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By Bonnie Hobbs

Centre View

The stars of the new movie “At the Top ofthe Pyramid” arrived at the theater instretch limousines, stepped onto a red

carpet and were greeted with wild applause fromfans and camera flashes from paparazzi.

But the location wasn’t Hollywood or New York— it was the Centreville Multiplex Cinemas, lastWednesday, Sept. 28. The idea for the story camefrom Little Rocky Run resident Mark Peterson, andone of its stars is his son, 2003 Centreville Highgrad Michael Peterson.

“It was a lot of fun; I really enjoyed workingwith everybody I met,” said Michael Peterson. “Itwas filmed with people my age and we all be-came a family. And since a lot of it was filmed inCentreville, all these places where I grew up, allof a sudden, were a movie. So I got a whole, newperspective. I also came back a couple times tosee my old theater teachers and their kids in class.”

A 2007 graduate of Boston University’s Schoolof Fine Arts, Michael Peterson’s been acting pro-fessionally in New York, the past four years. Inthe movie, he portrays a close friend and class-mate of the main character, high-school cheer-leader Jamie. But, said his dad, the film’s execu-tive producer, “I picked him for the movie — notbecause he’s my son — but because I believed hewas the best actor for that role.”

In the teen drama, Jamie used to cheer atop apyramid formation for the Centreville High Wild-cats. After a devastating fall and the death of aparent, she must rebuild her life and also regaintrust in her fellow cheerleaders.

Geared toward ages 13-23, the movie features

At last week’spremieresare (fromleft) LittleRocky Run’sJanetShalestik,assistant tothe producer;Mark andLindaPeterson; andCentrevilleHigh AthleticDirectorJimmySanabria.

Posing on the red carpet are (fromleft) some of the film’s stars,Michael Peterson, Najia Bashirahand Elle McLemore.

Movie Premieres in CentrevilleLocal grad MichaelPeterson is amongits stars.

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Running for the 40th Districtdelegate against incum-bent Tim Hugo, Fairfax

r e s i d e n tDianne Blais isnot the typical,political candi-date.

For onething, she’srunning as anIndependent,rather thanhaving thebacking of amajor party. For another, she’s pur-posely not cluttering the landscapewith campaign signs and she’s notinterested in raising huge sums ofmoney toward her election.

“Delegates make $17,000/year,and I don’t believe you shouldspend more on your campaignthan your salary will be,” saidBlais. “There are more importantthings to spend money on.”

Her funding is from friends, fam-ily and individuals who believe inher platform. “As an independent,I’m not taking money from anycorporation,” she said. “Therefore,I’d be working for the average per-son and, hopefully, be seeingthings from their perspective.”

Unlike many candidates, whocluster 20-30 signs in severalplaces throughout their district,Blais bought 100 signs total anddistributed them all over. But thatdoesn’t mean she’s not seriousabout her campaign.

“I’m also going door-to-door,”she said. “I attend every candi-dates forum and event I can, and Iplan on doing one mailing.” She’ll

By Bonnie Hobbs

Centre View

Running for his sixth termas 40th District Delegate,Republican Tim Hugo of

Clifton is nowchairman ofthe MajorityCaucus. Assuch, he’s thethird-highestranking mem-ber of theHouse.

This posi-tion and hisc o m m i t t e eleaderships, he said, “allow me todo more to help my community. Ican help people in the communitybreak through the bureaucracyand create a better quality of lifein their neighborhood.”

Endorsed by teachers’ associa-tions, Realtors and the FairfaxCounty Chamber of Commerce,Hugo said he has a “broad reach”and looks for common-sense solu-tions to problems. And he’s proudof his accomplishments for his con-stituents.

In Centreville, VDOT was mak-ing the Mulford School close theleft turn from Route 29 into its site,forcing families to make a U-turnat Pleasant Valley Road. So Hugomet with VDOT and calledVirginia’s Secretary of Transporta-tion and explained that it wouldadversely impact both the schooland Centreville Baptist Church,across the street. And now, theentrance will be reconfigured tobenefit both entities.

In Fairfax Station, Hugo inter-vened on behalf of residentsserved by NOVEC, and Fairfax Sta

Competing in 40thChallengerDianne Blais

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he Centreville Day Plan-ning Committee is nowaccepting nominations for

the Centreville Day Citizen of theYear 2011 Awards. Nominees caninclude any individual, businessleader, or nonprofit organization,that has made significant contri-butions to the Centreville commu-nity.In 2009 Rita Koch, president of theHistoric Centreville Society; busi-ness owner Rayman Hamid, andthe Jeannie Schmidt Clinic wererecipients.

Each winner is presented withan award certificate onstage onCentreville Day by Sully DistrictSupervisor Michael Frey duringopening ceremonies on the morn-ing of Saturday, Oct. 22. Nomina-tions are due Oct. 16. Onlinenomination and downloadableforms can be found onwww.CentrevilleVa.org.


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Teen Charged: Sexual AssaultFairfax County police have charged a 15-year-old boy with the

Sept. 19 sexual assault of a Chantilly woman. Police said a 29-year-old woman was entering her home in the Shenandoah Cross-ing Apartments on Leafcrest Lane, around 9:30 a.m., when ateen-age boy approached from behind and forced his way intothe residence with her.

There, say police, the teen allegedly displayed a weapon andsexually assaulted the woman. She screamed and he fled on foot,and she wasn’t injured.

Last Thursday, Sept. 29, police arrested a Chantilly teen andcharged him with abduction with the intent to defile and aggra-vated sexual battery. He’s being held on a detention order at thecounty’s Juvenile Detention Center. Since he’s a juvenile, his nameis not being released.

Jury Trial for BilleterSpecial-education teacher Jennah Billeter of Fair Oaks will go

on trial, after all. In August 2010, Fairfax County police chargedher with mistreating two young boys in her care during DeerPark Elementary’s summer program for autistic children. She waslater indicted and is now slated for an Oct. 25 jury trial in Cir-cuit Court. Centre View previously received information from acourt clerk that her charges had been dismissed in July; how-ever, this was not correct. Billeter is still accused of two countsof felony cruelty to children.

Free Carseat InspectionsCertified technicians from the Sully District Police Station will

perform free, child safety carseat inspections Thursday, Oct. 6and Oct. 20, from 5-8:30 p.m., at the station, 4900 StonecroftBlvd. in Chantilly. No appointment is necessary. But residentsshould install the child safety seats themselves so techniciansmay properly inspect and adjust them, as needed.

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Roundups

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By Bonnie Hobbs

Centre View

For the first time in 11 years, Westfield High’sband has new uniforms. Now, the students aretrying to raise enough money to finish paying

for them.The original uniforms of white jackets with gold

trim, plus black pants, looked spiffy at first. But overtime, they became old and worn.

“The life of a band uniform is generally 10 years,and ours were 11 years old,” said Band DirectorStephen Panoff. “But with extra performances andcompetitions, the real age of the uniforms was 12-13 years.”

Furthermore, for the last three years, the schoolwasn’t able to outfit everyone who wanted to marchbecause it didn’t have enough sizes of uniforms.Westfield had 200 uniforms; but since students comein a variety of shapes and sizes, only 180-190 stu-dents had uniforms that fit them so they could march.Said Panoff: “We had to put some kids in differentoutfits to make it through the year.”

So the Band Boosters decided to buy the band newuniforms — which they’re already wearing. They’reblack with gold accents and, said Panoff, “They’resharp and contemporary-looking. They’re designedfor comfort and ease of movement.”

They’re also easier to care for than the old uni-forms. The old ones were dry-clean only, but theseones are machine-washable. They don’t need to beprofessionally tailored, either, because they’re easilyadjustable. However, they do need to be fully paidfor.

The boosters purchased 225 uniforms at a cost of$72,000. “We’d saved about $35,000, over the pastseveral years, for a uniform fund,” said Panoff. “Theband parents borrowed the rest from a bank, andwe’re trying to raise $15,000 to pay off the debt [onthe loan].”

Since March, when the final decision was made to

order the uniforms, the band has been fund-raising.It’s held several carwashes, done spirit nights at lo-cal restaurants, with part of meal proceeds donatedto the band; held a tag sale and wrote letters tofriends and family members, asking for donations.Westfield Principal Tim Thomas also made a contri-bution from school funds.

“PNC Bank and our Band Booster president, JimPlymyer, were instrumental in helping us secure theloan,” said Panoff. “And we’re hoping to raise themoney in one year so we don’t have to carry on thedebt. So we’re asking the community to send in do-nations, if they’re willing, to help us out.”

Tax-deductible donations, payable to WestfieldHigh School Band Boosters, may be sent to: WestfieldHigh School, attn: Stephen Panoff, band director,4700 Stonecroft Blvd., Chantilly, VA 20151.

Marching Together in StepWestfield’s marching band performing Sept. 24 in the 15th annual Showcase of Bandsat Herndon High.

Westfield’s band raisingfunds for new uniforms.

From left: Band members LaurenFitzpatrick, Kira Butler and KaylaO’Sullivan wearing their new uniforms.

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From left at the movie’s Centreville pre-miere are Isaac Sullivan, Michael Petersonand Najia Bashirah.

Little Rocky Run’s Mark Peterson talks tothe crowd from the red carpet.

Movie Premieres in CentrevilleFrom Page 1

“At the Top of the Pyramid” debuted last week at theCentreville Multiplex Cinemas.

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original hip-hop music, plus ac-tors Dean Cain as Jamie’s fatherand Steve Guttenberg as theschool principal. Elle McLemore,currently touring in “Bring It On:The Musical,” plays Jamie, andIsaac Sullivan, a model forArmani, Givenchy and Sean John,plays her friend Marcuss.

So how did Mark Peterson, alsothe executive producer, attractstars Cain and Guttenberg to thefilm? “The principal and fatherwere critical to the story, and weneeded well-known names to givethe movie credibility,” he said. “Ihired established casting directors,and then it all came down to hav-ing a good script. It was sent tothe actors’ agents and managers,who then called my casting direc-tors and said the actors wanted tobe considered for the roles. I hada tremendous response.”

Now, said Peterson, “We’re in themiddle of negotiations with differ-ent studios and distributors for TVand theatrical release of the movie— both in the U.S. and in four orfive foreign markets — and we’regetting good interest.”

The film was two years in themaking and was shot in summer2010 in Centreville, Arlington,Fairfax and Little Rocky Run. Andfootage of a real, Wildcat footballgame is included in the movie. So,said Peterson, “We thought itwould be cool to premiere it in thelocal community.”

The Sept 28 showing was forpress and those involved in the

movie, plus their families andfriends. Then on Sept. 29,Centreville High students — in-cluding its band, cheerleaders andfootball team — received a specialscreening of their own.

Attending both showings wasPeterson’s wife of 27 years, Linda.Besides son Michael, 26, they’rethe parents of twins Kathryn andCollin, 21. Their son Matthew,who was severely disabled, diedat age 21 in 2009. Shortly after-ward, Mark Peterson wrote theinitial script for the movie; andbefore the movie’s screenings, lastweek, he addressed the audience.

“I wanted to write about a youngperson overcoming a struggle,” hesaid. “My second son was given 90days to live — and he lived 21years. So this movie is aboutpeople who say, ‘No matter what Ihave to overcome, I’m going toclimb to the top of my pyramid.”

Once he finished the script, hethen collaborated with two-time

Emmy nominated, PeabodyAward-winner Richard Willis Jr.,who worked on it further andwrote the final version and pro-duced the movie. “It’s been excit-ing — a new experience,” saidLinda Peterson. “Mark’s neverdone anything like this before, buthe’s very creative and has wonder-ful ideas. At times, it was prettycrazy, but always interesting andfun. They filmed the house scenesat our house, and all the produc-tion people were as nice as canbe.” At the Sept. 28 event, Super-visor Pat Herrity (R-Springfield)told the moviemakers, “I’m hon-ored that we have a movie pre-miere in Centreville and that it wasfilmed here. I’m proud to be hereto support you; this is another stepin Virginia’s burgeoning film in-dustry.”

Also proud was Mark Peterson.Standing on the red carpet, point-ing at the actors, he told the

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hair styling for New York’s world-famous Fall Fashion Week? According to ValaryBrown, owner of Centreville’s award-winning Valón Salon, it was “exciting,exhilarating, and a little bit scary”.

She needn’t have been scared. The looks that came down the runway at theVenexiana show were a polished, modern take on a classic up-do. Brown and her headstylist, Raquel Lamay, spent two days before the show working with Philip Pelusi’s P2team under the tutelage of Pelusi’s artistic director, learning to create the styles to thedirector and designer’s exacting standards. It was clearly time well-spent: the low-slung chignon and vintage-inspired finger waves were flawlessly executed.

The day of the show was “amazing and crazy”, with only three hours to geteverything ready for the runway. There were two stylists, a manicurist, and apedicurist working on a single model at once, and a makeup artist hovering in thebackground waiting for everyone else to finish. Brown’s reaction once everything wasdone and she was able to relax and enjoy the show? “I am so proud of our work, andthank God it’s over!”

International stylist Philip Pelusi, owner of Manhattan’s Tela Design Studio and 13Pittsburgh-area salons, as well as the creator of the luxurious P2 line of hair stylingproducts, personally invited Brown and Lamay to work with his P2 team inrecognition of their impressive sales and dedication to the P2 line of products. ValónSalon is the only salon in Virginia that sells the P2 line, which Valary Brown describesas “the best product I’ve ever worked with”. Valón Salon’s head stylist Raquel Lamayhad the top sales in the salon for the P2 line.

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13500 block of Braddock Road.Wallet stolen from vehicle.

14800 block of Cranoke St.Diamond ring stolen from vehicle.

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Marching Together in Step

From left are marching-band membersDominique Glover and Nyja Gibson inWestfield’s new uniforms.

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“These kids represent Westfield and the commu-nity in local, state and national competitions, andyou want the kids doing that at the highest level,”said Panoff. “They put their talent on display, repre-senting their families, friends and communities.” Andin Westfield’s case, students come from bothCentreville and Chantilly.

“In marching band, you’re not just judged on yourmusical ability,” said Panoff. “You’re also judged onthe way you look, so the band members should looksharp and dress the part. We give back to the schooland community on a regular basis, so we hope thecommunity will help us with this.”

In Fairfax County, the band programs are only sup-ported by the school system to a certain degree. Theband members, themselves, have to pay for theirequipment, instruments, uniforms and any extra in-struction they may need.

“To be in band this year, each kid pays $400 inband fees,” said Panoff. “And that doesn’t includeshoes, instruments or trips costs. So we rely on thecommunity to bridge the gap to meet the rest of theband’s needs. Band is a class — and the fact that wehave nearly 260 kids in band at Westfield speaks totheir passion to perform music here.”

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Centre View

SYA is raising money to build phase two of itsathletic-fields complex, the SYA Sports Park(formerly called the Fields of Dreams). Four

rectangular fields, four diamond fields, four outdoorvolleyball courts and an oval track will be added.

So to raise money, it’s holding an SYA Sports ParkField Day on Saturday, Oct. 15, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.,at the park at 6626 Bull Run Post Office Road inCentreville. The event is for all SYA families inCentreville and Clifton.

The day’s activities will include children’s gamesand activities, food, live music, races, a silent auc-tion, athletic events and a Washington Redskin. Wrist-bands good for all-day fun are $10 each if boughtprior to the event; $12, that day. They may be pur-chased online at www.syasports.org/index.html.

To start the day, SYA Track and Field will host across-country meet at the park, followed at noon byan open 1K race and a 5K fun run. To participate,pre-register for free at https://app.etapestry.com/cart/SouthwesternYouthAssociation/default/index.php. Cost is $5, the day of the event.

Food is available from Big Time BBQ, bringingpulled pork, hot dogs and hamburgers. There’ll alsobe funnel cakes from Dee’s, plus Pinkberry yogurt.

Beginning at 11 a.m., Potomac Records will pro-vide live music from artists Jason Dean, The LoganKraft Band, Andre Fox and 300 Proof. Attendeesshould bring lawn chairs or blankets so they can “en-joy the soft rock and country classics of these localrecording artists in the beautiful surroundings of thepark,” said Karen Gentry of the SYA Sports Park Cam-paign Committee.

There’ll be giant slides and moonbounces for thechildren, and parents can try their luck at a silentauction. “While the kiddies are playing, parents can

stroll by and pick up a great auction item for a frac-tion of its original price,” said Gentry.

In addition, two-time Super Bowl champ, formerWashington Redskin wide receiver Gary Clark, willbe signing autographs, along with the Hogettes. Andparents can vie to win an appearance by Clark attheir child’s birthday party.

SYA is also conducting a food drive, at the sametime. SYA Cardinals ‘OO Red and Team Manager AmyMay are giving back to the community through thePower Pack Program (P3). The food collected goesto Food for Others which serves families in FairfaxCounty.

“Many low-income children who are eligible forbreakfast and lunch programs during the school dayare at risk for hunger on weekends and holidays whenthey cannot access nutritious food,” said Gentry. “P3will provide a weekend pack of food for elementary-school age children to bring home and eat over theweekend. So we’re asking families to bring a fooddonation from the list below to Field Day to helpassist with this worthy cause.”

Here’s what’s needed: Granola/cereal bars; cerealcups; oatmeal packets; cups of noodles, chicken soup,chili, and macaroni and cheese; tuna-salad kits; fruitcups; cheese-and-cracker packets; boxes of 100-per-cent fruit juice; and individual pasta/meat cups (i.e.ravioli, spaghetti and meatballs).

Also during Field Day, there’s a full slate of SYAsports action at the park. Besides the cross-countrymeet, softball, soccer, T-Ball, Little League baseballand volleyball matches are scheduled throughout theday. However, Gentry wants all SYA families to cometo the park, whether their children have a gamescheduled then or they’re just looking for some week-end fun.” Her committee is still seeking sponsors andsilent-auction items. For more information, [email protected].

“We also need volunteers to assist us during theday,” she added. “If any parent can volunteer a fewhours while still enjoying all the fun during the event,it will guarantee SYA’s success. We can’t do it with-out our volunteers.” To sign up, go to http://www.signupgenius.com/go/newsya.

This SYA catcher reaches for the ball during a game. FieldDay proceeds will build more fields at the SYA SportsPark in Centreville.

SYA Field Day SlatedEvent to raise fundsfor sports park.

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be purchased with food stamps).The most-urgent, Thrift Store needs are linens (i.e., sheets, tow-

els), school supplies and new clothes. Bring all items to WFCM’Sfood pantry at 13981 Metrotech Drive (near Backyard Grill andBar) in Chantilly. Volunteers are also needed:

Food Pantry:❖ One person is needed to pick up food donated from Bloom,

Wednesdays, from 10:15-10:30 a.m. Baggers are needed Mon-days, Tuesdays and the first and third Thursdays, from 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Thrift store:❖ General assistance needed Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays,

from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. A regular weekly volunteer is needed Thurs-days, from 1-6 p.m., as well as Saturdays, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Formore information, contact Volunteer Manager Annette Bosley at703-988-9656.

Furniture ministry:❖ One person is needed to help move furniture that will be

given to clients in need.

Want to Hold a Walkathon?Western Fairfax Christian Ministries (WFCM) is seeking church

groups, schools, local clubs and businesses to participate with itin Fannie Mae, “Help the Homeless” walks this fall. Hosting acommunity walk involves setting up a date for it between nowand Nov. 6, planning a route and recruiting walkers.

To learn more and get involved, contact WFCM CommunityLiaison Terri Kelly at [email protected].


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Boy Scout Troop 1104 in Clifton recognized the advancement of eightscouts to Eagle Scout Rank during

an Eagle Scout Court of Honor on Satur-day, Sept. 10. To become an Eagle Scout, ascout must complete 21 merit badges, 12of which are Eagle required and 9 of whichreflect the scout’s personal skills/interests.The scout must hold positions of leadershipwithin the troop, demonstrate scout spirit,and live by the scout oath and scout law.These eight scouts all attended GoshenScout Reservation in Goshen, Va. as well asthe high adventure Philmont Scout Ranchin Cimarron, New Mexico.

They each designed, managed, and ledan Eagle Service Project to benefit a localorganization or the Town of Clifton.

Rory Michael Walter led a team of scoutsto build three picnic tables and create amulched picnic area behind the Clifton Pres-byterian Church. As part of his project, he

chure highlighting indigenous trees, uniqueenvironmental features, and the town’s his-tory.

Alex then led a team of Scouts and adultsto secure numbered posts along the half-mile nature walk, construct a brochureholder and complete trail remediation.

Christopher Steven DiAntonio led andmanaged a team of 21 Scouts and adults toconstruct six movable benches for theGeorge Mason University Aquatic and Fit-ness Center.

The benches are placed along the Pied-mont Trail, a 1.2 mile challenge course serv-ing fifth graders to adults. The benches willbe used as a designated place to sit for in-struction as well as a place for rest.

From left, back: Troop Leaders Bo Reese, Bill Walter, Bob Richard;middle: Christopher McCarty, Rory Walter, Nicholas Reese, JesseMcCarty, and front: Christopher DiAntonio, Dillon Nold, Daniel Reeseand Alex Winkowski.

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Hispanic Heritage MonthDuring the London Towne Elementary School PTA meeting on Sept. 28, aspecial performance was made by the Kindergarten Spanish Immersionclass to help celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. The students woretraditional dress and presented songs and dances from Central andSouth America.

Camaraderie by the NumbersBefore classes started this school year, members of Centreville High’sMath Department enjoy a luncheon together at Ruby Tuesday’s inCentreville.

also moved the storage shed to a new foun-dation, extended downspout drains, re-moved brush and dead trees, and re-gradeduneven ground.

Daniel Nathan Reese led his team to build100 feet of split rail fence for the ManassasBattlefield National Park, which replicatedthe fence that existed at the time of the 1stBattle of Manassas in 1861.

Nicholas Scott Reese led a group of scoutsand members of the community to build twopermanent benches at the George MasonUniversity Fitness Center.

Christopher Joel McCarty restored theClifton Betterment Association steam en-gine located at the barn in the Town ofClifton. This project involved several phasesof research, cleaning, sandblasting, paint-ing, and a lot of teamwork from fellowscouts and leaders.

Jesse Tyler McCarty supervised the build-ing of two 3-sided benches to facilitate two

challenge course stations at the EDGE,George Mason University, Manassas cam-pus. This project involved planning, design,clearing, site work, woodworking, staining,and landscaping.

Dillon Andrew Nold led a team to con-struct five picnic tables for use at theKinchloe Pavilion near the VISTA fields andat Clifton Presbyterian Church in Clifton.He also cut and painted new signs for VISTAfields 1,2,3, and 10 that will help to directplayers, coaches, and others who visit thefields.

Alex Michael Winkowski consulted witha local naturalist and biology teacher toidentify flora and fauna in Clifton’sRandolph Buckley Park. He created a bro-


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Drivers in Northern Virginia are jus-tifiably concerned about tolls. Thecost of driving from Leesburg toWoodbridge on existing and pro-

posed toll roads would run between $30 and$40 at some times of the day.

The Greenway in Loudoun leads to the DullesToll Road to Beltway HOT Lanes to Interstate

95 Corridor HOT Lanes. In eachcase, a driver would theoreti-cally have an alternative, Route7 along the Greenway and

Dulles Toll Road, the regular lanes ofInterstates 495 and 95.

But recent vitriol about tolls on the DullesToll Road is misplaced. This is one more ex-ample of the Commonwealth of Virginia feed-ing on revenues from the economic vitality ofNorthern Virginia, then forcing Northern Vir-ginia residents to pay for the infrastructure ofthat economic activity out of local funds andpersonal pockets.

The Virginia Department of Aviation reportin August attributes $17.5 billion in annualeconomic activity in Virginia to Dulles Inter-national (IAD) and Ronald Reagan Nationalairports, with Dulles providing the majority ofthat.

The Commonwealth collects most of the taxrevenue that results from this activity, but paysonly 3 percent of the $6.2 billion cost of rail toDulles. This will force more than 80 percent ofthe costs of building rail to Dulles to local driv-ers and property owners.

Having major airports adequately served byrail and other transportation options is morethan an amenity, it is part of sustaining theeconomic benefit that comes from major air-ports. The question is not whether we shouldbe building rail to Dulles, but about who ben-efits and who pays.

So yes, it makes sense to pressure MWAA toproceed to make cost-effective decisions. Yes,it is maddening that tolls could climb to thepoint of pushing drivers off the Toll Road andonto Route 7.

But when you hear that the state wrappedup last fiscal year with a surplus, you can real-ize one more time that Northern Virginia resi-dents are paying for the Commonwealth’s pros-perity coming and going. No relief is in sight.The state collects the income tax from the goodjobs generated here in Northern Virginia bythe airports, by the high tech firms, by the busi-

Northern Virginia Pays AgainCommonwealth reapseconomic benefitsof Dulles, Nationalairports, forces costson Northern Virginiaresidents.

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The current funding structure for rail toDulles, based on a projected total project costof $6.2 billion, is:

❖ Fairfax County, Loudoun County and Air-ports Authority contribution, 25 percent(Fairfax County pays most of this, 16 percent)

❖ Federal contribution, 14.8 percent, basedon a fixed grant for Phase 1 of $900 million.

❖ The Commonwealth contribution, 3 per-cent, which is based upon a fixed contributionof $275 million.

❖ Dulles Toll Road contribution, more than57 percent, provides the remaining amount.

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Letters to the Editor

In Top 5:New TitansTo the Editor:

It’s amazing that the highschools in the far western suburbsof the one-million-populationFairfax County are in the top fivein Metro football rankings in ourWashington, D.C. region. In fact,Centreville HS is number two,Westfield HS is number four andChantilly HS (where my son at-tends and plays JV) is number fiveagainst perennial powerhouses.All three schools are at 5-0 recordsand begin conference play thisweek. We’ll see which school’sdominance holds-up.

When I was a junior at LangleyHigh School, some 35 years ago,Chantilly HS had just graduated

its first class of four years. Wethought Chantilly was truly theend of the earth, the teams abunch of country yokels, as ourteam traveled by bus out route 50before I-66 was even paved.Westfield was only built a fewyears ago here. How can it be thatCentreville just whipped Hayfield— a school in Alexandria withformer glory days in my era.Westfield shut-out once viralFairfax HS seven touchdowns tozip. Chantilly on Friday night beatEdison, also of Alexandria, 70 to29? The game was even more lop-sided than the score shows.

“Remember the Titans” is thepopular movie memorializing theintegration of T.C. Williams HS inAlexandria in the 1970s and theresultant building of a team. Thefootball team was a metaphor for

the school and the Washington re-gion itself where racial tensionsstill ran high. In fact, race “riots”or really fights after ballgameswere pretty commonplace 35-40years ago.

From a demographer’s view-point, western Fairfax County isthe new titan. And like those earlydays at T.C. Williams, integrationis probably the greatest reason:with Asian, Hispanic families join-ing white and black and buildingreal communities. Many studentsare second-generation kids whoseparents immigrated and English isa second language. Somehow itharmonizes on the football fieldand in the stands. Parents are “all”involved. Politicians sweep theparking lots. Food stands on thetennis courts have cuisines fromaround the globe.

For some of us, it has been agradual change now stark in con-trast to our own times. For thoseyoung people of today, harmoniz-ing on the field and in the class-room makes them stronger.

Mike SmithCentreville

InnovativeSolutionsTo the Editor:

In first reading the commentaryby Jim Daniels of Centreville[“Government Isn’t a Business,”Centre View, Sept. 29-Oct. 5,2011], I thought here is a voterlooking at each candidate forFairfax County chairman to make


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an informed decision.The opening sentence started

promising, “As one who is willingto look beyond his partisan affili-ation to consider candidates withinnovative ideas and who have thebest interests of their communityat heart …”

Whoever wakes up as chairmanon Dec. 14 will have the samecounty employees and communitychallenges regardless of how muchmoney they extracted from othersfor their campaign or how manysigns they placed unlawfully in themedian.

Then, I realized nope. Jim wasonly looking at blue or red. Howis that innovative? It’s not.

Most voters self identify as In-dependent. I am an Independentcandidate for chairman who pos-sesses decades more civic leader-ship experience than the red guyeven though I am three yearsyounger.

My opponents have a record orrhetoric of cutting education andthe quality of life services that at-tract families and employers to ourcommunity. They are not effectiveadvocates. For decades FairfaxCounty politicians have been pur-suing a win-lose strategy againstsouthern Virginia. They have madeno progress.

On March 29, 2011, with bothpartisan candidates in the BoardAuditorium, I advised the Boardof Supervisors of a better plan. Myplan maximizes our alliance forchange by directly benefitting 135of 136 localities throughout Vir-ginia.

Through my plan, Richmondwill increase its investment inFairfax County Public Schools byover $501 million annually.

We will create effective, sustain-able solutions to our challenges ineducation, public safety, transpor-tation, and affordable housing.Together we will build a betterfuture.

Will Radle, Jr.Candidate for Chairman, Fairfax

County Board of Supervisors

Choosing NewSuperintendentTo the Editor:

The Superintendent of FairfaxCounty Public Schools, Dr. JackDale, announced his retirement,ostensibly for July 2013, whichcoincides with the end of his con-tract. While this is worthy of con-versation, the immediate focus isand should be on the remaining46 days until the elections on Nov.8.

The determination of Dr. Dale’slength of service to the constitu-ents in Fairfax County should restwith the new School Board andany efforts by the current SchoolBoard members to begin thesearch process in the waning daysof their collective term would dis-enfranchise the will of taxpayersand voters.

Every voter has the chance todetermine one-third of the SchoolBoard with their vote for a magis-terial district candidate and threeat-large candidates. The linearprocess of voters’ voices beingheard and then a search firm be-ing engaged by the new SchoolBoard is the only means by whichthere will be representation ofvoter’s will. The selection processof a new superintendent who com-prehends the commitment ofFairfax County citizens to qualityeducation should fully belong tothe new School Board.

Every student, teacher, parentand taxpayer has a stake in thiselection. I have said and continueto believe that the ties that ourpublic education system have tostrong economic development,jobs, property values and a gen-eral sense of community make thisNov. 8 election the most significantin memory, and that this electionwill set the direction not only forthe public school system, but alsofor Fairfax County for the nextdecade or more.

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crowd, “Remember these youngpeople you see here tonight be-cause you’ll be seeing them againin the future.”

Michael Peterson hopes that’strue because he plans to eventu-ally test the acting waters in Cali-fornia. “I’ve been doing theater, offBroadway, pounding the pavementand going to auditions,” he saidat the premiere. “I did some

Shakespeare and worked for thePublic Theatre’s Shakespeare De-partment. I did more drama, al-though I really enjoy comedy; butI’ve gone wherever the work is.”

He said he had no idea what toexpect when he first moved toNew York. He described the cityas “rough, loud and busy,” but ac-knowledged, “It has everything tooffer and I enjoy the work I’vebeen doing. At this point, though,

I’d like to transition more into filmthan theater. I have high hopes forthis movie; I think people are go-ing to enjoy it. We had a lot of funmaking it, and I think that’s goingto show up on screen.”

“I’m extremely proud of myson,” said Linda Peterson.“Michael is a talented actor, dancerand drummer. I love to see himperform. I’m excited for him and Ihope good things come from this.”

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singers to its open house. This men’s a cappellachorus (and quartets) draws 25 percent of itsmembership from the Centreville-Clifton area. Thegroup meets every Tuesday evening at 7:30 p.m.at the Lord of Life Church-West (one traffic lightsouth of Centreville High School at Union Mill Rdand Twin Lakes Drive). Call Aaron Watts at 703-793-7166 or [email protected].

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Blais: Uncommon CandidateFrom Page 1

Hugo Runs for ReelectionFrom Page 1

also be at the Centreville Regional Libraryon Sunday, Nov. 6, at 3 p.m., to meet addi-tional constituents.

She and her husband of 32 years, Gerard,live in the Cannon Forest community andhave four children, Gerard III, 31; Cynthia,28; James, 26 and Rose, 24. They were alsofoster parents to more than 100 children.Blais was a Girl Scout leader for years anda PTA president at Rolling Valley Elemen-tary in Springfield when the family lived inthat community. They moved to Fairfax in2002.

Blais also has experience in business. For19 years, she was a vice president of a com-pany that installed lightning-protection sys-tems. This is the first time she’s run for apolitical office, but she’s been involved inwomen’s organizations for a long time.

She chaired the League of Women vot-ers’ redistricting committee for both FairfaxCounty and Virginia to accomplish votingreform. “I went to Richmond when it wentbefore the House Privileges and ElectionsCommittee,” she said. “But it didn’t pass theHouse, only the Senate, year after year. Sowe had a horrible redistricting approvedthat broke up communities, instead of keep-ing them together.”

Turning the resulting strange shapes ofthe districts into something fun, Blais is evenrunning a “Name this District” contestwhereby people visiting her Web site can“name” each Virginia district based on itsshape. People with the most-creative ideaswill win prizes.

Regarding her campaign issues, she be-lieves this area needs mass transit, particu-larly trains. “I think Tim tends to be roads,roads, roads,” she said. “But we need VREto Gainesville. I’m endorsed by the Inde-pendent Green Party because of this, butI’m running independently [of that organi-zation].”

As for education, Blais says there shouldbe more emphasis on the STEM subjects —science, technology, engineering and math.Such a focus, she said, will “create moregreen jobs and bring more employers to thecounty. I think we have a great educationalsystem, but we need to keep it up. We’vehad $900 million cut from K-12 educationin the past three years, and we can’t keepdoing that.”

When it comes to the economy, she be-lieves transportation is a way of improvingit. “Building mass transit will bring jobs andstrengthen the economy,” said Blais. “The

traffic around here hasn’t improved terri-bly and we need to do more about it.”

She also believes the General Assemblyhas too much power over the localities, suchas in telling school districts when school canstart and end each year. “I think the Gen-eral Assembly gets too much into our per-sonal lives and should not delve into socialissues, like abortion,” said Blais. “Theyshould focus on the more important issueslike the economy, transportation and edu-cation. But now, they tend to get sidetrackedon these other things that are so emotionalto people — let’s not go there.”

Blais is the past president of the Ameri-can Association of University Women(AAUW) and is currently vice president ofpublic policy for AAUW Virginia, so sheknows people throughout the state.

She’s also on two, Fairfax County advi-sory boards. The Community Action Advi-sory Board makes positive differences in thelives of low-income residents and overseesthe distribution of Community ServicesBlock Grants in the county. And the LocalEmergency Planning Committee is a com-munity focal point for information abouthazardous-substance emergency planning,health and environmental risks, and natu-ral-disaster planning.

So why should voters elect Blais as the40th District delegate? “I’m a fresh, indepen-dent voice and I’m going to do better,” shesaid. “I think I have a different perspectiveon the issues and it’s needed. I have a busi-ness background, instead of a lobbyist back-ground, and I’m going to be working forpeople, instead of corporations. And I’mpro-environment and solar energy, so that’salso a little different direction than Hugo.”

Annandale’s Nancy O’Day met Blais 11years ago through AAUW and has beenfriends ever since. She said Blais listens topeople, pays attention to their needs andknows the issues. “She stays informed andcommitted and follows through with herideals,” said O’Day. “And I like her position[favoring] light rail mass transit, instead ofadding more lanes to the interstates.”

Sarah Brady of Vienna has known Blaissince 1987 when they both lived in Spring-field. She called Blais a community leaderwho cares about women, families, schools,her community and county.

“She’s trustworthy and a woman of herword,” said Brady. “And since she’s an In-dependent who didn’t get bogged downraising money, she won’t owe anything toanybody.”

tion Homeowners Association PresidentVinnie Burruano is glad he did. His devel-opment has 539 homes and their powerkept going off, so he contacted Hugo.

“At first, I was unsure to what degree hecould help us,” said Burruano. “But he didand we’ve seen tremendous results becauseof it.” So he’d like to see Hugo reelectedbecause of “his advocacy and the way hemakes himself accessible and really listensto our concerns. He went up and beyondwhat he had to do.”

Last year, members of Centreville’s GatePost Estates community had similar prob-lems with NOVEC and Hugo helped them,too. “Now they have more reliable power,”he said. “I was pleased to help both com-munities; that’s the kind of thing I focus on.”

He also intervened on behalf of the CliftonCafé and Peterson’s Ice Cream in Cliftonwhen state health regulations weren’t in-terpreted properly and both businesses werein danger of being shut down. “They’resmall, thriving businesses, and we don’twant governmental over-regulation hurtingthem,” said Hugo.

And when the state tried to treat localmartial-arts schools as daycare centers, hehad legislation passed to help these placesstay open. “We want to keep as many jobsin Fairfax County as we can,” said Hugo.“And I think the proper role of governmentis to help people who can’t help them-selves.”

And as vice chair of the House FinanceCommittee, a member of the Transporta-tion, and Privileges and Elections commit-tees, and subcommittee chair of Commerceand Labor, he has the power to do that. Sowhen residents complained to him oftrouble getting in and out of their neigh-borhoods due to continual traffic jams atthe intersection of Braddock and Ox roadsby GMU, he took action.

“I worked with the governor’s office andthe Secretary of Transportation and got $15million allocated to get a new connectorroad there to take a lot of traffic off thatintersection,” said Hugo. “It’ll be a year be-fore it gets built, but they’re designing itnow.”

Likewise, Virginia Run’s Beth Tweddlemet Hugo years ago when she asked his helpin stopping constant car accidents on Pleas-ant Valley Road, her neighborhood’s mainthoroughfare and a conduit between Routes29 and 50.

“He brought VDOT and all pertinent play-

ers together in order to quickly resolve thedangerous problem,” she said.

Furthermore, said Tweddle, “Tim contin-ues to be accessible and responsive to con-stituents in the 40th District while present-ing legislation affecting all Virginians, suchas the Higher Education Bill. His ability totranscend political party and represent allhis constituents makes him an exceptionaldelegate. That’s why he has my vote.”

More recently, Hugo’s pleased that theGeneral Assembly passed a $3 billion trans-portation bond for new construction and didan audit yielding $800 million toward roadmaintenance. He also believes projectsshould be prioritized so money is spent firston key roadways and intersections wherethe most difference can be made to miti-gate traffic.

“I’ll work with [67th District Del] JimLeMunyon and others [to do this],” saidHugo. “We’ve got to focus on where we canget the most bang for the buck with our lim-ited funds.”

This year, he’s particularly proud of twopieces of legislation he worked on. Oneobtained insurance coverage so familieswith autistic children under 6 could receivebehavioral therapy “to help them escapeautism,” said Hugo. The other, a bipartisanbill, increased the penalties for sex traffick-ers.

He’s focusing on transportation, educa-tion, public safety and mental health. Andhe’d also like to simplify the tax code to getrid of loopholes and lower tax rates.

In education, he’s heard from parentsabout their children “being accused ofthings and interrogated for hours by schoolofficials without their parents knowing. Sowe need parental notification and involve-ment, and we’re going to look at legisla-tion this year to do that.” He also wants only25 percent out-of-state students admittedto Virginia’s public colleges and universi-ties. Said Hugo: “It’s not fair that we’re kick-ing kids from Northern Virginia and else-where in Virginia out of state.”

He and his wife of 17 years, Paula, areparents of Katie, 13; Christopher, 11; Mat-thew, 6 and Jackie, 4. Hugo is executivedirector of the Free File Alliance, a public/private partnership with the IRS. It providessome 3 million free, federal income-tax re-turns a year to low and moderate-incomeresidents.

If reelected, he said, “I’ll focus on theimportant, core services of government andI won’t raise your taxes.”

Construction begins this week towiden Route 50 from four to sixlanes between Poland Road in

Loudoun County and Route 28 in Chantilly.The 3.7-mile design-build project will takethree years to complete.

Weather permitting, motorists shouldhave begun seeing construction equipmentand work crews on Wednesday, Oct. 5.Through next spring, crews will be work-

ing only on westbound Route 50, re-strip-ing pavement and shifting lanes to makeroom for construction.

There will be no lane closures on holi-days or during rush hours, but drivers canexpect lane closures overnight and mid-day.During all other times, all lanes and turnlanes will remain open.

Currently, Route 50 narrows from sixlanes to four just west of Route 28 in

Chantilly. But increased development andcongestion in Loudoun County creates back-ups during much of the day on the existingfour-lane segment, especially during morn-ing and evening rush hours.

When completed, traffic-clogged Route50 will have three lanes in each direction,improved turn lanes and traffic signals, curband gutter on the outside lanes, crosswalksand pedestrian signals, widened and up-

graded bridges, and pathways on both sidesof the road. The road will also be more leveland provide wider buffers between travellanes and roadside hazards.

The $100 million improvement projectincludes $8.3 million for preliminary engi-neering; $24.5 million, right-of-way acqui-sition; $9.9 million, utility relocation; and$57.2 million, construction. Shirley Con-tracting is the contractor for this project.

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At one point in her medical career, Dr. SandyIbrahim of Fairfax County saw about 25 pa-tients per day. Each patient got less than 15

minutes of her time, even for a physical examina-tion Ibrahim had little time to develop a doctor-pa-tient relationship, which she said is an essential com-ponent of quality health care.

“I put out fires the best I could in the time I had,”said Ibrahim.

In 2008, Ibrahim joined PartnerMD, a membershipmedical practice with an office in McLean. She nowspends a minimum of 30 minutes with each patientduring routine office visits and 90 minutes for aphysical exam.

“I can sit with them one-on-one, really listen andlearn about them,” she said.

Ibrahim is part of a medical trend called conciergemedicine. Here’s how it works: patients join a con-cierge medical practice by paying a membership feethat typically ranges from $900 to $3,600. In ex-change, they avoid long waits in crowded waitingrooms and spend more time with their physicianduring office visits. Their physicalexams are more thorough than inmany traditional practices and in-clude in-depth screenings and tai-lored education for disease pre-vention. Same-day or next-day ap-pointments are also common. Inpractices such as PartnerMD, pa-tients even have 24/7 access to thephysicians and medical staff, in-cluding their doctor’s cell phonenumber and e-mail address.

“Patients [are not] just anothermedical chart,” said Ibrahim. “Be-cause I have more time to devoteto each patient, I can dig deeperinto their symptoms.”

Tom Blue, executive director ofAmerican Academy of Private Physicians, said thatannual exams in a concierge medical practice aremore likely to provide early detection of diseases,which can lead to more successful treatments.

“[Concierge medical practices] are able to delivera more current and modern approach particularlyto disease prevention than traditional practices [inpart] because [the services] don’t hinge on what isn’t

reimbursed [by insurance companies],” said Blue.Most concierge practices accept insurance, and themembership fee is specifically for services that arenot covered.

Blue said that although no official tracking of con-cierge practices is available in the Washington, D.C.,area, he estimated that there about 200. Among thelargest and most well-known companies offering such

services are MDVIP and PriviaHealth.

Concierge medical practices of-fer benefits for doctors, too, like acaseload reduction from as manyas 3,000 to as few as 600 patients.Dr. Janice Ragland, M.D., a familypractice physician with HerndonFamily Medicine and former presi-dent of the Virginia Academy ofFamily Physicians says that fewerpatients mean a stronger doctor-patient relationship.

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Paying for Greater Accesspay their bills off,” said Ragland.Concierge medicine came about

in 1996, but the focus on findinginnovative strategies to improvedoctor-patient relationships ismuch older. In 1948, executivehealth programs emerged as a wayto benefit both patient and physi-cian. Since that time, other execu-tive health clinics have sproutedup around the country includinglocally at Virginia Hospital Centerin Arlington.

Like in concierge practices, pa-tients pay a fee to join and get ex-tensive, personalized physical ex-aminations that include tests run-ning the gamut from electrocar-diograms and stress tests to CTscans and bone density tests. Thetests are all performed in one ap-pointment, and the doctor deliv-ers the results to the patient at theend of the session.

“They do in one [visit] what youwould need four or five visits todifferent physicians to accom-plish,” said Dr. M. AnthonyCasolaro, M.D., medical directorof Executive Health at VirginiaHospital in Arlington.

While concierge services replacetraditional primary care doctors,executive health services aremeant to work in concert with aprimary care doctor. Rates at Ex-ecutive Health at Virginia Hospi-tal in Arlington start at $2,200.

“It is really designed for people[for whom] time is [the] biggestconstraint,” said Casolaro.

One such person is MarcWallace, an Arlington businessowner who says he was dissatis-fied with the hurried pace of thephysical examinations he receivedfrom his primary care doctor. Atthe suggestion of a friend, he triedExecutive Health at Virginia Hos-pital Center.

“I was able to ask [the doctor]any questions and not feel pres-sured like he had to run off to seesomebody else quickly,” saidWallace.

Some health care experts saythat such personalized servicescater to the elite and put addi-tional stress on an already over-burdened health care system. BabyBoomers begin turning 65 thisyear and will require increasedmedical care. At the same time, theAmerican Academy of Family Phy-sicians says the number of medi-cal students entering family prac-tice is declining, with the currentenvironment driving them intosubspecialties like radiology andanesthesiology.

“The med student who is choos-ing family practice now is pretty

much in the single digits per year,”said Len Nichols, Ph.D., directorof the Center for Health PolicyResearch and Ethics at GeorgeMason University. “We’re not evenreplacing the [family practice doc-tors] we have, and we don’t haveenough now.”

Nichols said the field of con-cierge medicine is not yet large

enough to pose a serious threat tothe health care system. In fact, hesaid there are aspects of the modelthat health policy experts wouldbe wise to emulate. “I certainlywouldn’t want to nip this innova-tion in the bud,” he said. “We needto figure out ways to make theclinician’s life more rewarding,and this is one of them.”

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By Rich Sanders

Centre View

It’s already the midway markof the Northern Region highschool football season and

Centreville, Chantilly, andWestfield are all still sporting per-fect records at 5-0. All three teams,members of the Concorde District,will certainly qualify for the eight-team Div. 6 Northern Region play-offs in November. But before that,the road through the core of thebrutally tough district schedulewill be a grind.

On Thursday night, Oct. 6,Westfield will play a week sixhome game versus Chantilly whichis likely to be one of the most en-tertaining games of the season.The home team Bulldogs, whohave excelled during coach KyleSimmons’ first season at the helm,are coming off a rousing 48-0 winat Fairfax which resulted in theRebels (Liberty District) gettingtheir first loss of the season.

Simmons realizes Chantilly, lastyear’s Div. 6 region runner-up, willprovide a huge challenge for hissquad.

“We’re certainly happy to be 5-0 but we still have plenty of mis-takes that need to be eliminated,”said Simmons. “We need minimalmistakes [to beat Chantilly] andmust eliminate big plays and notmake turnovers. Chantilly hasgood special teams, offense, anddefense. They’re big game tested.”

The coach believes neither teamwill have problems being moti-vated for the key district contest.

“I think the atmosphere will beawesome,” said Simmons.

Westfield, in its win over Fairfax,built a 21-0 lead in the first quar-ter and increased the margin to35-0 at halftime. Running back

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Westfield quarterback Matt Pisarcik (7) threw two touchdownpasses in the Bulldogs’ win over Fairfax.

Both teams enter Concorde show-down with 5-0 records; Centreville,also unbeaten, set to host Robinson.

Kendell Anderson rushed for over100 yards and four touchdowns.Quarterback Matt Pisarcik com-pleted 13-of-17 passes for 133yards and tossed touchdownpasses to Quentin Basil (21 yardscore) and Michael Garcia (16yards). Westfield’s other touch-down in the win came on a one-yard scoring run by Tony Ragano.

CHANTILLY is coming off adecisive win of its own — a 70-29home win over 2-3 Edison (Na-tional District). The Chargersscored three touchdowns in boththe first and second quarters totake a 42-0 lead into halftime.They added 14 points in both thethird and fourth quarters thereaf-ter. Chantilly displayed a balancedrunning attack led by Will Hill-Pensiamento (125 yards, 2 TDs).Also contributing to the soundground game were RaeshawnSmith (1 TD), Jesse Walker (1TD), and quarterback SonnyRomine (1 RD), who all rushed for50-plus yards.

Deandre Harris scored twotouchdowns, one on a punt return,and Romine threw touchdownpasses to both Caleb Reinhardt (14yards) and Nico Alcalde (15yards). Chantilly backup quarter-back Tommy Vance threw a scor-ing pass to Jimmy Hicks (14yards).

“The players played hard andexecuted well,” said Chantillycoach Mike Lalli. “The promisingthing was the way the young play-ers performed in the second halfon offense. We were able to sus-tain drives with JV level players.”

Now the Chargers must go southa few miles to meet Westfield. Ayear ago, Chantilly, in a week eighthome game, came from behind todefeat the Bulldogs 17-14.

“Every year Westfield weekis an exciting, challengingweek,” said Lalli. “This year isno different. The thing aboutthis game is the records don’tmatter. The game is always bigamongst the community andstudents. In recent history theteam that makes the most bigplays and turns the ball overthe least has won.”

CENTREVILLE HIGHhandled host team Hayfield(National District) with rela-tive ease last week, 49-3, toimprove to 5-0. It marked thefourth time the Wildcats havescored 40 or more points thisseason. The Wildcats, againsta Hayfield squad whichreached the Div. 5 region fi-nals last year, scored 21 firstquarter points and neverlooked back.

Chase Walter had a night toremember as he caught atouchdown pass from quarter-back Mitch Ferrick from 37yards out and also scored twodefensive touchdowns (30yard interception return, 66yard fumble return). Ferricktossed two touchdown passes— to Walter and Ken Ekanem(13 yards) — and the Wild-cats’ other scores came onruns from Connor Coward (13yards), Marcel Smith (6yards) and Chase Heiner (10).Hayfield fell to 3-2.

“Hayfield was a talentedteam,” said Centreville coachChris Haddock. “We capital-ized on several mistakes theymade and turned the momentumof the game early. It was a sloppygame with many penalties but weregrouped and had a good secondhalf.”

Centreville will play at home onThursday against Robinson. It willbe the Wildcats’ second districtgame of the season. The first cametwo weeks ago in a win overHerndon.

Robinson, usually one of the topteams in the region, is strugglingwith a 1-4 record. Two weeks ago,the Rams lost to visiting Westfield,28-0, and they fell in overtime atSouth County last week, 13-10.

With the exception of theWestfield game, Robinson hasplayed its opponents tough. Itslone win came at T.C. Williams, 27-13, in week three.

“Robinson is going to be a verytough test,” said Haddock. “Theyhave arguably the toughest sched-ule in the region and have lostsome hard fought battles. I expectthey will be the best team we haveplayed thus far and we are goingto have to play our best game tobeat them. They are a physicalgroup that plays hard for fourquarters.”

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Cross Country: Cooler temperatures broughtin hotter times for the Centreville High cross coun-try team at last Saturday’s Glory Days Invitationalat Bull Run Park in Manassas. Wildcat varsity run-ners Chan Young Lee and Rebecca Vinter bothplaced first in their respective three-mile races.Other Wildcat runners to put together strong racesincluded boys’ runners Chris Jones (16th) and KipTalman (18th), and girls’ runner Joanna Ahn(10th).

The Freshman race brought second place fin-ishes for both Bobby Dunn and Jackie O’Shea. Thetwo are now ranked among the fastest 50 freshmanin Virginia. Other top freshman finishers included:Presley Day (15th), McKinsey Smith (16th) andChristinia Makhloug (20th). Top finishers among

the JV squad included junior Sean Nguyen (17th)and sophomore Maya Munoz (8th).

The Runners of the Week were freshman NatalieKing and Bobby Dunn. This week the team wasscheduled to participate in its second ConcordeDistrict meet on Wednesday at Lake Fairfax.

Field Hockey: The varsity field hockey teamwas scheduled to play earlier this week, on Mon-day, Oct. 3 at T.C. Williams. Recently, the Wildcatsfell to Herndon by a 3-1 score.

Football: Senior Chase Walter scored touch-downs on an interception return (30 yards), afumble recovery (66 yards), and a pass reception(37 yards) as the Wildcat varsity football teamimproved to 5-0 with a 49-3 victory over Hayfield.Senior Mitch Ferrick completed 7-of-10 passes for

108 yards and two touchdowns.The Wildcats next play at homeagainst Robinson on Thursday,Oct. 6 (7:30 PM).

Also, congrats to all threeCentreville High football teams— the freshmen, JV and varsityteams, all of whom are still un-defeated.

Centreville High girls’cross country runnersChan Young Lee (right) andRebecca Vintner (left),both juniors, were firstplace finishers in their re-spective races at the GloryDays meet.

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Westfield Field Hockey Shutting Down Opponents11-2 Bulldogshave recorded 10shutouts thus far.

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For the most part this season,the Westfield High girls’field hockey team has played

at a high level. Going into this week,the Bulldogs carried an impressive11-2 overall record.

Westfield’s only losses have comeat W.T. Woodson, 2-0, on Aug. 31,and at Concorde District opponentOakton, 3-1, on Sept. 27. But high-light wins on the season have comeover Madison, 4-0, on Aug. 26;South County, 1-0, on Aug. 27; atMcLean, 3-0, on Sept. 13; and, mostrecently, an 8-0 district home winover Robinson on Sept. 30. The earlyseason victories over Madison andSouth County came at Westfield’sown Bulldog Invitational.

Westfield, under veteran headcoach Starr Karl, has a relativelyyoung squad this season which in-cludes two seniors, five sophomores,

and a freshman. The coach realizesyoung squads especially go throughups and downs during the courseof a season. The setbacks toWoodson and Oakton were gamesin which the Bulldogs simply did notplay good field hockey.

“The two losses were frustratingbecause we played very poorly,” saidKarl, who also stressed that herteam’s on-field communication, par-ticularly in the loss to Oakton, wasnot good. “But [overall] the teamhas been coming along very well.”

Coach Karl has always, during herprior years as head coach at FairfaxHigh and Centreville High, and nowwith Westfield, stressed the impor-tance of fundamentally sound playto her team members. She believesif her girls learn the basics of thesport and practice well, success willresult in games.

“Our coaching staff harps on fun-damentals,” she said.

The win over Robinson was an all-around well played game by theBulldogs. The game was a goodopportunity for all of the Westfieldplayers to receive good playing time.

“Everyone played real well andeveryone played at least half the

game,” she said. “We just came to-gether that game.”

Robinson had a chance to scorethe game’s first goal early when itwas awarded a penalty stroke. ButWestfield goalie Lauren Saltus madea key stop on the stroke, giving herteam some early momentum.

WESTFIELD’S SCORING hascome from junior midfielderMeghan Winesett (16 goals, 9 as-sists) and sophomore forward KatieWinesett (8 goals, 3 assists). Bothplayers, who are cousins, have theability to find the net and have apassion for the sport.

“I think Meghan is one of the mostfundamentally sound players I’veever coached,” said Karl. “And she’sone of the most unselfish players I’veever coached. She feeds the ballwell and has a nose for the goal.”

Meghan began playing fieldhockey as an eighth grader withinthe Southwestern Youth Association(SYA) field hockey program, whichis run by Karl.

Katie Winesett, meanwhile, isgrowing in the sport and learningmore and more every day she prac-tices and competes.

“She’s a sponge,” said Karl. “She’salways asking questions, which Ilove.”

In the net, goalie Saltus, a junior,has had a terrific year. She is part ofa Westfield defense that has re-corded 10 shutouts.

“She’s having a great year andgrowing as a player,” said Karl.“She’s been really amazing. She’squick [in the net], listens to hercoaches and takes practices veryseriously. She commands [andleads] from the goal cage duringgames.”

Karl said Westfield has also re-ceived exceptional play from juniorsweeper Colby Kidwell.

Westfield, this week, was set toplay a Concorde District game onWednesday, Oct. 5 at CentrevilleHigh. Karl said it marks the first timeshe has returned to Centreville,where she was in charge of the Wild-cats’ program from 1998-2002, asan opposing coach.

She led Centreville to NorthernRegion crowns in both 2000 and2001.

Next week, Westfield is sched-uled to play a non-district roadgame at Langley on Tuesday, Oct.11. The Bulldogs’ next home gamewill be Thursday evening, Oct. 13versus district opponent Herndonat 7:30.

“I think Meghan [Winesett] is one ofthe most fundamentally soundplayers I’ve ever coached. And she’sone of the most unselfish players I’veever coached. She feeds the ball welland has a nose for the goal.”

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