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Madhan and Mala Chakravathyenjoy the view of the PotomacRiver at Great Falls Park. GreatFalls features more than twosquare miles of parks, which offera variety of outdoor activities.
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By Alex McVeigh
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According to the 2010census, Great Falls has15,247 residentsspread out over 17.9
square miles, making it one of theleast dense communities in FairfaxCounty. Great Falls’s density is861.8 people per square mile,compared with the average den-sity for Fairfax County, which is2,738.5 per square mile.
The semi-rural nature of GreatFalls is its claim to fame, as manyresidents moved here to be aroundless development and several citi-zen groups work to keep it thatway.
With so much land undevel-oped, it’s no wonder that GreatFalls contains many parks thatbring visitors from around thecountry. More than two squaremiles of Great Falls is designatedparkland. The Potomac River runsalong the west side of the area,separating it from Maryland andcreating many destinations.
Riverbend Park is located on theupper part of the river, along thePotomac River Gorge. The 418-acre park, which is run by the
and went rock-climbing for thefirst time, and those hobbies havebeen a part of my life for a longtime now. Hopefully my kids canhave the same experiences andlearn to love the outdoors like Idid.”
While the Potomac has beenflowing for hundreds, if not thou-sands. of years, Great Falls featuresmore “recent” additions as well,such as Colvin Run Mill, whichcelebrated 200 years of operationin April. Located on land onceowned by George Washington, themill still functions today and is oneof the oldest brick mills in Virginia.
“Thousands of school childrencome to see this old mill at work,”said Fairfax County Board of Su-pervisors Chair Sharon Bulova (D-At large) at the mill’s 200th anni-versary celebration in April. “Theyhave a chance to study engineer-ing; they gain new insight intohow water power and machineswork and they view what was oncecutting-edge innovations for auto-mated milling.”
Turner Farm, located on 52 acresthat were previously home to adairy farm, offers almost 40 acresof open fields designed for horse-back riding. The fenced in area
Nature is First in Great FallsParks offer multitude of ways to enjoy the outdoors.
Annual Events in Great Falls*Sept. 11 Memorial Ceremony: Usually at the Great Falls Freedom Me-
morial, this ceremony recognizes those who were lost in the Sept. 11, 2001attacks, including six residents of Great Falls. This year’s ceremony, com-memorating the 10th anniversary of the attacks, will take place at the VillageGreen.
*Halloween Spooktacular: Every Halloween the Great Falls Village Cen-tre hosts this annual event where children can trick-or-treat at localbusinesses and show off their costumes.
*Veterans Day ceremony: The Great Falls Freedom Memorial hosts this an-nual event to honor those who have served in the Armed Forces.
*Christmas Tree Lighting: The Village Centre is the site of the community’sChristmas tree, which will be lit up by none other than Santa himself. Theevent also features performances by local school choirs and other live en-tertainment. This year’s lighting will take place Friday, Dec. 2.
*Easter Egg Hunt: The Village Green is covered in 5,000 eggs as childrenscramble to find them. Hosted by the Great Falls Optimist Club, the eventhas been held in Great Falls for the past 27 years.
*Great Falls Spring Festival: The Great Falls Village Green will featurebooths and activities from local businesses, organizations and nonprofits, aswell as live entertainment, children’s games and food.
*Memorial Day: The Great Falls Freedom Memorial hosts a Memorial Dayremembrance each year, remembering those who have given their lives inservice of their country, including 24 Great Falls residents.
* July 4 Parade and Fireworks: The parade begins in the morning everyJuly Fourth, as organizations, individuals and classic cars make their wayaround the Great Falls Village Centre. Later in the evening fireworks com-mence at Turner Farm.
Ashley DeWoolfson rides in a horse showat Turner Farm, which features numerousequestrian facilities.
The Great Falls Freedom Memorial hosts severalceremonies each year dedicated to remembrance.This year’s ceremony commemorating 10 years sincethe Sept. 11 attacks will take place at the VillageGreen.
Mason Maddox, miller at Colvin Run Mill,starts the mill wheel by allowing the waterto flow over it. Colvin Run Mill is morethan 200 years old, and sits on land onceowned by George Washington.
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Fairfax County Park Authority, fea-tures 2.5 mile trail along the river,as well as three different ecosys-tems: river, forest and meadow.
“I’ve always found the park tobe a great place to just watch na-ture. If you walk along thePotomac Heritage trail, you’ve gotthe river on one side and the for-est to your left,” said Paul Hol-lander of Sterling. “I walked abouta mile down and back today, andwhile watching the water, I saw asnake slithering through the muckby the river. I also saw some beau-tifully colored birds on the otherside, flying above the forest.”
THE POTOMAC HERITAGETRAIL connects Riverbend Parkwith Great Falls Park, run by theNational Park Service. Here theriver cascades over rocks creatingthe falls themselves, as well aspools for kayaking and thePatowmack Canal for hiking andexploring. The park also containsseveral miles of riverside trails.
“I’ve been coming to Great FallsPark since I was really young,” saidSean Arklay of Great Falls. “Firstmy parents walked me along thetrails, and when I got older, it’swhere I took my first kayaking trip
includes a novice cross-countrycourse featuring water, ditches andbanks, a round pen and a 200 by300-foot all-purpose arena withall-weather footing.
“Turner Farm is a great place toactually learn how to ride yourhorse at a comfortable pace,” saidDenise Okun, 19, of Leesburg, whohas been riding for more than 10years. “I remember when I startedriding I was so scared, becauseeveryone you saw at the arena oron TV looked so perfect, it’s hardto believe you can ever learn to dothat. But I learned on these fields,and I was able to get better be-cause there’s so much to work onat the facilities here.”
FOR THOSE INTERESTED in ahigher view than is available whileon a horse, Turner Farm is the siteof Observatory Park, which fea-tures a celestial telescope andweekly opportunities for visitors toexamine the night sky.
“You mention Fairfax Countyand you think ‘Is there anywherethat light pollution doesn’t blockout the wonders of the sky atnight?’ and that’s what you havehere at the Observatory Park,” saidJerry Ogden of Vienna, who regu-larly attends the Friday night view-ing sessions. “Right now it’s anopen field where you can set upyour telescopes in peace, but fromwhat I hear, that’s only the begin-ning for this place.”
Plans for observatory park in-clude equipment such as a radiotelescope and cosmic ray detector,as well as an international sundialgarden, featuring designs from allover the world.
Charles Olin, founder of theAnalemma Society, which operatesin partnership with the park au-thority to supply equipment for thepark, has already gotten started onthe sundial garden, the flagpole isa gnomon (the part that casts theshadow) for the first planned dial.
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Jorge Adeler and the EasterBunny have one thing in com-mon: they both love a goodhunt. For 27 years now, those
who have participated in the Adeler Jewel-ers/Great Falls Optimist Club Children’s EggHunt and Festival know that what you findinside the eggs could very well be a “gem”of a find. Adeler, who ownes Adeler Jewel-ers, realized that he could share his inter-est in the mystique of hidden treasure withthousands of children by stuffing, not onlycandy into each egg, but also $5000 worthof genuine gemstones into many of themas well. The Great Falls Optimist Club is therecipient of 100 percent of the proceedsfrom this event and has, through the years,
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Address is: Village Center, behindthe Old Brogue, 766-C Walker Road,Great Falls.
Jorge Adeler with his five grandchildren.
Eggstravaganza’ContinuesJorge Adeler has anadditional inspiration tocontinue supportingannual Egg Hunt andFestival: His own fivegrandchildren.
been proud co-sponsors and volunteers.When Adeler decided to partner with a char-ity to donate the proceeds to, he could notthink of a better group than the Optimists.“We share a love and dedication to the youthin our community and as a proud memberof the GF Optimist club for over 25 years ithas been an incredible partnership”.
Adeler and the Optimists do not only raisemoney (the event costs $10 per child whoparticipates, parents are free) but they bringa family friendly, healthy and fun activityto the children in Great Falls and its neigh-bors. Over the years this event has turned
into a full-fledged “eggstravaganza” withmoon bounces, mazes, giant slides, a hayride, popcorn and cotton candy precedingthe Egg Hunt.
Many local merchants have stepped inthrough the years to help grow the eventby sponsoring rides and games to make thisa true Great Falls Community endeavor.Asked if he minded the hours spent plan-ning and organizing to ensure that this willturn out to be the best festival yet, Adelersaid, “No. I had a woman call me monthsago, to ask the date of this year’s egg huntand festival, so that she could plan to have
her son’s birthday party there. As soon as Iheard that, I had all the reassurance Ineeded. People have now come to expect itonce a year. It is a tradition… and one weare thrilled to keep doing.”
His bonus these last few years? He nowhas 5 grandchildren who get to enjoy theday and Egg Hunt as well.
DailySurprisesShopping atCathy’s Corner,Wendy’s Window
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Inova Fairfax Hospital, Inova Health System’sflagship hospital, is an 833-bed, nationally rec-ognized regional medical center serving theWashington, D.C., metro area. Inova Fairfax
Hospital offers Northern Virginia’s only level 1trauma center, has one of the nation’s most-sought-out obstetrics programs and offers the highest levelneonatal intensive care unit. The hospital was thefirst in the area to receive the prestigious Magnetdesignation for nursing excellence. The Fairfax cam-pus is home to Northern Virginia’s only pediatric ter-
tiary care center, Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children,and the region’s only dedicated cardiac care facility,the Inova Heart and Vascular Institute.
Geared toward the unique treatment of children,the 186-bed Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children of-fers a full-service pediatric emergency department,the region’s only pediatric intensive care unit andthe first Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in the nationto receive the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Ap-proval for Prematurity.
The 204-bed Inova Heart and Vascular Institute isthe area’s leader in heart and vascular care, provid-ing services for every stage of life. From pediatriccardiology patients to adults requiring minimally-invasive surgical procedures and heart transplants,the Institute’s world-class specialists provide the mostadvanced technology dedicated to the prevention,diagnosis and treatment of heart disease.
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Caroline Mahoney,Langley High Schoolsenior
“I’ve lived here my wholelife, and I like the feeling thatyou can go anywhere,whether a restaurant or theSafeway and see people youknow, and they always say hi,because we all have some-thing in common living here.”
Drew Rodey,Falls Hardware
“It’s nice and small, wedon’t have the hustle andbustle of the bigger townshere. I also love the fallsthemselves, they’re verypeaceful and I like to do someclimbing there.”
Mia Belotti,Maison et Jardin
“Besides my mom’s house,which is always a great placefor Sunday dinner, I like thatGreat Falls has a small townfeel to it. Our honorary mayorMike Kearney, is a great partof Great Falls, he helps outwith the Concerts on theGreen, the Christmas TreeLighting and a lot of thingsthat keep Great Falls home-yand quaint.”
Chat Grosvenor,personal trainer
“I love the Concerts on theGreen. They’re like a bigpicnic, you bring your ownfood, sit down on the lawnand see your neighbors at thesame place every time.”
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What do you like best aboutliving in Great Falls?
— Alex McVeigh
WEDNESDAY/AUG. 24Peer Support Group for Survivors
of Clergy Abuse. 6:30 p.m Tysons-Pimmit Hills Regional Library, 7684Leesburg Pike, Falls Church. Co-sponsored by the Northern Virginiaaffiliate of Voice of the Faithful,meetings last Wednesday of everymonth. Free. 703-538-6128.
FRIDAY/AUG. 26Equal Employment Opportunity
Technical Assistance Seminar.Crowne Plaza Tyson’s Corner Hotel,1960 Chain Bridge Road, McLean.Presentations on EEOC policies andprocedures, including legal updatesand emerging EEO issues, newADAAA regulations, national origin
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By T.R. Cook,
President,
The Great Falls Optimist Club
The Great Falls Optimist Club, cel-ebrating 29 years of service toour community, is dedicated tomeeting the needs of young
people in our community; supporting ac-tivities that contribute to a better future forour children; promoting an active interestin good government; encouraging commu-nity service among young people; and de-veloping optimism as a philosophy of life.
The activities and contributions of theGreat Falls Optimist Club are funded by suchfundraising activities as the sale of photo-graphs by Hill Portrait Studios at the FallFestival; ticket sales at the Optimist/AdelerJewelers Childrens Egg Hunt & Spring Fes-tival; an annual barn dance; and generouscontributions from individuals, business andprofessional organizations.
Our activities focus on aiding and en-couraging the development of local youth,and enhancing the sense of community inGreat Falls and include an annual Oratori-cal Contest; funding family activities athomeless & women’s shelters, and hospi-tals; supporting under-privileged studentswho are preparing for college; supporting
Kidz Clubhouse, a Great Falls non-profitorganization that serves the needs of chil-dren and adults with disabilities, theirfamilies and caregivers; the Club haslaunched a Great Falls Teen Center at Lan-gley High School; providing Thanksgivingdinners to families in need in the commu-nity; orchestrated the funding and con-struction of the Great Falls Playgroundwhich is located between the Library andThe Grange; support Special Olympics andparticipated in coaching the Special Olym-pics Softball Team as well as local Scouttroops and Little League Teams; contrib-uted to the Analemma Society in supportof their work to develop an astronomyeducation center and year-round activitiesfor our community; contributed to thefunding of Leo Santabello Park, which islocated next to the library; contributed tothe International Optimists “Pave the Way”Foundation, which provides ongoing schol-arships for higher education; and contrib-uted to and participate in Habitat for Hu-manity, Save the Farm and Turner FarmPark, Brogue Charities, the Fourth of JulyCelebration and Great Falls Friends, all ofwhich undertake activities to benefit localyouth; among many, many other activities.For more information, please visit us atwww.greatfallsoptimist.org
Great Falls Optimist Club Oratorical Contest winners.
Optimist Club and Friends Annual Barn Dance, hosted by Linda Thomp-son at her barn, will be held on Oct. 1.
Join the ClubOptimist Club makes valuable contributions.
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By Sharon Bulova
Chairman, Fairfax County
Board of Supervisors
Hello and welcometo Fairfax County!Congratulations
for finding the best place inthe country to live, work andplay. Fairfax County is hometo a fantastic public schoolsystem, top tier businesses,and some of the best parksand open spaces in the DCMetro region.
The Fairfax County PublicSchool system, with a bud-get this year of $2.2 billion,is consistently ranked amongthe best in America. In theJune 2009 edition of Newsweek magazine, alleligible FCPS high schools were listed in thetop five percent of public schools in the na-tion.
Fairfax County is also home to George Ma-son University, recently named one of the topfive “Up-and-Coming Universities” by U.S.News and World Report. Mason is also recog-nized as one of the country’s best value uni-versities by Kiplinger’s and one of America’s
Best College Buys by Forbesmagazine.
Fairfax County is home to22 of the 50 fastest growingcompanies in the Washing-ton, D.C., area. We are alsohome to eight Fortune 500company headquarters:Capital One Financial, CSC,Freddie Mac, Gannett Cor-poration, General Dynamics,Science Applications Inter-national Corporation, BoozAllen Hamilton and NIIHoldings. Hilton,Volkswagen and NorthrupGrumman have all movedtheir corporate headquartersto Fairfax County in the lastfive years.
But it’s not all big business here. About 97percent of the companies in Fairfax County aresmall businesses with fewer than 100 employ-ees and less than $1 million in annual revenue.Fairfax County is a great place to start a busi-ness; over 1,600 companies opened their doorshere last year alone.
Our business community is also diverse.Fairfax County is home to more than 350 for-eign-owned firms, more than any other juris-
diction in the Washington area. There are 3,923Asian-owned businesses in Fairfax County, with$4.6 billion in sales and receipts, 30,688 em-ployees and $1.5 billion annual payroll.
Fairfax County is home to more than 48,000acres of parks and open space. In 2010, ourPark Authority won the coveted Gold Medalfor Parks and Recreation from the NationalRecreation and Park Association and the Ameri-can Academy for Park and Recreation Admin-istration — edging out New York City, Miami-Dade County and Mecklenburg County, N.C.
Fairfax County offers over 500 miles of hik-ing and biking trails, the majority of which areasphalt paved (although some remain natu-ral). All of the Fairfax Connector buses areequipped with bike racks so commuting by bi-cycle has never been easier.
We also have a vibrant arts community. TheWorkhouse Arts Center in Lorton allows visi-tors to watch artists in action, and hosts manywonderful events such as the Block Party com-ing up on September 3.
As Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, Iam elected at-large by all registered voters inFairfax County. If you have any questions orconcerns, please email me [email protected] or call my officeat 703-324-2321. Thanks for making FairfaxCounty your home.
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9/11 RemembranceTo Be Held atVillage Green
On Sunday, Sept.r 11, at 7 p.m.,the Great Falls Freedom MemorialCommittee will hold its annual 9/11 Ceremony, which especially re-members the six citizens of theGreat Falls community who diedwhen Flight 77 crashed into thePentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. Thisyear, the 10th Anniversary of 9/11, the ceremony will be held atthe Village Green, where a “Re-membrance Service” was held in2002. Choir members from Christthe King Lutheran Church, GreatFalls United Methodist Church andSt. Francis Episcopal Church willjoin together to pay tribute in songto those who died.
This ceremony is open to all andample parking is available at theVillage Centre. In case of rain, theceremony will be held at the GreatFalls United Methodist Church.
‘A Taste of Austria’Comes toGreat Falls
Chef Jacques Haeringer is pre-senting a special wine tasting din-ner, Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 6:30p.m. Michael Hoeffken will discussthe fine wines of Hillinger whiledining on Chef Haeringer’s specialfive course tasting menu of:
❖ Canapés served with HillingerSecco
❖ Salmon Soufflé, with PinotNoir Sauce paired with HillingerPinot Noir Eveline 2008
❖ Grilled Quail with HarvestVegetables Gateau paired withHillinger St. Laurent 2007
❖ Beef Wellington served withHillinger Blaufrankisch Leithaberg2008
❖ Fresh Raspberry Napoléonserved with Hillinger Small HillSweet 2006
The cost is $125 per person, allinclusive. To reserve space go towww.ChefJacques.com or call therestaurant: 703-759-3800.
OpenTable.com voted L’AubergeChez Francois one of the 50 BestRestaurants in the United Statesfor 2010.
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New arrivals to Great Falls will encoun-ter a creative community of artistswhose impact has become significantwithin the village—and the entire DC
metro region.More than 100 painters, photographers, potters,
jewelry designers, quilters, sculptors, printmakers,weavers, wood carvers and other artists call GreatFalls home. They are members of Great Falls Stu-dios, a network of creative people that works to pro-mote artistic expression and make Great Falls a moreartful place. They are buttressed by efforts of a localnon-profit community group called Great Falls Foun-dation for the Arts, which promotes arts educationand is otherwise working to develop art opportuni-ties and to reach out to non-artists in Great Falls.
“Quality of life improves in a community that em-braces creativity, and some people are moving herein part because of the town’s artistic life,” says LauraNichols, a potter who is president of Great Falls Stu-dios. “We want to invite new residents to join us andtake part. Our member artists have moved here frommany parts of the US and from around the world,including creative people originally from Sri Lanka,South Korea, China, Pakistan, Iran, England, Israel,India and Argentina. We welcome new membersbecause their distinct creative experiences lead tomutual growth.”
The first community arts event of fall is a big one:The Eighth Annual Great Falls Art Studios Tour. It isa free driving experience that takes visitors to thehome-based studios of local artists to meet the art-ists where they work. This celebration of creativityhas become a major regional event and will take placeOct. 15 and 16 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Last year itgenerated more than 7,300 studio visits as art loversfrom across the Metro area traveled to Great Falls,purchasing more than $44,000 in high-quality art“Made in Great Falls.”
HERE IS A SUMMARY of what’s available to newresidents (old ones, too) in Great Falls:
❖ Artists in our community. Great Falls Studios(GFS) is an all-volunteer membership organizationof 101 working artists who live or work in Great Falls.
It encourages artistic expression, serves the profes-sional interests of its members and functions as acommunity service organization. For more informa-tion, go to www.GreatFallsStudios.com. To join, callLaura Nichols at 703-901 7002.
❖ An arts foundation. Great Falls Foundation forthe Arts (GFFFTA) is a non-profit organization work-ing to expand opportunities for art education, ex-pression and professional development. It adminis-ters an art school, gallery, and shared studioworkspace, and is raising money to bring an art cen-ter to Great Falls. The group was founded by theboard of Great Falls Studios, but operates indepen-dently, with its own board of directors. For more in-formation, go towww.greatfallsfoundationforarts.org.
❖ Opportunities for learning. The Great FallsSchool of Art is a non-profit teaching facility foundedby GFFFTA to offer art instruction to children, teensand adults. For more information, including a list ofclasses and workshops, contact the director, TerriParent at [email protected] or visit the GFFFTAwebsite. More than a dozen individual artists in GreatFalls also teach in their home studios. Check the GFSwebsite for names, contacts and artistic specialties.
❖ Space for artists to work. A large loft called theArtists’ Atelier provides 16 local artists with afford-able studio spaces in a collaborative work environ-ment. The artists sublease the space from GFFFTA.There is currently a short waiting list. For more in-formation, contact Elaine Elinsky [email protected]. The Atelier, at 1144 Walker Road,is open to the public. For hours, see the GFFFTAwebsite.
❖ Annual Studio Tour. Great Falls’ signature artevent is an annual free driving tour to visit artists intheir home studios on back roads throughout GreatFalls and at other venues across town. The tour, whichis run by Great Falls Studios, has established the vil-lage as a “go-to” place for quality art. Over the pastseven years, it has generated more than 17,000 vis-its to Great Falls art studios. This year the tour willbe held on Oct. 15 and 16.
❖ Art exhibits and festivals. In addition to the an-nual Studio Tour, GFS organizes two annual art fes-tivals where work by Great Falls artists is sold. Thesetake place at the Village Green Day School—just be-fore the holidays and in spring. GFS also hangs artexhibits year-round in Katie’s Coffee, Great FallsCommunity Library, The Tavern, Seneca Hill AnimalHospital Resort & Spa, and at other venues. Eventsare listed on the GFS website.
By Kathleen Murphy
President/Great Falls
Historical Society
Welcome to GreatFalls! We gathertogether in a geo-
graphic cluster, united under acommon zip code within theDranesville District of FairfaxCounty. We call this place“Great Falls,” and view it as“our” semi-rural village with anidentity, a sense of community,a vision for the future — and asense of place. It is the historyof this place that grounds us,gives us roots, and joins us to-gether in a spirit of communitythat is substantial.
Some residents have a lineageand heritage in this place thatreaches back to the very found-ing fathers and before. Most arefairly recent transplants, havingcome here in influxes of intelli-gence community hiring, theautomation of government, thedot-com boom, militarizationand aerospace initiatives, ITstart-ups, entrepreneurs andproviders of consulting servicesto business and government,etc., over the last 35 years.Originally a village of English,then Dutch and German settlers,followed later by the Irish andothers, we are evolving into amelting pot of neighbors thatprobably represent every U.S.state and, very likely, most coun-tries in the world.
LIKE THE HUGE OAK TREE(some heritage trees in GreatFalls have lived longer than ournation’s union), the magnifi-cent canopy of our daily expres-sions within this communityextend and expand only asbroad and wide as the mirrorimage of the roots we share to-gether with those who havecome before us. Our connectionwith the past educates ourpresent and enlightens our fu-ture, binding us into a commu-nity on a journey toward ashared destiny. By regardingand honoring the ancestors ofthis place we call home, we sinkour roots in and are nourishedand fertilized by the stories ofdays gone by when “neighbor”was a sacred calling, and be-longing to a specific physical“place” really mattered.
The Great Falls Historical So-ciety (GFHS) is the keeper ofthe historical narrative for ourcommunity of Great Falls: “To
feel the pulse of earth whereman has trod, and for the fu-ture, keep the past.”
A society of “history lovers,”we welcome your participationin gathering the story of “howthings used to be” through per-sonal oral history interviews,historic photo and artifact col-lections, the preservation of his-toric properties, publications ofhistoric research, and the nomi-nation of historic properties tothe county, state, and nationalregisters of historic places.
TAKE A TOUR around townto see the signposts of daysgone by… In addition to thehistoric houses you can see pep-pered throughout Great Falls,noteworthy places include TheColvin Run Mill, The Colvin RunSchool House, Dante Restau-rant & Leigh House, Fitzgerald’sStore & Sisson’s Landscapingalong Colvin Run Road; TheGrange and School House,Cornwell House, The TurnerFarm, The Salem BaptistChurch along Georgetown Pike;The Riverbend Park and NatureCenter at Riverbend Road; themany dairy barns, historichouses and churches along Sen-eca Road and the canals alongthe Potomac River pointing to19th Century water transporta-tion along the river.
We invite you and your fam-ily to come, enjoy history withus at the following upcomingevents:❖ Sept. 17, Sept. 24, Oct. 1,
Oct. 8 - Celebrating the 150thAnniversary of the Civil War: CivilWar Movies – Four SaturdayNights, The Great Falls VillageGreen, at Sun Down
❖ Sept. 14 - Mosby’s CombatOperations in Fairfax County, Va.,Presented by Charles Mauro, GFLibrary, 7-9 p.m.
❖ Oct. 22 - Oktoberfest PotluckDinner at The Colvin Run Mill:Colvin Run Oral Histories,Historic Music, Great Food, ColvinRun Mill, Barn & Picnic Area, 3-5p.m.
❖ Nov. 13 - Historic Colvin Run:Autumn Historic House Tour,Colvin Run Road, 1-5 p.m.
❖ Dec. 18 - Battle of Dranesville –Dec. 20, 1861 – MemorialService: Remembering the Battle,Praying for Peace, DranesvilleChurch of the Brethren, 7-9 p.m.
❖ Jan. 11 - Seneca Road and thePotomac River, GF Library, 7-9p.m.
❖ Feb. 8 - The African-AmericanCommunity At Seneca Road, GFLibrary, 7-9 p.m.
❖ March 14 - Dairy Farmers AlongSeneca Road, GF Library, 7-9 p.m.
❖ April 11 - The Tibbetts AwardDinner & Tibbetts Award,Riverbend Cty Club, 2-4 p.m.
❖ May 26 - Great Falls Day: TheSeneca Area, TBD, 12-4 p.m.
Great Falls: TheHistory of Place
Great Falls is home tomore than 100 workingartists, and their impactis increasing
Community Embraces Art, Artists
The Artists Atelier, lo-cated in a Great Fallsloft, is operated by theGreat Falls Foundationfor the Arts to provideaffordable studio spaceto local artists. TheAtelier currently serves16 artists, most of whomare members of GreatFalls Studios, a networkof 101 artists who live orwork in Great Falls. Mostart displayed on thewalls is for sale.
Photo by
Al Reitan
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By Walt Lawrence
There is something aboutthis place called GreatFalls that I would liketo show my out-of-
town guests but it would be virtu-ally impossible unless they are will-ing to make a commitment to livehere for a number of years. As along-time resident I have grown sofamiliar with the seasonal rhythmsof the area, that they have becomea part of me. It is these rhythmsthat remind me every day, not of adate on the calendar, but of a sea-sonal period in which I know whatnature is doing and what I can ex-pect to follow. These rhythms alsomove me to go out with my cam-era to capture the ever-changinglandscapes of the Great Falls area.
WE HAVE ALL LEARNED thatwhen “fall” arrives people will re-turn from their summer vacations,the schools will reopen and thetraffic will resume its nasty snarl.But on another level I have learnedthat the Potomac will slowly beginto recover to its more normal wa-ter levels as the fall rains arrive andthe occasional storm or hurricanemoves through. I also know thatthe river can take on an almostcappuccino-like color immediatelyafter a storm, but it will slowly re-
Rhythms of Great FallsSomething about Great Falls that Icannot show to my out-of-town guests.
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turn to its more mirror-like black-green color, which reflects thechanging colors of fall along itsbanks. The dogwoods will changecolors early with the other trees
soon to follow. The deer will startto move around more in anticipa-tion of mating season and thatherds will begin to form and movethrough the area. Some of our birdswill migrate south, and others willstop to rest or take up winter resi-dence on the river from morenorthern climates.
IN “WINTER” with daylight get-ting shorter and temperatures
dropping the Potomac will begin tofreeze. I know that the ice forma-tions can take on many forms fromsimple cell-like formations aroundreeds that extend into the air fromthe bottom of the river to artfulpowdered sugar-like formationsover the falls. As the river freezeextends into the winter the iceforms along the banks and forces About the Author
Walt Lawrence maintains studio space, along with several other localartists, at the Atelier located at 1444 G Walker Road in Great Falls behindDante Restaurant. If you would like to see Walt’s collection of images ofGreat Falls call him at 703-757-6762 to arrange for an appointment.
See Colors, Page 15
Cell-like Ice Formations in the PotomacThis type of ice formation forms during an early cold snap and it is remarkable
how the form is developed. The reed sticking up out of the water into the cold airallows ice to form around the area of the reed at the surface. Since the water isconstantly moving the edges of the ice are rounded resulting in a form thatappears almost cell-like.
Powdered Sugar-like Ice Formations on the FallsThis type of formation occurs when a dry snow falls and there is little, if any, other snow or ice on
the rocks which can provide for some dramatic black white contrast.
Low Water After a Dry SummerWhen we have an extended period of dry weather and the water levels are down significantly the
river bed begins to offer new subject material for photography. I have heard stories that the waterlevel has been low enough that people have walked or waded across the river at different timesabove the falls.
Eastern Bluebirds Feeding Their YoungIf you ever see a bluebird house in spring watch it carefully because it is
probably occupied. Once the young arrive the parents seem to fly all day andnight just trying to keep the young ones fed. This image was captured with afemale perched on top of the house and the male headed out for more groceries.
Spring Fishing for a Great Blue HeronThis image was taken in spring at the base of the falls. The great blue herons arrive in droves to
enjoy the feast and sometimes they seem to get more fish than they can handle. The bird hit this fishthen dropped it and the fish got away.
Reflections of theChanging Colors of Fall
When the Potomac is flowing smoothly itprovides a near perfect mirror for the ever-changing colors of fall foliage along thebanks.
Photos by Walt Lawrence
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Cappuccino-like WaterAfter a Storm
If we get a significant rain in Great Falls or west of herethen a day or two later we will see a major rise in the waterlevels going over the falls. In some cases the amount of theflow will be so deep that little, if any, of the falls is visible.The river picks up a lot of silt and debris under thesecircumstances and the water looks almost like cappuccino.
Photos by Walt Lawrence
Rare Piebald BuckPiebald deer are rare in this area and this is the only one
I have ever seen. He was very skittish and started to run assoon as he spotted me.
the birds to congregate in the center of the river,which does not freeze completely.
Unfortunately for me this phenomenon moves thebirds further away from my camera lens. Since thefoliage and grasses have disappeared, the deer, foxand other animals will range further from their com-fort zones in search of food and at certain times ofthe day I can expect to see specific types of animalson the move in the area searching for food. Theirrhythms can practically be programmed into my cal-endar and clock. The birds too will need to workharder just to survive and are quite willing to acceptofferings from every back yard feeder they can lo-cate.
IN “SPRING” the Potomac will take on a much morethreatening and dangerous flow as melting snow andspring rains drive the river deeper and faster. I havelearned that the water will also take on a beautifulgreenish white color as it has been enriched withoxygen on its swift trip down to the Chesapeake. Thebirds will return as they seem to know that the tablehas been set for them across the area. The herons,the cormorants and others seek out the fish that arerunning in the highly enriched water.
I know that in May and June I can expect to find adozen or more great blue herons jockeying for posi-tion around the base of the falls as they seek out thebest fishing spots. I can watch cormorants diving andbringing up fish several yards away as they toss theircatch up into the air to ensure they swallow themhead first. Young animals will be born and I can ex-pect to see them hugging their mothers’ sides as theymove from one area to another or as they bed downin deep grasses. I have learned to expect to see youngbirds being fed by their parents and as they staggerinto the air until they become accomplished flyers.
IN “SUMMER” I have come to expect the flows ofwater in the Potomac to subside and even dry up inplaces. Islands, previously unreachable on foot, willbecome accessible so I can extend my walks alongthe banks. As the water slows down it takes on adarker color and as the foliage along the banks thick-ens it blocks out the sun as well as the views alongthe banks. The animals grow quickly and they toobegin to disappear as the foliage allows them to hideand the heat begins to slow down their movements.But I know that the views along the river will returnas the seasonal rhythm begins to repeat itself andthe leaves fall again.
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Changing Colors of Great Falls
After living in Great Falls for many years and com-ing to appreciate these seasonal rhythms of the placeI call home, I realize they have become a part of me.It is this that I wish I had some way to show my out-of-town visitors. I guess they will just have to eitherlisten to my stories and look at my photographs orthey could move here and experience it for them-selves.
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John Prine with RichardThompson. 8 p.m. Wolf TrapFoundation for the Performing Arts,1624 Trap Road, Vienna. Bluegrass,country, and folk. $42 in-house, $25lawn. www.wolftrap.org.
SATURDAY/AUG. 27Billy T’s Time Machine. 5 p.m.
Palladium Civic Place Green, 1445Laughlin Ave., McLean. Free. 703-288-9505.
Kids Show: Ryan Buckle &Friends: Science You Can SingTo! 10:30 a.m. Jammin’ Java, 227Maple Ave. E., Vienna.www.jamminjava.com.
Ben Tufts and Friends: Craig TuftsMemorial Fundraiser. 4 p.m.Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave. E.,Vienna. www.jamminjava.com.
The Pietasters and TheThrilltones. 9:30 p.m. Jammin’Java, 227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna.www.jamminjava.com.
Fairfax County Master GardenersAssociation, Inc. 10 a.m.-1 p.m.City of Fairfax Regional Library,10360 North St., Fairfax.Horticultural tips, information,techniques and advice. 703-293-6227.
Neighborhood Plant Clinic. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Oakton Library, 10304Lynnhaven Place, Oakton.Horticultural tips and strategies. 703-242-4020.
Mary Chapin Carpenter withLoudon Wainwright III. 8 p.m.Wolf Trap Foundation for thePerforming Arts, 1624 Trap Road,Vienna. Contemporary folk andcountry. $42 in-house, $25 lawn.www.wolftrap.org.
SHARE Food Drive. 9:30 a.m.-3:30p.m. At the Pimmit Hills Safeway,7401 Colshire Drive, McLean and theChesterbrook Safeway, 6244 OldDominion Drive, McLean. SHARE’sfood pantry provides food and basichousehold supplies to needy familiesand [email protected].
SUNDAY/AUG. 28Roger Henderson Memorial
Benefit. 1 p.m. Jammin’ Java, 227Maple Ave. E., Vienna.www.jamminjava.com.
Hot August Night: A Tribute toNeil Diamond. 7 p.m. Jammin’Java, 227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna.With Jammin’ Java’s SongwritersCircle featuring Shane Hines, ToddWright, Anthony Fiacco and LukeBrindley. www.jamminjava.com.
Bruce Hornsby & TheNoisemakers with PunchBrothers. 8 p.m. Wolf TrapFoundation for the Performing Arts,
1624 Trap Road, Vienna. Spanningrock, bluegrass, country, and jazz.$42 in-house, $25 lawn.www.wolftrap.org.
MONDAY/AUG. 29Fishing Fun for Kids. 9:30 a.m.-3:30
p.m. Riverbend Park, 8700 PotomacHills St., Great Falls. For ages 6-8.Learn to cast a fishing rod, reel in afish and practice fishing safely.Make a lure to take home. Catchsunfish and bass. Learn how to carefor aquarium fish. Bring snacks,lunch, and a bathing suit and towelfor the fish water maze. $75 perchild. Register atwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/parktakes/ or 703-222-4664.
The Great Zucchini. 10:30 a.m.Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave. E.,Vienna. www.jamminjava.com.
Andy Davis, Josh Hoge and KevinDaniel. 7:30 p.m. Jammin’ Java,227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna.www.jamminjava.com.
English Conversation. 10:30 a.m.Oakton Library, 10304 LynnhavenPlace, Oakton. English practice fornon-native speakers. Adults. 703-242-4020.
Karl Anthony Jazz Jam Mondays. 8p.m. Maplewood Grill, 132 BranchRoad, Vienna. Straight ahead jazz bydrummer Karl Anthony with guestmusicians. If you play, bring your ax.703-281-0070.
TUESDAY/AUG. 30 Goodnight, Sleep Tight. 7 p.m.
Patrick Henry Library, 101 MapleAve. East, Vienna. Come in pajamasfor stories and songs. Age 1-5 withadult. 703-938-0405.
Craig Tufts was ChiefNaturalist at the Na-tional Wildlife Federa-
tion (NWF) when it was housedin Vienna, and, then, Reston.For more than 30 years at NWF,Tufts shared his love of naturewith children, families, audi-ences and colleagues. He pro-moted NWF’s Backyard WildlifeHabitat Program into nationalprominence, authored a bookon wildlife and gardening, andappeared on television. Hisdeath in the summer of 2008from brain cancer stilled thevoice of someone who was pas-sionate about nature and mu-sic. To those who knew him andworked with him, Tufts left alegacy that lives at NWF today.
His family and friends cel-ebrate the life of Craig Tuftswith an annual NWF scholar-ship for children to attend na-ture “summits,” eco-tourist va-cations held around the coun-try.
On Aug. 27 at Jammin’ Java,Craig’s son Ben hosts a concertto benefit the scholarship fund.The Craig Tufts EnvironmentalEducation Award provides anaward to a participant aged 8to 18 and an accompanyingadult. The award providestravel, room and board, andprogram fees.
“He is inimitable, one of akind,” said NWF coworker EllenLambeth of Vienna, who refersto Tufts in the present tense.“Anything you need to know, heknows about. Craig’s thirst forknowledge is tremendous. He’sstill with me.”
Tufts, who lived in Reston forseveral years, passed on his loveof music to his oldest son, Ben.Now a band director for area
high schools, Ben Tufts hasplayed for local bands, as well.On Saturday, Ben Tufts bringsto Jammin’ Java more than 20musicians from the area to per-form at the concert to benefitthe Craig Tufts EnvironmentalEducation Award.
Now in its third year, thescholarship, funded by Tufts’family and the Wildlife Federa-tion staff donations, continuesto be awarded by NWF throughan application selection process.
“Personality-wise, he [CraigTufts] was one of the kindest,nicest and wittiest people I everknew,” said NWF colleague andlibrarian Sharon Levy, Vienna.“He knew everything. He wasamazing.
“Craig knew the Latin namesof plants as well as the commonname,” Levy said. “He was soeager to share his knowledgewith everyone. He looked toeverybody as a friend, he re-membered everybody.”
The Aug. 27 benefit concertat Jammin’ Java on Maple Av-enue, Vienna, begins at 4 p.m.and is for all ages. Tickets are$10.
To learn more about the environ-mental education award, go tohttp://www.childrenandnature.org/news/detail/nwf_family_summits_craig_tufts_educaitonal_scholarship _award _for_youth_8-18/.
“Every time I look around, Ithink of Craig,” said Lambeth,who was on the committee toselect recipients. “You can’t beatthe idea of scholarships in hisname. The first recipients didvery well. We think of them asthe new Craigs of the world.”
— Donna Manz
“Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone NationalPark” by Jan Bender. “American Grandeur,” an exhibit ofphotographs by Great Falls photographer Jan Bender, ison display Sept. 2-29 at Great Falls Library, 9830Georgetown Pike, Great Falls. The images of Yellowstone,Grand Teton, and Glacier National Parks were handcrafted with an old-fashioned camera and sheets of filmand printed in a traditional darkroom.www.janbenderphoto.com or 703-430-9566.
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Craig Tufts, who shared his passion for nature at theNational Wildlife Federation for more than 30 years,was most in his element when he was surrounded bynature. He “knew everything” about nature, a formercolleague said.
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By Kathleen Murphy
Participants in GFHS’mini-summer internpilot project selected“oral history” as the
single most important way that theunique story of our community’spast could be gathered. The oralhistory interview gathers sponta-neous first-person commentary oflife in the old days. A collection oforal histories allows us to weavetogether a narrative about dailylife at a certain point in time inour place based on first-hand ac-counts. Tanya Beauchamp andKaren Washburn, two masters ofthe oral history research methodand both noted local historians,provided training as well as guidedpractice to demonstrate the factorsthat make for an effective, insight-ful, and most important of all, re-spectful, interview.
Beginning in mid-September, ateam of interns including AudreyBashar, Vince Marcantonio,Brennan Maher, and others, willbe present at the Great Falls Farm-ers’ Market every Saturday from 9a.m. to 1 p.m. so that residentswho have lived in Great Falls formore than 50 years and all resi-dents over 70 years of age maysign up to be interviewed abouttheir memories of life in the earlydays in Great Falls. Please comeby, sit with our team and your
neighbors and have a chat aboutwhat you love about Great Falls.Let’s all participate in a collectiveeffort to write the local narrativeabout our place, remembering andsharing the past so that thoseahead of us can interpret life’smarkers, benefiting from the in-sights that only a collection of per-sonal stories of life in this commu-nity can reveal.
We look forward to greeting youand chatting with you at the GreatFalls Farmers’ Market.
Brennan Maher, one ofthe Great Falls HistoricalSociety’s Summer In-terns, interviews JeanShea, a resident of GreatFalls for more than 50years — who, by the way,is his grandmother.
Vince Marcoantonio, Audrey Bashar and Brennan Maherdiscuss ways to invite Great Falls seniors to share theirexperiences of life in Great Falls.
Discovering The Way ThingsUsed To BeLocal GFHSinterns learn theart of the OralHistory Interview.
Assistance League of Northern Virginia, a Chap-ter of Assistance League, is a nonprofit, all volun-teer organization dedicated to promoting literacyand well-being through community-based philan-thropic programs.
Our programs Operation School Bell WeekendFood for Kids, New Clothing for Kids, Reading andMath Readiness and Reading Express may inter-est you if you enjoy working with children andhelping them succeed in school. Other programs
in the community are Operation Hugs Pillow Pro-gram, Assault Survivor Kits and Lullaby Program.
Contact Darlene at 703-848-0623 or Linda at703-476-4650 for information about the nextscheduled meeting or questions. We conduct achapter meeting once a month and we are onFacebook. Be sure to visit our website:www.northernvirginia.assistanceleague.org thatdisplays a calendar of upcoming events. You mayalso email: [email protected].
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❖ Online gallery.Residents can checkout a gallery of locallycreated art on a newvirtual gallery curatedby Great Falls Studios.A new exhibition isposted at the start ofeach month. Go to theGFS website:www.GreatFallsStudios.com,where you can alsoexplore web pages ofmany of theorganization’s artistmembers, completewith samples of theirwork.
❖ Serving GreatFalls. GFS membersgive free talks to com-munity groups aboutthe stories behindtheir creations and or-ganize periodic pro-grams at the libraryon the arts and art-related issues. To arrange for anartist to talk to your group, call Jan Bender at 703-430 9566. GFFFTA attracts regional talent to thecommunity by organizing guest artist workshops atthe Great Falls School of Art and sponsoring soloshows in the GFFFTA Gallery
❖ Special events. As part of their service to thecommunity, artists in Great Falls organize specialevents that incorporate creative expression. This year,
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ArtfulPlace
By Gerald L. Gordon
The last few years havebrought the worst overalleconomic and financial situ-ation this nation has faced
since the Great Depression. Yet, at itsheight, the unemployment rate in FairfaxCounty never topped about 5.5 percent.Office space absorption continues andthe vacancy rates have declined to about13.3 percent, well within what is considered thehealthy range.
This has been the case, despite the fact that sev-eral federal actions and pronouncements have haddampening effects on the county’s economy. Theseinclude the uncertainties surrounding continuingresolutions, plans to in-source contracts from the pri-vate sector, and decisions to reduce Defense Depart-ment procurement over a three-year period.
The county’s economy has remained stablethroughout this difficult period because its economicbase is not as dependent as it once had been on di-rect federal employment and government contract-ing. The most recent additions of non-traditionalbusinesses (for Fairfax County) include the head-quarter operations of Volkswagen North America andHilton Worldwide. Growth in the bio sector and other
private-sector-oriented technologiescomplement the federal-related growthand the result is an economic base thatis better able to withstand the shiftingfortunes of one or a few industry sectorsor even the economy as a whole.
This is not to say that the federal sec-tor is not important. Fairfax County ben-efits in a great many ways from being
part of a “government town.” We are proud also tohave added in the last few years the global head-quarters of CSC, SAIC, and Northrop Grumman tothe list of extraordinary companies that call FairfaxCounty home.
As the population continues to grow and becomeincreasingly diverse, the cost of public services con-tinues to increase. However, in Fairfax County, giventhe growth in, and stability of, the economy, the Boardof Supervisors continue to provide high quality pub-lic services while reducing the real estate tax ratethat residents pay. Business growth has been strongand diverse, and all of the county’s constituents —both businesses and residents — are the beneficia-ries.
The author is President and CEO, Fairfax County EconomicDevelopment Authority.
Strong and Diverse GrowthFairfax County Economy
GFS sponsored “Vote 2011: Wings Across Great Falls,”a community-wide event to select a bird symbol forGreat Falls. The art group enlisted the NationalAudubon Society, two elementary schools and sevenother local organizations to partner with it in a se-ries of events that included art exhibitions, naturalhistory activities and art in the schools. As a result,Great Falls is now represented by a newly electedbird symbol: the Eastern Bluebird.
Weaver Vad Moskowitz works at her loom, where she createswearable art, in the form of special-occasion bags for women.Moskowitz is one of 48 local artists who will take part this year inannual Great Falls Art Studio Tour sponsored by Great Falls Stu-dios. Since the tour began in 2003, it has generated 17,000 visitsto home-based art studios in Great Falls. This year’s tour will beheld October 15 and 16.
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Langley High SchoolAddress: 6520 Georgetown Pike, McLeanPhone (athletics): 703-287-2750Mascot: SaxonsColors: Dark green/goldDistrict: Liberty
McLean HighSchool
Address: 1663 Davidson Rd., McLeanPhone (athletics): 703-714-5861Mascot: HighlandersColors: red/silverDistrict: Liberty
Insiders GuideGreat Falls Connection Sports Editor Rich Sanders
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By Rich Sanders
The Connection
It used to be, not so long ago,that sports teams from McLeanand Langley high schools were,for the most part, afterthoughts
when it came to winning district, re-gion, or state titles.
Well, that has changed in recent his-tory as the overall competitive bal-ance of the Northern Region, compris-ing four districts — the Liberty (ofwhich both McLean and Langley aremembers), Concorde, Patriot, andNational — has become more evenacross the board. No longer areschools with such rich athletic tradi-tions as Robinson, Centreville, andWest Springfield so far ahead of therest of the region pack. Schools suchas Langley and McLean, which in thepast were less regarded athletically,have grown into consistent winners.
Three of the Great Falls-McLeanarea’s top teams in recent years havebeen the Langley High boys’ lacrosseprogram, as well as both the McLeanHigh girls’ softball and soccer teams.
The McLean girls’ softball team cap-tured its first-ever state AAA title twospring seasons ago in 2010. Headcoach Maurice Tawil, during his prioryears as the Highlanders’ head coach,had seen the Highlanders becomebetter and better with each passingyear.
Finally, in 2010, the team got overthe top and qualified for the stateplayoffs for the first time. Althoughthat year’s team lost in both the Lib-erty District and regional tournamentfinals to Madison, McLean won threestraight games at states, including a4-2 finals win over Lee-Davis High ofMechanicsville at Westfield HighSchool, to win the state title. Thatteam was led by junior ace pitcherJamie Bell.
This past spring, although McLeandid not reach the same heights, theHighlanders did make it to the regionchampionship game, where it lost toWestfield, and qualified for states.
ANOTHER LOCAL powerhouseteam has been the Langley boys’ lacrossesquad under head coach Earl Brewer. TheSaxons won their third straight state crownthis past spring when they soundly defeatedregion rival Chantilly, 17-8, in the finals at
quarterfinals round game, then de-feated the same Annandale squad thathad beaten them a few days earlier.That set up a rematch with Chantillyfor the state crown. The Chargersplayed Langley to overtime in the2010 state finals. But the 2011rematch was not that close a game asthe Saxons prevailed.
“We’ve worked hard and come to-gether as a team,” said Langley seniorattack player Mike Adams, whoscored nine goals to lead the three-time champions. “This feels awesome.I knew when we stepped up nobodycould beat us. And we definitelystepped up tonight. It wasn’t any oneindividual. It was a team win.”
THE MCLEAN GIRLS’ soccer teambroke through this spring to win itsfirst state title. The Highlanders lostin the region finals to Woodson, 1-0,at Madison High School. But at statesthey defeated both Grassfield High ofChesapeake and Battlefield High toqualify for the finals versus Cox Highof Virginia Beach.
There, the Highlanders trailed 2-1nearly midway through the secondhalf before storming back with threegoals to win 4-2. Coach RobBouchard’s squad had gone an incred-ible 9-1 over the entire postseason.
Other great seasons last school yearcame from the Langley boys’ soccerteam which reached the region finals;the Saxon boys’ basketball team whichcontinued to dominate the LibertyDistrict with another title to its name;the McLean field hockey team whichwon the district tournament andreached the region finals; the McLeanfootball team which went 8-2 in theregular season; and the dominantLangley girls’ tennis team.
Green Bay was once known as TitleTown USA because of the success of thePackers. Well, the Great Falls-McLean areahigh schools might not have reached suchheights in the Northern Region but they’vecome awfully close.
Sports Titles Abound at Langley,McLean High SchoolsOnce regarded as afterthoughts, Highlanders and Saxons haveemerged as forces throughout the Northern Region.
The McLean High girls’ soccer team won its first-ever state AAA title last spring.
The Langley High boys’ lacrosse team has won three consecutive state champion-ships.
Photos by Craig Sterbutzel/The Connection
Westfield.It had not been an easy postseason for
Langley, which lost in a region semifinalsgame to Annandale. That meant the Sax-ons would have to beat West Springfield in
a third place consolation game in order toqualify for states. The Saxons did beat theSpartans and would, once again, have thechance to defend their state crown. Theyedged Battlefield High, 6-5, in a
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The McLean MPS 94 Hotspur GreenU17 boys’ soccer team is looking forquality players. The team is coached by EdBeach (B licensed), who has come toMcLean to also coach the U17/18 U.S. Soc-cer Development Academy Program teamin McLean. Beach’s former Great Falls ’91Elite team won the last three consecutiveVirginia State Cup titles. Interested playersshould contact Tom Hixon at 703-759-3805
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Great Falls boxerJimmy Lange is sched-uled to face “El Toro”
Muñoz of Topeka, Kan. for the World Box-ing Union’s (WBU) vacant 154-poundchampionship on Saturday, Sept. 10 at thePatriot Center in Fairfax. The scheduled 10-round fight is set to begin at 7 p.m. Prior tothe main event bout, there will be sevenunder-card fights featuring several localboxers.
Lange (36-4-2 record, 24 knockouts) haswon his last five fights, including a unani-mous win over Mike McFail this past Junein Virginia Beach. The former star from sea-son one of The Contender television showhas headlined all 12 Patriot Center pro box-ing shows dating back to September of2005.
Lange’s upcoming opponent, Muñoz (22-14-1, 16 knockouts), a native of Mexico, losthis last fight to undefeated top prospectMike Jones in Philadelphia on June 25.Munoz turned pro at age 18 and has facedworld-class competitors such as Julio CesarChavez Jr., Hector Camacho, Austin Trout,Joel Casamayor, Yory Boy Campas andAlfonso Gomez.
The Mad 5K Run and One Mile Walkare scheduled to take place on Saturday,Sept. 24 at James Madison High School inVienna. The event, scheduled to begin at 8a.m., will benefit the Madison High crosscountry program. Awards will be presentedto the top three male and female finishers,as well as age group award winners. T-shirtsand refreshments will be available for all.Entry fee is $15 for students, $20 for adults.Register at: http://www.fcps.edu/MadisonHS/ or contact Madison cross coun-try coach Craig Chasse [email protected].
David Curtin, a golfer from Spring-field, earned a silver medal at the recentSpecial Olympic World Games held July inAthens, Greece.
Curtin, at the World Games, representedSpecial Olympics Virginia for Team USA. Hetook silver in the men’s 18-hole tournamentwith a cumulative 409 for his four rounds.
Curtin has participated in Fairfax CountySpecial Olympics since he was a child, com-peting in golf, swimming, track and field,basketball, and softball. Last July, he won agold medal competing in Level 5 IndividualPlay at the Special Olympics NationalGames in Lincoln, Neb. He recently playedin the Azalea LPGA Pro-Am Invitational,teaming with LPGA golfer StephanieLouden.
Brandon Kuter, a Robinson Second-ary graduate and current baseball reliefpitcher for George Mason University(GMU), was named Relief Pitcher of theYear of the Atlantic Collegiate BaseballLeague (ACBL) this summer.
The ACBL is one of eight summer leaguessanctioned by the NCAA and is partiallysupported by Major League Baseball. Kuter’steam, the Westhampton Aviators (N.Y.), isa part of the ACBL’s Hampton Division.
Kuter, a hard-throwing 6-foot-7-inchright-hander and rising junior at GMU, wasselected as the Hampton Division’s Out-standing Reliever after posting 10 saves in21 appearances. He allowed one run andstruck out 36 batters in 22.1 innings for a0.40 ERA. He recorded a save in the ACBLAll-Star Game and was a key member of anAviators’ team, which captured the Hamp-ton Division title. In the postseason divisionchampionship game, the Aviators defeatedthe North Fork Ospreys. Kuter was one ofthree Aviator pitchers who combined for thetitle game shutout.
The Third Annual Charity HockeyClassic, hosted by Inova Blood Donor Ser-vices, will take place on Saturday, Sept. 10at Kettler Capitals Iceplex. The two contest-ing teams will be the Virginia CoachingCardinals and the Booz Allen Minutemen.
The Minutemen will look to dethrone theCardinals, last year’s Charity Hockey Clas-sic champions. Washington Capitalsdefenseman Jeff Schultz will be the specialguest captain for the Minutemen.
The Cardinals, made up of youth hockeycoaches from across Northern Virginia,handily defeated the NCR Eagles militaryteam, 7-3, in last year’s contest. The Cardi-nals roster includes coaches from localyouth hockey programs, including theAshburn Xtreme, Reston Raiders, VirginiaWild, NoVA Ice Dogs, Prince William Pan-thers, and Washington Little Caps. The Car-dinals will be captained by WashingtonCapitals center and special guest MattHendricks.
Kettler Capitals Iceplex, home of theWashington Capitals, will host the eventfrom 4 to 7. Other attractions and gameentertainment will include a silent auction,
appearances by local celebrities, and a‘Mites on Ice’ youth hockey exhibition. Tick-ets are $10. For more information, contactAdam Bartholomew [email protected] or visitwww.charityhockeyclassic.com.
The Southwestern Youth Associa-tion (SYA) will be holding its annual Ex-ecutive Board of Directors Election Meet-ing on Thursday, Sept. 8. The meeting willbe held at the SYA Office, located at 5950Centreville Crest Lane, Centreville, begin-ning at 7:30 p.m. The SYA Executive Boardof Directors positions are for a one-yearterm and include the following positions:President, Vice-President, Secretary andTreasurer. Nominations are currently be-ing accepted and may be submitted to theSYA Office at [email protected]. Appli-cants must be in good standing with SYAand at least 21 years of age. The meeting isopen to the community. For more informa-tion, contact the SYA Office at 703-815-3362 or go to [email protected].
The Virginia Diamonds AAU GirlsBasketball Team for rising seventh grad-ers will hold tryouts on Sunday afternoon,Aug. 28 from 3 to 4:30 at the Northern Vir-ginia Sportsplex, located at 14810 MurdockSt., in Chantilly. The tryouts will be held oncourt No. 2. Cost is $10. For more informa-tion, call 703-463-6452 or got [email protected].
Northern Virginia Community Col-lege (NOVA) has joined the National Jun-ior College Athletic Association (NJCAA)effective for the upcoming 2011-12 aca-demic year. With membership in the NJCAA,NOVA joins more than 500 two-year col-leges with the opportunity to compete fornational championships. In addition, theNJCAA awards prestigious academic andathletic All-American distinction to deserv-ing student-athletes.
“We are thrilled to be joining the NJCAA,”said NOVA President Robert G. Templin Jr.
For more information about NOVA’s ath-letics programs, contact Brian Anweiler at703-845-6206 or go [email protected].
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The Langley High football team is preparing for the upcoming new fallseason under head coach John Howerton. The Saxons, who went 6-5 lastyear, open up the schedule with a game at Herndon on Thursday night,Sept. 1 at 7:30.
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