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As part of the Adopta Soldier program,

volunteers gather atLittle River GlenSenior Center on

Saturday, Jan. 7 topack care packages

for U.S. troopsstationed overseas.

As part of the Adopta Soldier program,

volunteers gather atLittle River GlenSenior Center on

Saturday, Jan. 7 topack care packages

for U.S. troopsstationed overseas.

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News

Breaking New GroundCity breaks ground onnew Stacy C. SherwoodCommunity Center.

City officials and the Sherwood family preparing tobreak ground.

“This is going toprovide a facility thatwe’ve always wanted tohave but was notfinancially possible.”

— Councilmember Joan Cross

By Justin Fanizzi

The Connection

Residents of the City of Fairfax can finallysee the light at the end of the tunnel inits quest for the long-awaited Stacy C.Sherwood Com-

munity Center.City officials, dignitaries and

citizens gathered in front ofthe police station on Old LeeHighway Saturday, Jan. 9 forthe center’s groundbreaking.The center, fully funded by a$5 million donation fromSherwood’s widow, Geraldine,is envisioned as a central hubfor the arts.

“This is going to provide afacility that we’ve always wanted to have but wasnot financially possible,” said City CouncilmemberJoan Cross. “We have wonderful, generous peoplein the city and Mrs. Sherwood’s gift is an example ofthat. It’s moved our facilities forward five years.”

Plans for a community center have been discussedfor many years by City Council and other officials,but as Cross said, no plans were ever financially vi-able. However, in January 2008, the wife of StacySherwood, a former town and City Council memberas well as a member of the Board of Zoning Appeals,told officials that she wanted to make a $5 milliondonation to the city on the condition that it is usedfor a community center. In addition, the terms of herdonation also stipulated that the center have a strongfocus on the cultural arts. The city agreed, and plan-ning soon began.

The city enlisted Hughes Group Architects of Ster-ling to design the building and,after a bidding process early lastyear, selected the SIGAL Corpo-ration of Arlington as generalcontractor. According to Direc-tor of Parks and RecreationMike McCarty, the center will be14,330 square feet in size, in-cluding a 5,000 square foot per-formance space and a 1,000square foot rehearsal space. Thecenter, McCarty said, will hostyouth and adult recreation pro-

grams, cultural activities and arts-related activities,including dance and theater classes, plays, concertsand more.

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Gallery ShowFrost Middle students displayartwork at annual exhibit.

A variety of student art was on display on Thursday, Jan.7, at the Frost Middle School Student Art Show. Stu-dents, parents and the community had the opportu-

nity to view student work at this annual event. Eight studentsrepresenting each of the eight academic teams received awardsfor their artistic accomplishments on a night that truly cel-ebrated the arts.

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By Julia O’Donoghue

The Connection

About 60 people showed up to tes-tify before the Fairfax County del-egation to the Virginia General As-

sembly at a Jan. 9 hearing. The representa-tives, including state senators and del-egates, headed to Richmond for the start ofthe legislative session on Jan. 13.

Virginia’s budget is one of the top, if notthe top, priorities for most state legislatorsin 2010. The General Assembly only passesa new budget once every two years and thecurrent spending plan has a $4 billion short-fall.

Former Gov. Tim Kaine (D) proposed clos-ing Virginia’s budget gap through a mix oftax increases and cuts in services beforeleaving office this month. Among otherthings, Kaine’s plan included a $60 millionreduction in Fairfax County Public Schools’state funding.

Unlike his predecessor, newly sworn-inGov. Robert McDonnell (R) has said he willnot raise taxes to balance the budget, whichcould mean deeper cuts to services than the

This Is What Your Neighbors WantIn their own words, locals speak outat Virginia General Assembly hearing.

substance abuse programs. Witt is chair ofthe board’s intellectual disabilities (previ-ously known as mental retardation)committee.

Looking at Kaine’s budget proposal, Wittsaid he was most concerned about twoitems.

First, Kaine proposed freezing the num-ber of medical waivers available to peoplewith intellectual disabilities, which meansno people with intellectual disabilities whoqualify for state-subsidized assistancewould be able to receive it in the followingyear.

Six-hundred and thirty-six people are onthe Falls Church-Fairfax County waiting listto receive a waiver for their intellectual dis-abilities. Only 618 people with intellectualdisabilities in the Falls Church-Fairfax areahave such a waiver and receive state assis-tance. The waiver allows payment for com-munity-based care, like group homes, overinstitutional care.

“There are more people on the waitinglist than we currently have slots for,” saidWitt.

Witt is also concerned about a 5 percentreduction in the commonwealth’s reim-bursement for services obtained through thewaiver. Though a local adjustment is inplace for the reimbursement, to account for

ones proposed by Kaine.About one-third of the people who took

their Saturday morning off to speak toFairfax County’s senators and delegates hadserious concernsabout howVirginia’s budgetwould impactresidents with dis-abilities who re-ceive or are wait-ing to receive as-sistance from thecommonwealth.

Other speakersaddressed a rangeof topics includingtaxes, the localcourt system andstate funding for Fairfax schools.

Here are excerpts of what people said toFairfax County’s senators and delegates:

WOODY WITT sits on the Fairfax-FallsChurch Community Services Board, whichoversees local programs and assistanceprovided to people with disabilities and

the higher cost of living and services inNorthern Virginia, many people with dis-abilities still have a hard time finding homehealth care aides at such a low pay-grade.

“It takes some people up to six months toget a personal aide,” said Witt.

BRUCE NOVITSKY hopes to see local leg-islators voteagainst a bill thatwould makespouses pay childsupport to theirex-husband or ex-wife until theirchildren are 23years old.

Novitsky, a di-vorcee, said he hasevery intention ofhelping his chil-dren out finan-cially when they

are over 18, but he thinks that once a childbecomes an adult, it should be a personalmatter between a parent and child. For ex-ample, he said he would rather pay his childdirectly than have the money given to hisex-wife. “I am helping my child out but thatshould be between a child and his father,”said Novitsky.

Woody Witt, Cityof Fairfax resident

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Bruce Novitsky,Burke resident

On Saturday, Jan. 9, volunteersgathered at Little River SeniorCenter in Fairfax to pack 100care packages for U.S. troops

stationed overseas.The event was organized by the Fairfax

County Department of Community and Rec-

Packed with CareVolunteers prepare packages for troopsdeployed overseas.

reation Services and America’s Adopt a Sol-dier (AAAS) program. Founded in 2009,AAAS’ mission is to make a difference inthe lives of U.S. veterans, soldiers and theirfamilies.

To learn more about the program, visitwww.americasadoptasoldier.org.

Volunteers pack items for overseas troops on Saturday, Jan. 9, at LittleRiver Glen Senior Center.

Lake Braddock Secondary seniors,from left, Alanna Whearley, LauraValin and Tara Nutcharoen writenotes to be included in the carepackages.

Volunteers write notes tomilitary personnel stationedoverseas.

Rebecca Zerfas, a kindergartner atSangster Elementary, writes a note.

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NewsWeek in Fairfax

PVI Students Honor HeroesStudents taking Advanced Placement U.S. History at Paul

VI Catholic High School recently presented a wreath at theTomb of the Unknown Soldier. The wreath was composed ofred, white and blue flowers and bound with a ribbon in PaulVI’s colors of black and gold. The presenters were juniorsAnastasia Richter, Catherine Schifferli, Matthew Madigan andMark Schierling, who were accompanied by the U.S. Army3rd Infantry regiment (“Old Guard”). “Taps” was played byan Army bugler as the students placed the wreath on a standat the tomb.

Over the past five years, this event has emerged as a muchanticipated occasion for A.P. U.S. History students at PVI. Inaddition to presenting of the wreath during the field trip,students paid their respects at the grave sites of PresidentJohn Kennedy, Senator and former Attorney General RobertKennedy and Sen. Edward Kennedy. They were also treatedto an overview of the contribution of women in defense ofour nation at the Women’s Memorial and toured the FDRand World War II Memorials.

New Walgreens, PNC BankComing to Nutley Street

Washington Property Company (WPC) has broken groundfor a new Walgreens Pharmacy and PNC Bank branch sched-uled to open by the end of 2010 in Fairfax.

“They have officially broken ground, they have all approv-als and everything so they’re moving forward probably bythe end of the month,” said Nan Hartman, WPC’s marketingrepresentative.

The new establishments will be located at the southwestcorner of Nutley Street and Lee Highway.

“We are pleased to have worked with the local citizens toprovide convenient, quality retail and long awaited road im-provements to this community,” said Charles K. Nulsen III,president of WPC.

Both businesses will be in separate, one-story buildings andthe bank will have a drive-thru window.

WPC is a full service commercial real estate company lo-cated in Bethesda, Md. It is involved in a full range of realestate investment services including acquisition, land use,development, property management, and leasing and con-struction management.

The company’s development team is responsible for thedevelopment of more than 8 million square feet of commer-cial space in the Washington metropolitan area and seeksopportunities in office, multi-family, retail and mixed-useprojects throughout the region.

WPC currently has over 1.5 million square feet under de-velopment and through its management company, WPC Man-agement, LLC, it manages over 1.5 million square feet of com-mercial space.

— Stephanie Martinez

Paul VI juniors Anastasia Richter, CatherineSchifferli, Matthew Madigan and MarkSchierling, who were accompanied by membersof the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry regiment, present awreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Dust Off That Old ViolinInstruments in the Atticprogram collects usedmusical instruments.

By Justin Fanizzi

The Connection

John Kilkenny, the George Mason Universitypercussion teacher and Potomac Arts Acad-emy assistant director, knows that the onlyway to create beautiful music is to put in-

struments in the hands of brilliant minds. Too often,though, those instruments do not end up in the righthands and opportunities are squandered.

In response, Kilkenny, the Mason School of Musicand the university’s Potomac Arts Academy createdthe Instruments in the Attic program. The program,administered by the Potomac Arts Academy, the com-munity arts umbrella for the College of Visual andPerforming Arts, is a charitable drive seeking newand used instruments in any condition for music stu-dents of all ages.

“We are in very trying times andto find this simple yet tangibleway to work together and helpmusic education is so valuable,”said Libby Curtis, director of thePotomac Arts Academy. “Thereare so many people that have in-struments sitting around and wewant to see them in the commu-nity being used.”

The program started in early2008 as the brainchild of MasonBoard of Trustees Member andVice-Chair of the Arts at Mason Board J.P. Phaup.According to Kilkenny, a neighbor gave Phaup a usedtrumpet and asked him if the Mason Music Depart-ment could put use to it. Phaup held on to the in-strument until two weeks later when JohnCasagrande, professor of music education at Mason,met with Dean of the College of Visual and Perform-ing Arts Bill Reeder and his staff to discuss the grow-ing problem of the lack of instruments for music edu-cation students at the university. When Phaup heardabout the issue, he immediately approachedCasagrande and the idea for Instruments in the At-tic was born.

Initially, according to Kilkenny, the immediate goalof the program was to remedy the lack of instru-ments in the school of music. Kilkenny said that allmusic education majors in the school are requiredto learn to play all instruments that they plan onteaching and, therefore, almost all students in theschool are required to have several instruments onhand for classes. The gap, he said, was about 150instruments, which if purchased by the school,would cost more than $250,000, which theuniversity simply did not have. So, all of thefirst instruments received were tabbed forthe university’s students.

“Initially, the idea was to use the in-struments for university students as acost-effective way to provide instru-ments for our method classes. But J.P.wanted to expand the program,”Kilkenny said. “Now, we are still con-tinuing to use instruments for Mason stu-dents, but we are also examining our area’sneeds and trying to get into the community.”

That expansion occurred over the summer, asPhaup had the desire to use the program to assistnot only Mason students, but also music students inlocal schools and area community organizations.Phaup enlisted the help of Mason’s Potomac ArtsAcademy, which offers music, theater and art classes,private music lessons and summer programs, tobranch out into the community and forge relation-ships with interested groups.

Since then, the program has taken off substantially,bringing several community groups into the fold.According to Kilkenny, Potomac Arts Academy hasformed partnerships with the Fairfax Symphony Or-chestra, City of Fairfax Band, NOVA Manassas Sym-phony Orchestra and several other groups in whichthose organizations reach out to their supporters andconcert attendees to donate instruments to the pro-gram. In addition, Kilkenny and Phaup both said thatprogram representatives will be approaching com-munity organizations like Rotary Clubs and Cham-bers of Commerce to seek additional assistance.

The final step in the program, according toKilkenny, is to expand into local schools and com-munity centers. Kilkenny said that Mason wants to

create additional music educationprograms in local middle and highschools and community centers,and use instruments donated tothe program to instruct those stu-dents. These programs could be-come especially valuable if bandand strings programs are cut in theupcoming fiscal year.

“In January 2010, we will beginvisiting those business and orga-nizations we have identified as po-tential supporters of the College

of Visual and Performing Arts and the university ingeneral,” Phaup said. “Because we believe that thereis far greater use for the instruments we collect be-yond Mason, it is important that we communicate tothese organizations the investment that they will bemaking by choosing to donate an instrument.”

So far, 127 instruments have been donated,Kilkenny said, and have come from a variety of do-nors in a variety of conditions. Kilkenny said that alltypes of instruments have been donated, from bat-tered trumpets to a $14,000 vio-lin. No matter how the instru-ment comes in, Kilkennysaid, the program willfind a use for it.

How To HelpCall Candy Neukam at 703-993-

9889 to set up arrangements todonate a new or used instrument tothe program. Financial donationsthat will be used for repairs to dam-aged instruments are also accepted.All donations are tax-deductible.

“There are so manypeople that haveinstruments sittingaround.”

— Libby Curtis, director,Potomac Arts Academy


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Send notes to the Connection [email protected] or call703-778-9416. Deadline is Friday. Datedannouncements should be submitted atleast two weeks prior to the event.

Katherine Harvey of Fairfax re-ceived a bachelor of science in businessdegree in accounting and informationsystems from the Pamplin College ofBusiness during Virginia Tech’s fall com-mencement ceremony on Dec. 19, 2008,in Cassell Coliseum.

Isabel Arellano Valentin ofFairfax graduated magna cum laudewith a B.A. degree in studio art from theUniversity of Mary Washington duringits 98th commencement ceremony onSaturday, May 9.

Amy Beth Baldwin of Fairfaxgraduated cum laude with a B.A. degreein American studies from the Universityof Mary Washington during its 98thcommencement ceremony on Saturday,May 9.

Arianna Christine Drumond ofFairfax graduated with a B.A. degree ingeography from the University of MaryWashington during its 98th commence-ment ceremony on Saturday, May 9.

Edward William Hall of Fairfaxgraduated with a B.A. degree in Englishfrom the University of Mary Washingtonduring its 98th commencement cer-emony on Saturday, May 9.

Melanie Aspen Haydon of Fairfaxgraduated with a B.A. degree in theaterfrom the University of Mary Washingtonduring its 98th commencement cer-emony on Saturday, May 9.

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Opinion

Large Classes, Tough ChoicesWith overcrowding in public schools, it’s time toopen doors for more charter schools in Virginia.

One reason for growth in the stu-dent population in public schoolsystems in the area right now isthe effect of the recession on

family budgets. With more than 70,000 unem-ployed people in Northern Virginia, and thou-sands more underemployed, some familieswho did have children in private schools haveswitched to public school. Given the stellarreputations of the schools in question, it’s arational financial move.

But now growing enrollment and costs com-bined with stagnant budgets are forcing somelocal public school systems to rework theirbudget calculations as well, resulting in more

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than 30 students in many classes, more than40 students in some classes.

This will no doubt send some parents backto the family budget drawing board, seeking away to afford private school and smaller classsizes for their children.

Most parents don’t care verymuch about the size of the av-erage class, only the sizes of theclasses in which their children

are trying to learn.Very large classes, especially classes with 30

or more students in them, are a detriment tolearning. Students with any sort of challengesare particularly poorly served by large classes.

Very large classes also make the task of main-taining a civil school environment much moredifficult.

Schools would do well to focus first on lim-iting very large classes, worrying a bit lessabout average class size.

It’s also an excellent time to begin pavingthe way for charter schools in Virginia. What,in the middle of a financial crunch? If we startnow to develop more encouraging guidelinesfor charter schools in the region, by the timethe first schools are open, the economic cli-mate will be vastly different.

Public schools cannot meet all the needs ofall the students that come through the doors.Families deserve some well-constructed alter-natives. Governor-elect Bob McDonnell, alongwith President Obama, is right to push to openthe doors for more charter schools in Virginia.

— Mary Kimm

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Letters

Preserve andProtectTo the Editor:

On Monday, Jan. 18, Virginiansfrom all over the state will gatheron the Capitol Grounds in Rich-mond to commemorate MartinLuther King’s birthday and hismessage of obtaining peacethrough non-violence. In addition,we will remember the approxi-

mately 800 Virgin-ians who lose theirlives every year togun violence. We will

meet with legislators to encouragethem to pass bills that protect thepublic while preserving the Sec-ond Amendment right to beararms.

This year, the following billshave been filed: HB 32, allowingfaculty at state colleges and uni-versities to carry concealed hand-guns on campus; HB 49, repeal-ing Virginia’s one gun-a-monthlaw; HB 54, allowing the carryingof handguns into a courthousewhen the courthouse is being usedfor non-judicial purposes; HB 69,declaring that firearms and ammu-nition made and/or retained inVirginia not be subject to federalor Congressional law; HB 72,changing the penalty for posses-sion of a firearm on school prop-erty from a Class 6 felony to aClass 1 misdemeanor; HB 106, al-lowing a person with a valid per-mit to carry a concealed handgunin a place of worship with permis-sion of the leader of the religiousmeeting and eliminating the re-striction against carrying a con-cealed handgun in a restaurantthat serves alcohol.

Presently, Virginia law allowscitizens to carry weapons in every

2010 SessionTo the Editor:

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ians convened in Jamestown forthe first meeting of the House ofBurgesses. On Wednesday, Jan. 13,the western world’s oldest con-tinuing legislative body returns toRichmond for the 2010 GeneralAssembly session. This year, thesession is 60 days long. It will be abusy 60 days as we will be swear-ing in a new governor, lieutenantgovernor, attorney general, as wellas 20 freshman delegates, passinga budget for the next two years,and reviewing the hundreds ofbills that will be considered by theHouse of Delegates and the StateSenate.

As the delegate from the 53rdDistrict which includes the City ofFalls Church, and parts of FairfaxCounty including parts of McLean,Vienna and Fairfax, I look forwardto hearing your thoughts on issuesand legislation to be acted uponduring the legislative session. Iencourage you to follow the billsand share your questions,thoughts and concerns. With rev-enues sharply lower, we will havea very difficult, but necessary job,of balancing the state budget with-out doing serious damage to im-portant services. I hope you willlet me know of any concerns and/or recommendations that youhave. You can track the bills athttp://legis.state.va.us/ and con-tact me my e-mail [email protected] or byphone at 804-698-1053.

Del. Jim ScottD-53

Promises,PromisesTo the Editor:

Today, I ran several errands inNorthern Virginia and found thatmost of the roads I traversed werein a poorly maintained condition.Quite frankly, the roads in North-ern Virginia are falling apart withmany having budding pot holes,some large enough to jar your carwhen you run over them.

But, we should have no anxietyabout this matter because Gov-Elect Robert McDonnel (R),“Fairfax’s Own” and my delegate,David Albo (R-42), who is “Work-ing Hard” for the people up herein Northern Virginia, will fix thishorrible transportation mess. Thequestion I have is where will Mr.McDonnell and Mr. Albo get themoney, and lots of it, to fix thetransportation problem up here inNorthern Virginia? You cannotbuild new roads and maintain theexisting roads without money. Andselling the ABC stores does notsound like a good idea, unlesssomeone can explain to me wherethe Commonwealth will get a$100 million a year to replace theannual profit it receives from theABC store sales?

The citizens in Northern Virginiashould make sure that our electedofficials in Richmond live up to thepromises they made to us duringlast year’s campaign. Quite frankly,I am tired of having promisesmade to me during the electionthat are quickly forgotten byelected officials after the electionis over.

Lon CaldwellSpringfield

venue, except K-12 schools,churches and courthouses. Citi-zens may open carry in a restau-rant or establishment that servesalcohol but may not conceal carry.The Board of Visitors of each indi-vidual college or university deter-mines whether students, faculty orstaff may carry firearms on cam-pus. Currently, Virginia citizensmay only purchase one gun permonth and federal law tradition-ally overrules state law.

Should the above bills pass, Vir-ginia will allow the following: Vir-ginia citizens to purchase an un-limited number of guns, the rightof faculty to conceal carry on ourcampuses, allow guns in our court-houses and churches during “off”hours, lessen the penalty for thosecarrying firearms on K-12 schoolproperty, allow concealed weap-ons in establishments that servealcohol and allow Virginia to ig-nore laws passed by the UnitedStates Congress.

My question has been and con-tinues to be, how can Virginia, theplace where the worst mass trag-edy in American history occurred,and which loses more than 800people every year to gun violence,continue to ignore the loss of lifeand create policies that leave fami-lies and communities devastated?Join us on Jan. 18 –please go tothe Virginia Center for PublicSafety Web site: http://www.vacps.org/.

Lu Ann Maciulla McNabbCentreville


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“The city needs a focus for the community itself and the center isphysically right in the middle of the city, which is a big plus,” saidBonita Lestina, former member of the Fairfax Commission on the Arts.“But the arts are very important, too. There are so many opportunitiesto relieve stress and pressure and find expression [in the arts] thatpeople will be surprised how much they enjoy it. It is great for allages.”

The ceremony began with an invocation from the Rev. Tory Baucumof Truro Church, followed by a special recognition of GeraldineSherwood by Mayor Robert Lederer. Lederer thanked Sherwood forthe gift on behalf of the city and presented her with a glass vase as atoken of the city’s appreciation. McCarty followed Lederer with a de-scription of the center’s layout and its planned uses. The event thenmoved to the actual construction site to watch city officials and theSherwood family grab shovels and dig the first pieces of earth. Theceremony concluded with a reception in the police station.

ACCORDING TO SIGAL Corporation’s On-Site Project Representa-tive Steven Shaw, construction is slated to begin in approximately threeweeks. Shaw said that surveyors will be on site this week to formallylocate the building and unearth any existing utilities and finalize theplans for sediment control. Once that is completed, the city inspectorsmust approve the plans and upon approval, full construction will be-gin. If everything goes according to plan, he said, construction shouldbe completed in December 2010, with a grand opening in January2011. That short timetable, while typical for a building of this nature,has the project’s supporters excited and eager to get inside.

“It’s going to be a place to create lifelong memories for years to come,”McCarty said. “And this time next year, we will be standing in this spotcelebrating the grand opening.”

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In this rehearsal picture, the littlest dwarf, Quee(played by freshman Dora Maxwell), prepares to re-member all of the items to bring back to the otherstomorrow. Also seen here are, from left, John Turner,Hannah Selz, Talisa Caldwell, Papsi Kabia, ShelbyWeatherbee and Laura Newcome.

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Walt Disney didn’t have a lock on“Snow White and the SevenDwarves.” A century earlier, theshow played on Broadway.

“It was professionally produced, with a re-ally good script,” said Robinson Secondary The-ater Director Chip Rome.That’s the version theRobinson Production Co. isbringing to life on theschool’s stage.

The show will be pre-sented Friday, Jan. 22, at 7p.m., and Saturday, Jan. 23,at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Ticketsare $7 at the door or viawww.RobinsonDrama.org,or $5 by mail to: RobinsonSecondary School, 5035Sideburn Road, Fairfax, VA22032.

The Robinson ProductionCo. is a theater class com-prised mainly of freshmen,but students must auditionor interview to get in, and all35 of them are involved inthe show in some way.

“It’s something of an ex-periment, in that the classfocuses on learning theaterskills by doing,” said Rome.“So it’s less academic andmore hands-on and requiresan enhanced level of commitment and disci-pline toward working individually and as anensemble.”

Carys Meyerplays Snow White.“She’s the princessand is sent away bythe queen to theforest to be killed byhuntsmen,” saidMeyer. “So she’svulnerable, butstays alive by livingwith the sevendwarves. She’syoung and kind ofnaïve, but is alsogiving, strong and

brave.”Meyer is enjoying her role because Snow

White “goes through lots of different emotions.”She said playing the lead is “a lot of responsi-bility because you have to set a good examplefor the rest of the cast. I think the audiencewill love the show because the dwarves are re-ally cute and people will relate to the lovestory.”

Portraying the evil Queen Brangomar is Emily

Robinson Production Co.presents Disney-free‘Snow White.’

Rowson. “She’s very self-centered,” said Rowson.“When she finds out from the witch that Snow Whiteis, indeed, more beautiful than her, she wants to killher. So she plots with the witch to do that.”

She said it’s a fun role because “playing the villaingives you a chance to portray something totally op-posite of yourself. We have some fantastic actors andsuspenseful moments in the show, so children andadults will both enjoy it.”

Alyssa Michener plays Hex, the witch. “She’s magi-cal and wants to be better and not hurt anybody,”said Michener. “She likes doing spells, but has a re-ally good heart, deep down, so she’s a really fun char-acter to play. She’s unique and has her own humor-ous personality. She’s fun-loving.”

Delighted to be in a children’s show, Michener said,

“When it’s geared toward children, you get to be morecreative and playful to make it more real and excit-ing for them. Kids want to laugh and get excitedabout a play. They’ll also learn the morals that beautyis skin deep – real beauty comes from the inside –and that good triumphs over evil.”

The student director is senior Marisa Brown. Be-sides being in charge of makeup, she’s helped thefreshmen transition to high-school theater and saystheir parents will be able to see their progress as ac-tors.

“It’s been a great learning experience for me,” saidBrown. “It was a lot harder than I thought.” Tough-est was getting organized and figuring out each day’splan. She made sure the actors were running theirlines and knew their cues; and at first, she even di-rected them.

Now, she’s glad to have had the opportunity. “Mr.Rome said I could do anything I set my mind to,” shesaid. “And the fact that I accomplished so much andachieved this goal means a lot to me.” She also pre-dicts the dwarves will be big hits. “They’re so cute,”said Brown “The audience will just adore them.”

“I think the audience will really like our character-izations,” said Rome. “They’re great, lively and fun,and the storyline moves along nicely. The kids areworking hard and it’s paying off, so we’re confidentthe audience will have a wonderful time.”

“So she’svulnerable, butstays alive byliving with theseven dwarves.”

— Carys Meyer,as Snow White

Snow Dates for‘Nutcracker’

The Ballet Arts En-semble of Fairfaxpresents “Nut-

cracker in a Nutshell,” onSaturday, Jan. 16, 2010 at7:30 p.m. and on Sunday, Jan.17, at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. atthe Rachel M. SchlesingerConcert Hall & Arts Center,3001 North Beauregard St., Al-exandria. Tickets for all shows are$20. These performances have beenrescheduled from their original De-cember dates due to the winter stormthat plagued the area on Dec. 19. Tick-ets from the December shows will behonored. To learn more, go towww.thecenterforballetarts.com orphone 703-273-5344.

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Chess Club. 3:30 p.m. PohickRegional Library, 6450Sydenstricker Road, Burke.Learn the rules and strategy,play the game. Age 6-14. 703-644-7333.

Jammin’ Java’s Mid-AtlanticBand Battle II. 7:30 p.m.Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave.E., Vienna. $10.www.jamminjava.com.

Moms Club of Burke-NorthNinth Annual PreschoolFair. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at theBurke Volunteer FireDepartment Community Hall,9501 Old Burke Lake Road,Burke. Free and open to thepublic. Over 25 preschools willbe represented. 866-841-9139ext. 1581 orwww.joannewalton.com/preschoolfair.

FRIDAY/JAN. 15U.S. Navy Band’s 33rd

International SaxophoneSymposium. 8 p.m. at GeorgeMason University Center for theArts, 4400 University Drive,Fairfax. With clinics, recitals andvendor displays, 3-7 p.m. 202-433-2525 orwww.navyband.navy.mil/saxophonesymposium.

Chelsea Lee. 6 p.m. Jammin’Java, 227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna.$15. www.jamminjava.com.

Sonos. 10 p.m. Jammin’ Java, 227Maple Ave. E., Vienna. $15.www.jamminjava.com.

Daedalus Quartet. 8 p.m. at TheBarns at Wolf Trap, Wolf TrapFoundation for the PerformingArts, 1624 Trap Road, Vienna.$35. www.wolftrap.org or 703-938-2404.

Flying Cows of Ventry. 7-9:30p.m., at The Auld Shebeen, 3971Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax. 703-293-9600

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Chelsea Lee. 6 p.m. Jammin’Java, 227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna.$15. www.jamminjava.com.

John Eddie (full band). 9:30p.m. Jammin’ Java, 227 MapleAve. E., Vienna. $15 in advance,$18 at the door.www.jamminjava.com.

So You Think You Can DanceFairfax County Competitionfor Teens Audition Rounds.3 -5 p.m. All contestants willneed to fill out a TeamRegistration Entry Form prior tothe audition, at any teen centeror at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/rec; go to Teen Services.Audition locations are: JamesLee Teen Center, 2855-AAnnandale Road, Falls Church;Mott Teen Center, 8100Braddock Road, Fairfax; RestonTeen Center, 12196 Sunset HillsDrive, Reston; Hideaway TeenCenter, South CountyGovernment Center, 8350Richmond Highway, Alexandria.

Springfield CommunityTheatre presents ‘Heroes.’8 p.m. at The John SwayzeTheatre at the New School, 9431Silver King Court, Fairfax. $18general admission, $15 seniorsand students. 703-866-6238 orwww.sctonline.org.

John Jennings & Friends. 8p.m. at The Barns at Wolf Trap,Wolf Trap Foundation for thePerforming Arts, 1624 TrapRoad, Vienna. $22.www.wolftrap.org or 703-938-2404.

Animal Lovers Event. 1-4 p.m.at Fairfax City Library, 10360North St., Fairfax. Informationpertaining to animals, pets,wildlife. Free. 703-293-6227 or571-236-9056.

Providence Players One ActCompetition. 7:30 p.m. atJames Lee Community CenterTheater, 2855 Annandale Road,Falls Church. With “LoCo SloMo

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Springfield Community Theatre presents‘Heroes.’ 2 p.m. at The John SwayzeTheatre at the New School, 9431Silver King Court, Fairfax. $18general admission, $15 seniors andstudents. 703-866-6238 orwww.sctonline.org.

Annandale High School Chorus:Broadway Desserts. 1:30 p.m and7:30 p.m. at George MasonUniversity Cultural Arts Center, 4400University Drive, Fairfax. Broadwayshow tunes. Tickets $8-$20. 703-916-0232 or [email protected].

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5Qs:5 Qs with W.T. Woodson guard Keara Finnerty

Q: Before a game, what’syour go-to pump-up song?

A: Probably “Remember TheName” by Fort Minor.

Q: What’s the most you’vespent on a pair of basketballshoes?

A: I think it was $200. They wereNike Shox. I don’t think they wereworth the money.

Q: What’s the best part aboutbeing a Woodson basketballplayer?

A: It’s fun to win and go to school thenext day. Everyone is so positive toward theteam.

Q: If you could take the court withone other athlete, who would itbe?

A: Definitely Michael Jordan because he’smy role model.

Q: If you weren’t playing basket-ball, what sport would you play?

A: Softball. I love all the cheering theteams do and it’s just a fun sport.

— Reed S. Albers

Keara Finnerty is one of twofreshmen on the Woodsongirls’ varsity basketball roster.

SportsFairfax Connection Sports Editor Reed Albers

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Ultimate Fight Night in FairfaxArea’s first roundwith UFC is highestgrossing ‘Fight Night’in company history.

Amir Sadollah, left, absorbs a punch from Brad Blackburn. Sadollah won his bout with a unanimous deci-sion, improving his UFC record to 3-1.

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“The crowd wasunbelievable.”

— Amir Sadollah

By Reed S. Albers

The Connection

One step into the seating areaof George Mason’sUniversity’s Patriot Centerand the atmosphere of the

Ultimate Fighting Championship — the fast-est growing Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) pro-motion in the world — hits you the secondyou see the infamous octagon.

Bright lights illuminate the caged fight-ing surface where the blood of previousbouts stain the floor. Television cameramenshuffle around, looking for the best shot ofthe action while fans unleash colorful cheersat the athletes.

The sounds of fists smacking across fleshand dull thuds of takedowns further sendspectators into a frenzy.

One fighter positions his hands aroundanother’s neck and the announced crowdof 8,500 erupts.

“Choke him out!,” a fan yells. “CHOKEHIM OUT!”

Action-packed and often brutal, the UFC’sbrand of MMA, a combat sport featuringvarious boxing, kickboxing and wrestlingdisciplines, made its local debut in Fairfaxon Jan. 11.

The event, titled Ultimate Fight Night 20,sold out the Patriot Center and was broad-cast live on the cable channel Spike TV.

Luke Thomas, MMA analyst and editorof the popular fighting blogwww.bloodyelbow.com, said the UFC’s firstappearance in the area was long overdue.

“People may not look at Fairfax Countyand think it’s a MMA hotbed,” Thomas said.“But there’s also a lot of young profession-als with money who can afford tickets tosee the fights. It’s a growing market.”

The UFC stages 12 pay-per-view eventsannually, but free cable television eventssuch as Fight Night give the company achance to expand its reach to new markets.

Thomas said the UFC’s ability to drawfans in smaller markets doesn’t just stem

from the sport’s current popularity, but alsothe roster of fighters the company has todisplay.

“The UFC is like a touring rock band,” hesaid. “Each time they come to your town,they can bring a new set of fighters withthem. So you’re seeing something new eachtime.”

Coupled with the growing MMA commu-nity and rise of the sport in the area, FightNight 20 set a new record for the UFC. The

reported $730,000 gate gross is the high-est earnings for a Fight Night event.

Springfield and Herndon-based MMAteacher and UFC veteran Aaron Riley cred-ited the growing enthusiasm for the sportin the area for Fight Night’s strong atten-dance.

See UFC, Page 13


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By Reed S. Albers

The Connection

The W.T. Woodson girls basketballteam has at least one clear leaderon the roster — senior guard andBoston University recruit Melissa

Gallo. But playing the role of understudy, readyto inherit 2010-11’s team, is junior Taylor Hayes.

“[Hayes] has taken over as the point guardthis year,” HeadCoach Pat Nerisaid. “And she’sreally turnedinto a greatfloor leader aswell.”

With the newposition and anew leadershiprole in waiting,Hayes is al-ready begin-ning to assumeduties that

would be expected of her next season.One of them is taking control of the court and

setting up plays to feed the Cavaliers’ offense.During Woodson’s 42-29 loss to South County

on Jan. 8, Hayes would often glance at Neri and

“She’s giving usscoring from aposition that wehaven’t had[scoring] frombefore.”

— Pat Neri

receive a play to run, just like Gallo does.“[Hayes] knows the offenses, knows how to get

into them and run them,” Neri said.Although 2010-11 might not be soon enough for

the tenacious point guard, Hayes is growing accus-tomed to her new role.

“I’m excited [about being a leader],” she said. “I’velearned from [Gallo] and I hope that next year I canbe the same type of player for my teammates.”

Hayes’ new role on the team hasn’t gone unno-ticed by younger players. Freshman Keara Finnertysaid the dual-leadership is a bonus in the lockerroom.

“I’m learning a lot from [Hayes and Gallo] as lead-ers,” she said. “They know how to pick up the teamand they’re great role models.”

While the ultimate goal is to transform the juniorinto the team’s commander on court next season,Neri said Hayes’ value also comes in her scoring abil-ity as a point guard.

“She’s giving us scoring from a position that wehaven’t had [scoring] from before,” he said.

So far this season, Hayes has racked up 133 pointsfor the Cavs, including a season-high 22 pointsagainst Centreville on Jan. 5.

“We’ve had good point guards before,” Neri said.“But we haven’t had one who is as much of a scorer.It gives us a whole new element in our offense.”

Although the loss to South County cooled downHayes’ hot-streak, the junior said her recent perfor-mances might help spur other players to post stron-ger games.

“The team feeds off every other player’s confi-dence,” she said. “If the entire team has confidence,then we’ll be rolling.”

Woodson’s next game is on the road at WestPotomac on Jan. 14, followed by a home game onJan. 15 against T.C. Williams. The Cavaliers are cur-rently 8-4 this season.

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“[The local MMA community] was reallyexcited about the UFC event,” Riley said.“[UFC Fight Night 20] will help bring at-tention to the community that we havehere.”

The event’s main card featured light-weight contenders Nate Diaz and GrayMaynard, but the electric atmospherethroughout the undercard fights suggestedit didn’t matter who was fighting, the fansjust wanted fighting.

“[I wanted to see] the brutality of theUFC,” said Fairfax County resident NathanRunaldue, 20. “When you see somebody get[beat up], that’s just incredible.”

The event didn’t just bring out fans in thelocal area, but also from as far away as Vir-ginia Beach. Jason Cobb, 30, drove fourhours for a chance to see the UFC live.

“When I heard [the UFC] was coming toFairfax, I knew we had to travel to see thefights,” he said. “It’s just one of my favoritethings to do, watch the fights every month.”

Regardless of each fan’s motivation forattending the event, be it violence or achance to see a personal hero, spectatorsshowed their enthusiasm for the sport whenthe event went live on television.

The live broadcast began at 9 p.m., andthe arena’s intensity reached fever-pitchwhen Richmond-based fighter AmirSadollah opened the night with a unani-mous decision victory over Brad Blackburn.

For Sadollah, the Fairfax show was thefirst time he enjoyed the role of semi-home-town hero.

“It was so cool [fighting in Virginia],”Sadollah said. “It was the first time in mylife that I had a crowd chanting my name.... The crowd was unbelievable.”

Sadollah’s striking in the first round ofhis bout started the event with the fast-paced action the UFC is known for.

His master stroke came when he pinnedBlackburn against the cage with a disori-enting punch that spurred a “SO-DOL-LAH”chant throughout the arena.

In a post-fight interview, Sadollah re-flected on his amateur fighting days inNorthern Virginia.

“I got chills [hearing my name beingchanted],” he said. “It was nice to have thatfeeling again.”

Perhaps the only lowlight came during theevent’s final match between headlinersMaynard and Diaz.

Hyped as a grudge match, fans grew an-noyed with the two fighters for dancingback and forth, refusing to take the fight tothe ground and spending much of the bouttalking trash.

Despite the hail of boos that rained onthe octagon after the main event, Maynard,the winner by split decision, thanked thefans for their spirited support.

“I heard you Fairfax,” Maynard said. “Sowho wants to see me fight [UFC lightweightchampion] B.J. Penn next?”

Perhaps the crowd’s roar was a yes to hisquestion, or maybe it was a bellow to UFCpresident Dana White to bring a pay-per-view event to town.

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Community

By Julia O’Donoghue

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Superintendent Jack Dale wants toask the Fairfax County Board of Su-pervisors for an additional $57.8million in funding to help meet

Fairfax County Public Schools budget needsnext year, according to a presentation hemade to the School Board Jan. 7.

Fairfax already allocates the school sys-tem approximately $1.7 billion annually, orabout 53 percent of the county’s overallrevenue. But Dale said the schools are fac-ing a projected shortfall of $166 million inthe 2010-11 school year, in part due to ris-ing costs that are out of the system’s con-trol.

The additional money equates to an in-crease of 3 cents per $100 of assessed landvalue in the Fairfax County real estate prop-erty tax rate. Fairfax schools draw approxi-mately 75 percent of its funding from thelocal county government, which in turn,almost exclusively relies on real estate taxesfor revenue.

IN ADDITION to requesting more moneyfrom the county, Dale has suggested $108.2million in spending cuts to assist in closingthe schools system’s projected funding gapfor next year.

The superintendent added that the qual-ity of Fairfax County public education sys-tem would suffer as a result of the cuts.

“We spend the same amount of moneyon schools as Montgomery County, Md. butwe have 30,000 more students than theydo,” said Dale, referencing Fairfax’s largestpublic education rival in the region.

Dale does not ultimately make the deci-sion about the Fairfax schools’ budget. TheSchool Board — largely relying on thesuperintendent’s budget proposal as a tem-plate — will make its formal request forfunding from the Fairfax County Board ofSupervisors next month.

In late April, the supervisors will pass anannual countywide budget and announce

Superintendent asks Board of Supervisorsfor additional $57.8 million from budget.

how much they intend to allocate to Fairfaxschools overall next year.

Some School Board members have al-ready indicated that they would like to askthe county for funding above and beyondwhat Dale has suggested.

“Let’s just say $57.8 million is not my fa-vorite number,” said School Board memberBrad Center (Lee).

New Fees For FamiliesTo make up for the budget shortfall, Dale

is proposing $3.4 million in new fees forfamilies and students, such as:

❖ a $75 charge for any Advanced Place-ment or International Baccalaureate exama student takes

❖ a $100 student fee for participating ona sports team

Proposed programs for eliminationDale has proposed the elimination of the

following services:❖ “behind the wheel” drivers education.

Fairfax students would now have to dependon the private sector for such training.

❖ bus service to “gifted and talented” cen-ters if a base school has “gifted and tal-ented” equivalent classes available.

❖ bus service to academy programs ifthere are fewer than five students enrolledin the program from a high school.

❖ freshman athletics, indoor track andwinter cheerleading

❖ foreign language in the elementaryschools (not including immersion pro-grams)

❖ elementary “focus” programs (currentlypresent at Riverside, Fort Hunt, HollinMeadows, Woodley Hills elementaryschools in Mount Vernon; Lake Anne andForest Edge elementary schools in Reston;Kent Gardens Elementary School inMcLean; Daniels Run Elementary School inFairfax)

❖ Pimmit Hills Alternative High Schoolin Falls Church

❖ Modified School Calendar (currentlypresent at Dogwood Elementary School in

What do you think of the program cutsproposed by the FCPS superintendent?

“It’s upset-ting that fresh-man sportsmaybe gettingcut, my daugh-ter was look-ing forward toplaying sports,l i k echeerleading.It’s also reallyhard to believethat a county as wealthy as Fairfax ishaving such severe budget issues.”Penny Henslee

“It’s not rightbecause fresh-man wouldn’thave their ownteam to try outon, and itwould beharder forthem to get onJV and varsitysports and,also, my sisterin the third grade is in strings, and sheenjoys it, so I hope they keep the bandand strings programs up in elementaryschools.”Kristiana Moore

Viewpoints

— Tiffany Daniels

“I think thatthe school sys-tem wastesmoney onthings thataren’t impor-tant, and ifthey re-priori-tized itwouldn’t be asbad as it isnow.”Bethany Cubbage

“I feel likeit’s ridiculous.They say wehave the rightto a free edu-cation, but yetthey’re tryingto make uspay. Also, ifthey cut teach-ers, it’s likesaying thatthey don’t matter, and it’s like a slap inthe face. Every teacher in a school isimportant.”Miranda Duke

Reston, Franconia Elementary School in theSpringfield area, and Timber Lane Elemen-tary School in the McLean area)

❖ Project Excel (currently present atBucknell, Hollin Meadows, Hybla Valley,Mount Vernon Woods, Riverside,Woodlawn, Woodley Hills and Fort Belvoirelementary schools in the Mount Vernonarea; Dogwood Elementary School inReston; Hutchinson Elementary School inHerndon; Halley Elementary School inFairfax Station; and London Towne Elemen-

tary School in Centreville)❖ Most traditional summer school pro-

grams

Other Budget ActionsDale has also proposed the following:❖ To increase class size by one student

per teacher for all classes except special edu-cation.

❖ To freeze employees salaries and notgive school system staff a “cost of living”increase in the next year.

Families To Feel Crunch in School Budget

News Briefs

Olds Indicted: GangParticipation

A man arrested by City of Fairfax Po-lice in September for allegedly recruit-ing teens into a criminal street gang hasbeen indicted by the grand jury. He isTheodore Alonzo Olds, 43, of the 10000block of Shortbread Way in Bristow.

In May at Fairfax High, School Re-source Officer Shawn Sutherland inves-tigated several cases involving larcenyand fraud. According to police, furtherinvestigation revealed that Olds and his

daughter, 17 – then a student at the school– belonged to and were allegedly trying torecruit juveniles into a gang known as theBloods.

On Dec. 28, the grand jury indicted Oldson six counts of gang participation involv-ing an adult with juveniles. He’s slated toenter a plea Jan. 20 in Circuit Court.

False Report ChargeOn Dec. 31, 2009, a man reported to City

of Fairfax Police that he’d been threatenedand robbed of cash by an acquaintance

who’d given him a ride to his home. How-ever, say police, subsequent investigationby the Criminal Investigations Division al-legedly revealed that the robbery did notoccur. So on Jan. 5, police charged NoeAlberto Aguilar, 23, of the 3900 block ofTedrich Blvd., with knowingly giving a falsereport of a crime to law enforcement; hewas then released on a summons.

Rebel SwimmingThe Fairfax swim and dive team earned

a win and a loss in its meet with McLean

on Jan. 8. The boys’ team cruised to a189-123 victory, but the girls narrowlylost 160-152.

Travis Lauri (200-meter freestyle),Elliot Meyer (200-meter freestyle and500-meter freestyle), Timmy Milmoe(200-meter freestyle) and PaulRobertson (50-freestyle and 500-freestyle) posted personal best times atthe meet.

Shannon Cosgrove (200-meterfreestyle) was the only Fairfax girls com-petitor to post a personal best at themeet.


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