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Chantilly resident JummyOlabanji has the distinc-tion of being an on-air
reporter with WJLA, the local ABCTV affiliate; and in 2002, she waspart of the first class to graduatefrom Westfield High.
She’s also one of 26 millionadults in the U.S. who’ve been di-agnosed with kidney disease. Andon Sunday, April 22, at 3 p.m.,she’ll participate in the National
Kidney Foundation’s2012 Kidney Walk atthe Reston Town Cen-ter.
Normally, Olabanjidoesn’t seek the lime-light herself or wantto be the subject ofthe news. But for thisevent, she’s steppingout and speaking upto help others.
Diabetes and high blood pres-sure are the two main causes ofkidney disease. And the groups
most affected by it are AfricanAmericans, Hispanics, Pacific Is-landers, Native Americans and se-nior citizens. So when Olabanji’s
blood pressurestarted rising, shedidn’t ignore it.
“I’d started to no-tice my blood pres-sure was higher thannormal and I didn’tknow why,” she said.“But being an AfricanAmerican and know-ing my family hashigh cholesterol, kid-ney disease and high
blood pressure, I’ve always beenhealth-conscious.”
So she saw her doctor and, in
spring 2011, received her diagno-sis. “My uncle is on dialysis andI’ve known other extended familymembers who have kidney dis-ease,” said Olabanji. “So you al-ways know it’s there, but don’tknow for certain it’ll happen toyou.”
Luckily, she said, her case “isn’tbad, at all. But because I carry the
gene and it affected my blood pres-sure, [the doctors] just wanted meto be more aware. I’m healthy, ac-tive and not overweight, but I’vehad to change my diet and addmore exercises.”
Before her diagnosis, Olabanjiloved snacking on chips and wouldoften salt her food. Now, she no
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By Bonnie Hobbs
Centre View
For Celeste and Grafton Peterson,on April 16, 2007, the world asthey knew it changed forever. That
was the day their daughter — and onlychild — Erin was killed inthe massacre at VirginiaTech.
Five years have passedsince then, but time hasn’tdulled the pain or filled theholes in their hearts.
“Grief is forever,” saidCeleste Peterson. “When youlose a child, you never comeout of it. You just flow inlife’s mainstream differ-ently.”
A 2006 graduate of Westfield High,Erin was just 18 and in her freshman yearat VT when a friend of Peterson’s who’dbeen watching the news on TV called her.Said Peterson: “She said, ‘There’s been ashooting at Virginia Tech — have youtalked to Erin?’”
Both worried and scared, Peterson des-perately tried reaching her daughter, tono avail. “I kept calling her and there wasno answer,” she said. Her friend later
called back and said the number of peopleshot had reached 20.
Before it was over, a mentally unstablestudent, Seung-Hui Cho, would kill 32people and then take his own life. Most ofthe victims — including Erin and fellowWestfield grad Reema Samaha — were inNorris Hall. Erin and Reema were in Frenchclass there together.
“I had Erin’s password to get onto hercomputer to see what class she was in,” said
Peterson. “I found out she wasin Norris. I had a sinking feel-ing because I knew that, if Erinwas all right, she would havecalled me or Grafton rightaway.”
Peterson saw a messageposted on the school Web siteat 9:26 a.m. that there’d beena “shooting incident” there.She and her husband wereboth at work, but immediatelyleft and headed for VT. “I waspraying,” said Peterson. “I
knew something was really wrong, though.”When they arrived, the scene was cha-
otic. “They sent the parents to the Inn atVirginia Tech and said there’d be informa-tion about our children, but there wasn’tany,” said Peterson. “Then they sent us totwo hospitals [in case Erin was there].”
Returning to the inn, she said, “We werequickly hustled into a room filled with sher-
By Joe Samaha
Special to Centre View
A 2006 Westfield High grad, Reema Samaha wasa talented dancer and actress. The daughter of Monaand Joe Samaha of Centreville, she was also one ofthe victims at Virginia Tech. Below, her father reflectson his feelings, five years after that tragic day.
On April 16, it will be1,826 days sinceReema was killed.
There is not a day that goes bythat I do not think aboutReema, her fellow VT class-mates, professors and survi-vors.
There is not a day that I donot think of what we can dobetter as a society to make ourinstitutions better in prevent-ing school and campusshootings. Mona calls it my other full-timejob.
Ken Feinberg [the attorney who oversawthe U.S. government’s Sept. 11 Victim Com-pensation Fund] called it “God’s work.” Isay it’s the least I can do to honor everyonewe lost on that fateful day who cannot speakor advocate for themselves. I know thatthose great kids and educators who diedon April 16 would be doing this work if they
had survived.I know this because the survivors of
April 16, 2007 have indeed dedicatedtheir lives, in one way or another, tomake this world a better place to live andhonor the 32 [who died].
When I learned of the shootings at VTthat morning, I heard the death toll onthe radio. Two students killed. I imme-diately turned on the TV and, in a mat-ter of minutes, the death toll was climb-
ing. Eight, 10, possiblymore. Reports of studentsbeing shot “execution style”.Twelve, 18 — this can’t bepossible.
Oh wow, Norris Hall; it’sin an engineering building.Reema couldn’t be in an en-gineering building at 9-something in the morning.She has to be OK. So Icalled. No answer. That’sOK; maybe she’s inlockdown like she was the
very first day of classes back in August2006. A shooter who had killed twodeputies was near the campus, andReema had called me and told me thatthey were locking down the school andshe was heading back to her dorm. I as-sumed she would be doing the same thatday.
As the minutes passed and Reema was
Virginia Tech Tragedy: Five Years LaterErin Peterson’sfamily then and now.
Reema Samaha’sfamily still grieves
Erin Peterson Reema Samaha
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By Bonnie Hobbs
Centre View
Featuring a cast and crew of 50, WestfieldHigh presents its Cappies entry, the GeorgeGershwin musical, “Crazy for You.”
Show times are Friday, April 20, at 7:30p.m.; Saturday, April 21, at 2 and 7:30 p.m.; andSunday, April 22, at 2 p.m. at the school. Tickets are$10 in advance, $12 at the door, for the general pub-lic, and $10 for students with a valid studentID.ºSeating is reserved and tickets are available atwww.westfieldtheatreboosters.com.
It’s the story of a stage-struck, New York City play-boy in a Nevada mining town chocked full of ro-mance, mistaken identities and dazzling dances. Itwon three Tony Awards on Broadway, including BestMusical.
“This is more of a vaudeville-type production thanany of our past musicals,” said Director Susie Pike.“It’s full of one-liners and silly humor and highlightsthe talents we have in this department.”
Senior Colby Dezelick choreographed the show andplays the lead role of Bobby Child who loves danc-ing and wants to be in theater. But his mother wantshim to work in a bank with her, so she sends him toDead Rock, Nev., to foreclose on a property. Hedoesn’t fit in there, but falls in love with Polly Baker,the only woman in town.
The property is an old theater, and Child decidesto save it by putting on a show. Polly falls in lovewith him, too; but once she learns who he is, shethinks he’s just tricking her. He then disguises him-self and pretends to be a New York producer. Thereare also other love involvements and mix-ups in thisromantic-comedy musical, but things eventually workout.
“Bobby’s in his late 20s and all he wants to do is beon stage and dance,” said Dezelick. “So it’s funny toput the city boy into a small town in Nevada. He’sfriendly, energized and likes to have fun. He’s neverseen anyone like Polly before — full of gusto, in-stead of being prim and proper. I love this role andhave always loved this show; it fits my personalitybecause he wants to dance, sing, perform, help peopleand put on a show.”
Dezelick’s favorite number is “Slap that Bass” be-
cause “It’s a really cool jazz piece that was a blast tochoreograph. At one point, the girls become the bassthat’s being played.” This show has some 10, big pro-duction numbers, and he’s been choreographingthem since last summer. Said Dezelick: “The closingsong of Act I, ‘I Got Rhythm,’ has a seven-minutedance break that’s high-energy and very entertain-ing, and the audience will love it.”
He said the whole show is funny and all ages willenjoy it. “Younger people will like the dancing, cos-tumes and sets,” said Dezelick. “And older ones willlike the classic, Gershwin music and will be hum-ming the tunes when they leave.”
Playing Polly Baker is junior Allie Koenigsberg.“She’s tomboyish, growing up around men all herlife,” said Koenigsberg. “Her mom, a former stageperformer, died when she was young, so she’s veryclose with her dad. She’s outgoing and treats thepeople in town like they’re part of her family. Andthen along comes Bobby, someone new and differ-ent.”
Koenigsberg’s also enjoying her role because shesees a similarity between her and Polly. “She pre-sents herself as having a hard exterior; but in reality,she’s soft on the inside,” said Koenigsberg. “She’s such
Gershwin Songs,Dazzling DancingWestfield presents themusical, “Crazy for You.”
Top row, from left, are Bryan Pitt andJoey Biagini; (middle, from left) ColbyDezelick and Mitchell Buckley; and (frontrow, from left) Allie Koenigsberg andMadeleine Bloxam.
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Second graders at Lees Corner Elementary School hold Native American Day on March30 to celebrate all they have learned about the Pueblo, Powhatan and Lakota Indians.This group of students is using dyed macaroni to make jewelry.
Second graders at Lees Corner Elementary Schoolshow off the headdresses they just made.
Secondgrader Ashna
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Second graders at Lees Cor-ner Elementary School
sample foods like threesisters soup (beans, corn andsquash), jerky, dried berries,
corn bread, pumpkin seedsand buffalo meat.
From left: Laaibah 5.,Raashi C., Molly S. andIsis R. show off thefringed shirts, jewelryand headdresses theyhave made.
Lees Corner Elementary Celebrates Native American Day
The entire second gradeof Lees Corner Elemen-tary School and abevvy of volunteers
held the school’s first NativeAmerican day on March 30 as acapstone to months of learningabout Native Americans. The Na-tive American unit is a critical partof the second grade curriculumand the second grade team,
Veronica Turner, Vicki McGorty,Melissa Carbonara, and LeslieBarnes thought that the eventwould be a good way to celebratethe youngsters’ hard work. Stu-dents decorated fringed t-shirts,ate foods like jerky and three-sis-ters stew, made jewelry, drums,and headdresses, wrote and toldpictograph stories, and playedgames.
Kayla C.tells herpictographstory, writ-ten on fauxdeerskin aspart of theNativeAmericanDay activi-ties.
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a fun, charismatic, lively character to play.She marches to her own drum and is com-fortable in her skin.”
Koenigsberg especially likes the song,“Someone to Watch over Me.” She sings it;and, she said, “It’s the moment when Pollybreaks her outer shell and the audience fallsin love with her and starts rooting for her.”She said the show is filled with so manydifferent kinds of numbers and costumesand “the sets are amazing. This musical hasso much to offer.”
Senior Corinne Holland portrays Patsy, aditzy showgirl from the follies in New York.“She’s outgoing, but kind of in her own,little world,” said Holland. “She’s one of thedancers that help bring the show to life.She’s a happy character and I’m happy, too,so playing her comes easily.”
Holland’s favorite number is “Entrance toNevada.” It’s the first time the New Yorkgirls come to Nevada, and the males in townare excited to see other women. Said Hol-land: “It’s a quick and upbeat song with agrand ending.” She said the audience willalso like the show’s costumes. “Most of themare handmade, and a lot of work went intothem,” she said. “They look fabulous.”
Playing Irene, Bobby’s fiancé in New York,
is junior Madeleine Bloxam. “He doesn’tlove her, but she’s convinced they’re gettingmarried, so she follows him to Nevada,” saidBloxam. “She’s a rich debutante — stuckup, self-centered and nasty. Even while be-ing rude to people, she maintains her class.”
Bloxam likes her role because she gets tobe “kind of sultry toward the end and that’sfun. But it’s harder to get into character, soit’s more challenging.” She likes the song,“Naughty Baby,” best because “it’s whereIrene changes and lets loose.” She said theaudience will like how the cast performsGershwin’s songs. “They’ll bring backmemories to a lot of the audience,” saidBloxam. “It’s special that they still have alltheir power today, 60 years after they firstcame out.”
Marketing and Publicity is a new Cappiescategory this year, so she and senior ChazCoffin took on that task, too. “We neverknew it took so much work to publicize ashow, but we enjoyed doing it,” saidBloxam.
“It’s great to show what we can do, notjust as actors, but on the business side ofthe production,” added Coffin. “I learnedyou need to plan and do everything aheadof time so everything goes smoothly.”
Director Pike noted, as well, the “creativ-ity, sense of style and research” that stu-
dent costume-designers BayleighAschenbrenner and Zoe Hawryluk broughtto their craft. Their adult mentors wereparents Chris Hobbs, Patti Dezelick andGinny McLaughlin. “The costumes are mag-nificent,” said Pike. “They’re bright, color-ful and sparkly.”
Yvonne Henry is choreography and propsmentor; Carol Jones, music director; andDolly Stevens, vocal director. Producer andassistant director is Lori Knickerbocker;stage manager is Olivia Witt, assisted by Ally
Engelbrecht and Shannon Douglass.The sets show a New York theater and a
Nevada saloon that’ll revolve to show theirinteriors as well as exteriors. There’s alsoan old theater that’s become a post office.
“This show highlights our great dancers,and there are lots of wonderful characterroles, too,” said Pike. “And the Gershwinmusic is so appealing, widely recognizedand memorable. People will go away happy,tapping their feet and impressed with ourtremendous talent.”
Gershwin Songs, RomanceAnd Dazzling Dancing
The follies girls pose with male leads (from left) Joey Biagini and ColbyDezelick in Westfield’s “Crazy for You.”
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The Walowsky family of Chantilly: Lori, Scott, Sarah(front left) and Anna (front right) were recipients of four
of the 30,000 tickets to the 134th annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the groundsof the White House on Monday April 9. The event included music, crafts, activitiesand, of course, an egg roll. Says Anna Walowsky, “It was eggceptional fun.”
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Parkway to be RepavedOver the spring and summer, VDOT plans to re-
pave 24 miles of the 32-mile, six-lane Fairfax CountyParkway between Route 7 in Dranesville and RollingRoad in Springfield. The $19 million maintenanceproject will take place mostly at night and on week-ends and will require lane closures and occasionaldetours.
In advance of the work, VDOT will hold commu-nity meetings to discuss the work plan and sched-ule. Locally, one will be held Tuesday, April 24, at 7p.m., at the VDOT District Office, 4975 Alliance Drive,(off West Ox Road, across from Costco) in Fairfax.
While work will begin in April and be completedin October, the heaviest traffic impacts will be sched-uled from June until Labor Day, when schools areout for the summer. Parkway sections that won’t berepaved include the construction work-zone area atthe Fairfax Lakes Parkway and locations that werepaved in the last five years.
Become a CASA VolunteerA new case of child abuse or neglect enters the
Fairfax County Domestic & Juvenile Relations Courtsystem once every 38 hours. These children needcaring advocates to help ensure that they grow up insafe and permanent homes. Fairfax CASA trains vol-unteers to advocate for a child’s best interests inCourt.
To become a volunteer position with a serious pur-pose that can create real change, attend FairfaxCASA’s upcoming information session at theCentreville Regional Library on Saturday, April 14,from 11 a.m.-12 noon. For reservations or informa-tion, contact Elisa Kosarin, associate director, Recruit-ment and Training, at 703-273-3526, ext. 22, or [email protected], or visitwww.fairfaxcasa.org.
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People who worked in 2011 and earned less than$50,000 may qualify for free, income-tax prepara-tion. It’s available Saturdays, through April 14, from10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at the Chantilly Regional Library,4000 Stringfellow Road in Chantilly. If married andfiling a joint return, both spouses must be present.For a list of items participants must bring with them,go to www.nvacash.org and click on “free tax prepa-ration.”
WFCCAQuarterly Meeting
The West Fairfax County Citizens Association(WFCCA) will hold its quarterly meeting Monday,April 16, at 7 p.m., in the Sully District Governmen-tal Center, 4900 Stonecroft Blvd., in Chantilly. At thattime, elections will be held for WFCCA president andLand-Use Committee members.
Free Carseat InspectionsCertified technicians from the Sully District Police
Station will perform free, child safety carseat inspec-tions Thursday, April 19, from 5-8:30 p.m., at thestation, 4900 Stonecroft Blvd. in Chantilly. No ap-pointment is necessary. But residents should installthe child safety seats themselves so technicians mayproperly inspect and adjust them, as needed.
However, because of time constraints, only the first35 vehicles arriving on each date will be inspected.That way, inspectors may have enough time to prop-erly instruct the caregiver on the correct use of thechild seat. Call 703-814-7000, ext. 5140, to confirmdates and times.
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Northern Virginia localities shouldtogether commission a studynow to determine how muchgrowth is stimulated by the open-
ing of the Metro stations in Tysons and alongthe toll road out to Dulles, how many new jobscreated, quantify how much that growth leadsto increased income and sales tax, and howmuch revenue (taxes) would getshipped off to Commonwealth coffers.
There should be a way to keep thatmoney here in Northern Virginia.
Residents from around the region willpay for the majority of the construction of railto Dulles via the Dulles Toll Road.
Virginia is all too happy to benefit from oneof the biggest drivers of the Northern Virginiaeconomic engine, Dulles Airport. Rail to Dulles,part of the plan for the airport since its con-ception, is a key part of supporting the expectedvolume growth in passengers and other com-merce at the airport. But at every turn, the statehas pushed paying for the rail line onto North-ern Virginia, onto Fairfax and Loudoun countygovernments, onto property owners in the cor-
ridor and especially onto drivers on the DullesToll Road.
While Virginia had committed to contribut-ing an additional $150 million to the railproject, and at various points the governor andthe General Assembly dangled $200-300 mil-lion, it now appears that money will not beforthcoming. It was never enough.
This is one more example of theCommonwealth of Virginia happilycollecting revenues, including incomeand sales taxes, generated from theeconomic vitality of Northern Virginia,
then forcing Northern Virginia residents to payfor the infrastructure of that economic activ-ity out of local funds and personal pockets.
The most recent Virginia Department of Avia-tion report identifies at least $17.5 billion inannual economic activity in Virginia fromDulles and Reagan National airports, withDulles providing the majority of that. The num-ber of jobs created and maintained by this ac-tivity is staggering, and in Virginia, the statecollects 100 percent of the income tax; thereis no local income tax.
The state collects the income tax from thegood jobs generated here in Northern Virginiaby the airports, by the high tech firms, by thebusiness innovators, by proximity to the Pen-tagon and the federal government. Then thegovernor celebrates the result, that Virginia istop ranked as business friendly.
The Commonwealth collects much of the taxrevenue that results from this activity, butwould pay only three percent of the $6.2 bil-lion cost of rail to Dulles. This will force morethan 80 percent of the costs of building rail toDulles to local drivers and property owners.The toll road contribution is projected at 57percent of the total.
Having major airports adequately served byrail and other transportation options is morethan an amenity, it is part of sustaining theeconomic benefit that comes from major air-ports. The question is not whether we shouldbe building rail to Dulles, but about who ben-efits and who pays.
— Mary Kimm,
On Funding the Silver LineCommonwealth will collect the dividends,but refuses to invest; Northern Virginia pays.
Editorial
By Michael Lee Pope
Centre View
Who is responsible for fixing potholeson Fairfax County roads? Stateleaders in Richmond want to hand
over control to transportation officials at theFairfax County Government Center. But Chair-woman Sharon Bulova is joining with leadersin Loudoun County and Prince William Countyto oppose the move. In a joint letter to the Gen-eral Assembly, the local government leaders inthe three Northern Virginia jurisdictions andChesterfield say that they op-pose the shift in responsibility asan unfunded mandate, one thatwould hurt taxpayers.
“To put it bluntly, devolutionwould require a local tax in-crease,” the joint letter con-cluded.
State control of local roads dates back to theGreat Depression, when leaders in Richmondstepped in to handle infrastructure needs thatwere going unmet because local governmentswere broke. Some say the system is outdatedand ill-equipped for the modern era, especiallybecause local governments can respond moreeffectively to needs in Fairfax County than stateofficials in the Virginia Department of Trans-portation headquarters on East Broad Streetin Richmond.
“Listen, I’m a child of the ’70s,” said Trans-portation Secretary Sean Connaughton, aformer chairman of the Prince William CountyBoard of Supervisors. “I’m a big fan of Devo,which was short for devolution.”
Connaughton says Virginia is one of the only
states in the country where state officials havethe responsibility of maintaining local roads.Cities and towns already take care of their ownroads, and Arlington County has long main-tained its own infrastructure. That’s why thesecretary and others want the three largestjurisdictions in Northern Virginia to assume anincreased responsibility. Mount Vernon DistrictSupervisor Gerald Hyland says the conceptcould work, but only if the state is willing tofork over enough cash to go along with theresponsibility.
“It would be essential that the money follow
the devolution,” Hyland said. “Or else you aregoing to have revolution on the part of localgovernments.”
THE COALITION of local government chair-men says that after years of neglect, Virginia’stransportation funds are nearly depleted. TheVirginia Department of Transportation esti-mates that 34 percent of secondary roads inVirginia are substandard, which means thatstate officials would be handing over substan-dard resources with little or no way to pay forimprovements. Even if hundreds of millionscould be earmarked to bring these roads up tostandard, the local governments would be onthe hook to pay for maintenance in the future.
“Our roads are in deplorable shape,” theleaders wrote in the joint statement to the
General Assembly. “As the nation pulls fromthe constraints of recession, the risks associ-ated with devolution pose an even greaterthreat to the vitality of Virginia.”
Bulova likes to compare the process of devo-lution to ownership of a car that has failed allthe inspections. All of the tires in Bulova’smetaphor are flat. It needs a paintjob. Manyrepairs are needed. Like the state’s system ofsecondary roads, which she says are “deplor-able,” the imaginary car is more of a burdenthan an asset.
“It’s as though the state coasted it into thedriveway of the county and said,‘Here, it’s yours. Take it,’” Bulovasaid. “And now it’s our responsi-bility to fix it up.”
ALTHOUGH LOCAL LEADERSusually argue for more power, the
debate over devolution turns the traditionalparadigm on its head. The five chairmen ac-knowledged in the joint statement that respon-sibility of the commonwealth’s secondary roadsystem is an example of an instance where“constituency and economics of scale” pointto state-level responsibility.The stakes are high because if Connaughton issuccessful in shifting responsibility in Fairfax,Loudoun, Prince William and Chesterfield,more jurisdictions will be asked to step up inthe future.
“Other counties in the commonwealth alsorecognize that devolution will not stop at ourborders,” the joint letter concludes. “In thecoming years, proposals to devolve road main-tenance to more and more localities wouldcome before the General Assembly.”
Unnatural Selection State and local leaders clash overresponsibility of secondary roads.
“Listen, I’m a child of the ’70s. I’m a big fanof Devo, which was short for devolution.”
— Transportation Secretary Sean Connaughton
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Kidney Walk To Raise Funds, AwarenessKidney Screening
A Kidney Early Evaluation Program screeningwill be held Sunday, April 29, from noon-4 p.m.,at the Vienna Adventist Academy, 340 CourthouseRoad S.W., in Vienna. It’s free to people, 18 andover, with risk factors for kidney disease, diabetesor high blood pressure. To make an appointment,call 202-244-7900
longer uses table salt and asks restaurantsnot to put any additional salt on her meal.She also reads food labels to check out thesodium content because, she said, “Sodiumisn’t good for your heart and blood pres-sure.”
In addition, she now does cardio exercisesa couple times a week at a gym and checksher blood pressure at home. The 2006 Vir-ginia Tech grad is also looking forward toparticipating in the upcoming Kidney Walk.
The nonprofit National Kidney Founda-tion is dedicated to preventing kidney dis-ease and supporting people and familiesaffected by it, while promoting the impor-tance of organ donation. Funds from the5K or 1-mile memorial walk will help itcarry out its goals, and that’s why Olabanjiis taking part.
“I’m a busy, young professional who hesi-tated to say anything about my conditionto anyone because lots of people are inworse shape than I am,” she said. “I’m fine.I’m simply trying to shed light on the won-derful work the Kidney Foundation is do-ing to raise money and help people in thecommunity with preventative care and earlydetection.”
“They’re able to offer free, kidney-diseasescreenings because of the money they raise,”continued Olabanji. “So anything I can doto help them, I’m happy to do.”
She said she’ll be pleased if she can en-courage or help anyone who may be at riskto go to a screening and get checked forhigh blood pressure, diabetes or kidney dis-ease. “You may be healthy, you may be fine,”she said. “But it’s better to get checked andknow for sure.”
Most people don’t even know diabetes isthe number-one cause of kidney failure, saidOlabanji. “You hear so much about otherdiseases but, for many people, this is a si-lent killer — and they don’t know anything’swrong until it’s too late. Just recently, forexample, [celebrity] Nick Cannon just col-lapsed and had no idea his kidneys wereshutting down.”
April is National Organ Donation Monthand, at the Kidney Walk, she’ll be walkingin honor of her uncle Diran Idowu who suf-fers from kidney disease and is searchingfor a replacement kidney. That’s why shesays she’s become “kidney smart” and trulyrealized there’s no cure for kidney disease.
“There are thousands of people across thiscountry, just like my uncle, in need of a new
kidney to live a longer, healthier life,” saidOlabanji. “So many people die every year,waiting for a kidney. But you only need onekidney to survive; so I hope some peoplewill share their spare.”
The April 22 walk falls on Olabanji’s birth-day, and she’s delighted to spend it that way.Joining her in the 5K walk around theReston Town Center will be nine of her closefriends and family members. Their teamname is Teal Team Six.
“I picked the name after I heard aboutthe amazing heroism shown by the U.S.Navy’s elite Seal Team Six squadron,” shesaid. “They took down one of the world’smost-feared terrorists, and my team is go-ing to fight for awareness of kidney disease.Teal happens to be one of my favorite col-ors, as well.” Olabanji hopes to raise $1,000for the event and has already collected $745in donations from friends, co-workers andrelatives. Contributions to the Foundationmay also be made at http://dona te . k idney.o rg/ s i t e/TR/Walk/NationalCapitalArea?pg=entry&fr_id=4311.
Usually, Olabanji does her talking on ABC-TV’s “Good Morning, Washington” show.But this time, she said, “I’m using my voiceand energy for those who can’t. Come outand walk, bring the family, donate if youcan — and support the Kidney Foundationand the great job they’re doing in the Wash-ington, D.C., area.”
Kidney Disease FactsChronic kidney disease is characterized by a
gradual loss of kidney function over time. It in-creases the risk of heart and blood vessel disease.Early detection and treatment can often prevent itfrom getting worse. When kidney diseaseprogresses, it can lead to kidney failure, requiringdialysis or a kidney transplant.
❖ There are 10,146 patients on dialysis inVirginia, 765 in Fairfax County and 49 in theCity of Fairfax.
❖ The Washington, D.C., area leads the nationin kidney disease, with more than 700,000 cases.
❖ Each year, more than 87,000 Americans diefrom causes related to kidney failure.
❖ Of the more than 112,000 Americanscurrently awaiting organ transplants, nearly90,000 are waiting for a kidney.
❖ In 2010, there were 16,901 kidney trans-plants performed in the U.S. — illustrating thegap between the number of people waiting for akidney and the number actually receiving one.
❖ Every day, 18 people die while waiting for atransplant of a vital organ, such as a kidney,heart or lung.
❖ Kidney disease hits minorities dispropor-tionately, with African Americans affected atthree times the rate of Caucasians.
❖ Cardiovascular disease is the number onekiller of people with CKD.
❖Just one organ/tissue donor can save orimprove the lives of up to 50 people.
SymptomsMost people may not have any severe symptoms
until their kidney disease is advanced. However,they may notice that they have:
❖ trouble concentrating❖ a poor appetite❖ trouble sleeping❖ nighttime muscle cramps❖ swollen feet and ankles❖ puffiness around the eyes, especially in the
morning❖ dry, itchy skin❖ less energy and feel more tired❖ the need to urinate more often, especially at
night.— Source: National Kidney Foundation
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Entertainment
TUESDAYS IN APRILFamily Nights at Chick-fil-A. Free. Tuesdays from 5:30 to
7:30 p.m. At Chick-fil-A at Chantilly Place.❖ Tuesday, April 17 - Family Fitness Night with nZone and
Balloon Art with Marsha G❖ Tuesday, April 25 - Family Music Night with Mr. D; customers
will also receive a free Kid’s Grilled Nugget Meal (4-count)with the purchase of an adult meal.
TUESDAY NIGHTSWorld-Class Jazz. 6 to 9 p.m. Paul Langosch on bass and Rick
Whitehead on guitar. At the Copper Canyon, 5815 TrinityParkway, Centreville. Call 703-830-6600 for reservations.
TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYSCentreville Stitchers welcome adults who enjoy knitting,
crocheting, or other needlework crafts and conversation. Joinus at the Centreville Regional Library, 14200 St. Germain Dr.,Centreville. Admission is free. Contact Jo at 703-803-0595 oremail [email protected].
❖ Thursday, April 12 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.❖ Tuesday, April 24 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
ZUMBA FITNESS CLASSES IN CHANTILLYLatin-based dance fitness classes — no gym membership required.
Mondays and Wednesdays 7 to 8 p.m. Go toWWW.GOZUMBAFUN.COM.
FRIDAY/APRIL 13An Evening with Kathryn Erskine. 7:30 p.m. Meet National
Book Award winner, Kathryn Erskine, author of Quaking,Mockingbird and The Absolute Value of Mike. Cosponsored bythe Friends of the Chantilly Regional Library. Books availablefor sale and signing. Age 10 to adult. At the Chantilly RegionalLibrary, Stringfellow Road, Chantilly.
Swing Dancing. 9 p.m. to midnight. Admission is $15. With theband, JP McDermott and Western Bop. Drop-in beginnerswing lesson from 8:30 to 9 p.m.; dancing from 9 p.m. tomidnight. At the Hilton Washington Dulles Airport, 13869Park Center Road, Herndon.
Country Dance Night. 8 p.m. Cost is $15. Choice of Two-Stepor Line Dance Lesson taught by professional teachers. Attire iscowboy or cowgirl. Proceeds will benefit the Clifton DanceAcademy. At Clifton Town Hall, 12641 Chapel Road, Clifton.Visit www.CliftonDanceAcademy.com.
SATURDAY/APRIL 14Spring Upscale Resale. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free admission. The
Salvation Army Fairfax Corps will host a gigantic sale ofpersonal treasuries and sundries donated from their membersand several estates. At the Salvation Army Fairfax Corps, 4915Ox Road in Fairfax. Call 703-893-1113 or 703-356-4058.
School Clean-Up. 9 a.m. to noon. Help serve your communityat the annual Colin Powell Elementary Community Clean-Up.Staff, students, parents, and community members are invitedto help clean up the school and its surrounding community. Itis suggested that participants wear long pants, long sleevedshirts, and bring work gloves. Trash bags will be provided bythe school, along with water and snacks. [email protected].
Westfield High School Mulch Sale. Cost is $2 per bag. Toplace an order, go to http://ptsa.westfieldhs.org/mulch-order-form.html and place your order online. Delivery is scheduledfor April 14. Proceeds will go toward the All-Night Grad Party.For questions, contact [email protected].
3-D Art Work. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cox Communications hostsinteractive event at Fair Oaks Mall featuring 3-D Work byworld-renowned artist, Kurt Wenner. Visitors can also enjoyfree face-painting, win prizes and learn about CoxCommunications products and services. Artwork will be ondisplay until May 13. At Fair Oaks Mall Grand Court, 11750Fair Oaks Mall, Fairfax.
SUNDAY/APRIL 15N Gauge Train Display. 1 to 4 p.m. The Northern Virginia
NTRACK members will have a display and N Gauge trainsrunning. Cost is $3/adults; $1/children. At the Fairfax StationRailroad Museum, 11200 Fairfax Station Road, FairfaxStation. Visit www.fairfax-station.org phone 703-425-9225.
MONDAY/APRIL 16Strawberry & Literary Festival. 7 p.m. Hosted by the
Centreville Garden Club Meeting. Members share favoritebooks and magazines that have a garden-related focus.Strawberry celebration & desserts. At Sully GovernmentCenter, 4900 Stonecroft Blvd., Chantilly. Meetings generally3rd Monday each month. Learn more atcentrevillegardenclub.blogspot.com [email protected]. Visitors welcome. Call703-830-2942.
Republican Women of Clifton. 7:30 p.m. Guest Chet Nagle,author of the book Iran Covenant. Talk will focus on themilitary options the U.S. and Israel face regarding Iran’snuclear weapons program. Meeting at Centreville High SchoolMedia Center, Union Mill Road, Clifton.
TUESDAY/APRIL 17DASH at Famous Dave’s. 5 to 9 p.m. Dating Abuse Stops
Here invites you to a fundraiser commemorating the 3rdAngelversary of Siobhan Russell in whose memory theorganization was founded. At Famous Dave’s, 14452 ChantillyCrossing Lane, Chantilly. Visit
www.datingabusestopshere.com.
APRIL 17 TO 19Space Shuttle Discovery Arrival and Welcome. On
Tuesday, April 17, the space shuttle Discovery is expected tofly low over Dulles Airport around 10 a.m. and land. OnThursday, April 19 at 11 a.m. is the ceremony to receive theshuttle at the Museum. To be held at the National Air andSpace Museum’s Steven F. Udvar Hazy Center, 14390 Air andSpace Parkway, Chantilly. The ceremony is open to the public,free of charge. There will be standing space for thousands ofpeople. There is a $15 parking fee. Visit http://www.nasm.si.edu/udvarhazy.
FRIDAY/APRIL 20Swing Dancing. 9 p.m. to midnight. Admission is $15. With
Boogie Woogie Hall of Famer Carl Sonny Leyland. 8:30-9 p.m.drop-in beginner swing lesson; 9 p.m.-12 midnight dance. Atthe Hilton Washington Dulles Airport, 13869 Park CenterRoad, Herndon.
SATURDAY/APRIL 21Gospell Concert. 6 p.m. Feturing All4Hym Bluegrass Gospel
Band from Front Royal. At Oakton Baptist Church, 14001Sullyfield Circle, Chantilly. The church is located on Route 50,1/5 mile east of the Route 28 overpass on the corner of Route50 and Sullyfield Circle. Call 703 631-1799.
Clifton Turns 110. At 2 p.m. Celebrate the Town of Clifton’sbirthday at the Gazebo in the Clifton Town Park. Cake,beverages and singing. There will also be a bench dedicationin honor of Paul and Louise Longerbeam.
Fire and Rescue Family Fest. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. Theevent will feature an appearance by the children’s musicgroup, Silly Bus, a 2009 Mom’s Choice Award winner. For a$10 donation, attendees will receive a raffle ticket and a Mini-Moo and a Pev’s Paintball Pass. A fundraiser for the NationalFallen Firefighters Foundation. At Bull Run Regional ParkSpecial Events Center, 7700 Bull Run Drive, Centreville.
Roots & Shoots Earth Day Event. 9 a.m. to noon.Participants will interact with nature and learn about theenvironment and endangered species. Activities includeplanting, weeding, mulching, trash clean-up, and crafts forkids. Participants must be at least five years old (ages 12 andunder must be accompanied by an adult) and should bring awater bottle, sunscreen, hat garden gloves, and insectrepellent. At Cub Run RECenter, 4630 Stonecroft Blvd. inChantilly. Contact Debbie Lodato, volunteer manager at 703-817-9423, or [email protected].
Global Youth Service Day. More than a dozen nonprofits areoffering volunteer projects throughout Fairfax County. Toview a project near you and reserve a spot, visitwww.volunteerfairfax.org. For questions, contact ElaineLydick at 703-246-3533 or [email protected].
SUNDAY/APRIL 22Going Green in Your Rose Garden. 2 p.m. Free. Arlington
Rose Foundation presents speaker, LeeAnn Seeley, a self-described “Earth Angel”. Learn about organic and low riskpesticides. Door prizes. Upstairs at Merrifield Garden Center,Fair Oaks location. Contact 703-371-9351.
Fair Lakes Community Clean-Up. The Ed Lang Team of Re/Max Premier will provide all the clean-up supplies that areneeded on the day of the clean-up. Volunteers will receive aVDOT orange trash bag, a pair of latex gloves, and adesignated location to clean! At the end of the clean-up, everyvolunteer will get to enjoy free pizza provided by Tony’s NewYork Pizza in Fair Lakes Shopping Center. Drop by the Re/Max Office at 13135 Lee Jackson Hwy #115, Fairfax, andpick up your free Earth Day clean-up supply kit. Free kits willbe available throughout the month of April, Monday-Fridayfrom 9 a.m.-5 p.m. For details or to sign up as a volunteer,visit: www.GoFairLakesEarthDay.com
2012 Holocaust Commemoration. 2 to 5:30 p.m. Includessurvivor-teen dialogues (2-4pm), name readings (2-4pm), artexhibits, presentation of the Youth Tolerance Project awardand a commemoration in song, readings & remembrances (4-5:30pm). At the Gesher Jewish Day School, 4800 MattieMoore Court, Fairfax.
MONDAY/APRIL 23Kindergarten Orientation. Cub Run Elementary will conduct
a kindergarten orientation/registration. Parents will receive anoverview of the curriculum and meet the teachers. Last namesbeginning with A-L are from 1:30-2:30 p.m. and M-Z are from2:30-3:30 p.m. Kindergarten students will visit the classroomswhile parents are registering. Parents need to bring with theman original birth certificate, proof of residency (lease or deed)and physical/immunization records. Call 703-633-7500.
TUESDAY/APRIL 24Tea and Shakespeare. 2 to 3:30 p.m. Cost is $25. Celebrate
Shakespeare Day with a traditional English Tea of sweets andsavories. Hear how tea has impacted history since WilliamShakespeare’s day. Listen to dramatic readings of the Bard’swork and try your hand at composing your own sonnet. AtSully Historic Site. Call 703-437-1794.
WEDNESDAY/APRIL 25Understanding Medicare, Medigap and Medicare Part
D. 3 to 4:30 p.m. Part of the 2012 Seminars for FamilyCaregivers series. At the Sully Government Center, 4900Stonecroft Blvd., Chantilly. [email protected], orcall 703-324-5205, TTY 711.
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New Mark Downs Taken!Mae’s Dress Boutique, the premier After 5 store you’ve trusted for over 35 years, is closing the doors forever.
Beginning Wednesday, we’ve taken new mark downs on hundreds of items throughout the store.Hurry in for the best assortment while we still have stock and sizes available.
6707 Old Dominion Drive, McLean, VA [email protected] • 703-356-6333
Store Hours: Monday – Saturday, 10am to 5:30pm. Sale Terms: All Sales Final.No adjustments. We Accept: Visa, MC, Discover, AMEX.
Dress BoutiqueWashington’s Premier After 5 Boutique
Game Ends 6/16/2012
1. Samsung 40" LCD TV, $549 Value.
2. Canon PowerShot Camera, $400.
3. Saeco Espresso Maker, $350.
4. Canon Camcorder, $290.
5. DeLonghi Food Processor, $250.
6. Garmin GPS System, $160.
7. Keurig Coffee System, $160.
8. Frigidaire Toaster Oven, $150.
9. Kick Sound System, $115.
10. Tiger Rice Cooker, $100.
Directions: NORTH on the Beltway take Exit 46B onto Rt. 123N.-McLean. Go 3 miles- Turn right ontoOld Dominion Dr. (Rt. 309). Go 1/2 mile thru two traffic lights. We are on the right next to Shell Gas.SOUTH from Md.- Cross over the Amer. Legion Bridge.- Take the VERY first right Exit 43-44 to VA 193toward Langley - Go 1/2 mile and turn right onto Balls Hill Rd. Go .9th mile - Turn left onto OldDominion Drive - Go thru 3 traffic lights - We are on the right next to Shell Gas. We are less than5 minutes from the Bridge.
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Police SeekingAuxiliaryOfficers
The Fairfax County Police De-partment is seeking people to joinits Auxiliary Police Officer (APO)program. An all-volunteer, civilianforce comprised of 108 men andwomen, APO’s play a role insupplementing the sworn person-nel in essential, public-safety op-erations. They perform a myriadof duties such as staffing sobrietycheckpoints and protecting theintegrity of crime scenes; they mayalso be deployed to natural ormanmade disasters at any time.
APO’s come from a variety ofbackgrounds that enhance theFCPD with their unique sets ofknowledge, skills and abilities. Ablend of retirees and employed,APOs like to learn and have thetime to commit. Once they pass abackground check, they’re re-quired to undergo training at theCriminal Justice Academy inChantilly. It runs two evenings aweek and a few Saturdays a monthduring a 16-week academy slatedto begin in January 2013.
Applications are not being ac-cepted. To learn more about theAPO program or request an appli-
cation, call 703-280-0576 or e-mail [email protected].
Meals on WheelsVolunteers
Fairfax County needs Meals onWheels drivers in Chantilly andgroup Meals on Wheels coordina-tors in both Chantilly and Fairfax.Contact Volunteer Solutions at703-324-5406, TTY 711,[email protected]
or visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dfs/olderadultservices/volunteer-solutions.htm.
WFCM SeeksFood, Volunteers
Western Fairfax Christian Min-istries’ (WFCM) food pantry ur-gently needs donations of oil (48oz. or smaller); flour (2-5 lb. bag);sugar (2-5 lb. bag); canned meats;salad dressing, jelly; jam; spa-ghetti sauce, canned fruit; canned
Roundups
beets, spinach, greens, potatoesand mixed vegetables; pancakemix and syrup; mayonnaise, babyfood (stages 1 and 3); cocoa, cof-fee, ketchup and mustard. Alsoneeded are laundry detergent,toothpaste and shampoo.
Bring all items to WFCM’S foodpantry at 13981 Metrotech Drive(near Backyard Grill and Bar) inChantilly. Volunteers are alsoneeded:
Thrift store: Volunteersneeded Mondays and Fridays, fortwo or three hours between 9 a.m.-
6 p.m. Volunteers needed Tues-days and Thursdays, for two orthree hours between 1-6 p.m., aswell as Saturdays, from 2-5 p.m.For more information, contact Vol-unteer Manager Annette Bosley at703-988-9656.
Food pantry: Volunteers areneeded Mondays and Wednes-days, from 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Furniture ministry: One per-son is needed to help move furni-ture that will be given to clients inneed.
County ShelterReceives Awards
The Fairfax County Animal Shel-ter received accolades from theMetropolitan Council of Govern-ments for two programs and alarge-scale animal rescue in 2010- 2011.
The Fairfax County Animal Ser-vices Division won the Council ofGovernments’ Animal RescueStory of 2010 – 2011 award for acase that involved the rescue ofmore than 160 cats. These catswere found in a single familyhome in which animal control of-ficers worked for several days toremove. Shelter staff and volun-teers provided care and treatmentfor the cats throughout a five-month period to get many of thecats adopted or transferred to res-cue organizations.
The shelter also received theCommunity Impact Award for itsspay/neuter program which pro-vides high-quality, low-cost spay/neuter for citizens’ animals andfree trap, neuter and return (TNR)for feral cats.
Shelter volunteer Theresa Bakeralso received the council’s Hu-mane Education Award for her ef-forts with the shelter’s pit bulladoption program. Baker fosterspit bulls providing training toready them for adoption.
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Address ................................. BR FB HB .... Postal City ... Sold Price .... Type ....... Lot AC .. PostalCode ........ Subdivision .............. Date Sold
1 701 GOULDMAN LN .............. 5 .. 7 . 2 ..... GREAT FALLS .. $3,650,000 .... Detached ..... 5.39 .. 22066 ........... GOULDMAN ACRES .......... 02/09/12
2 1880 MASSACHUSETTS AVE .. 5 .. 5 . 2 ........ MCLEAN ..... $2,400,000 .... Detached ..... 0.57 .. 22101 .............. FRANKLIN PARK ............. 02/28/12
3 7820 LOUGHRAN RD ............ 4 .. 3 . 2 ........ MCLEAN ..... $2,300,000 .... Detached ..... 1.17 .. 22102 .............. GARFIELD PARK ............. 02/17/12
4 6238 RADCLIFF RD ............... 7 .. 6 . 2 ..... ALEXANDRIA .. $1,865,000 .... Detached ..... 0.26 .. 22307 ............... BELLE HAVEN .............. 02/29/12
5 1671 HUNTING CREST WAY ... 5 .. 5 . 1 ......... VIENNA ..... $1,786,175 .... Detached ..... 1.81 .. 22182 ......... BACHMAN PROPERTY ........ 02/29/12
6 6000 CLAIBORNE DR ............ 7 .. 7 . 0 ........ MCLEAN ..... $1,700,000 .... Detached ..... 0.45 .. 22101 ............. POTOMAC HILLS ............ 02/15/12
7 6507 RIDGE ST ..................... 6 .. 5 . 1 ........ MCLEAN ..... $1,600,000 .... Detached ..... 0.34 .. 22101 ............. LANGLEY FARMS ............ 02/13/12
8 207 MCHENRY ST SE ............. 5 .. 5 . 2 ......... VIENNA ..... $1,550,000 .... Detached ..... 0.46 .. 22180 .......... MC HENRY HEIGHTS ......... 02/21/12
9 122 KINGSLEY RD NE ............ 5 .. 4 . 1 ......... VIENNA ..... $1,528,705 .... Detached ..... 0.63 .. 22180 .............. VIENNA ACRES ............. 02/28/12
10 3359 V LN ............................ 6 .. 5 . 1 ........ OAKTON ..... $1,500,000 .... Detached ..... 0.83 .. 22124 ................. WESTOAKS ................ 02/19/12
11 405 WALKER RD ................... 5 .. 4 . 1 ..... GREAT FALLS .. $1,450,000 .... Detached ..... 1.73 .. 22066 ............ RIVER BEND WALK ........... 02/16/12
12 1155 FIELDVIEW DR .............. 5 .. 4 . 1 ........ RESTON ..... $1,365,000 .... Detached ..... 0.58 .. 20194 .... ESTATES AT WYNDHAM HILLS ... 02/15/12
13 1036 LEIGH MILL RD ............. 5 .. 6 . 2 ..... GREAT FALLS .. $1,275,000 .... Detached ..... 5.64 .. 22066 ......... COLD STREAM FARMS ........ 02/07/12
14 11660 PREFERENCE WAY ...... 5 .. 5 . 2 ....... HERNDON ... $1,250,000 .... Detached ..... 0.86 .. 20170 ...............CARIS GLENNE ............. 02/16/12
15 3813 DANIEL‘S RUN CT ......... 5 .. 5 . 1 ......... FAIRFAX ..... $1,120,000 .... Detached ..... 0.20 .. 22030 ................. FARRCROFT ............... 02/03/12
16 7951 KELLY ANN CT .............. 5 .. 5 . 0 .. FAIRFAX STATION$1,075,000 .... Detached ..... 5.00 .. 22039 .......... BRIARLYNN ESTATES ......... 02/22/12
Source: MRIS, Inc. For more information on MRIS, visit www.mris.com
1 701 Gouldman Lane,Great Falls — $3,650,000
2 1880 Massachusetts Avenue, McLean — $2,400,000
8 207 McHenryStreet Southeast,Vienna — $1,550,000
10 3359 V Lane,Oakton — $1,500,000
14 11660 Preference Way,Herndon — $1,250,000
15 3813 Daniel’sRun Court,Fairfax —$1,120,000
16 7951 Kelly Ann Court,Fairfax Station — $1,075,000
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Home Life Style
See Design Wins, Page 13
See Bathroom Design, Page 12
By Marilyn Campbell
Centre View
Updating or renovating abathroom can be a daunt-ing project. From select-ing tile and fixtures to
choosing a tub and vanity, options areoverwhelmingly plentiful. One sourceof inspiration when transforming aboring bath into a luxurious, spa-in-spired retreat is the newly releasedNational Kitchen and Bathroom
Association’sannual designtrend survey.The 2012 listoffers a snap-shot of the lat-est in bath-room decor.Local design-ers and asso-ciation mem-bers discussthe list andshare theirideas for mak-ing stunning
visual statement in this essentialspace.
FREESTANDING TUBS. The focalpoint of any bathroom is the tub. Lo-cal designers say a freestanding tubcan transform a bathroom into serenesanctuary. “It is like your master bath-room is like a hotel,” said designer
Megan Padilla of Aidan Design. “We’re see-ing the emergence of the bathroom as aretreat or spa experience.”
POLISHED CHROME. Bathroom acces-sories are increasingly bright and shiny aspolished nickel and chrome finishes gainpopularity. “Polished chrome tends to work
especially well with grays, blues and white.It is also an easy choice if you are budget-conscious.” said Falls Church-based de-signer Allie Mann of Case Design/Remod-eling. “Another choice is polished nickel. Ithas nice brown undertones that can pairwell when you’re going outside the tradi-tional white and grey tones.”
Some designers say that brushed metalfinishes are still a practical choice for manyhomeowners. “Many people prefer brushednickel because it shows fewer water spotsand looks cleaner,” said David Doughton,kitchen and bathroom designer at theKitchen and Bath Factory in Arlington.
By John Byrd
Special to the Connection
Tastes change; so, too, an owner’s re-quirements of their home. In theearly 1960s, for instance, no floor
plan concept seemed better suited to thedemands of modern life than the split level— which deployed half-levels to apportioninterior space into sleeping zones, familygathering rooms and service areas.
Carrying the social engineering a stepfurther, designers next introduced the “splitfoyer” which directs traffic up and downfrom a locale between two floors — givingequal value to kitchen and bedrooms above;
family recreation and laundry below. Butsuch schemes aren’t for everyone and, moreto the point, after years of application, re-strictive rules — like walls — can wear thin.
Consider, for instance, the case of Gini andBob Mulligan, 25-year occupants of a circa-1960s split-foyer situated on a wooded set-ting in Fairfax.
“We were really attracted to the extraor-dinary country setting when we bought thishouse in 1988,” Gini Mulligan said. “It’s veryprivate, wooded acreage that really bringsyour attention to the beauty of nature. Wewere less attracted to the house itself, butthought, well … we can make some changesonce we’re settled in.”
Fast-forward a couple of decades, and there-thinking process is still underway. “Wesolicited ideas from a lot of remodelers, butmodifications to a split foyer that workedfor us weren’t easy to come by. In the end,we decided that our surroundings called fora farmhouse with a big welcoming porch.
Creating a Dream Bathroom Local pros share the latest designtrends for this essential space.
April Case Underwood used a freestanding tub and large tile to create a spa bathroom in this Reston home.
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From Home to Dream Home: Split Foyer to French ColonialSun DesignRemodeling’s designsolution for Mulliganhome tops categoryin “Contractor of theYear” Awards.
The biggest challenge to re-designing a split foyer is the mid-level front door. Raising the entry half a leveland introducing a wrap-around elevation porch is logical and an appropriate choice for the home’s woodedsetting.
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“We’re seeingthe emergenceof thebathroom as aretreat or spaexperience.”
— Megan Padilla ofAidan Design
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Latest in Bathroom Design
Falls Church-based designer Allie Mann incorporatedseveral 2012 design trends, including polishedchrome fixtures, gray paint and large tile in the bath-room of this Arlington home.
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WATER CLOSETS. DesignerApril Case Underwood of CaseDesign/Remodeling has seen aspike in the demand for bathroomswith a separate room for the toi-let. “If the bathroom is largeenough, a lot of people like to addwater closets. Even though theyare sharing a bathroom with aspouse or partner, water closetsgive them the opportunity to be alittle bit more private when theyare using the toilet.”
MEDICINE CABINETS. Ashomeowners look for effectiveways to add additional storagespace, shelving and cabinetry inthe bathroom, the time-testedmedicine cabinet is making a re-emergence after a decline in popu-larity.“In [the Washington, D.C. area]where bathrooms are small, everyinch of space is premium,” saidDoughton. “Medicine cabinets aredefinitely a must in this area. I’veeven made units that are 60 inchestall that go behind a door to givepeople the ample amount of stor-age space.”
Another option is a furniture-style vanity cabinet. “They are dif-ferent from traditional cabinetsbecause they look like a piece offurniture and can add a ‘wow’ fac-tor to a bathroom,” addedDoughton.
SOLID SURFACES. When itcomes to vanity tops, granite,quartz and marble are the topchoices. “Quartz vanity tops arelow maintenance, but some peoplewant the natural look of granite,”said Doughton.
As an alternative, Mann suggestsan engineered stone known asCambria. “It is man-made and is agood solid surface,” said Mann. “Itis not a porous material and doesnot require a lot of maintenance.”
A National Kitchen and Bath-room Association survey foundthat another trend is the use ofglass vanity tops. “It gives a bit offlair,” said Mann. “It adds a littlebit of interest to the space andgives it a little bit of charm andpersonality.”
SHADES OF GRAY. While whites
and off-whites continue to be themost popular color for bathrooms,gray is gaining ground as a versa-tile option. When used skillfully,gray color schemes can provide adistinguished backdrop withoutoverpowering a design.
“What’s nice about gray finishesis that it can accent just about anypalette, especially blues orgreens,” said Doughton.
Mann used gray paint and whitemarble to turn an Arlington bath-room into a tranquil sanctuary“Gray is pleasing and calming,”she said. “It has become the newneutral. [Designers] say it has be-come the new beige.”
TRANSITIONAL OVER TRADI-TIONAL. For the first time sincethe National Kitchen and Bath-room Association began trackingannual trends, traditional is nolonger the most popular designstyle. Replacing it is transitionalstyle, a combination of traditionaland contemporary elements thatcreates a classic, timeless design.
“I think some people may beafraid to commit to one style overanother,” said Doughton. “Transi-tional allows them to incorporatethings that they like from bothrealms and blend them together.What you pair with it really deter-mines which way it sways on theline between modern or contem-porary or traditional.”
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Design Wins ‘Contractor of Year’ AwardUnfortunately, the conceptual drawings we receivedmostly just showed we weren’t being heard. It wasvery frustrating.”
Compounding the issue was the couple’s extensive“wish list” — which included a large master bed-room suite; a gourmet kitchen; substantially enlargedliving and entertainment spaces; private places forbilliards and studio painting, and lots of natural lightand visual continuum in all directions.
Ranked above all this, however, was a call to dra-matically re-design the front façade. “A split foyerputs the front door midway between the first andsecond levels,” Gini Mulligan said. “How do youmodify a feature like that?”
Enter Craig Durosko, founderand chairman of Sun Design Re-modeling.
“A split foyer is a fascinatingchallenge,” Durosko said. “Forstarters, you have to eliminate themid-level front-facing stairwell,and create alternatives that reallyadvance the owner’s vision. Typi-cally, this is going to entail struc-tural changes and a re-definitionto the home’s basic architecture.”
The starting point is to concentrate on solving func-tional considerations, Durosko said. This drives thesearch for an architectural language that satisfies abroad criteria including the appropriateness of thehome’s design to its setting.
Interesting, then, that what evolves out of routinespace-planning is a rural variant of French Colonialstyle, associated with Louisiana and the Delta states— places where the indoor-outdoor component is alifestyle essential.
“Relocating the front door to the second floor mainlevel wrapped by a porch called for distinctive frontstairs,” Durosko said. “We designed the pavilion roofto reconcile the porch to the higher pitch of a newthird level hipped roof. Three dormer windows —needed for natural light — followed from this.”
THE NEW STYLE emerges in the details. The en-try way is a glass-facing double French door. Six di-vided light windows now grace the re-imagined frontelevation. \Porch support piers are perfectly alignedwith its roof columns. The broad flaring stairway nar-rows towards the top. Old brick was deployed to ex-
tend the existing chimney. In its essence, Duroskoand team create a spot-on evocation of a “raised ru-ral” French Colonial, a look originally created in the18th century for just such a country setting.
By contrast, the remade interior explores “open”floor plan sensibilities — emphasizing unclutteredsightlights and easy circulation.
A footprint above the garage is allocated to a size-able master suite with 15-foot cathedral ceilings andgenerous views of the leafy lot from front and back.Three small bedrooms on the home’s south side areconverted into a generous guest suite complete withits own rear entrance.
Front-facing rooms are converted into a library(which accesses both suites) andthe new locale for a mid-housestaircase linking both the existinglower level and a new third floor.
Other small changes expand thehome’s primary living area. Delet-ing just 90 square feet of mid-levelfoyer permitted designers toreconfigure the living room anddining room into an L-shaped“great room” wrapping a newgourmet kitchen which opens ontwo sides.
The kitchen’s cathedral ceiling — crowned withan extensive window wall — invites natural light andvisual continuity. As Gini Mulligan tells it: any seatin the primary living area is visually linked to thewooded setting from all sides.
On a similar note, relocating the stairwell andopening some walls transforms the lower level intoa light and airy family entertainment center. The thirdfloor — which Gini Mulligan plans to use as an artstudio — likewise, gains light from dormers in boththe front and the back.
For the Mulligans, though, what really matters ishow well the new house validates a long-forestalledpersonal vision.
“Rocking on the front porch in the morning or theevening surrounded by trees is just deliciously satis-fying,” Gini Mulligan said. “The house is a perfectrealization.”
On this point, others concur. The makeover wasrecently named the region’s best residential additionin the $100,000-$250,000 category by the NationalAssociation of the Remodeling Industry’s metro Wash-ington chapter.
Windowwalls,glass-facingsliders andotherglazingsolutionsmean thatany seat inthe primaryliving areais visuallylinked tothe woodedsetting.
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Blessed with Faith and Community
Erin Peterson
iffs and clergy. I think I saw JoeSamaha [Reema’s father] in an-other room or across the hall. Theystill didn’t have any information.My husband was focused on find-ing out where Erin was. I didn’tsay anything to him, but I stillhadn’t heard from her — and Iknew.”
Erin had just gotten into a coedhonors fraternity, Phi Sigma Pi,and her big brother from it stayedwith the Petersons while theywaited in the inn’s lobby with theother parents. At midnight, theywere told the coroners wouldn’t beidentifying any more bodies thatnight. “I wouldn’t have stopped,”said Peterson. “I would haveworked all night, knowing parentswere waiting to hear whether theirchildren were dead or alive.”
The next morning, a statetrooper who had a friend in com-mon with Erin’s dad was there.“Grafton gave him a picture of Erinand said, ‘This is my baby; can youfind her?’” said Peterson. “He cameback after awhile, with some other
pain last?” There was no real an-swer to that one but, said Peterson,“She was motherly and made mefeel comfortable. The first time,she hugged me afterward and itfelt so good. You just wanted tohave someone tell you it was go-ing to be all right.”
For a long time after Erin’sdeath, said Peterson, “I didn’tknow how I could go on. I wantedto be invisible. But people werehere to help me, and I still havefriends who stay pretty close. Icould call them day or night andthey’d listen to me — one friendespecially; we cried together.”
Still, she said, “People desper-ately want me to say I’m all right.They want you back to you so thatthey can be better, too. When welost Erin, it was like a bomb wentoff — and now we’re picking upthe pieces, bit by bit. The shrap-nel hurts other people, as well; butat first, you don’t realize that.”
Through it all, said Peterson,“Grafton and I leaned on eachother for comfort. And not a daygoes by that we don’t talk aboutErin. We feel that she’s still herewith us, but has just gone on thepath we all have to go, ahead ofus.” And that’s where faith comesin.
“You have to be rooted andgrounded in Christ before you getto a tragic situation,” saidPeterson. Then, if the worst hap-pens, she said, “You’re part of agood church family that’s prayingfor you while you can’t pray foryourself.”
She also spoke to God in an ef-fort to make some kind of senseout of something incomprehen-sible. “I didn’t understand whatwas going on,” she said. “Did I notdo those things He’d asked me to?You have a frank conversation, likea disagreement with your bestfriend.”
Peterson also considers herselfblessed to have had her church,
Mount Olive Baptist, plus her com-munity, family, friends, neighborsand co-workers to help her workthrough her feelings and just bethere to offer support. And sheneeded them all.
“In the beginning, the day-to-day living was hard,” she said.“But eventually, the holidays be-came the hardest, particularlyMother’s Day, Christmas andThanksgiving. They meant a lot toErin because our celebrations werea legacy she could pass on to herown children someday.”
Both thanksgiving and Christ-mas were shared with Erin’s ex-tended family and, for the latter,the Petersons adorned their homewith beautifully wrapped presents,Christmas trees and decorations inevery room.
“It was really over the top,” saidPeterson. “But we don’t put up aChristmas tree or decorations any-more. I threw all that stuff away.”
Also difficult for her, she said, isback-to-school time and “seeingcommercials of kids getting pack-ages from their parents, becausethat’s what we did for Erin. I can’tstand to watch them now.” Mean-while, she prays and talks to Godregularly.
“I believe he puts the rightpeople in my life at exactly theright time,” said Peterson. “Myfaith is the most important thingthat’s gotten me through. Theworld is a big bully, so you needto talk to someone bigger. When Iask God what His plan was [whenErin died], I hear Him ask me,‘Where were you when I put thestars in the sky and created man?’”
Because God created man withfree will, and not perfect, she said,“There’s been some evil. I believewhat was unleashed that day hap-pened because of free will. ButGod didn’t want it to happen — Iknow He wept, too.”
Still, Peterson sees God as the“benevolent father” and wantsHim to use her to help others.“God sacrificed his only child andHe’s able to still stand,” she said.“It’s because of Him that I can, too.I just hope Erin’s proud of me; Isometimes wish God would allowa phone call.”
But it eases her mind to pictureErin walking alongside her. “I feelher pressing up against me and Ilisten for her voice,” said Peterson.“And it’s comforting to know I’llsee her again in heaven.”
She said the tragedy seems likeit happened yesterday, and theanniversary of her daughter’sdeath isn’t any worse than anyother day. “Grafton and I buriedour only child,” said Peterson. “Ican’t imagine anything tougher.”
From left are Reema Samaha, her cousin Adrienne Fadouland her sister Randa Samaha in November 2006.
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Working on Campus Safetynot responding to my calls, textsand e-mails, I decided to track herdown through her friends and hallmates. Her roommate was doinga semester abroad. I also calledour nephew, also attending VT, tosearch for Reema. He thought thesame thing I did: She couldn’t pos-sibly be in Norris Hall. With eachunanswered call I got more anx-ious.
I recalled that Reema had twomorning classes and one on Mon-day was French. I called theFrench Department at VT andasked one of Reema’s teachers ifby chance there were any Frenchclasses in the morning? Her replywas yes, at 9 and 11.
My next question to her was,“Were there French classes givenin Norris Hall?” “Yes,” was her re-sponse. My heart dropped. I calledMona [who teaches] at HerndonElementary School, and I told mychildren, Omar and Randa, thatthey had to come home. We wereheaded to VT to see if we couldfind Reema.
Our 90 mph journey on I-81 tofind out Reema’s fate began at 3p.m. My heart was hopeful, but mymind was preparing me for theworst while keeping Mona, Omarand Randa encouraged. I knewdeep inside that the news inBlacksburg was not going to begood.
[Now, five years later], I reflecton the victims’ search for truth,accountability, apology and, ulti-mately, forgiveness. I reflect onbroken bodies, broken hearts, bro-ken minds from the tragedy andbroken laws and institutions thatmust be addressed.
So as victims we can do one oftwo things: We can succumb to ourgrief or we can take action in it.Since June 10, 2007, many of thefamilies of the survivors and sur-vivors decided to choose the lat-
ter.The Angel Fund was formed by
my family to educate our commu-nity and Virginians about the“whys” and the “whats” of thecauses of the April 16 tragedy andhow we can address them. Saferschools and Safer Communitieshas been our motto.
Besides the Angel Fund, thefamilies and survivors formed VTVFamily Outreach Foundation, a501c3 [nonprofit]; seewww.vtvfamilyfoundation.org.The mission of VTV is to advocatefor school and campus safety na-tionwide, as well as for outreachand help for victims of campusshootings and violent crime.
We are now creating, with thebest school-safety minds in thecountry, a national program called32 NCSI [National Campus SafetyIndex]. It is our trademarked, na-tional program that will belaunched sometime this year andwill establish a standard for cam-pus safety and security. Studentsand parents will want to review itwhen making their collegechoices.
It’s a tall order. But then again,those we lost on April 16, 2007deserve nothing less as their liv-ing legacy.
I have never looked back on thechoices I made after [that] April16. Though the daily hurt willnever go away, Mona, Omar,Randa and I have always feltReema is not far away. In fact, Ifeel she and the other [victims]guide us in what we do.
They, in a way, participate, andwe keep their tremendous spiritsinvolved. It’s no longer about “us.”It’s about everyone else and whatwe can do to help them. It’s aboutpreventing another young personfrom being killed at school andanother parent not having to sheda tear. There is no “self” any
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“You have to berooted andgrounded in Christbefore you get to atragic situation.”people, and said the news wasn’tgood. They told Grafton first andthen came up to our room and toldme.”
For her husband, it was the sec-ond time he’d lost a child. His firstdaughter died of cancer at age 8.
Peterson said what happenedafter they learned of Erin’s deathis still foggy. She rememberspeople calling her from all over —and the bitter reality that herdaughter was gone. Then cameoverwhelming sorrow that she dis-covered couldn’t be tempered bysharing it with her husband.
“Grief, to me, is individual,” shesaid. “You’re really inside yourmind. Erin was our everything.And even though Grafton and Ihad loved the same child, we eachgrieved differently.”
Peterson couldn’t do shared griefcounseling, either. “It’s too muchpain in the room for me,” she said.“I couldn’t comfort others becauseI couldn’t comfort myself. I didn’teven find help in grief books; thebest help was when I saw a thera-pist. I still see her once a month.Talking to her validated what I wasfeeling.”
She asked the therapist ques-tions such as, “How long will this
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Reemalonger. There is the mission. I guess you cansay this has been my therapy.
Mona and I handled the loss of Reemadifferently, as did our other children. Omarhas been a public-safety advocate for sometime now, and a Realtor, and is also enrolledin the MA [masters] Real Estate Programat Georgetown University. Randa is an RN2at INOVA Fairfax in the PICU [Prenatal In-tensive Care Unit] and was just accepted todo her nurse-practitioner studies at GeorgeWashington University. We have learnedthat we can address the loss of a child orsibling by taking different roads — eitherthrough advocacy, spirituality, activism orresilience. But you should always holdhands throughout the journey and never letgo. I will tell any other family that youshould not and can not go through such aloss without the support of family, friends,your community and their love. We areblessed to have had our Centreville/Chantilly/Herndon communities to lean onover these past 1,826 days.
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Rising property values, a relativelylow unemployment rate, and thelack of hot-button issues — such
as full-day kindergarten — have reducedpublic involvement in Fairfax County’sproposed $6.7 billion budget comparedto recent years, according to county lead-ers.
During last year’s budget cycle, Boardof Supervisors Chairman Sharon Bulova(D-at-large) said she heard from nearly1,000 constituents advocating for theirportion of the pie. This year, that num-ber plummeted to 30.
“At budget time, I clear the decks tosee as many people as possible,” Bulovasaid. “My dance card is full.”
Attendance at town hall meetings onthe budget has also been low, accordingto several supervisors.
Interest in Budget Slows as Economy Picks Up“The number of people who have signed
up to speak is way down from last year,”said Supervisor John Cook, (R-Braddock).“There is no one issue that’s got people riledup. People are not scared. Things have sta-bilized. We’re in a flat spot after severalyears of cuts.”
Next week, the public will have the op-portunity to weigh in on County ExecutiveAnthony Griffin’s proposed $6.7 billion bud-get for the county’s 1.1 million residents.
And supervisors want residents to knowthat their voice matters.
“Often testimony has caused us to adoptchanges to the advertised budget,” Bulovasaid. “It is critical that the community isengaged and at the table with us as we con-sider changes to what has been advertised.”
IN HIS FINAL YEAR as county executive,Griffin has proposed a budget based on thecurrent property tax rate of $1.07 for every$100 of assessed value, which means the
average homeowner, will pay $4,801 inproperty taxes, $33.85 more than lastyear, and $45.36 less than in fiscal year2007.
The proposed General Fund total is$3.5 billion, up $143 million over fiscalyear 2012. More than half of the bud-get (52.5 percent or $1.85 billion) is ear-marked for the school system.
To mitigate potential shortfalls, theboard voted to advertise a 1-cent tax in-crease to $1.08 per $100 of assessedvalue. Supervisor Linda Smyth (D-Provi-dence) called the one-penny increase an“insurance policy” against any fundingshortfalls.
In addition to allowing the rise inproperty taxes, Griffin’s budget alsoimposes several new fees, including astorm water fee would increase from 1.5cents for every $100 of assessed valueto 2.5 cents for every $100 of assessedvalue.
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Though I had never seen this man duringmy three-plus years of regular (every month,basically) infusions, he looked eerily familiar,or at least his circumstances and appearancedid. The more I thought about it, more soafter I had left the facility, the more obvious itbecame: he looked like me, or rather, Ilooked like him. It wasn’t quite like looking inthe mirror, but it was a bit like seeing the truth(of my appearance). Whatever I thought Ilooked like (see 3/7/2012 column titled “LookWhat She Saw, Really”) or denied what Iactually looked like, it became ever moreapparent and clear the longer the two of ussat across from one another. Then theclincher: I found out from my oncology nursethat this man and I were approximately thesame age. Which was extremely distressingbecause, by looking at his gaunt and frailappearance, I would have guessed that hewas much older than me. Finding out that wewere close in age was in fact was unsettling.Unsettling because this revelation came ontop of my observation that he and I lookedsimilar. And if I thought he looked much olderthan me, then maybe I too looked mucholder – and less healthy than I thought I did. Ifso, then maybe the woman in the supermar-ket whom I wrote about in my March 7th col-umn had every reason to stare at me the wayshe did that day.
Seeing my fellow patient for what he and Iapparently are, was not exactly like seeing aghost, but it wasn’t like seeing GeorgeClooney, either. Whatever I think in my headabout how I feel/how I look; presumably, iflooks could kill, I’d be dead already. Andsince I don’t want, nor think that I am deadalready, considering now that my appearancemight actually reflect the severity of myunderlying diagnosis – in spite of how I think Ifeel and in spite of how people say I look,would be (A) news to me and (B) news thatisn’t very good.
The question is, whether it’s news withwhich I can live. I have always tried to takethis cancer diagnosis in stride and not let iteffect my demeanor. Part of that strategy hasinvolved a bit of denial to the seriousness/inevitability of it all. Seeing this fellow cancerpatient sitting across from me, however, look-ing so familiar – and similar to me, caused notmy life to pass before me, but rather mydeath. It’s not what I had in mind when Iwent to the Center that day and it’s rarelyhow I want to begin my day. Nevertheless, hisimage and its reality is in my head now. Nowonder I felt the need to write about it.
Kenny Lourie is an Advertising Representative forThe Potomac Almanac & The Connection Newspapers.
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Chantilly’s Gembarowicz Tosses Softball Perfect GameCharger pitcherfans 19 in springbreaktournament win.
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By Rich Sanders
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The Chantilly High girls’softball team receivedperhaps the best pitching
outing by a Northern Regionplayer thus far this season whensenior Emily Gembarowicz, duringthe Chargers’ spring break trip toMyrtle Beach last week, tossed aperfect game, no-hitter in herteam’s 6-0 win over JamestownHigh (N.Y) on the morning of April3.
Chantilly was in the GamecockState competing in the GrandStrand Tournament. The gameagainst Jamestown was the secondof three the Chargers were sched-uled to play on the trip. A day ear-lier, on Monday, April 2, the Charg-ers had lost a noontime game ver-sus Berea High (Greenville, S.C.),7-2.
The following day, Chantilly metthe Jamestown High team in a 10a.m. ball game. There,Gembarowicz threw her completegame (7 innings) gem, a perfectgame in which she allowed nobase hits, walked none, and struckout 19 batters.
The only times Jamestown hit-ters were able to make contact ofthe ball were two foul balls to-wards first base, including one thatwas caught by Chargers’ firstbaseman Alex Sallberg, and agame-ending, infield pop fly thatwas caught by senior secondbaseman Rachel Major.
“It was really exciting to be apart of,” said Chantilly coachCarmen Wise, of the Chantilly winand the pitching performance byGembarrowicz.
One of the game’s highlights onoffense for Chantilly came on aperfect slap hit to second base byCharger freshman Kaitlyn Reis,who ended up rounding the basesand scoring on the play as a resultof a defensive throwing error inwhich the ball wound up at thecenter field fence.
The following morning,Chantilly played its third and fi-nal game of the trip, winning a 4-
2 decision in a contest that beganat 8 a.m.
Chantilly returned home hav-ing won two of its three gameson the spring break trip and
holding onto a 4-3 overall recordon the season.
Earlier this week, on Tuesdaynight, April 10, Chantilly wasscheduled to play its Concorde
District opener at Westfield High.This Friday night, April 13 at 6:30,the Chargers will return home fora meeting versus district opponentOakton.
Brandon Snyder’s New Life as a Texas Ranger
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Brandon Snyder was predominantly a first baseman inrecent years in the Baltimore organization. Now withTexas, the 26-year old could help the Rangers at a num-ber of positions this season.See Snyder, Page 19
By Rich Sanders
Centre View
Westfield High graduateBrandon Snyder, thefirst round baseball se-
lection of the Baltimore Orioles inthe 2005 first year player draft,made the 25-member Texas Rang-ers roster which broke springtraining camp to begin the newseason last week.
Snyder, a first baseman with theOrioles who spent seven years inthe Baltimore minor league systemwith only a handful of call ups tothe parent major league club, wassent to the Rangers, the defend-ing American League champions,this past offseason.
Over spring training in March,Snyder, who was the Washingtonarea’s High School Player of the
Year while at Westfield back in thespring of 2005, impressed theRangers coaches with his versatil-ity and ability to play multiplepositions.
“We know he can play thirdbase, first base, catch a little bit[behind the plate], and I want tosee him more in the outfield,” saidRangers Manager Ron Washing-ton, in an interview on the TexasRangers’ Official Website. “He’s aright-handed batter and sees theball well. We want to see the typeof versatility he can show us andsee if he can play left field.”
Through Texas’s first fourgames, including the Rangers’ 11-5 home win over Seattle on Mon-day in Arlington, the 26-year oldSnyder, who made his big leaguedebut with Baltimore on Sept. 10,2010, had not seen any game ac-tion.
Snyder, during the interview onthe Rangers’ site, appeared some-what excited, in his own toneddown way, about having made theTexas roster. His comments camejust a day or so prior to OpeningDay last week.
“I just want to go out and playeach position as well as I can,” said
the 6-foot-2 inch Snyder, who bothbats and throws right-handed. “It’sbeen great that they’ve given mean opportunity. I can play somethird base and first base, outfield,and catcher. I’m just working hardto get better at each position. It’sfun for me to play different posi-tions and to use a different gloveevery day. It keeps me mentallyready to play.”
Snyder grew up playing the hotcorner position at third base.While in the Orioles system hespent most of his time at first base.
“I really enjoy playing thirdbase,” he said. “It’s something Igrew up doing. The last couple ofyears with the Orioles I playedmostly first base.”
AT TRIPLE-A NORFOLK lastyear in the Orioles’ chain, Snyderplayed 86 games at first, 16 atthird, one in the outfield, and onebehind the plate. For the seasonin Norfolk, Snyder batted .261with a career-high 14 home runsand 71 RBI. He also rapped 21doubles. He usually batted in theNo. 3, clean-up, or No. 5 slots inthe Tide batting order.
Former Westfieldbaseball star isno longer partof Orioles’organization.
Centre View Sports Editor Rich Sanders
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Snyder had two short stintswith Baltimore in 2011: May 18-24 and June 10-11. He made fourstarts at first base for the Orioles.In his brief t ime in the bigleagues over the past two seasons(2010, 2011), Snyder, in 16games, has nine hits in 33 at-batsfor a .273 average. He is hopingfor much more big league timethis season with Texas, althoughplaying time will be tough to
Snyder Makes Texas Rangers Rostercome by in the Rangers’ talent-laden line-up.
Snyder said he approaches eachat-bat he has as an opportunity todo something positive for his team.
“I try to get quality at-bats, movebase runners over and get guys[across home plate],” he said.
He said he has felt at home inthe Rangers’ system this spring,Snyder’s first professional experi-ence away from the Orioles.
“It’s been such a welcoming feel-
ing,” he said. “It’s a great club-house and the manager [RonWashington] has been great. Itstarts at the top with [team presi-dent] Nolan Ryan and [generalmanager] Jon Daniels. It’s been anawesome atmosphere to be a partof.”
Snyder will hope for some play-ing time as Texas plays homegames this week against the Mari-ners through Thursday beforestarting a weekend series in Min-nesota.
On July 14, 1996, Thelma Scroggins was founddead in her home on Batna Road in Lignum(Culpeper County), Virginia. Scroggins was shotmultiple times and died as a result of her injuries.Raymond Morrogh, the Fairfax County Common-wealth Attorney, has been appointed as a specialprosecutor in the case. The Fairfax County Common-wealth Attorney’s Office along with the assistance
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Fairfax Assists in Murder Investigationof the Fairfax County Police Department is currentlyinvestigating the death of Scroggins.
Anyone with information regarding the murderof Thelma Scroggins is asked to contact DetectiveChris Flanagan with the Fairfax County Police ColdCase Squad at 703-246-7860, or the Fairfax CountyPolice at 703-691-2131, or Crime Solvers at 1-866-411-TIPS. Callers may remain anonymous.
Meet the Fairfax County Police Department’s vol-unteers on Friday, April 13, at 7 p.m. in the FairfaxCounty Government Center Board Room. The key-note speaker will be the Attorney General KenCuccinelli.
From patrol to photography to providing spiritualsolace, FCPD volunteers serve in roles essential topublic safety. In 2011, Fairfax County residents dedi-cated nearly 65,000 hours to the Fairfax County Po-lice Department and every year since 1983, they havecontributed significant hours of their own time vol-unteering with the department. In June of 2011 theAuxiliary Police Officer program surpassed the onemillion hours of service mark.
The 207 members of the department’s Volunteersin Police Service (VIPS), Auxiliary Police Officers(APOs) and Chaplains are assigned to every localdistrict police station and other police facilities. Theycome from a variety of backgrounds and offer a vari-ety of skills and abilities to the agency.
More than 80 awards will be presented to Friday,including:
❖ Awards for 500 up to 25,000 committed hours
County To Honor Police Volunteersto the department
❖ President’s Call to Service Award (4,000 or moreservice hours)
❖ Joyce McDermott Award for Outstanding Auxil-iary Police Officer
❖ 25 years or more of service to the department(Auxiliary Police Officers)
❖ VIPS/APOs of the Year for Patrol, Administra-tion, Crime Prevention and Training
❖ Innovative Project Award for the Reston DistrictStation 2011 Safe December Anti-DWI Campaign.
To get involved with the police volunteer programs,visit the Fairfax County Police website (search bykeyword: VIPS, APO, Citizens Police Academy); orgo directly to:
❖ VIPS: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/oem/citizencorps/vips.htm
❖ APO: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/police/jobs/auxiliarypoliceofficer.htm
❖ Citizens Police Academy: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/police/services/citizens-po-lice-academy.htm
Activities reported by the Sully police departmentthrough April 6.
ROBBERY4100 block of Hamlin Court, March 30, 2:45
p.m. The victim was beaten and robbed of cash bytwo unknown individuals. The victim was taken tothe hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
ANIMAL BITE1200 block of Hunter Mill Road, March 31,
10:45 a.m. A 2-year-old child was bitten by a Viet-namese pot belly pig after placing his arm in theholding pen. All the pigs in the pen were current onvaccinations and quarantined for the next 14 days.
LARCENIES14600 block of Iluminati Way. Cell phone
from business.5800 block of Waterdale Court. Wallet from
residence.13900 block of Woods Run Court. Electronic
tablet/Ipad from residence.
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MONDAY/APRIL 16Kindergarten Registration. 6 to 8 p.m. Colin Powell
Elementary School in Centreville will conductKindergarten Registration on Monday, April 16 from6 - 8 p.m. and on Monday afternoon, April 30 from 2to 4 p.m. in the school cafeteria. Forms and otherinformation are available on line at: http://www.fcps.edu/parents/start/kindergarten.shtml.Registration is for parents only. Kindergartenorientation for newly registered kindergartenstudents and parents will take place on Monday, May21 at 2:30 p.m. Parents will receive an overview ofthe curriculum and meet the teachers. Call 571-522-6000.
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