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eastern shore of Maryland, to farmland on the pied-mont at the foot of the Shenandoah mountains in Virginia. "We've outfitted the

best people with the best tools, and got the highest results all across the board," Todd said. "In this area, we are in the drivers seat when it comes to any kind of real estate transaction," he added.

And the New Millen-

nium motto says it all:

"It' s the place to be."

New Millennium is a Magnet for Washington area real state profession-als. With all the assets on

CENTURY 21 New Millen-nium's side, why wouldn't all the real estate agents flock to their ranks? They are the number one CEN-TURY 21 franchise in the nation, with offices all over the Wash-ington area. Their website is amazing, they are stocked with tools at the agent's disposal and the management and staff are friendly and efficient. At New Millen-nium, there's a lot of posi-tives and no negatives. Af-ter all, it's the place to be. Just ask Micki Lyons, an

agent out of the Centre-ville office that came over from Avery Hess last Oc-tober. "I liked what they had to offer, it's very busi-ness-like and well run," she said. Fellow Centreville agent

Sandy Chandler who came from another CENTURY 21 chain, had the same experience. "They're very professional and very sup-portive, the professional-ism was there," she said. It was a past staff con-

tact for Beverly Rassmus-

sen. Beverly talked with Allison Mooney at the Dunkirk office, and after a few conversations, her mind was made up. "I re-spect Allison's integrity and the foresight to get things done and make things hap-pen, she's there for your when you need her," said Rassmussen.

These testimonies from agent transplants don't surprise Todd Hethering-ton, the CEO at New Mil-lennium. Todd and co-founder Mary Lynn Stone spent years putting to-gether a network of offices staffed by professionals of the highest stature to thrust the company into a nationally recognized firm. Once they earned the number one franchise title, all eyes are on New Mil-lennium. New Millennium's use of

computer technology, training and hands-on ex-perience make it second to none. Their 13 offices cover everything from wa-terfront property on the

New Millennium is The Place To Be

INS IDE TH IS

I S SUE :

C21 Standings 2

Proactive Prop.

Management

4

NM in the com-

munity

5

NM Happen-

ings

6

NM Agents

Stand Out

7

Novelist in the

NM Family

8

Featured Prop-

erties

11

Bus Dev News 3

Warranty Stats Shine

9

N M M A N A G E M E N T , I N C .N M M A N A G E M E N T , I N C .N M M A N A G E M E N T , I N C .N M M A N A G E M E N T , I N C .

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May 22 – 2nd Annual Community Volunteer Tent Event, Lexington

Park Office

May 27 – CE Class, Topic G - Real Estate Trends & Technology; 6:00

– 9:00 PM, Lexington Park Office

May 31 – Memorial Day – Offices Closed

June 7 – 6th Annual New Millennium Charity Golf Tournament, Ft

Belvoir Golf Course, Fairfax, VA

July 4 – Independence Day – Offices Closed

July 5 - Independence Day (Observed), Offices Open, Manned by PT

Staff (Holiday for FT Employees)

July 15 – CE Class, Topic F – Creative Listing Strategies; 10:00 –

11:30 AM, La Plata Office

August 19 – CE Class, Topic C – Fair Housing; 6:00 – 7:30 PM, Dun-

kirk Office

September 23 – CE Class, Topic A – Agency Law in MD and Agency

Addenda / Disclosures; 10:00 – 11:30 AM, Crofton Office

Calendar of Events

One tradition at New Millennium is presenting the flag to new homeowners during the spring-time, just in time for Memorial Day and Independence Day. “Having been in the practice for years of giving flags at settlement, I can tell you that there is no gift that is more meaningful nor one that will have the lasting impact” wrote Warren Price, Branch Manager at Woodbridge. Here Gloria Price, Woodbridge, presents the American Flag and accompanyingletter to new Reid's Prospect home owners Colonel & Mrs. John Gorla fol-lowing settlement on April 14th. The Gorlas loved the gift and Mrs. Gorla noted that the flag will look great flying next to the striking blue door

Congratulations to the offices and agents who attained top rankings in the following categories:

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CENTURY 21 CENTURY 21 Individual ProducerIndividual Producer (Mid-Atlantic States by AGC)

Jan Barnes – Lex Park - #4 Jennifer Goddard – Lex Park - #5 Art Hoppe – Centreville - #6 Thomas Millar – Centreville - #7 Barbara Blades – Lex Park - #8 Jon Harrison - Fredericksburg - #10 Gloria Price – Woodbridge - #11 James Sandidge – Centreville - #12 Pamela Campbell – Alexandria - #14 Charles Bryant – Alexandria - #15 Joseph Estabrooks, – Alexandria - #16 Linda Cerulli – Crofton - #17 David Wolfe – McLean - #18 Jeremy Browne – McLean - #23 Rodney Appleton – Alexandria - #24 Joan Sutton – McLean - #26 Terri Vaira-James – La Plata - #29 Tanya Redding – La Plata - #32 Louis Muscarella – McLean - #38 Sandra Sheehan – Stafford - #39 Bob Harry – La Plata - #40 Melissa Rougier – Crofton - #41 Jane Jensen – McLean - #44 Patricia Darneille – McLean - #46 Tracey Summers – Lexington Park - #50

CENTURY 21 CENTURY 21 OfficeOffice

(Mid-Atlantic States by AGC)

CENTURY 21 CENTURY 21 Team ProducerTeam Producer

(Mid-Atlantic States by AGC)

The Bill Davis Team—Centreville—#1 The Agent E Team—Centreville—#3 Choporis-Crispell Team–Lex Park- #4 Brooks & Barbour – Lex Park - #8 AJ Team – Woodbridge - #9 The Holden Team – Culpeper - #10 The Trainor Team – McLean - #12 Dare to Compare Team – Centreville - 14 The Unruh Team – Alexandria - #15 The Newman Group – McLean - #16 Gaetjen Poole Team – McLean - #18 Melnick & Fauntleroy – McLean - #19 The Thornton Team – Culpeper - #20 The Freeman Team – McLean - #21 The McGrath Team – Centreville- #24 Jan and Wilma – Dunkirk - #26 Bill’s Team – Alexandria - #27 The Carla Norris Team–Lex Park- #30 The Braudaway Team – Alexandria - #31 Livingston/McKenzie – Woodbridge - #33 Penman & Associates – Stafford - #34 The Yowell Team – Lex Park - #35 The Balcells Team – McLean - #36 Team Adventure and Excellence – #42

Hoffman Gallagher Team – Fredericksburg - 44

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2009 Fourth Quarter Rankings

New New New

Millennium Millennium Millennium

soars above soars above soars above

the rest!the rest!the rest!

Centreville Office—#1

McLean Office—#2

Lex Park Office- #3

Alexandria Office—#4

Woodbridge Office - #8

Fredericksburg - #12

Warrenton Office - #15

Crofton Office - #16

Stafford Office - #17

La Plata Office - #19

Dunkirk Office - #23

Culpeper Office - #28

Flying the Flag For Memorial Day

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Our partnership with USAA has been and continues to be outstanding. The New Millennium Platinum

status in the Cartus network has positioned our New Millennium to capitalize on some new and exciting di-

rections that USAA has taken. There are three critical initiatives that USAA believes will help further drive

even more business through the network.

As many of you know, on Veterans Day, 2009, USAA announced a change to their membership criteria

that drastically expands the number of people eligible to use the Movers Advantage Program. This new crite-

ria took the potential people that are eligible for membership from approximately 61 million. “We believe

our membership has the potential to expand by as much as 10-15%, in 2010”, said Greg Jaeger, Vice Presi-

dent of Real Estate Lending Business Development at USAA. USAA is marketing the program and

their new criteria hard. “There are roughly 30 markets that USAA has targeted for major advertising cam-

paigns. The DC Metro area and Fredericksburg area are two of these major markets”, says Jaeger. “We are

counting on our partners like CENTURY 21 New Millennium to deliver excellent service as they help these

additional customer buy and sell homes.” Steve Slabaugh Vice President Affinity Services/Welcome Center of

Cartus shared preliminary numbers for the USAA that suggests the expanded advertising is working. Year

over year, new customers were up 23%, placements were up 19.3%, and settlements are up 38.6% across the

country!

The second key initiative for USAA is to expand their web marketing platform. They have hired Vast Tech-

nologies to help them with these efforts. A direct benefit of this new program is the ability for New Millen-

nium to showcase all of the local MLS listings on the USAA member website. As members research their

USAA benefits on USAA.com, they will have a direct feed to local housing. New Millennium’s banner will

rotate through as the company providing the listings to USAA. Contracts with the MRIS were initialed on

April 13th, said Todd Hetherington. “We’re excited about what this opportunity means for the continued

growth of New Millennium,” Todd added. USAA expects this information to be live for their members in mid

to late June. Watch for your members to have their mobile devices with them during home searches. They

will have the ability to take notes on the houses that you are showing them through this technology as just

one of the great features that this technology delivers.

The third key initiative for USAA is to allow partners like New Millennium and its agents to use the USAA

trademark to identify our partnership with them. USAA has finalized the guidelines for us to be able to add

their logo to business cards and email tag lines. This is a big step for USAA who rightfully has always been pro-

tective of their trademark and the great expectations that follow it. “This opportunity provides us a powerful

marketing opportunity to identify USAA customers and register them through our Agent Generated Referral

(AGR) program”, said Mary Lynn Stone. “Email tags and business card logos will be rolled out to our USAA

agents this month.”

The relationship that we’ve experienced with USAA has been truly remarkable. We’re proud to be a real

estate partner with USAA and we’re thankful for the business that the relationship has brought to our

agents. Remember, all agents are eligible to AGR a client and receive a 10% reduction to the referral fee

when they identify a USAA customer prior to their enrolling in the Movers Advantage Program. If you have

questions about how the process works, talk with your Branch Leader. We would be remiss if we didn’t take

this opportunity to thank the agents for all of their hard work. Have a continued great spring and summer

market! Scott Becker Director, Business Development, NM Management, Inc.

Business Development Signs on USAA Insurance

“We’re excited

about what

this

opportunity

means for the

continued

growth of New

Millennium,”

- Todd

Hetherington

President and

CEO,

CENTURY 21

New

Millennium

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PPM “Going Local” and Welcomes New Team Members!

Please join Proactive

Property Management (PPM)

in welcoming Monica Keels

and Holly Geary to the

team. The addition of both

Monica and Holly in the

Woodbridge and War-

renton offices respectively

demonstrates PPM’s strate-

gic commitment to “going

local” and in partnering

closely with the agents and

branch offices to help foster

growth in these expanding

markets and within the com-

pany. PPM is better posi-

tioned and resourced now,

and more than it ever has, to

grow and provide quality

property management ser-

vices to our clientele in Vir-

ginia, Maryland and Washing-

ton, D.C.

Monica Keels joined

PPM as the Assistant Prop-

erty Manager primarily fo-

cused on the Woodbridge

market area in Prince Wil-

liam County. Monica is al-

ready settling into her new

office digs in the Wood-

bridge office and was re-

cently introduced by Ted

Maschler and Warren Price

as the new property man-

ager during Warren’s Branch

Meeting in early April.

Monica has been a licensed

realtor working with the

Century 21 brand for over

five years and most recently

as a sales agent in the Cen-

tury 21 New Millennium

Woodbridge office. Monica

also served as an on-site

property manager for two

years with United Property

Associates in Richmond, Vir-

ginia. We are very happy to

have Monica on the team

and look forward to her

making PPM the top prop-

erty management company in

the Woodbridge market.

Monica can be reached di-

rectly at 703-490-9213 or via

email at

monica.keels@proactivepm.c

om.

Holly Geary recently

joined PPM as a Property

Manager in the Warrenton

office as the first “hybrid”

Agent-Property Manager in

an expanding market. In ad-

dition to being a sales and

rental agent, Holly will be

focused on marketing, man-

aging and growing the PPM

portfolio primarily in the

Warrenton and Culpeper

markets. Holly joined Cen-

tury 21 New Millennium in

November, 2009 with nearly

ten years of real estate ex-

perience, including over

three years in property man-

agement. Holly will ulti-

mately transition to a full-

time property manager as

the PPM portfolio expands in

these market areas. We are

eager for this to happen

sooner rather than later and

know that Holly is up to the

challenge! Holly can be

reached at 540-349-1221 or

via email at

holly.geary@proactivepm.co

m.

On Saturday, March 20, the Woodbridge office, 1st County Mortgage and the Prince William SPCA joined together to collect donations for the SPCA's Pet Food Pantry. The pantry is designed to offer needy families in the community a way to care for their pets during hard times. The community responded overwhelmingly by donating hundreds of bags of pet food, $440 "in cash" and other needed items making our first "Giving Back" event a huge success.

Monica Keels

Holly Geary

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generated business are up year over year. We imagine by now most everyone has heard us discuss our job description- “create a positive, memorable experi-ence for our clients.” Everyone at NM has the same job; just the client portion of that statement takes on different mean-ing. We as a company attempt every day to arm our employees and independent contractors (our clients) with what it takes to create that positive, memorable experience. And- we know that you all have really taken to heart your job of creating that positive, memorable experience with our clients and customers. We see the written testimonials, read the excellent quality service surveys, and field the phone calls with the positive affirmations… THANK YOU! Where to from here? What will 2009 bring? We believe, no, scratch that, we know that if we all maintain our FOCUS,

2009 will be a terrific year for us. In fact, our watch word for 2009- FOCUS, may seem simple at first blush, but it is actually rather complex. What we are asking everyone to do in 2009 is to keep their FOCUS. Our industry has changed drastically over the past decade. Gone are the days where we can fly by the seat of our pants.

We all need to maintain our FOCUS on that which generates results. We need to all get a little more granular and literally calendar out those activities that will result in lead generation and closed business. We need to learn when to say NO and when to NOT take that listing or NOT work with that buyer. We need to stop wasting our time on those activities that don’t bring results- FOCUS- simple, yet complex. We have established that real estate is local and that no two markets are exactly alike. In a similar vein, we would submit

to you that no two agents are exactly alike. Shocking. Take a look around at those agents that are up considerably year over year. They have been executing their action plans. They have been working in tandem with their branch leaders; they have been positively coached with the mindset that we as a company will do everything in our power to assist them in achieving their successes. They haven’t been afraid to hold themselves accountable and to modify their business plan. They’ve already begun fine tuning their own laser FOCUS. Let’s all learn from these successful agents. They are more than willing to share what works and what doesn’t. As we enter 2009, let’s all make a pact that we will maintain our laser FOCUS. Every deal matters. Every person matters.

Every relationship matters. With proper FOCUS, we will all achieve our goals- together.

Todd and Mary Lynn

(prosperity from P. 1)

Connect 2 the 1 and get $8,000

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This spring is the perfect time to "Connect 2 the 1," a new

campaign at New Millennium that will enliven the brand, stimu-

late market preference and sign up more listings. All this will

help elevate your real estate business with a video ad campaign

and ads in USA Today that will drive customers to the CEN-

TURY 21 website. Wait there's more! One of your clients

could walk away with $8,000 from the List Your Home

Sweepstakes.

Although the federal government is offering $8,000 tax credit

for eligible homebuyers, New Millennium doesn't want to

leave anyone out. That's why we are taking part in the CEN-

TURY 21 "$8,000 List Your Home Sweepstakes." From April 1

through June 30, 2010, every eligible home seller who lists

their home with a New Millennium agent will be automatically

entered for a chance to win $8,000. The ‘$8,000 List Your

Home Sweepstakes’ is a part of the company’s ‘Connect 2 the

1’ national campaign that highlights the value that CENTURY

21 sales associates bring to the home buying and selling proc-

ess.

“While the home buyer tax credit is fueling excitement among

potential homebuyers, there is no similar benefit for home-

owners to sell their homes,” said Bev Thorne, senior vice

president of marketing, Century 21 Real Estate LLC. “Our

sweepstakes gives sellers an added benefit — the chance to

win $8,000 for listing their home with a local CENTURY 21

sales professional.”

Unlike the federal tax credit that requires eligible home buyers

to have a written and binding contract on a home before April

30, the CENTURY 21 ‘$8,000 List Your Home Sweepstakes’

runs through the end of June 2010. Also every new listing en-

tered from April 1 to June 30, gives you a chance to win a

four-week featured spot on century21.com and that's big ex-

posure on a national level.

"It is just as important to represent buyers as it is sellers," said

Todd Hetherington, New Millennium CEO. This fits right in

with the philosophy around New Millennium that launched the

company to number one amongst all the CENTURY 21 offices

in the nation.

Agent Angela Darling welcomes her cli-

ents, Brian & Lisa George.

Client Appreciation Day

The Stafford office's Client Appreciation Day, held on

March 7, was the perfect opportunity to say "thank you" to

their clients and friends in celebration of being awarded the #1

Century 21 firm in the nation! Without the clients, reaching

number one would have been a tough task. Staff and agents pro-

vided an assortment of food with a special celebration cake as

well as a beautiful centerpiece donated by local florist "Achara

Florist and Gifts". Attendees received customized "eco-friendly"

bags, updated information from our core service business affili-

ates and information

on current market

conditions. The

event was well at-

tended and our cli-

ents are looking

forward to future

events.

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NM Happenings • The Stafford office wel-comes new sales associate Jenni Baltzelle. Jenni most recently worked for The Sil-ver Compa-nies as the Assistant to Planning & Engineering. She also worked as a pre/post Set-tlement Closer and 1031 Tax Exchange Coordinator for

attorney Ed Quintos.

• Please join the Woodbridge office in welcoming Samia Errazzouki and Logan Meyer as their new part-time CSRs. Samia is rejoining the team after transferring back to the area from Old Dominion Uni-versity. Logan is a senior at C.D. Hylton and will be working as their weekend

CSR.

• La Plata agents Ron Har-ris, Jackie Turley, and ‘The Golden Group’ members Kendra McCourt and Ruth Williams recently received the SFR Designation. SFR is the nationally recognized Short Sales and Foreclosure Resource certification. The National Association of REALTORS® offers the SFR certification to REALTORS® who want to help both buy-ers and sellers navigate these complicated transactions.

Way to go La Plata!

• Warrenton and Culpeper Branch Manager, Herb Lis-jak, won 2009 Managing Broker of the Year for our Association (GPAAR). Way to go Herb for all your hard

work at TWO offices!

• At the Crofton office, the Month of Giving was dedi-cated to Children’s National Medical Center. To raise money for the children, the office held a fund raiser at the Irish Channel Restaurant in Crofton and raised over $1600. Highlights of the after-noon’s festivities included two raffles and had three bands playing throughout the

afternoon.

• At the La Plata Office,

Branch Manager Tommy

Higgins and Courtney

Murphy, Office Manager,

attended the Annual Tri-

County Job Fair on April 8 at

the College of Southern

Maryland’s main campus in La

Plata. Main purpose was to

promote/prospect for those

considering a career in real

estate. Three interested par-

ties turned in their resumes

for all three Southern Mary-

land branch locations.

• It was dinner and a movie for

the Alexandria office Staff

Day. Everyone hiked over to

King Street Blues before hit-

ting the Kingstowne Multiplex

for an action film. Branch

Manager Jim Carrier was

joined by agent Rebecca

Quinones and her husband,

along with Sylvia Montalvo,

Jeff Payne, Dave Alewine

and wife, weekend CSR An-

dreas Kraemer and

Daniel Suh, Suzy Gaber,

Tekla Bota and Eboni

Colbert.

• Happy news in our IT De-partment! Craig Cessna’s fam-ily welcomed Kaylan Eliza-beth Cessna on December 1 at 12:05 PM. She weighed 5 lbs, 3.6 oz and was 18.5 inches long.

• Nestor’s family welcomed Gabriela Jeanelle Orellana on April 21, 2010 at 8:57 PM. She weighed in at 8lbs, 6.2oz.

• And Will Sperow’s wife Stacey is ex-pecting twins this May!

Kaylan Eliza-beth Cessna

Jenni Baltzelle

Gabriela Jeanelle Orellana

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It's one thing to host a website and post information, but to have a site where the user of your information has an opportunity to respond, ask questions and request tai-lored information just takes it one step further. This is one of the main advantages that Diane Harris, the new social media specialist at New Millennium wants to explore. "Now it's a two-way channel, you can get the message out and hear feedback too," she said.

With an extensive background in communications, Harris held several corporate jobs in sales, training and project management in the past and feels that social media is one area that can really take off for New Millennium. Whether it's Facebook, Twitter, blogging or videos on YouTube, new media is one place where New Millennium can definitely make a presence.

Although CENTURY 21and CENTURY 21 New Millennium already have a Face-book presence, she wants to increase it to a page for each New Millennium branch where agents can post pictures, text and videos. "Agents can show their personality with video," she said. This is another way they can create bonds with their clients, which is adheres perfectly with Todd and Mary Lynn's philosophy. "Enhancing this new media is absolutely the way to go," said Todd. There are many ways the new media can tie in with the Sphere of Influence (SOI) lists and highlight all the commu-nity events New Millennium is famous for.

Harris was introduced to New Millennium through family - her twin sister is married to Jim Ramsay, the Senior VP in Franchise Sales. She has a husband, Jeff, and two daughters, and is participating in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure this June.

New Millennium goes New Media

With homebuyer tax credits still floating around and the affordability conditions right, now is a good time to sell. Exist-

ing home sales are up 6.8 percent and the real estate situation in this area is looking up. According to the National Asso-

ciation of Realtors (NAR), the median price for a home in this area is up compared to this time last year. In March 2009,

the median price of a home was $287,300 and this March, it was $298,900.

Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said it is encouraging to see a broad home sales recovery in nearly every part of

the country, with two important underlying trends. “Sales have been above year-ago levels for nine straight months, and

inventory has trended down from year-ago levels for 20 months running,” he said. “The home buyer tax credit has been a

resounding success as these underlying trends point to a broad stabilization in home prices. This is preserving perhaps $1

trillion in largely middle class housing wealth that may have been wiped out without the housing stimulus measure.”

What does that mean around New Millennium? Sales are up, listings are moving quickly and the agents are busier than

ever and the coming summer should be busy. "Recently our numbers have been looking better, and the reason is simple:

our agents are creating a plan and sticking to it," said New Millennium CEO Todd Hetherington.

According to a First Home Buyers and Sellers Survey, conducted by the CENTURY 21 corporate office, more than 80

percent of first-home buyers and sellers feel the current housing market is more affordable today than this time last year.

Part of the survey dealt with buyers and sellers knowledge of the market: 60 percent of first home buyers do not feel they

have a good handle on the real estate process, and 85 percent feel that using a real estate professional is important.

"That's where our agents top notch training and personal skills are valuable, it's one of the

things that made us the number one CENTURY 21 franchise in the nation," Todd added.

Three skills valued by both buyers and sellers are knowledge of the area, trustworthiness and

responsiveness. "Being there is half the battle," Todd said.

Now is a Good Time to (Buy and) Sell

Diane Harris

The red ribbons came out this year to mark a special open house event where New Millennium agents entered their customers in “The Vacation Giveaway.” During the weekend of December 13 - 14, 2008, contestants filled out entry forms each time they visited a CENTURY 21 New Millennium Red Ribbon Open House. In the end, Jennifer Hoffman of La Plata won a great vacation after visiting an open house hosted by Vicki Moore, an agent in the La Plata office. Jennifer’s name was drawn at the corporate office on Christmas Eve. Kim Viani, the new central office support manager, called Ms. Hoffman and brightened her holiday with the good news. The Grand Prize was a Group RCI Resort Vacation Certificate valued at $1,500 for a one week

vacation stay at Group RCI affiliated property. That wasn’t the only thing that made this Red Ribbon Open House a special event. McLean agent

Russ Conners turned one of his return customers into a buyer, proving that the Open House is a valuable selling tool in real estate. Conners is not afraid to admit it took a skilled agent too. “I had a previous showing buyer back to the house for a second look where I had the opportunity to point out all of the selling points personally that his buyer agent may not have been aware of.... in combina-tion with extraordinary salesmanship of course!” said Conners.

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Alexandria bowling champs Suzi Gaber, right, Tekla Bota and Eboni Colbert

‘Attention all Agents! Don’t throw away your Ink Car-

tridges! Team Benya from the La Plata office is collecting

empty ink cartridges for Project Graduation. Every ink car-

tridge collected gets the event $3.00. So far they have earned

over $600.00! The ink cartridges are redeemed for prizes for

the graduating seniors. Project Graduation is Drug and Alcohol Free event spon-

sored by The Chemical People of Charles County. It is a

PARTY held for the graduating seniors of Charles County,

MD. The Party offers the graduates FREE Food and Drinks,

video production, photo key chains, and each senior receives a commemorative beach towel designed

with the year and the colors and theme of the party. There will also be swimming, a DJ, games and

More Games. Organizers hired Fantasy World to supply the larger games and at the end of the evening

prizes are given out. The students are also asked to create a banner that is hung up during the party.

There have been some wonderful artwork from these. Each one reflects

the schools individual ideas and are very unique. Games and activities are

chosen by the students and vary from year to year. The activities from

the past have included a Mechanical Bull, Lazar Tag, Obstacle course,

Henna Tattoos. The Chemical People of Charles County has been host-

ing Project Graduation since 1986. This year's party will mark the 25th

year.

If you would like more information regarding Project Graduation you

can go to myprojectgrad.com or you can contact Marsha Benya at

301-653-9846.

La Plata Reaches Out for Project Graduation

On April 28, the staff and agents from several offices took to the bowling alley for some fun and

competition. They divided into four teams and let the pins fly. On the Proactive Property Manage-

ment team, it was Ted Maschler, Chris Hayes, Michael Foxwell, and Debbie Gitlin, chal-

lenging the Core Services Team of Scott Becker, Jack Kornfeind, Cathy Tomlinson,

Dave Strauss; the McLean Team of Lori

Wertz, Dan Wertz, Jason Carrier, and

Kelly Olafsson; and the Alexandria Team of

Cine Wright, Janette Peterson, Jessie

Braudaway, Joe Estabrooks, Trey

Grooms, Jim Carrier, Tekla, Chris Carl-

son, Dave Alewine, Amir Habibzedeh, and Jeff Payne.

Everyone had a great time and raised $600 for Children's Hospital. " The

best part was getting everyone together for some pizza, beers and laughs. In

spite of all the laughs we did have some very good bowlers in our midst," said

Alexandria CSR Tekla Bota, one of the chief organizers. Special thanks to

Bobbie McCarty for “working the bowling alley” collecting all the donations

from other bowlers.

Bowling for Dollars and Fun

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The Minuteman

Centreville

Yes, You can have it all! This Grand property boasts amazing

features throughout from gleaming hardwood floors, a 4-star

Gourmet Kitchen to the oversized lower level Rec. Room.

The Main level includes a 2 story foyer flanked by living room

and dining room, a sweeping solarium leading to a private

deck providing panoramic view of this incredible resort like

property. The upper level presents a master suite with ex-

pansive walk-in closet, four additional spacious bedrooms

and two linen closets for additional storage. The lower level

provides great entertainment space. Out-of-town guests will

appreciate having their very own guest suite - complete with

a sitting area, walk-in closet, and private bathroom. The ex-

terior designs are just as amazing as the interior layouts. The

grounds of the lavish property showcase a pool-the large

Fairfax County allows, a Full Basketball Court, and Surround

Sound System. You have your pick on where to relax with

two decks and a patio . Truly a premiere residence in Cen-

treville.

Alexandria

• $849,900

• 315 Second St., Alexandria

• 3 Bedrooms, 3.5 bath

• Hardwood floors

• 2-car garage

• Minutes from the shops on King Street

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Listing Agent: Joe Estabrooks 703-307-5989, Joe.Estabrooks@c21nm.com