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By Michael Lee Pope

The Connection

With the sluggisheconomy at the fore-front of voters’ mindsthis year, former

Democratic Gov. Tim Kaine hopes toput fiscal issues at the top of his cam-paign to fill the seat vacated by Demo-cratic U.S. Sen. Jim Webb. In an in-terview on Thursday, Jan. 19, Kainesaid he hopes to promote a “talenteconomy” in Washington. It’s a real-ity the former governor says has be-come evident in the lastfew decades, when Vir-ginia moved from beingone of the lowest medianincome states to beingone of the wealthiest.

“How did Virginia movefrom sluggish economy tostrong economy?” askedKaine. “I would argue thatthe main thing thatmoved it for us was thatwe decided to become atalent economy.”

For Kaine, the key topursing the talenteconomy and fixing thebroken economy is educa-tion reform. One examplewould be creating ac-countability reports forevery state’s public edu-cation system, an efforthe said would create a

sense of competition between thestates that would improve educationnationwide. He would also investmore money in career and technicaleducation, and he’s critical of theObama administration for failing totake action in this area. Kaine’s visionof the talent economy also expandsbeyond education reform, encompass-ing a broad range of economic policyincluding everything from workforcedevelopment to comprehensive immi-gration reform. And he hopes to landa spot on the Health, Education, La-

bor and Pensions Committee to push histalent agenda.

“Kaine’s agenda sounds like a very clas-sic Democratic argument,” said Kyle Kondik,political analyst with the University of Vir-ginia Center for Politics. “It’s aimed at im-proving people’s prospects without endors-ing socialism.”

KAINE’S CAMPAIGN is aimed solidly atbudget issues and the economy, hoping tocapitalize on lingering uncertainty from theglobal economic crisis and persistently highunemployment figures. Kaine says balanc-ing the budget will involve tax increases and

budget cuts. Kaine said he would let themassive tax cuts created by former Presi-dent George W. Bush expire at the topend. Specifically, Kaine said, he wouldpropose eliminating the Bush tax cuts forthose who make more than $500,000.

“Higher income earners are job cre-ators,” said David Logan, economist withthe conservative Tax Foundation. “SoKaine is talking about taking money frompeople who are most likely to invest inthe economy.”

On the issue of cutting the budget,Kaine, trumpeting his time as governor,

said he had a better record than Allen. Whenasked what kinds of cuts he would make inWashington, Kaine said he wants to allowthe federal government to negotiate withpharmaceutical companies to reduce theprice of drugs covered by Medicare. Andhe anticipates cost savings associated witha smaller military as the wars in Iraq andAfghanistan draw down. He would also liketo close some overseas bases, although hecouldn’t say which ones or how muchmoney would be saved. Critics say it’s aflawed agenda.

“With unemployment stuck above 8 per-

cent for months on end and high fuel pricescontinuing to hurt Virginia families andbusinesses, we need a voice in Washingtonthat will represent Virginia values,” said Del.Ron Villanueva (R-21). “George Allen willfight every day to unleash our energy re-sources for jobs and security and that’s whywe need him in the U.S. Senate.”

KAINE’S OPPONENTS are also focusedon the economy, although they’re attackingthe former governor from the right. Lastweek, Kaine’s decision to back PresidentBarack Obama’s decision to reject an appli-cation to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline

brought criticism from former RepublicanGov. George Allen and Del. Bob Marshall(R-13). Both campaigns hoped to use theissue to tie Kaine to Obama and portray theDemocratic Party as irresponsible.

“The Keystone pipeline could producethousands of American jobs, reduce Ameri-can dollars going to regimes with little sym-pathy for western democratic governmentsand increase America’s energy security,”said Marshall. “What is the real reason TimKaine and Barack Obama are in a rush toavoid constructing this pipeline?”

Kaine rejected criticism from Allen sup-porter Del. Terry Kilgore (R-1) that his sup-port of the Obama’s decision on the pipe-line shows that he is a “reflex liberal,” cit-ing his elimination of the estate tax andForbes Magazine description of Virginia asthe most business friendly state all fouryears he was governor. Kaine also said thatthe Keystone decision needed to be thor-oughly analyzed, and he criticized Congressfor trying to force a decision in a short pe-riod of time and tying it to the payroll taxextension. He was also critical of Kilgoreand Allen for pushing the pipeline whenNebraska was opposed to it.

“I’m not going to be a senator telling Ne-braska, ‘You’ve got to have this whether youlike it or not,’” said Kaine. “I frankly think interms of energy policy that there are a lot moreimmediate and likely successful strategies.”

ASIDE FROM TRYING to help the slug-gish economy by pushing a talent economy,Kaine hopes to find common ground in theSenate, which he calls a “broken institu-tion.” If elected, Kaine said he wants to finda Republican senator elected at the sametime and join the bipartisan and moderateGang of Six, potentially making it a Gangof Eight. By casting himself in this role,

Kaine hopes to find what he calls “commonground” with Republicans rather than hold-ing up nominations such as the administra-tor for the Centers for Medicare and Med-icaid, which has been vacant since 2006.

“Under both presidents under both par-ties, the advice and consent process in theSenate has fallen apart because they utilizesecret holds and cloture,” he said. “But morethan that, they just don’t work together.”

He acknowledged that a freshman senatorwouldn’t be able to do much about secretholds and cloture, although he said somethinghad to be done about excessive partisanshipand an unwillingness to work together. Be-cause of the dynamics of the House of Repre-sentatives, he said, that would not be the placewhere the culture of Washington begins tochange. The Senate, on the other hand, oper-ates more on personal relationships, and so itwould be a more logical place to begin in-creasing bipartisanship in Washington.

“More senators want to work together, buttheir chafing under each of their respectivesets of leadership,” he said. “The presidentsays this, that we’re four or five votes awayfrom a mutiny in the Senate, and that wouldbe a good thing.”

Moderate MutinyFormer governor wants to impose Virginia“talent economy” on Washington; increasebipartisanship.

“How did Virginia movefrom sluggish economy tostrong economy? I wouldargue that the main thingthat moved it for us wasthat we decided to becomea talent economy.”

— Former Democratic Gov. Tim Kaine

Former Democratic Gov. Tim Kaine discusses his goals if elected to U.S. Senate.

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Politics of Notification Father takes his plight for increasedparental notification to Richmond.

By Michael Lee Pope

The Connection

Steve Stuban can’t help but wonderif things could have turned out dif-ferently. Back in 2010, his son Nickwas considered a model student at

Woodson High School in Fairfax County.That is, until school officials caught theteenager with synthetic marijuana. Admin-istrators didn’t contact the parents until adecision had already been made to suspendthe boy with a recommendation for expul-sion.

“Nick had been questioned multiple timesover multiple days and had been asked toexecute multiple written statements,” saidStuban. “They had already decided what thepunishment was going to be. It was onlythen that they thought to perhaps contactmy wife and I.”

Nick Stuban committed suicide in Janu-ary 2011. And ever since that day SteveStuban has been fighting to increase paren-tal notification. Last year, he waged an un-successful campaign for the Fairfax CountySchool Board. Now, he’s taking the fight toRichmond, working with a handful of leg-islators to create a legal requirement forschool administrators to notify parents be-fore they start questioning students in seri-ous cases that might lead to suspension or

notification of law enforcement.“I find it troubling that school adminis-

trators have questioned students for hoursat a time without parental knowledge re-garding issues that could lead to thestudent’s expulsion or incarceration,” saidDel. Tim Hugo (R-40).

WORKING WITH STUBAN and newlyelected Fairfax County School Board mem-ber Elizabeth Schultz, Hugo has introducedHouse Bill 1080. The bill requires schoolprincipals to notify parents before question-ing students in the case of a “serious viola-tion.” The bill defines a serious violation asa violation of School Board policy or a vio-lation that could lead to a student’s suspen-sion. The legislation would also force pa-

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rental notification before schooladministrators file a court petition.

“I would be concerned thatschools might not have the flexibil-ity they need to take swift actionin a way that would preserve thesecurity of a school,” said Arling-ton School Board member LibbyGarvey. “Sometimes bad casesmake bad law.”

Last year, a similar effort intro-duced by Del. Kaye Kory (R-38)passed the House of Delegates butdidn’t make it out of committee in

the state Senate. An array of groups linedup against the proposal, including theFairfax County Public Schools, VirginiaEducation Association and the Virginia As-sociation of Secondary School Principals.Supporters say things have changed overthe course of the last year, as more andmore parents have come to realize that pa-rental notification is not required under thelaw.

“Once you finally get through to parentsabout how the law works, they are incredu-lous about this,” said Schultz, who testi-fied in Richmond as a parent last year andis now advocating for the bill as a SchoolBoard member. “We’re having to compelpeople to do what they should already bedoing anyway.”

STUBAN SAYS he’s fully aware that schooladministrators may try to push back on thelegislation as they did last year. But he alsopointed out that the bill has a great deal ofsupport, including teachers unions andmembers of the Fairfax County SchoolBoard. And because the issue has receivedso much attention over the course of thelast year, he feels momentum is on the sideof the bill. More importantly, he said, thecase for the bill is strong.

“You want schools and parents and stu-dents to work together as a team,” he said.“But right now the process is adversarial innature.”

This week, Stuban appeared with Schultzin Richmond along with several NorthernVirginia legislators to begin a public-rela-tions campaign on the issue. Members in-cluded Hugo and Kory along with state Sen.David Marsden (D-37) and state Sen. ChapPetersen (D-34). The coalition is hoping thatStuban’s personal story and the growingchorus of support for the legislation will beenough to overcome opposition by schooladministrators. Opponents say the effortmay cause more harm than good.

“This legislation sounds overly prescrip-tive to me,” said Garvey. “You never wantto impose something on school divisionsthat restricts how they can respond to situ-ations involving safety.”


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Fairfax County’s annual“Stuff the Bus” cam-paign is off to a roaringstart. More than 4,000

pounds of food and more than$1,000 have been donated at thefirst three events held last Satur-day, Jan. 21.

The campaign, now in its secondyear, is a partnership betweenNeighborhood and CommunityServices, the Office of Public Pri-vate Partnerships (OP3), MVTransportation Inc., which oper-ates the FASTRAN buses and pro-vides volunteers, as well as localgrocery store chains Giant andShoppers Food Warehouse.

“In our first year, 2011, we col-lected more than 20,000 poundsof food valued at more than$34,000; the total value of thefood, goods and services donatedby all the public and private part-

viduals in the Fairfax-Falls ChurchCommunity. To find out when“Stuff the Bus” will be at a grocerystore near you, visitwww.fairfaxcountypartnerships.govor call 703-222-9764.

Roxanne Rice, executivedirector of Food for Others,and Sarah Allen, FairfaxCounty Neighborhood andCommunity Services, showthe “Stuff the Bus” poster.

Time to Stuff the BusLocal pantries need help restockingshelves to feed needy, homeless.

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ners was valued at more than$56,000,” said Patricia Stevens,executive director of OP3.

She said the “Stuff the Bus” cam-paign is intentionally scheduledbetween Martin Luther King Day(Day of Service) and Presidents’Day because that is when the foodpantries report that traditional giv-ing is at its lowest point.

The campaign continues thisSaturday, Jan. 28 from 9:30 a.m.to 4:30 p.m. at the Fox Mill Giantin Herndon (2551 John MiltonDrive), directly benefiting HelpingHungry Kids, and the Lorton Gi-ant (8941 Ox Road), benefitingthe Lorton Community ActionCenter. Donations of food, giftcards and money are being col-lected to help refill the coffers oflocal food banks, which feed fami-lies and individuals in need in theFairfax community.

All donations will go directly tolocal nonprofit organizations thathelp feed needy families and indi-

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By Janie Strauss

Chairman, Fairfax County

School Board

Recently, Fairfax CountyPublic Schools Superin-tendent Jack Dale pre-sented the School Board

with his proposal for next year’s bud-get. The proposed $2.4 billion bud-get outlines programs and servicesfor our growing student population, which isprojected to be 181,608 students for the schoolyear 2012-13. It also includes funds to giveeligible employees a step increase and a 2 per-cent market scale adjustment.

Our population is projected to grow by morethan 3,900 students, and many of these stu-dents face great challenges. In addition, weare opening two new schools: a middle school

at the South County site in Lortonand an elementary school at theLacey site in Annandale. To meet ourenrollment growth and other criticalneeds, the budget proposes to add721.3 positions, the overwhelmingmajority of which are school-basedpositions.

Superintendent Dale has includedin his proposal a request to the Board of Su-pervisors for an increase of 8.4 percent, or$135.8 million, in the transfer of funds overthe FY 2012 level. This reflects costs associ-ated with student growth and state require-ments, and a compensation increase for staff,and small increases in some programs that wecut during the recession.

The Fairfax County School Board has shown

great fiscal responsibility during these tougheconomic times. During the past four years (FY2009-FY2012), we took reductions and costavoidances totaling more than $475 millionand eliminated more than 1,400 positions.

Now the School Board needs to hear fromyou as we consider the Superintendent’s pro-posal over the next few weeks, then move toadopt the advertised budget on Feb. 9. Here’swhat you can do to get involved. First, learnmore about the budget by visitingwww.fcps.edu where you’ll find details on allaspects of the budget and the process. Second,sign up to speak at the board’s public hearingon Jan. 30-31. Or third, send your school boardmember an email with your comments.

The quality of our public schools is impor-tant to our children’s well-being and the eco-nomic strength of our county. We look forwardto hearing from our citizens.

School Board Needs Your InputCommentary

Signs Neededfor BurkeAmtrak StationTo the Editor:

On Jan.18, Burke Centre cel-ebrated its two-year anniversary ofbeing an Amtrak Station after a 42year gap of being an intercity trainstop. Over the past year, Burke hasbeen Virginia’s fastest growingpassenger station: up 125 percentfor Nov. 2011. However, Burke isalso the only station lackingAmtrak signs alerting potentialcustomers along nearby roads ofits existence and location. In or-der for even more visitors and resi-dents to enjoy the huge benefitsof Northeast passenger rail service,Fairfax County needs to pushVDOT to speed up erection of thefree signs that Amtrak has sup-plied.

These signs would increase rid-ers and revenue and reduce sub-sidies for the high performingstate-sponsored Lynchburg Train,take traffic off the nation’s mostcongested highways, and save in-dividual visitors and residentshundreds of dollars in lower trans-portation and lodging costs. Visi-tors to DC can save hotel costs bystaying at cheaper Fairfax lodg-ings. Residents can also save bigbucks. For example, minimumtravel costs round trip and oneway travel times for an individualtraveling from Fairfax to Roanoke(Southwest Virginia’s largest cityand a great train holiday destina-tion) are as follows: cheapestplane via Philadelphia ($473, 5.5hrs); car ($242, 4.25 hrs), and 14day train/new connecting bus($66, 5.75 hrs). A single or couplecould save enough travel costs via

the train/bus to cover all or mostof the lodging costs for a two nightstay! Because the combo train/bushas wi-fi, this option is also themost productive one.

So, two years is long enough.Fairfax County needs to pushVDOT to erect Burke Centre’sAmtrak signs now.

Dan Peacock, MemberVirginia Association of Railway

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As a high school senior there aremany things that I am concernedabout. Primarily, the anxiety asso-ciated with transitioning to collegelife. Second, are my future em-ployment opportunities after col-lege. When I heard that Pat Herritywas fighting to bring the FBI Head-quarters to Fairfax County, I waselated. Having lived in FairfaxCounty for the majority of my life,this is great news for me. Know-ing that there will be 12,000 newjobs is so reassuring, especially assomeone who wants to remain inthe region.

I’m sure that many other stu-dents like me will appreciate thejob growth in the Fairfax Countyarea. Pat Herrity is definitely mak-ing progress in our area that willaffect my generation in amazingways. With the new FBI building Ifeel like I won’t have to move awayfrom home to build a career formyself. I am excited for the oppor-tunities that lie ahead.

Kelly PlescowLake Braddock Secondary School

By Chap Petersen

State Sen. (D-34)

The 2012 Gen-eral Assemblyis in full swing.

The committees are se-lected and legislationfiled. Some of thesharpest battles areforming on the issue ofvoter access.

Before reviewing these bills, it’simportant to know the back-ground of voting in the Old Do-minion:

Even as the New World’s oldestdemocracy, Virginia has histori-cally limited its franchise. In co-lonial times, voting for the Houseof Burgesses was limited to whitemale freeholders who paid landtaxes.

In the early days of statehood,our Constitution limited votingrights to landowners holding atleast fifty acres. (The “reform”constitution of 1828 dropped thatrequirement to twenty-five acres).Only white men were allowed tovote.

After the Civil War, legal rightstheoretically expanded as theCommonwealth, like all Southernstates, adopted the FourteenthAmendment which guaranteedequal protection of the laws to allcitizens. However, there was littlechange in voting patterns.

The “poll tax” still kept out thou-sands of voters, mostly black. Lo-cal registrars were hard to find —and had no mandate to enroll new

voters. Elections werea closed affair.

Fast forward to2012. We live in a de-mocracy in which en-rollment at the DMVtakes a few minutes.Polling locationsabound. Election in-formation can befound on-line. Voting

has never been easier.Is this a problem? Apparently.In 2012, the Assembly is seeing

numerous bills to limit participa-tion at all levels of voting:

Some limitations are fundamen-tal (SB 1 — requires voter to showa photo i.d. and removes ability tosign affidavit affirming identity),some are intrusive (SB 62 — re-quires voters to declare a partywhen they register and restrictstheir rights to vote in primaries),and some are pernicious (SB 63— criminalizes the solicitation ofabsentee ballot applications innursing homes).

Selling Ocean City time sharesat a nursing home? Legal. Hand-ing out absentee ballot applica-tions? Illegal.

That makes no sense.We’ve fought hard to establish

an open system in Virginia, fromour primaries to our local races.Under that system, every personhas an opportunity to vote andparticipate in choosing the bestcandidate. Registration rates havenever been higher.

The current system works. Let’snot change it.

Battles to PreserveVoter Access

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By Michael Lee Pope

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Steve Stuban can’t help but wonder if thingscould have turned out differently. Back in2010, his son Nick was considered a modelstudent at Woodson High School in Fairfax

County. That is, until school officials caught the teen-ager with synthetic marijuana. Administrators didn’tcontact the parents until a decision had already beenmade to suspend the boy with a recommendationfor expulsion.

“Nick had been questioned multiple times overmultiple days and had been asked to execute mul-tiple written statements,” said Stuban. “They hadalready decided what the punishment was going tobe. It was only then that they thought to perhapscontact my wife and I.”

Nick Stuban committed suicide in January 2011.And ever since that day Steve Stuban has been fight-ing to increase parental notification. Last year, hewaged an unsuccessful campaign for the FairfaxCounty School Board. Now, he’s taking the fight toRichmond, working with a handful of legislators tocreate a legal requirement for school administratorsto notify parents before they start questioning stu-dents in serious cases that might lead to suspensionor notification of law enforcement.

“I find it troubling that school administrators havequestioned students for hours at a time without pa-rental knowledge regarding issues that could leadto the student’s expulsion or incarceration,” said Del.Tim Hugo (R-40).

WORKING WITH STUBAN and newly electedFairfax County School Board member ElizabethSchultz, Hugo has introduced House Bill 1080. Thebill requires school principals to notify parents be-fore questioning students in the case of a “seriousviolation.” The bill defines a serious violation as aviolation of School Board policy or a violation thatcould lead to a student’s suspension. The legislationwould also force parental notification before schooladministrators file a court petition.

“I would be concerned that schools might not havethe flexibility they need to take swift action in a way

that would preserve the security of a school,” saidArlington School Board member Libby Garvey.“Sometimes bad cases make bad law.”

Last year, a similar effort introduced by Del. KayeKory (R-38) passed the House of Delegates but didn’tmake it out of committee in the state Senate. An ar-ray of groups lined up against the proposal, includ-ing the Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia Edu-cation Association and the Virginia Association ofSecondary School Principals. Supporters say thingshave changed over the course of the last year, as moreand more parents have come to realize that parentalnotification is not required under the law.

“Once you finally get through to parents about howthe law works, they are incredulous about this,” saidSchultz, who testified in Richmond as a parent lastyear and is now advocating for the bill as a SchoolBoard member. “We’re having to compel people todo what they should already be doing anyway.”

STUBAN SAYS he’s fully aware that school admin-istrators may try to push back on the legislation asthey did last year. But he also pointed out that thebill has a great deal of support, including teachersunions and members of the Fairfax County SchoolBoard. And because the issue has received so muchattention over the course of the last year, he feelsmomentum is on the side of the bill. More impor-tantly, he said, the case for the bill is strong.

“You want schools and parents and students towork together as a team,” he said. “But right nowthe process is adversarial in nature.”

This week, Stuban appeared with Schultz in Rich-mond along with several Northern Virginia legisla-tors to begin a public-relations campaign on the is-sue. Members included Hugo and Kory along withstate Sen. David Marsden (D-37) and state Sen. ChapPetersen (D-34). The coalition is hoping that Stuban’spersonal story and the growing chorus of supportfor the legislation will be enough to overcome oppo-sition by school administrators. Opponents say theeffort may cause more harm than good.

“This legislation sounds overly prescriptive to me,”said Garvey. “You never want to impose somethingon school divisions that restricts how they can re-spond to situations involving safety.”


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Father takes his plight forincreased parentalnotification to Richmond.

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Scholarship recipients will be honored at aspecial Community Spirit Reception at theCelebrate Fairfax! Festival on Saturday, June 9.

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By Victoria Ross

The Connection

After the hoopla of the holiday sea-son, your instinct may be to hi-bernate until spring.

But Lorton Workhouse Arts hasa variety of programs, events and classes tochase away the winter blues.

“The Workhouse is offering lots of new,fun and exciting activities for people of allages this winter,” said Scott Fridy, Directorof Performing Arts. “The Workhouse is theplace to visit when looking for a memorableand creative outing to escape the coldweather.”

Events and workshops include everythingfrom an art lottery at the Collector’s Show-case, to ballroom dancing and film screen-ings as well as the new glass blowing hotshop and other working studios.

For children, the Workhouse offers a widerange of winter visual and performing artsclasses, including Adventures in Art; Paint-ing Made Easy; Vocal Lessons; Drama Tots;Portfolio Prep for High School Students;Dramagination!

This winter, the Workhouse is also accept-ing registration for its summer visual and

performing arts camps.The Workhouse also offers guided tours

for groups on a year-round basis – artsgroups, garden clubs, singles clubs, schoolsor any group of 10 or more. Tour groupscan enjoy lunch in the Gallery W-16 café andspend the day exploring the artist studiosand the special exhibitions. Group tours arefree.

The popular “2nd Saturday Art Walk,” afree, campus-wide event, is another oppor-tunity to view the art of more than 100 art-ists. It takes place monthly, and visitors canmeet featured artists, experience ever-changing exhibitions and enjoy light refresh-ments and music. Upcoming dates are Feb.11 and March 10 from 6 to 9 p.m.

For more information on any of theseevents – including show times, registrationand ticket information - visitwww.WorkhouseArts.org or call 703-584-2900.

Below is a summary of upcoming events:

Workhouse TheatrePresents ART

The inaugural season of Workhouse The-

atre debuts with ART, a play that raises ques-tions about art and friendship among threelong-time friends, Serge, Marc and Ivan.Serge buys a large, expensive and completelywhite painting. Marc is horrified, and theirrelationship suffers as they debate the na-ture of art, beauty and friendship.

It’s no mistake that ART was chosen as theinaugural show for Workhouse Theatre.

“ART always seemed to be absolutely theright choice to produce for our inauguralseason of performances at the Workhouse,”said director Joseph Wallen. “Not only doesthe subject matter give a nod to our originsas a visual arts center, but it also opens thediscussion about the nature of art, beautyand worth.”

Wallen said the play presents the perfectopportunity to highlight the diverse offer-ing of arts that lies within the Workhousecommunity. “Workhouse studio artist andseasoned professional scenic designer, JoeSt. Germaine even offered technical guid-ance on the production,” Wallen said.

The production will be performed in theWorkhouse Arts Center’s newly renovatedbuilding W-3, one of only three professionaltheater companies in Northern Virginia,through February 26. Friday and Saturday

evening performances are at 8 p.m.; Sun-day matinee performances take place at 2p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 forseniors, students and military. For more in-formation, call 703-495-0001.

Visit Glass-blowingHot Shop

The only glass-blowing hot shop in themetro area is open to visitors during nor-mal Workhouse hours. Starting in January,the Workhouse Institute offers an Introduc-tion to Glassblowing class taught by theGlass Program Director, Rick Sherbet. Theclass is designed for the novice student, whowill learn the basics of working with moltenglass using traditional glassblowing toolsand techniques.

Collector’s ShowcaseOn Saturday, Feb. 25, guests can attend

an evening filled with fine art, hors d’oeuvresand music. Featuring original artwork byWorkhouse artists, the event will include alottery for the works. The artwork presentedin the Collector’s Showcase is donated bythe artists to support the Workhouse and willbe on display in the Workhouse Gallery fromFeb. 9-25. Seats and the number of works

of art for this event are limited and rangefrom $85 - $300.

Ballroom SocialDance – It Takes Twoto Tango

So you think you can dance? BallroomSocial Dance – featuring Tango, Fox Trot andother ballroom dances - takes place everythird Saturday of the month in the Work-house Gallery and is led by instructor BobbiBrennan. There are ballroom mini-lessons

as well as general ballroom open dance ses-sions. Guests will enjoy complimentary re-freshments, and a cash bar is available inthe Workhouse Gallery. Dress code is casual.All skill levels are welcome.

Date Night? Head tothe Chef’s Table

Chef’s Table features an evening of ro-mance, cooking and fun. It takes place ev-ery third Saturday of each month from 8 to10 p.m. in the Vulcan Gallery. Each month anew dish is featured. Guests can also make

it a night of dinner and dancing. Guests whoarrive early at 7:30 p.m. can take a 30-minute ballroom dancing lesson at an addi-tional cost of $5, and go to the ballroomupstairs and dance for free until 10:30pm.

About The Work-house Arts Center:

A program of the Lorton Arts Foundation,The Workhouse Arts Center aims to enrichthe lives of all within its reach by creating avibrant cultural community that fosters adiverse offering of arts, education, social,and entertainment experiences. Set on 55

acres of land in the former D.C. Workhouseand Reformatory, the Workhouse provides ahome for more than 100 of the region’s fin-est professional and emerging artists, classesand arts education programs for people ofall ages and artistic abilities, cooperative stu-dios, performance and theatre venues, dedi-cated gallery and exhibition space, and eventfacilities. For more information, visitwww.WorkhouseArts.org.

…Check out Lorton Workhouse Arts for winter fun.

Hula classes are just one of thepopular dance classes offered atthe Lorton Workhouse Arts Center.

Workhouse Theatre’s inaugural production of Art runsthrough Feb. 26, and features actors (from left) CarlBowman, Ron Curameng and David A. Schmidt

Students fire their glass-blown art in the new hot shopat the Lorton Workhouse Arts Center.

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FRIDAY/JAN. 27River North Dance Chicago. 8 p.m.

George Mason University’s Center forthe Arts Concert Hall, 4400University Drive, Fairfax. Jazz-basedcontemporary dance ensemble. $21-$42. www.gmu.edu.

Choo! Choo! 11 a.m. Burke CentreLibrary, 5935 Freds Oak Road, Burke.Stories and activities about trains.Age 2-3 years with adult. 703-249-1520.

Preschool Storytime. 11 a.m. JohnMarshall Library, 6209 Rose HillDrive, Alexandria. Stories andactivities. Age 3-5 with adult. 703-971-0010.

Basic Gardening: Less Lawn isMore. 1:30 p.m. Green SpringGardens, 4603 Green Spring Road,Alexandria. Code 290 182 2401. $10.Basic principles of decreasing turfarea and plant selection. Register atwww.greenspring.org or 703-642-5173.

“The King and I.” 7 p.m. FrancisScott Key Middle School, 6402Franconia Road, Springfield. Themusical classic. $7. 703-313-3939.

SATURDAY/JAN. 28Aquila Theatre: Macbeth. 8 p.m.

George Mason University’s Center forthe Arts Concert Hall, 4400University Drive, Fairfax.Shakespeare’s classic tragedy. $20-$40. www.gmu.edu.

VITA Tax Assistance. 10 a.m.Kingstowne Library, 6500Landsdowne Centre, Alexandria. Taxhelp. IRS-certified volunteers helptaxpayers who earned up to $50K.Adults. 703-339-4610.

VITA Tax Assistance. 10 a.m. RichardByrd Library, 7250 Commerce St.,Springfield. Tax help. IRS-certifiedvolunteers help taxpayers whoearned up to $50K. Adults. 703-451-8055.

Tea Basics Seminar. 9:30 a.m. GreenSpring Gardens, 4603 Green SpringRoad, Alexandria. Code 290 1824301. $45. Learn about different teatypes and their origins, cultures andhealth benefits. See, smell and taste avariety from the four tea groups,black, oolong, green and white,accompanied by ethnic finger foods.www.greenspring.org or 703-642-5173.

“The King and I.” 7 p.m. FrancisScott Key Middle School, 6402Franconia Road, Springfield. The

musical classic. $7. 703-313-3939.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 29Native Plants for Diverse

Landscapes. 1:30 p.m. GreenSpring Gardens, 4603 Green SpringRoad, Alexandria. Code 290 1824501. $10. Add to your list ofpotential plants for use in thelandscape and rediscover oldfavorites that deserve continued usewith Mt. Cuba’s director, RichardLewandowski. Register atwww.greenspring.org or 703-642-5173.

Dark Funeral. 6 p.m. Jaxx Nightclub,6355 Rolling Road, Springfield. $22-$25. www.jaxxroxx.com.

MONDAY/JAN. 30Puppet Theatre Workshop. 2 p.m.

Burke Centre Library, 5935 FredsOak Road, Burke. Learn how toimprovise with puppets and make amouse finger puppet to take home.Age 6-12 years. 703-249-1520.

Preschool Storytime. 10:30 a.m.Kingstowne Library, 6500Landsdowne Centre, Alexandria.Stories, fingerplays and songs. Age 3-5 years with adult. 703-339-4610.

Craft Extravaganza. 2-4 p.m.Kingstowne Library, 6500Landsdowne Centre, Alexandria.Drop in to use the library’s craftsupplies to make something unique.No registration required. Age 6 to 12.703-339-4610.

TUESDAY/JAN. 31English Conversation Group. 7 p.m.

Richard Byrd Library, 7250Commerce St., Springfield. Practiceand improve your English. Adults.703-451-8055.

Fairy Tale Princess CampHallabolou. 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m.Global Music Academy, 5622-F OxRoad, Fairfax Station. For girls age 4-7 years. [email protected].

SATURDAY/FEB. 4Tschaikowski St. Petersburg State

Orchestra. 8 p.m. George MasonUniversity’s Center for the ArtsConcert Hall, 4400 University Drive,Fairfax. With Roman Leontiev,conductor. Compositions by Vivaldi,Bach, and Handel, Stravinsky,Poulenc, Rachmaninoff,Shostakovich, Prokofiev andTchaikovsky. $25-$50.www.gmu.edu.

7th Annual Seed Exchange. 12:30-4 p.m. Green Spring Gardens, 4603Green Spring Road, Alexandria. $15,$10 for Washington Gardenersubscribers and Friends of GreenSpring. Bring your extra seeds toswap with other gardeners. Feeincludes lectures, goody bag andseed swap. Register at 703-642-5173.

Family Fun: Valentine Workshop.2-3 p.m. Green Spring Gardens, 4603Green Spring Road, Alexandria. Code290 182 3601. $6. Family-friendlyprogram for ages 5 and older;children must be accompanied by aregistered adult. Learn fact andfolklore about Cupid. Try Valentinecrafts. Register atwww.greenspring.org or 703-642-5173.

Key Middle Presents ‘King and I’Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of “The King and I” Thurs-day-Saturday, Jan. 26-28 at 7 p.m. at Key Middle School,6402 Franconia Road in Springfield. Tickets can be pur-chased at the door.

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SATURDAY/JAN. 28Adoption Information Meeting. 10

a.m. Grace Bible Church, 9115Lorton Station Blvd., Lorton. Meetadoptive families and learn moreabout the adoption process. Childrenwelcome, refreshments served.Reserve at 703-646-3458 orwww.autumnadoptions.org.

TUESDAY/FEB. 7Greater Springfield Chamber of

Commerce Brown Bag Seminar.12 p.m. Community BusinessPartnership, 7001 Loisdale Road, 2ndFloor, Springfield. Bring your lunchto CBP the first Tuesday of the monthand learn best practices for the smalland mid-size workplace. Free forGreater Springfield Chamber

members and $10 for non-members.www.springfieldchamber.org.

South County Federation Meeting.7:30 p.m. South County SecondarySchool, 8501 Silverbrook Road,Fairfax. Southcountyfederation. Com.

Diversity in Education. 7 p.m. IrvingMiddle School, 8100 Old Keene MillRoad, Springfield. Elieen Kugler,author and advocate for the benefitsof diversity in schools andneighborhoods, on the benefits of adiverse academic environment. 703-597-6440 or www.wsespta.org.

THURSDAY/FEB. 9Clifton Lions Club Meeting. 7 p.m.

Fairfax Station Railroad Museum,11200 Fairfax Station Road, FairfaxStation. Meetings are the second andfourth Thursdays of every month.703-209-7421 orwww.clcvclubexpress.com.

Registration Open House. 9:30-11:30 a.m. Clifton Children’sAcademy, 14315 Compton Road,Centreville. Fall 2012 kindergarten

and preschool classes. 703-968-8455or www.childrensacademy.com.

WEDNESDAY/FEB. 15Springfield Christian Women’s

Connection Luncheon. 11:30p.m. Springfield Golf & Country Club,8301 Old Keene Mill Road,Springfield. “It Is All About TheAccessories” with Charming Charlie,a fashion accessory boutique. Withspeaker Charlotte Stewart on howshe searched for God in all the wrongplaces in “Having Coffee WithRoyalty”. Door prizes andcomplementary child care. $17.Reserve at 703-590-6562 [email protected].

THURSDAY/FEB. 23Registration Open House. 9:30-

11:30 a.m. Clifton Children’sAcademy, 14315 Compton Road,Centreville. Fall 2012 kindergartenand preschool classes. 703-968-8455or www.childrensacademy.com.

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Braving the cold and snowy conditions at Burke Lake Park, Greg Wilds, Julie Mickey,and David Rasdorf spend part of their Saturday morning playing Frisbee golf.

An area resident and her dog enjoy the fairlyempty trails of Burke Lake Park on Sundaymorning, despite the wintry conditions.

Seagulls enjoy the peace and quiet of BurkeLake Park, which experienced fewer visitorsthan normal due to the winter weather.

Having Fun at Burke Lake Park

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SportsLorton/Fairfax Station/Clifton Connection

Sports Editor Jon Roetman


With the Patriot District gym-nastics meet scheduled for Feb.2 at Lake Braddock, severalteams participated in their finaltune-up meet at West Potomacon Jan. 23.

Woodson, Lee, West Spring-field and the host Wolverinescompeted, along with Hayfield,Marshall, McLean and fresh-man Grace Girard, who is T.C.Williams’ lone gymnast.

McLean won the meet with ascore of 141.8. Woodson fin-ished second with 135.95, fol-lowed by Lee (131.05), WestPotomac (128.8), Marshall(126.25), West Springfield(104.45), Hayfield (104.3) andT.C. Williams (33.7).

Lee junior Leah Michetti wasthe Patriot District’s top all-around performer at the meet,finishing third with a score of36.65. McLean’s AbbyNeuberger (37.4) was first, fol-lowed by Marshall’s MorganStahl (37.35).

Michetti said she was shakyduring warmups, but performedbetter during competition.

“Today was a pretty goodday,” Michetti said. “I was alittle bit off on some things, buteverything kind of worked outwhen I was actually competing.Warmup was a little bit nerve-wracking. … I wasn’t hitting allmy skills very well. I think I was

pretty nervous for this meet, Idon’t really know why.”

Michetti finished second onbeam (9.5) and floor (9.45),third on bars (8.95) and eighthon vault (8.75).

Last season, Michetti won thedistrict title in the all-around,placed seventh in the state andearned first-team All-Met hon-ors. She said past success andaccolades can add both pres-sure and confidence.

“I do feel a little bit of thepressure to keep on going andkeep on doing well,” Michettisaid, “but also it’s kind of oneof those things that remindsyou, you are good enough to doit, so you can do it.”

West Potomac’s MarienVoorhees (35.5) finished fifth inthe all-around and Monica Th-ompson (34.95) was sixth. Lee’sKatie Stewart (34.5) finishedeighth. Stewart placed fourth inthe all-around at last season’sdistrict tournament, earningher a berth to the regional meet.

Woodson’s Annie Guidry(34.8) finished seventh andShelly Morse (33.65) was 10th.

Girard (33.7) finished ninthfor T.C. Williams.

West Springfield’s Kristin Falkand Rebecca Waldrop tied for18th with a score of 25.5.

— Jon Roetman

Lee junior Leah Michetti finished third in the all-around during a meet at West Potomac on Jan. 23.

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The South County Secondary boys’ basket-ball team continued its impressive playof late with a 72-54 Patriot District homewin over West Potomac this past Tuesday

night, Jan. 24. The win was the fourth for the Stal-lions in their last five games and improved theirrecord to 11-7 overall and 6-4 in district play.

South County, in the win over the Wolverines (11-5, 5-4), trailed 18-13 after one quarter but outscoredits opponent 41-18 combined over the second andthird quarters to gain control of the game. The Stal-lions received a good balanced scoring attack withboth Oren Burks, a junior forward, and senior postplayer Marqueice Johnson scoring 15 points, JustinHampton, a junior guard/forward, was also in doubledigits with 14 points, and guards Montez Bonner andAndrew Rector both scored eight points.

The game before, South County won at districtopponent Lee High (Springfield), 59-41. But earlierlast week, the Stallions lost a close contest versusvisiting district opponent Woodson, 57-54, on Jan.17. Johnson, Burks, and Hampton scored 16, 13, and11 points, respectively, in that game. Bonner con-tributed six points. For the strong Woodson team (14-3, 8-1), Alfred Carr scored 18 points and TomasStepka netted 13. Brandon Stepka added sevenpoints and Eric Bowles six for the Cavaliers.

South County, at 6-4 in district play, is currently inthe middle of the district standings. The Stallions’district wins have come over Lee and West Potomactwice each, T.C. Williams once, and Annandale. Thesetbacks have come to T.C. (in the first meeting be-tween the two teams), West Springfield, Lake

Braddock, and Woodson.“We feel like we have had some good wins and

some disappointing losses,” said South County headcoach Wendell Johnson. “However, we can possiblymove up [in the standings] before the [postseasondistrict] tournament. We were very happy after beat-ing T.C. Our guys played very well and finished strongagainst them. They have been the team to beat inthe district and they get every team’s best effort eachnight.”

THE WIN OVER THE TITANS, a 52-42 home vic-tory for the Stallions, came on Jan. 10. T.C. Will-iams, which defeated South County earlier in theseason, 55-43, on Dec. 10 in Alexandria, has been aNorthern Region and Patriot District powerhouse overthe past several seasons. This year, the Titans havestruggled at 8-8.

In the Stallions’ 10-point win over T.C. earlier thismonth, South County trailed 18-17 in a low scoringfirst half before outscoring the guests 33-24 in thesecond half to gain the win. Hampton led the Stal-lions with 16 points and Bonner tallied 15. Also forSouth County, senior guard Lance Robinson scored10 points.

Hampton, a good three-point shooting threat, isleading South County with 11 points per game, andJohnson is averaging nine points and 11 rebounds.Burks is a strong rebounder for the Stallions, andguards Bonner and Robinson have been doing a greatjob distributing the ball. Rodie Lamb, a senior guard/forward, is the team’s defensive stopper.

“He guards the other team’s best player each nightand does a great job with it,” said coach Johnson.

South County will play a district home gameagainst West Springfield this Friday night at 7:30. Inthe two teams’ first meeting on Jan. 3, the Spartans,playing on their home court, edged South County,47-45. West Springfield’s top scorers in that low-scor-ing contest were Collin Mosley (10 points), MattAhola (9), and Sam Halle (8).

South County improvesdistrict mark to 6-4 with win.

Stallions Defeat Wolverines inPatriot District Basketball

South County lost a close 57-54 Patriot District home game to W.T. Woodson on Jan.17. Cavaliers’ senior guard Brandon Stepka (pictured) scored seven points in histeam’s win.

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3015 Dower House Drive, Herndon, Virginia 20171Fairfax County

In execution of a Deed of Trust dated September 29, 2006, in the original principal amount of $479,000.00, recorded as Deed Book 18817 at Page 0550, and re-recorded in Deed Book 19139 at Page 235, in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Fairfax County, Virginia, the undersigned Trustee will on Friday, February 10, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., by the front main entrance to the Fairfax County Courthouse, 4110 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax, VA 22030, offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder the following property with improvements there-on commonly known as 3015 Dower House Drive, Herndon, Virginia 20171, and more particularly described as follows:

Lot Three Hundred Two (302), Section Three (3), Franklin Farm, as the same appears duly dedicated, platted and record-ed in Deed Book 5532 at Page 1099 among the land records of Fairfax County, Virginia.

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This sale is subject to the restrictions, rights of way, condi-tions, easements, and mechanic’s liens, if any, whether of re-cord or not of record, to the extent any of the foregoing applies, and takes priority over the lien of the Deed of Trust. This sale is also subject to a 120-day right of redemption in favor of the Internal Revenue Service.

Deposit of $15,000.00, or 10% of the sales price, whichev-er is lower, by cashier’s or certified check, shall be required to qualify as a bidder prior to the sale, except for the Noteholder.

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The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by certified or cashier’s check or wire transfer. Settlement shall be at the offices of the undersigned Trustee, or other mutually agreed upon location. The property and any improvements thereon shall be sold in “as is” condition without any warranties. The successful bidder shall assume all loss or damage to the prop-erty from and after the time of the sale. Purchaser shall be re-sponsible for all costs of the conveyance, which shall be by special warranty including, but not limited to, the preparation of the deed and the grantor’s tax. Real estate taxes shall be ad-justed as of the sale date. The sale is subject to such addition-al terms as the Trustee may announce at the time of sale. The purchaser will be required to sign a Memorandum of Sale in-corporating all the terms of the sale.

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