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Herndon High SchoolPrincipal William Batespresents senior AshleyYu with the Faculty Awardat the Class of 2011graduation ceremonyFriday, June 17 at thePatriot Center.
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City of Fairfax Police havecharged a 27-year-old Herndonman with an Oct. 9, 2010 mali-cious wounding at Icons SportsBar, 10418 Main St. According topolice, investigation revealed thatthe suspect had become angrywhen the victim, who was a pa-tron, began dancing with a friendof his.
Police say the suspect allegedlypunched the victim in the face,causing him to fall to the floor andsustain serious injuries. The victimwas taken to Inova Fairfax Hospi-tal with injuries not consideredlife-threatening. The Patrol Divi-sion and Criminal InvestigationsDivision both investigated and, onJune 9, the suspect was arrestedand charged. After being trans-ported to the Fairfax County AdultDetention Center, he was releasedon $2,500 bond.
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The Fourth of July Celebrationand Fireworks will take place atBready Park, 814 Ferndale Avenue.Rides open at 5 p.m., festivitiesbegin at 6:30 p.m. and includemusic, games, races and more.Fireworks at 9:30 p.m..
Week in Herndon
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NewsHerndon Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic
703-778-9414 or [email protected]
Last Monday George Ma-son University’s PatriotCenter was filled withthe 2011 Cougars from
Oakton High School. More than550 Oakton graduates receivedtheir diplomas to enthusiastic ap-plause.
After the Pledge of Allegianceand a rendition of the nationalanthem, Catherine Mahoney, theclass president, said a few words.She referred to her class as “oneof the most spirited, vibrant, andaccomplished graduating classesthat Oakton has ever seen.”
Principal Dr. John Banburyawarded graduating senior KirinGupta with the Faculty Award. “Itis the highest and most presti-gious award for any senior and speaks volumes onbehalf of our faculty and staff,” Banbury told theaudience. Components of the award include “schol-arship, school service, and personal integrity.”
Grace Ayres Newman, in a speech to her fellowgraduates, spoke of the future. Commencementspeaker and New York Times bestselling authorAlexandra Robbins encouraged the graduates to resteasy about what is to come: “You’re not supposed toknow [what’s to come] right now. Dream big, yes,but dreams change. And that’s fine.”
While she advocated that the graduates, “work thebest” that they are able in academia, Robbins stressed
the importance of taking time to smell the roses. “It’sok to relax and have some fun.”
“Don’t worry so much about doing, and insteadallow time for just being. Because no matter whatyou’re doing next year, you are going to be ok.”
Before the graduates began to receive their di-plomas, the Oakton High School Madrigals sang“That Lonesome Road.” The audience cheeredwildly as the last graduate, Robert Zuerlein, walkedacross the stage, received his diploma, and took adeep bow.
—Julie Inglis
Viewpoints
Oakton Highgraduates discusswhere they aregoing from here andwhere they want tobe in 10 years.
— Julie Inglis
Lisa Wright“[I’m going to] CNU. I
[have] no idea [what I’ll bedoing in 10 years].
Lauryn Hyer“I’m actually going back to
my high school to be a post-graduate. I’m staying anotheryear. I would like to have ajob and go to George Mason[in 10 years].”
Luke Willis“[I’ll be] playing baseball
at Coastal Carolina next year.[In 10 years I want to be] liv-ing happily with some moneyand a family I guess.”
Andrew Lee“I’m going to Oxford of
Emery. I wanna—in 10years—get my MBA fromgrad school hopefully.”
Wendy Xue“I’ll be going to Virginia
Tech and studying business.[In 10 years, I want to be]probably on Wall Street, [an]accounting firm.”
Cougars Encouragedto ‘Dream Big’Oakton High celebrates graduation 2011.
Catherine Mahoney, President of theOakton High School Senior Class of 2011,gives the welcome address during theschool’s 2011 Commencement Exercise atthe Patriot Center in Fairfax on Monday,June 20.
Sung Whan Choi acknowledges familymembers while marching in his highschool graduation ceremony on Mondaymorning at the Patriot Center.
Maura Brennan and Erica Riddle celebrate their gradua-tion from Oakton High School during the schools 2011Graduation Ceremony on Monday morning.
Photos by Robbie Hammer/The Connection
The Oakton High School 43rd Commencement Exer-cise was held at the George Mason University PatriotCenter on Monday, June 20 with over 550 studentsgraduating from the 2011 class.
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See Astronomy, Page 5
By Meredith Billman-Mani
The Connection
Mary Blessing normally teachesastronomy at Herndon HighSchool, but she recently gotthe chance to become an Air-
borne Astronomy Ambassador and actuallywitness the formation of stars. Blessing hasbeen Herndon’s astronomy teacher andheaded the planetarium since 1994. Lastmonth, she was one of six teachers in thecountry selected to board NASA’s Strato-spheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy(SOFIA).
“This was great timing. It coincides withwhat I was teaching my students,” said Bless-ing. “One of the main legs of our flight wasto look at the North American Nebula. Thiswas one of the things we’d talked about in class,”she said. Nebula is the gas and dust clouds that canbe seen when stars are forming.
The SOFIA research flight enabled scientists tostudy specific wavelengths of energy so they canbetter understand black holes, star formation, planetformation and gather data about galaxies. SOFIA isa highly modified 747 that is equipped with a 100-inch diameter telescope that analyzes infrared light.Teachers were selected to travel aboard the planeand observe the scientists in action and study thedata being collected.
“Enabling educators to join SOFIA’s scientific re-search and take that experience back to their schoolsand communities is a unique opportunity for NASAto enhance science and math education across thecountry,” said John Gagosian, SOFIA’s program ex-ecutive. “This is great for the kids. I’m able to showthem how real science is done and all the math in-volved. There’s one kid in particular who likes pho-tography. I was able to show him that there are manyother careers you can have, using math and science.There was a photographer aboard. He wasn’t a sci-entist but here he was getting to do this with pho-tography,” said Blessing.
“We know teachers who participate in science re-search programs return inspired, and their students’engagement with technical subjects are increased formany years afterward,” said Dr. Dana Backman,
SOFIAs education and outreach programs manager.
BLESSING WAS SELECTED, in part, for her dem-onstrated ability to take her training and experienceaboard back to the classroom. In 1995, she flew onthe Kuiper Airborne Observatory. The telescope onthat flight was half the size of the one on SOFIA. “Iwas selected because I’d already done the Kuiper,and I do community outreach and I’m a teacher,”said Blessing.
She runs Herndon High School’s planetarium. Asa part of that job she goes to area elementary schoolsto talk about astronomy and prepare them for theirfirst visit to the planetarium. Unfortunately, that pro-gram has been shelved for the last three years due tobudget cuts. She is an active member of the Anale-mma Society in Great Falls and hosts activities atGreat Falls Observatory Park.
“Our specific job this time was to learn as muchabout this as we could and gather as much knowl-edge as we could about the process,” said Blessing.“Eventually, SOFIA would like other teachers in thearea to go and I’ll get to talk to other teachers aboutmy experience.”
According to Backman, the program would like toramp up to the point where 60 teachers will be ableto join SOFIA each year. “Starting next year, we will
Reaching for the StarsHerndon High astronomy teacher joins NASA flight toinform students about math and science careers.
Mary Blessing, Chris DeWolf and astronomer Dr.Dana Backman aboard a SOFIA flight.
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be expanding the program nationally. Wewould like 60 educators, not just teachers,but people who educate others, to be ableto participate,” Backman said. “This is im-pacting the teachers and indirectly impactsthe students for years to come. It really goesboth ways. We’re doing something verypositive here.”
THE EXPERIENCE is one Blessing ravesabout. “We were above the clouds so it wasnice and clear. You could see the day-nightline and you could see lights of the big cit-ies like Los Angeles. We even flew overRoswell, N.M. The most interesting thingwas speaking with one of the gentlemanwho designed the telescope. It was verytechnical. It’s phenomenal the caliber ofpeople on this plane, just phenomenal,” saidBlessing.
“There were 25 people on the plane andonly five, including myself, were Ph.D. as-tronomers. The astronomers aboard weredelighted to share their experience with theothers on board,” Backman said.
“There were smiles for the whole 10hours,” Backman said of the experience.
“I hope I brought back enough enthusi-asm and piqued enough interest that thekids will want to look at new technical ca-reers,” Blessing said.
Astronomy
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Education●Learning●Fun
By Alex McVeigh
The Connection
The Herndon HighSchool Class of 2011gathered at the PatriotCenter Friday to cap
off their high school careers infront of thousands of family mem-bers and friends. The day repre-sented a four-year journey for the471 seniors who said they wereready to take on the next step oftheir lives.
“Today we embark on our newjourney,” said class Vice PresidentInanje Mintz. “We’ve spent all fouryears trying to move to the nextstep, and now it’s here.”
The Class of 2011 accomplishedmuch over their four years, with53 students ending up with a GPAof more than 4.0. They will carrytheir accomplishments with themnext year, as the class received at
“Today’s the day you embark ona bold new adventure. It’s the dayyou begin your search for great-ness,” he said. “You’re all fortunateto live in a community filled withpeople who take on roles as tutors,mentors and coaches and you haveparents who have been activelyinvolved in your education andyour lives.”
He also expressed his admirationfor the Class of 2011, saying theirachievements, awards and accom-plishments came as a direct resultof their hard work and perseverance.
“It’s no accident that so many ofyou have been accepted to greatuniversities, received scholarshipsand have a variety of opportuni-ties waiting for you,” he said. “Itdidn’t happen by accident, it hap-pened because you worked for it.You earned it.”
It was an eventful year atHerndon High School, as two fac-ulty members passed away duringthe year. English teacher JoelNewsom died suddenly in January,and ESOL teacher Paige Saucedodied May 13. School staff an-nounced the founding of the JoelNewsom Scholarship and the PaigeR. Saucedo ESOL Scholarship Fundduring the graduation ceremony.
THURSDAY/JUNE 23Scythian. 7 p.m. Frying Pan Farm Park,
2709 West Ox Road, Herndon. Irishmusic. 703-324-SHOW.
“Life x 3.” 8 p.m. Elden Street Players,The Industrial Strength Theatre, 269Sunset Park, Herndon. Examininghow random events can derail theelaborately laid plans. Tickets $16-$19. 703-481-5930 orwww.EldenStreetPlayers.org.
An Evening with Peter Frampton:Frampton Comes Alive 35 Tour.7:30 p.m. Wolf Trap Foundation forthe Performing Arts, 1624 Trap Road,Vienna. $42 in-house, $30 lawn.www.wolftrap.org.
FRIDAY/JUNE 24Art Show and Sale at Reston
Museum – Artists: MarianneCordyack and Joan Kelly. OpeningReception, 6-8 p.m. at RestonMuseum. The show and salecontinues through August 14. Allwelcome. 703-709-7700;[email protected]
Creedence Clearwater Revisited. 8p.m. Wolf Trap Foundation for thePerforming Arts, 1624 Trap Road,Vienna. $40 in-house, $25 lawn.www.wolftrap.org.
SATURDAY/JUNE 25“Many Moons.” 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Elden Street Players, The IndustrialStrength Theatre, 269 Sunset Park,Herndon. Adapted by Charlotte B.Chorpenning, from a short story byJames Thurber. Tickets $7. 703-481-5930 or www.EldenStreetPlayers.org.
“Life x 3.” 8 p.m. Elden Street Players,The Industrial Strength Theatre, 269Sunset Park, Herndon. Examininghow random events can derail theelaborately laid plans. Tickets $16-$19. 703-481-5930 orwww.EldenStreetPlayers.org.
David Akers and the Epitome. 7:30
p.m. Reston Town Center Pavilion,11900 Market St., Reston. Hits fromthe ‘40s to today. www.reston.com.
Neighborhood Plant Clinic. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Oakton Library, 10304Lynnhaven Place, Oakton. The FairfaxCounty Master Gardeners Associationgives tips and strategies. 703-242-4020.
Operation Spycraft. 2:30 p.m. RestonRegional Library, 11925 BowmanTowne Drive, Reston. LindaMcCarthy, CIA veteran, gives a close-up look at the world of spies and thegadgets they use. Age 12-18. 703-689-2700.
Opening Reception. 5-7 p.m. GreaterReston Arts Center, Reston TownCenter, 12001 Market St. Suite #103,Reston. “Bite: identity and humor”features eighteen artists whose workincludes video, performance, painting,photography, and sculpture.www.restonarts.org.
The Ultimate Doo-Wop Show. 8 p.m.Wolf Trap Foundation for thePerforming Arts, 1624 Trap Road,Vienna. $40 in-house, $22 lawn.www.wolftrap.org.
SUNDAY/JUNE 26“Many Moons.” 2 p.m. Elden Street
Players, The Industrial StrengthTheatre, 269 Sunset Park, Herndon.Adapted by Charlotte B. Chorpenning,from a short story by James Thurber.Tickets $7. 703-481-5930 orwww.EldenStreetPlayers.org.
“Life x 3.” 8 p.m. Elden Street Players,The Industrial Strength Theatre, 269Sunset Park, Herndon. Examininghow random events can derail theelaborately laid plans. Tickets $16-$19. 703-481-5930 orwww.EldenStreetPlayers.org.
An Evening with Earth, Wind &Fire: 40th Anniversary WorldTour. 8 p.m. Wolf Trap Foundationfor the Performing Arts, 1624 TrapRoad, Vienna. $45 in-house, $30lawn. www.wolftrap.org.
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Herndon HighSchool graduates471 students asClass of 2011.
Happy Day for Herndon Seniors
Herndon High School Social Studies teacher LarryStroud addresses the Class of 2011 during the gradua-tion ceremony Friday at the Patriot Center.
The Herndon High School Class of 2011 throws their capsin the air after being pronounced high school graduatesFriday, June 17 at the Patriot Center.
Herndon High School seniors Sarah Anderson and JackBelo stand as two of the 53 members of the Class of 2011who achieved higher than a 4.0 GPA during their highschool career.
least $2.5 million in local and na-tional scholarships.
“These students’ talents haveenriched all of our lives and wewish them well in their future en-deavors,” said Principal WilliamBates.
Bates presented Ashley Yu withthe school’s Faculty Award. Yugraduated with a 4.023 GPA andwas a member of the English, Mathand National Honor Societies.
“[She] is an exceptional student,demonstrating the highest levels ofexcellence and academics,” Batessaid. “She is a highly respectedmember of the Herndon commu-nity.”
The keynote speaker was SocialStudies teacher Larry Stroud. Hesaid it was one of the top honorsin his career to be chosen to speak,calling it an acknowledgement ofhis relevance in his students’ lives.
Herndon High School senior Victoria Jones gives PrincipalWilliam Bates a hug after receiving her diploma Friday,June 17 at the Patriot Center.
The “Bent for a Cause: Community Bending Gender forNorthern Virginia AIDS Ministry” event will be on Satur-day, June 25 at 9:30 p.m. at the So Addictive Lounge, 733Elden St. in Herndon. So Addictive Lounge headlinersVictoria Jaymes, LaCountress Farrington, Ophelia Bottomsand Shelby Bottoms, as well as gay and straight employeesof both Northern Virginia AIDS Ministry (NOVAM) and SoAddictive Lounge will perform. Performers’ tips, rafflemonies, and a portion of the bar sales will be donated toNOVAM’s ORION Program, providing HIV and STD preven-tion education and outreach to gay, lesbian, bisexual,transgender, and questioning youth. www.NOVAM.org.
Where do you gonext? Where do yousee yourself 10years from now?
- Alex McVeigh
Viewpoints
Brendan Carrick“I’m going to William and
Mary, but I don’t know whatI’m going to study. I’m reallyinterested in Archaeology, Ithink it would give me theopportunity to travel. I’velived my whole life here, so Ireally want to travel. In 10years, I hope to be employedsomewhere and like what I’mdoing.”
Zoe Belyavsky“I’m going to Virginia Tech
to study International Rela-tions and GlobalDevelopment. In 10 years Ihope to be working for a non-profit in another country,maybe France since I speakFrench.”
Santosh Kulkarni“I’m going to Old Domin-
ion University to studyPre-Med and Biology. In 10years I want to be a doctor,but right now I have no ideawhere or what kind.”
Thomas Gibson“I’m going to NOVA in the
fall to get my Associate’s inGeneral Education, and thenI’ll figure it out from there. In10 years, I hope to be livingin a city with a family.”Emily Auker
“I’m going to Boston Col-lege, but I’m not sure whatI’m studying yet. ProbablyChemistry. In 10 years I’d liketo be doing research on some-thing.”
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Opinion
Fairfax County has more than 44,000students enrolled who are poorenough to qualify for subsidizedmeals.
During the school year, 141 elementaryschools, 26 middle schools, 30 high schools andsecondary schools and a few specialcenters serve breakfast and lunch toneedy students either for free or at verylow cost. That’s nearly 200 placeswhere students go every day that can help pro-vide for their nutritional needs.
In the summer, Fairfax County operates just14 centers to provide meals to poor students.There is no plan to get students from wherethey live to the available meals, and a recentreport estimates that in Virginia overall, lessthan 20 percent of students who qualify re-ceive meals in the summer. Obviously 14 loca-tions in all of Fairfax County cannot possiblyprovide geographically accessible meals to44,000 students.
Fairfax County Public Schools eliminatedsummer school several years ago as a budgetcutting measure, and this complicates provid-ing summer nutrition to needy students. FairfaxCounty also eliminated year-round schools that
specifically served needier student populations.It’s also eye opening to note that more than
20 percent of students in Fairfax County arepoor enough qualify for subsidized meals.
In Arlington, more than 6,500 students, or32 percent of the student body qualify for sub-
sidized meals.In Alexandria, the more than 6,200
students who are poor enough to re-ceive subsidized meals make up more
than 50 percent of the student population.Arlington operates 19 centers to serve meals
to students over the summer, dramaticallymore per eligible student than Fairfax.
Earlier this month, Jeff Bridges, AcademyAward Winner and No Kid Hungry NationalCampaign Spokesperson, Gov. Bob McDonnell(R-VA) and U.S. Department of Agriculture(USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack along with or-ganizers of Share Our Strength, the Federa-tion of Virginia Food Banks and otherslaunched the Virginia No Kid Hungry Cam-paign at Barcroft Elementary School in Arling-ton. Their modest goals for this year includeincreasing the number of eligible students whoreceive the meals they are entitled to. Seehttp://nokidhungry.org/virginia.html
Miles to go in providing summer nutrition toNorthern Virginia’s poor students.
Hungry in SummertimeFairfax CountyUSDA Summer FoodService Program
The program was established to ensure that studentswho qualify for free and reduced price meals duringthe school year continue to receive nutritious mealswhen school is not in session. Free meals that meetfederal nutrition guidelines will be provided to chil-dren at approved sites throughout Fairfax County.
To become a registered meal site, call 703-324-5330, TTY 711. To volunteer to serve meals, call703-324-5504, TTY 711.Bailey’s Elementary, July 12 to Aug. 5, 8 to 8:30 a.m.,
10:30 to 11 a.m.Bucknell Elementary Mount Vernon, Aug. 8 to 26, 8:40
to 9:15 a.m.Burke Center, July 11 to Aug. 5, 11:30 a.m. to noonCameron Elementary Mount Vernon, Aug. 1 to 19, 8:15
to 8:45 a.m., 12:15 to 12:45 p.m.Crestwood Elementary Springfield, July 11 to Aug. 19,
8 to 9 a.m., 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.Glen Forest Elementary Falls Church, Aug. 8 to 26, 8:45
to 9:15 a.m.Groveton Elementary Mount Vernon, Aug. 3 to 19, 8:30
to 9:30 a.m.Holmes Middle, July 25 to Aug. 19, 9 to 9:30 a.m.,
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.Hutchison Elementary Herndon, July 18 to Aug. 12,
11:45 a.m. to noonHybla Valley Elementary Mount Vernon area, Aug. 1 to
19, 9 to 9:15 a.m.Parklawn Elementary, Aug. 1 to 19, 8:15 to 8:45 a.m.Poe Middle, Aug. 1 to 26, 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.Riverside Elementary, Aug. 1 to 19, 9 to 9:30 a.m.Weyanoke Elementary, Aug. 1 to 19, 11:40 a.m. to
noonWoodlawn Elementary, Aug. 1 to 19, 8:45 to 9 a.m.Woodley Hills Elementary, July 25 to Aug. 12, 11:30
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Editorial
HighestPrioritiesTo the Editor:
After reading the commentaryfrom Nina Kwartin of Vienna, “ALead Not to Follow,” [Vienna/Oakton Connection, June 8-14,2011] I see a need to ensure ourcommunity properly gives creditwhere it is due. The Board of Su-pervisors did nothing to “provideall our local schools with full daykindergarten.”
All, 100 percent, of the creditgoes to our School Board memberswho have watched ChairmanBulova (D-At-large) and the Boardof Supervisors year after year donothing for our schools’ growingstudent population.
I challenge my opponents topublicly dispute my statement. Weneed to honestly review what hastaken place so we can move for-ward together in serving our com-munity.
Teachers and other school em-ployees, as well as firefighters andother county employees, have hadan effective pay cut as they haveendured denial of a deserved payraise year after year duringBulova’s time as chairman of theBoard of Supervisors.
We understand the impactBulova has had on their quality of
life when we consider the payfreeze in the shadow of rising foodcosts, gas prices and real estatetaxes.
This year, our School Board hasnot overcome the effective pay cut,but has helped lessen the impactof Chairman Bulova’s failed lead-ership on the quality of life for ourschool employees by awarding atoken 1 percent pay raise. Infla-tion still gnaws at a faster pace.
The limited pay increase islargely symbolic in an electionyear when year after year theBoard of Supervisors has not en-abled county and school employ-ees to maintain their quality of life.
School Board members alsovoted to provide for the costs ofnew disciplinary procedures, tofund full-day kindergarten in ev-ery elementary school and to limitthe burden of student fees.
Despite a lack of support fromChairman Bulova, our SchoolBoard has generally kept a stead-fast commitment to communitypriorities.
The relationship between theSchool Board and the Board ofSupervisors has clearly deterio-rated during Bulova’s term asBoard of Supervisors chairman.
Frankly, Bulova has not advo-cated effectively for our commu-nity. In fact, she has been silent asFairfax County taxpayers are
forced to subsidize other taxpay-ers in funding a state mandate atan annual cost of over $501 mil-lion annually. This amount repre-sents more than 24 percent of therevenues we generate through ourreal estate taxes.
Because of her choice to favorsilence over advocacy, she has ledthe Board of Supervisors year af-ter year to deny needed resourcesto our schools’ growing studentpopulation.
Now, as the majority of SchoolBoard members have decided toend their service, they seek morefervently to vote for the prioritiesthey consider important to theirlegacy.
The question remains, of course,what are the consequences of theirvote. For example, how many chil-dren will be moved to substandardfacilities to accommodate full-daykindergarten? The Board of Super-visors did not provide the neces-sary $12 million to $14 million fora preferred transition to full-daykindergarten. Some students willbe displaced to accommodate thechanges.
Will Radle (I)Franconia
The writer is a candidate forchairman of the Fairfax CountyBoard of Supervisors.
Out of TouchTo the Editor:
She’s on Facebook. She tweets.And yet Janie Struass is more outof touch than ever. She recentlyvoted against parental notifica-tion. So now school authorities caninterrogate and pressure my childto write a confession without hav-ing to call me first. Parental noti-fication is the one change to thedisciplinary code that parentswanted most. And Janie Straussvoted no. She voted with the Su-perintendent – again – and againstthe wishes of parents. In this dayand age of social media, email, andeven the old fashioned telephone,a simple call informing me that mychild may be in trouble is not toomuch too ask of the public schoolsystem. Voting for Janie Straussagain is too much to ask for. She’sout of touch and out of date. Weneed a new generation of leader-ship to represent parents, studentsand taxpayers. That’s why I amsupporting Louise Epstein in No-vember. It’s time for leadershipthat delivers real results.
Catherine LorenzeParent of three FCPS students
McLean
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While in only thesecond week ofthe season, atleast one of the
Reston Swim Team Association(RSTA) swimmers appeared to bein mid-season form. Saturday sawa number of records set - all by thesame swimmer. Sophia Landeryouof the Glade Gators performancecould be described in just oneword - spectacular! Sophia brokethree separate records for Glade.In the 25-meter backstroke Sophiasmashed her old record of 21.40,set in 2010, with a new time of19.19. In the 25-butterfly she alsobroke her old mark of 21.53 witha new record of 19.02. And in the25-breast Sophia broke a recordthat had stood since 1981. Hertime of 22.54 easily bested thetime of 23.76 that was set byHannah Schuster during that sum-mer.
Scores and highlights fromSaturday’s meets follow:
Newbridge Dolfins 534,Glade Gators 480: ForNewbridge, triple event winnerswere Celia Compton, EliseBaldwin, Eric Compton, Ian Haand Ryan Ha. Double event win-ners were Katya Maslova, SofiaMilosevic, Megan Ha, Keya Chava,Emma Grossback, Maura Burke,Martha Carro, Christopher Miner,Andrew Sivak and Megan Slater.
For Glade, triple event winnerswere Emily Landeryou, SophiaLanderyou, Andrew Draganov,Sam Becker and Merrick Edgerton.Double event winners were Mor-gan Barlow, Natalie McCrea,Amelia Flavin, Kathryn Danaher,Jack Walker, Alec Brown, RyanBenedetto, Andrew Benedetto,Webb Nims and Joseph Letteri.
North Hills Hurricanes538, Lake Newport Lightning523: For North Hills, triple eventwinners were Rachel Swarts,
As the Weather Warms, So Do the RSTA SwimmersRecords fall asReston SwimTeam Associationseason enterssecond week.
The Hidden Creek Hurricanes blew open the season last Saturday with aresounding 394-121 win over Evergreen Country Club. There were excellentperformances all around, particularly for the first swim of the season, but sev-eral swimmers turned in record-breaking performances. Luke Addingtonbroke his own team record for boys 8-under breaststroke with a time of 24.53.Regan Glembocki also broke her team record for girls 13-14 breaststroke.Mason Greenblatt set three team records on Saturday, with wins in the boys11-12 breastroke, butterfly, and individual medley events. And lastly, TigerBarbee also established three new team records with his swims in the boys15-18 freestyle, backstroke, and butterfly.
Courtner Clark, BenjaminLivaudais, Joseph Sciortino andRyan Luczak. Double event win-ners were Marlee Czarney, EmmaTierney, Samantha Lobsenz, Chris-topher Bochtler, Piper Luczak, RJLutz and Lindsay Rogers.
For Lake Newport, triple eventwinners were Siena Shannon, KentBommer and Casey Storch. Doubleevent winners were Anna Redican,Amy Edgemond, Matt Colturi,Vincent Kahng, Megan Long,Conor McLaughlin, Dan Ni,Sydney Southworth, Connor Witt,Omar Zaki and Amy Zhao.
Autumnwood Piranhas
476, Lake Anne Stingrays434: For Autumnwood, tripleevent winners were Haley Brazier,Abby Freeman, Sarah Overton,Ellen Wait and Hugh Curran.Double event winners wereHannah Douglas, Robin Brazier,Max B. Wilson, Garrett Grubbs,Sarah Overton, John Robertson,Kayla Rolph and Benjamin Thomp-son.
For Lake Anne, triple event win-ners were Tamar Dayian, DevinConley and Jason Fu. Doubleevent winners were Fred Zhang,Dillon Jiang, Brian Marquet,Trenten Moder, Tope Oladimejiand Lucas Sandler.
Hidden Creek Wins Swim Opener
Lake Audubon’s Bryce Onozuka, Winston Evans, andRobby Cordts battle it out in the 11-12 butterfly.
Friendly competitors Paige Schiavone of North Hills (left)and Sarah Batt from Lake Newport don’t let a swim meetget in the way of their friendship.
The Glade Gators had their first meet on Saturday andthese swimmers are all new to the team. The swimmers,in order from left to right, are Remi Pepelko, AaronLetteri, Raj Vats and Erik Smith.
Photos/Courtesy of RSTA
Lake Audubon Barracudas576, Ridge Heights Sharks514: For Lake Audubon, tripleevent winners were Matthew Fritz,Sabrina Groves, MichaelMcDermott and Emily Sennett.Double event winners wereBannon Brazell, Austin Chute,Sydney Cook, Alaina Cordts, EllenHuber, Seretha McHugh, JuliaSofhia Nassau, Julie Nielsen, Gar-
rison O’Donnell, Bryce Onozuka,Barrett Redington, and AnnaTignor.
For Ridge Heights triple eventwinners were Emily Sennett, MayaBecker, Nicholas Diewald, MacSogandares, Joel Ladwig and TylerEllis. Double event winners wereJade Wang, Anna Trignor, DelaneyDuchak, Krista Early, HarrisonHughes and Dodson Piotrowski.
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I thought it odd that I couldn’t access mybank account online, though I had done sosuccessfully many times before, despite thisoperator’s likely error in doing so. But afterreceiving the same “Invalid Password” mes-sage multiple times, even though I carefully re-typed it, I grew a bit more curious, perhapseven a bit anxious. I then went to plan “B”online, which is “Forget Your Password” in anattempt to circumvent/reset my password byanswering personal questions to re-authorizemy access. Again I was met with a computerdenial. Now I was beyond curious/anxious andon to scared/potentially victimized so I calledmy bank’s customer service number to speakwith a “live person” about these repeateddenials.
After confirming to this customer-serverwho I was and why I was calling, I learned thatmy bank account information – e-mail ad-dress, user name and password, had all beenchanged – without my knowledge or authori-zation. Moreover, after accessing my accountinformation through their system, it indicatedthat $3,500 of my hard-earned and cancer-related claim dollars had been withdrawnfrom a branch in OCALA, Fl. the day before.Given that my wife and I both live in Marylandand work locally and exclusively – in No. Va.,and hadn’t traveled to Florida on this particu-lar Monday (the day of the withdrawal) – or atall, it became fraudulently clear that someoneelse had changed our online access codes as away of preventing me from noticing this illegaltransaction. (Ironically, it was that inability toaccess to my account that alerted me to theactivity.)
Immediately we closed the account. Then Iwas transferred to the Fraud Division where Iprovided additional information to furthersafeguard the account. I was then advised togo to my local branch to complete the neces-sary paperwork to file a claim and sign an affi-davit affirming our non-complicity in this with-drawal – and to set up a new account as wellwith new e-mail address, user name and pass-word, which I did. There I was assured that ifthe bank’s investigation confirmed our story –and innocence, the money would be replacedwithin a few days with very few additionalquestions asked and our exposure would thusbe limited to time and inconvenience. In addi-tion, any fees, bounced check charges, etc.,resulting from insufficient funds caused by thefraudulent transaction, directly or indirectly,would also be waived/reimbursed; and mov-ing forward, the Fraud Division would bemonitoring my account to prevent furtherunauthorized activity. As a result, I left thebank with changes to make – to protect ourassets, privacy and security, but confident intheir handling of the whole situation. How-ever, what remained unspoken – and un-known at that point, was whether this illegalactivity was in fact the beginning of an IdentityTheft nightmare, the likes of which would notsoon be forgotten and often one that is life-changing, maybe even life-ruining.
After I returned home and reviewed thefinancial procedures which had, and had notoccurred, I began to wonder why the bankhadn’t simply called me – the account holder,in the first place when an online attempt wasbeing made to change my user codes. If thatcall was made – to confirm that I was indeedresponsible for the changing of the codes, Iobviously would have said, “No!” And my say-ing so possibly, presumably, would have pre-vented this fraudulent withdrawal by “red-flag-ging” the account. But that wasn’t done. Andthough my bank – and my local branch havebeen exceeding helpful and understandingduring this entire process, there is a part of mewhich remains unconvinced that any of itreally matters – to them.
Next week: “Law & Order: Ocala, the DayAfter,” what matters to me.
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