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Obama Calls for Bold ActionIn GMU speech pushing stimulus package,president-elect warns of ‘lingering recession.’

“I think everybody agreesit’s going to be near thattrillion dollar figure.”

— Gov. Jim Doyle (D-Wisc.) on Obamaeconomic stimulus package

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In what was billed as a major speech on thenational economy, President-elect of the UnitedStates Barack Obama took to the stage at theCenter for the Arts at George Mason Univer-

sity in Fairfax to outline some details of a proposedeconomic stimulus package that he hopes to passthrough Congress.

“We start 2009 in the midst of a crisis unlike anywe have seen in our life-time, a crisis that has onlydeepened over the last fewweeks,” said Obama.

The speech, given Thurs-day, Jan 8, carried under-tones of urgency as the in-coming president laid out aseries of sobering nationalstatistics: nearly 2 millionjobs lost, with 2.8 millionmore part-time workers in need of full-time work.The Institute for Supply Management has reportedthat national manufacturing activity has hit a 28-year-low.

Businesses are having difficulty making payrolls,and more families are looking for ways to pay theirbills. Obama used those figures to urge the Demo-cratically-controlled Congress to take “dramatic ac-

tion” soon or risk creating a recession that “couldlinger for years.”

“We could lose a generation of potential and prom-ise as more young Americans are forced to foregodreams of college or the chance to train for the jobsof the future,” said Obama. “And our nation couldlose the competitive edge that has served as a foun-dation for our strength and our standing in theworld.”

THE PRESIDENT-elect unveiled some details of astimulus package he hopesto see on his desk soon af-ter Inauguration. Dou-bling the production of al-ternative energy sourcesover the next three yearsand retrofitting three-quarters of the nation’scurrent federal buildingswith increased energy ef-ficiency were listed by

Obama as a means to reducing energy costs and cre-ating jobs that would put American workers at theforefront of a new industry. A goal to have the nation’smedical records computerized within five years wasestablished as well as a promise of new computers,technology and training for teachers to ensure that

See Obama, Page 9

President-elect Barack Obama talks about the economyduring a meeting of mayors and governors at GeorgeMason University in Fairfax on Jan. 8.

It’s Political Party Time

By Derek B. Johnson

The Connection

On Tuesday, Jan. 20, Democrats will cap offa week’s worth of festivities by watchingone of their own take the presidential oath

for the first time since 1996. Throughout FairfaxCounty, various Democratic organizations are seek-ing to ring in the new administration with their ownparties and get-togethers in the days leading up toPresident-elect Barack Obama’s (D) swearing in.

The Fairfax County Democratic Committee bluejeans inaugural ball has organized for Saturday, Jan.17 at the Richard J. Ernst Community Cultural Cen-ter at Northern Virginia Community College inAnnandale that will represent one of the biggerevents occurring in the county. Dubbed “Denim andDiamonds” according to the organization’s Web site,the ball will have food, drinks, a live band and doorprizes while a limited supply of Obama pictures andmaterials will be given out as well. Tickets costing$75 will buy entrance along with three drinks anddoor prizes. The organization will also be collectingdonated coats, jackets and dry canned food at the

event as well.According to Jane Barker of the grassroots Demo-

cratic Women of Clifton, that will be where manymembers of her organization celebrate the occasion.Rather than throw their own party, Barker said theorganization was taking up the president-elect’s ap-peal for public service by participating in two com-munity-service projects. On Sunday, Jan. 18, the or-ganization will host a cleanup of Clifton Road inClifton. The group has also partnered with Our DailyBread, a volunteer-based organization that assistslow-income residents by providing gift cards for lo-cal grocery stores during the month of January.

MEMBERS OF the Lee District Democrats will bethrowing their own house parties, as well as attend-ing a gala in conjunction with Obama’s campaign onSunday Jan. 18 at the State Theater in Falls Church.Steve Bunn, co-chair of the Lee District Democrats,said the reality of November’s electoral victory is stillsinking in for many members.

“I think the mood is: we’re ecstatic but it’s almostunbelievable. As much as anybody worked over thelast two years to make this happen, it was still ashock, I think, that it occurred,” said Bunn.

Not everyone celebrating Obama’s inaugural thisweek voted for him. In an ironic twist, the Colony

Democratic Party groupsgear up for inauguration.

See Political Partying, Page 4

Park Authority ToPresent Park Plan

By Derek B. Johnson

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Developed in the 1960s, the original master plan of theKings Park Park discovered by Fairfax County staff wasjust a conceptual graphic with no accompanying text,

basically a non-plan plan.“That was fairly typical for the 1960s,” said Judy Pederson,

spokesman for the Fairfax County Park Authority. “That’s whatwe considered a master plan back then.”

The Park Authority has conducted several sessions and work-shops with the public since March 2008 about creating an up-dated plan for the small park in the Kings Park neighborhood.Another public input meeting is set for Thursday, Jan. 15 at King’sPark Elementary School on Harrow Way in Springfield to hearcomments on the latest iteration of the King’s Park Park MasterPlan.

That led to 10 years of research and work from scratch tobuild an initial draft plan, according to Andrea Dorlester, senior

Public may weigh in on draftof Kings Park Park Master Plan.

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Board Considers New Grading ScaleMore than 800 residents show support forgrading changes at School Board meeting.

“Our kids may not be ona level playing field interms of meritscholarships and honorprograms.”

— Superintendent Jack Dale

See Grading, Page 7

park planner for the Park Authority. County staffmade alterations to the draft plan as a result of thepublic meetings, calling for the inclusion of a picnicpavilion, a practice wall at the tennis courts, expand-ing the existing trail loop, the purchase of playgroundequipment and the addition of an interpretive signmarking a Native American stone quarry.

A PARCEL of land formerly owned by the Royal PoolAssociation was purchased by the county in 2006,adding another acre to park grounds. The pool wasfilled and covered with sod and grass. Since theground won’t solidify enough for development forat least another five years, planners said the shortand long term vision for the land would be similar.

“We [looked] at that parcel and determined thatthe best use would probably be an open-play area,”said Andy Galusha, project manager for the masterplan.

John Cook, president of the King’s Park Civic As-sociation said the plan as its currently comprised hasa broad sense of support. He praised county officialsfor the input they gave to community organizationsduring the process.

“I’ve been really pleased with the cooperation thatwe’ve had from the Park Authority. [They] came notonly under the standard programs that they’re re-

quired to do, but they met with civic associationsand our leadership,” said Cook.

He said there were some concerns inside the asso-ciation that the costs of building a picnic pavilionmight delay or eliminate the funding for new play-ground equipment, as well as concerns about theamount of foot traffic it might bring to the park area.

“I want to be careful not to impose any personalopinions one way or the other. As far as the [King’sPark] Civic Association goes, in a broad sense it hasa lot of the things in it that people want,” said Cook.

Supervisor Sharon Bulova (D-Braddock) said shehad not yet had a chance to fully scrutinize the planbut would do so before Thursday’s meeting, whichshe plans to attend. She remained non-committalabout her support for the plan.

“It’s not really [about] Sharon Bulova’s stance onit. It really needs to be the community’s stance onit,” she said. “The Park Authority and staff have avery effective process for listening to the commu-nity prior to those drafting plans. I’m interested inhearing their reaction to the plan and if indeed itreflects their vision.”

After the Jan. 15 meeting, a public comment pe-riod will be open until Feb. 14. From there, the pro-posal will be summarized and presented to the ParkAuthority Board for consideration. After that, “staffwill make any revisions to the plan they deem to benecessary sometime this spring,” according Pederson.

Draft Plan for Local ParkHigh School Marching Band from just outside of Wasilla,

Alaska will be performing in the president-elect’s inauguralparade on Tuesday, Jan. 20. According to Lynn Gattis, abooster for the band, members were disappointed when theticket carrying vice-presidential candidate and hometownneighbor, Gov. Sarah Palin (R), lost last November. Duringthe campaign, Gattis helped run Alaskans for Reform, an or-ganization dedicated to electing presidential candidate Sen.John McCain (R-Ariz.) and his running mate Palin.

“I joked that when we won, [the band was] going to theinauguration,” said Gattis.

When Obama won, Gattis admitted the event took the windout the sails for many members of the marching band, whohad applied months before the election and assumed theirchances were shot. Still, she said the band pushed on, argu-ing that the McCain-Palin loss should not dissuade them fromholding out hope.

“Even though I headed up the McCain campaign, I’m still aU.S. citizen,” said Gattis. “Even though our person didn’t winwe still have a president who’s going to be inaugurated”

The event will serve as an occasion to celebrate the con-clusion of a long campaign and expel the electoral frustra-tions of the past two election cycles.

“Certainly, the word emphasized by the Obama campaignwas hope. I think it was gratifying, it felt like we were bring-ing the Commonwealth and the country back to the center,”said Bunn.

Political PartyingFrom Page 3

By Julia O’Donoghue

The Connection

Emily Goodnight’s acceptance intoUtah State University this Decem-ber was bittersweet.

The school is Goodnight’s topchoice, but the Marshall High School seniorwas frustrated the university did not granther admission into its business school.

Goodnight’s standardized test scores weremore than adequate, but Utah State requiresat least a 3.5 grade point average (GPA) foradmission to its business program. TheVienna resident, an International Baccalau-reate (IB) diploma candidate, has a 3.3 GPA.

ACCORDING TO GOODNIGHT, FairfaxCounty’s grading policies are partly respon-sible for her rejection. If she attended schoolin Arlington., Goodnight would probablyhave earned a high enough GPA to be auto-matically accepted into the business pro-gram, she said.

Instead of the more widely used 10-pointgrading scale, Fairfax County Public Schoolsoperates on a six-point grading scale, re-quiring students to earn a 94 percent, in-stead of 90 percent, to acquire an A in aclass.

The Fairfax school system also onlyawards a half-point weight on the GPA scalefor Advanced Placement and IB courses

while many other comparable school sys-tems, like Arlington and MontgomeryCounty, award a full point.

Fairfax County gives no additional weightto honors courses.Again, manyschool systems al-lot a half or full-point bump in theGPA scale for anhonors class.

“On a 10-pointscale with a one-point weight formy IB classes, Ihave more thanthe 3.5 requiredfor admission tobusiness school,” said Goodnight.

THE STUDENT’S father, Chuck, addedthat Fairfax County’s grading scale couldcost his family $48,000 if Utah State de-cides not to reconfigure his daughter’s GPAfor a merit-based scholarship.

The university automatically awards themoney for students with 3.4 GPA, a stan-dard Goodnight would meet if her gradesare calculated on a 10-point grading scalewith the heavier weights for advancedcoursework.

“I am considering moving to Montgom-ery County if they don’t do something. Stay-

ing in Fairfax County costs me money,” saidChuck Goodnight, who has son enteringhigh school next year.

SCHOOL BOARD members are leaningtoward adopting new policies that reflectnational trends in grading scales andweights following a year of intense lobby-

ing from the citizenadvocacy group,FAIRGRADE.

Over the past sev-eral months,FAIRGRADE hascalled for the schoolsystem to adopt a10-point gradingscale and addingpoints for honors, IBand AP classes tomore adequately re-flect the policies of

other school districts. Parents and studentsargued that Fairfax County graduates havebeen missing out on scholarship opportu-nities, admission to honors programs andoverall college acceptance because theirGPAs were artificially deflated when com-pared to students from other areas.

During a work session Jan. 12, the SchoolBoard indicated it would mostly likely voteto increase weighting for Advanced Place-ment (AP) and IB courses from a half-pointto a full-point on the GPA scale at its nextmeeting Jan. 22. The change would applyretroactively to students already enrolledin AP/IB courses this year.

“In hindsight, there is a price that mayhave been overlooked. … Our kids may notbe on a level playing field in terms of meritscholarships and honor programs,” saidSuperintendent Jack Dale, who recom-mended the change.

THE SCHOOL BOARD also seemed to bein favor of increasing weights for honorscourses.

Dale said the school system would haveto review which classes the extra weightwould apply to and probably could notmake the change until the start of the nextschool year. Some classes should probablycarry the extra weight but are not explic-itly considered “honors” courses currently,according to the superintendent.

“In addition to honors, we have ‘pre-IB’and ‘ pre-AP’ courses. … We have somecourses at [Thomas Jefferson School forScience and Technology] that don’t fall un-der any of those categories but that shouldprobably carry the weight,” said Dale, whowas in favor of adding the honors weight.

BUT the superintendent and a few SchoolBoard members pushed back on convert-ing from a six-point to a 10-point gradingscale.

Dale said no conclusive evidence wasavailable that the six-point grading scalehurt Fairfax County students during thecollege and university admissions process.

Most School Board members appeared to


By Derek B. Johnson

The Connection

Springfield resident Scott Brown canremember meeting his wife andattending prom as a student of WestSpringfield High School. A gradu-

ate in 1982 and currently owner of the Car-dinal Plaza Shell gas station on Old KeeneMill Road in Springfield, many of the youngmen he hired were alumni of the school aswell.

Brown had been keeping tabs on his oldschool’s renovation status through commu-nity meetings hosted by SOAR, a group ofSpringfield parents, teachers, students andadministrators pushing the county SchoolBoard to adopt a faster timeline to fix themany problems plaguing the facilities.

“They took us on a tour of the school. Thekids do wonderful,” he said. “The facilitiesare really substandard compared to [many]other high schools.”

Through his gas station, Brown had con-ducted a series of fund raisers every year tobenefit organizations like Fisher House and

When Every Penny CountsLeft off county CIP, advocates for WestSpringfield High search for alternatives.

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charities like Child Watch, whom he de-scribes as “the guys who put pictures ofchildren on the back of milk cartons.”Through the month of November 2008,Brown set his fund-raising sights on WestSpringfield, throwing a month-long fundraiser for SOAR through his “Penny atthe Pump” program. For every gallon ofgas sold at his Shell station, Brown wouldagree to donate a penny to the cause.

Though they were able to raise over$2,500 with this effort, both Brown andmembers of the advocacy group acknowl-edged that the sum total of their effortsrepresented a drop in the bucket. A full-scale renovation to address the torn uptrack, crater-sized chunks missing from thewalls, leaky bathrooms and sinking floorsand ceilings is estimated to cost between$40 million to $60 million.

Erik Hawkins, a spokesman for SOAR,said money from the fund raiser would gotoward paying for a new electronic signoutside the entrance of West SpringfieldHigh School. He said Brown’s measure wasabout more than raising money.

“[A PTSA member] approached him tohelp out and he said yes, absolutely. Hewanted it as much to help raise awarenessof the issue as he did for the money itself,”said Hawkins.

Brown said he was looking for a way tosignal his support and highlight what hebelieves is a disparity for children living inSpringfield.

“Lake Braddock is beautiful now. Wewould like to see the West Springfield kidshave the same opportunity that [they]have,” he said.

When the new county Capital Improve-ment Plan was announced in mid-Decem-ber, members of SOAR learned that WestSpringfield had again been passed over fora quicker timeline. The plan calls for allFairfax County high schools to be renovatedat least once every 25 years. Though it first

opened its doors in 1966, West SpringfieldHigh School is currently scheduled to be ser-viced in 2020. Hawkins said the group isnow pushing a series of proposals thatwould help bump the school ahead of thequeue and speed up the timeline.

“The final CIP is not a done deal,” he said.Thomas Jefferson High School, which sits

ahead of West Springfield in the queue,might be a candidate for federal fundingvia the upcoming economic stimulus planbeing pushed by President-elect BarrackObama (D), said Hawkins. They are alsoexploring an amendment drafted by School

Board member Liz Bradsher(Springfield) to include WestSpringfield and LangleyHigh School in McLean onthe CIP, which she plans tointroduce at the Jan. 22School Board meeting.

“They should be named[on the CIP] because theywere ranked by an outside

consultant as the two neediest schools inthe county to require renovation,” Bradshersaid.

She added that conversations with theSchool Board led her to believe the bill,which would bump the schools up on thequeue but not fund their renovations, wouldpass.

“It looks like from the work sessions andremarks at the School Board has given me,it looks to be somewhat favorable,” she said.

“We would like to see the WestSpringfield kids have the sameopportunity that [they] have.”

— Scott Brown, owner of Cardinal Plaza Shell


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It’s Not Grade InflationFairfax should change to 10-point grading, addweight for advanced classes; over 90 percent isan A.

Fairfax County Public Schools, alongwith Loudoun County schools, havebeen grading students in a way thatputs them at a disadvantage for schol-

arships, college admissions and college creditcompared to other similar school systems.

Right now there is a proposal on the table inFairfax that would remedy many of these con-cerns, and the school board should take thisopportunity to do so.

Fairfax has been grading students on a sixpoint scale, meaning that a student scoringmore than 90 points out of 100 could get a Binstead of an A; it takes a 94 for an A, and a 64to pass.

WHILE MOST comparable school systems of-fer extra points for Advanced Placement, In-ternational Baccalaureate and some honorsclasses, Fairfax has not been doing so.

Will changing the grading scale mean that

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more students from Fairfax County will headto Harvard? Not at all; many top colleges maketheir own adjustments to applicants’ gradepoint averages, but not all. While it’s easy forsome to dismiss this push on helicopter par-ents who would do anything to further thesuccess of their gifted children, there are someimportant issues at stake.

There is no question that alower grade point average asreported by an applicant’sschool can result in fewer op-portunities for merit scholar-

ships. Given the cost of college tuition and theeconomic challenges facing all families rightnow, putting Fairfax students at a disadvan-tage for scholarship money is unfair and un-wise.

And at the margins, how the schools calcu-late and report a grade point average couldaffect which colleges accept a given applicant,

and these small differences can have a dramaticaffect on a student’s college experience.

Giving extra weight for the extra rigor andwork of AP and IB classes is also critical forour students.

Fairfax County also should ensure that itsgraduates arrive at college with the most col-lege credit possible for their college level stud-ies in high school. Students taking IB examsshould also take the most similar AP exam. Inmany cases, no additional preparation is re-quired. While IB courses are just as rigorousas AP classes and should result in college creditfor the students who have successfully com-pleted them based on test scores, many col-leges do not yet recognize IB test scores forcredit.

But a student who scores well on the IB testwill likely score just as well on the most simi-lar AP test, and almost every college will givecredit for high AP scores.

Again this is not a nicety for parents to bragabout or students to put on their resumé. Ar-riving as a freshman in college with collegecredit gives students a leg up on more ad-vanced coursework, and can in some cases re-duce the cost of college by a semester or more.

By Supervisor Sharon Bulova

D-Braddock

Fairfax County has a long history ofproviding excellent services that sus-tain a high quality of life for our resi-

dents. From education to public safety,from parks and recreation to human ser-vices, Fairfax County supports the needsand expectations of our diverse and en-gaged community. The provision of theseservices requires the balancing of commu-nity needs against our resources to fundthem. For the budget cycle beginning July1, 2009, significant challenges are occur-ring which make this balance more diffi-cult.

We are very much affected by a seriousnational recession. The worldwide melt-down of our lending institutions, a steepdrop in the value of real estate, an unprec-edented number of residential foreclosuresand a drop in sales tax revenues are antici-pated to result in a significant decline incounty revenues in FY 2010. Just to main-tain status quo in the county’s $3.35 bil-lion general fund budget we would comeup short $648 million. As county govern-ment is obligated to operate within a bal-anced budget, very tough decisions will berequired to align county and school servicesand spending with available revenues.

On Monday, Dec. 15, the Fairfax CountyBoard of Supervisors concluded an intensivefour-month Lines of Business Review to pre-pare for the challenging Fiscal Year 2010 bud-get. A parallel process engaged the commu-nity in this discussion through 20 CommunityDialogues throughout the county, as well asfive “Brown Bag” Employee lunch sessions. Theschools also solicited feedback from employ-ees through surveys and e-mails. For the first

time, the School Board andschool staff worked directlywith the Board of Supervi-sors and general countystaff to scrutinize programs

and services in order to identify priorities, ef-ficiencies and candidates for reduction, elimi-nation, and reorganization — well before thesuperintendent and county executive releasetheir advertised budgets. This degree of boardand community engagement this early in thebudget process is unprecedented. I am certainthat it will prove invaluable as we right sizeservices and programs to a significantly re-duced revenue stream.

On Feb. 23, County Executive Tony Griffinwill release a recommended budget for FiscalYear 2010. He will have had the benefit of theLines of Business Review, Community Dia-logues and employee involvement to assist himin developing a strategy for closing the short-fall with the goal of protecting the quality of

life we value. I would like to take this op-portunity to thank our county and schoolstaff who spent countless hours on weekendsand in the evenings to support this process.They provided briefings and facilitated small-group discussions, answered hundreds ofquestions and entertained an equal numberof recommendations. I sincerely thank themany hundreds of county residents who at-tended these Community Dialogues and con-tributed suggestions and comments viaphone and online. I hope they will continuetheir involvement in this critical process asthe school and County Advertised Budgetsare presented and the board considerschanges to bring Fiscal Year 2010 into fiscalequilibrium. Summaries of their discussionsand suggestions were posted on the county’sWeb site Friday, Dec. 19 at http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/government/bud-get/. Public hearings on the CountyExecutive’s Advertised Budget will be theweek of March 30.

To use a popular quote, Fairfax County in-tends to “not waste crises” and considers thisdownturn an opportunity to identify efficien-cies and reorganizational changes that willserve us well as we work through this diffi-cult time.

Supervisor Sharon Bulova (D-Braddock) ischairman of the Board of Supervisor’s budgetcommittee. She is currently running for chair-man of the board against Supervisor PatHerrity (R-Springfield) and independantsCarey Campbell and Christopher F. DeCarlo.The special election is Tuesday, Feb. 3.

Recession Leads to Early Budget WorkEarly community input, work by FairfaxCounty staff on budget unprecedented.

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be leaning toward changing thegrading scale anyway, particularlyafter more than 800 members ofFAIRGRADE showed up to the Jan.8 School Board meeting to advo-cate for the change. Dale also didnot articulate clear reasons forkeeping the six-point scale and soseveral School Board memberssaid they felt as if there was “noharm” in changing it.

“There seems to be little to lose?Little downside?” said SchoolBoard member Brad Center (Lee)at the work session.

Board members will review vari-ous permutations of the 10-pointscale, like those that do and do notinclude letter grades with plusesand minuses, and indicated thatthey would probably adopt a newscale for the start of next schoolyear.

SOME SCHOOL BOARD mem-bers had been concerned about theSchool Board adopting extraweighting for advanced courseslike AP, IB and honors withoutchanging the grading scale as Dalehad suggested.

They said they were concernedsuch a move would only help high-achieving students without provid-ing relief to those on the lower endof the grade spectrum.

“If we were only to change theweighting system and not thegrading scale, the bell curve wouldfurther widen. We would be sepa-rating higher achieving studentsfrom lower achieving studentseven more,” said student SchoolBoard member Arvin Ahmadi, aThomas Jefferson junior.

Others members mentioned thatsome evidence shows that a 10-point grading scale improves dropout rates among African Americanand Latino students when com-pared to a six-point grading scale.

Some were also concerned, dueto public outcry over the issue, theparents had lost confidence in thecounty’s six-point grading scale.

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WEDNESDAY/JAN. 21Candidates’ Forum with Sharon

Bulova and Pat Herrity, the twocandidates running for FairfaxCounty board chairman in the Feb. 3special election. 7:30 p.m. in theGreat Hall of the Dunn LoringAdministrative Center, 2334 GallowsRoad. 703-698-1748.

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Catch Air at Van DyckVan Dyck Park3500 Old Lee HighwayFairfaxThe City of Fairfax’s first skate park fea-

tures several ramps, rails and a halfpipe.The surface is cement. In the afternoons andevenings, the park gets more crowded, andwhen school lets out the number of skatersusing the park dramatically increases.

Take a HikeBurke Lake Park7315 Ox RoadFairfax StationThe American Hiking Association rates

Burke Lake Park as one of the top 10 bestfitness trails in the United States. The BurkeLake Loop follows the shoreline 4.7 milesaround the lake. It’s a picturesque trail en-hanced by the solitude of the lake. Perfectfor a walk or a run. Visitwww.co.fairfax.va.us/parks/burkelake formore information.

Have a Dog DayAfternoon

Canine CruisesLake Accotink Park7500 Accotink Park RoadSpringfieldwww.lakeaccotinkpark.comTaking place each sum-

mer, this event offers dogowners a chance to cruiseLake Accotink with theircanine friends on a pon-toon boat. Reservations arerequired for this annualevent, which is open tohumans ages 8 and older.To register, sendparticipant’s name, address, phone number,program title and a check payable to FCPAto Lake Accotink Park, 7500 Accotink ParkRoad, Springfield, VA 22150. Call 703-569-0285 for credit card registrations or moreinformation. $5 for adults, $3 for children(ages 8-15). Maximum one dog per adult.

Music at NightSpringfield District Nights Concert SeriesBurke Lake Park7315 Ox RoadFairfax StationNot to be outdone by the Braddock

District’s concert series, the Springfield Dis-trict premiered its own summer concert se-ries on Sept. 20, 2008 at Burke Lake Park.The first full season of concerts begins sum-mer 2009. Park admission is free, but an $8fee is charged for cars not registered inFairfax County.

Get Wild withHidden Flowers

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lus abortivus? Ranunculusacris? What, they don’t ring a bell? Knownby their more common names — Periwinkle,Kidneyleaf, and Buttercup — these flowersjoin dozens of others during a four-monthblooming period in Hidden Pond’s PohickStream Valley. From February through May,visitors can find this diverse collection of

flora and fauna in the forest, wetlands, andin the park’s meadows. Hidden Pond fea-tures acres of undisturbed woodland, trails,streams and its namesake pond. The naturecenter had exhibits about the park andFairfax County’s ecosystem. Call 703-451-9588 for more information.

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“students in Chicago and Boston can compete withchildren in Beijing” for high tech jobs.

Obama pinned blame for the current economiccollapse on dangerous and impru-dent decision-making by WallStreet executives, banks that bothtook and gave bad loans, an out-dated policy of deregulation andbad leadership from politicians inWashington. In pushing his pro-posed plan, Obama argued thatlifting the nation from the eco-nomic doldrums would require afull effort of governments at thelocal, state and federal level.

“It is true that we cannot depend on governmentalone to create jobs or long-term growth,” he said.“But at this particular moment, only government canprovide the short-term boost necessary to lift us froma recession this deep and severe.”

“This package will be big and bold, but it needs tobe because we can’t afford to wait,” said Gov. TimKaine (D-Va.) at a press conference in a nearby build-ing after the speech.

A massive infrastructure program proposed byObama’s transition team would pump billions ofdollars to state governments to fund a backlog ofroad and bridge projects. Kaine was joined by a groupof Democratic governors who expressed their sup-

port for the plans of the president-elect’s office.“I came hoping to hear a clear and strong message

from the president-elect, and that’s what we heard,”said Gov. Martin O’Malley (D-Md.) “This is exactlywhat we need to stop the downward spiral of this

economy.”His Democratic colleagues ech-

oed similar sentiments.“[The stimulus] is not about aid

to states,” said Gov. JenniferGranholm (D-Mich.) “It’s aboutjobs for people.”

“There’s no social program evercreated that’s better than a goodjob,” said Gov. Jim Doyle (D-Wisc.)

Though a specific bill has yet tobe drafted and proposed in Con-

gress, the governors acknowledged that the overallprice tag is expected to surpass the $700 billion eco-nomic bailout plan that passed in October 2008.

“I think everybody agrees it’s going to be near thattrillion dollar figure,” said Doyle.

The governors singled out the infrastructure projectas particularly heartening.

“Our infrastructure in virtually every state needs[help],” said Gov. Ruth Ann Minner (D-Del.)

Kaine said that Virginia already had a healthy back-log of crumbling roads and bridges to break groundon within the next year.

“We have no shortage of shovel-ready projects.We’re ready to dig,” said Kaine.

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fore the show if guests wish to do so. Call703-978-6991 for more information.

Catch a Blockbuster,Miss the Crowds

University Mall TheatersBraddock Road (Across from GMU)FairfaxMovies are great. Movies are fun. But

dealing with massive crowds on openingweekend trying to see the latest big-budgetblockbuster or superhero sequel can be afrustrating experience. Enter the UniversityMall Theaters. Second-runmovies in a theater that’snot that far removed inquality from the localmegaplex. Adults pay $4for a flick; kids 14-and-un-der, seniors 60-and-over,and students with a GMUID get in for $3. Every Tues-day, the movies are just $2apiece. Keep in mind that the theater is cashonly. Call 703-273-0876 for more informa-tion.

Hail Hair Metal BandsJaxx Concert Hall and Night Club6355 Rolling RoadSpringfieldwww.jaxxroxx.comBands like Blue Oyster Cult, W.A.S.P., the

Misfits, Molly Hatchet and Kix headline this

Springfield rock club, which is dedicated tokeeping the legacy of metal rock alive —although the club also features the occa-sional hip-hop act and acoustic show. Oh,and Vanilla Ice, too. Shows with prominentnames frequently sell out. Tickets are avail-able through Ticketmaster at 202-432-SEAT.The club features a full menu that rangesfrom nachos to Shrimp Fra Diavlo, a.k.a.Shrimp of the Devil.

Mixing Politics andDrinks

Drinking Liberally in LortonGlory Days Grill9459 Lorton Market St.LortonA network of left-lean-

ing progressives meets thefirst Wednesday of themonth for liberal fellow-ship at 7 p.m. at GloryDays Grill, 9459 LortonMarket St., Lorton. RSVPrequested to

[email protected].

Listen by the LakeBraddock Nights Music ConcertsLake Accotink, SpringfieldRoyal Lake, FairfaxOssian Hall, AnnandaleThree different venues offer free summer

entertainment every Friday night during the

The LakeAccotinkCanineCruise givesdogs andtheir ownersa chance tosee a part ofthe lake thatthey nor-mally wouldnot see fromland.


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Send notes to the Connection [email protected] or call703-917-6459. Deadline is Friday. Datedannouncements should be submitted atleast two weeks prior to the event.

THURSDAY/JAN. 15Once Upon a Fairytale, 1:30 p.m.

Stories, activities and a craft. Age 4-5with adult. Lorton Library, 9520Richmond Highway, Lorton. 703-339-7385.

Dave Berry. 8 p.m. Kate’s Irish Pub,6131 Backlick Road Springfield. 703-866-0860 or katesirishpub.com.

Flying Dragons, 7-8:30 p.m. atHuntley Meadows Park & VisitorCenter, 3701 Lockheed Blvd.,Alexandria. Learn about dragonflies.Reservations required. $6 per person.703-768-2525.

Burke Preschool Fair, with over 25preschools from Burke and thesurrounding area. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. atthe Burke Fire DepartmentCommunity Hall, 9501 Old BurkeLake Road, Burke. 866-841-9139 orwww.geocities.com/momsclubburke.

FRIDAY/JAN. 16AVP Hot Winter Nights Pro Beach

Volleyball Tour, at 7:30 p.m.Tickets $15-$65, available throughwww.ticketmaster.com or 202-397-SEAT. George Mason Patriot Center,4500 Patriot Circle, Fairfax.www.patriotcenter.com.

Lunch Bunch, 12 p.m. Bring lunch andjoin us for stories. Birth-5 with adult.John Marshall Library, 6209 RoseHill Drive, Alexandria. 703-971-0010.

Cancer Benefit for Ana Lucero,with Backfire, The Black Shade,Baba G’Nush, Funkmnkyz, PoorMan’s Lobster, 20/20 Vizionsand The Iternals. 7 p.m. Tickets$10 in advance $12 day of show.Jaxx Night Club, 6355 Rolling Road,Springfield. 703-569-5940 orjaxxroxx.com.

Dave Berry. 8:30 p.m. Kate’s Irish Pub,6131 Backlick Road Springfield. 703-866-0860 or katesirishpub.com.

Two documentaries with on thepresidency of George W. Bush,10:30 p.m. at Cinema Arts Theatre,9650 Main St., Fairfax. ‘Crawford’and ‘Public Witness.’ Tickets are $5,available at the box office or throughwww.cinemaartstheatre.com. Visitwww.crawfordmovie.com orwww.publicwitnessmovie.com. 703-978-6991.

Learn about dragonflies on Thursday, Jan. 15 at HuntleyMeadows Park & Visitor Center.

Two documentaries on the presidency of George W. Bushwill be shown at the Cinema Arts Theatre in Fairfax onFriday, Jan. 16. ‘Crawford’ is a view of the Bush presi-dency through the eyes of the residents of Crawford,Texas, and ‘Public Witness,’ above, is from local indepen-dent filmmaker C.W. Prather.

SATURDAY/JAN. 17New Year, New Library. Join local

scout groups for a library open houseand learn about the library’s greenfeatures. Tours at 12 p.m. and 1 p.m.Snacks will be provided all day. Allages. Burke Centre Library, 5935Freds Oak Road, Burke. 703-249-1520.

VITA Tax Assistance, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.IRS-certified volunteers helptaxpayers who earned up to $42K.Adults. Kingstowne Library, 6500Landsdowne Centre, Alexandria. 703-339-4610.

Dave Berry. 8:30 p.m. Kate’s Irish Pub,6131 Backlick Road Springfield. 703-866-0860 or katesirishpub.com.

Frankie and the Actions. 9 p.m.Tickets $5. Jaxx Night Club, 6355Rolling Road, Springfield. 703-569-5940 or jaxxroxx.com.

Fairfax Symphony Orchestra’s52nd Season, The Search for aNew Music Director - Part 4. 8 p.m.at George Mason University’s Centerfor the Arts, 4373 Mason Pond Drive,Fairfax. Free ConcerTalk with DanielMeyer at 7 p.m. 703-563-1990.

SUNDAY/JAN. 18G-Scale Trains Running at Fairfax

Station Railroad Museum, 1-4p.m. at 11200 Fairfax Station Road,Fairfax Station. The Washington,Virginia and Maryland GardenRailway Society will be running largescale model trains in the communityroom. $2 Adults, $1 children. 703-425-9225 or www.fairfax-station.org.

Sixth Annual Audubon Society ofNorthern Virginia WaterfowlCount, for birders of all skill levelsto count waterfowl in Fairfax,Arlington, and Prince Williamcounties, including the Potomac andOccoquan watersheds. Novices willbe paired with experts. 703-256-6895or [email protected].

MONDAY/JAN. 19Open Mic Night. 8 p.m. Kate’s Irish

Pub, 6131 Backlick Road Springfield.703-866-0860 or katesirishpub.com.

Preschool Open House at Spring-Mar Cooperative Preschool,9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. at AccotinkUnitarian Universalist Church, 10125Lakehaven Court, Burke. 703-239-1213 or www.spring-mar.org.

WEDNESDAY/JAN. 21

Needlework Group, 10:30 a.m. Bringa project to work on in the companyof fellow needlecrafters. Adults.Burke Centre Library, 5935 FredsOak Road, Burke. 703-249-1520.

Small Wonders, 10:15 a.m. Stories,fingerplays and activities. Age 13-23months with adult. John MarshallLibrary, 6209 Rose Hill Drive,Alexandria. 703-971-0010.

Practice Your EnglishConversation Group, 10:15 a.m.and 7:30 p.m. Adults. KingstowneLibrary, 6500 Landsdowne Centre,Alexandria. 703-339-4610.

Lorton Book Club 7:30 p.m. “TheInvisible Wall: A Love Story ThatBroke Barriers” by Harry Bernstein.Adults. Lorton Library, 9520Richmond Highway, Lorton. 703-339-7385.

Book Discussion Group, 7:15 p.m.Call for title. Adults. John MarshallLibrary, 6209 Rose Hill Drive,Alexandria. 703-971-0010.

THURSDAY/JAN. 22Vrrroom! 10:30 a.m. Stories, songs

and activities about cars. Age 2-5with adult. Burke Centre Library,5935 Freds Oak Road, Burke. 703-249-1520.

Preschool Storytime, 1 p.m. Stories,songs and activities. Age 3-5 withadult. Kingstowne Library, 6500Landsdowne Centre, Alexandria. 703-339-4610.

FRIDAY/JAN. 23Lunch Bunch, 12 p.m. Bring lunch and

join us for stories. Birth-5 with adult.John Marshall Library, 6209 RoseHill Drive, Alexandria. 703-971-0010.

Hit By Pitch. 8:30 p.m. Kate’s IrishPub, 6131 Backlick Road Springfield.703-866-0860 or katesirishpub.com.

Winter Night Hikes, 7:30-9 p.m. atLake Accotink Park, 7500 AccotinkPark Road, Springfield. Search forowls and other night creatures.Suitable for age seven and up. $5adults, $3 children under 16. Prepaidreservations required. 703-569-0285.

George Mason University’sPotomac Arts Academy, 2009High School Honor Band Festival, 8p.m. at the George Mason Center forthe Arts Concert Hall, 4500 PatriotCircle, Fairfax. High school bandstudents will perform with the UnitedStates Navy Band. Free [email protected] or 703-993-1607.

SATURDAY/JAN. 24VITA Tax Assistance, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

IRS-certified volunteers helptaxpayers who earned up to $42K.Adults. Kingstowne Library, 6500Landsdowne Centre, Alexandria. 703-339-4610.

Professional Bull Riders FairfaxInvitational, 7:30 p.m. at theGeorge Mason Patriot Center, 4500Patriot Circle, Fairfax. All-Time BullFighting Champion Rob Smets will bemaster of ceremonies. Adult tickets$20-$65, children 2-12 years $10,available at 703-573-SEAT orwww.ticketmaster.com.

Hit By Pitch. 8:30 p.m. Kate’s IrishPub, 6131 Backlick Road Springfield.703-866-0860 or katesirishpub.com.

Winter Chills and Thrills, 1-3 p.m.at Huntley Meadows Park & VisitorCenter, 3701 Lockheed Blvd.,Alexandria. Discover how wildlifecopes with winter. For children age5-10 with adult. Cost is $4 per child.703-768-2525.

Winter Night Hikes, 7:30-9 p.m. atLake Accotink Park, 7500 AccotinkPark Road, Springfield. Search forowls and other night creatures.Suitable for age seven and up. $5adults, $3 children under 16. Prepaidreservations required. 703-569-0285.

George Mason University’sPotomac Arts Academy, 2009High School Honor Band Festival, 8

p.m. at the George Mason Center forthe Arts Concert Hall, 4500 PatriotCircle, Fairfax. High school bandstudents will perform with the UnitedStates Navy Band. [email protected] or 703-993-1607.

EMO Soldiers Festival, withBlessed By a Brokenheart, LoveHate Her, Karate High School,Agraceful, Kiros and Boys WillBe Boys. 1 p.m. Tickets $13 inadvance, $15 day of show. JaxxNight Club, 6355 Rolling Road,Springfield. 703-569-5940 orjaxxroxx.com.

Chinese New Year Celebration,1:30-4:30 p.m. at Dewberry Hall,George Mason University, Fairfaxcampus. $6 adults, $2 seniors andchildren. Dance and calligraphydemonstrations and silent auction.New World Bilingual Institute, 703-978-7905 or www.nwbi.us.

LeadFoot and more. 10 p.m. Tickets$5. Jaxx Night Club, 6355 RollingRoad, Springfield. 703-569-5940 orjaxxroxx.com.

Asian Community Service CenterChinese New Year Festival, 10a.m.-7 p.m. at the Luther JacksonMiddle School, 3020 Gallows Road,Falls Church. Lunar New Year Parade,live performances, children’s games,table tennis competition, Chineselanguage and cooking workshop,Asian food and more. 703-868-1509or www.ChineseNewYearFestival.org.

Concerts from Kirkwood, ‘Jazz inJanuary’ by the GMU Faculty Jazz

Combo, 3 p.m. at KirkwoodPresbyterian Church, 8336 CarrleighParkway, Springfield. Free.Donations accepted. 703-451-5320 orwww.kirkwoodpres.com.

SUNDAY/JAN. 25Professional Bull Riders Fairfax

Invitational, 2:30 p.m. at theGeorge Mason Patriot Center, 4500Patriot Circle, Fairfax. Adult tickets$20-$65, children 2-12 years $10,available at 703-573-SEAT orwww.ticketmaster.com.

Pianist Jeffrey Siegel, 7 p.m. atGeorge Mason University Center forthe Arts. Tickets are $19-$38. Age 12and under half price. Charge byphone at 888-945-2468 or visitwww.tickets.com. The Center for theArts is on the Fairfax campus ofGeorge Mason University at theintersection of Braddock Road andRoute 123. www.gmu.edu/cfa.

Asian Community Service CenterChinese New Year Festival, 10a.m.-7 p.m. at the Luther JacksonMiddle School, 3020 Gallows Road,Falls Church. Live performances andmore. 703-868-1509 orwww.ChineseNewYearFestival.org.

Clifton/Fairfax Station AreaTransition in Place ServicesOpen House, 3-5 p.m. at theClifton town Hall. Light refreshmentswill be served. Diane Mauthé [email protected] or Nancy Simmonsat [email protected].


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Pile Up Some ScoopsWoody’s Ice Cream4005 Stonewall Ave.Fairfax703-273-8977

This ice cream stand ispractically a landmark inthe City of Fairfax. Startedin 1998 by Woody Lashley,the stand offers cool stan-dards such as soft serveand sundaes. At the end ofOctober, Lashley throws amassive party to close theseason.

Two Scoops, Two Mayors❖Peterson’s Ice Cream Depot7150 Main St.Clifton703-830-2898www.petersondepot.com

❖ Sweet Life Café3950 Chain Bridge RoadFairfax703-385-5433www.thesweetlifecafefairfax.comNever has politics been so sweet as when two

local politicians put down their gavels and pick upice cream scoops.

From the end of March through the beginning ofDecember, Mayor Tom Peterson and his family runPeterson’s Ice Cream Depot in the Town of Clifton.

summer (weather permitting). Classicrock, roots rock, pop, bluegrass, swing,country ... even polka and sea chanteys werefeatured in this season’s lineup. The con-certs are billed as a celebration of the com-munity in concert, and that’s exactly howthey feel. Performances are from early Juneto late August, and begin at 7:30 p.m. — infact, it’s encouraged that concertgoers havea flashlight handy for leaving the facilities.Call 703-425-9300 for more information.

Sing with the BarbershopQuartet

Liberty Middle School6801 Union Mill RoadClifton703-938-3001The Centreville chapter of the Society for

the Preservation and Encouragement ofBarber Shop Quarter Singing was foundedin 1995 and formally chartered in 1996 asthe Centreville chapter of the Society forthe Preservation and Encouragement ofBarber Shop Quartet Singing in America,Inc. The Sounds of America chorus com-petes in singing competitions in the Mid-Atlantic District. Rehearsal is every Wednes-day from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at Liberty MiddleSchool.

Strike Up the BandCity of Fairfax Band ConcertsMade up of over 120 volunteer musicians,

the City of Fairfax Band performs concertsthroughout the year. During the summer,the full band and its ensemble groupspresent Thursday night concerts at Veter-ans Amphitheater on the grounds of FairfaxCity Hall, 10455 Armstrong St., Fairfax.During the rest of the year, the band pre-sents concerts at Fairfax High School, 3501Rebel Run, Fairfax. The band also performsin the City of Fairfax Fourth of July Paradeand Fireworks Show. Formore about the band,write The City of FairfaxBand Association, Inc., P.O.Box 1306, Fairfax, VA22038-1306, call 703-757-0220 or [email protected].

Satisfy YourInner Wonka

15th Annual Chocolate Lovers FestivalOld Town Fairfaxwww.chocolatefestival.netAugustus Gloop may want to avoid Old

Town Fairfax on Feb. 7 and 8 in 2009, lesthis gluttony for chocolate goodness againget the best of him. The Chocolate LoversFestival will again feature the Taste ofChocolate, in which vendors sell a varietyof sweet treats; the Chocolate Challenge,an art exhibition in which chocolate is themedium; as well as several children’s andfamily activities around town. The festival,created to bolster interest in both Old Town

The shop offers gourmet ice cream, hot dogs andspecialty drinks. The depot will reopen on March29.

Coincidentally, Mayor Robert Lederer and hisfamily operate the Sweet Life Café in the City ofFairfax, specializing in homemade ice cream anddeli sandwiches. The café is open year round, andhours are Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Fri-day, 10 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-10 p.m.;and Sunday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

Enjoy a 3-Alarm DinnerFirehouse Grill3988 University DriveFairfax703-383-1030Located in the heart of the Fairfax His-

toric District, the Firehouse Grill offers food,music and libations in an historic setting.Housed in an old firehouse built in the early1900s, the restaurant is decorated withfirefighting equipment and memorabilia.

Countdown to MardiGras

Fat Tuesday’s N’awlins Saloon10673 Braddock RoadFairfaxFat Tuesday’s is one of those places that

tries to make every day Mardi Gras. Butc’mon — Mardi Gras comes but once a year.When it does, this N’awlins Saloon is readywith beads flying and bands playing. Thebar offers daily specials with Cajun andCreole style cooking — foods like oysters,shrimp, crawfish, catfish, gumbo andPo’Boys. There’s live entertainment at nightfrom Wed. to Sat. Call 703-385-5717.

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Week in Sports

Dale Makes Budget ProposalWith little surprise or fanfare, Fairfax County schools superin-

tendent Jack D. Dale last week made public his budget drafted forthe fiscal year 2009-10, cutting funding for girls gymnastics butnot indoor track and field.

Both sports had been under scrutiny since a proposal was un-veiled back in November that featured three best-to-worst-casescenarios. Gymnastics appeared all three, indoor track and fieldonly on the most severe.

“The logic remains the same,” Dale said of the choice to cutgymnastics. According to both Dale and Fairfax County director ofstudent activities Bill Curran, around 125 girls compete and thetwo cited the sport’s availability at the club level as another rea-son for the measure.

One thing that hasn’t remained the same is the school district’sbudget shortfall.

It was originally expected to be around $170 million, but if theBoard of Supervisors denies a 3.5 percent funding increase thatDale asked for with his latest budget, the shortfall could triggerthat most severe case in which indoor track and field is also cut.

“It is entirely dependent on what the Board of Supervisors givesus,” Dale said. “If there is no additional money, we will face a$215 million shortfall.”

Bruins Swimmers on the MoveThe Lake Braddock boys and girls swim and dive teams posted a

series of state- and regional-qualifying times when they notched apair of wins over Annandale last Friday. The boys won by a scoreof 161-154, while the girls earned a 192-122 win. Lake Braddockmade seven regional and three state cuts during the meet. JohnMcKenzie (200-yard freestyle), Tyler Ogren (200 individual med-ley), Christina McGarry (200 IM), Sarah Lynch (50 and 100 free)and Jordan Parry (100 fly) all made regional cuts, while Ogrenand Alessandra Troncoso made states in the 100 breaststroke.Lynch, Ana Franzluebbers, Jordan Parry and sister Taylor Parryqualified for regionals in the 400 freestyle relay, while the 200medley relay team, comprised of McGarry, Troncoso, Jordan Parryand Lynch, also qualified for states.

WSLL RegistrationWest Springfield Little League will conduct registration for its

2009 season on Saturday, Jan. 24, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at Wash-ington Irving Middle School, which is located at 8100 Old KeeneMill Road in Springfield. WSLL’s boundaries cover parts of WestSpringfield, Burke and Fairfax Station with the league open to allboys and girls ages 5-12.

Jefferson Upsets LangleyThe Thomas Jefferson boys basketball team scored a 48-42 up-

set victory at Langley on Friday, Jan. 9 and kept the momentumgoing by topping W.T. Woodson Tuesday night, 40-39. Springfieldnative Daniel Barnes was the Colonials’ second-leading scoreragainst Langley with 10 points, while Woo Moon of Fairfax addedseven. Barnes added six against the Cavaliers. Entering the fourthquarter Friday trailing by five, Langley pulled to within one at 36-35 with just over two minutes to go. But after a Jefferson fieldgoal made it 38-35, the Colonials scored their final 10 points fromthe free throw line to ice the win. The Colonials are now 5-8, over-all, 3-3 in Liberty District play. Jefferson will host Madison on Fri-day.

Fairfax Adult Softball SignupFairfax Adult Softball (FAS) is currently accepting applications

for adult softball teams. Men’s, women’s, co-ed, corporate co-ed,senior’s (age 50+), and master’s (age 35+) leagues are available.Applications are accessible via the FAS home page atwww.fairfaxadultsoftball.com. For further information, please call703-815-9007 or e-mail [email protected]. FAS is anon-profit corporation registered in the state of Virginia whichadministers the largest adult softball program in the state withnearly 10,000 participants.

By Jason Mackey

The Connection

It’s not a requirement, but most high schoolbasketball teams shake the hand of an oppos-ing coach following his or her introduction asa member of the starting lineup.

Others, such as the 2007-08 Virginia AAA statechampion T.C. Williams Titans, have eschewed theindividual acknowledgements, choosing instead toreceive a team-wide introduction.

On Tuesday night at West Potomac High School,the Lee boys basketball team picked the latter, form-ing a single-file line toward the Wolverine bench aftereach starter’s name was announced.

Except the Lancers were one player short.Senior center Frank Holloway Jr., who transferred

from West Potomac to Lee this off-season, inexplica-bly remained near the Lancers’ bench, appearing tostretch and ready himself for an important PatriotDistrict showdown.

But if there’s any bad blood between Holloway andhis former team, nobody wants to talk about it.

“He’s just a player. He plays for Lee. He doesn’tplay for us,” said West Potomac coach David Hous-ton III, following his team’s 78-70 loss to the Lanc-ers. “We played against Lee, that’s all I know. I justcoach the guys I got.”

“I play every game the same,” Holloway said. “Ijust came out trying to be patient.”

AFTER TRANSFERRING from T.C. Williams toWest Potomac following his freshman season,Holloway played two years with the Wolverines andTuesday was his first trip back.

So what did he think?“I just tried to execute plays,” said Holloway, who

finished with a game-high 25 points. “It was a biggame for me personally, but it was a win, just likeany other game … especially a district game.”

In only a few months, Holloway has had a tre-mendous impact on the Lancers — more so than hiswords would allow. He hasaveraged around 25 pointsand 17 rebounds everynight and nearly matchedthose marks against hisformer team.

The 6-foot-5, big-bodiedcenter grabbed 11 rebounds, made seven of his 12shots from the field and went 10 of 11 from the freethrow line. He even added a pair of steals, one acoast-to-coast effort that pushed Lee’s lead to 16 earlyin the second half.

“He gives us a great low-post presence that wehaven’t had,” Lee coach Mike Harris said. With thewin, the Lancers snapped a four-game losing streakand improved to 4-5 overall, 2-3 in the Patriot Dis-trict.

“It’s always an adjustment coming to a new schoolwith a new situation,” Harris said. “It can be a roughtransition, but I think he’s handled it real well.”

“It just was a process that I had to go through,”said Holloway, who was West Potomac’s leading

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THE LANCERS needed this win. With recent lossesto Hayfield, T.C. Williams, Chantilly and LakeBraddock, Harris and Co. hadn’t been on the posi-tive side of an outcome since topping South Countyby a score of 79-73 on Dec. 16.

Harris said the problems started four days prior tothat South County win when an overtime loss toWakefield saddled his team with a “hangover.” Leewas without three starters due to foul trouble dur-ing the overtime period, and, consequently, struggleddown the stretch.

Execution during the final moments Tuesday nightagain became a factor as West Potomac trimmed whatonce was a 17-point lead down to six (71-65) with 1minute, 54 seconds remaining. The Wolverinesstarted to attack with a full-court press and Lee

coughed up the ball onthree consecutive posses-sions.

“We didn’t assert our-selves,” said Harris, whoseteam will travel toAnnandale on Friday. “I

thought our spacing wasn’t good, and they came af-ter the ball really hard. We got a little rattled.”

But out of a Lee timeout, junior Walter Griffin con-nected on a short jumper to push the lead back toeight with 1:20 left. Griffin, a 6-foot-5 forward witha soft shooting touch, finished with 15 points.

In addition to Griffin’s efforts, Harris was pleasedwith the defensive work put forth by junior FenanWoldu (15 points, two 3-pointers), who drew theunenviable assignment of guarding West Potomac’sMartez Redfearn (10 points).

“It got kind of bumpy at the end, and we had topull off a tough win,” Griffin said. “It feels good toget that off our chest, and now we’re trying to start awinning streak.”

“It just was a process thatI had to go through.”

— Lee senior Frank Holloway Jr.


The County Line

By Julia O’Donoghue

The Connection

Both major political party candi-dates for Fairfax County chairmanagree the Board of Supervisorswill have to at least consider rais-

ing homeowners real estate tax rate to ad-dress the locality’s looming budget crisisnext year.

“When we adopt a budget, there will bea reconciliation to close the projected short-fall and it will include a discussion of a taxrate adjustment,” said Braddock DistrictSupervisor Sharon Bulova, the Democraticnominee for the position.

The Republican nominee, Springfield Dis-trict Supervisor Patrick Herrity, said it islikely the county will have to raise the taxrate. But Herrity also committed to lower-ing the actual amount of taxes most resi-dents pay, a promise Bulova did not make.

This year, real estate assessments willhave dropped significantly for many house-holds, enough that the county could raisethe real estate tax rate but not the actualamount of taxes paid by citizens, accordingto Herrity.

“Due to the extent of the shortfall, it islikely the tax rate (but not the actual taxespaid by homeowners) will need to be in-creased this year,” he said on his Web site.

THE TWO major political party candidateswill face Independent candidate CareyCampbell and Fairfax business owner Chris-topher DeCarlo in a special election forcounty chairman Feb. 3.

The previous chairman, U.S. Rep. GerryConnolly (D-11), vacated the position ear-lier this month to join the U.S. Congress.

Fairfax County government’s leadershiphas to close the $650 million funding gapin Fairfax’s $3.3 billion budget for fiscal year2010, which starts July 1. The financial holeis larger than the combined budgets of thepolice, fire and rescue, sheriff, library, parksand recreation and health departments.

“This is the most seriousdownturn I have experi-enced since I have been onthe board,” said Bulova,who was first elected in1987.

The circumstances sur-rounding the countychairman’s special electionare similar to 14 years agowhen, in 1995, the sitting county chairman,Tom Davis (R), left the Fairfax board to jointhe U.S. Congress, triggering a February spe-cial election to replace him.

Just like the Democrats in 2008, the Re-publican Party had made significant gainsat the national and local level in 1995 andappeared to have the advantage inchairman’s race. Fairfax County’s budgetand economic situation, like today, was alsotough and residents had just endured around of cuts to county services.

“I cut everything except [information

technology] and economic development,”said Davis, about the 1994-1995 countybudget.

With a voter turn out of 17.8 percent, theDemocrat, Providence District SupervisorKate Hanley, beat the Republican, Spring-field District Supervisor Elaine McConnell,to become county chairman that year.

Davis said this year’s special election forchairman could be a referendum on the su-pervisors’ approach to the budget, especiallysince Bulova has been intimately involvedwith the county finances as the board’s bud-

get committee chair formore than a decade.

“When it comes to thebudget, voters will get asay very early on becauseof the election,” he said.

The two major politicalparty candidates, Bulovaand Herrity, agreed thatthe integrity of Fairfax

County Public Schools, which normally re-ceives more than half of Fairfax’s annualbudget, should be a top priority.

BULOVA said human services would alsoanother budget priority if she were to be-come county chairman.

Fairfax has seen a greater demand andneed for human services programs, espe-cially since the region started to face a fi-nancial downturn. With the falteringeconomy, it is likely people will need evenmore from those programs than they have

in the past, said Bulova. “The increase indemand and spending in these areas hasnothing to do with inflation,” she said.

In terms of cuts, Bulova said she hopes totake actions similar to the 1990s when therewas a major downturn in revenue and boardmembers eliminated services like satellitetax offices and small “storefront” librarykiosks, she said.

Without seeing county executive TonyGriffin’s budget proposal,the supervisor could notpoint to specific cuts shewould support at thistime.

“It’s still a little bit early.We need to give thecounty executive his op-portunity to put some-thing on the table first,”she said.

Bulova is pleased withthe way county officialsand the board addressedthe county budget crisis sofar. Fairfax started hosting community meet-ings about the budget in the early fall andhas engaged residents earlier than thecounty usually does, she said.

The supervisors recently implementedmore programs focused on preventing homeforeclosure and purchased 10 foreclosedproperties, with the intention of fixing the

houses up and selling them.The foreclosure crisis has a direct impact

on the county budget since Fairfax Countyacquires the bulk of its revenue throughresidential real estate taxes and those col-lections are linked to home value and as-sessment.

HERRITY, who is one of just two Republi-cans on the Board of Supervisors, is morecritical of the way Fairfax has handled itsbudget crisis.

The county should have been more will-ing to make cuts in its current budget cycleas soon as next year’s financial picture be-gan to look so dire. Instead, Bulova andother supervisors opted to wait until thesituation got worse, he said.

Herrity has called for more budget trans-parency. He proposed a county “blue rib-bon” budget commission, where a group ofcitizens would provide advice on how toadjust Fairfax’s budget. Herrity also wantsto put details of county expenses online forresidents to peruse, he said.

When it comes to budget cuts, Herrity hasproposed scaling back Fairfax County’s af-fordable housing program – which has re-ceived over $20 million annually in recentyears. He wants to limit the scope of FairfaxCounty’s housing program to focus only onpeople “really in need,” such as those withmental disabilities or development chal-lenges that would make it difficult for themto take care of themselves.

The county currently offers housing tosome people near or below the county’smedian household income. The Springfieldsupervisor also voted against the board’s de-cision to purchase foreclosed homes.

“We are competing with the private sec-tor. … We need to focus on the people thattruly need help,” said Herrity.

Over the long term, Herrity hopes to helpthe county budget by increasing Fairfax’scommercial tax base. Commercial propertyowners tend to contribute more money inreal estate taxes than they use in countyservices, he said.Currently, only 17 percentof Fairfax’s tax base is commercial. Herritywould like to increase that number to 25

percent, he said.In addition to educa-

tion, Herrity said he ismost concerned aboutcuts to the public safetybudget.

AS FOR the two inde-pendent candidates,Campbell said keepingFairfax County PublicSchools “strong” would behis number one priority.He would also focus on

trying to build one lane of light rail on theCapital Beltway.

DeCarlo, who announced his candidacyJan. 10, said the county’s main problemswere “outrageous taxes” and over-regula-tion. He also said elected officials had cededcontrol of the government to special inter-est groups.

Bulova, Herrity take different approaches on other budget issues.

Candidates Look at Raising Tax RatePATRICK HERRITY (R)Age: 48Current Home: Clifton/

CentrevilleHometown/Grew Up In:

Springfield, Va.Education: Virginia Tech.,

B.S. in Accounting(1982)

Family: Wife Nancy andtwo high school children

Professionalexperience: chieffinancial officer at Arrowhead Global Solutions,government contractor (2005- present)

Political experience: Springfield DistrictSupervisor (2008-present)

Civic experience: former executive committee ofFairfax County Chamber of Commerce, formerboard member of Northern Virginia TechnologyCouncil, youth athletics coach

SHARON BULOVA (D)Age: 60Current Home: TheCloisters of FairfaxHometown/Grew Up In:Pikesville, Md.Education: University ofVirginia (classes via FortBelvoir extension campus),Northern VirginiaCommunity College,business management(1977)

Family: husband Lou DeFalaise, two adultchildren, three grandchildren

Professional experience: book keeper, salesand office manager

Political experience: Braddock DistrictSupervisor (1987-present), former aide toAnnandale District Supervisor Audrey Moore(1984-1987)

Civic experience: founding member of VirginiaRailway Express Operations Board (1989 –present), Governors Commission on RailEnhancement for the 21st Century (2004 –present)

CAREY CAMPBELL (I)Age: 52Current Home: North

SpringfieldHometown: North

SpringfieldEducation: University of

Maryland, B.A.(European Division)

University of Freiburg,Germany

University of Kentucky –business and accounting

Professional experience: AccountantPolitical Experience: State Chairman,

Independent Greens of Virginia; NationalChairman, Draft Michael Bloomberg

Civic Experience: North Springfield CivicAssociation Board Member, North SpringfieldPTA member, past vice president of the FairfaxCounty Federation of Civic Associations

CHRISTOPHER DECARLO (I)Age: 50Current Home: FairfaxHometown: Greenwich,

Ct.Education: Georgia

Institute of Technology,coursework towardelectrical engineeringdegree; George MasonUniversity courseworktoward businessadministration degree;North VirginiaCommunity College

Family: wife Kathleen andfive children, ages 2 years old to 10 years old

Professional Experience: president of DeCarloEnterprises Inc., which sells propane gas to over1,000 customers in Fairfax County.

“We need to focuson the people thattruly need help.”

— Pat Herrity

“This is the mostserious downturnI have experiencedsince I have beenon the board.”

— Sharon Bulova,elected in 1987


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OF VALUABLE

IMPROVED REAL ESTATE

Improved by the premises known as

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In execution of a Deed of Trust from Staci Pinkett and Barbara S. Pinkett, dated May 3, 2006, and recorded June 19, 2006, in Deed Book 18542 at page 696 among the Land Re-cords of Fairfax County, Virginia, the undersigned substitute trustee will offer for sale at public auction at the front entrance of the Judicial Center for Fairfax County, at 4110 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax, Virginia, on

Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 11:00 a.m.

the following property being the property contained in said Deed of Trust, described as follows:

Lot 23, Goins Manor, as the same appears duly dedicated, platted and recorded in Deed Book 5753 at page 779, among the Land Records of Fairfax County, Virginia.

Commonly known as 5380 Laura Belle Lane, Fairfax, Virginia22032.

TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $17,000.00 or ten per-cent (10%) of the sale price, whichever amount is less, in the form of cash or its equivalent will be required of the purchaser at the time and place of sale; the balance of the purchase mon-ey being due and payable within fifteen (15) days after sale, time expressly being of the essence, with interest at the rate of 6.75 percent per annum from date of sale to date of settlement. Provided, however, that if the holder of the se-cured promissory note is the successful bidder at the sale, no cash deposit shall be required, and part of or the entire indebt-edness, including interest and costs, secured by the Deed of Trust, may be set off against the purchase price.

Any defaulting purchaser shall forfeit the deposit and stand the risk and cost of resale.

Sale shall be made subject to all existing easements and restrictive covenants as the same may lawfully affect the real estate. Sale is further subject to mechanic's and/or materi-alman's liens of record and not of record. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, covenants, restrictions, rights of redemption of federal lienholders or encumbrances, and agree-ments of record affecting the same, if any.

In the event the undersigned trustee is unable to con-vey to the purchaser good title, then purchaser's sole and ex-clusive remedy shall be in the refund of the deposit paid at the time of sale.

This sale is being made subject to two superior trusts.

The subject property and all improvements thereon will be sold in "as is" condition without warranty of any kind. Pur-chaser shall be responsible for any and all building and/or zon-ing code violations whether of record or not of record, as well as for all unpaid and enforceable homeowners' or condomini-um owners' association dues and assessments, if any. Pur-chaser also shall be responsible for obtaining possession of the property at his/her expense. Purchaser shall assume the risk of loss and shall be responsible for any damage, vandal-ism, theft, destruction, or the like, of or to the property occur-ring after the time of sale. Conveyance will be by special war-ranty deed. Conveyancing, recording, transfer taxes, notary fees, examination of title, state stamps, and all other costs of conveyance are to be at the expense of purchaser. State and local taxes, public charges, and special or regular assess-ments, if any, shall be adjusted to the date of sale and there-after shall be assumed by the purchaser.

The undersigned trustee unconditionally reserves the right: (i) to waive the deposit requirement; (ii) to approve or dis-approve the creditworthiness of any bidder and/or purchaser; (iii) to withdraw the property from sale at any time prior to ter-mination of the bidding; (iv) to extend the time for bidding; (v) to reject any or all bids; (vi) to postpone or set over the date or time of sale; and (vii) to extend the period of time for settlement hereunder.

Additional terms and conditions of sale may be an-nounced at the time of sale.

DAVID N. PRENSKYSubstitute Trustee

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:David N. PrenskyChasen & Chasen5225 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W. #500Washington, D.C. 20015(202) 244-4000

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In execution of a Deed of Trust from Arnulfo Valles Gal-damez, dated October 17, 2007, and recorded November 21, 2007, in Deed Book 19668 at page 1477 among the Land Re-cords of Fairfax County, Virginia, the undersigned substitute trustee will offer for sale at public auction at the front entrance of the Judicial Center for Fairfax County, at 4110 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax, Virginia, on



Lot 1, Section 1, Lucius Addition to Kenwood as the same ap-pears duly dedicated, platted and recorded in Deed Book 2152 at page 490, among the Land Records of Fairfax County, Vir-ginia.

Commonly known as 3841 Gallows Road, Annandale, Virginia22003.

TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $40,000.00 or ten per-cent (10%) of the sale price, whichever amount is less, in the form of cash or its equivalent will be required of the purchaser at the time and place of sale; the balance of the purchase mon-ey being due and payable within fifteen (15) days after sale, time expressly being of the essence, with interest at the rate of 6.375 percent per annum from date of sale to date of settle-ment. Provided, however, that if the holder of the secured promissory note is the successful bidder at the sale, no cash deposit shall be required, and part of or the entire indebted-ness, including interest and costs, secured by the Deed of Trust, may be set off against the purchase price.










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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITYKeedo Children’s Boutique in

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TRUSTEE'S SALE

OF VALUABLE



5655 Chelmsford Court, Burke, Virginia

In execution of a Deed of Trust from Ryan M. Rafferty and Hoai-Thanh T. Le, dated March 25, 2005, and recorded April 7, 2005, in Deed Book 17153 at page 1369 among the Land Records of Fairfax County, Virginia, the undersigned sub-stitute trustee will offer for sale at public auction at the front en-trance of the Judicial Center for Fairfax County, at 4110 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax, Virginia, on



Lot 87, Section 2, Crownleigh, as the same appears duly dedi-cated, platted and recorded in Deed Book 5661 at page 662, among the Land Records of Fairfax County, Virginia.

Commonly known as 5655 Chelmsford Court, Burke, Virginia22015.

TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $10,000.00 or ten per-cent (10%) of the sale price, whichever amount is less, in the form of cash or its equivalent will be required of the purchaser at the time and place of sale; the balance of the purchase mon-ey being due and payable within fifteen (15) days after sale, time expressly being of the essence, with interest at the rate of 5.0 percent per annum from date of sale to date of settlement.Provided, however, that if the holder of the secured promissory note is the successful bidder at the sale, no cash deposit shall be required, and part of or the entire indebtedness, including interest and costs, secured by the Deed of Trust, may be set off against the purchase price.




This sale is being made subject to two superior trusts.







TRUSTEE'S SALE

OF VALUABLE



11350 Aristotle Drive #101, Fairfax, Virginia

In execution of a Deed of Trust from Khamphiou Thay and Chaysrun Thay, dated June 22, 2006, and recorded June 26, 2006, in Deed Book 18559 at page 2187 among the Land Records of Fairfax County, Virginia, the undersigned substitute trustee will offer for sale at public auction at the front entrance of the Judicial Center for Fairfax County, at 4110 Chain Brdige Road, Fairfax, Virginia, on



Unit 07-101, Fairfax Ridge Condominium

Tax Map No. 056-2-27-07-0101

Commonly known as 11350 Aristotle Drive #101, Fairfax, Virginia 22030.

TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $30,000.00 or ten per-cent (10%) of the sale price, whichever amount is less, in the form of cash or its equivalent will be required of the purchaser at the time and place of sale; the balance of the purchase mon-ey being due and payable within fifteen (15) days after sale, time expressly being of the essence, with interest at the rate of 6.25 percent per annum from date of sale to date of settlement. Provided, however, that if the holder of the se-cured promissory note is the successful bidder at the sale, no cash deposit shall be required, and part of or the entire indebt-edness, including interest and costs, secured by the Deed of Trust, may be set off against the purchase price.










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OBITUARY

Dixie Lee Jones, age 62, of Fairfax, Virginia passed away January 1, 2009 at her sister Deanna LaBoe's home in S. Rockwood, MI., she had been in declining health.Dixie was born on February 6, 1946 in Beverly, W.VA. to Don and Lenora (Lane) Apperson, she had spent her childhood years with her grandparents Avon and Virginia Apperson.Dixie attended Mt Hebron Grade School.Dixie is survived by her sons Trevor and Keith Jones, daugh-ter Manessa Navarrette, brothers: Steven Guy, Dempsey, Joe, John and Jaycee Apperson, sisters: Deanna Labo, Donna Miller, Sharon Guy, Evie burch, Susan Vaughn, Ada Talbot, Sherry Rizzo and Miriam Wren, grandchildren Mariel "Aimee", Jonathan, Christopher and Winter, stepfather Frances Guy, stepmother Mary Apperson. She was preceded in death by parents, brother Edward Apperson and a sister Amber Oliver.Visitation will be Friday January 16, 2009 at the Stemple & Forman Funeral Home 385 South Main St. P.O.Box 280 Phillippi, W.VA 26416 (304 457 2900), where services will be held Saturday January 17, 2009 at 11 a.m., interment Mt Vernon Memorial Cemetery.


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703-425-8000# 1 in Virginia

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Historic Home!Charming “Buckhill”built in 1902. Home ofOscar Woody ofTitanic Fame.Renovated in 1984.Spacious rooms, builtins, oversized 2 car

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Springfield $565,000Beautifully updated colonial backing to woods * 4 bedrms * 3full baths * Hardwood floors * Gourmet kitchen * Newer win-dows * 3 finished levels * Walkout rec rm w/wet bar *Extensive decking w/hot tub *

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Fairfax Station $599,900Beautiful & immaculate home. 4BR/3.5BA. Remodeled kitchen,sunroom & main level library. Luxurious master suite w/separatesoaking tub & shower. Finished walk-out lower level w/home gym,media room & storage. Spacious fenced yard w/deck.

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Fairfax Station$1,824,000TimelessElegance!

Quality customhome built inJeffersonian archi-tectural style &design, on beauti-

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Fairfax $325,000Lovingly

MaintainedThis beautifully main-tained TH featuresupgraded Kit cabinets,newer appliances, sepa-rate LR/DR w/SGD tobrick patio & fencedyard. Fully finished LL.Freshly painted, newercarpet, replacementwindows, newer HVAC.

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Come visit us 1:00-4:00 on Sunday to seethis exquisite, 4BR/5BA, brick customhome w/TONS ofUPDATES &UPGRADES! Private& LEVEL 5 acre lot,

quiet country lane in upscale Holly Forest! Entertain in the dramaticrooms featuring crown & dental moldings, gorgeous hardwoods, gran-ite/stainless gourmet kit, huge family room w/upstairs loft! Light filledwalk out LL w/rec rm, tv area, exercise room, kitchenette, workshop,plus 5 Frpls Call Catie & Steve today: 703-278-9313

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Fairfax City$159,000

2BR, 1BA updatedcondo in Fairfax City.Brand new kitchen:42” maple cabs, gran-ite, stainless steel app.Newer carpet, freshpaint, new fixtures.Great location! Close tomajor transportationand shopping!

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Clifton Area$399,900

Gorgeous 1.44 acre lot* Updated eat-inkitchen w/cherry cabi-nets, granite counters,ss apliances, tile flr *Family rm w/brick fpl *W/O rec rm * Crown

molding throughout * Updates: triple pane windows, architec-tural shingle roof, HVAC, doors, recessed lights, baths * 35’x12’screened porch, 20’x15’ deck, access ramp, play area, paverbrick driveway & walk *

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ALEXANDRIA $424,900LAKE COMMUNITY!

Kingstowne area, close to Metro & Ft Belvoir! 4BR, 3.5BA,Finished walkout bsmt, new kitchen w/ granite & SS appli-ances, Hdwd flrs, 2 fpls! LAKE VIEW! Backs to parkland!

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Burke $329,000Ready and Waiting For You!

Beautiful 3 BR, 2.5 BA, 3 LVLTownhouse with new carpet &paint throughout. Kitchen remod-eled & all stainless steel appliances.All baths updated. Fin. LL Recroom w/ W/O. Convenient to shop-ping, schools, and transportation.

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