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By Bonnie Hobbs

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Residents who live in the vicinity of theBraddock/Pleasant Valley roads intersec-tion have a multitude of reasons why they

don’t want it made quicker by constructing aroundabout.

“Once you improve it, more traffic will comedown Pleasant Valley,” said Virginia Run’s WaltDougherty at last week’s meeting. “Then its speedlimit would have to be reduced to 25 mph be-cause there are a lot of children and bikes.”

Agreeing, Rebecca Brazier said she has threechildren and worries about the traffic speed onPleasant Valley. “We need to cross it to get to theswimming pool, and it’s scary,” she said. “I’m con-cerned that the improved intersection will increasetraffic on that road. Children who live in Virginia

By Bonnie Hobbs

Centre View

As far as the folks at VDOT are concerned,a roundabout at the intersection of Pleas-ant Valley and Braddock roads in Centreville

is a swell idea. They say it will eliminate a trafficbottleneck there and get drivers moving.

But the people who live in nearby communities

such as Virginia Run, Pleasant Forest and SullyEstates, say the increased steady stream ofLoudoun County vehicles on Pleasant Valley andBraddock roads will prevent them from gettingout of their neighborhoods.

Other residents don’t want this project done atall, and at least one person is questioning the le-gality of its funding. So a public meeting on theissue, last Wednesday night, June 5, at VirginiaRun Elementary was both heated and contentious.

“I look at that intersection as a chokepoint thatkeeps the traffic from going through our neigh-borhood,” said Virginia Run’s Gary Kanady. “Don’tinvest a dime [in improving it].”

VDOT’s choice to improve the Braddock/Pleasant Valley roads intersection is aroundabout with the center shifted southwest.

‘This Doesn’t Work for Us’Pleasant Valley/Braddock roundabout:To be or not to be?

Misuse of Federal Funds?Residents say project willworsen traffic problems.

See Recognition, Page 5

By Bonnie Hobbs

Centre View

Chantilly and Westfieldhigh schools each wontwo awards at the 14th

annual Cappies Gala,Sunday night, June 9, at TheKennedy Center in Washington,D.C.

Westfield received starry statu-ettes for Lead Actor in a Play andCreativity, and Chantilly tookhome the trophies for SupportingActress in a Play and Set. RobinsonSecondary captured the Best Mu-sical honor for “Hairspray,” andMadison won Best Play for “LendMe a Tenor.”

WESTFIELD HIGHSenior Mitchell Buckley received

the Cappie for Lead Actor in a Playfor his performance in Westfield’sdrama, “Flowers for Algernon.” He

portrayed Charlie Gordon, a 32-year-old mentally challenged man

Regional nods for performances.

Chantilly, WestfieldWin Cappie Awards

Lead Actor in a Play:Mitchell Buckley, WestfieldHigh School, “Flowers forAlgernon.”

Sets: Chantilly High School, “You Can’t Take It With You,”(from left): Chloe Vasquez, Mia Rickenbach, Josh Lutz,Drew Pardo.

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The Braddock/Pleasant Valleyroads intersection is near theFairfax/Loudoun border andregularly backs up at rush hour.

Surrounding it are Cox Farms and FairfaxCounty Park Authority land containing wet-lands.

There’s poor drainage, rare plant life andutility poles that would cost about $80,000

each to relocate. And Cox Farms is in anagricultural/forestall district, which has itsown restrictions.

Both Braddock and Pleasant Valley aresecondary roads, and there’s no money forthem in VDOT’s budget for the next sixyears. But with ever-increasing traffic,Loudoun County revved this project’s en-gine last summer by approving $1.2 mil-lion of its own money, matched by the sameamount from VDOT’s Revenue Sharing Pro-gram — plus $600,000 from the Common-

wealth Transportation Board — to fix theintersection.

At a March 18 public meeting, an engi-neer hired by VDOT presented three pro-posals to do it. Concept 1 centered theroundabout in the intersection, but requireda slip ramp and more right-of-way than theother plans. Concept 2 moved the round-about slightly southwest, affecting CoxFarms and the parkland more. Concept 3involved a traffic signal and left- and right-turn lanes.

In April, after considering criteria includ-ing traffic operation, safety, right-of-wayimpact, maintenance costs and ability forfuture expansion, the engineering firmchose Concept 2 as the preferred alterna-tive. And last Wednesday, June 5 — at ameeting requested by them — Virginia Runresidents told Supervisor Michael R. Frey(R-Sully) and VDOT’s Bud Siegel exactlywhat they thought about it.

Braddock/Pleasant Valley Project Details and Background

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First, though, the two men presentedsome background. “I’ve been getting re-quests to do something about this intersec-tion for as long as I’ve been in office — morethan 20 years,” said Frey. He also said aroundabout was considered in 2005, but thecost escalated to $6 million and there wasno money to construct it.

The project now has a somewhat smallerprice tag and, said Frey, “We want to movethis forward by the end of 2014. Route 50

will be increased from four to six lanes, withimproved turn lanes and traffic signals, fora 50-percent increase in capacity. And Route50 is clearly the primary highway and wherewe want the traffic from Loudoun Countyto go.”

At Braddock/Pleasant Valley, VDOT’splanning a 105-foot circle with vehiclespeeds of 20-25 mph. This fall, said Siegel,“We’ll develop the design to show the prop-erty impacts and other features and willthen hold another public meeting.”

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Otherwise, said Virginia Run Board ofTrustees President Jay Johnston, “The im-pact will be felt by all the homeowners as-sociations along Braddock and PleasantValley roads.”

VDOT’s Bud Siegel, however, said thechallenges of moving the type and volumeof traffic this intersection has make a round-about “much better and more viable” thanthe present situation. Currently, he said,“People have to stop while others are turn-ing left.”

But the residents said fixing it would leadto a plethora of problems VDOT’s not con-sidering. “What we’re not talking about isour neighborhood, Pleasant View Estates,and several others,” said Barb Coleman.“How are we going to get out? This doesn’twork for us — we’ll never be able to makea left-hand turn.”

As things stand now, she said, “When thetraffic’s moving, we can’t get anywhere. Ittook my husband 10 minutes to turn left,the other morning, because of all the traf-fic on Pleasant Valley Road.” So allowingLoudoun County traffic to flow unimpededthrough that intersection, said Coleman,will make matters worse. And, she added,“It’s ridiculous that this would get built be-fore the S-curve gets fixed.”

The S-curve on Braddock Road is alreadyinfamous in the area because it’s so steepand twisty. Kanady expressed the sentimentof many at the meeting when he said, “ThatS-curve is as dangerous as the dickens.”Residents also stressed that fixingBraddock/Pleasant Valley and increasingBraddock’s traffic will shift the bottleneckto that curve, backing up vehicles past SullyEstates to Old Lee Road.

Kanady said the roundabout would justencourage even more drivers from Loudoun

County to travel through their neighbor-hoods. And, said another resident, “If Pleas-ant Valley traffic is yielding to Braddock,there’ll be no relief.”

But Frey said the residents’ objections“aren’t going to stop Loudoun from grow-ing and using Braddock Road.” In response,some people suggested putting up jerseywalls to “make it harder for them to useBraddock.”

“Traffic is going to go everywhere,” saidFrey. “And Stone can’t handle all the trafficfrom Virginia Run that wants to go toWestfield High or north on Route 28.” Re-garding the S-curve, he said, “There’s awhole host of homeowners along BraddockRoad who’ll say, “If we fix that curve, thenthey won’t be able to get out of theirhomes.”

But it should be fixed, said resident ChrisTerpak-Malm. “All these guys that drive offBraddock Road in the S-curve don’t call thepolice to report their accidents,” she said.“But on Monday [June 3], an accident therestopped traffic for 40 minutes.”

Living a couple hundred yards from theBraddock/Pleasant Valley intersection, she

said, “We can’t get out of our neighborhoodsin the rain now, and we’ll never get out ifthe intersection’s improved. Parents needto be able to turn left to go to Westfieldbecause that’s our school. And two, single-family homes have driveways on Braddock,and people don’t go 35 mph on it — theygo 50 mph.”

Although Siegel said a roundabout is fore-cast to handle traffic there for 20 years, aWestfield parent said traffic volume wouldsaturate a circle. Instead, he said, the inter-section should be widened and a traffic lightwith turn lanes installed. “It may take longerand cost more,” he said. “But maybe that’sthe right, long-term solution for these neigh-borhoods.”

“Why not wait and do a traffic study tosee the impact after the Route 50 east-westimprovements?” asked Virginia Run’s TamiTroscianecki. “You might not need to dothis.”

But Frey said it’ll be another six monthsbefore Route 50’s done and would take an-other year to do a traffic study. Then, hesaid, “We’re into 2017 and having anothermeeting like this.” At those words, the roomerupted in applause.

However, he said Virginia Run’s 1,400homes are part of the traffic and he doesn’tbelieve the intersection can wait muchlonger to be improved. “In 2002, peoplefrom Virginia Run called my office and com-plained about this intersection,” said Frey.“We’re not going to start tomorrow, but wecan’t take it off the radar; we’ve got to dosomething.”

He said the county’s long-range Compre-hensive Plan shows Braddock realigning tothe left of the S-curve and tying into OldLee. “But it goes through parkland and hashuge environmental and neighborhood-ac-cess issues,” said Frey. “And it’s a big con-troversy.”

“So it’s not as simple as fixing the S-curvebecause of expensive environmental issues,”he continued. “It’s in a floodplain and wedon’t have the money to do the wholeproject. The Braddock/Pleasant Valley in-tersection is where the congestion is, andthis is a perfectly rational solution.”

But Virginia Run’s Jim Hart wondered,“How did commuting times to South Ridingbecome a priority? Safety at the S-curvemight just be more of a priority than speed-ing up this intersection.”

Pleasant Valley/Braddock Roundabout: To Be Or Not To Be?

Sully SupervisorMichael Frey

VDOT’s BudSiegel

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Run get bused to school now because it’stoo dangerous to cross Pleasant Valley.”

“If this intersection’s sped up, somepeople who now cut down other roads willuse it,” said Jim Hart. “We can get throughnow to go north. But if there’s a steadystream of traffic from Loudoun at the circle,we’ll never get through it.”

Calling it “an extraordinarily significantlocation,” he said it’s in the Occoquan down-zoned area designated such by FairfaxCounty to protect the drinking-water qual-ity. “Pleasant Valley Road is a scenic bywayand people value the environmental issues,”said Hart. And if the grading and hydrol-ogy is changed, he said, it could affect theenvironment of a rare plant there, the flat-stemmed spikerush.

There’s also a possible funding conflict.VDOT’s Bud Siegel said this project received$600,000 from the federal Highway SafetyImprovement Program (HSIP). But VirginiaRun’s Ted Troscianecki said HSIP’s guide-

lines clearly stipulate that its funds are tobe used on public roads “to achieve a sig-nificant reduction in traffic fatalities and

serious injuries.”“There’s no documentation of any of this

at that intersection,” he stressed. “So if HSIPfunds are for safety, why is that money be-ing used here? That’s an inappropriate useof these funds; they’re federal funds thatare supposed to be used for something else.”

Judy Heisinger said VDOT’s guidelinessay roundabouts shouldn’t handle morethan 1,600 vehicles/hour, traffic volumesshould be equal in both directions and traf-fic-circle speeds should be slow. But, shesaid, “There’s too much volume now, thetraffic going east-west is more than thenorth-south traffic and people are doing 40mph. So this roundabout would quickly beoverwhelmed.”

Evan Smithgall, president of the FairfaxNational Estates homeowners association,said a roundabout shouldn’t be built. In-stead, he said, “Put a timed light in there toslow down the South Riding traffic.”

After the residents presented their objec-tions, Barb Coleman of Pleasant View Es-tates asked Siegel and Supervisor Michael

R. Frey (R-Sully) to “Please pause, step backand take a look at these things. Please hearwhat we’re saying.”

But Frey said he has to listen to all theresidents, not just them. “I also representthe people in the neighborhoods offBraddock who don’t want their road beingthe main one,” he explained. “And I can’tstop the Loudoun County traffic.”

He also said he doesn’t have the author-ity to stop this project since it’s being doneby the state and the Commonwealth Trans-portation Board allocated money for it. Buthe urged the residents to contact the CTBvia their delegates and said he’d “make sureall this information is passed on to VDOT.”

And Sen. Dave Marsden (D-37th), also atthe meeting, said residents could contacthim, too, at [email protected].“This has been a great meeting tonight be-cause your voices were heard,” he said.“This is serious stuff because it affects you– but it affects a lot of other people, too.”

Added Frey: “We’ll try to do the best wecan and we’ll continue to listen to you.”

Residents Say Project Will Worsen Traffic Problems

Virginia Run’s Ted Troscianeckicontends that federal funds arebeing improperly used for thisproject.

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RemembranceCabaret for Reema

The annual Remembrance Cabaret for Westfield High grad andVirginia Tech victim Reema Samaha will be held this Saturday,June 15, at 7 p.m. at Westfield High. (It actually begins at 6 p.m.with a silent auction and bake sale that continue during intermis-sion).

It’s an evening filled with singing, dancing, comedy sketchesand fun. Silent-auction items include Nationals-Phillies tickets,jewelry, artwork and a four-person golf outing. Admission is free,but donations may be made to The Reema J. Samaha MemorialScholarship Fund or to Angel Fund.

Volunteer ChargedWith Embezzlement

Fairfax County police have charged a 25-year-old Chantilly woman working as a volunteer at“Celebrate Fairfax” with embezzlement. She isVarrie Butler of Katling Square. Police say shewas tending a cash box at one of the entrancegates to the event on Sunday, June 9, betweennoon and 5 p.m., when management became suspicious and con-tacted police.

According to police, an investigation revealed that Butler hadallegedly taken money from the proceeds of people who’d pur-chased tickets and hid it on her person. She cooperated with theauthorities and all the money was recovered. Following her ar-rest, she was taken to the Adult Detention Center.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime solvers at1-866-411-TIPS/8477, e-mail www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org, text“TIP187” plus a message to CRIMES/274637 or call police at 703-691-2131.

Woman Robbed at GunpointFairfax County police are looking for a man who robbed a

woman at gunpoint last week in the Old Centreville CrossingShopping Center. The incident occurred last Thursday, June 6,around 4:30 p.m. in the 13800 block of Braddock Road inCentreville.

Police say a 44-year-old woman had just left a coffee shop thereand noticed a man standing at the passenger side of the car. Aftershe entered her car, he pulled a gun and demanded that she openthe door and give him her purse. She screamed, and he grabbedthe purse and fled.

The suspect is described as white, in his 20s, with a scruffy,reddish beard. He was about 5 feet 11 inches tall and 160-180pounds. He wore a black shirt and gray sweatpants. Anyone withinformation is asked to contact Crime solvers at 1-866-411-TIPS/8477, e-mail www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org, text “TIP187” plus amessage to CRIMES/274637 or call police at 703-691-2131.

Man Charged in Deck FireFairfax County Fire and Rescue Department fire investigators

charged Jonathan David Riordan, 41, of the 14500 block of EddyCourt, Centreville, with carelessly damaging property by fire andunauthorized release of a hazardous material.

They say two, separate, outside fires ignited Monday, June 10,after a gasoline can on fire was thrown from a nearby deck. Thedamage to the deck is estimated at $200. Riordan’s charges are

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A WashingtonRedskins footballautographed byquarterback RGIII and his team-mates is one ofthe silent-auctionitems at thecabaret.

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The Art Guild of Clifton is hosting The FirstAnnual Clifton Plein Air (outdoor) PaintingFestival, rain or shine, Saturday-Sunday,

June 22-23. That Saturday, concurrent with theClifton Wine Festival, artists may set up anywhere inthe corporate town limits, except for the Town Park,where the wine festival is being held.

The festival also includes an artist competition withcash prizes and awards, including a People’s Choiceaward where attendees may vote for their favoritepieces. It concludes with a silent auction that benefitsThe Art Guild of Clifton art programs; it’s open to ev-eryone and gives people the chance to support thelocal arts programs and take home a piece of artwork.

The Clifton Plein Air Painting Festival is open toall levels of painters, including amateur, intermedi-ate and top-level professionals. There are also two

special teen categories (ages 13-15 and 16-18).Check-in is at 10 a.m. outside the Clifton Wine

Shop, 7145-C Main St., and painting runs from thenuntil Sunday at 3 p.m. Judging will be done from3:30-5 p.m. by Clifton artists Paul Hennesy andPalmer Smith. An awards ceremony and silent auc-tion follow from 5-7 p.m. in the Clifton Town Meet-ing Hall, 12641 Chapel Road.

Sponsors are Sarah Pichardo with Potomac Mort-gage-Fairfax; Fran Rauch, FR Designs; and the CliftonWine Shop. For more information and registration,go to “Contact us” at www.ArtGuildofClifton.org. ormail a registration form with payment to the ArtGuild of Clifton, Clifton Plein Air Festival, P.O. Box288, Clifton, VA 20124. Registration is $35.

— Bonnie Hobbs

Clifton Plans Painting Festival

The Barnes & Noble in Fair Lakes hosted a recent bookfair with a percentage of sales going to the MountainView High School Scholarship Foundation. The eventincluded face painting, storytelling, music and an artdisplay. Mountain View juniors Peter Shin and KarlaBolanos prepare to paint more faces.

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Students Put FunInto FundraiserMilana Mohler, 8, gets herface painted at the book-store fundraiser.

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The Alliance Theatre has a 10-year tradi-tion of working with young people in thearts, and it’s continuing this summer.Children entering third grade through

eighth grade are invited to spend a summer on thestage and behind the camera in a five-week series ofworkshops.

The sessions run from June 25-28, July 1-3, July9-12, July 16-19 and July 23-26, from 6:30-9 p.m.,at Mountain View High School, 5775 Spindle Courtin Centreville. For cost and registration information,go to www.thealliancetheatre.org.

Actors will be divided into two groups, students inrising grades 3-5 and in rising grades 6-8, and willlearn about acting, filmmaking, singing and danc-ing, technical theater and play/film production.

The summer workshops provide young artists withthe opportunity to explore many stages. “The firststage is the actor’s space,” said Alliance’s MaggieSwan. “Improvisation and the actor’s toolbox are usedas keys to characterization. Characters are made evenmore interesting by adding creative movement,

throwing a punch, clowning around, using a strangevoice, wearing a costume or wielding a prop.”

The second stage is the movie set and, in this por-tion, a professional filmmaker will be the guest in-structor. Students will learn what makes a good, vi-sual picture; hitting marks in front of and behindthe camera; frames and angles; and acting for thecamera.

The third stage moves to Broadway and will betaught by guest instructors who’ll have the studentssinging, dancing and moving in different styles rang-ing from the music of “Grease” to “The Little Mer-maid.” Included are tips on auditioning.

The fourth stage is actually backstage, and studentswill learn the impact that lighting, costumes, makeup,sound, special effects, scenery and prop design canhave on a production. The color of the lights changesthe mood and creates atmosphere and a piece of fab-ric can become a river.

The fifth stage shifts to the production studio wherestudents will be taught the technical aspects of put-ting on a play or film. Then they’ll each do a varietyof jobs — putting into use many of the elementsthey’ve learned during the workshops — to createan original, short film.

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with a 68 IQ.In the play, Charlie undergoes an

experiment that raises his IQ togenius level. But after starting toget used to his new life — andeven falling in love — he beginsto revert back.

Sunday, with Cappie award inhand, he said, “I’m just so happy.Everybody put so much work intothe show and the Cappies programrecognized that. I think it showsthat working together with the restof the cast definitely paid off.” Af-ter graduation, Buckley will attendEmerson College in Boston wherehe’ll major in acting.

The Cappie for Creativity wentto seniors Alex Mann and JoeDrzemiecki. Mann mainly devel-oped the show’s original musicwhich Drzemiecki played live andintertwined within the production.Mann called winning this honor “pretty cool. It’s suchnice recognition. Seeing the music finished was anaccomplishment, in itself. But it’s always nice to winan award.”

Added Drzemiecki: “I didn’t go into it with the ideaof winning an award, so this is an interesting out-come.”

CHANTILLY HIGHReceiving the Cappie for Supporting Actress in a

Play was junior Brooke Johnson for Chantilly’s “YouCan’t Take it With You.” It’s a funny and heartwarm-ing story of the eccentric Sycamore family in 1937New York. The daughter falls in love with the son ofa wealthy banker and hilarity ensues.

Johnson played a strong woman, but someonebelievable in the context of that time frame. She wasboth “surprised and excited” with her golden statu-ette.

“It was so surreal; I didn’t expect it, but I’mthrilled,” she said. “It’s my own shining star. My partwas supposed to be a male and I did it as a womanwith a Russian accent, so the Cappies critics wereimpressed.”

Josh Lutz, Chloe Vasquez, Drew Pardo and Mia

Rickenbach won the Sets Cappiefor designing the inside of a huge,two-story house. They created“rooms” behind doors and hall-ways to make the home more re-alistic.

Vasquez called their Cappiesvictory “amazing. It was a col-laborative effort on all of ourparts. Each of us is talented indifferent ways and we came to-gether to make this set happen.”It was her second Cappie for Sets;she also won for “Stage Door” asa sophomore.

Lutz praised his fellow teammembers. “They really inspiredme, and I’m thankful to be on thisteam with them,” he said. “And Ithank everyone at Chantilly whohelped build the set; we couldn’tdo this without them.”

“I’m really glad to have been apart of set construction for thepast four years,” said Pardo. He

also expressed appreciation to Theater Director EdMonk “for everything he taught me ever. He’s a fan-tastic teacher.”

Rickenbach thanked the others for letting her par-ticipate, sharing their knowledge with her and “be-ing the wonderful people they are.” And, addedVasquez, “We all want to thank Mr. Monk for sup-porting and inspiring all of us.”

VOCAL DIRECTOR, CHOREOGRAPHERAlso honored with Cappies on Sunday for their 10

years of service were the Cappie Gala’s vocal direc-tor, Jan Lunsford, and choreographer JenniferKoonce. Before retiring, Lunsford was CentrevilleHigh’s choral director for 13 years. Koonce taughtspecial ed and choreographed FCPS theater produc-tions.

“I’m really excited,” said Lunsford. “It was a sur-prise to both of us, so it was a joyful feeling to goonstage together and receive an award for somethingwe’ve worked so hard on for so long.”

Koonce said they’re always thrilled to be part ofthe Cappie performers’ excitement. But, she said, “It’sneat to be recognized. I see it as an honor for all ofus and for the singers’ and dancers’ program.”

Recognition at Kennedy Center

Creativity: Westfield HighSchool, “Flowers forAlgernon,” (from left): AlexMann and Joe Drzemieckifor composing.

Mia Rickenbach designedand constructed her dressfrom paper scripts from theplay.

Supporting Actress in aPlay: Brooke Johnson,Chantilly High School, “YouCan’t Take It With You.”

Receiving 10-year recogni-tion for support of theCappies organization andfor training of the students:Jennifer Koonce, choreogra-pher, and Janet Lunsford,vocal director.

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A Key to Jewish HellBy Patrick Wood

Gates to open a Holocaust,A Holocaust only leading Jews to HellCaused by Hitler and his Nazis.The years went by and by.Then World War II began.It was like all Hell broke freeBattle after blazing battle.We are here behind these gates.Now we’re just skeletons standing

where man used to dwell.I draw my last breath right here.

Patrick Wood is a ninth grader atCentreville High School.

Poetry

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Why Is ProjectFast-Tracked?To the Editor:

The following open letter isaddressed to Supervisor MichaelFrey (R–Sully).Supervisor Frey:

First, I appreciate your facilita-tion of the June 5 meeting withVDOT (Bud Siegel) to discuss the

proposed “improve-ments” to the subjectintersection. Specialthanks to Mr. Siegel

for his professionalism in his ex-changes with a challenging group.

As a follow on to the meeting, Ilook to you to ensure that thereare prompt responses to the manyquestions posed during the meet-ing. I am specifically seeking clar-ity on the project funding:

❖ The VDOT website list HSIPfunds as source for the project. Theintended use for HSIP is “toachieve a significant reduction intraffic fatalities and serious inju-ries on all public roads”. There isno evidence that this intersectionqualifies for HSIP funds with thisdefinition. Please clarify.

❖ It appears that $2 million infunds have been targeted ($1 mil-lion from Loudoun County, pre-sumably from gas tax funds and$1 million in state matchingfunds) plus $500K in engineering.I reference information obtainedfrom the VDOT and CTB websites’six-year improvement programdata. We discussed a figure be-tween $3 million and $4 million.Where will the funding gap comefrom?

In general, the funding pictureis murky at best.

Beyond the funding questions,there is the question of transpor-tation priorities in Fairfax County.This project is not listed in theFairfax County six-year transpor-tation plan nor is it listed as a pri-ority for the Northern VirginiaRegional Authority or Alliance. Sohow did it suddenly become soand why did Jeff McKay, chairmanof the Fairfax County Board ofSupervisors’ Transportation Com-mittee suddenly state so at May 29CTB public meeting (which wassubsequently revealed to the BOSat the June 4 BOS meeting)?

I personally am frustrated withthe lack of transparency in thisproject. It appears to me that thisproject is being rammed down thethroats of the residents of westernFairfax County to the benefit of theresidents of eastern LoudounCounty only. You’ve heard fromyour constituents at the June 4meeting and it is reasonable for usto expect you to protect our inter-ests. Please do so.

It is the opinion of many in west-ern Fairfax that the proposed pro-gram will have a severely negativeimpact on our daily experience.Further, I personally believe thatthe intersection as is, although notoptimal, provides metering of traf-fic flow though that area wherethe road system is substandard(Braddock east-west and PV Roadnorth-south do not have shouldersand let’s not forget the S-curve)thus actually providing a saferdriving environment.

My suggestion is (and I believe

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the prudent thing to do is) to stopthe process, wait for the Route 50improvements to be completed (ata cost of $99.9 million?), redo thetraffic studies to see if there is stilla problem.

Then if it isn’t broken, weshouldn’t spend scarce taxpayerdollars to fix it.

I anxiously await your reply asit is obvious that this project is ona very fast track.

Ted TroscianeckiVirginia Run

Madison, 15, a freshman at WestfieldHigh School, with her Dad, Jay McCrory,on vacation in Europe. It was formalnight on the cruise ship, Liberty of theSea.

Rob Pewett and hisdaughter Allison, 12,

and sons Sam, 11, andChris, 6, from LittleRocky Run, enjoy a

Washington Nationals’home game.

Matt Borkowski withEmily Borkowski, 14, onleft, and LaurenBorkowski, 18, on right,with cousin WhitneyVerell, bottom right, onJune 1, celebratingLauren’s 18th birthday.

Brian Maloney, 7months old, with his

daddy, Dr. MikeMaloney, of Fairfax.

It was baby’s firstChristmas.

Me & My Dad


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Saint Timothy Catholic School’syearbook program has been named a2013 Jostens National Yearbook Pro-gram of Excellence by Jostens, a leadingproducer of yearbooks. Jostens recog-nizes dynamic school yearbookprograms and yearbook staff who workhard to create and engaging yearbook.

Elizabeth Kurowski has beennamed to the 2013 spring semesterdean’s list at Ohio Wesleyan University.

Students attending Randolph-MaconAcademy have been recognized for ath-letic achievement during the 2013spring sports season: AndrewCriminski, received the Most Im-proved Player Award for hisperformance on the varsity track team.Griffin Duy received 1st Team, All-Delaney Athletic Conference honors forhis performance on the varsity baseballteam

Andrew Criminski has been in-ducted into Randolph-Macon Academy’schapter of the National German HonorSociety.

Tenequa Howard of Chantilly HighSchool, Jason Lee of Fairfax HighSchool, and Christine Oh of Westfield

High School have accepted honorsscholarships awarded by Northern Vir-ginia Community College. Thescholarships were awarded to local highschool students and cover the cost of in-state tuition, books, supplies and travelabroad for two years of study. This is thefirst time the college is offering suchscholarships to incoming students.

This year all Chantilly HighSchool students will read “Peak” byRoland Smith for their summer readingassignment. “Peak” is the story of PeakMarcello, a 14-year-old Manhattan boywho is obsessed with mountain climb-ing. When his habit of free-climbingskyscrapers makes him a media sensa-tion and gets him arrested, he is givena choice: go to juvenile detention orleave the country for a while. The OneBook program is designed both to en-courage reading in the summer monthsand to foster a sense of community inthe school and beyond through sharingthis exciting adventure story.

Tenequa Howard, of ChantillyHigh School, and Christine Oh, ofWestfield High School, have acceptedhonors scholarships awarded by North-ern Virginia Community College. Thescholarship covers the cost of the stu-dent earning one degree at the College.Scholarship winners are enrolled inNOVA’s Honors Program, an enrichedpath of study for motivated students.

School Notes

College DayPoplar Tree Elementary School recently participated in the Chantilly Pyramid-wideCollege Day. A Wall of Fame was created showcasing current high school seniors whowere Poplar Tree alumni and their after high school plans. Seniors, MackenzieMaison, Hattie Clougherty, Sam Dixon and Steven Phan came back to Poplar Tree totalk with the fifth and sixth grade classes about their journey through school anddecisions in picking the colleges they plan to attend.

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A Rocky Run Middleeighth-grader, Chris-tine Wang, has wonfirst place (for grades

six through eight) in the Lettersabout Literature contest sponsoredby the Library of Congress. Shewrote her award-winning letterabout the book, “American BornChinese” by Gene Luen Yang.

Christine, 13, got to read herletter recently at the Virginia Fes-tival of the Book in Charlottesville.

The book’s a graphic novel in hard-cover, comic-book form. It con-tains three connected stories thatbecome one at the end, and theyappealed to her on a personallevel.

“One story’s about a boy who’sashamed of his Chinese cousin,and another’s about a boy tired ofbeing Chinese,” said Christine. “Iliked the characters because theywere strong and interesting, and Iidentified with them because ofmy heritage.”

Born in Maryland, she moved toChina at age 4 and returned to the

Competition sponsored byLibrary of Congress.

Student Wins Contest for Letter about LiteratureU.S. at age 10. “When I first movedhere, it was kind of hard becauseI was used to everyone being likeme,” she said. “Then I didn’t wantto be Chinese — I wanted to fit inand be like everyone else.”

Besides that, said Christine, now13, “Everyone thought that, be-cause I was Asian, I should getgood grades.” Additionally, shewas new to Rocky Run this yearbecause her family had movedover the summer.

So, she said, “When I was read-ing this book, at the beginning ofthe school year, it was tough forme because I was the new kidagain. But so was one of the char-acters in the book. I read it over along period of time and, when hemade his first friends, I made

mine.”In the book, said Christine, that

character “tried acting and dress-ing like an American, but it allbackfired. So it taught me to justbe who I am and not try to besomeone else, so I wrote all thesethings in my letter. I was surprisedto win; I was hoping to be a final-ist. But I’m happy about it; Iworked hard on the letter and I’mglad it got something.”

Also pleased for Christine washer English teacher, HeatherHogue. “It’s such a huge honor andI’m so proud of her,” said Hogue.“She has a great way of express-ing her emotion in writing andtapping a deep wellspring of in-telligence and creativity. And it’sa pleasure to have her in class.”

Rocky Run student Chris-tine Wang wrote an award-winning letter about thisbook.

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It wasn’t rush hour, but I-66 east wasbacked up as far as the eye could see,as big-rig truckers warned their bud-dies about a commercial-truck inspec-

tion happening on Route 28 in Centreville.But that didn’t stop a team of law-enforce-

ment officers from inspecting 88 trucks onThursday, May 30, and placing 29 of them— nearly one-third — out of service. Theyalso discovered and cited the truckers for249 other violations.

“No truck will leave the lot until it’s re-paired, rechecked and deemed safe totravel,” said Fairfax County police spokes-woman Lucy Caldwell from the inspectionsite in a parking area of E.C. Lawrence Park.“This is a massive, labor- and resource-in-tensive operation, but it’s important.”

The inspections ran from 7 a.m.-1 p.m.and were a collaborative effort of MotorCarrier Safety officers from the Fairfax andPrince William County police departments;Virginia State Police; Spotsylvania, Staffordand Loudoun sheriffs offices; Town ofHerndon police; the Virginia Department ofMotor Vehicles; and the U.S. Departmentof Transportation.

“There’s a national truck check, the firstweek in June, and we do ours before thatone,” said Caldwell. “There are 13 inspec-tion stations, with at least two officers perstation, and they’re going through thesetrucks with a fine-toothed comb. The truckswere either chosen for inspection becauseof obvious infractions or, at random, fromRoute 28.”

Hilario Delgadillo of JSC Construction ofManassas Park was driving a roll-off truckfrom Chantilly to Maryland, hauling con-crete forms for an apartment complex, whenhe was sidelined. “It was kind of a shock,”he said. “I didn’t know why they pulled meover.”

But when the officers explained, he waspleased to cooperate. “This is to keep ev-erybody safe, so it’s fine with me,” saidDelgadillo. “I don’t mind it, one bit.” Be-sides that, he said, things on his truckneeded to be repaired.

“Two of the brakes were out of adjust-ment and the right-turn signal on the pas-

senger-side front wasn’t working,” he said.“And one of the hubcaps was leaking oil —they contain the oil for the brakes. So we’refixing all these things.”

One of the repairmen was Jesse Brown, aservice technician with The Truck Shop, adivision of Roadrunner Wrecker of Sterling.“We do road service and get trucks back onthe road,” he said. At the inspection site,he was busy replacing a brake hose on afuel truck.

If not, said Brown, “It would start leak-ing and the driver would lose brake pres-sure. Then an alarm would go off and thetruck would have to stop on the side of theroad.” He said the surprise inspections area good idea “to keep the trucks safe, be-cause there are a lot of them out there onthe road that are pretty dangerous.”

Adalberto Justiniano was carrying off-road diesel fuel from Leesburg to Arling-ton, around 8 a.m., when he was pulledover. “I thought, ‘What’s going on? What’shappened,’” he said. “I was driving underthe speed limit but, when an officer tellsyou to stop, you do.”

He, too, said the inspections are neces-

sary. “I’m happy [to comply] because it cansave a lot of lives on the road,” saidJustiniano. “But they need to have hot dogsand Gatorade for the drivers because I’vebeen here three hours now, waiting for themechanic, and I’m hungry and thirsty.”

Also temporarily out-of-service was anunloaded, 28,000-pound dump truck beingdriven by Julio Garcia. He normally haulsdirt for residential and large commercialprojects but, that Thursday morning, he hadother plans.

Ironically, Garcia was driving fromManassas to a Sterling repair shop to getthe truck fixed when his vehicle was flaggeddown for an inspection. “The front axlemoves more than it should because the Ubolts in the axle spring are loose, so the boltsneed to be tightened,” he said. But he didn’tmind the inspection, he said, because“sometimes, drivers don’t know what’swrong with their trucks.”

Meanwhile, mechanic Jorge Calderon wasreplacing the brake-control box on a dumptruck. “There are a lot of accidents,” he said.“But this way, the police can control thevehicles’ safety; that’s good work.”

Also helping were several auxiliary po-lice officers, including Chuck Foster. “We’remanaging the traffic flow on the lot,” hesaid. “When a truck comes in, we record itslicense-plate number and the company itrepresents and direct the driver to an in-spection station.”

Fairfax County police Lt. J.P. Palenscar andSgt. Mike Tucker oversaw the inspectionoperations. “We’ve put a good number oftrucks out of service today,” said Palenscar.“[The infractions included] contaminatedand bad brakes, overweight or overloadedtrucks and steering problems.”

John Saunders, with the SpotsylvaniaCounty Sheriff’s Office, sidelined a dumptruck belonging to Isamar Hauling Inc. ofHerndon. It was bringing dirt fromRockville, Md., to Ashburn for a residentialbuilding project before being pulled over.

“The wheel hub outside was kind of wet,which told me there might be a problem,”said Saunders. “The wheel seal inside thetire failed and is dumping out grease all overthe braking surface. It’s kind of scary be-cause it takes away the surface’s brakingefficiency.”

Yet that vehicle’s driver, Eddie Arana, saidthe truck inspections were “wasting [thedrivers’] time because we’re working — wehave a job to do. We’d volunteer to take aday free when we’re not working and getthings repaired. I didn’t have a problem.”

But MPO Dan Johnson, of the FairfaxCounty Police Department’s Motor CarrierSafety section, had little sympathy forArana. “When he’s out on the public streetswith a 60,000-pound dump truck, he hasto comply with the laws of Virginia and thecode of federal regulations that governtrucks,” said Johnson. “His truck is unsafeto be on the road with other drivers.”

Whether it’s Saturday or Thursday or adriver is working or not, said Johnson, hisvehicle “has to be safe for road travel. Andmy job as an inspector is to see that thathappens and, therefore, prevents accidents,injuries and fatal incidents.”

Saunders then noted that “all the wheelseals” on Arana’s truck were “shot.” Thatmeant axle grease was leaking out onto thebrakes, said Johnson. “That’s a huge prob-lem,” he said. “When the brakes are applied,it creates heat from the friction and, at acertain temperature, that grease will catchon fire. Brakes that don’t work can’t stop,and the truck could run into somebody.”

That’s why the work of the Motor CarrierSafety section is vital, said Johnson, but it’stough keeping up with it all. “There are al-most 400 square miles in Fairfax County andwe have just four, full-time truck inspec-tors,” he said. “We had another one, but thatposition was cut in 2008 because of budgetconstraints.” Ideally, he said, they’d like tohave about 10 inspectors because, “with allthe thousands of truck drivers in FairfaxCounty and only four of us, the odds are,they’re going to get away with their viola-tions up to the point where they have a fa-tal crash — and then we will be called out.But our goal is to take that dangerous truckoff the street before that happens.”

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Inspection team places nearly one-third of big-rig trucks out of service.

Fairfax County Police Det. C.C. Snyder, with the Crash ReconstructionUnit, approaches the driver of an incoming tow truck.

Trucker Hilario Delgadillo waitsfor his vehicle to be repaired.

Service technician Jesse Brown replaces abrake hose on a fuel truck.

John Saunders, with theSpotsylvania CountySheriff’s Office, foundserious problems insidethis truck’s tire.

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THURSDAY/JUNE 136th Annual Erin Peterson Fund

Tournament. Held at Westfields Golf Club,13940 Balmoral Greens Ave., Clifton. To registervisit www.erinpetersonfund.org.

Civil War Lecture. 7 p.m. at Centreville RegionalLibrary, 14200 St. Germain Drive. Adults andschool age children can hear “Battle of BrandyStation, VA: Largest Cavalry Battle on AmericanSoil” by Mike Block. Free. 703-830-2223.

FRIDAY/JUNE 14Swing Dance. 8:30 p.m.-midnight at Hilton

Washington Dulles Airport, 13869 Park CenterRoad, Herndon. King Teddy provides the music.$15. Visit www.gottaswing.com or 703-35-9882.

Ready for School Storytime. 4 p.m. atChantilly Regional Library, 4000 StringfellowRoad. Ages 4-5 can enjoy stories and more. Free.Registration required. 703-502-3883.

SATURDAY/JUNE 15Remembrance Cabaret. 7 p.m. at Westfield

High School,4700 Stonecroft Blvd. Enjoy a silentauction and bake sale. Free, donations welcome.All donations benefit the Reema J. SamahaMemorial Scholarship Fund and Angel Fund.Visit www.reemasamaha.org orwww.angelfundva.org.

Master Gardeners. 10:30 a.m. at ChantillyLibrary, 4000 Stringfellow Road. Adults can gettips, information and advice on their homegardens. Free. 703-502-3883.

Kaleidoscope Storytime. 10:30 a.m. atChantilly Regional Library, 4000 StringfellowRoad. All ages can enjoy a sensory story timefocusing on the strengths and adapting tochildren on the autism spectrum and with otherdevelopmental disabilities. Free. Registrationrequired. 703-502-3883.

Paws for Reading. 3 p.m. at Chantilly RegionalLibrary, 4000 Stringfellow Road. Ages 5-12 canmeet and read to a trained therapy dog. Theycan read from a library book or already ownedone. Free. Registration required, 703-502-3883.

MONDAY/JUNE 17 ESL Book Club. 7 p.m. at Centreville Regional

Library, 14200 St. Germain Drive. Ask for title.703-830-2223.

TUESDAY/JUNE 18 Small Wonders. 10:30 a.m. at Chantilly

Regional Library, 4000 Stringfellow Road. Ages12-23 months enjoy rhymes, songs and more.Free. Registration required. 703-502-3883.

Bouncin’ Babies. 11:30 a.m. at ChantillyRegional Library, 4000 Stringfellow Road.Babies up to 11 months can enjoy rhymes,songs, stories and more. Free. Registrationrequired. 703-502-3883.

Storytime. 1:30 p.m. at Chantilly RegionalLibrary, 4000 Stringfellow Road. Children age 3-

5 can enjoy stories and more. Free. Registrationrequired. 703-502-3883.

Tuesday Tales. 7 p.m. at Chantilly RegionalLibrary, 4000 Stringfellow Road. All ages canenjoy music, movement and fun. Free.Registration required. 703-502-3883.

WEDNESDAY/JUNE 19 Bouncin’ Babies. 3 p.m. at Chantilly Regional

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Small Wonders. 4 p.m. at Chantilly RegionalLibrary, 4000 Stringfellow Road. Ages 12-23months can enjoy rhymes, songs and more. Free.Registration required. 703-502-3883.

The Fabulous Five Senses/Dinosaur Show. 7p.m. at Chantilly Library, 4000 StringfellowRoad. All ages can go back in time to the land ofdinosaurs with the Goodlife Theater puppets.Free. Registration required, 703-502-3883.

THURSDAY/JUNE 20All Creatures Great and Small. 10:30 a.m. at

Centreville Regional Library, 14200 St. GermainDrive Meet local animals from the Blue RidgeWildlife Center. For children ages 6-12.Registration required, 703-830-2223.

Pajama Storytime. 7 p.m. at Chantilly Library,4000 Stringfellow Road. Children ages 3-6 canwear pjs and enjoy bedtime stories. Free.Registration required, 703-502-3883.

SATURDAY/JUNE 22 Master Gardeners. 10:30 a.m. at Chantilly

Library, 4000 Stringfellow Road. Adults can gettips, information and advice on their homegardens. Free. 703-502-3883.

Peaceful Paws. 10:30 a.m. at Chantilly RegionalLibrary, 4000 Stringfellow Road. Children onthe autism spectrum or with otherdevelopmental challenges meet and read to atrained therapy dog Dakota, a gentle giantBernese Mountain dog. Reading is not required,but can read from a library book or alreadyowned one. Free. Registration required, 703-502-3883.

Hidden Pond: Bird’s Nests. 2:30 p.m. atChantilly Library, 4000 Stringfellow Road.Children in grades K-6 can learn about birds andtheir nesting habits, and then try and make one.Free. Registration required, 703-502-3883.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY/JUNE 22-23Plein Air Festival. The festival is open to all

levels of painters including amateur,intermediate, teens and more. Enjoy a silentauction, artist competition with prizes andawards and more. Visit www.artguildofclifton.org or 703-830-1480 to register.

MONDAY/JUNE 24 Bouncin’ Babies. 10:30 a.m. at Chantilly

Regional Library, 4000 Stringfellow Road.Babies up to 11 months can enjoy rhymes,songs, stories and more. Free. Registrationrequired. 703-502-3883.

Thriving Three to Fives. 11 a.m. at CentrevilleRegional Library, 14200 St. Germain Drive.Children age 3-5 can enjoy stories and activities.Free. Registration required. 703-830-2223.


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1 7117 BRADDOCK RD ................ 6 ... 4 ... 2 ..... SPRINGFIELD .... $1,575,000 .... Detached 1.72 ............... LEEWOOD .............. 04/22/13

2 3453 FAWN WOOD LN .............. 6 ... 6 ... 2 ........ FAIRFAX ........ $1,575,000 .... Detached 0.89 ......... OAK HILL ESTATES ........ 04/05/13

3 9515 SHELLY KRASNOW LN ...... 5 ... 5 ... 2 ........ FAIRFAX ........ $1,270,000 .... Detached 0.20 ........ PICKETT‘S RESERVE ....... 04/30/13

4 6293 CLIFTON RD .................... 6 ... 5 ... 1 ........ CLIFTON ....... $1,135,000 .... Detached 5.99 .......... CLIFTON DOWNS ........ 04/30/13

5 7252 ARCHLAW DR .................. 3 ... 2 ... 1 ........ CLIFTON ....... $1,107,510 .... Detached 5.54 .......... CLIFTON TRAILS ......... 04/12/13

6 7430 DUNQUIN CT .................. 5 ... 4 ... 1 ........ CLIFTON ....... $1,000,000 .... Detached 5.24 .............. GLENCAIRN ............. 04/10/13

7 8204 GREENTREE MANOR LN ... 5 ... 4 ... 1 .. FAIRFAX STATION . $1,000,000 .... Detached 0.98 .............. GLENMORE ............. 04/26/13

8 3782 AVENEL CT ...................... 5 ... 4 ... 1 ........ FAIRFAX ........... $935,000 .... Detached 0.23 ......... FAIR OAKS CHASE ........ 04/19/13

9 11100 SPLIT RAIL LN ................ 4 ... 2 ... 1 .. FAIRFAX STATION .... $919,000 .... Detached 6.32 ........ THE HOLLY FOREST ....... 04/02/13

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11 6732 CEDAR SPRING RD ........... 5 ... 4 ... 1 .... CENTREVILLE ...... $880,000 .... Detached 5.03 ... THE WOODS AT BULL RUN .. 04/05/13

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By Marilyn Campbell

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Choosing paint for one’s home canbe a daunting task. Colors oftenlook different on paint chips and fandecks than they do on interior walls.

What are some of the secrets to making the rightchoices? Local interior designers offer sugges-tions.

Jean P. Freeman, professor of interior designat Marymount University, says considering aroom’s lighting is a good starting point. “Whatis the lighting in the room, sunlight from theexterior [and] overhead lighting?” she asked.“The amount of light would assist in determin-ing how dark or light the walls could be. Tobrighten the room obviously lighter colors arepreferred; but to add excitement bright colorswith enough light would be a great choice.”

Before painting an entire room, look at the paintsamples in a variety of lighting conditions, advisesHope Hassell, specialty designer at Sun Design inBurke. “Natural light has a tendency to wash outcolors that otherwise look good in artificial light,”she said. “Always look at the paint sample through-out the day so you can see what it looks like in morn-ing sun versus afternoon sun versus at night whenthere is no natural light in the space.”

Artificial light also impacts the way paint looks ina room. “Fluorescent light can make a cream or beigepaint take on a yellow hue,” said Hassell. “Othercolors that are in the space are also a huge factorwhen selecting a paint. Colors can often enhance andaffect the paint around them. Make sure to applysmall areas of paint near the different colors in theroom, whether it is the trim around the door or thewood stain of the floor or cabinetry.”

Marika Meyer of Marika Meyer Interiors inBethesda encourages homeowners to consider themood that they’d like to create in a room when se-lecting paint. “It’s important to figure out the over-all feel of the space, such as warm or cool,” she said.“What kind of energy do you want to get out of aspace? For example, family rooms often have a lot ofenergy and therefore, people tend to use brightercolors. In the living room, consider a softer palettefor a retreat-type setting. Deciding on a room’s en-ergy and tone are good starting points.”

Susan Hergenrather, assistant professor of interiordesign at Marymount University agrees that paintcolors help create a room’s mood. “Think about thedifferent mood of a red room versus a blue room,”she said. “Most people have a palette that they areinstinctively drawn to, for example violet and yel-low green. Look at the colors you already have inyour home and build your palettes around the thingsthat you love whether it is your favorite sofa or yourmother’s antique carpet.”

Hergenrather also suggests simplicity. “Always usea color scheme. For example, complimentary colorswork well for almost everyone,” she said. “Pick up acolor wheel and use it. Too many colors make aninterior too complex. Keep it simple. Also rememberthere are many colors in a space, not just the paintcolors. Don’t forget to consider the color of the flooras one of the colors in the room.”

Test before buying is another suggestion that

Hergenrather offers. “Always site test colors. Manu-facturers have sample pots for this purpose,” she said.“Put the colors on your walls in several differentplaces and live with them for a few days before mak-ing the final decision.”

WHAT ARE THE CURRENT TRENDS in paintcolors? “For interiors, I’m using a lot of grays,” saidMeyer. “Previously, for more than a decade, beigeswere popular, but now gray tones are in. Taupes arealso popular right now in terms of paint colors.”

Hassel said, “We are experiencing that people arestarting to be more adventurous with bright colorsthat make a statement. Whether it is painting onewall a peacock green for an accent in a living roomor painting the front door a flame orange, bright,saturated colors are being used on the inside andoutside of homes.”

Freeman said that intensity in color is popular now.“Bright colors with flare or pastels that seem to rep-resent ice cream colors are all part of the currenttrends,” she said. “Neither should be dull, but bothshould be more intense. Pick up the colors of yourfavorite piece of upholstery and see the types beingplayed, one against the other. Opposites do attractin colors and everyday life.”

For those with historic homes who want to recre-ate the hues of a forgone era, designers say that manymanufactures now have palettes that replicate his-toric colors. “I particularly like Farrow and Ball butthey are expensive,” said Hergenrather. “However,with paint, as with anything, you get what you payfor. If red is a favorite of yours use a high qualitypaint such as Benjamin Moore Aura ... great stuffthat really covers.”

Meyer also suggests paint created with historichomes in mind. “I’d look at Benjamin Moore’s His-torical Color options such as Manchester Tan,” shesaid. “It’s a great neutral. For historic blue-greentones, try Woodlawn Blue, Yarmouth Blue orHollingsworth Green.”

Freeman said, “An interesting phenomena is thatthe historic colors in homes was much brighter andmore pure than was originally understood. Colorsfrom historic homes faded due to the type of me-dium used; linseed oil and other liquids did not holdthe color particles and the deep rich colors didn’tlast. Today we are able to create those rich, but notnecessarily bright color waves.”

Designing a Colorful WorldLocal interior design experts offer suggestionsfor choosing paint colors for one’s home.

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was not present; neither were Alex Mann and Joe Drzemiecki, Creativ-ity).

Best Play: (From left) are Estella Massey, Sarah Schweitand Bayleigh Aschenbrenner. (Not pictured: BrandonSanchez). Westfield High’s Cappies nominees with Theater Director Susie Pike (far right).

Props: (Fromleft) areHarriett Marvinand MauraAschenbrenner.(Not pictured:SarahDickenson).

Director SusiePike’sCappiesCommendees:(From left)SamanthaDempsey,Stephen Cox,AllieKoenigsberg,ShannonDouglass,Paolah Uristaand MaggieMitchell. (Notpictured: T.J.Vinsavich andDavidKoenigsberg).

Costumes and Marketing &Publicity: (From left) areCostumes, Zoe Hawryluk;and Marketing & Publicity,Mitchell Buckley,Madeleine Bloxam andJulian Sanchez.

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Track, Field ChampsThe Chantilly boys’ track and field team

placed fourth at the AAA state meet on May31-June 1 in Newport News.

Sean McGorty led the way for the Chargers,winning the 3200-meter individual title with atime of 8:58.07. He also placed third in the 800(1:53).

Westfield’s Nathan Kiley won the 800(1:51.8) and Centreville’s Chase Heiner fin-ished second (1:51.95).

Westfield (Maxwell Chambers, JeffreyEdmondson, Nick O’Connell, Nathan Kiley)won the 4x800 relay (7:44.89) and Chantilly(Johanan Sowah, Andris Sturans, Logan Miller,McGorty) finished second (7:47.3).

In girls’ action, Chantilly’s Kendall Cowneplaced second in the 1600 (4:57.19) and fifthin the 800 (2:15.05).

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championship game with onething on its mind: revenge. TheChargers fulfilled their desirewith a 9-5 victory over theMadison Warhawks and a statetitle, only the second in schoolhistory. Madison had defeatedChantilly in the Northern Re-gion championship game onMay 24.

“I’m happy for the kids,”Chantilly coach Kevin Brodericksaid. “… [We] watched film ascoaches on Friday of the regional championship gamewe gave away and made adjustments.”

It started with senior Conrad Unterkofler’s goalwith 7:20 left in the first quarter, which led to a quicktimeout by Madison with 6:37 remaining. Over fivemore minutes of action elapsed before the Chargersused the first of their two first half timeouts withtwo minutes left. Senior Bill Leslie scored off of se-nior Mike Marson’s assist 32 seconds later. More ac-tion was to be seen in the second quarter and be-yond.

The Chargers opened strong in the second quar-ter, scoring three straight goals before Madison evenlit up the scoreboard. Sophomore Jack Kiewel, fresh-man Colin Zimmerman, and Marson all scored, whichforced the hand of Madison coach Rich Hodge touse his final first-half timeout with 5:38 to play.

Hodge said Chantilly’s “heavy pressure … madeus kind of shoot ourselves in the foot, I think. We

threw the ball away a lot and took some bad shotsearly on. They’re a good defensive team, they’re well-coached and athletic and we knew what they weregoing to do, everyone knew, but unfortunately wehad a bad quarter to start.”

Chantilly led 6-1 at halftime and held on to win.The Warhawks found life when freshman Cheech

Mclallen corralled the pass from senior Jim Baileywith 4:37 to go in the third quarter and launchedthe ball into the upper 90 of the net, his second pastjunior Charger goalie Patrick Meehan.

Meehan gave up three goals in the state title gamebefore being substituted out near the two-minutemark to a rousing standing ovation from the crowd.

Meehan did not let down his guard, even after afive-goal halftime lead, saying he was not comfort-able in net because “Madison is a comeback team,they will go on runs and will put in tons of goals ifyou let them. I go into the game level-headed want-ing to win every game just as much as the previousone. If I play over-intense, I tend to not play well.”

Meehan said letting “Tom [Fairbank] go on the fieldwas the best thing that I could ever hope for.”

In the fourth quarter, Chantilly continued its domi-nance as Marson had two more assists beforeZimmerman, who credited “the core seniors” repeat-edly, added his second goal of the game with 4:08remaining.

The Warhawks scored three goals in the final fourminutes, including two in the final 40 seconds. Theywere meaningless, however, as a storm of black jer-seys rushed the field throwing anything they couldin the air. Their dulled white helmets radiated as theycollided with the pitch-black night sky before land-ing harmlessly on the turf. Even the fans gathered atthe north end zone, jumped the fence and collidedwith their champions at the 40-yard line.

Chantilly defeated four-time defending state cham-pion Langley 8-2 in the regional semifinals on May22. Langley had beaten Chantilly in three of the pre-vious four state championship games. Broderick saidthe Saxons were “a big hurdle … a lot like Madisonand for us that was a big one, no doubt about it” onthe Chargers’ way to the state title.

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Most significant of these coincidences – forlack of a better word – I am taking tests again.And though they are not identical to the manymultiple-guess exams I took that first year incollege with 500 or so of my closest fellowfreshmen, sitting through those entry-level/100-numbered, core-type classes – until we“majored,” being graded on a curve withscores posted on a computer printout on awall adjacent to one of the two entrances/exitsto one of the main lecture halls on campus;the anticipation of that grade and the contem-plation of my future then is eerily familiar nowas I prepare for my next CT Scan and thefollow-up e-mail from my oncologist. Though Iam no longer graded on a curve, I will be liv-ing on the edge nonetheless, awaiting thoseresults. And yes, my future, you might say,depends on it.

Having taken a dozen or so of these scanssince my cancer diagnosis, I have becomeaccustomed to the waiting. Having previouslyexperienced various symptoms before thesescans with equal parts confidence and anxiety,with subsequent results sometimes being bet-ter, sometimes being worse than expected, myself-assessments now are identical to theassessments of those standardized-type multi-ple choice exams I #2-penciled my waythrough in college. More often than not, if Ifelt I scored well on the test, I didn’t; and if Ithought I did poorly, amazingly (sometimes), Idid surprisingly well. After awhile, it becameclear that I didn’t know what I was talkingabout and should merely await the results, justlike now.

With respect to my CT Scans – and occa-sional MRIs, being relatively asymptomatic atthe beginning of this process and mostly sothroughout my four-plus years of being treatedfor non-small cell stage IV lung cancer, what-ever symptoms I felt didn’t seem to necessarilyrelate to the underlying problem. Once thepain/the weight in my chest was the tumorsthemselves (bad); another the time, the samepain (at least to me it was the same), was scartissue growing over tumors that had shrunk(good). I wasn’t so much betwixt and betweenas I was clueless. Unlike during college, how-ever, it is not my future that I am considering,it is my present.

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Jewelry TheftIs Investigated

Fairfax County police are investigating asmash-and-grab theft at the Kay Jewelersat Fair Oaks Mall. Police responded thereMonday, June 10, shortly before 8 p.m., fora report of a grand larceny.

During the preliminary investigation, of-ficers determined that three men enteredthe store, smashed a glass case and removedan undisclosed amount of jewelry. Therewere customers in the store at the time, butno one was injured.

All three suspects were described as blackand 25-30 years old. One was between 5feet 5 inches and 5 feet 8 inches, with amedium build and wearing a blue, hoodedsweatshirt. The other two men were be-tween 5 feet 10 inches and 6 feet 2 inches;one wore a dark, hooded sweatshirt and theother wore a white T-shirt.

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13941 Braddock Road, (north off Rte. 29) Centreville, VA703-830-3176 • www.thechurchoftheascension.org

Holy Communion 10 A.M. Sundays(with Church School and Nursery)

Evening Prayer and Bible Study 7 P.M. Wednesdays

The Greek Orthodox Parishof Loudoun County

invites you to celebratethe Divine Liturgy

with usSundays at 9:30 a.m.,

with fellowshipto follow.

www.greekorthodoxloudoun.org21580 Atlantic Blvd., Unit 160, Building D

Dulles, VA (Route 28 and Nokes Blvd)

Sunday Worship with us:8:45 & 11:00am

with Sunday Schoolat 10:00am

Email announcements to [email protected]. Deadline isThursday at noon. Photos welcome.

THURSDAY/JUNE 136th Annual Erin Peterson Fund

Tournament. Held at WestfieldsGolf Club, 13940 Balmoral GreensAve., Clifton. Tournamentregistration and breakfast is at 7 am,shotgun start at 8 a.m., cocktails at 1p.m., and lunch and the awardsceremony at 1:30 p.m. To registervisit www.erinpetersonfund.org.

MONDAY/JUNE 17Centreville Toastmasters. 7 p.m. at

Centreville Regional Library, 14200St. Germain Drive. Overcome yourfear of public speaking in a provenprogram that has helped thousandsover the last 89 years. All welcome.

MONDAY/JULY 1Centreville Toastmasters. 7 p.m. at

Centreville Regional Library, 14200St. Germain Drive. Overcome yourfear of public speaking in a provenprogram that has helped thousandsover the last 89 years. All welcome.

MONDAY-FRIDAY/JULY 8-12Summer STEM Workshop. The

Chantilly Science Department will be

conducting a week-long summerSTEM workshop from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.for rising sophomores who are takinghonors chemistry during the 2013/2014 school year. Students will learnto use a variety of computerinterfaced sensors to collect andanalyze data. $40. There are alimited number of spaces, andapplications will be accepted on afirst in, first accepted basis. Apply atwww.fcps.edu/ChantillyHS. ContactIna Koppel at [email protected].

SATURDAY/JULY 13Self Defense Seminar. 11:30 a.m.-2

p.m. at the nZone in Chantilly.Designed for women ages 13 and up.

To register visit www.thenZone.comor 703-266-0118.

JULY 29-AUG. 2 OR AUG. 12-16Summer Sports Camps. Jubilee

Christian Center is holding summersports camps (basketball, flagfootball, & soccer) for grades K-6 (asof fall school year) from 9 a.m. - 4p.m. The cost is $160 per week,which includes a T-shirt. Pre-registration required by June 21.Before care & aftercare will beavailable for Aug. 12-16 only: cost is$25 per day for before care & $25 perday for aftercare (or $45 per day forboth). Jubilee Christian Center is at4650 Shirley Gate Road, Fairfax. Call

703-383-1170 or visitwww.jccag.org.

SCHOOL OPENINGSThe Clifton Presbyterian Church

Preschool has openings in allclasses for the fall. Schedules andclasses have been adjusted forgreater flexibility to meet thechanging needs of the area. Pass theword along to any families who maybe looking for a preschool home fortheir kids. Visit www.cliftonpc.org/cpcpreschool.html or call Gretchen at703-830-3175.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED The Stuart-Mosby Civil War

Cavalry Museum needs volunteersto work on Sundays at 13938Braddock Road, Centreville. Themuseum is open from 1-4 p.m. onSundays, when volunteer help isneeded the most. Civil War buffs whowant something worthwhile to do onSundays are perfect candidates.Generally at least two volunteers areon duty for each day of coverage atthe museum.

The museum is also open on Saturdaysfrom 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Mondaysfrom 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Call 703-785-5294 or visit www.stuart-mosby.com.

Respite Care Volunteers. Give afamily caregiver of a frail, older adulta break so they can go shopping,attend a doctor’s appointment orhave coffee with a friend. Volunteersvisit and oversee the safety of theolder adult for a few hours eachmonth. Volunteers are matched withfamilies in or near their ownneighborhoods in Fairfax County.Support and training is provided.Contact Kristin Martin at 703-324-7577, TTY 711, [email protected] http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dfs/olderadultservices/volunteer-solutions.htm

Advocates. The Northern VirginiaLong-Term Care OmbudsmanProgram needs volunteer advocatesfor residents in assisted living andnursing facilities throughout thearea. Training is provided. Call 703-324-5861, TTY 711 or [email protected] www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dfs/olderadultservices/ltcombudsman/vol_ombud_program.htm.

The Stuart-Mosby Civil WarCavalry Museum at 13938Braddock Road. is now open,Saturdays and Mondays, 10 a.m.-4p.m. Docents and additionalvolunteers needed, plus peoplewilling to donate or loan artifacts.Call Don Hakenson at 703-971-4984.

ONGOINGClifton Day 2013. Vendor

applications are online atwww.cliftonday.com. Barbara Huttois the new chairperson. [email protected] tovolunteer to chair a part of the day.Clifton Day 2013 is Oct. 13, 2013.

Senior Fall Prevention Classes.Mondays (2-3 p.m.), Tuesdays andThursdays (1:30-2:30 p.m.), Fridays(11-11:45 a.m.) Classes are held in aheated indoor pool and are designedto work on balance and core musclesin order to prevent injuries and falls.At The Woodlands RetirementCommunity, 4320 Forest Hill Drive.Registrations are required. Call 703-667-9800 to register as space islimited. Free trial first class thenregister on site. $10 per class.

Centreville Garden Club Meeting.7 p.m. every third Monday at SullyGovernment Center, 4900 StonecroftBlvd., Chantilly. Learn more atcentrevillegardenclub.blogspot.comor e-mail:[email protected] welcome. Phone 703-830-2942.

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