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Sun Design Opens McLean Office

Seen here, cutting a ribbon to open the new office are, from left:Marcia Twomey, president of the chamber; Craig Durosko, founderand chairman of Sun Design; Bob Gallagher, president of Sun De-sign; and John Foust, member of the Fairfax County Board of Super-visors. Sun Design recently was named, for the second year in arow, among the region’s best places to work.

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On Sunday, Dec. 16, Superin-tendent Jack Dale sent anemail message to all FCPSfamilies and employees.

He said the Fairfax County Police Depart-ment will be increasing patrols and visibil-ity this week around all FCPS schools, in-cluding elementary schools, in response toFriday’s tragedy in Connecticut.

“This is not in response to any specificthreat but rather a police initiative to en-hance safety and security around theschools and to help alleviate the under-standably high levels of anxiety,” Dale said.

Police patrols will be increased through-out the school day from the opening of

schools to dismissal. FCPS security person-nel will also be patrolling our schools, fo-cusing on elementary schools during theschool day.

Counselors and mental health support forstaff and students will be available at allschools beginning tomorrow. Students andstaff are advised to let a teacher, counselor,or principal know if they need assistance.In addition, resources for support are avail-able at www.fcps.edu.

“There is nothing more important to usthan providing a safe and secure learningenvironment for our students and employ-ees. I want to assure you that we will con-tinue to be vigilant in our efforts to protectthem,” Dale said. “Thanks to the FairfaxCounty Police Department and FCPS secu-rity personnel for their efforts. Our thoughtsremain with the children and families inNewtown.”

—Victoria Ross

Enhanced SecurityAround SchoolsFCPS releasesmessage aboutConnecticut tragedy.

Don’t Drinkand Drive

During the holiday season, the City ofFairfax Police Department reminds driversto consider all options available beforedrinking and making the decision todrive. Making arrangements in advance torely on a designated driver, calling a cabor spending the night are all alternativespolice recommend to help preventtragedies resulting from impaired driving.

Police strongly encourage people toutilize the SoberRide program offered bythe Washington Regional Alcohol Program(WRAP). This program allows for free taxirides (up to a $30 fare) from 10 p.m.until 6 a.m.; it started Dec. 14 andcontinues through Tuesday morning, Jan.1, 2013.

To take advantage of it, call 1-800-200-8294 (TAXI), or #WRAP (#9727) forcustomers of AT&T wireless telephones, torequest a cab ride as an alternative todriving after drinking. Persons must be 21or older to use the SoberRide service.

Animal ShelterOpen House

The Fairfax County Animal Shelter isholding a holiday open house Saturday,Dec. 22, from noon-5 p.m., at 4500 WestOx Road in Fairfax. Attendees may meetnew director Tawny Hammond, tour thenewly constructed, spacious, animal-adoption wing, enjoy holiday refresh-ments and learn about the many opportu-nities to volunteer.

The shelter is also offering a free spay orneuter for the first 100 cats, kittens, dogsor puppies adopted from the shelterthrough Dec. 31. The special offer is partof the shelter’s annual Home for theholidays adoption celebration to helphomeless animals leave the shelter forstable, new homes in time for the holidays.

The shelter also has rabbits, smallmammals, reptiles and birds. To viewanimals available for adoption, visit http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/police/animalservices/ and click on adoption.Regular adoption hours are Tuesday-Friday, noon-6:30 p.m.; and Saturday, 10a.m.-4:30 p.m. For more information, call703-830-1100.

EQAC EnvironmentalHearing

The Fairfax County EnvironmentalQuality Advisory Council (EQAC) willhold its annual public hearing on theenvironment on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, at7:30 p.m. The hearing will be in thecounty Government Center auditorium,12000 Government Center Parkway inFairfax. Citizens are invited to attend,share their views and identify environ-mental issues applicable to the county.

Environmental issues considered byEQAC include water quality, air quality,noise, hazardous materials, solid waste,stream valley protection, wildlife manage-ment, light pollution, visual pollution,energy, climate change response andadaptation, land use, transportation andthe use and preservation of ecologicalresources.

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Going Casual for a CauseNearly 10,000 people and130-plus organizations par-ticipate in Jeans Day 2012to help end homelessness.

By Victoria Ross

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Nearly 10,000 residents representing130 businesses, Fairfax County agen-cies, schools and organizations pulledon their favorite jeans Friday, Dec. 14

for the second annual Jeans Day—a powerful com-munity initiative that aims to “Put the ZIP onHomelessness” through building awareness andfundraising.

“This is a fun way to dress, but a serious challengefor our community,” said Sharon Bulova, Chairmanof the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors duringthe Jeans Day 2012 ceremony held at the govern-ment center.

Bulova noted the county’s longstanding commit-ment to the issue by establishing the Office to Pre-vent and End Homeless (OPEH) in 2008. OPEH sup-ports the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Partner-ship to Prevent and End Homelessness which engagesnonprofits, businesses, faith-based communities andcounty agencies in its efforts to implement the 10-Year plan, which focuses on rapid re-housing andprevention by increasing the availability of perma-nent affordable housing.

“It’s not okay to have people living in tents or intheir cars. . . . We have it within our power to endhomelessness as we know it in Fairfax County, andJeans Day is just one of many great ways we aredoing just that,” Bulova said.

The day of community give-back was facilitatedby the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce (FairfaxChamber), Fairfax-Falls Church Community Partner-ship to Prevent and End Homelessness, The Connec-tion Newspapers and Apple Federal Credit Union.Participating organizations allowed employees ormembers to wear jeans to work Friday in exchangefor a $5 contribution to the Fairfax-Falls Church Com-munity Partnership to Prevent & End Homelessness.

“Jeans Day is an especially vibrant example of themeaningful impact we make when businesses, non-profits and government come together to raise aware-ness about an important issue and take action to helpprevent it,” said Fairfax Chamber President & CEOJim Corcoran. “The Chamber and business commu-nity are proud to be a part of this powerful initia-tive.”

Corcoran, who typically wears business suits aspresident of the Fairfax Chamber, said he went intoa detailed explanation earlier that morning abouthis casual attire when he was speaking to a group of

high-powered business executives. “The reason Iwent into such detail was to save my job,” he joked.“Please, don’t anyone suggest wearing a skirt nextyear.”

“By God, if we have to wear a skirt next year, we’llcall it a kilt,” joked Michael L. O’Reilly, Chairman ofthe Governing Board of Fairfax-Falls Church Partner-ship to Prevent and End Homelessness. O’Reilly toldthe crowd that the Fairfax community is especiallypassionate and committed to the cause of endinghomelessness. “For there to be one family, one childwho is homeless is simply unacceptable.”

Dean Klein, the executive director of OPEH, said hewas energized by the success of this year’s effort. “Wehave heard so much goodwill and positive feedbackabout our effort this year. The number of participantsreally is amazing and we are so pleased we have beenable to increase our reach and impact this year. Wehave had such amazing collaborations from each sec-tor of our community, including business, nonprofit,government, schools, faith and individuals.”

“In Fairfax County, it’s easy to forget that there arehomeless families here, homeless children in theschools, and that many people who are homeless hereare actually working, but don’t make nearly enoughmoney to afford housing,” said The Connection Pub-lisher Mary Kimm. “The Connection is committed toraising awareness of homelessness and the need toprovide permanent shelter, and to recognizing thegood works of individuals and businesses in North-ern Virginia.”

Facts About Homelessnessin Fairfax County

❖On Jan. 25, 2012, there were 1,534 people whowere literally homeless in the Fairfax-Falls ChurchCommunity. Six hundred and ninety-seven of themwere individuals and 837 were people in families.

❖During the past year, the number of people whowere homeless in the Fairfax-Falls Church Communitydeclined by one percent (15 people) from the numbercounted in January 2011. Persons in families decreasedby 5.2 percent (46 people) compared to 2011. Thenumber of single adults increased by 4.5 percent (30adults) compared to 2011.

❖The majority of the homeless are families and manywork full time:

❖Close to 60 percent of homeless persons are infamilies.

❖More than 75 percent of children in homeless fami-lies are under the age of 11.

❖Nearly 60 percent adults in homeless families work.❖Lack of affordable housing is the main cause of

homelessness.❖Monthly rent for a one-bedroom apartment is

$1,134.❖A family must earn $22.25 an hour to afford a one-

bedroom apartment.❖82 percent of homeless families earn less than

$14.24 an hour.More information about homelessness in Fairfax

County, and the partnership to end it, is available athttp://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/homeless/.

All three of Dominion Virginia Power’s local officesin Fairfax, Herndon and Springfield participated tosupport efforts to end homelessness in FairfaxCounty. From left to right, employees at the FairfaxOffice: Brandon Arnold, Lynn Miller, Mike Shipe,Nathan Jennings, Jane Hollenback, Liz Schwind andJulie Wagoner.

The staff of Fairfax Villa Elementary School in Fairfax,Virginia in their denim in support of Jeans Day.

FACETS employees

Employees with the Fairfax County Regional Library.


In December 1963, Al Nielsendrove his wife and four chil-dren to Washington, D.C. tosee the National Christmas

Tree, a red spruce from West Vir-ginia. That year, the lighting of thetree was delayed due to themourning period following the as-sassination of President Kennedy.Being without a tripod, Nielsenplaced his camera atop his car andcaptured the first photo of whatwould become a long-standingannual tradition. Now 90 yearsold, Nielsen recently photo-graphed the 2012 National Christ-mas Tree, making this the 50thconsecutive year that he has cap-tured history in the nation’s capi-tal.

While all 50 years have beenmemorable for Nielsen, a fewyears particularly stick in his mind.In 1979 and 1980, the NationalChristmas Tree remained mostlyunlit out of respect for the Ameri-can hostages being held in Iran.However, upon their release onInauguration Day in 1981, theNational Christmas Tree was relitin celebration of their impendingreturn to the United States. Thatday, Nielsen recalls that he washelping his wife Vivian who wasworking with her church to pro-vide hot beverages to those attend-ing the inauguration ceremony.“When I heard about the lightingof the tree, I took my camera andgot over there,” said Nielsen.

Nielsen also fondly recalls the1995 National Christmas Tree.“President Clinton himself fi-nanced the lighting of the tree,”said Nielsen. During that time,there was a partial governmentshutdown; to avoid the possibilityof the National Christmas Tree

wife moved to Greenspring retire-ment community in Springfield.He has since become the “unoffi-cial-official” resident photogra-pher for the community, often tak-ing photos for the resident-pro-duced monthly newsletter andvolunteering to operate the cam-eras in the community’s televisionstudio. He has also produced sev-eral special video features for thestudio.

After moving, Nielsen continuedto make his way into Washington,D.C. each year on the morning fol-lowing the tree lighting ceremony,just as he had done for the fortyyears prior. In early 2011, Nielseneven managed to capture a photoof the tree after it toppled fromhigh winds. That tree, a bluespruce, had served as the NationalChristmas Tree since 1978.

This year, two of Nielsen’s sonsand a grandson accompanied himon his trip to see the brand newColorado blue spruce on the El-lipse donned with 450 LED lightstrings. “It was a family outing,just like my first photo in 1963,”said Nielsen. Nielsen has asked his

youngest son Brian to carry on thetradition.

So what is Nielsen’s explanationfor continuing the tradition for 50years? He said plainly, “I gothooked on it.” The National ParkService got wind of his collection,and have displayed his NationalChristmas Tree photos from 1965-1995 on their website. Nielsen isvery pleased that his annual tra-dition has helped to make the Na-tional Park Service’s records morecomprehensive.

LAST YEAR, Nielsen produced a31-minute video featuring eachNational Christmas Tree since1963. Nielsen, who taught himselfhow to use Photoshop and FinalCut Express on his Mac computer,included snippets of NationalChristmas Tree history from eachyear and set the images to variousholiday tunes. “I’m still working onit,” said Nielsen, who is planningto add the 50th tree to the videobefore the end of the year.

Additional information aboutGreenspring can be found atwww.ericksonliving.com.

Springfield resident Al Nielsen has photographed theNational Christmas Tree every year since 1963.

Capturing 50 Years of Christmas History

Al Nielsen looking through his collection of NationalChristmas Tree photos.

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2012 National Christmas Tree 1980 National Christmas Tree (unlit during the Iran hostage crisis).

1963 National Christmas Tree—the first cap-tured by Springfield resident Al Nielsen who hasphotographed the National Christmas Tree everyyear since then.

going dim that year, Clinton re-quested to receive the electricitybill for the tree.

OVER THE YEARS, Nielsen haskept up with modern technology.He switched from Minolta toNikon when digital photographybegan to flourish, and now he even

has a remote-controlled tripod, amajor improvement from 1963. Inaddition to capturing still images,Nielsen began to videotape thetrees when enhanced technologyallowed the lights and decorationsto change colors and designs, soas to capture all of its displays.

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THURSDAY/DEC. 20Great Russian Nutcracker. 7:30 p.m., at theGMU Concert Hall, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax.

The Moscow Ballet 20th anniversary productionbrings new “Dove of Peace” choreographyinspired by the work of Stanislov Vlasov, formerBolshoi Ballet dancer, to Fairfax for theholidays. $48-127. www.Nutcracker.com.

SATURDAY/DEC. 22Animal Lovers Holiday Open House. Noon-5

p.m., at the Fairfax County Animal Shelter, 4500West Ox Road, Fairfax. Meet Director TawnyHammond, learn about many opportunities tovolunteer, see the newly constructed spaciousanimal adoption wing and enjoy holidayrefreshments at the open house. 703-830-1100or www.fairfaxcounty.gov/polic/animalservices.

Holiday Pops: Songs of the Season. 8 p.m., atGeorge Mason University’s Center for the Arts,4400 University Drive, Fairfax. As part of theGreat Performances at Mason series, theAmerican Festival Pops Orchestra Holiday BrassQuintet performs holiday classics with guestnarration from Rick Davis. $24, $40, $48; youththrough 12th half price when accompanied byadult. 888-945-2468 or cfa.gmu.edu.

TUESDAY/DEC. 25JCCNV’s Annual J Fest. 11 a.m.-2 p.m., at the

JCCNV, 8900 Little River Turnpike, Fairfax.Kosher food for purchase, arts and crafts, music,“wild and crazy” games and activities, a moonbounce, a community service project, facepainting and a balloon artist are among theattractions of the festival. $15 for JCCNVmembers per family; $20 per family, generalentry. 703-323-0880 or www.jccnv.org.

Fiddler on the Roof Sing-Along. 3 p.m., at theJCCNV, 8900 Little River Turnpike, Fairfax. Afree film showing serves as the musical endingto the day’s J Fest activities (see above listing);sing “If I Were a Rich Man,” “Matchmaker” andother fun, traditional favorite from the 1971musical. Ages 8-and-up. www.jccnv.org.

MONDAY/DEC. 31Fairfax Four Miler. 6 p.m., at Old Town Hall,

3999 University Drive, Fairfax. The most funway to kick off New Year’s Eve; sweatshirt, pizzaand soda included. Register at http://pacersevents.com/race/fairfax-four-miler.

TUESDAY/JAN. 8Encore Chorale Rehearsal. 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at

The Woodlands Retirement Community, 4320 ForestHill Drive, Fairfax. Former high school and collegechoristers, church, synagogue and community choralsingers are invited to sing in a dynamic rehearsal withthe Encore Chorale for their Spring 2013 season. 301-261-5747, [email protected] or http://encorecreativity.org.

FRIDAY/JAN. 18Aquila Theatre with Edmond Rostand’s

“Cyrano De Bergerac.” 8 p.m., at GeorgeMason University’s Center for the Arts,Intersection of Braddock Road and Route 123,Fairfax. Edmond Rostand’s classic tale ofunrequited love, presented by acclaimed British-American touring troupe Aquila Theatre. $20;$32; $40. 888-945-2468 or cfa.gmu.edu.

SATURDAY/JAN. 19Fairfax Symphony Orchestra: Masterworks

IV. 8 p.m. George Mason University Center forthe Arts, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax.Conductor Christopher Zimmerman and flautistChristina Jennings perform Mozart’s Overture toThe Magic Flute, Leshnoff’s Flute Concerto, Ives’The Unanswered Question and Brahms’Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68. $25-$55.703-563-1990 or www.fairfaxsymphony.org.

SUNDAY/JAN. 20Garden Gauge Model Train Display at the

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Opinion

Reminder: Shop Locally, Give LocallySupporting thecommunity.

With less than a week beforeChristmas, many people havenot completed their shopping,and so we remind you of the

importance of spending a significant portionof your shopping budget locally. At this pointin the season, the high cost of expedited ship-ping might also serve as an incentive to shopin locally owned stores.

One way to be sure holiday shopping comeswith some holiday spirit is to do a portion ofyour shopping in some of the area’s locallyowned stores. There is special holiday ambi-ance available by shopping in the heart of atown that is decked out for the season.

Small retail shops are part of defining anycommunity. Their livelihood depends on thelivability and quality of the neighborhoodsaround them. A small business owner pays at-tention to every detail in his or her business ina way that no chain can. Frequently, it is thesmall retail person who is active in fundraisingfor local charities, for fire and rescue service,for local schools and in organizing holidayevents.

Local retail stores, mom-and-pop stores, con-tinue to face tough challenges. Competitionfrom big box stores and online sellers makesthe holiday shopping season all the more im-portant to locally-owned retailers.

With less than two weeks to go before theend of the charitable giving year, we also re-mind you of the critical local needs that are filledby a variety of local nonprofit organizations.

With suggestions from readers, we have updatedour lists. We welcome suggestions as we con-tinuously update our local lists of communityorganizations. You can find a complete list onour website, www.connectionnewspapers.com.

Last News Issueof 2012

This is the last regular edition of the Con-nection for 2012, and it includes the last ofour 2012 series on immigration. Next week,delivered shortly after Christmas, is theChildren’s Connection, devoted to the artworkand writing of area students.

— Mary Kimm,

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The Fairfax County Office of PublicPrivate Partnerships has puttogether a list of 12 ways tosupport nonprofit partners thatare in need of contributions tocarry out their mission. Visitwww.fairfaxcountypartnerships.org

❖ Support services for aging in placethrough Life Circle Alliancewww.lifecirclealliances.org/donate.htm

❖ Shop online “Gifts that Give Hope”Alternative Gift Fair for FairfaxCountyatwww.giftsthatgivehope.org/fairfax providing links to buy giftsthat support more than 20 FairfaxCounty nonprofits includingAlternative House, Herndon-Reston FISH, FACETS, StrokeComeback Center, and more.

❖ Honor the memory of a relative orfriend or recognize a birthday,wedding, anniversary, retirementor other special event by donatinga bench to a park through theFairfax County Park Foundationhttp://fairfaxparkfoundation.org/support/benchtree.htm

❖ Buy a book to fulfill the LibraryFoundation’s Wish List http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/registry.html/002-9627810-1915264?id=2P3AKWX1F9FO

❖ Donate the gift of trees throughReforest Fairfax of the FairfaxCounty Restoration Project http://www.fcrpp3.org/reforestfairfax/

❖ Give the gift of Art to benefit theArts Council of Fairfax County,http://artsfairfax.org/donate

❖ Protect a child’s smile and healthby donating to Project PearlyWhites from the MCCPFoundation, mccpfoundation.org/news/mccp_foundation_launches_project_pearly_whites/

❖ Help end homelessness throughthe Office to Prevent and EndHomelessness, http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/homeless/opeh.htm

❖ Give the gift of your time andbecome a mentor for BeFriend-A-Child, http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dfs/childrenyouth/befriendachild.htm

❖ Provide for a family for theholidays through A Way Forwardand donate care packages to thosewho need it most, http://

www.awayforward.org

Other Fairfax County organizations thatneed your help to keep helpingothers:

❖ Literacy Council of NorthernVirginia, 703-237-0866,www.lcnv.org, Teaches adults thebasic skills of reading, writing,speaking and understanding English.Offers one-to-one tutoring programsfor adult learners as well asbeginning-level ESOL and FamilyLearning adult programs.

❖ Computer C.O.R.E. 703-931-7346,www.computercore.org, AdultEducation, Computer Training andCareer Development, with classes inAlexandria, Fairfax, Herndon andAnnadale

❖ Our Daily Bread has been servingneedy families in Fairfax County for25 years. The Holiday Program helpsthose in need with food for theholidays and gifts for their children,making last year’s holiday seasonbrighter for approximately 3,000families. www.odbfairfax.com/holiday

❖ Food for Others distributed morethan 2.4 million pounds of free foodto families in need in NorthernVirginia in the year ending June 30,2012, The non-profit provides asafety net for people who faceemergencies such as a family illnessor the loss of a job or a spouse. 2938Prosperity Ave., Fairfax, VA 22031,703-207-9173.www.foodforothers.com

❖ Ecumenical Community HelpingOthers (ECHO), 703-569-9160.Open to receive donations at 7205Old Keene Mill Road, Springfield.Provides food and financialassistance to those in short-termemergencies, and provides clothingand household goods to low incomefamilies, helping more than 5,000people last year. www.echo-inc.org.

❖ Lorton Community ActionCenter operates the Act ll ThriftShop at 9506 Richmond Highway,Lorton. Sales from the shop generatefunds for LCAC and clients also shopthere. Now collecting gift cards andfood baskets for Christmas, andwarm coats. 703-339-8611www.lortonaction.org.

❖ Comfort for America’sUniformed Services (CAUSE) —

ensures that recuperating servicemembers have opportunities forrecreation and social interaction andreceive concrete signs ofappreciation. 4114 Legato Road SuiteB, Fairfax, VA 22033, 703-591-4968,cause-usa.org

❖ National Capital Food Bank,6833 Hill Park Drive, Lorton, servingall of Northern Virginia, 703-541-3063. www.capitalareafoodbank.org

❖ Western Fairfax ChristianMinistries — food pantry at 13981Metrotech Drive in Chantilly (nearBackyard Grill and Bar). For moreinformation or to sponsor a family,call 703-988-9656, ext. 105. To mailgift cards or send donations by check,add a note saying “food basketprogram” and send them to: WFCM,P.O. Box 220802, Chantilly, VA20153. 703-988-9656.

❖ The Jeanie Schmidt Free Clinic,13525 Dulles Technology Drive,Herndon, VA 20171, 571-235-3577.Last year, 139 community volunteersincluding nurses, nurse practitionersand physicians, gave more than1,300 hours of their time to seepatients. jsfreeclinic.org.

❖ Alternative House — Abused andHomeless Children’s Refuge, 2100Gallows Road, Vienna, VA 22182,703-506-9191.www.thealternativehouse.org.

❖ Reston Interfaith, 11150 SunsetHills Road, Suite 210, Reston, servingReston and Herndon. 571-323-9555,www.restoninterfaith.org. Programsand services include the EmbryRucker Community Shelter,Emergency Food Pantry,Hypothermia Prevention Programand holiday food drives.

❖ SHARE of McLean is fully volunteerrun, and seeks donations of grocerygift cards and more. Checks and giftcards can be sent to: Share, Inc. POBox 210, McLean, VA 22101. 703-284-2179. www.SHAREofMcLean.org

❖ LINK, serving Herndon, Chantilly,Loudoun and more, needscontributions of food, coats andholiday toys for children, plusvolunteers. More than 4,000 adultsand children have signed up for helpwith holiday meals. 703-437-1776www.linkagainsthunger.org

❖ FACETS helps parents, their childrenand individuals who suffer the effectsof poverty in the Fairfax area.

FACETS is always in need ofvolunteers, and offers a variety ofone-time and ongoingopportunities. 703-865-4251 [email protected] offers a monthly YouthVolunteer Night.www.facetscares.org. 10640 PageAvenue, Suite 300, Fairfax VA22030

❖ Committee for HelpingOthers (CHO), Vienna,organized in 1969 by a group ofconcerned churches andindividuals in the Dunn Loring,Merrifield, Oakton, Viennacommunity to provide simple,loving charity to those in need.703-281-7614 http://www.cho-va.com

❖ Fairfax City Area FISH (ForImmediate Sympathetic Help),working with the Office ofCoordinated Services Planning,Fairfax County Department ofHuman Services, FISH helps localcitizens who are in temporaryneed of food, clothing andfinancial assistance for rent,mortgage payments, utilities, andmedical treatments. FISH alsoprovides limited transportationfor doctor appointments and fooddelivery. 703-222-0880 http://fairfaxfish.org/

❖ Herndon-Reston FISH (ForImmediate Sympathetic Help),336 Victory Drive, Herndon, 703-391-0105 http://herndonrestonfish.org

❖ Lamb Center,www.thelambcenter.org, Daycenter for homeless, Fairfax 703-691-3178

❖ Northern Virginia FamilyService, 10455 White GraniteDrive Suite 100, Oakton, VA22124 703-385-3267 http://www.nvfs.org/

❖ United CommunityMinistries, Mount Vernon, 703-768-7106, 7511 Fordson Road,Alexandria, 22306 http://www.ucmagency.org/

❖ Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN)of Northern Virginia, 703-820-9001, www.scanva.org, ParentEducation, Public Education-re:child abuse and Court Advocacyfor Abused and NeglectedChildren

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Focus On Immigration

By Victoria Ross

The Connection

Final part of the series.

On Election NightNov. 6, KeisyChavez’s nerveswere frayed.

The Fairfax single mom hadbeen campaigning hard for Demo-crats since the official launch ofLatinos for Obama last April.

She filmed a commercial forSenate candidate Tim Kaine inSeptember, worked phone banks,door-knocked during 104-degreeheat, stuffed envelopes, deliveredyard signs, and seized every op-portunity to talk to friends, neigh-bors and strangers about the im-portance of the 2012 election.

Her daughter, Cinthya Qureshi,24, likes to tease her mom abouther willingness to talk to anyonewhen it comes to politics.

“If my mom is pumping gas, andsees someone next to her, she willstart a conversation about poli-tics,” she said.

“I’ve been organizing for Presi-dent Obama and Governor Kainesince the launch of their cam-paigns, and everyone I talk to inthe Latino community gets firedup to help spread the message ofeverything they have done for us,”said Chavez.

Chavez was ecstatic over ofKaine’s and Obama’s victories inVirginia. “It was such a powerfulfeeling. I can’t really describe howhappy and relieved I felt,” she said.“It shows that you can make a dif-ference. It’s a big motivation torealize that you can have an im-pact on something bigger thanyou, something that touches somany people.”

Like many Latinos this electioncycle, Chavez made certain hervoice was heard. According to exitpolls, recent immigrants, not justLatinos, voted overwhelmingly, 73percent, for Obama in NorthernVirginia.

Data from the Pew ResearchCenter also shows that AsianAmericans have shifted more toDemocrats since 2008 than anyother minority group. Represent-ing just 3 percent of the nationalvoting population, they are thefastest growing demographic inthe United States, and their influ-

ence is being felt beyond tradition-ally blue states, like California, Ha-waii, New York and New Jersey,into swing states like Virginia andNorth Carolina.

“This area, particularly FairfaxCounty, is teeming with immi-grants, from South America, India,Vietnam, South Korea and else-where,” said Frederic Bemak, di-rector of the Diversity Researchand Action Center at George Ma-son University. “I can’t imaginemany of them swooned atRomney’s incessant China bashing,or talk of self-deportation for theundocumented.”

“The tectonic plates are shiftingon immigration,” said FrankSharry, a McLean resident and ex-ecutive director of America’s Voice,an advocacy group for immigrants.“The fact that leading conservativevoices are joining Republican lead-ers in calling for immigration re-form that includes relief for the 11million undocumented immi-grants in America is a major de-velopment that will open up space

for the GOP to do the right thingand help pass sensible reform leg-islation.”

Sharry said political leadersshould consider the response from2012 voters to this question askedin the network exit polls: “Shouldmost illegal immigrants workingin the United States be offered achance to apply for legal status ordeported to country they camefrom?”

“By a whopping 65-percent-to-28-percent margin, Americanssupport the ‘apply for legal status’option,” Sharry said.

Chavez said the 2012 electionwas a “reality wake-up call.”

“I think it has finally hit someRepublican politicians and policy-makers that if you don’t embraceimmigration you will go nowhere.If you really want your party oryour candidate or issues to be ad-dressed, you need to embrace themix of people in this country. Ev-eryone has something to bring, re-gardless of whether you’re Latino,Asian, or Irish.”

Voting: How thepowerless beginto access power?

Political affiliation aside, re-search shows that immigrants, es-pecially when they organize andvote, are influencing the politicaldiscussion overall, not just elect-ing Democrats.

According to immigration ex-perts, the right to vote is a keymotivating factor when immi-grants choose to become citizens,instead of just holding on to theirgreen card.

Andrew Eade, who grew up inEngland, has been working in theU.S. for 16 years. In May, Eade wasone of 75 new citizens who tookthe Oath of Allegiance during aspecial naturalization ceremony atthe Fairfax County GovernmentCenter.

A resident of Herndon for 16years, Eade said he wanted to be-come a citizen so he could “fullyparticipate in the system andvote.”

“I’ve been paying taxes for allthese years, and I thought it wastime to vote. You want to feel likeyou are getting your voice heard,”he said.

Tam-Anh Lam, 23, calledTammy by her clients at the FourSeasons Nail Salon in Oakton,pulls out a creased photo of her 4-year-old daughter, Leah-Anh, toshow a client.

Lam came to the United States

with her parents when she was 2years old. Lam lives with her par-ents in Reston, who help take careof her daughter.

She became a citizen when sheturned 18, but did not vote untilthis year. Lam said she wants herdaughter to grow up with self-con-fidence and the higher educationshe lacks.

“I never paid much attention,but this year there was so much inthe news that concerned me.” Lamsaid news about immigration, edu-cation and healthcare struck achord with her, and she decidedshe would vote this year.

“I wanted to vote because itgives you power. It’s the Americanway. . . . I wanted my daughter toknow that we’re Americans too,and she can do anything. If I can’tdo it, maybe she can. Who knows,she could be a doctor someday,”Lam said.

Community-based organiza-tions, according to a 2009 UrbanInstitute study, play a key role inencouraging immigrants to enrollin citizenship programs so theycan participate in the electoral pro-cess.

“A significant aspect of immi-grant integration is civic partici-pation,” said Richard Eldridge, theCitizenship volunteer manager atHogar Immigrant Services, aFairfax County program of Catho-lic Charities of the Diocese of Ar-lington. “We have a strong com-ponent of helping people becomenew citizens, of empowering im-migrants through the benefits of

Immigrants make significant gains in influencingpolitical system.

How the Powerless Access

Brian Moran, former chairman of the Democratic Party ofVirginia with U.S. Rep. James Moran (D-8) and FredShwaery of Vienna, a member of the Arab AmericanDemocrats of Virginia, at the 24th annual Arab AmericanCandidates’ Night Dinner held at the Tysons CornerMarriott on Sept. 30.

Keisy Chavez, a Latino activist with Latinos for Obama,and daughter Cinthya Qureshi at their business inHerndon.

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citizenship.”“Our goal is for immigrants to

achieve self-sufficiency and par-ticipate fully in the greater com-munity,” said Brooke HammondPerez, education services andgroup manager. Hogar, which wasfounded in 1981, offers a combi-nation of legal consultation, En-glish-language instruction and citi-zenship classes.

While the majority of Hogar’simmigrant clients live below thepoverty level, their determinationto become engaged, active citizensis inspiring, Hammond Perez said.

But few have touchedHammond Perez personally asmuch as client Alhaji Alpha Bah,an 82-year-old immigrant fromSierra Leone. In 1992, Bah was ashop-keeper in the West Africannation when civil war broke out.During a decade of brutal civil war,when tens of thousands of peopledied, Bah was forced from hishome, living as a refugee inGuinea for seven years beforecoming to the United States in2003.

“He was accompanied to theU.S. by four of his nine children,”Hammond Perez said, adding thathis other children had to stay be-hind in Guinea and Sierra Leone.“Even now, he doesn’t know thewhereabouts of three of those fivechildren.”

Bah came to Catholic Charitiesin 2010. He did not have any for-mal education, did not speak En-glish and was not able to find con-sistent work. Despite these ob-stacles, Bah, accompanied byHammond Perez, was officiallysworn in as a U.S. citizen on Oct.

14, 2011. When asked what hewanted to do as a new American,he said he wanted to register tovote as soon as possible. “I feelproud. I feel big. You are a citizen.Welcome to America,” Bah said invideo interview discussing his ex-periences. (To see the video, visithogarimmigrantservices.org.)

ImmigrantsGaining PoliticalInfluence

In Virginia and at the nationallevel, immigrant voters are chang-ing the political landscape in un-precedented ways, and hold in-creasing influence across the po-litical spectrum.

“From a political perspective,the way the demographics areshifting, those who would demon-ize and attack new immigrantsand Latinos do so at their peril,”said Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-49),the first Latino Democrat electedto the Virginia General Assembly.

Latinos have a long history ofpolitical involvement through or-ganizations which give them ac-cess to elected officials, accordingto the Urban Institute.

In contrast, the Urban Institutestudy says, Asian and African im-migrant communities are newerand lack long-serving, establishedleaders to spearhead and encour-age participation and advocacy.While Asians comprise 17.4 per-cent of Fairfax County’s popula-tion, compared to 15.6 percent

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Power

Andrew Eade, wife Stephanie and son Greyson, 21months, of Herndon. Eade, from England, was one of 75candidates who took the Oath of Allegiance during aspecial naturalization ceremony May 25 at the FairfaxCounty Government Center.

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Del. Mark Keam (D-35) is the first Korean Americanand the first Asian-born immigrant to serve in theVirginia General Assembly. In November 2009, Keam waselected to an open seat in the House of Delegates and re-elected in November 2011. Keam, 46, currently serves onthe House Education and Finance Committees, and is co-chair of the Legislative Tourism Caucus. Keam sat for aseries of interviews with Connection reporter Victoria Rossin his Vienna office in December. Here is Keam’s story,mostly in his own words.

For new Americans, life is hard, but oncethey overcome those barriers, they arestronger, and they contribute so much be-

cause they fought so hard to get here. I’m proudof my background. The policies I advocate for arefrom the perspective of an immigrant, somethingwhich is sorely missing in Richmond. As an im-migrant who came here with nothing, I’m able tohave everything I ever wanted, to give my chil-dren incredible opportunities.

Let me put it this way, unlike most people whoseimmigration stories are fairly simple, (for ex-ample, they move from one country to anothercountry), I lived in four different countries andseveral different cities. I guess you could say Iwas the result of global circumstances beyond mycontrol.

My parents met in the late 1950s. They had losttheir parents during the war, so I didn’t know anyof my grandparents. My mother had an older sis-ter, who was a devout Christian. She didn’t likemy father.

My parents were like street kids after the Ko-rean war. My mother didn’t finish school and myfather was sort of a rogue. The only way my auntwould let him approach my mother was to provehe was upstanding citizen, so he became a minis-ter.

In 1961, there was mandatory conscription inthe military, so Keam’s father was sent to Vietnamas a chaplain.

My father would come back at least once everytwo years. My brother was born in 1962, my sis-ter was born in 1964 and I was born in 1966. In1969, he came back to Seoul, and he wanted toset up a church. But Korea was still very run-downpost war. Imagine Afghanistan, imagine that sce-nario. Korea was like Afghanistan times two. Norunning water, all the buildings were bombed,everything was devastated, being run by dicta-tors. It’s only 50 miles from DMZ. That was theworld I was born into.

THE WAR IN VIETNAM was at a standstill, alot of countries started establishing ties in SouthVietnam, so they asked my father, who had stud-ied Vietnamese language and culture, to establisha Korean church and community center. We livedin the church, and I remember the building well.

This goes directly into how I got into politics.From the time I was 4-years-old, I can’t rememberone meal we had with just the five of us. Our mealswere with whoever was at the church. For the5,000 Koreans who lived in Vietnam in the 70s,every one of them came to our church because itwas also the only community center. It was thehub of all Korean activities. From the time I wokeup until I went to bed, there were always peoplearound us.

When I was a small kid, I freaked out becausewe had caskets. I remember there’d be a weddingin the morning, a funeral in the middle of the day,and another wedding at night. You’d see the samepeople dressed up for a wedding and then backfor a funeral, because they knew each other. I livedin that world with the idea that community helpseach other. It was ingrained in me such a naturalway that I think, to this day, that’s the core of mybeing. What made me who I am and what mademe think the way I do and act the way I do everysingle day was molded in my childhood. Moreimportantly, because of my father, I saw it was in-cumbent upon us to be leaders in our community.Family is important, but community is just as im-portant. So that has led me to do what I’m doingtoday.

When Keam was 9-years-old, in April of 1975, herecalls his family fleeing the church compound dur-ing what historians call the Fall of Saigon. The cap-ture of Saigon by the People’s Army of Vietnam andthe National Liberation Front, marked the end ofthe Vietnam War and the start of a transition pe-riod leading to the formal reunification of Vietnaminto a communist state. The fall of the city was pre-ceded by the evacuation of almost all the Americancivilian and military personnel in Saigon, along withtens of thousands of South Vietnamese civilians as-sociated with the southern regime. The evacuationculminated in Operation Frequent Wind, which wasthe largest helicopter evacuation in history.

That’s the most traumatic thing that’s ever hap-pened to me. We were playing in the room, and Ijust remember my mother coming in saying wehave to pack up and go.

We had seen a lot of things. Whenever I see war-

Del. Mark Keam (D-35)

Photos by Victoria Ross/The Connection

Immigrant Success StoryDelegate Mark L. Keam.


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torn scenes of Libya or Syria, it brings back flashes of memory.I never saw actual tanks roll in, but we heard bombs going off.There were times when we would go through the markets of Viet-nam, and we had seen Buddhist monks self-immolating in politi-cal protests—just awful.

After seeing things like that, it wasn’t real to us until that daymy mom said pack up.

The families at the compound got in the cars, and drove to thislittle airport. As we’re leaving in the helicopter, we look back andI see my dad standing behind the chicken-wire fence.

KEAM SAID HE EVENTUALLY reconstructed what happened tohis father through relative’s stories and his father’s testimony.

My father was stranded on the rooftop, and he was arrested bythe Viet Cong. He had two marks against him. One was that hewas a religious leader in a communist country. Another mark wasthat he served in the South Korean military, even though he wasa chaplain.

We were taken back to Seoul, and there were so many rumors.We heard that my father was killed, or that he was in prison, orthat he made it but he’s not coming back. We had absolutely noway to understand this. . . .

When we arrived back in Korea, we had zero, nothing. No onewas doing well. My mother found a one-bedroom apartment inSeoul. My mom had never finished high school let alone college.As a woman, she had no way of having meaningful employment,being a single mother with three kids. … So my mother went tochurches and to ex-military friends and it was those people whosupported us, not the government. I never asked her, and shenever talks about it, but I believe the only way she fed us everysingle day, is that she begged and went to charities and welfaregroups. That was the year I became an adult and lost my child-hood innocence.

KEAM SPOKE ENGLISH AND FRENCH, but not much Korean.Back at school in Seoul, he was bullied and treated as a special-needs student. He said that terrible year transformed him in waysthat make him the person he is today.

I preach this all the time, discrimination is discrimination nomatter who is doing it to whom. My life’s mission is to fight againstdiscrimination. I am also passionate about literacy. I serve on theboard of Virginia Literacy Foundation, a nonprofit founded byformer Virginia First Lady Jeannie Baliles to ensure that every-one has essential reading and writing skills they need to succeed.

After what Keam considers the worst year of his life, assuming hisfather was never coming home, feeling out of place in his nativecountry, his family got another surprise. His father returned home,showing up on their doorstep out of the blue.

“That’s a story for another time, how we eventually got here,”Keam said.

THE REST OF THE STORY, ABRIDGED: After reuniting withhis father, Keam’s family then moved to Australia, where his fatherestablished another church before eventually moving to California.

Keam received a political science degree from the University ofCalifornia at Irvine, and had a chance to live in Falls Church whileworking as a college intern. After receiving a law degree fromHastings College of the Law, Keam returned to Virginia where hemet and married Alex Seong Keam, also an attorney. The Keamshave two children, Tyler, a Cub Scout, and Brenna, a Brownie. Bothchildren attend Mosby Woods Elementary School in Fairfax.

As a part-time citizen-legislator, Keam, who is known as the mostprolific member of the General Assembly on Twitter @markkeam,maintains a year-round office in Vienna in addition to his Rich-mond office. When the General Assembly is not in session, Keamserves as senior advisor for strategic affairs at Verizon; he has workedat Verizon since 2007. Before that, for six years, he served as chiefcounsel to the Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin on theSenate Judiciary Committee. Before working on Capitol Hill, Keamworked at the Small Business Administration, and had also servedas an attorney with the Federal Communications Commission’s Wire-less Bureau.

Overcoming Barriers

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sors were willing to spend targeting our community.”Lopez pointed out that since 2000 Latino voter

participation in the Commonwealth of Virginia hasgone up between 1 and 3 percent every election cycle.Currently, there are 683,000 Latinos in Virginia, andapproximately 183,000 of those are eligible voters,according to the State Board of Elections.

According to the 2010 decennial census, between2000 and 2010, Latino voter registration increasedby 75 percent in Virginia, one of highest increases incountry.

“This is something that really blew me away,” Lopezsaid. “The average age of the Latino citizen is 15 yearsold. Think about what that means in two years andfour years and eight years. You’re going to see a hugeincrease in Latino registered voters.”

Lopez said the increasing percentage of Virginia’sLatinos and immigrant voters make him hopeful thatthe political polarization regarding immigration re-form will diminish.

“There’s something huge about what’s happeningin the Commonwealth,” Lopez said. “The demo-graphic shifts coming to Virginia will wipe out theeffects of the short-sighted anti-immigrant politick-ing we see now.”

Chavez said it’s just smart—politically and eco-nomically—to create a pathway to citizenship foryoung immigrants. “We’re relying on their talent andskills. It’s not just a Latino concern. . . . It helps theeconomy and makes America stronger for everyone.”

“Like the program says ‘it’s the new normal.’ Getused to it. Embrace it,” Chavez said.

who are Latino, Asians speakmany different languages andcome from a wide variety of cul-tures, making it more difficult topolitically mobilize the populationas a whole.

Regardless, political leaders areincreasingly tuned in to the con-cerns of immigrants, and the num-ber of immigrant community-based organizations is increasing.In 2000, according to the UrbanInstitute, there were 90 such or-ganizations in Fairfax County; in2009, the number was up to 149.

“The number of organizationsdevoted to the interest of membersof the immigrant community hasbeen increasing just as the num-ber of immigrants has been in-creasing,” said Del. Ken Plum (D-36). “I try to attend as many meet-ings of groups with immigrantmembers to demonstrate to themthat they can have a say in gov-ernment and that there are thosein elective office who value thecontributions.”

At the 24th annual Candidates’Night Dinner, hosted by the ArabAmerican Republicans and theArab American Democratic Caucusof Virginia on Sept. 30, nearly ev-ery Fairfax County Democrat run-ning for office was there, courting voters, includingKaine, U.S. Rep. James Moran (D-8) and U.S. Rep.Gerry Connolly (D-11). Former U.S. Rep. Tom Davis,(R), who served eight terms in Congress, was MittRomney’s surrogate.

Launched in 1987 by the Arab American Institute(AAI), the event is a forum for campaigning politi-cians, and a place where the Arab-American com-munity can engage in the political process.

“Candidates’ Night, by admission of most politi-cians attending the forum, has been praised as oneof the best ethnic political forums,” said event co-chair Saba L. Shami. “It’s become an institution,bringing candidates together with the Arab Ameri-can community as an integral part of the Americanpolitical process.”

Del. Mark Keam (D-35), the first Korean Ameri-can and the first Asian-born immigrant to serve inthe Virginia General Assembly, said Asian immigrantsare beginning to see unprecedented growth in bothpopulation and political clout.

“In 2000, I was the convention chair of the Na-tional Asian American Bar Association. It was heldin D.C., and we broke all records. We had 500 law-yers getting together in the same town, and we hada budget of over $300,000. We thought that was bigtime,” Keam said.

“In 2012, same town, same convention, but thisyear the event drew 1,700 lawyers and had a budgetof $1.6 million,” Keam said. “What that tells you issomething about both the physical growth and theeconomic clout of Asians, because of the money spon-

Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-49) at the Democratic CommitteeHeadquarters in Annandale.

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The holidays start with a saucepanof mushrooms—usually portabella,crimini or oyster—sautéing in ol-ive oil. Next, sliced onions sizzle in

a bath of bubbling butter and wine until they’recaramelized.

This is how Bonita Lillie starts her yuletidefeast. Under the guidance of her deft hands,such rank and file produce become mushroomsoup. Fresh minced pork and cheddar cheesebecome a recreation of her mother’s sausagerolls. She doesn’t measure ingredients, countcalories or add flavor-depleting substitutes.Only real food makes the cut in her Alexandriakitchen.

“I go with my gut and what feels right. I don’tuse recipes,” said Lillie, a registered dieticianand nutrition instructor at Marymount Univer-sity in Arlington. “If you’re cooking a familydish that you look forward to every holiday andyou substitute a fat-free version of something,it won’t taste right and you won’t satisfy yourmemory of that dish.”

During a time of year when it is not uncommon towash down Bûche de Noël with eggnog or to pileone’s plate with slices of crown roast beef drizzledwith merlot cream sauce, Lillie and other local nu-tritionists, food enthusiasts and health gurus say don’tengage in self-deprivation. They emphasize that mod-eration, minor modifications and keeping it real arethe keys to maintaining family traditions in ways thatare healthy.

“Fat, per se, is not evil,” said Nichole Ferrigno, cu-linary director for Tiny Chefs in Great Falls, Alexan-dria, McLean, Oakton, Springfield, Arlington andPotomac. “It really becomes about the type of fat oneis consuming. When we think of . . . eggnog, pepper-mint cake and gingerbread, I would tell folks to havejust a little bit of the real thing. I do not ever, everrecommend substituting real foods with processedlook-a-likes.”

READ LABELS and examine the contents, say ex-perts, or better yet, buy foods that don’t require la-bels. “[I]t is definitely better to eat real food,” saidJoel Martin, Ph.D., a professor of kinesiology atGeorge Mason University in Fairfax. “Our bodies havebeen used to eating real food for thousands of yearsand only recently have artificial ingredients been in-troduced into our diets. In the long run, regularlyeating these substitutes may cause numerous unde-sirable effects.”

Ferrigno, a former restaurant chef, suggests swap-ping imitation for moderation. “Even when it comesto holiday indulgences, one can partake and still doso within the parameters of a healthy diet,” she said.“The key . . . is to stick with whole, unprocessed foods.By consuming the real thing, your body is satiatedwith just a small amount. When we consume artifi-

cial ingredients, it takes much, much longer andmany, many more calories to reach the same level ofsatiety.”

Replacing one natural ingredient with another is aflavor-preserving option. “You could substitute . . .an alternative sweetener like honey or agave nec-tar” for sugar, said Lenora Lawson, a chef instructorat The Art Institute of Washington’s International Cu-linary Schools in Arlington.

In fact, minor ingredient tweaks can pack power-ful taste bud punches. “When you’re baking a cake,sometimes you can replace oil with applesauce insome cakes, and often it tastes better,” said Lillie.She cautions, however, that “when you take out thefat in any dish, you have to replace it with herbs orother seasonings so that you don’t lose the taste.”

ESCHEWING LARGE cookie cutters for their bite-sized counterparts and baking pies with grahamcracker crusts instead of traditional fat-laden shellsare tactics that Vienna-based culinary instructorChristine Wisnewski employs during the holidayseason.º“There are lots of ways to go about healthy-ing up the holidays,” she said. “If the filling is thestar of the dessert, fill and bake individual ramekinsfor a crust-free dessert and significant calorie andfat savings.”

Most importantly, when faced with a dizzying ar-ray of yuletide treats on a tray or table, think beforemaking a choice. “Be mindful, be appreciative andaware of what you are eating,” said Jennifer KayNelson, director of clinical dietetics and an associateprofessor of nutrition at the Mayo Clinic College ofMedicine. “Mindlessly grabbing cookies, candy, nutshere-there-everywhere often end up in unexpectedpounds.”

Nutrition experts saymoderation, notdeprivation, is key.

Teaching Health andHoliday Culinary Traditions

When faced with a wide array of yuletidetreats, dietician Jennifer Kay Nelson advisesagainst “mindlessly grabbing cookies [and]candy . . . here-there-everywhere.”


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On April 26, 2009, Ryan Lopynski was afreshman at Virginia Tech with hiswhole life ahead of him. A 2008

Robinson Secondary grad, he’d come home toClifton’s Hampton Chase community to see hisfamily and look for a summer job.

But while showering before going to see hissister’s basketball game, he suffered a fatal heartattack. The specific cause of his death is still un-known, although it was discovered posthumouslythat Ryan had an enlarged heart.

His loss devastated his family; but since then,they established The Ryan Lopynski Big Heart Foun-dation to honor him and to increase public aware-ness of Sudden Cardiac Arrest through educationand action. SCA claims the lives of 30 young adultsa week in the U.S., and the foundation’s goal is toreduce the occurrence of SCA and save lives.

Toward that end, the “Every Heart Counts”fundraiser is slated for Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, from7-11 p.m., at the Westfields Golf Club, 1940Balmoral Greens Ave. in Clifton. The event in-cludes an international wine-tasting sponsored bythe Clifton Wine Shop, live and silent auctions,food and dancing.

Money raised will purchase EKG machines toprovide free EKG screenings for Fairfax Countyhigh-school students during their annual athleticphysicals. These screenings will offer a critical newlevel of heart testing that is currently unavail-able—and they can potentially identify a heart ab-normality before it is too late.

To register for the fundraiser, go towww.ryanlopynski.org.

—Bonnie Hobbs

Fundraiser in Honor of Ryan Lopynski

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Kirkwood Presbyterian Church,8336 Carrleigh Parkway, Springfield, of-fers a 5 p.m. family service featuringperformances from the Handbell choirsand soloists and concluding with the tra-ditional candlelight singing of SilentNight accompanied by handbells. To fol-low is an 8 p.m. formal candlelightservice with violins, choir and trumpet.The service includes Renaissance works

and Polish Music with violin and organand a modern composition with percus-sion accompaniment; the serviceconcludes with traditional candlelightsinging. The nursery is open for bothservices. 703-451-5320 orwww.kirkwoodpress.com.

The Accotink Unitarian Univer-salist Church, 10125 Lakehaven Court,Burke, holds a Winter Solstice servicehonoring the Earth on Sunday, Dec. 23 at10 a.m.; a Holiday Pageant on Monday,Dec. 24 at 5 p.m.; and at contemplativecandlelight service at 7 p.m. All are wel-come to each of the open events.

St. Leo the Great Church inFairfax offers a program for Catholicswho are away from the church, strug-gling with church teachings or whowould like to more fully practice theirfaith by returning to the Sacraments; theprogram, Welcome Home, is offered onSundays, Feb. 3, 10, 17 and 24 andMarch 3 and 10 at 7 p.m. in the St. JohnRoom, 3770 Old Lee Highway, [email protected].

Franconia United MethodistChurch invites you to worship for Adventon Sunday, Dec. 16 and 23 to prepare andwait for the birth of Lord Jesus Christ. Thechurch is handicapped accessible and as-sisted listening devices are available. Thechurch also offers new Bible studies in-cluding “Buzz Bible Study for Children”on Sundays at 9:30 a.m., “Fireproof YourMarriage” starting Jan. 6, and “QuietStrength Bible Study” for men startingSaturday, Jan. 19. Learn more atwww.franconiaumc.org and call 703-971-5151 or email [email protected] formore information.

Christmas Eve Services are heldat 7:30 p.m. and 11 p.m., at FranconiaUnited Methodist Church, 6037Franconia Rd, Alexandria on Monday,Dec. 24. Come join for candlelight andcommunion services.ºLocated at thecorner of Beulah and Franconia, next tothe Franconia Elementary School, con-venient to the Fairfax Connector routes231, 232 and 310,º the church is handi-capped accessible and assisted listeningdevices are available. 703 971-5151 [email protected]. http://www.franconiaumc.org.

On Tuesday, Dec. 25, a ChristmasEve Candlelight Holy CommunionService takes place at 6:30 (family)and 8:30. All are welcome—come tocelebrate the season! 703-352-1421.http://www.livingsaviorlutheran.org.

New Year’s Eve Watch NightService is a time for giving thanks forthe blessings of the outgoing year andpraying for divine favor during the up-coming year. Join at 11 p.m.,atºFranconia United Methodist Church,6037 Franconia Road, Alexandria onDec. 31. 703 971-5151 [email protected]. http://www.franconiaumc.org.

Fairfax Baptist Temple, at thecorner of Fairfax County Parkway andBurke Lake Roads, holds a Bible StudyFellowship at 9 a.m. Sundays followedby a 10 a.m. worship service. Nurserycare and Children’s Church also pro-vided. 6401 Missionary Lane, FairfaxStation, www.fbtministries.org.

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After suffering back-to-back losses againstRobinson and Herndon, the Lake Braddock boys’basketball team responded with a 43-40 victoryagainst West Springfield on Dec. 14.

The win improved the Bruins’ record to 3-2, in-cluding 1-0 in the Patriot District, and dropped WestSpringfield to 0-6.

According to stats from the Washington Post’s Website, junior forward Will Gregorits led Lake Braddock

with 21 points. Sophomore forward John Cronin had14 for West Springfield.

Lake Braddock hosted Lee on Tuesday, after theConnection’s deadline. The Bruins will travel to faceWoodson at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 21.

The Spartans faced Annandale on Tuesday, afterthe Connection’s deadline. West Springfield willtravel to face South County at 7:30 p.m. on Friday,Dec. 21.

Lake Braddock Boys’ Basketball Beats West Springfield

The West Springfield girls’ basketball team re-mained undefeated with a 48-36 victory against LakeBraddock on Dec. 14, improving the Spartans’ recordto 6-0.

According to stats from the Washington Post’s Website, West Springfield’s Amy Berglund led all scorerswith 24 points. Lake Braddock’s Natalie Butler scored

13 points and Marcia Altman added 11.West Springfield hosted Annandale on Tuesday,

after The Connection’s deadline. The Spartans willhost South County at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 21.

Lake Braddock, which fell to 2-3, faced Lee onTuesday, after the Connection’s deadline. The Bruinswill host Woodson at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.

West Springfield Girls’ Basketball Improves to 6-0

Sports

The Robinson wrestling team won a dual meetagainst Chantilly and Oakton on Dec. 13 at OaktonHigh School. Robinson defeated Chantilly, 67-12, andOakton, 62-9.

Against Chantilly, Robinson won 12 of 14 weightclasses, including nine by pin. Ralph Mpanu (120),Dane Roberts (132), Avery Henry (138), Jack Bass(152), Zak Despasquale (160), Ronald White (170),Dan Mika (182), Maksym Sears (195) and JakePinkston (285) each had a pin for Rams.

Robinson also won 12 of 14 weight classes againstOakton, with four victories coming via pin. MasonRockman (120), Robbins (132), Jack Bass (152) andZak Despasquale (160) had pins for the Rams.

Robinson 138-pounder Dallas Smith is a state

champion and three-time state finalist. Bass (152)and Pinkston (285) are two-time state finalists. Mika(182) has a region runner-up finish under his beltand Robbins (132) is a two-time European Depart-ment of Defense Dependents Schools champion.

Greyson Olimpo (106) has qualified for states andDespasquale (160) was injured last year but placedat the 2011 state meet. Head Coach Bryan Hazardwrote in an email that Joe White (170) is also a topwrestler for the Rams.

Robinson will compete against Herndon and KettleRun in a dual meet at Herndon High School at 6p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 19, and will compete inthe Beast of the East tournament at the University ofDelaware on Dec. 22.

Robinson’s GreysonOlimpo, top, defeatedChantilly’s Reaves Arnoldvia tech fall during adual meet at OaktonHigh School on Dec. 13.

Robinson Wrestling Beats Chantilly, Oakton

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After a loss toWoodson on Nov.30, Robinson boys’

basketball Coach BrianNelson said the Rams playedthe kind of defense of whichthey’re capable for just onequarter. The result: a 17-point loss.

Facing rival Lake Braddockon Dec. 7, Robinson put forthits most complete defensiveeffort to date. The result:Rams fans rushing the courtin postgame celebration andhoisting point guard NateHackett in the air.

Robinson limited LakeBraddock to a season-lowpoint total and the Ramswon, 55-41, on Friday atRobinson Secondary School.“Our defense won us thatgame. There’s no questionabout it,” Nelson said. “Wedidn’t shoot the ball particu-larly well, we didn’t reboundwell at all, but we never quiton the defensive end. We did

Robinson boys limit rival LakeBraddock to season-low 41 points.

Strong on Defense

Robinson senior KeeganRuddy, left, scored a team-high 16 points against LakeBraddock on Dec. 7.

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