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Student VanessaFerrufino will repre-sent Brazil duringChantilly High’sMarch 19 Interna-tional Night.

Student VanessaFerrufino will repre-sent Brazil duringChantilly High’sMarch 19 Interna-tional Night.

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Free Carseat InspectionsCertified technicians from the Sully District Police Station will

perform free, child safety carseat inspections Thursday, March13, from 5-8:30 p.m., at the station, 4900 Stonecroft Blvd. inChantilly. No appointment is necessary. But residents should in-stall the child safety seats themselves so technicians may prop-erly inspect and adjust them, as needed.

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

St. Baldrick’s Sign-UpsA St. Baldrick’s Day event is slated for Sunday, March 23, at 4

p.m., at Fast Eddie’s in the Newgate Shopping Center, at Routes28/29 in Centreville. The event raises funds for childhood cancerresearch. People volunteer to have their heads shaved and raisemoney in advance for the privilege. Then all those being shavedget it done together while others cheer them on. Sign up at http://www.stbaldricks.org/events/mypage/149/2014.

In addition, Valvoline Instant Oil Change in Centreville is giv-ing a 10-percent discount on services and 10 percent back to theSt. Baldrick’s Foundation when customers mention St. Baldrick’s.

Disaster Resiliency SummitThe Fairfax County Community Collaboration Summit for Di-

saster Resiliency is designed for organizations that provide day-to-day support to Fairfax County community members and willgive them sustained support when a disaster strikes. The summitwill be held Tuesday, March 25, from 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m., at MountOlive Baptist Church, 6600 Old Centreville Road in Centreville.

Entities such as faith- and community-based organizations, di-saster volunteer groups, residential-management groups, civic as-sociations and representatives from the private, public and non-profit sectors involved in disaster recovery, should attend. Regis-ter at https://2014summit.eventbrite.com. This event is sponsoredby Volunteer Fairfax, Fairfax County’s Neighborhood and Com-munity Services and Faith Communities in Action.

Budget Town Hall MeetingA town hall meeting on the FY 2015 Fairfax County and FCPS

budgets is set for Thursday, March 27, at 7 p.m. It’ll be held in thecafeteria of Rocky Run Middle School, 4400 Stringfellow Road inChantilly. Supervisor Michael R. Frey (R-Sully) and Sully DistrictSchool Board representative Kathy Smith will be on hand, andbudget staff from FCPS and the county Office of Managementand Budget will make a presentation.

Food Donations for WFCMWestern Fairfax Christian Ministries’ food pantry urgently needs

donations of spaghetti sauce, fruit juice, cooking oil; pancake mixand syrup, sugar, flour and canned fruit and meat. (Also neededare toothpaste, deodorant, baby wipes and shampoo).

Bring all items to WFCM’S new food-pantry location, week-days, 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m., at 13888 Metrotech Drive, near Papa John’sPizza and Kumon Learning Center, in Chantilly’s Sully Place Shop-ping Center.

Thrift-store needs include coats, fall and winter clothing, like-new houseware, plus Bibles in English and Spanish. The store isat 13939 Metrotech Drive. In addition, Thrift Store volunteersare needed for two- to four-hour shifts Fridays, between 9 a.m.and 6 p.m., and Saturdays, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Long-Term Care AdvocatesThe Northern Virginia Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program

needs volunteer advocates for residents in assisted living andnursing facilities. Training is provided in March. Call 703-324-

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By Bonnie Hobbs

The Connection

A rollicking, Mel Brooks comedy will burstupon the stage when The Alliance The-atre presents “Young Frankenstein.” Amusical version of the 1974 film, it takes

direct dialogue from it and adds some 15 musicalnumbers.

Show times are Friday-Saturday, March 21-22,March 28-29 and April 4-5, at 7:30 p.m., and Sun-day, March 30 and April 6, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $18,adults; $16, children 12 and under and senior citi-zens, at the door or via www.thealliancetheatre.org.The venue is Mountain View High School, 5775Spindle Court in Centreville. It’s PG-13 because oflanguage and innuendoes.

“It’s hysterical and we have an absolutely amazingcast,” said Director Leslie Anne Ross. “They bring anincredible amount of experience and energy. Thisshow takes all the classic gags from the film and putsthem on the stage with singing and dancing.”

Freddie Frankenstein is a New York scientist andmedical-school teacher. His grandfather Victor diesand Frankenstein inherits his estate in Transylvania.He goes there to deal with it and discovers hisgrandfather’s medical books. He then decides to cre-ate a monster, and hilarity ensues.

The cast and crew of 35 have been rehearsing sinceearly January. “The creative team from our produc-tion of ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’worked so well together that we have them againfor this show,” said Ross. “And that says a lot aboutAlliance that good people keep wanting to come

back.”The actors are a mix of those new to the company,

plus seasoned veterans. Ross is also the set designer,and Producer Maggie Swan is the lead costume de

The Alliance Theatre presents‘Young Frankenstein.’

Ready to perform “Young Frankenstein”are (from left) Lori Muhlstein, Ian Wade,Annie Ermlick, Scott Olson, CaraGiambrone and Mike Cash.

His Name Is ‘Fronkensteen’

In costume for Alliance’s “Young Frankenstein” are (from left) Lori Muhlstein (thehousekeeper), Ian Wade, Cara Giambrone, Scott Olson, Annie Ermlick and Mike Cash(Igor).

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By Bonnie Hobbs

The Connection

Chantilly High is holding itsannual InternationalNight next Wednesday,March 19, in the school

theater. Celebrating Chantilly’s diver-sity of cultures, the event includesboth food and entertainment.

New this year is a “Taste of theWorld” dinner, from 5:30-6:45 p.m.,in the cafeteria. The cuisine, (on salefrom $7.50-$8.50), is being providedby Aguaymanto Peruvian Restaurant,The Similans Thai Eatery and The Vil-lage Café of Centreville.

In addition, students from theschool’s Spanish Honor Society, Ger-man Club and Hispanic Heritage Clubwill be selling desserts from differentcountries while wearing traditionalclothing reflecting those countries.º

Then at 7 p.m., the students willperform a show featuring colorfulfashions, songs and dances from avariety of countries worldwide. Tick-ets for the show are $5 at the door(check or cash) or viawww.chantillyhsdrama.com.

“This year promises to be bigger andbetter than ever,” said show DirectorShannon Khatcheressian. “We havereally focused on bringing the eveningto a whole new level of entertainmentand getting more involvement fromthe school and the community.”

Stage Manager Chris Knarr says theinternational show will be fun andengaging for the entire family. “All ofthe performers are so talented thisyear and have really worked hard,”said Knarr. “I am excited for the com-munity to come and celebrate the di-versity and culture we have at theschool.”

Some of the acts and performersinclude the following:

❖ Nepali Dance: Representing

Nepal are seniors Roshita Upadhyaya andPratibha Pandey, juniors Sadhana Regmiand Garima Dhakal, and sophomoreSandhya Dotel. Their dance fuses both mod-ern and classical taste. The first song is aclassic, typically played at marriage ceremo-nies. The other two are more modern, usu-

ally done at parties or other modernceremonies.

❖ The Nobodies: RepresentingSouth Korea and the U.S. are seniorAllyson Pak and junior Diane On.They’re dancing to “No No No” byAPink, “Can’t Nobody” by 2NEI, “Ra-dar” by Britney Spears and “LikeMoney” by WonderGirls.

The last song is WonderGirl’s sec-ond single in America and featuresAmerican rapper, Akon. These upbeatK-pop songs are huge sensations in-ternationally and are beginning to bethe center of Korean Culture andyoung life.

❖ Dance With Me: Representing In-dia and Pakistan is senior Alesha Khan.

From a Bollywood movie, the words “AajaNachle” translate to “dance with me.” In thesong, Khan tells people to forget everyoneelse and just come dance with her.

❖ Memories of My Youth: RepresentingFrance will be senior Bi Lin. This sweet andsimple song expresses the joys of childhoodlife and innocent hearts.

❖ All Around the World: Representing theU.S. are freshman Tora Crank and seniorNikki Sewell. Their performance is every-thing hip-hop, bringing back some moves

from the beginning of the genre to currentmoves used in popular music videos andconcerts. Dances such as these began inNew York City’s South Bronx and Harlem.

❖ I Want Your Love (Wo Yao Ni De Ai):Representing China is sophomore EmilyZou. She’s doing an upbeat, jazz piece fromthe 1950s, originally performed by GraceChang.

❖ Picking Song: Representing China isfreshman Yi Ran Tang. This classic Chinesefolk song is about a young womanpicking lotuses near a river.

❖ Angela’s Hip Hop Routine:Representing the U.S. issophomore Angela Shakeri.Hip-hop dance emphasizesenergy, creativity and fun.She’ll be dancing to themoves of three, well-known,California choreographers,“Wildabeast” Adams, MattSteffanina and Ellen Kim.

❖ Chantilly Bollywood DanceTeam: Representing India are juniorsAmy Kumar, Shay Kayamboo, KanchanMittal and Shradda Adhikari; sophomoresNilaani Kayamboo, Niki Vadav, SakarBudhathoki and Anjali Chauhan; and se-niors Sid Bala, Fayzan Saleem, ParamEktare, Prakhar Yadar, Shilp Ronvelwalaand Sonny Eltepu.

Their newly formed dance team has col-lectively choreographed an upbeat dancethat represents their culture and is seen inmovies and at parties. The song depicts aclassic love story between a boy and girl.

❖ Twenty: Representing South Korea areseniors Hyein Lee, HyoJung Lee, Julia Parkand Yurim Suh. They’ll be performing theKorean pop hit, “Missing You,” by a hugelypopular girl band called 2NE1.

❖ Got 5: Representing South Korea aresophomores Olivia Ryu, Esther Mun, Sae MiRood, Ye Ji Kwon and Michelle Kim. K-popis Korean music that’s now reached a glo-bal market and features catchy melodiesand fascinating dance moves.

❖ The Jawani Dancers: Repre-senting India are sophomores

Priyanka Shah and PallaviSwarup. They’ll performtwo songs from theBollywood hit, “YehJawaani Hai.” The firstsong depicts leaving ev-erything to be with thelove of one’s life and lov-

ing everything aboutthem. The second song is

about the silliness and mis-chievousness of someone’s heart.

Bringing the two together is the song“Kamli” from “Dhoom 3.”

❖ Dynamic Love: Representing South Ko-rea and the U.S. are seniors Jennifer Songand Paul Lee, junior Noah Lee and fresh-man Joel Lee. With Paul on the piano, Noahrapping and beatboxing, and Jennifer andJoel singing, Dynamic Love will perform amedley of Korean and American pop songs.They’ll tell a story illustrating the differentstages of love, from sad and unrequited topowerful and endless.

International Night isslated for March 19.

Chantilly High School Celebrates Diversity

Representing India are (from left) Pallavi Swarup andPriyanka Shah.

Although wearing a poodle skirt here, Emily Zou willrepresent China on International Night.

“This year promises to bebigger and better than ever.We have really focused onbringing the evening to awhole new level ofentertainment and gettingmore involvement from theschool and the community.”— Show Director Shannon Khatcheressian

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By Bonnie Hobbs

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Cancer at any age is devastating; but it’s par-ticularly heartbreaking when it strikes achild. So St. Baldrick’s Day events try to raise

as much money as possible toward finding a cure forchildhood cancer

Centreville’s ninth annual St. Baldrick’s Day cel-ebration will be held Sunday, March 23, from 4-6p.m., at Fast Eddie’s; it’s in the Newgate ShoppingCenter at Routes 28/29.

In a cheerful, fun-filled atmosphere with music andlaughter, participants will have their heads shavedbald while friends and families cheer them on. FastEddie’s will also offer mechanical-bull rides for $5,with half the proceeds going to St. Baldrick’s.

Steve Ratliff of Centreville’sCountry Club Manor communityorganized the event with helpfrom Pleasant Hill’s MegCrossett, whose daughter Racheldied of neuroblastoma in 2001at age 6. He’s also been shavinghis hair and beard at this andother St. Baldrick’s affairs for 11years now.

“I have healthy kids, but thereare a lot who aren’t healthy,” saidRatliff. “No parent should everyhave to bury a child. So if sittingdown and getting my headshaved once a year can help,even a little bit, I’m glad to doit. It’s only hair, and it’s fun — it’s a neat feeling tobe a part of the event.”

The St. Baldrick’s Foundation began March 17,2000, when three business executives decided totransform their St. Patrick’s Day party into a fund-raiser for children with cancer. With the help of 17colleagues, they hoped to raise $17,000 on the 17th

by having each person collect $1,000 to be shaved.That event yielded more than $104,000, and a tra-dition was born.

The effort caught on worldwide and, since 2005,St. Baldrick’s has awarded more than $127 millionto support lifesaving research. It’s now the largestprivate funder of childhood-cancer research grants.

In 2013, St. Baldrick’s awarded more than $24.5million to fund pediatric oncology researchers.

For more information, see www.stbaldricks.org.However, the need is still great. More children die

of cancer in the U.S. than from any other diseaseand, globally, a child is diagnosed every 3 minutes.Many adult cancers can be diagnosed early; but in80 percent of children, it’s already spread to otherareas of the body by the time it’s diagnosed.

In Centreville’s past eight St. Baldrick’s Days,$227,400 has been raised and 260 people wereshaved. This year’s goal is $25,000 and, so far, 34people have signed up to be shaved and $16,690 hasbeen raised.

AND THERE’S still time to join in. The link to theevent page is: www.stbaldricks.org/events/mypage/149/2014.

“The hope is that, one of these days, we won’t haveto do this because they’ll have found a cure,” saidRatliff. “You never know when that next dollar or

next event will be the one thatmakes the difference.”

Westfield High freshman Will-iam Dzubak is one of the shavees,and it’ll be his sixth time. Heplans to raise $1,000 and is half-way there.

“It feels really good to helpchildren, and I’ve had loved onesin my life who’ve been diagnosedwith cancer,” he said. “Thepeople involved with the eventare all really nice, and it’s goodto know there are so manypeople around you who have alove for curing cancer.”

Jack Elliott, a 2013 Westfieldgrad now at NOVA, participated

two years ago and will be in this year’s event, aswell. “Usually, I do it for my best friend Taylor, whohas neuroblastoma,” he said. “But this year, I’m do-ing it for my grandmother who was just diagnosedwith leukemia.”

His favorite part of St. Baldrick’s Day is tellingpeople about why he’s bald. “When they ask aboutmy shaved head, I tell them not to pity people withcancer, but to treat them like regular people,” saidElliott. “I also like telling other people to get involved;I just got five or six college kids to sign up, too. Iraised $900 last time, in a week, so I’m aiming for

William Dzubak, then inmiddle school, gets shavedby Lakisha Shelton of CCHair Salon.

Cindy Del Rocco, CC HairSalon owner, prepares toshave Country ClubManor’s Steve Ratliff at aprevious event.

Lisa Lanser will get herhead shaved.

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Fighting Childhood CancerSt. Baldrick’sfund-raiser is March 23.

“It feels really goodto help children,and I’ve had lovedones in my lifewho’ve beendiagnosed withcancer,”

— William Dzubak


Opinion

When Delegates Scott Surovell,Charniele Herring and RobKrupicka, along with Sen.Adam Ebbin got together to

make the case for expanding Medicaid inVirginia, they brought slide presentations,charts, spreadsheets, poll results andmore.

It is a compelling argument that expandingMedicaid under the Affordable Care Act is notonly good for the health of working poor Vir-ginians, it’s good for the health of Virginia’seconomy. What’s more, polls show that Virgin-ians support expanding Medicaid, even Virgin-

ians who didn’t vote for Gov. Terry McAuliffe.Expanding health care for poor individuals

and families who so far have been cut out ofhealth care reform by the General Assembly’s

refusal would create more than30,000 new jobs, hundreds of jobs inevery district in the state. It wouldbring in $5 million in Federal dollars

every day, $1.8 billion a year. It would savethe General Fund $285 million over the bian-nual budget, money that could be spent on edu-cation, mental health and other critical priori-ties.

“Real people are suffering because of this,”

Voting Against Virginia?Local proponents of expanding health coverage for poor peoplehave a point about those in the General Assembly voting against it.

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said Ebbin. “Real people would be helped.”That includes working families and more than12,000 veterans. Ebbin related the story of ataxi driver from his district who had a strokein his 40s. With no insurance, Mount VernonInova Hospital covered his acute treatment andrecovery. But without insurance, his access torehabilitation was limited and as a result, hislifetime expectations are likely limited.

Saying no to $5 million a day is, in fact, vot-ing against Virginia.

— Mary Kimm,

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FREE TAX ASSISTANCETax Help. Centreville Regional Library,

14200 St. Germain Drive will holdfree tax help hosted by AARP Tax-Aide on Tuesdays from 4-8:30 p.m.and Wednesdays from 1-5 p.m. Free.For taxpayers with low- and middle-income and special attention to thoseage 60 and older. Bring photo ID,social security card and prior year’stax return.

MULCH SALESCentreville High School. Get

premium double shredded hardwoodmulch (3 cubic foot bags) at $4.90/

bag for orders of 1-49 bags or $4.55/bag for orders of 50+ bags. Orderonline now through March 23 atmidnight at www.cvhsmulch.org. Topay by check, download, print, andmail the attached order formavailable on the web site. Delivery isavailable to ZIP codes 20120, 20121,and 20124. Free delivery for ordersof 10+ bags. Delivery of mulch willbe March 28-30, or pick up mulch atCVHS Saturday, March 29. Allproceeds benefit Project Graduationand senior scholarship programs andactivities. Visit http://football.cvhstouchdownapp.com/mulch-spreading.html for mulchspreading services.

Westfield High School. Sales havebegun for the Westfield High SchoolMulch Sale. Get double shreddedhardwood mulch delivered to helpraise money for a safe and sober

graduation party for the Class of2014, as well as other PTSAprograms.

A WHS athletic team will even spreadyour mulch if you want, at only $2per bag. Order by Tuesday, March18.

Free delivery or pick up is March 29.Visit http://ptsa.westfieldhs.org tolearn more or submit an order.

MONDAYS/JAN. 13-MARCH 31Conversational English. 7:30-9 p.m.

at Chantilly Bible Church, 4390Pleasant Valley Road, Chantilly.There are four levels: beginning,basic, intermediate, and advanced.There is also a citizenship class. Thisis the eighth year church membershave offered this free program.Childcare provided. Call 703-263-1188, ext. 15.

SATURDAY/MARCH 15Consignment Sale. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at

The nZone, 14550 Lee Road,Chantilly. Fairfax County Mothers ofMultiples will host over 200 familieswho will be selling gently usedclothing, shoes, toys, books and morefor the whole family. Free. Cash andchecks accepted. Visitwww.fcmom.org for more.

Discussion. 2-4 p.m. at SullyGovernmental Center, 4900Stonecroft Blvd., Chantilly.“Managing the Medical Mayhem-Going from Piles to Files,” presentedby Patient Consultant Marjorie Veigaat the NOVA Chronic FatigueSyndrome, Fibromyalgia, andOrthostatic Intolerance SupportGroup. Caregivers welcome. Free.Visit cfsnova.com or 703-968-9818.

MONDAY/MARCH 17Assistance League of Northern

Virginia. 1 p.m. at SullyGovernmental Center, 4900Stonecroft Blvd., Chantilly. All arewelcome to learn more aboutprograms that feed, clothe, educateand nurture those in need. ContactMary Spence at [email protected] 703-425-2243.

Sober Ride. 4 p.m. Monday-4 a.m.Tuesday Washington RegionalAlcohol Program will offers free cabrides (up to a $30 value) to would-bedrunk drivers in the metro-Washington, D.C. area, includingFairfax, Arlington and Montgomerycounties and Alexandria. Call thetoll-free SoberRide phone number 1-800-200-TAXI (8294). AT&T wirelesscustomers can dial # WRAP for thesame service. Visitwww.soberride.com for more.

Meeting. 7 p.m. in the Cale CommunityCenter, 4615 Stringfellow Road. TheGFWC Western Fairfax CountyWoman’s Club, will host apresentation on “”Intelligence in theCivil War” by Dr. David Robarge,Chief Historian of the CentralIntelligence Agency. Free. Visitwww.wfcwc.org or [email protected] more.

Centreville Garden Club Meeting.7 p.m. at Sully Government Center,4900 Stonecroft Blvd., Chantilly.“Teachings of Medieval HerbalistHildegard Von Bingen for Today’sGardens” by Karin Rindal. Learnmore atcentrevillegardenclub.blogspot.com,[email protected] orcall 703-266-9233. Free.

‘Angelina Meets the Princess’Mia Saunders Schools of Ballet and the Little Rocky Run HOA presented “AngelinaMeets the Princess” on March 8. Mia Saunders’ students danced the ballet featur-ing Lauren McGovern as Angelina Ballerina and Jemma Stratton as Miss Lilly. Many“petite” audience members watched the ballet, danced with the Mouselings, atehomemade cookies and refreshments, and were read a story by the Princess,played by Jean Marie Schierling. The audience then made tutus and got autographsof the dancers.

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From left are Anthony Terrell, Rocky Run principal; Shelley Kucera,Environmental Club co-sponsor; contest winner, Maddy Buckley,and Megan Hudson, Environmental Club co-sponsor.

Maddy Buckley holdsher winning design.

Maddy Buckley won the RockyRun Eco-Code Design Contest, creating a code that rep-

resents Rocky Run’s commitment to en-vironmental awareness. Six posters ofthe code will hang in the school to en-courage each person at Rocky RunMiddle School to make good choicesabout their environmental footprint.Maddy received a $50 gift certificate toBarnes and Noble for her winning entry.

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Fighting Childhood CancerFrom Page 5

$2,000 this time.”J.T. Weiland II, of Centreville’s

Stonehenge community, has raised moneyfor several years for the Muscular Dystro-phy Association, but he’s participating in St.Baldrick’s for the first time. To raise funds,he tells people they’ll see a funny, bald photoof him on Facebook after the event. He fig-ures “it’ll entice people to donate more if Ishow my commitment to the cause.”

His target is $5,000 and, said Weiland,“It’s a steep goal, but I’m hoping to make it.I like raising money for charity, especiallyfor children. A friend of mine’s daughter hadcancer; so anything I can do to help anychild, I will.”

Also participating are husband and wifeWayne Malick and Lisa Lanser of CountryClub Manor. It’ll be Malick’s second timeshaving, and he said the event’s “neat be-cause any research is good research, so I’mtrying to help as much as I can.” He’s alsolooking forward to “seeing everybody to-gether when we get shaved.”

So far, Lanser is the only woman who’ssigned up to be shaved. “My husband did it

two years ago, and I wanted to do it, too,”she said. “It’s a replenishable resource, sowhy not? And at least, I have a choice — alot of people fighting cancer don’t get thatchoice.” She also wanted to help becausechildhood cancer is “so rampant.” She’ll alsodo it in memory of two women in her high-school graduating class — one in her 30sand one in her 40s — who both died of can-cer. She hopes to raise $1,000 and, so far, isat $475.

Lanser’s never had her head shaved be-fore, but she’s approaching it with a goodattitude. “It’ll be a whole, new experience,”she said. “I wasn’t even born bald.”

“ A friend of mine’sdaughter had cancer;so anything I can doto help any child, Iwill.”

— J.T. Weiland II


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Fundraiser ToBenefit WoundedWarrior Project

Southwestern Youth Association (SYA)and Chantilly Youth Association (CYA) arejoining forces to host the first “LAX for aCause: Purple vs. Red” marathon. The eight-hour lacrosse game will be held March 15,at Centreville High School. The goal is toraise $10,000 to directly benefit the nation’swounded warriors through the WoundedWarrior Project.

The marathon will feature more than 20teams — with players ages five and up —who will play at a different time slotsthroughout the day.

Funds will be raised through player spon-sorships from individuals and businessesprior to the marathon, as well as throughconcessions and t-shirt sales on the day ofthe event.

SYA Lacrosse and CYA Lacrosse are local,volunteer, non-profit youth sports organiza-tions that serve the youth of western Fairfax.Proceeds beyond the $10,000 for theWounded Warrior Project will be used to im-prove player safety through the purchase ofupdated equipment and gear. Funds raisedalso will help keep the sport accessible toevery household in western Fairfax by keep-ing registration costs low, as well as helpsubsidize the organizations’ free off-seasontraining programs and clinics.

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Fairfax County needs volunteers to driveolder adults to medical appointments andwellness programs. Call 703-324-5406, TTY711, visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/olderadults and link to Volunteer Solutionsor email [email protected].

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How to HelpThe CLRC

The Centreville Labor Resource Center(CLRC) needs volunteers to lead vocationaltraining workshops to increase the work-ers’ job skills. A Wednesday morning ESOLinstructor is also needed; contact MollyMaddra at [email protected] more information.

In addition, end-of-year contributions toCLRC may be made at www.centrevilleimmigrationforum.org. The organization issupported totally by grants and donations;it receives no government funding.

Give Caregiversa Break

Fairfax County needs Respite Care volun-teers throughout the county to give familycaregivers of a frail older adult a well-de-served break.

Volunteers visit and oversee the safety ofthe older adult for a few hours each month.

Volunteers are matched with families in ornear their own neighborhoods. Support andtraining is provided. Contact Kristin Martinat 703-324-7577, TTY 711, [email protected].

How to HireCLRC Workers

The Centreville Labor Resource Center(CLRC) serves businesses and homeownersneeding help with just about any home re-modeling or maintenance project. And lo-cal residents who’d like to hire a workerfrom the CLRC may do so easily. Either call703-543-6272 or go towww.centrevilleLRC.org and click on the“How to Hire” link. Tell what kind of workis required, how many workers are neededand when.

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signer. The scenes take place in New York,Transylvania, a Bavarian town, a laboratoryand a castle. The actors wear 1930s cloth-ing, including dirndl dresses andlederhosen.

“Even if people aren’t familiar with MelBrooks, they’ll still love this show,” saidRoss. “It’s funny, risqué and has lots ofdouble entendres and sight gags.”

Portraying Frankenstein, the dean ofanatomy at a world-renowned medicalschool, is Ian Wade. “He doesn’t want toadmit he’s his grandfather’s descendant, sohe pronounces his name ‘Fronkensteen,’”said Wade. “He’s an incredibly brilliant sur-geon and anatomy teacher who loves thebrain more than anything else. InTransylvania, he meets Igor, who wants towork with him like their grandparents didand build a monster, but he resists.”

Frankenstein has a fiancé, Elizabeth, inNew York. But, said Wade, “She’s cold andstandoffish, and he’s shy about physicallove. However, he’s egotistical and self-as-sured when it comes to science. I can do alot with this role because he’s energetic andpassionate and I can express that. I also likehis comical overestimation of himself; he’sfunny without meaning to be.”

Wade’s favorite number is “Puttin’ on theRitz,” which he sings. “It’s an Irving Berlinsong with a catchy melody, and I like howthe music flows,” he said. “It’s me and themonster dancing together onstage, and it’svery funny.”

He says the audience will enjoy the show’smusic and dancing. “It’s well-choreo-graphed and mirrors the movie, which wasvery popular,” he said. “It’s a funny show

and it’ll be fun to do.”Scott Olson, who’s directed

Alliance shows, plays the mon-ster. “He’s basically a childwho has great strength and isvery big,” said Olson. “For ex-ample, he’s afraid of fire andfeels emotions greatly. I wearboots with 4-inch soles thatmake me 6-foot-6-inches talland a padded suit so I’ll lookheavier. I’m having a blast be-cause I just have to act like adork. I groan and scream a lotand do very physical comedy.”

He said the audience willlike the way the storyprogresses with the comedy.“There are a lot of morals wo-ven through the show, and it’sa whole, different ending thanwhat they’d expect,” saidOlson. “It’s also about how themonster accepts himself ashuman and learns about theworld around him.

Portraying Inga, Freddie’slab assistant, is Annie Ermlickof Centreville’s Centre Ridgecommunity. “She’s a countrygirl who’s very affectionate,loving, approachable, givingand available — a free spirit,”said Ermlick. “She’s smart, hasa true passion for science andis a good person who falls inlove with Freddie.”

Enjoying her part, Ermlicksaid, “Inga’s a smiley and positive charac-ter — and I get to have a German accent.She’s a song-and-dance girl, so I get to do

‘A Feel-Good, Well-Cast and Hilarious Musical’

Photo by Bonnie Hobbs/Centre View

The monster attacks: From left are Lori Muhlstein, AnnieErmlick, Ian Wade, Scott Olson, Cara Giambrone andMike Cash.

fun, upbeat numbers and even yodel. Ingahas a lot of different facets to her, and I likefinding her different layers. She’s also got

lots of really great lines.” Anadded bonus is that Ermlick’sreal-life husband, Dave, playsVictor, in their first show to-gether.

“It’s a feel-good musical withlots of catchy tunes, and MelBrooks is hilarious,” saidErmlick. “It’s rare that some-one can translate a film to thestage and have it not lose itsintegrity and be equally asstrong, so it’s extremely well-written. And it’s really well-cast, from the leads to the en-semble.”

One of those ensemblemembers is Little Rocky Run’sKathy Young. She sings anddances, plays a villager andalso portrays the wife of In-spector Kemp (Little RockyRun’s John Totten), the policeofficer trying to find the mon-ster. “It’s a lot of fun, the mu-sic is fabulous and the actorsare wonderful and so tal-ented,” she said.

She especially likes the num-ber, “Please Don’t Touch Me,”sung by Cara Giambrone asElizabeth. “She has a greatvoice and it’s a hystericalsong,” said Young. Overall, shesaid, “The audience will likethe story and the funny quipsand jokes. They’ll also love therelationship between Igor and

Freddie. The audience will see how muchfun everyone’s having and will have a goodtime, too.”


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Two teams from Thomas JeffersonHigh School for Science and Tech-nology have been chosen as global

finalists to compete in the 2014 Spirit ofInnovation Challenge competition.

In the Health & Nutrition category are TJJuniors Ramya Radhakrishnan of Herndon,Heather Lukas of Oakton and PoojaChandrashekar of Potomac Falls with theirProject: Sensitive Solutions – OmniSENSE.

In the Cybertechnology & Security cat-egory are TJ Sophomores Matthew Sun ofGreat Falls, Valerie Chen of Chantilly, Jas-per Treakle of Fairfax and Raghav Ramrajof Centreville with their Project: TXT U L8R– AutoSense.

The Conrad Foundation announced thenames of 20 high school and middle schoolteams from the U.S., China, India, Israel andSri Lanka to compete in the final round ofthe 2013-2014 Spirit of Innovation Chal-lenge competition.

These young entrepreneurs — selectedfrom 133 innovative semifinalist teams fromaround the world — will attend the 2014

Innovation Summit in Houston and com-pete for $45,000 in prizes. There were atotal of 385 team entries from around theworld.

Presented by Lockheed Martin, the com-petition challenges teams of students (ages13 to 18) to combine innovation and entre-preneurship, along with STEM (science,technology, engineering and math), to cre-ate commercially-viable products to benefithumanity and support global sustainability.Finalist teams will present their productconcepts April 7-8 before a panel of indus-try experts, leading entrepreneurs, govern-ment officials and world-renowned scien-tists at NASA Johnson Space Center inHouston. Products will be evaluated fortechnical content and marketplace viabil-ity. Presentations will be available for pub-lic viewing via live stream.

The 2013-2014 Spirit of Innovation Chal-lenge is made possible by Lockheed Mar-tin, PepsiCo, Battelle, Air Liquide, MondelêzInternational and other supporting spon-sors.

Students Named Global FinalistsTwo TJHSST teams selected for 2014 Spiritof Innovation Challenge competition.

By Michael Lee Pope

The Connection

Back in the 1920s, Harry Byrdbecame governor of Virginiaon what he called a “pay-as-you-go” platform. Byrd had

an almost pathological hatred of debt,fueled in part by mounting debt prob-lems of his family’s business. Now, al-most a century later, leaders acrossNorthern Virginia have a very differ-ent view about the role debt shouldplay in balancing the books. Local gov-ernments across Virginia have takenon more than $8 billion in debt.

“Some jurisdictions are having to bemore careful with their debt load asthey are small and have a weak realestate base,” said Stephen Fuller, di-

go” is a relic of the past in much the sameway as the policy of racial segregation as-sociated with the Byrd machine. Althoughgovernment officials acknowledge that lo-cal governments are taken on increasingamounts of debt, they argue that it’s all rela-tive to the amount of money the jurisdic-tion raises each year and how much valueis tied to land in the jurisdiction.

“All the Northern Virginia jurisdictions arelooking at the same metrics — they can’texceed a three percent limit of outstandingdebt as a percent of assessed value, andannual debt payments can’t exceed 10 per-cent of their total budget,” said Joe LaHait,debt coordinator for Fairfax County. “Thosetwo metrics are strongly abided by, and theyare constantly monitored by the bond rat-ing agencies who ultimately provide theratings to every single jurisdiction in thestate.”

Arlington County has one of the highestper capita debt loads in Northern Virginia,an indication that county leaders are will-ing to use its bonding authority to borrowmoney to construct everything from schoolsto a new aquatics center at Long BridgePark. Supporters of the county’s efforts saythe bond rating agencies approve becauseArlington has an Aaa/AAA/AAA credit rat-ing. Arlington is one of the few jurisdictionsin America to have a triple-triple A creditrating, a distinction it’s held for 13 consecu-tive years.

“You could make a reasonable argument,I think, that we have got a number of dif-ferent programs doing the same thingssometimes and you could probably stream-line some things in Arlington. There’s nodoubt about that,” said Robert Hynes, amember of the Fiscal Affairs Advisory Com-mission. “But I also do not think there’s a

lot of great waste in the money they spend.They spend it well I think.”

ONE POTENTIAL drawback for localgovernments deciding to take on more debtis the risk of violating self-imposed debt lim-its. In Alexandria, for example, city leadersare trying to find a way to finance a newMetro station at Potomac Yard. Last year,

members of the Budget and Fiscal AffairsAdvisory Committee sounded the alarm thatthe city was actually on track to violate itsdebt ceiling even without calculating themassive borrowing that would be neededto finance the Metro station, which couldbe anywhere from $200 million to $400million. That means borrowing money tobuild the station would violate the city’sdebt policy at least temporarily.

“The idea was, I think, to make an excep-tion that would be paid down and then goback to the guidelines — in other wordsbreak the guidelines,” said James Bulter,former chairman of the Alexandria Budgetand Fiscal Affairs Advisory Committee. “ButI believe that they should carefully exam-ine their options because the debt policy hasa real meaning, and it should be followedif at all possible.”

Local governments are not alone in try-ing to borrow money to balance the books.Last year, the commonwealth of Virginia’stotal debt increased to $37.3 billion, an in-crease of $1.1 billion, or 3.2 percent. Ac-cording to a study by the nonpartisan StateBudget Solutions, that means each privatesector worker in Virginia has a state debtburden of more than $21,000. And the fed-eral government problems with debt arewell known.

“My own personal debt concerns me, socertainly the debt of my county does aswell,” said Ed Batten, a member of the LeeDistrict Budget Advisory Group. “But whenI look at what the demands are in thiscounty, the human demands as well aswhat’s going on in the economy, I think thatwhat we are doing is the best we can dogiven the circumstances.”

Local governments use debtas a tool to build for the future.A Debt to Society

“Some jurisdictions arehaving to be more carefulwith their debt load asthey are small and have aweak real estate base.”

— Stephen Fuller, director of theCenter for Regional Analysis at

George Mason University

rector of the Center for RegionalAnalysis at George Mason University.“Others see that having high qualityinfrastructure is the best way to sup-port a growing economy that will en-able them to pay off the debt.”

Fairfax County has the largest debtby far, almost $4 billion. But Fairfaxalso has more people than any of theother jurisdictions. So the county’s percapita debt burden is actually lowerthan Arlington or Alexandria. Finan-cial reports show that local govern-ments across Northern Virginia havebeen taking on increasing debt in re-cent years, and some believe thattrend might accelerate in the near fu-ture. Because Congress is consideringeliminating some exemptions for in-come tax on municipal bonds, localgovernments might consider takingon larger amounts of debt in the nearfuture to take advantage of lower in-terest rates.

“There are some clouds gatheringon the horizon that will impose sig-nificantly greater increases in costs forborrowing to issue bonds to financelong-term improvements,” said FrankShafroth, director of the Center forState and Local Leadership. “Localgovernments are asking themselves ifthey want to risk deferring borrow-ing knowing it might carry a muchhigher interest rate.”

GOVERNMENT LEADERS say theold Byrd philosophy of “pay-as-you-

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By Bonnie Hobbs

The Connection

Two dramas and a comedy are ontap for Centreville High’s annualOne-Act Play Festival.

Presented will be “13 Ways toScrew up a College Interview,” “10,000Cigarettes” and “The Lottery.” The curtainrises Friday-Saturday, March 21-22, at 7p.m. Tickets are $5 at the door.

‘13 WAYS … COLLEGE INTERVIEW’Directing “13 Ways to Screw up a Col-

lege Interview” is senior Jeremy Washing-ton. “It’s a fast-paced comedy about twocollege interviewers trying to find one moreperson to get into their college beforethey’re fired,” he said. “So they go downthe wait list — filled with 13 zany charac-ters — and have them each come in for aninterview, and the laughter takes off.”

The cast and crew of 14 has been rehears-ing since early January, with AshleyLeightley and Kyle Artone portraying the in-terviewers. “Our show has a lot of first-timeactors, and I want them to have fun andlike theater while we’re also getting thingsdone,” said Washington. “And for the mostpart, it’s been going really well.”

Calling all his thespians “good kids,” hesaid, “I’m surprised how much they lovetheater and acting. They’re excited to be inthis show and they all have a really goodwork ethic. They also have great, creativeideas about how they can take their char-acters to the next level. The audience willlike how weird the prospective students areand how the interviewers react to them.”

It’s Washington’s first time directing. “Iwas a little worried, at first,” he said. “Butnow that I’ve gotten to do it and gotten toknow my actors, I’m really confident abouthow my show’s going to turn out.” Initially,said Washington, it was tough figuring outsome of the show’s technical aspects, butthen things fell into place.

“The best part is being able to hang outwith a bunch of really cool people andknowing that the experience they’ll takefrom the show, the friends they make andthe things they’ll learn are because of me,”he said. “But the actors taught me as muchas I taught them. I thought of the show as awhole, but they’d think about their charac-ters’ little quirks and mannerisms and bringthem to me and we’d go with them.”

‘10,000 CIGARETTES’Senior Jeremy Pritchard is helming

“10,000 Cigarettes,” aided by Stage Man-ager Joey Dell’Omo and Assistant DirectorAmita Rao. “It’s a drama that takes placeafter the funeral of four sisters’ father whodied of lung cancer from cigarette use,” saidPritchard.

“Throughout the show, they talk abouthow good cigarettes are,” he said. “Thenthey start coughing and realize cigarettesare killing them, too, and all they have iseach other.” The four girls in the cast areMiranda Newman, Caroline Collier, GabieNicchita and Jemma Stratton.

“We’ve been rehearsing since mid-Decem-ber and things are going wonderfully,” saidPritchard. “These are four, extremely tal-

ented girls and I’m so lucky to have themin my cast. I had them read for a specificpersonality trait that defines each charac-ter and picked the actors who portrayedthem best. One’s a confident business-woman and the others are a perky airhead,a goofball and someone sexy.”

He said the audience will like the fact thatthis play isn’t like regular theater. “It’s morestylized in the acting and writing,” saidPritchard. “For example, the characters willfinish each others’ sentences. The set issimple and the location is up to interpreta-tion.”

He was assistant director for Centreville’sproduction of “Lend Me a Tenor” in the fall,but this is his first time directing. “I learnedthat, even if you want to be friends withyour actors, sometimes you need to put yourfoot down and let them know you’re incharge,” he said.

But on the whole, Pritchard was glad hegot the opportunity to direct. “I really en-joy it because I like seeing my vision comealive,” he explained. “The toughest part istrying to make everything click perfectly —costumes, makeup, etc. But the thing I lovemost is watching the actors grow and de-velop their characters.”

‘THE LOTTERY’Directing “The Lottery” is senior Connor

Mitchell. Featuring a cast and crew of 13,this show has been rehearsing since thebeginning of February. “It’s a drama abouta bunch of townspeople who gather in thetown square for a lottery,” said Mitchell.

“They’re pretty casual and are talkingabout their everyday lives in an upbeatway,” he continued. “Later on, the audiencestarts to realize this lottery may not be sucha good thing — and there’s a shocking twist

Centreville High One-Acts take the stage.

Three Plays for Price of One

The cast of “The Lottery,” with Director Connor Mitchell at far right.

Director Jeremy Washington (in front) with the cast and crew of “13Ways to Screw up a College Interview.”

The cast and crew of “10,000 Cigarettes” are (from left) Stage ManagerJoey Dell’Omo, Miranda Newman, Director Jeremy Pritchard, CarolineCollier and Gabie Nicchita. (Not pictured: Jemma Stratton).

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at the end.”In the lead roles are Emily

Hoffman, who plays Tessie, avillager’s wife who turns out to bea very significant character in theplay, and Zane Piper, who portraysJoe Summers, the village leader.He’s almost a celebrity among thetownsfolk and he conducts the lot-tery.

“Things are going well,” saidMitchell. “We’re working hard andeveryone’s very committed to theshow, so it’s coming along nicely.Eventually, every character is onstage at the same time, so thehardest thing is the blocking tomake sure everyone’s seen.”

He, too, is a first-time director.“It’s a lot of work,” said Mitchell.“Since all my experience has beenacting, I want to play every partfor my actors, but I can’t — I can only give advice.But I’m enjoying the sense of control I have and, likean architect, seeing my creation fall into place andcome to life.”

However, he admitted, “I didn’t think directingwould be as time consuming as it is. Not only do youhave to direct, you have to figure out the blocking,

CVHS One-Acts Take the Stage

Photo by Bonnie Hobbs/The Connection

The three student directors are (from left) ConnorMitchell, Jeremy Pritchard and Jeremy Washington.

costumes, lighting, set design, etc. so there’s a lotmore that goes into directing than I ever realized.”

As for the play, he’s pleased that the story’s arcwill be something the audience won’t expect. SaidMitchell: “After feeling at ease for most of the show,there’s such a surprising jolt that it’ll really wakethem up.”

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Air Force Air-man Megan M.D r e c h s l e rgraduated frombasic militarytraining at JointBase San Anto-n io -Lack land ,San Antonio,Texas. Drechslerearned distinc-tion as an honorgraduate. She isthe daughter ofP a m e l aDrechsler of Centreville and grand-daughter of Robert Cooke of Fairfax.The airman is a 2013 graduate of

Westfield HighSchool.

Air Force Air-man 1st ClassAnthony L.Morgan gradu-ated from basicmilitary trainingat Joint Base SanA n t o n i o -Lackland, SanAntonio, Texas.The airman com-pleted an intensive, eight-week programthat

included training in military disci-pline and studies, Air Force core values,physical fitness, and basic warfare prin-ciples and skills. Morgan is the son ofAmy Calderon of Centreville. He is a2013 graduate of Westfield High School.

By Jon Roetman

The Connection

During the last four sea-sons, the Chantillyboys’ soccer programhas alternated appear-

ances in the Concorde Districttournament championship gamewith season-ending first-roundlosses. With the return of standoutmidfielder Bruno Zambrana fromthe D.C. United academy, theChargers are hoping to get backto the positive end of their back-and-forth pattern.

Chantilly lost to Robinson in the2010 district final and Herndon inthe 2012 championship game. In2011 and 2013, the Chargers wereone and done. Last year, Chantillylost to Westfield in a penalty-kickshootout.

“We’re certainly looking to muchfurther this year,” sixth-yearChantilly head coach Brian Gochesaid. “My teams, somehow, we liketo go [strong] every other. It’s likea roller coaster. This should be anup one.” Zambrana, who was onthe varsity as a freshman andsophomore before playing acad-emy soccer as a junior, and juniorforward Ryan Kraus, a first-teamall-district selection last season,are Chantilly’s top threats. Krausled the team in scoring last sea-son. “Ryan is exceptionally fast,”Goche said. “… Bruno’s foot skills[are strong]. His first touch, heimmediately kills the ball. Both ofthem have very fast feet. … We’relooking for them to combine quite

a bit. Once we can solidify thingsdefensively, we can helpfully getforward more often.”

Leading the Charger defensewill be senior Nick Ullom and se-nior captain Lucas Brennan.

Chantilly will open the seasonon the road against South Countyat 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 18.The Chargers’ first home game willbe March 21 against LakeBraddock. “We want to be compet-ing for the championships,” Gochesaid. “We want to be in the dis-trict final. You’ve got to be thereto have a chance.”

Senior forward Bruno Zambrana returns to the Chantilly boys’ soccerteam after playing academy soccer last season.

Chantilly junior Ryan Kraus splits some T.C. Williams defendersduring a scrimmage on March 11 at Chantilly High School.

Chantilly Boys’ Soccer Looking for Return to Concorde FinalChargers played for districttitle two of last four seasons.

Chantilly senior LucasBrennan, left, goes in fora header during a scrim-

mage against T.C. Will-iams on March 11.

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Email announcements [email protected] is Thursday at noon.Photos are welcome.

Arden Titus andParker Waters fromFranklin Middle Schoolhave been named to the2014 Virginia AmericanChoral Directors AssociationMiddle School HonorsChorus.

Mackenzie Morgan, ofHerndon, was named to thedean’s list at Miami Univer-

sity.

Teresa Johnson, princi-pal of Chantilly High School,has been named the Dr. KayPhillips Administrator of theYear for the Southern Inter-scholastic Press Association.

Nominated by associationmember Mary Kay Downes,English department chair andChantilly High yearbookadviser, Johnson was cited forher unflagging support of theschool’s journalism programs,advisers, and student journal-ists.

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Kristine Lowkis plays theUpside Down Piano rendi-tion of “Ballad in A Minor.”

A First in the CountyThe Brookfield Elementary School Counseling pro-gram has recently become the first elementaryschool program in Fairfax County Public Schools tobecome RAMP (Recognized American School Counse-lor Association Model Program) certified. The RAMPdesignation, awarded to schools where the counsel-ing program aligns with the criteria set in the Ameri-can School Counselor Association National Model,recognizes schools committed to delivering a com-prehensive, data-driven school counseling program.From left are Brookfield Elementary counselorsKathleen Otal and Carole Zendle.

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Chantilly High School, won firstplace honors for Sports Marketingin the State of Virginia DECAcompetition recently in VirginiaBeach. He and up to 15 otherChantilly Students who qualifiedwill head to Atlanta for the Inter-national Career DevelopmentConference (ICDC) and globalcompetition May 3-6. Smith tookthird place statewide in SportsMarketing last year and com-peted at ICDC in Anaheim, Calif.Only eight Virginia students fromhis division were invited to At-lanta. Karen M. Jones is thefaculty advisor for the DECATeam at Chantilly and this yearCHS had more top finishers thanin years past.

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Originally, this column was to be a discus-sion about the communication process betweenmy doctor and this patient. Specifically, thetime lag between when tests are performed/completed and when those results are commu-nicated to the doctor who in turn – per thispatient’s request, e-mails them to me. In theolden days, results were most likely offered upin person; in the post-olden days, more likely aphone call was made; presently, at least in myexperience, results most likely will be e-mailed.I imagine an enduring problem for the patient –during all three “days,” has been the time wait-ing for test results and hearing about them fromyour doctor. Excruciating is one of the mostaccurate characterizations of that delay, com-bined with an unhealthy dose of helplessness.Eventually, if you live long enough, you sort ofbecome accustomed to the process and learn toroll with the punches, both figuratively and lit-erally. Nevertheless, the patience and experi-ence you learn can’t totally stop the rampantspeculation that keeps you up at night andsleepy during the day.

All of this being said and mostly internalizedand assimilated into my terminal-patient brain,unfortunately doesn’t prevent the process fromnegatively impacting your waiting-for-test-results-from-your-doctor compartment whereyou’ve (at least where I have) attempted tocompartmentalize this process so that it doesn’tadversely impact every other psychologicalcompartment I’ve previously constructed. But Imay have learned my lesson this time. The rea-son being that even though I received an e-mailfrom my oncologist two days after my CT Scanwas completed, it turned out to be sort of anincomplete/inaccurate assessment: “Some bet-ter, some worse. I’ll explain more on Friday,”(the date of my next infusion and coinciden-tally, the date of our next face-to-face appoint-ment, a week later). It seems the Radiologisthad compared this recent scan to one I hadtaken nine months ago and consequently, madesome incorrect assumptions – but of course, wedidn’t know any of this until we saw my doctor;as such, we stressed about the content of the e-mail.

Friday arrived and we went to The InfusionCenter where I was hooked up as usual. Withina few minutes, my oncologist walked over tomy Barcalounger. Dina immediately whispers:“He’s not smiling.” (Reading the facial expres-sions and body language of your doctor has nodoubt become the bane of every patient’s exis-tence, especially when dealing with oncolo-gists.) Soon enough though, after my doctorbegan talking (and explaining the radiologist’smistake), it became clear that my results werequite the opposite of what the original e-mailhad indicated. It was not “some better, someworse,” it was Tony-the-Tiger GREAT! news withwhich I could most definitely live – and formany years, too, he said. To say were pleasantlysurprised might be the understatement of theuniverse. To say we were over the moon mightbe a bit more realistic, hyperbole notwithstand-ing.

So what did I learn? What did my oncologistadvise me going forward? To not interpret thedelay in the communication process as indicat-ing anything other than the nature of the proc-ess; nothing to be taken personally or inter-preted in any meaningful way. And even thoughthe news we received was extremely encourag-ing this time, the process, such as it is, likelycontinues, and anticipating that news – good,bad or indifferent – is to be delivered in anyother way is unrealistic. As difficult as it is forthis patient to be patient, in some cases, as Ilearned this past week, your patience cansometimes be rewarded.

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Van Metre HomesReceive NationalAwards

Van Metre Homes, based in Fairfax, arethe recipients of a number of National Salesand Marketing Awards for 2014. Hosted bythe National Sales and Marketing Council,the awards spotlight achievement of supe-rior sales and marketing by individual pro-fessionals, homebuilders and associates, aswell as sales and marketing councils.

Having earned eight awards total, VanMetre Homes succeeded as Silver AwardWinners in Rookie of the Year, Sales Personof the Year, Sales Manager of the Year, BestDirect Mail Program, Best Print Campaign,Best Overall Advertising Campaign, BestComputer Sales Tool, and Best Design Cen-ter.

There were three individuals who wererecognized for outstanding achievement:Omayra Dehring for Rookie of the Year,Ernie Kyger for Sales Person of the Year, andDanny Faulkner for Sales Manager of theYear. Van Metre Homes also won for BestDirect Mail Program with their FashionWeek. Their Fresh Campaign won twoawards for Best Print Campaign and for BestOverall Advertising Campaign. Van MetreHomes’ Hologram won for Best ComputerSales Tool and the Van Metre Design Stu-dio won for Best Design Center.

Van Metre Companies is a private multi-disciplinary real estate developer that hasconstructed more than 16,000 houses andseveral thousand apartments, as well as of-fice buildings and shopping centers inNorthern Virginia.

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Architectural Ceramics, Inc. is opening anew showroom and warehouse in Chantilly. Join-ing five other locations in the Greater WashingtonMetropolitan Area: Baltimore, Bethesda, Rockville,Alexandria and Falls Church, ACI Chantilly featuresa 11,000-square-foot showroom and warehouseoffering a wide assortment of ceramic, porcelain,natural stone, slate, marble, limestone, glass andmetal tiles. Contact Neal Whys at 703-348-7107 orvisit the Architectural Ceramics Chantilly show-room at 14801 Willard Road, Suite 400, Chantilly.Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Fridayfrom 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Wednesday from 11 a.m.-9p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Sal Migliorie, president, Augustine Homes,has been elected the HomeAid Northern Virginia2014 president. Migliorie brings more than 30years of experience in the residential building in-dustry to HomeAid.

CORT, a provider of transition services, is con-tinuing its partnership with the Folds of HonorFoundation in 2014 by providing scholarships andserving as the exclusive furniture provider for thefoundation. Founded by Major Dan Rooney in2007, Folds of Honor provides educational schol-arships to dependents and spouses of fallen orseverely injured soldiers across the United States.

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ONGOINGArt Exhibit. See “Songs of the Shore,”

archival inkjet prints by Chantillyresident Peter Toth in the MargaretW. and Joseph L. Fisher Art Gallery,of the Rachel M. Schlesinger ConcertHall & Arts Center, 3001 N.Beauregard St. Runs through March16. Visit www.nvcc.edu/schlesingercenter/gallery.html.

Art Exhibit. Paintings by Centrevilleartist Rosemary Gallick will be ondisplay Feb. 19-March 28 at theAtrium gallery at the WoodbridgeCampus of Northern VirginiaCommunity College, 15200 NeabscoMills Road. “Diversity in Music:Crossing Gender and Race” honorsthe talents of many artists. Free. E-mail [email protected], visitnvcc.edu or 703-878-5797.

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Bouncin’ Babies. 11:30 a.m. atChantilly Regional Library, 4000Stringfellow Road. Babies up to 11months can enjoy rhymes, songs,stories and more. Free. Registrationrequired. 703-502-3883.

Lego Mania. 12:30 p.m. at ChantillyLibrary, 4000 Stringfellow Road.

Children in grades K-2 can build.Free. Registration required, 703-502-3883.

St. Patrick’s Day/St. Joseph’s DayParty. 6-9:30 p.m. at St. Veronica’sChurch parish hall, 3460 CentrevilleRoad, Chantilly. Family-friendlyevent includes food, drink, sing-alongs, Irish dancing and more. $7/adult; $5/child. Drinks extra. Visitwww.stveronica.net or 703-773-2000.

LAX for a Cause: Purple vs Red.The eight-hour lacrosse game will beat Centreville High School, 6001Union Mill Road, Clifton, and willfeature more than 20 teams. Fundswill be raised for the WoundedWarrior Project. [email protected].

SUNDAY/MARCH 16Train Show. 1-4 p.m. at Fairfax

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Time for Tots. 11 a.m. at CentrevilleLibrary, 14200 St. Germain Drive.Children ages 2-3 can enjoy storiesand activities. Free. 703-830-2223.

Small Wonders. 11:30 a.m. atChantilly Regional Library, 4000Stringfellow Road. Children ages 12-23 months can enjoy rhymes, songsand more. Free. Registrationrequired. 703-502-3883.

Hidden Pond. 2 p.m. at ChantillyLibrary, 4000 Stringfellow Road.Children ages 6-12 can discover andexplore local nature. Live birds,reptiles or amphibians may bepresent. Free. Registration required,703-502-3883.

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Storytime. 1:30 p.m. at ChantillyRegional Library, 4000 StringfellowRoad. Children age 3-5 can enjoysongs, stories and more. Free.Registration required. 703-502-3883.

Ravenous Readers. 7 p.m. atCentreville Library, 14200 St.Germain Drive. Students in grades 7-12 can discuss books. Drop-inswelcome. Free. 703-830-2223.

Pajama Storytime. 7 p.m. atChantilly Library, 4000 StringfellowRoad. Children ages 1-6 can wear pjsand bring a cuddly friend andblanket and enjoy bedtime stories.Free. Registration required, 703-502-3883.

WEDNESDAY/MARCH 19Read, Build, Play. Duplo Story

Time. 10:30 a.m. at ChantillyLibrary, 4000 Stringfellow Road.Children ages 3-5 months can enjoystories and more. Free. Registrationrequired, 703-502-3883.

Bouncin’ Babies. 3 p.m. at ChantillyRegional Library, 4000 StringfellowRoad. Babies up to 11 months canenjoy rhymes, songs, stories andmore. Free. Registration required.703-502-3883.

Small Wonders. 4 p.m. at ChantillyRegional Library, 4000 StringfellowRoad. Children ages 12-23 monthscan enjoy rhymes, songs and more.Free. Registration required. 703-502-3883.

Creating Comics. 7 p.m. at ChantillyRegional Library, 4000 StringfellowRoad. Teens age 12-18 can learn howto make comics with Matt Dembicki.This is a hands-on approach. Free.703-502-3883.

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Storytime. 2 p.m. at Chantilly RegionalLibrary, 4000 Stringfellow Road.Children age 3-5 can enjoy songs,stories and more. Free. Registrationrequired. 703-502-3883.

Starlight Storytime. 7 p.m. atCentreville Regional Library, 14200St. Germain Drive.

Children age 4-8 can wear pajamas andbring a favorite stuffed friend andenjoy stories and fun. Free.Registration required. 703-830-2223.

The End (Or is It?) Book Club. 7:30p.m. at Chantilly Regional Library,4000 Stringfellow Road. Girls andboys in grades 5-6 can discuss abook. Call for title. Free. Registrationrequired. 703-502-3883.

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Small Wonders. 4 p.m. at ChantillyRegional Library, 4000 StringfellowRoad. Children ages 12-23 monthscan enjoy rhymes, songs and more.Free. Registration required. 703-502-3883.

SUNDAY/MARCH 23Movie Premiere. Jason Brown, a 1996

Centreville High School graduate,will premiere his film “Falcon Song”at 2 p.m. at the Alamo DrafthouseCinema in Ashburn. Visitwww.falconsong.com for informationor drafthouse.com/movies/falcon-song/northern_virginia for tickets.

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Van Metre Homes won eight Silver Awardsat the 2014 National Sales and MarketingAwards, hosted by the National Sales and

Marketing Council.Van Metre Homes were honored as Rookie of

the Year, Sales Person of the Year, Sales Managerof the Year, Best Direct Mail Program, Best PrintCampaign, Best Overall Advertising Campaign,Best Computer Sales Tool, and Best Design Cen-ter.

Individuals recognized for outstanding achieve-ment included Omayra Dehring for Rookie of theYear, Ernie Kyger for Sales Person of the Year, andDanny Faulkner for Sales Manager of the Year. VanMetre Homes won for Best Direct Mail Programwith their Fashion Week. Their Fresh Campaignwon two awards for Best Print Campaign and forBest Overall Advertising Campaign. Van MetreHomes’ Hologram won for Best Computer Sales

Tool and the Van Metre Design Studio won forBest Design Center.

Van Metre Companies has constructed morethan 16,000 houses and several thousand apart-ments, as well as office buildings and shoppingcenters in Northern Virginia. Van Metre commu-nities include their own master-planned develop-ments, as well as neighborhoods in smaller sub-divisions and third-party planned communities.

The Van Metre portfolio of new homes includescondominiums, townhomes and single-familyhomes designed for first-time and move-up buy-ers throughout the Northern Virginia suburbs.

Van Metre’s exclusive Design Studio, located inStone Ridge, Va., allows homebuyers to choosetheir interior finishes and options. Van Metre alsooffers turnkey mortgage financing servicesthrough their own lending affiliate, IntercoastalMortgage. Through the Van Metre in-house archi-tecture team, buyers can modify architecturebased on a community’s design plan and surround-ing environments. They are also able to quicklyadapt to market changes, as well as offercustomization with Van Metre’s Dream Home Port-folio — offering homebuyers an easy path to per-sonal home customization.

Van Metre Wins Sales,Marketing AwardsVan Metre receives8 awards total atThe Nationals 2014.

Some of the area’s top designers competed for an opportunity to donate their talent

to transform a local, grand homeinto a showcase home. Local de-signers chosen to help transformthe 2014 DC Design House in-clude:

❖ Jim Rill and David Benton ofRill Architects in Potomac, Md.

❖ Victoria Sanchez of VictoriaSanchez Interiors in Old Town,Alexandria, Va.

❖ Jeff Akseizer and JamieBrown of Akseizer Design Groupin Alexandria, Va.

❖ Allie Mann, based in Arling-ton, Va., of Case Design/Remod-eling

❖ Susan Donelson and SharonBubenhofer of Cleveland Hall De-sign in Alexandria.

❖ Nancy Colbert of Design Part-ners, LLC in McLean, Va.

Now in its seventh year, the an-nual event is a fundraiser forChildren’s National Health System(formally Children’s NationalMedical Center). The D.C. DesignHouse has raised more than $1million and attracted more than55,000 visitors over the past sixyears.

Built in 1929, the home, locatedin northwest Washington, D.C.,has six bedrooms, five full bathsand two half baths and also fea-tures a three-car garage and apool. The stone house offers threelevels and approximately 7,929square feet of living space for 24designers to transform.

The DC Design House opens tothe public on Sunday, April 13 andruns through Sunday, May 11.Hours are Saturday-Sunday, noon-5 p.m. and Tuesday-Friday, 10a.m.-3 p.m., closed Monday, $25.A preview party will take placeSaturday, April 12, $50. Visitwww.dcdesignhouse.com.

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Local designers will turn this estate into a “flowingdesign home” to raise funds for a local charity.

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When Allie Mann of Arlington, adesigner and senior interior spe-cialist at Case Design/Remodel-

ing, Inc. was tasked with giving the first

floor of a McLean, Va., home a face lift, shehad to think free-flowing and airy.

“[The] client wanted to focus on makingthe kitchen feel open and connected to restof home,” said Mann. “[They] needed tohave plenty of space to cook and entertainplus lots of storage.”

Mann said the homeowner was making across-country move and settling in Virginia,so adhering to a strict timeline and budgetwere critical.

However, near the end of the project, thehomeowner wanted to make a change.

“At nearly 85 percent job completion, cli-ent decided they wanted to completely re-move the wall between the kitchen and fam-ily room. In the original design, we partiallyremoved the wall,” said Mann. “This meanta shift and redirection of scope, additional

engineering [because] the remaining por-tion of the wall housed a three-story fire-place, relocation of cabinets had alreadybeen installed and modifications to countertops. And still deliver a project close to on

time.”The finished kitchen is a light-filled space

with cabinets by Crystal Cabinetry, honedVermont Marble countertops and appliances

From light-filledto dramatic, localdesigners createdream kitchens.

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By John Byrd

Sometimes life’s second act requiresa bold set change. How else areothers to know that the featuredplayers have moved on, embracing

new beginnings?Reinvention is after all the quintessential

triumph of creativity, and can be a very per-sonal process when the thing reinvented isyour home itself.

“Of course, large-scale life changes don’tnecessarily demand a whole housemakeover,” recently retired teacher CindyBorer said. But in the past year, her onlyson moved out to start a new career andher husband is now traveling less, so thetiming was right for discoveries.

BUT TO START AT THE TOP: last springthe Borers had celebrated 20 years resi-dency in their two-story, four-bedroom Co-lonial-style house in Burke, and were tak-ing stock of what they wanted from theyears ahead.

At just over 800 square feet, the home’sprimary living area had been serviceableenough; even so, the formal dining roomand adjacent den on opposite sides of thefront facing foyer were hardly ever used andthe rear family room was dark and cramped.

Evaluating options, Borer considered en-larging a few rear rooms. She also won-dered if some of the home’s interior wallscould be modified in way that would allowfor more natural light. What to do?

It was at this juncture that Craig Durosko,founder of Sun Design Remodeling, wascalled-in to discuss possible space improve-ment scenarios.

Durosko pointed out that the couple

didn’t so much lack square footage as a sen-sible space plan tailored to how they actu-ally use their home. The existing “center-

Built-ins, cleverlyarticulated interiorincrease usable spacewithout need to add-on.

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By borrowing a mere nine square feet from the dining room, the designers found space for a small mudroomwith bench immediately to the right of a side kitchen door.

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It doesn’t feel like spring. Lastweek’s snow made it seem likewarm weather might never arrive,so planting a garden might be the

last thing on your mind. However, localgardening experts say this is the idealtime to start preparing your landscapeto yield colorful spring foliage.

Bill Mann, of Behnke Nurseries inPotomac, Md., said spring garden prepa-ration plans differ from year to year. “Itdepends on the landscape beds you haveand whether or not you’re planning toput in a vegetable garden,” he said.

“This is the time to inspect shrubs fordamage that might have been brokenduring the snow load,” said DavidWatkins of Merrifield Garden Center,which has locations in Fair Oaks,Merrifield and Gainesville, Va., Don’t gooverboard, however: “You don’t want toprune plants before they bloom. A goodrule of thumb is to prune a floweringplant right after it blooms.”

Instead, spend some time tidying up.“Right now is the time to fertilize your

shrubs, remove old mulch, put down newmulch and just clean up,” said Watkins.“Everybody is sick of winter, especiallythis winter. This is the time to clean upold leaves. Because the winter has beenso cold, there are going to be some plantsthat won’t have made it.”

“In March, a lot has to do with inspect-ing the yard for winter damage,” saudMann. “This is a great time of the yearto look for insect damage and deer dam-age.”

Mann expects extensive deer damagethis year. “Deer didn’t have much to eatexcept for plants like azaleas and rhodo-dendrons.”

Insect damage is less obvious and moredifficult to identify. “This is the time todo damage-control by using safe or or-ganic-based products like neem oil,” saidMann. “When sprayed on plants, itsmothers insect eggs or some insects inthe larva stage. It also kills stinkbugs. Ifyou can see them, you can control them.You can use a higher concentration thistime of year and it is a lot safer and easier

on the environment. It reduces bad bugpopulations and is safe over all.”

WHILE EAGER GARDENERS may beexcited to start planting spring flowersin their newly cleaned plots, Watkins of-fers a caveat: “It is a little early for mostannual flowers in pots on patios, but youcan plant annuals like pansies, which arecold season annuals,” he said. “Theydon’t like heat, so in June they start towhither. Then you can put other flowersin like petunias and geraniums.”

Watkins recommends planting hearty,ornamental shrubs in patio flowerpotsand surrounding them with floweringplants to ensure year-found foliage. “Anice thing to do in pots is plant a woodyornamental,” he said. “It is nice to haveplants in the pots that stay year round. Iput a Japanese maple in a pot on mydeck. In another pot I put ilex verticillata[winterberry] and I had red berries allwinter long. In the spring, I’ll put petu-nias in the soil around it, and around theedge I’ll plant a flowering plant that willtrail down over the pot from April toOctober. Then the rest of the year I’ll getred berries.”

Sowing grass seeds is also an idealproject to begin now. “The seeds won’tgerminate until it gets to be 52 degrees,”Watkins continued. “So even if we getanother snow storm, it helps work theseeds into the soil.”

Randee Wilson of Nature By Design inAlexandria encourages the use of indig-enous plants. “Look for sources for na-tive plants — they help sustain our localwildlife. If we didn’t have local plants,butterflies would be gone.”

Native plants also require less mainte-nance. “Some native plants are cardinalflower, which is bright red; bee balm, alsobright red; blue cardinal; iron weed,which has purple flowers, and nativewisteria vine,” said Wilson.

If a new patio is in your plans thisspring, Watkins says to get started now.“We’ve been putting down putting pa-tios all year long,” he said. “A good gar-den center is going to get backed upwhen the weather is warmer. The sooneryou start getting your job in the line,the better.”

Local experts tell you what you should donow, in spite of the cold weather.

Getting Your GardenReady for Spring

David Watkins ofMerrifield Garden Centersays cold season annualslike these yellow pansiescan add bright color to agarden now.

Photo copyright Caroline Williams

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hall” configuration defined rooms wereconsistent with tradition, yet were func-tionally underutilized most of the time.This accounted for daily traffic patternsthat didn’t work as well as they might,and a nagging sense that the entire firstfloor was space-restricted.

On a second subject: the mid-housefloor-to-ceiling bearing wall dividing thefront and rear sections of the house couldbe completely deleted by installing con-cealed vertical supports at strategic in-tervals, Durokso said. Such a move woulddramatically increase natural light, cre-ating the floor space needed for an al-ternative layout more appropriate forboth daily use and entertainment.

“On the first visit Craig pretty muchsolved our space plan problem,” Borersaid. “From this point on, I was mainlyto think about the interior design de-tails.”

So Borer’s meeting with Jon Benson,the makeover’s lead designer, proved arevelation from the start.

A veteran home remodeling specialistas well as a nationally recognized furni-ture designer, Benson’s input shaped afloor plan focused on personal require-ments in which custom built-ins elimi-nate unneeded walls while sharply im-proving both room function and interiordesign integrity.

To create a more functional relation-ship between the kitchen and the diningroom, for instance, the designer replacedan interior pantry with a 27.5-square-foot food preparation surface and din-ing counter that serves both roomsequally.

By borrowing a mere nine square feetfrom the dining room, Benson also foundspace for a small mudroom with benchimmediately to the right of the side en-trance to the kitchen.

Re-situating the front hall closet to theright of the front door not only widenedthe front foyer but also created dramaticfront-to-back sight lines that make theentire house seem much larger.

Measured in square feet, the changesare small. Yet such revisions liberate thefirst level circulation plan, re-organizingthe home’s primary living area intorooms that are both interactive and ar-ticulated.

To visually differentiate the front-fac-ing library from the family room, the de-signer converted existing overheadbeams into an elegant tray ceiling sup-ported by Craftsman-style piers.

A floor-to-ceiling bookcase—also aBenson original—provides an elegant yetuseful wall for the new reading room.The new family room fireplace hearthwas custom-designed to accommodatethe plasma TV that now hangs above it.

Additional interior design decisionsemerged from Borer’s collaboration with

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To differentiate the front-facing library from the family room visually,Sun Design converted existing overhead beams into an elegant trayceiling supported by Craftsman-style piers.

The new transitional-style interioremploys decorative elements tocreate distinctive use-zones in anopen floor plan.

Transitional interior design styleseeks to reconcile traditionalarchitecture with the spatialfreedom of an open floor plan.

Sun Design’s Jessica Page.“Jessica helped me discover the design

style I’d been looking for,” Borer said. “Sheopened up a lot of resources. Ideas that Iliked were added to a project scrapbookwhich we both referenced regularly to keepthe decision process on track.”

As space plan modifications proceeded,Borer’s research revealed a strong personalattraction to transitional-style interior de-sign, a contemporary concept that seeks toreconcile traditional architecture with thespatial freedom of an open floor plan.

On this score, Benson’s original floorplansketch anticipated the use of loveseats as

space dividers between the family roomand the den. Meanwhile, Borer’s prefer-ence for soft white and grey duotonesinspired an interior paint scheme thatcombines sharp white and khaki.

In the kitchen, Giallo Sioriato granitesurfaces are set off by a vividly originalglass tile and stone backsplash whichlends an invigorating streak of color tothe broader visual panorama.

“Its very comfortable balance of tradi-tional and open really works well for us,”Borer said. “I found the whole processreally enlightening.”

House and garden tours will takeplace across Virginia during the81st Historic Garden Week. Gar-

den week runs from Saturday, April 26-Sat-urday, May 3.

Tour proceeds fund the restoration andpreservation of Virginia’s historic gardens.Each spring visitors are welcomed to morethan 250 of Virginia’s most beautiful gar-dens, homes and historic landmarks dur-ing “America’s Largest Open House.” Thiseight-day statewide event provides visitorsan opportunity to see gardens at the peakof Virginia’s springtime color, as well asbeautiful houses sparkling with over 2,000flower arrangements created by GardenClub of Virginia members.

Statewide tour passes are available for$175. The Alexandria tour takes place Sat-urday, April 26, tickets are $35. The Viennatour takes place Tuesday, April 29 and tick-ets are $25. There is a 240-page guidebookwith detailed descriptions of properties oneach tour. The $10 charge covers the ship-ping and handling cost of the book. Freecopies of the guide are available at Virginiabusinesses, visitor centers, and some AAAs.Visit www.vagardenweek.org.

This Alexandria garden will appear on the 81st Historic Garden Weektour.

Garden Club of Virginia Celebrates 81st Tour

Photo courtesy of Hopkins and Porter

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by Sub-Zero, Wolf, KitchenAid and Miele.

NICELY DONE KITCHENS in Springfield,Va., created a kitchen with drama for aCentreville, Va., family. “White semi-customcabinetry and a contrasting dark island cre-ates a dramatic look,” said Stephanie Brick,designer. Brick cited the focus on the verti-cal, subway tile back splash.

The rest of the back splash in the kitchenis horizontal, which is the standard for sub-way tile, said Brick.

The kitchen also includes ample, easilyaccessible storage space.

“The paneled refrigerator helps concealthe appliances and helps them to blend inwith the cabinetry to give the aesthetic morecontinuity,” said Brick. The kitchen includeseasily accessible storage space and ogee-edged granite counter tops.

OPENING UP and adding light were pri-orities when Guy Hopkins Semmes, part-ner and founder of Potomac-based design-build firm Hopkins and Porter and LeaAllen, one of the firm’s senior architects, re-modeled the kitchen of a Bethesda, Md.,home.

“The kitchen was small, but we were ableto add a lot more space, by making fewminor changes,” said Semmes. “Before therewas an enclosed porch next to the kitchen.We opened the wall between the kitchenand the adjacent enclosed porch.”

Semmes and Allen made another majorelimination: appliances. “We got rid of the

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Semmes also found a creative way tomake the space more light-filled. “We tookout a stairway wall to the second floor andreplaced it with a triangular opening so lightfrom stairwell came down into the kitchen.”

The kitchen now has maple cabinetry andwhite Silestone countertops. “It was doneon a budget. It’s amazing what you can dowhen you work with what you’ve got.”


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1 7540 CLIFTON RD .................... 7 .. 9 .. 1 ... FAIRFAX STATION $2,250,000 ... Detached ... 4.82 ........ 22039 ............ CRAFTOWN ........... 01/02/14

2 11394 AMBER HILLS CT ........... 5 .. 5 .. 2 .......... FAIRFAX ...... $1,626,036 ... Detached ... 1.08 ........ 22033 .... ESTATES AT FAIR OAKS .... 01/24/14

3 3518 SCHUERMAN HOUSE DR .. 5 .. 5 .. 1 .......... FAIRFAX ...... $1,175,000 ... Detached ... 0.18 ........ 22031 ...... PICKETT’S RESERVE ...... 01/17/14

4 4212 ORCHARD DR ................. 4 .. 3 .. 1 .......... FAIRFAX ...... $1,150,000 ... Detached ... 0.33 ........ 22032 .......... HALEMHURST ......... 01/22/14

5 7111 GRANBERRY WAY ............ 5 .. 5 .. 2 ...... SPRINGFIELD .. $1,060,000 ... Detached ... 0.37 ........ 22151 ..... GRANBERRY ESTATES .... 01/06/14

6 6471 LAKE MEADOW DR .......... 4 .. 4 .. 1 ........... BURKE ....... $1,037,500 ... Detached ... 0.58 ........ 22015 ........... EDGEWATER ........... 01/31/14

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By John Byrd

While common sense suggests thathome improvements should be putoff to warmer weather, a sustainedperiod of colder temperatures often

reveals systemic problems that will need correctionsooner or later.

As temperatures dropped precipitously severalweeks ago, all Reston homeowner Craig Matticeknew was that his original mansard roof was plaguedwith ice dams and his 10-year-old, 600-square-footaddition was so cold the pipes were freezing. More-over, no amount of thermostat adjustment improvedthe situation much.

“After living in the house for over 25 years the chillwas a surprise,” Mattice said. “It wasn’t just that thewinter has been colder than usual … it was begin-ning to look like a larger problem, particularly inthe new wing, which was five degrees colder thanother rooms.”

To determine the cause of ice-clogged gutters,Mattice decided to seek a comprehensive assessmentand turned to remodeler David Foster who had com-pleted a number of home improvements for his son.

“The damming was literally the tip of the iceberg,”said Foster, principal of Foster Remodeling Solutions.“When I inspected the attic it was clear that the en-velope was not adequately sealed, insulated or ven-tilated, which is why the upstairs had been too hotlast summer.”

Add to this the fact that prior to 1980 local build-ing code required less thermally-resistant insulation(R-19) than the current R-38 standard and the out-lines of a common problem with older productionhomes begins to emerge.

“It’s not unusual to find that the existing insula-tion just isn’t the best application for some of ourcoldest days ” Foster said. “Different parts of a housecan call for different insulation strategies.”

Since the goal for the Mattice attic was to dramati-cally increase R-value, Foster rearranged the old in-sulation, adding soffit baffles to improve ventilation.The larger technical solution, however, was to blow-in R-25 fiberglass, which raised the attic’s thermalresistance to R-44.

“One of the benefits of fiberglass is that it wrapseverything…creating an air-tight insular envelope,”Foster says. “This makes all aspects of the home’sheating and cooling more efficient.”

The more recently completed family wing was an-other matter. Turns out the Mattice’s artfully-designedaddition was built over an unheated crawl space, andthe HVAC duct wasn’t even connected in the kitchen.

“An appropriate insulation strategy starts with akind of forensics,” Foster said. “Where is a wall, ceil-ing or roof exposed to outside conditions? Is it diffi-cult to regulate temperatures in different parts ofthe house? These are some basic questions we startwith.”

Given challenges inherent in insulating rooms builtover an unheated crawl space — which also mustsupport air circulation, Foster re-engineered the en-tire thermal equation: existing fiberglass batt wasremoved; sprayed-in closed cell foam was then ap-plied to the underside of the floor system. This el-evated the thermal value to R-20 while providing a

draft-free air-tight seal to the kitchen floor. To ac-commodate for summer conditions, Foster addedventilation to both the crawl space and the attic.

So how do the upgrades perform?“Beautifully,” Craig Mattice says. “The house is

noticeably tighter and the new wing is much morecomfortable.”

A PROFESSIONAL REMODELER for 35 years,Foster said he’s somewhat surprised by the calls hegets when temperatures drop, usually fromhomeowners who’ve found that previous attemptsat keeping the house comfortable and well-function-ing haven’t worked very well.

A few months ago, for example, he executed a re-roofing and gutter protection assignment for Alex-andria homeowner Steve Piper, who had previouslyhired him to design and build an extensive interiormakeover.

“We knew we had a leaking problem before wemet David,” Piper said. “But the situation had gottenworse — and I wasn’t sure what to expect from roof-ers. Finally, it occurred to me to ask David for hisassessment.”

Foster traced the problem to inappropriate andpoorly installed flashing which was allowing waterto seep into siding and under roof shingles.

His prescription: a re-shingled roof, a new gutterprotection system and attic ventilation equipped withan electronic thermostat.

“It’s important to address the whole problem whenthe system has failed,” Foster said. “This is a planthat not only eliminates the leaking, but functionsmuch better in all seasons.”

A few miles away, Alexandrian Jeff Hage came toFoster when he noticed one of the posts to a frontporch was sagging.

Foster, who had finished an interior for Hage a fewmonths before, quickly recognized that the wholeroof had settled, making it impossible to stop wors-ening deterioration by simply replacing the cornercolumn.

“When the problem becomes structural you haveto remake the basic supports, “ he says. “In this casethat meant raising the porch roof and re-aligningposts and beams.”

Foster has encountered similarly short-sighted so-lutions associated with window replacement.Homeowners with drafty homes procure state-of-the-art insulated windows only to have them installedwith inadequately sealed window jambs.

“Winter is not particularly forgiving of partial so-lutions,” Foster said. “When a problem is recurring,it’s time to look at the larger system. After all, this ishow a house works.”

What mid-wintermaintenance can revealabout your home’s needs.

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Fairfax County REAL ESTATE

Vienna6.53%

$653,885

Fairf6.49

$460

Great Falls4.82%

$1,025,393

entreville8 39%

Chantilly8.34%

$440,958

McLean5.91%

$841,656

Reston8.26%

$411,396

4.48%$667,276

Falls Churchh

Herndon7.44%

$458,840

$598,711 (5.82%)$370,849 (8.39%)$247,943 (10.51%)

Single Family Detached Townhouse

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2014 County Average (Percent Change)

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Dranesville District Supervisor John Foust (D) saw a 6.16% drop in his property value when compared to 2013.

The county valued Foust's house at $3 109 050 l t d $2 917 660 thi

Hunter Mill Supervisor Cathy Hudgins (D) saw her assessment go up 10.80%

f $575 910 i 2013 t $638 100 i 2014

saw a 3.56% gain when compared to 2013.

Last year, his home was worth $553,770 and this year it is valued at $573,460.

saw her home value go down 2.62% from $617,750 in 2013 to $601,550 in 2014.

saw a 7.22% increase in the value of her house when compared to last year.

Smyth's home was valued at $554,220 in 2013 and $594,220 in 2014.

saw a 11.96% increase in the value of his home over the las

Frey's home was assessed at $225,8and $252,830 in 2014.

McKay (D) me assessment. worth $710,220, year.

saw a 13.37% increase in the value of his home over the last year.

Cook's home was assessed at $586,220 in 2013 and $634,760 in 2014.

nt Vernon Supervisor Gerry Hyland

s no property listed.

ZIP CODE AREA 2013 MEAN 2014 MEAN PERCENT CHANGEAlexandria/Mount Vernon 381,426 404,816 6.12Annandale 381,386 412,731 8.22Burke 395,580 423,334 7.02Centreville 341,337 369,964 8.39Chantilly 407,026 440,958 8.34Clifton 620,491 640,996 3.30Fairfax 432,104 460,128 6.49Fairfax Station 603,429 633,148 4.93Falls Church 383,502 414,927 8.19Great Falls 978,233 1,025,393 4.82Herndon 427,060 458,840 7.44Lorton 350,288 371,545 6.07McLean 794,688 841,656 5.91Oakton 638,692 667,276 4.48Reston 379,741 411,096 8.26Springfield 373,964 400,004 6.96Vienna 613,796 653,885 6.53

for single family, townhouses and condominiums

2014 Assessments by Area

SOURCE: Fairfax County

The average assessed value of asingle family home in Fairfax County

for 2014 is $598,711, up 5.82%

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