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By Bonnie Hobbs

Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice”is Chantilly High’s upcoming playand Cappies show. It’s set forWednesday-Saturday, Nov. 1-4, at

7 p.m. in the school theater. Tickets are $12,adults; and $10, students; at the door orvia www.chantillyhsdrama.com.

In the late 19th century, outside London,Mrs. Bennet wants to marry off her threedaughters, and the play explores their rela-tionships. However, daughter Elizabeth,who believes she’ll never find love, mustovercome her prejudice that she’s betterthan any man.

With a crew of 40 and 35 actors in eachshow, the play is double cast because Di-rector Shannon Khatcheressian had a sur-plus of female talent. “The show’s so beau-tifully written and such a classic novel witha timeless love story, that we wanted to doit justice,” she said. “And coincidentally, it’salso this novel’s 200th anniversary.”

“The cast is wonderfully diverse and dedi-cated to these characters, and it’s great tosee these kids bring them to life,” saidKhatcheressian. “It’s also fun to direct thisshow because we take pride in portrayingthis story correctly and making it enjoyablefor the whole audience. It’s a romantic com-edy, and we really heightened the show’scomedic elements.”

A 20-student, costume team is makingmost of the outfits, and costume liaisonKatie Nelson has been “instrumental in thedesign and creation of these originalpieces,” said Khatcheressian. “The costumesare absolutely gorgeous.”

The scenes take place in three homes,including the Bennets’ and Lady Catherine’s,

plus a grand ballroom. “We’ve tried to cap-ture the grandeur of the homes of high so-ciety in 1810 England, and we’re thrilledwith our period-style furniture portrayingthat,” said Khatcheressian. As for the story,she said, “Everyone will find a character torelate to and realize that the experienceswe go through with our own families aretimeless. It’s the same story, but a differentday.”

Playing Elizabeth is senior ChristineMoon. “Elizabeth is a woman ahead of hertime,” said Moon. “She educated herself,which wasn’t common in that era. She’s alsowitty and isn’t afraid to stand up for herselfand her loved ones. And she loves her par-ents and sisters dearly and is passionateabout keeping her family together. She’squick-thinking, knows what to say andwhen to say it and is decisive. She can bejudgmental, but can also see through people– and she isn’t desperate to get married.”

It’s a difficult role, said Moon, because“Elizabeth is a complicated woman with alot of feelings – especially when she meetshe man she’ll eventually fall in love with,Mr. Darcy. But I also identify with her, in away; we don’t think men are that impor-tant in our lives. And I like playing her be-cause she’s willing to stand up for what hebelieves in. So it’s the most challengingthing I’ve done, but definitely the most re-warding.” Moon said audiences will appre-ciate the cast’s ethnic and racial diversity,plus the show’s interesting characters, es-pecially Mrs. Bennet. “She’s so hysterical,it’s hard to keep a straight face when she’son the stage,” said Moon. “She butts headswith Lady Catherine, the epitome of theupper class. And all the characters alwayshave something witty, catty or shady to say,and it’ll make the audience laugh.”

Sophomore Alex Yee portrays Mr. Darcy.“Similar to Elizabeth, he believes that, sincehe’s richer and more influential than oth-ers, he’s better than them,” said Yee. “He’sa jerk, but he cares deeply for his close fam-ily and friends. It’s a challenge because he’s

so different from me. He’s stoic, but has lotsof emotion within him, so I have to showthe internal struggle between his pride andhis feelings for Elizabeth.”

Calling it a “big honor” to play this roleas a sophomore, Yee said, “I’m playing Darcya little less reserved than in the Colin Firthmovie version.” He said the audience willreally like the interaction between Mrs.Bennet and her daughters, “especially Lydia,who’s very funny and a little bit of a brat.But it’s balanced by the sweeter Jane andby Elizabeth – who’s stronger and goesagainst the social grain – which womendidn’t do back then.”

Playing Darcy’s aunt, Lady Catherine, issenior Emily Fareid. “She’s very wealthy andproud and looks down on anyone who isn’twealthy like her – and even people whoare,” said Fareid. “She’s Elizabeth’s antago-

nist and opposite and represents society’supper class, and she believes people shouldfollow society’s rules.”

Fareid likes playing her because “she’skind of mean and so different from how Iusually behave. She’s judgmental, and it’sfun to act that way without worrying aboutwhat anyone else thinks.” She describes theshow as “funny and sassy, with a great setand costumes and humorous characters.”

Senior Emily Draut portrays Mrs. Bennet.“She’s a little hysterical,” said Draut. “Hermain goal is to get her daughters marriedand secure. Her family’s middle class, andshe always tries to befriend people in theupper class. She’s kind, but doesn’t alwayssound that way. Even though she mightseem shallow, she really loves her daugh-ters and husband and has good intentions,although she doesn’t always show it in heractions.”

Draut enjoys her role because “I can ex-aggerate everything, be loud and silly andjust have fun.” She called the costumes“sweet and beautiful” and said audienceswill like the show’s unexpected twists andlove triangles they won’t expect to cometogether. And it’s a nice break from mod-ern day.” Playing Mr. Bennet is senior ZaidAl Nouman. “He’s sometimes frustrated byhis family, but he always loves and wantsthe best for them,” said Al Nouman. “He’snot as frantic as his wife; he’s more confi-dent that everything will work out in theend. His favorite daughter is Lizzie [Eliza-beth], and he’s there for her when she needshim and is compassionate whenever she’sdistressed. He’s a calm and caring familyman.” Al Nouman said Bennet is more real-istic than roles he’s done in children’s playsand “It’s cool being the calm, collected one,this time, and he grows through a varietyof human emotions.” As for the audience,Al Nouman said people will like “the come-dic moments sprinkled throughout theshow. And adults will relate to the parents,while teens relate to the daughters and theirsuitors.”

From left are Emily Fareid (Lady Catherine), Christine Moon (Elizabeth)and Emily Draut (Mrs. Bennet). Cast members were in Chantilly’s Homecoming Parade.

From left: Emily Fareid (LadyCatherine), Christine Moon (Eliza-beth), Emily Draut (Mrs. Bennet)and Emanuele Di Prima (Mr.Bingley) are in Chantilly High’s“Pride and Prejudice.”

Funny, Relatable Show, Timeless Love StoryChantilly Highpresents “Prideand Prejudice.”

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The Chantilly Academy’s Air Force JROTC Chantilly High robotics students

Chantilly Chargers on Parade Chantilly High’s Homecoming Paradewas Friday, Oct. 20, in Greenbriar.More Photos, Page 8.

Members of the JuniorCourt.

Principals on parade: (in no particular order) are PattyGranada, Greenbriar West Elementary; Mary Miller,Brookfield Elementary; Amy Goodloe, Rocky Run Middle;and Sharon Eisenberg, Franklin Middle.

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VarsityDanceTeammembersride inChantilly’shomecom-ing parade.

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By Shirley Ruhe

The supporters all agree on onething. As Imam Ali Siddiqui said,“Nobody asked these kidswhether they wanted to come to

America. They go to school, they work hard,build a career. It will be a loss to send themback.” Figures distributed by The Common-wealth Institute in October 2017 show thatif all Virginians who are eligible for DeferredAction for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) be-came citizens, state and local tax contribu-tions by young Virginians would rise fromthe current $35 million to $52.9 million ayear.

As President Trump’s executive order re-leased Sept. 5 threatens 800,000 DACA re-cipients with deportation, communities ofsupporters rally to their defense.

Individuals and groups converge from alldirections to provide sanctuary, educationalassistance, moral support, employmentcounseling and sometimes “in your face”advocacy for immigrant assistance. Eachgroup has a plan and a niche but they areall working for the same goal — passage ofthe Dream Act, which will offer the oppor-tunity for a long, but legal, path to citizen-ship for undocumented immigrants.

Norma Kacen is part of the Northern Vir-ginia Friends of Refugees, an Arlington-based group, which she co-founded withWendy Chan in the fall of 2016. “I grew upon Federal Hill in Providence, Rhode Island,an ethnic ghetto. It was a closed world withcircles of ghettos — Portuguese, Italian,French, German, Polish,” she said, drawingcircles with her finger on the table.

Kacen has recently been up on Capitol Hillas a volunteer lobbyist with the AmericanAssociation of University Women visitingkey senators to urge passage of the DreamAct. “All of the comments were ‘we couldn’tafford it,’ but,” she says, pulling out a talk-ing sheet, “ending DACA and kicking recipi-ents out of the labor force would cost theUnited States $433.4 billion in GDP anddecrease Social Se-curity and Medicarecontributions by$24.6 billion overthe next decade.”This is according tothe Center forAmerican Progress,a self-described pro-gressive indepen-dent nonpartisanpolicy institute.

As of November2016, 645,000DACA recipients nationwide are employed,and they pay taxes. Kacen said, “My chal-lenge to the senators was yes, we pay fortheir education like anyone else who paystaxes.” But most of the senators were un-moved by the arguments. Kacen says it is

also important to acknowledge a break-down of DACA by Congressional districtsbecause “some our representatives only lis-ten to their own constituents.”

Northern Virginia Friends of Refugees wasestablished to combat the anti-Muslimrhetoric and to be a welcoming friend to allrefugees. “We didn’t want to duplicate theefforts of others so we partner with otherorganizations,” she said.

RECENTLY THE GROUP held three ad-vocacy workshops for people supportive ofrefugees. About 50 people attended one ofthe workshops at Fairfax PresbyterianChurch, Mt. Olivet Presbyterian Church inArlington and a Muslim site in Fairfax.These workshops are non-partisan with thepurpose to teach the skills necessary for ef-fective advocacy.

“I was really delighted and it was ex-tremely heartening that millennials at-tended. Every organization is trying to fig-ure out what they can do to attract the dis-engaged millennials,” Kacen said.

The second event, which was held in thespring, brought American professionals to-gether with the often highly skilled immi-grants to help the immigrants navigate theworkplace. “So we connect the immigrantstogether with American professionals intheir own field to allow the professionalsto talk.” Many of the refugees were doc-tors, architects, engineers and entrepre-neurs in their countries and now have low-level jobs in America. The purpose of theselife skills programs is to increase connec-tions to help the immigrants reach theirpotential.

The third focus for this year is a large com-munity event planned for the spring. Itwould be intended to show the resilienceof the immigrants by “focusing on the in-credible skills in the cultural arts such asmusic, arts and fashion. It is to show thecapacity to overcome, the triumph of thehuman spirit,” she said.

Are they making progress? Kacen paused,“It’s hard to say. But... there are so manypeople engaged.”

Monica Sarmientois executive directorof Virginia Coalitionfor Immigrant Right(VACIR), a coalitionthat began in 2013with eight organiza-tions, now grown to16. She says their or-ganization is focusedon how to have morecomprehensive im-

migrant reform in Virginia. “Many organi-zations have their niches demographicallyor ethnically but we tend to be looking atwhat we’re doing statewide andcollaboratively. The most important empha-

sis is to push different community repre-sentatives at the table — African, Korean,Muslim.”

Sarmiento says since VACIR is a 501(c)(3)non-profit organization they don’t directlylobby but have encouraged people to calltheir members of Congress, and the 16 or-ganizations who are part of the coalitionoften engage in advocacy. For instance theCommonwealth Institute has prepared afact sheet outlining how DREAMers growour economy with 61 percent opening abank account, 64.5 percent buying their firstcar, 97 percent becoming employed or en-rolled in school. It adds that young peoplewith DACA status contribute nearly $711million to Virginia’s economy annually in-cluding nearly $35 million in state and lo-cal taxes. The conclusion is that endingDACA could reduce Virginia state and localtax revenue by almost $13 million a year.

Members of VACIR include such groupsas Legal Aid Justice Center, SEEC,VOCOLAO, NAKASEC, The CommonwealthInstitute and Virginia New Majority. Thesegroups have focused on the constituents oftwo U.S. representatives in Virginia, ScottTaylor (R-2) and Barbara Comstock (R-10),who they are trying to convince “to do theright thing and support a clean Dream Act.”

Sarmiento says the VACIR board had de-cided for the first time to endorse a cleanDream Act, the first time they had endorsed

any legislation. “A clean Dream Act wouldnot have such provisions as mandatory veri-fication (death by 1,000 papers), an in-crease in ICE agents, increased money fordeportation, funding for the border wall,inability to sponsor family members, nopathway to citizenship.”

She says there needs to be a much largerconversation to spotlight the injustices hap-pening now with undocumented immi-grants who have already lost their DACAstatus due to President Trump’s executiveorder or who will lose their Temporary Pro-tective Status (TPS) if it is not renewed.These people could be deported any day.She says 300,000 of these are from LatinAmerica; 200,000 of these are Salvadoran.Sarmiento was raised in Northern Virginiabut her parents emigrated from El Salva-dor fleeing war. “They were fortunate mygrandmother lived here and got her legalstatus through the Reagan amnesty act somy father got legal status.”

Sumi Yi, Virginia community organizer forNational Korean American Service & Edu-cation Consortium (NAKASEC), a commu-nity-based progressive Asian American andPacific Islander organization, says their mis-sion is to organize Korean and Asian Ameri-cans to achieve social, racial, and economicjustice. She points out that out of the cur-

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Who Will Help Dreamers and Refugees?Individuals, religious groups and otherorganizations share same goal.

Remembering her youth in Rhode Island, Norma Kacen of Arlingtontraces circles on the table as she describes neighborhood ghettos ofpeople segregated by ethnicity.

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Resources❖ Just Neighbors: justneighbors.org❖ The Dream Project: dreamproject-va.org❖ Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights

(VACIR): virginiaimmigrntrights.org❖ The National Korean American Service & Edu-

cation Consortium (NAKASEC): nakasec.org❖ Mason DREAMers: masondreamers.org❖ Sanctuary DMV: sanctuarydmv.org❖ NOVA Friends of Refugees:

[email protected]❖ Northern Virginia Family Services: nfs.org❖ Legal Aid Justice Center: justice4all.org

Sumi Yi Monica Sarmiento The Rev. Laura Martin


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By Michael Lee Pope

On paper, the 67th House Districtseems like solidly blue territory.Democrat Hillary Clinton won it

with almost 60 percent of the vote. But Re-publican Del. Jim LeMunyon (R-67) hasbeen in office for four terms, a time thatthis slice of Northern Virginia has beentrending increasingly toward the Demo-cratic Party. That puts this district in thespotlight as one of the most cooperativeHouse of Delegates races in Virginia, andit’s one reason supporters of DemocratKarrie Delaney say she’s got a shot at oust-ing LeMunyon.

“In this particularly divisive time I believethat the people of the 67th District reallyneed an advocate who will work for them,and Jim LeMunyon is not doing that,” saidDelaney. “He’s voted against Medicaid ex-pansion, which would have given access toaffordable health care to an additional400,000 Virginians as well as create an ad-ditional 30,000 jobs and brought $2.6 bil-lion into our state economy every year.”

LeMunyon has tried to walk a politicaltightrope as his district has swung to theleft. During the last General Assembly ses-sion, for example, he voted in favor of al-lowing religious-based discriminationagainst gays. He also voted in favor of coaltax credits and education savings accounts.But he says he would also vote in favor ofclosing the gun show loophole, and he sayshe would vote in favor of allowing localgovernments the authority to remove Con-federate statues. As to his opposition to ex-panding Medicaid, LeMunyon says thegovernor’s budget amendment neverspelled out what the cost would be.

“That’s just unacceptable for any pro-gram, whether it’s health care or schools ortransportation,” says LeMunyon. “You’ve gotto know what that dollar amount is, and soI’m just not willing to vote for an amend-ment to the budget for a question mark onthe cost.”

THE 67TH DISTRICT stretches fromSouth Riding through Sully Station andPenderwood. The average commute time is33 minutes, and 81 percent of workers overthe age of 16 drive alone to work — a set ofstatistics that crystalize the political influ-ence transportation has on voters here. Re-

publicans haven’t had a successful statewidecandidate here since Republican BobMcDonnell was elected governor in 2009.Hillary Clinton crushed Donald Trumpamong voters in the district, taking an over-whelming 58 percent of the vote.

“This is probably the best chance Demo-crats have of taking out a GOP incumbent,”said Geoff Skelley at the University of Vir-ginia Center for Politics.

Clinton’s lopsided victory was somewhatan outlier for the district, which usually doesnot see Democrats performing with suchoverwhelming numbers. But a review ofelection statistics over the last decade showthat voters here have been moving to theleft consistently in the last few electioncycles. President Obama was reelected with53 percent of the vote in the district, andDemocrat Terry McAuliffe won a narrowvictory against Republican Ken Cuccinellihere. On the fundraising circuit, LeMunyonhas raised about $350,000 compared toDelaney’s $300,000. But Delaney’s gotabout three times as much cash on hand.

“Delaney must have continued tofundraise well because she’s actually run-ning an ad on television in the expensiveWashington, D.C. market,” said Skelley.“LeMunyon knows the lay of the land in hisdistrict, though. He’s put out a campaignmailer tying himself to Terry McAuliffe in abid to help his bipartisan bona fides.”

DELANEY, 38, is a native of Tampa. Shemoved to Northern Virginia in 2006, even-tually settling in Chantilly two years later.She has a bachelor’s degree in psychologyfrom the University of South Florida. Herprofessional background is in human ser-vice, including working as a counselor forchildren in foster care and as a sexual as-sault crisis counselor. She later became thedirector of communications for SharedHope International, and she now does com-munications strategy for several nonprofits.She briefly served as a Republican memberof the West Melbourne City Council inFlorida, an experience she says has givenher a bipartisan sensibility that would serveher well as a member of the General As-sembly. “When I had my first job workingwith children in foster care, I worked at agroup home. And in that experience I metyoung people every day I saw examples of

The 67th District stretches from South Riding through Sully Station andPenderwood.

Shifting Political DistrictLeMunyon versus Delaney in the 67th.


Opinion

Every year is election year in Virginia.Virginia offers multiple examples thatprove every vote counts.

This year, each Virginia voter will vote forGovernor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney Gen-eral and their member of the House of Del-egates. Virginia is one of two Governor’s races,and many are watching the Virginia race to asa harbinger of what to expect in 2018.

No matter how you vote, polling shows thatthe Governor’s race could bevery close.

While there are quite a fewuncontested races for members

of the House of Delegates, several races couldalso be close, with the outcome likely to de-pend on turnout.

There is every reason to get out and vote.

Absentee Voting in PersonVoting early if you qualify is a good choice.There are 19 valid reasons to vote absentee

in Virginia, including the possibility that youwill be working and commuting to and fromhome for 11 or more hours between 6 a.m.and 7 p.m. on Election Day. Check the VirginiaDepartment of Elections list to see if you areeligible: elections.virginia.gov/casting-a-bal-lot/absentee-voting/index.html

There are two ways to vote absentee: in-per-son and by mail. To vote by mail, you will needto apply for an absentee ballot; if you voteabsentee in-person you will fill out the appli-cation when you arrive at the in-person ab-sentee location.

See your locality’s elections website for more.

Bring Photo ID,There Are Alternatives

Virginia has voter identification require-ments; plan to bring photo identification withyou to vote, whether absentee or on ElectionDay.

Any registered voter who does not have oneof the required forms of identification can ap-ply for a free Virginia Voter Photo Identifica-tion from any general registrar’s office in theCommonwealth. Voters applying for the Vir-ginia Voter Photo ID complete the VirginiaVoter Photo Identification Card Application,have their picture taken, and sign the digitalsignature pad.

Among accepted ID: valid Virginia Driver’sLicense or Identification Card; valid VirginiaDMV issued Veteran’s ID card; valid U.S. Pass-

port; other government-issued photo identifi-cation cards issued by the U.S. Government,the Commonwealth of Virginia, or a politicalsubdivision of the Commonwealth; valid col-lege or university student photo identificationcard from an institution of higher educationlocated in Virginia; valid student ID issued bya public school or private school in Virginiadisplaying a photo; employee identificationcard containing a photograph of the voter andissued by an employer of the voter in the ordi-nary course of the employer’s business.

A voter who does not bring an acceptablephoto ID to the polls will be offered a provi-sional ballot.

To find a registration office where you canobtain photo ID, even on the day of an elec-tion, visit: vote.elections.virginia.gov/VoterInformation/PublicContactLookup.

GovernorRalph S. Northam (D)Edward W. “Ed” Gillespie (R)Clifford D. Hyra (L)

Lieutenant GovernorJustin E. Fairfax (D)Jill H. Vogel (R)

Attorney GeneralMark R. Herring (D)*John D. Adams (R)

House of Delegates35th District

Mark Keam (D) incumbent, unopposed37th District

David Bulova (D) incumbent, unopposed40th District

Donte Tanner (D)Tim Hugo (R) incumbent

67th DistrictKarrie Delaney (D)Jim LeMunyon (R) incumbent

Don’t Stay Home Your vote counts this round;nation is watching.

Editorial

Provisional Ballot Process for VotersWho Arrive Without Identification

If you arrive at your polling place on Elec-tion Day without an acceptable form of photoidentification, don’t panic or give up. You willbe given the opportunity to vote a provisionalballot. After completing the provisional ballot,the individual voting will be given written in-structions from the election officials on howto submit a copy of his/her identification sothat his/her vote can be counted.

A voter will have until noon on the Fridayfollowing the election to deliver a copy of theidentification to the local electoral board or toappear in person to apply for a Virginia VoterPhoto ID Card. Also by noon on Friday follow-ing the election, the voter may appear in-per-son in the office of the general registrar, in thelocality in which the provisional ballot was cast,and apply for a Virginia Voter Photo ID Card.At the completion of the application process,the voter may request a Temporary Identifica-tion Document. This document may be pro-vided to the electoral board to suffice the iden-tification requirement.

General Election Day,Tuesday, Nov. 7

On Election Day Polls are open from 6 a.m.-7 p.m.

86th DistrictJennifer Boysko (D) incumbentLinda Schulz (R)

Fairfax County School BondsVoters will vote yes or no on a $315 million pub-

lic school bond referendum on the Nov. 7 generalelection ballot. If approved by voters, the FairfaxCounty Public Schools’ current plans to use thisbond money are to plan and/or construct two newelementary schools, one in Fairfax/Oakton area andanother in the northwest county area; relocate onemodular building; plan additions at three existinghigh schools to add capacity at Madison, Stuart andWest Potomac; plan and/or construct renovationsof 10 elementary schools, three middle schools andtwo high schools. See www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/facilities-planning-future/2017-school-bond-refer-endum.

Fairfax County Office of Electionswww.fairfaxcounty.gov/electionsVoter Registration: 703-222-0776, TTY 711Absentee Fax: 703-324-3725Email: [email protected] Officer Info: 703-324-4735, TTY 711

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Trick or TreatBy Anita R Mohan

Gum balls, lollipops,Jelly beans, M&M’sGummy bears, ring popsSkittles, starburstRed, yellow, orange, green, blueHard, soft, chewy, gooey,Milk, wafer, dark, caramelApple, watermelon, lemon, limeSweet, sour, spicy, tangyHalloween trick or treatLittle scary but all too sweet!

Copyright Anita R Mohan, Oct. 20, 2017Illustration by Parmis Salahy, age 9, Chantilly

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Submit entertainment announcementsat www.connectionnewspapers.com/Cal-endar/. The deadline is noon on Friday.Photos/artwork encouraged.

FRIDAY/OCT. 27Brian Franke in Concert. 4:30-8:30

p.m. at The Winery at Bull Run,15950 Lee Highway. Call 703-815-2233 or visitwww.wineryatbullrun.com.

OCT. 27-29Used Book Sale. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at

Chantilly Regional Library, 4000Stringfellow Road, Chantilly.Selection of used books, DVDs, CDsand audio books for children andadults. Sponsored by the Friends ofthe Chantilly Regional Library. Call703-502-3883 for more.

SATURDAY/OCT. 28Pickleball Lessons and

Demonstration. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. inLittle Rocky Run Clifton pool #1,6201 Sandstone Way, Clifton. Call703-830-0411 or [email protected].

Vendor Fair Fundraiser. 11 a.m.-3p.m. at Liberty Middle School, 6801Union Mill Road, Clifton. Schoolfundraiser and raffle. [email protected] for more.

Fall Fun Fest. noon-4 p.m. in nZone,14550 Lee Road, Chantilly. Visitwww.newlife.church/2017fff formore.

Grand Opening Celebration. Noon-4 p.m. at Domino’s, 5663 StoneRoad, Centreville. The new Domino’slocation features the “pizza theater”design. There will also be facepainting, giveaways, samples and achance for one lucky winner to scorepizza for a year from noon to 4 p.m.Customers can visitwww.dominos.com or call 571-549-1900.

Historic All Hallows EveCelebration. 4-7 p.m. at SullyDistrict Park, 3650 Historic SullyWay, Chantilly. Take a lantern-guided tour and see centuries-oldcustoms at Sully’s annual Historic AllHallows Eve celebration. Visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/sullyor call 703-437-1794 for more.

Reptiles and Night Ride. 5-8 p.m. atEllanor C. Lawrence Park, 5040Walney Road, Chantilly. Participantswill be able to touch, see, smell andhear snakes, turtles, and salamandersat hands-on stations anddemonstrations. This campfireprogram concludes with a wagon ridethrough a moonlit meadow ands’mores. $10. Visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/eclawrence or call 703-631-0013.

Brats and Brew Night. 6:30-10 p.m.at St. Timothy’s School cafeteria,13807 Poplar Tree Road, Chantilly. Abenefit for the Knights of Columbus.Live classic rock by Mary Lou andThe Drugstore Lovers. $20. [email protected] for more.

SUNDAY/OCT. 29Halloween on the Rails. 1-4 p.m. at

the Fairfax Station Railroad Museum,11200 Fairfax Station Road.Costumes welcome and goodie bagshanded out. Children 4 and underand Museum members, free; ages 5-15, $2; ages 16 and older, $4. Visitwww.fairfax-station.org, or call 703-425-9225.

Lexi Jackson in Concert. 1-5 p.m. atThe Winery at Bull Run, 15950 LeeHighway. Call 703-815-2233 or visitwww.wineryatbullrun.com.

Garden Clean Up. 2-5 p.m. in EllanorC. Lawrence Park, 5040 WalneyRoad, Chantilly. Participants willhelp with weeding, removing deadplant material, clearing and rakingleaves from the garden and other

educational areas at the park. Call703-631-0013 for more.

FRIDAY/NOV. 3Levi Stephens in Concert. 4:30-8:30


NOV. 3-7Fall Festival. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at Cox

Farms, 15621 Braddock Road,Centreville. Featuring Foamhengeand more. Visit www.coxfarms.comfor more.

SATURDAY/NOV. 4Centreville United Methodist

Women’s Bazaar. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. atCentreville United Methodist Church,6400 Old Centreville Road,Centreville. Free admission. Sixty+local Craft Vendors, Silent Auction,Bake Sale, Book Nook, HolidayHouse and Grandma’s Attic. [email protected] formore.

Joe Bernui in Concert. 1-5 p.m. atThe Winery at Bull Run, 15950 LeeHighway. Call 703-815-2233 or visitwww.wineryatbullrun.com.

MONDAY/NOV. 6Animal Vets Workshop. 9 a.m.-3

p.m. at Ellanor C. Lawrence Park,5040 Walney Road, Chantilly. Spendthe day with our exhibit animals.Check their health, weight and size;clean and refresh their tanks; andenjoy activities and games. Bring abag lunch, snack and drink. Wear oldclothes. Download camp forms fromwebsite. Register atwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/eclawrence/ or call 703-631-0013.

TUESDAY/NOV. 7Historic Survival Skills Workshop.

9 a.m.-3 p.m. at Ellanor C. LawrencePark, 5040 Walney Road, Chantilly.In this immersive, day-longworkshop, jump through threecenturies in one day. Learn about theNative Americans who lived here,make butter and ice cream to learnthe ins and outs of a dairy farm, anddrill like soldiers. Download campforms from website. Register atwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/eclawrence/ or call 703-631-0013.

FRIDAY/NOV. 10Matt Waller in Concert. 4:30-8:30

p.m. at The Winery at Bull Run,

15950 Lee Highway. Call 703-815-2233 or visitwww.wineryatbullrun.com.

SATURDAY/NOV. 11Matt Waller in Concert. 1-5 p.m. at

The Winery at Bull Run, 15950 LeeHighway. Call 703-815-2233 or visitwww.wineryatbullrun.com.

SUNDAY/NOV. 12Ken Fischer in Concert. 1-5 p.m. at


FRIDAY/NOV. 17David Davol in Concert. 4:30-8:30


NOV. 17-19“Dracula” on Stage. Various times at

Centreville High School, 6001 UnionMill Road, Clifton. “Dracula” isStephen Dietz’s adaptation of theclassic novel by Bram Stoker thatpreserves all of the suspense andseduction of the original work. $10.Visit theatrecentreville.com.

FRIDAY/NOV. 18Falling Home in Concert. 1-5 p.m. at


SUNDAY/NOV. 19Model Train Show. 1-4 p.m. at The

Fairfax Station Railroad Museum11200 Fairfax Station Road in FairfaxStation. The NTRAK group with adisplay of running N Gauge modeltrains. Museum members and ages 4and under, free; 5-15, $2; 16 andolder, $4. Visit www.fairfax-station.org or call 703-425-9225.

Buddy Cosmo in Concert. 1-5 p.m.at The Winery at Bull Run, 15950 LeeHighway. Call 703-815-2233 or visitwww.wineryatbullrun.com.

MONDAY/NOV. 20Westfield Cares. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at

Westfields Marriott, 14750Conference Center Drive, Chantilly.Prominent presenters, whoseexpertise in the areas of SubstanceAbuse and Mental Health, share theirknowledge about their respectivetopics. Call 703-488-6300 [email protected].

SATURDAY/OCT. 28Fall Fun Fest. noon-4 p.m. in

nZone, 14550 Lee Road,Chantilly. Visitwww.newlife.church/2017fff formore.

Historic All Hallows EveCelebration. 4-7 p.m. at SullyDistrict Park, 3650 Historic SullyWay, Chantilly. Take a lantern-guided tour and see centuries-oldcustoms at Sully’s annual HistoricAll Hallows Eve celebration. Visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/sully or call 703-437-1794 formore.

Reptiles and Night Ride. 5-8 p.m.at Ellanor C. Lawrence Park, 5040Walney Road, Chantilly.Participants will be able to touch,see, smell and hear snakes,turtles, and salamanders athands-on stations anddemonstrations. This campfireprogram concludes with a wagon

Halloween Fun

ride through a moonlit meadowand s’mores. $10. Visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/eclawrence or call 703-631-0013.

Brats and Brew Night. 6:30-10p.m. at St. Timothy’s Schoolcafeteria, 13807 Poplar TreeRoad, Chantilly. A benefit for theKnights of Columbus. Live classicrock by Mary Lou and TheDrugstore Lovers. $20. [email protected] formore.

SUNDAY/OCT. 29Halloween on the Rails. 1-4 p.m.

at the Fairfax Station RailroadMuseum, 11200 Fairfax StationRoad. Costumes welcome andgoodie bags handed out. Children4 and under and Museummembers, free; ages 5-15, $2;ages 16 and older, $4. Visitwww.fairfax-station.org, or call703-425-9225.


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small apartment with 13 people. We were there tosupport her for her deportation hearing. The womanhad fled El Salvador, which is the murder capital ofthe world. We took her to Rosslyn to immigrationcourt. All of us had to go through a metal detectorincluding the children, and they took away the foodin her purse.”

Martin says 80 different cases were all given thesame 11 a.m. time for consideration. “It wasn’t agrand court — it was an institutional setting withlow ceilings, bright light and so crowded that people,

even with babies,couldn’t sit down. Itwas very proceduraland you heard thesame thing dozens oftimes. They took caseswith attorneys first sowe had to wait for along time.”

Martin says somewhere along the way the woman’sheavy ankle bracelet started beeping because thebattery was low. “There was nowhere to recharge itso it just kept beeping until we got to Subway forlunch in the late afternoon and she could plug it in.”When it came her turn the bilingual judge asked ifthe immigrant needed time to get an attorney andpostponed her case until August.

Then they had to go to Vienna for a regular anklebracelet check-in. “They could track where she was.”

Martin said the Sanctuary DMV group is not in-volved in case management so she doesn’t know whathappened at the August court date. “The courts can’tkeep up. They are rescheduling out to the end of2018.”

An excerpt from a poem sent by Martin to the con-gregation concludes:

“I have known the grandmothers whoSmile even though they have leftTheir country of spices and markets,Have left their open windows with blue curtainsHave left the tramping of war,Have left their songs and language,And believed America when we said,‘This is the land of the free.’”

This is the third article in a series focusing on DACA.

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rent 800,000 DACA 135,000 are Asian-Americans.The current efforts focus on DACA with phone

banks, vigils and visits to Virginia legislators urgingthem to support of the Dream Act. “RepresentativesBarbara Comstock and Scott Taylor are on the fenceabout whether to co-sponsor the legislation,” saidYi. NAKASEC is planning a day soon when they willjoin with other organizations and knock on everydoor they can find. “Come on; we can do this,” shesaid.

Yi says that Korea is a land of opportunity with agreat educational system. “I can go there now andmake a lot of money but what keeps us rooted hereis liberty and freedom. In Korea,” she said, “You haveto think a certain way. Culturally and value-wise, I’mAmerican.”

Yi takes a moment to reflect on their recent 30-day vigil in front of the White House.

She said they slept on benches, talked to people,got signatures and even did the “DACA dance.”

“The Secret Service told us we were the weirdestdemonstrators they had ever seen at the WhiteHouse; we even had a karaoke night. But we raiseda lot of money,” Yi said. “Some people were support-ive but others were being really mean. We had kidswith us and I could see they were so hurt. I don’tknow what’s going to happen but we’re stronger to-gether. We have to do something.”

She declares they’re going to get education anddriver’s licenses for everyone in Virginia. “This mo-ment is bigger than all of us.”

SIXTY FOUR PLACES of worship joined togetherafter the election with the announcement of upcom-ing anti-immigration legislation. Imam Ali Saddiqui,who is part of a transitional leadership team for thegroup, says SanctuaryDMV (D.C., Maryland,Virginia) includes a num-ber of Protestantchurches as well as sev-eral synagogues, Catholicchurches and his MuslimInstitute. One of their ac-tions has been organizingrallies in support of DACA and immigrant rights. “Iwas just there last week at the Immigration CustomsEnforcement (ICE) office in D.C. and at the mayor’soffice.” Since there was just a raid where ICE wentafter 500 undocumented immigrants and 14 werearrested, the group was asking for their release andfor the mayor not to cooperate with ICE officials.

In addition, they have been visiting congressionaloffices in support of the Dream Act and phoningmembers of Congress. “Actually this is on a party line.Democrats are very supportive and Republicans not.”

He says you hear the argument that immigrantscost the government money and don’t pay taxes. “Letme tell you my own story. I came here from Pakistanon March 23, 1969 originally as an asylee. I lookedfor a job and started working and paying taxes March24 and have paid ever since.”

The Rev. Laura Martin, associate pastor for at RockSpring UCC in Arlington and also a member of DMVSanctuary, says there are a number of unresolvedissues about the concept of offering sanctuary to animmigrant in a church building. “We are trying tocome up with a wider definition of sanctuary suchas offering solidarity or support for immigrants whenthey have an order for deportation. So in the springanother member of the congregation and I pickedup a woman living in D.C. with her two children in a

Imam Ali Saddiqui, transitional leader forSanctuary DMV, demonstrates outside ofICE office in D.C.

DACA by Congressional DistrictDACA DACA

U.S. Rep. Recipients EligibleBeyer (D-8) 2,000 5,400Comstock (R-10) 1,600 3,700Connelly (D-11) 2,400 5,300

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Take Control and Be Your Own BossLearn how at the Capital Area Franchise Fair

Monday, November 6, 8:30am-12:30pm

Reston Association Conference Center12001 Sunrise Valley Dr., Reston, VA

The Capital Area Franchise Fair is the annual learning event

hosted by FranNet of Virginia with the SBA, SCORE and the

Community Business Partnership.

Experts, lenders and franchisors from various industries will

model, local regulations, franchise funding.

Tickets cost $39 ($49 at the door)

Register at www.capitalfranchiseshow.com Questions call Heather Rosen at 703-291-0939

Transform 66 Outside the Beltway Fairfax County & Prince William County

Design Public HearingsAll hearings at 6-8:30 p.m. Brief presentation at 7 p.m.

Monday, November 13, 2017for project segment from Route 50 to I-495

Oakton High School Cafeteria

2900 Sutton Road, Vienna, VA 22181

Tuesday, November 14, 2017for project segment from Route 29 to Route 50

Stone Middle School Cafeteria

5500 Sully Park Drive, Centreville, VA 20120

Thursday, November 16, 2017for project segment from Gainesville

to Route 29 in CentrevillePiney Branch Elementary School Cafeteria/Gym

8301 Linton Hall Road, Bristow, VA 20136

Find out about plans to transform 22.5 miles of I-66 from I-495 (the

Capital Beltway) to University Boulevard in Gainesville to provide

congestion relief and enhanced safety, as well as new travel choices

and reliability. The project will include two new express lanes along-

side three regular lanes in each direction, new and expanded transit

service and park-and-ride lots, and interchange improvements. For

exact locations of project segments, see design plans.

Stop by between 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. to view the design plans sub-

mitted by I-66 Express Mobility Partners, VDOT’s selected partner

for the project, and learn more about the proposed improvements.

Attend the formal presentation at 7 p.m., followed by a public com-

available to answer your questions during the open house.

Review project information, including design plans, project sched-

ule, and environmental, right of way and civil rights information, at

www.Transform66.org, at the hearings, or at VDOT’s Northern Virgin-

October 13, 2017. Please call 800-FOR-ROAD (800-367-7623) or

TTY/TDD 711 to ensure the availability of appropriate personnel to

answer your questions.

Give your oral or written comments at the hearings. You may

also email comments to [email protected]. or mail

them to Susan Shaw, P.E., Megaprojects Director, at the VDOT

“Transform 66 Outside the Beltway” in the subject line. Comments

must be postmarked, emailed or delivered to VDOT by November

29, 2017 to be included in the public hearing record.

VDOT ensures nondiscrimination and equal employment in all

programs and activities in accordance with Title VI and Title VII of

the Civil Rights Act of 1964. If you need more information or special

contact VDOT’s Civil Rights at 703-259-1775 or TTY/TDD 711.

State Project: 0066-96A-497 UPC: 110741


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Bulldogs Defeat WildcatsIsaiah Daniel #23 has an opening created by the Westfield offensive line. On Oct.20, the Westfield Bulldogs defeated the Centreville Wildcats 27-11 to improve to(8-0) (3-0), while Centreville fall to (6-2) (1-1).

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Chantilly’s Homecoming LossHomecoming King Christian Parana scores on a 42-yard reception in the 4th quarter.Chantilly lost to Oakton 52-21 on Oct. 20. With the Homecoming loss, Chantilly fallsto 0-8 on the season.

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Say that three times quickly. Heck, say itone-time slowly. And then welcome to mywhirled: the world of cancer treatment and sur-vival. A ‘whirled’ in which, eight years andnearly eight months post diagnosis, I continueto live, breathe and write.

Occasionally it happens, as it is happeningnow, that some of the most excruciatingdemands of being a cancer patient, occursimultaneously – or a reasonable facsimile thereof. For me that means 24-hour urine collection,pre-chemotherapy lab work, chemotherapyinfusion, CT Scan and then the appointmentwith my oncologist to discuss all the results;occurring over 13 days – with intermittent daysoff for good behavior.

Typically; meaning every minute, everyhour, every day, every week, etc., maybe notevery second, I am thinking about cancer;though I wouldn’t say I’m preoccupied (othersmight). And of course, it’s certainly understand-able and reasonable to do so when every dayover a fortnight, you are waiting – as we say inthe sales world – “for the other shoe to drop.”

Having endured this cycle over the last eightand a half years with varying regularity, I canhonestly say that whatever symptoms havemanifested themselves – or not – have neverprovided any consistent assurance that mylife/life expectancy had not changed for theworse. It’s not until the appointment with myoncologist occurs – or sooner if he emails methe scan results, that I learn the facts of mycase.

All of that being said, as my friend Frank hasoften said to me: “You’re in pretty good shapefor the shape you’re in.” Don’t I know it.

However, yes there’s always a ‘however’ inthe cancer-patient-surviving-against-all-odds‘whirled,’ there are no guarantees. In fact, thereare only two guarantees: death and taxes. Theformer is way too close for comfort and the lat-ter, I’m already taxed to the hilt, emotionally.Somehow, I have to get through because “thealternative is gloomy” to quote Dr. Mobley, thedoctor in Miles City who treated AugustusMcCray in the epic miniseries, “LonesomeDove.” And so I try not to be gloomy.

However, there’s that word again, circum-stances/schedules randomly bring down theweight – and wait of my ‘whirled.’ These 13days can never pass quickly enough. But thatpresumes a good result, which one would wantto know as soon as possible. But what of a badresult, leading to an exponential increase inanxiety – and fear, ultimately leading to a treat-ment unknown. That I might not want to knowso soon. Not that not knowing serves any pointor helps coordinate the next treatment plan,I’m more afraid of hearing something I haven’theard much of since February 2009. To quotemy late mother quoting somebody: “No onegets out of this life alive.”

That of course is the point of this column,and the effect of having all this cancer stuff hap-pen at the same time. I can take it, generally; asmy late father used to say: “KB, I have confi-dence in you. You have broad shoulders.”Nevertheless, I worry about the figurative strawbreaking my emotional back. Cancer can dothat. It did it to my mother-in-law, Peggy, whereover a few days the situation went from bad toworse to finally, the worst.

Somehow, I have to compartmentalize allthis negative energy and focus on the positive.And that positive turns out to be an early emailfrom my oncologist basically saying that my lungcancer remains stable. Now we can go to myappointment on Monday “unencumbered,” toonce gain quote my late father. The pressure issemi off. Talk about relief.

Now maybe I can relax and try not to thinkabout my next infusion, my next scan and mynext appointment with the oncologist. There’sno harm in trying, right?

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the system failing them,” said Delaney. “SoI saw that if we had leadership that reallytruly put people first, I think we could see areally positive impact in the lives of vulner-able people in our community.”

If elected, Delaney says she would intro-duce a bill that would force local schoolboards of jurisdictions that do not offer full-day Kindergarten (including Loudoun) tocreate a plan to make that happen. She saysshe would also seek legislation to movedevelopment and approval for fire codesfrom housing boards to fire service boards.Her top priority would be to create a workgroup to create a trauma-informed systemof care for children in Virginia who sufferfrom neglect, abuse, housing instability,domestic violence or divorce. Delaney saysmoving toward a trauma-informed systemof care that would offer resilience trainingin the school system and at social serviceagencies.

When you see a child who is having be-havior issues in school, the traditional ques-tion people might ask children is ‘Why areyou behaving this way?’ or ‘What’s wrongwith you?’” says Delaney. “But the real fo-cus should be ‘What happened to you?’”

LEMUNYON, 58, is a native of Elizabeth,N.J. He moved to Northern Virginia in 1983to work for U.S. Rep. Ed Zschau (R-Calif.).He has a bachelor’s degree in physics andmath with a minor in computer science fromValparaiso University in Indiana. He also hasa master of science in meteorology from theUniversity of Wisconsin at Madison. He isthe founder of a semiconductor materialscompany known as Sterling Semiconduc-tor, which was sold to Dow Corning in 2003.In 2009, he defeated incumbent DemocratChuck Capito after waging a campaign chal-lenging him on the lack of improvementsto transportation infrastructure.

“My commitment during that campaignand ever since was to do what I can do toget that problem addressed, and not justaddressed but really get things fixed,” saidLeMunyon. “And in the time since I thinkwe’ve accomplished a lot.”

When asked about his accomplishmentsin office, LeMunyon recalled a promise hemade in his first campaign brochure backin 2009: that when money is spent onprojects in Northern Virginia it can only beon projects that are rated by how much con-gestion they would reduce. He said he hadto work at it for several sessions before itbecame law, but he now considers it a mile-stone of his service. If reelected, LeMunyonwants to create a class size limit of 29 stu-dents for grades 3 through 6. He also sayshe’ll work to implement the transportationlaws he helped craft. He also says he wantsto make sure that when local governmentshave capacity to meet transportation needswhen they increase density.

“The way it works right now is that anytime VDOT determines that a road is overcapacity, they have to specify that in a re-port and name the roads and the locations,”said LeMunyon. “There’s no requirementthat the local government has to pay atten-tion to that.”


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Troop 30 of Centrevillehonored Evan Simmonswho received the rank of

Eagle Scout in an Eagle Court ofHonor ceremony on the eveningof Monday, Oct. 9. Evan was rec-ognized for his achievements in aceremony held at the troop’s char-tering organization, CentrevillePresbyterian Church (CPC).

Evan earned a total of 32 meritbadges and for his Eagle ScoutProject he led a team of 15-plusworkers in a beautification projectof CPC.

Evan has had a busy year as anelected member of Westfield’s Na-tional Honor Society, earned a 4.0GPA during his junior year, com-pleted his remaining merit badges,and finished his Eagle Project.Evan also volunteered two hoursa week at Centreville Regional Li-brary.

More than 70 people attendedhis ceremony including his twooriginal Cub Scout Den moms.

Troop 30 is a mid-sized troopserving Centreville, Clifton,Chantilly, and surrounding areassince 1999.

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Coffee withDelegate Bulova

Del. David Bulova (D-37) willmeet informally with constituents,this Saturday, Oct. 28, from 9-11a.m., at Jireh Cafe, 13848 LeeHighway, in Centreville.

Collecting DrugsUnused or expired prescription

medications are a public safety is-sue, leading to accidental poison-ing, overdose, and abuse. Help thecommunity by safely disposing ofany unused or expired medicationon Drug Take Back Day, Saturday,Oct. 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. atthe front parking lot of the SullyDistrict Police Station, 4900Stonecroft Boulevard, Chantilly.

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