:❖ Volunteer(s) to clean office and bathroom, Tuesday or Thursday,
either 8:30-9:30 a.m. or 2:30-4 a.m.❖ Volunteer(s) to answer phones and schedule appointments, Tues-
day and Thursday, 2 - 4:30 p.m. Requirements: good phone skills, per-sonable, able to conduct pantry tours. Interview and completed appli-cation required.
❖ Volunteer(s) for Client Services Intake, Monday and Friday, 9:45a.m. - 1:45 p.m. Requirements: Spanish speaker preferred, ability towork with clients, able to conduct pantry tours. Interview and com-pleted application required.
❖ Volunteer for Food Pantry, bagging clients’ food choices, Thursday,10:45 a.m. - 2:15 p.m. Requirements: must be able to stand for longperiods of time and lift at least 25 pounds. Interview and completedapplication required.
See http://wfcmva.org/how-you-can-help/volunteer-program/
Food Donations for WFCMWestern Fairfax Christian Ministries’ food pantry needs donations of
1-2 pound bags of rice; fruit juice; jelly; red, white or black beans (canor bagged); canned vegetables (no green beans of corn needed); maca-roni and cheese; can pasta; pasta sauce; and pasta (spaghetti, rotini,elbow, etc.). Toiletries needed, which WFCM clients cannot purchasewith food stamps, include diapers, toothpaste, shampoo and solid de-odorant. Bring all items to WFCM’S food pantry’s new location at 4511Daly Dr. Suite J, Chantilly from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Mondays throughFridays. Contact Terri Kelly at [email protected] if willing to coordi-nate a food drive.
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By KENNETH B. LOURIE
If you live long enough, it’s quite likely thatmany of the family members/generations bornbefore you will have predeceased you. Moreover,the family members born before them, twogenerations-plus behind, are most surely to begeshtorbin (Yiddish for dead) as well. The effect:memory loss. Specifically, the memories lost of ageneration of great grandparents – and beyond,you probably never knew or for whom you haveextremely limited knowledge; after all, you werean infant when your maternal grandmother died.And when your widowed mother died nearlynine years ago, you lost what may very well havebeen that final anecdotal connection to yourfamily’s history, especially if your Jewish and yourgrandparents immigrated from Russia, Romania,The Baltic States, etc. before World War II whererecorded history of Jews was evidence notdocumentation.
It just so happens that in my family, in fact,our closest surviving cousins, Ronnie and Gil,who themselves are in their 80s, are alive andextremely well and living with their daughter,Jayne, in Massachusetts. This past weekend,Ronnie and Gil drove eight hours to visit mybrother Richard and me. And though we areregularly in touch over the phone, it has beenyears since we were all together in Washington,D.C. And being in their company, naturally wereminisced – ALL WEEKEND. What spawned thiscolumn was a comment Ronnie (a singer/pianistin Boston for 25 years) made in response to aquestion we asked about whether there was anyother musical talent in the family. She said quitematter of factly that my maternal great-grandfa-ther – who I had never met or even heard ofbefore, “was a cantor in Russia – with a beautifulvoice” (who never left Russia). “What! I neverknew that.” I don’t recall knowing anything aboutmy great grandparents, maternal or paternal.
You see, Ronnie was there almost at thebeginning. She was the first born to my mother’soldest sibling and only sister, my Auntie Lee. Mymother was the baby of the family – after twobrothers were born. As such, the age differencebetween my mother and Ronnie was about 14years, atypical for a niece and an aunt. As aresult, Ronnie was witness to lots of family historythat I thought might have been lost forever whenmy mother died in 2008. As a few examples,Ronnie knows who was present at my mother’s“Auntie’s” house for Passover Cedar in the early1960s. She knew that “Auntie” was my mother’smother’s brother’s widow, not my mother’smother’s sister. I certainly didn’t. She knew thatthree families/our cousins lived together in thisthree-story home and all worked together in thefamily market: Levine’s. Still more that I didn’t Iknow.
Another family connection Ronnie and Gilreminded us of was a family line we have inSouth America. Again, before World War II, oneof my maternal grandfather’s (Hyman) brother’sSimon (Shimon) immigrated to Argentina whereto this day exists first (Eduardo) and second cous-ins (names I’m afraid don’t know) I’ve never met,though Ronnie and Gil have met numerous timesin Miami and in Argentina (Ronnie and Gil usedto live in South Florida). The more we talked, themore we travelled back in time. But I won’t self-indulge myself and bore you any longer. I will tryto wrap it up in the next paragraph.
My mother, Celia died in December2008, myfather died in December 2006. With their pass-ing, my brother and I lost – among a millionother things, their first-hand, on-site accounts ofour Lourie/Blacker history dating back 150 yearsor so to Russia/Eastern Europe, before any of myrelatives immigrated to America. Ronnie, mymother’s cherished niece, knows as much aboutour family history as there is still to know and herhusband of nearly 63 years, Gil, knows almost asmuch. Their visit wasn’t just a weekend. It was alifetime. A weekend of a lifetime for whichRichard and I are extraordinarily grateful.
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located inFair Lakes, Reston, Springfield, Tysonsor Vienna and 5 percent of net sales will bedonated to the Fairfax County Park Foundationto help Frying Pan Farm Park, Hidden PondNature Center, and other Fairfax County parkprograms.
‘Innovation of Flight’The Steven Udvar-Hazy CenterNational Air and Space museumhosted its annual “Innovation ofFlight,” one of two events in whichthe museum attracts in excess of15,000 visitors. Pilots were onhand to talk about the aircraftwhich were on display from 10a.m. - 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 17.Visitors were allowed to walk onthe tarmac on the exterior of themuseum grounds which connect toDulles International Airport.Fairfax County Police department’shelicopter was one of many heli-copters on display for guests. Twoof the crowd favorites were the F-16, and the C-17 which were ondisplay for an up close personalexperience for the guests. The C-17(top) was left open so visitorscould walk through and see first-hand how U.S. Military Servicemembers are transported. Thehighlight of the day for many wasseeing a B-2 Stealth Bomber (bot-tom) do two flyovers above themuseum’s grounds.
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‘Music to Do Good and Help People’From Page 5
Don Halterman with some of the orphans.Project Joy will help Zambian orphans make a livingthrough music.
singing songs and helping acouple of them write originalsongs, and Cathy recorded them,”said Halterman.
One in five Zambian childrenbecame orphans after thatcountry’s AIDS epidemic; and in25 percent of households there —some 625,000 — the primarycaregiver is a child. And there’ssuch widespread poverty in Zam-bia that it’s extremely difficult fororphans to find a sustainablesource of income.
“The Zambian communitydoesn’t support employment op-portunities for the younger gen-eration, so they have to find theirown things to do,” said Halterman.“So EOH works on sustainabilityprojects for them, and I’m addingin my project to theirs.” (To see avideo about it, go to https://www.gofundme.com/project-joy).
Via Project Joy, he plans to pro-duce a full-fledged documentaryon the entire process of teachingthe children new, original songs,plus dances to their music. Thenthe goal is to have them perform
their songs and dances at variouscommunity churches and func-tions throughout Zambia — butmainly in Lusaka, the capital andmost-modernized part of the coun-try.
“These kids have no money ormaterial goods, yet they’re happierand more joyful than anyone in theU.S.,” said Halterman. “It justtakes me aback. I believe it’s be-
cause of the joy of the Lord — onlyHe can give it to you. We all havejoy as humans; but when you con-nect it with God, it bursts out soother people can see it.”
Ironically, he said, when he wasa boy in Sunday School, he re-members saying, “I’ll do anythingfor God; just don’t send me to Af-rica to be a missionary.” SaidHalterman: “It was just the un-
known, so it was scary to me then.So this project is God’s sense ofhumor.”
Basically, he said, “It’s toughover there. These kids have solittle; their parents have eitherdied of AIDS or left them. But Iwant them to have a sustainable,meaningful life so they can be partof the solution, not the problem.”
EOH supports more than 100
orphans there, and 25 have beenidentified as having the skills toperform the songs and dances.“We’ll produce seven, originalsongs — two of them written byone of the orphans and five writ-ten by me,” said Halterman.“They’ll have reggae and islandrhythms.”
They’ll be recorded as both a CDand a DVD, and people who do-nate at the Website,www.musicprojectjoy.com, will beable to download them. “It’s alltax-deductible because we teamedup with a nonprofit called PCI —Public Communications Inc. —which will collect the donationsand send 100 percent of themoney to Project Joy,” saidHalterman.
“There are no salaries; but weneed to raise $58,000 to help ustravel to Zambia, produce the CDsand DVDs and prepare the kids togo out and perform.”
Then the orphans can both sellthe CDs and perform for money,which will provide an income forthem. On the DVDs, available tocontributors, each song will beaccompanied by a video.
“We plan to return to Zambia inAugust, for about two weeks, todo the project,” said Halterman.“The kids are excited about it; theylove singing and interacting withothers.
And I did the music tracks to gowith their songs.”
He’s hoping people will contrib-ute to the cause at the websitebecause, unlike many otherprojects, this one will have an im-mediate, positive impact on thechildren’s lives. “They could do aconcert the week after we leave,”he said. “And this is a way peoplecan help kids in Africa, even if theycan’t go there. They can still be anintegral part of these orphans’ livesand really make a huge differ-ence.”
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