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The Fairfax City Council voted in February to raise CUE Bus fares by 10cents. The new rate of $1.45 goes into effect April 1.

Can You Spare a Dime?CUE Bus fare increases April 1 by 10 cents,but change could be a sign of more to come.

By Justin Fanizzi

The Connection

City of Fairfax residents relyingon the city’s CUE Bus systemwill soon have to bring extramoney with them the next time

they board a bus.The Department of Public Works, which

handles the CUE Bus service, recently an-nounced that it is raising fares on its busroutes to $1.45 in accordance with theWashington Metropolitan TransitAuthority’s (WMATA)latest fare hikes. Thefare, which is a $0.10increase, will go intoeffect April 1 and wasapproved by the CityCouncil.

“This will increasethe base fares for allservices across theboard,” said Depart-ment of Public WorksDirector David Sum-mers. “It will keep us in line with whatMetro has done and what other jurisdictionsare proposing.”

The City Council originally approved CityManager’s proposal to raise the fare at itsFeb. 23 meeting by a vote of 4-2 with Coun-cil members Joan Cross and David Meyervoting no. The fare changes, accordingMayor Robert Lederer, are a result of fareincreases on Metro buses and bus servicesin other jurisdictions. Lederer said that overtime, the City Council has tended to followthe lead of Metro in regard to fare increases,and that WMATA’s decision to raise its fares$0.10 effective March 1 was the impetus toraise Cue bus fares.

“Over and over again, the public testi-mony has been ‘we would rather see a fare

increase than a cut in service,’” Councilmember Jeffrey Greenfield said. “A lot ofpeople rely on it for their public transpor-tation, and the increases are not somethingany of us [on City Council] are totally com-fortable with, but this is more in line withwhat the budget committee recommendedlast year.”

Though the current fare increase is theonly major change at the moment, futureincreases may be in store. Summers pre-sented the Department of Public Works’operating budget for FY 2011 at a March

16 council work ses-sion, and it included aproposal to furtherraise fares to $1.60 perride starting July 1.Summers said that thesecond increase is alsodue to planned in-creases by Metro, andthe added cost willcreate $45,000 morein additional city rev-enue. In addition to

another fare increase, the department’s pro-posed budget also includes potential ser-vice cuts. According to City Director ofTransportation Alexis Versosa, four alterna-tives are on the table to cut service by dif-ferent degrees in order to lower operatingcosts.

“We were directed to look at alternativeoptions to cut the service that CUE pro-vides,” Versosa said. “So, we have proposedfour different options to achieve that.”

The first proposal, Versosa said, calls forthe elimination of weekend service. Versosasaid that the reduction of employee sala-ries on weekend routes would cover the lossof revenue from weekend riders and even

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“We need to reduceservice hours in theareas where it is notproductive.”

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Families Find Homes Via ‘March Move-In Madness’FACETS provides housing for five Fairfaxfamilies living in local motels.

By Bonnie Hobbs

The Connection

Ibrahim Nafees and his wife Nosheenknow the road ahead of them will stillbe tough. Son Humza is a happy-go-

lucky 4-year-old, oblivious to the monetarychallenges his parents face.

However, at least for now, they have a roofover their heads and an apartment of theirown in Fairfax. They’re among five home-less families who received help from FAC-ETS to keep them out of a shelter.

With a nod to college basketball’s MarchMadness, FACETS recently conducted“March Move-in Madness,” helping vulner-able, local families regain control of theirlives. The innovative program gives them afresh, new start and lifts one worry fromthem while they struggle to make it inFairfax County.

“This is a pilot program, part of HousingFirst, the Fairfax/Falls Church community’s10-year plan to end homelessness in FairfaxCounty,” said FACETS Executive DirectorAmanda Andere. “A motel isn’t the bestplace for families to live; and we found that,

for less money, we could put a family in anapartment and truly practice housing first.”

So on Saturday, March 20, more than 50volunteers, including some GMU students,flexed their muscles and hauled donatedfurniture into each two- or three-bedroomapartment. By day’s end, all five families,who had been living in a motel, were en-sconced in their new abodes in a complexin the Jermantown Road area.

“We have a core group of 3,000 volun-teers we can call on for help,” said TycieYoung, FACETS director of development.“Over the past six years, we’ve been col-lecting furniture from people in the com-munity and some churches. Interstate VanLines in Springfield donated a trailer tostore it and then drove it here.”

The Nafees family came to Fairfax fromFlorida, but had no place to live. “I lookedfor a job there for one year, but couldn’tfind anything,” said Ibrahim Nafees. “Weapplied for the shelter here and stayed in amotel for three weeks.”

Although he has a bachelor’s degree ininformation technology from the College ofApplied Science in London, he’s now work-

ing as a pizza delivery driver, which isn’tenough to support his family. “I’m still look-ing for a decent job,” said Nafees. “Thisapartment costs $1,400/month for rent andutilities, and FACETS is paying for it for 90days. But I have to have a yearly income of$48,000 to get into this apartment.”

Planning to enroll his son in Waples MillElementary, he wants his family to be ableto stay here and “not have to move him from

his school and his friends.” Nafees said hecan also do office-management, sales andcustomer-service work and hopes someonewill hire him soon.

“In the motel, we had no kitchen andcouldn’t make food; here, we can,” he said.“The apartment is excellent, but we onlyhave three months. Still, we are in the dan-ger zone.”

ANOTHER PROBLEM that the Nafeesfamily faces is that they have no creditcards, nor credit history and “most apart-ments want you to have [that],” said Nafees.“We got a loan from a friend and have topay it back.”

He also needs time to find a job. “We thinkit’ll be six months to a year before we cansurvive here,” said Nosheen Nafees.

“Although, we are very thankful to FAC-ETS,” said Ibrahim Nafees. “We especially

“We all feel blessed thatwe have so much and welike to help those whodon’t.

— Carl Christensen, Annandale

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From left are Nosheen, Humza andIbrahim Nafees in their new home.

Ayanna Childs, 4, of Chantilly eyes the finishingline of the Easter Egg Roll.

Of Eggs and Egg RollsJubillee Christian Center hosts Eggstravaganzafor local children at Government Center.

On Saturday afternoon, March 27, children from around the area enjoyed games,face painting and, of course, Egg Rolling at Jubilee Christian Center’s annual Eas-ter Eggstravaganza. This year’s event took place on the grounds of the Fairfax CountyGovernment Center. Prizes were raffled off and participants dined on Egg Rolls.

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NewsWeek in Fairfax

Hospital’s ‘Dream Come True’Inova Fairfax Hospitalopens pediatricsurgery center.

Dr. Robert Mesrobian, pediatric anesthesiologist, and Dr. AllysonAskew, pediatric surgeon, check out the new equipment in the PediatricSurgery Center.

By Justin Fanizzi

The Connection

Surgery is a frightening prospect fora person of any age, but perhapseven more so for young children.A large, daunting hospital building

gives way to long, intimidating hallwaysand the child is then taken from the par-ents and led off into the unknown.

The staff of Inova Fairfax Hospital forChildren in Falls Church recognizes theseproblems and is leading the way in allay-ing fears with the opening the brand-newPediatric Surgery Center. The center, whichis the first of its kind in Northern Virginia,offers a child-friendly atmosphere that spe-cializes in giving the best pediatric carepossible while providing a comforting en-vironment.

“This is something that the hospital haswanted for years,” said Mary Urso, thecenter’s nursing director. “No child wantsto have surgery, but if they have to, we wantthem to have it here and be glad that theydid.”

ACCORDING TO Urso, plans for the $3.3million, dedicated surgery center have beenin the works for more than three years. Ursosaid that originally, children having surgeryat the hospital were being sent to thehospital’s main operating room and wouldthen be transferred to general recovery. Thisset up, she said, did not work for a numberof reasons, most notably in pre-surgerypreparations and post-surgery recovery.

Urso said that before surgery in the mainunit, parents were not able to accompanytheir child to the operating room, and aftersurgery, were required to wait in a centralwaiting room. These logistical require-ments, Urso said, made the experience morefrightening for the children as they wereessentially going into the surgery alone andhad to wait for parents afterwards. In addi-tion, in post-surgery recovery, Urso said thatmany children are in pain and cry loudly,which disrupted the recovery room andbecame a nuisance for older patients whowere in beds alongside the children.

“It really was not the ideal situation forchildren or adults,” Urso said. “Children donot want to be alone before surgery, andwhen an adult wakes up from anesthesiaafter surgery, hearing is heightened andwaking up next to a screaming kid was bad.”

So, after identifying the problems that theexisting setup produced, Urso said that thehospital began a planning process to buildthe surgery center. She said that the hospi-tal created a building committee that iden-tified the center’s needs and then met withan architect who designed it. After nearlytwo years of planning, designing and con-

struction, the center was completed.According to Hospital Spokeswoman

Jeanne Mayer, the surgery center isequipped with a slate of child-friendlyrooms and features.A new pre-opera-tion area was con-structed in whichChild Life Special-ists will be availableto comfort the childand family and of-fer information onexactly what willhappen before, dur-ing and after theprocedure. Thecenter will also al-low parents to walk with the child to theoperating room and also has a surgical wait-ing room for parents in which they can re-ceive continuous updates on their child.

In addition, the center has child-friendlyoperating rooms, procedure rooms and re-covery rooms that keep the child isolatedfrom the adult population and contain spe-cially sized beds, tables and more. Theserooms are also larger than a standard hos-pital room so that they can accommodatefamilies and have child-friendly touchessuch as star and moons painted on the whitepanel above the beds. A centralized nurses’station was also constructed which allowsfor open communication among staff andenables nurses to directly see all of the pa-tients.

“We just want to make it less scary,” Ursosaid. “Everything is child-sized and it easesconcerns. Everything is bright and cheer-ful. It doesn’t look like a hospital, exceptfor the high-tech equipment.”

Urso estimated that the new center wouldhandle about 15-20 patients a day, with themost common procedures performed beingappendectomies, hernia surgeries and ton-

sillectomies. The center will have threededicated pediatric surgeons, and accord-ing to pediatric anesthesiologist Dr. RobertMesrobian, a team of 55 anesthesiologists,

13 of whom spe-cialize in treating“at-risk” childrenwho are undergo-ing more seriousprocedures. Ac-cording toMesrobian, thoughthe expertise wasalready there, thecenter will allowthem to do theirjob even more effi-ciently and effec-

tively than before.“We can now put all of the children in

one space dedicated to them and their fami-lies,” said Mesrobian. “We already had theexpertise, now it’s all in one spot and it’smuch more efficient.”

The center had its grand opening Thurs-day, March 25, but due to unforeseen de-lays with its computer systems, as of presstime, had not yet opened to the public. Ursosaid that the hope is for the center to opento patients March 31, and that cases arealready scheduled for that date. While Ursoand other hospital employees are anxiouslyawaiting the official opening so they canget to work, they are nonetheless baskingin the satisfaction of the completion of along-awaited project.

“This has been a dream of the hospital’sfor years,” Urso said. “And it’s finally here.”

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for more information on the newpediatric surgery center.

Nine FeloniesAre Charged

City of Fairfax Police havecharged a 41-year-old City resi-dent with nine felonies as theresult of a fraudulent check in-vestigation. He is George An-thony Grant of the 9900 blockof Duncan St. Police say that, onJan. 3, an 88-year-old City ofFairfax man reported that a manhe’d hired to do some repairwork had stolen his checkbook.He said the theft occurred Dec.16, 2009, and the thief had sub-sequently forged several checksmade out to himself and cashedthem.

As the result of an investiga-tion by the Criminal Investiga-tions Division, police chargedGrant with three counts each ofobtaining money by false pre-tense, forgery and uttering. Hewas taken into custody at hishome, last Friday, March 26, andheld in the Fairfax County AdultDetention Center on $9,000bond.

FraudulentCheck CashingAlleged

Last Tuesday, March 23, at2:22 p.m., the manager of theCash Store at 9766 Fairfax Blvd.reported to City of Fairfax Policethat a woman had tried to cashan allegedly fraudulent check atthe business. After investigation,Kendall Lauren Brock, 21, of 100block of Creekside Circle, Sacra-mento, Calif., was arrested andcharged with attempting to ob-tain money under false pre-tenses. She was held in the AdultDetention Center without bond,pending her appearance inFairfax County General DistrictCourt.

Household ItemRecycling

Beginning Thursday, April 1,the City of Fairfax will provide anew bin at its 24-hour RecyclingCenter accepting clothing, shoes,books and other small householditems. The blue bin, which willbe emblazoned with the city seal,will be clearly marked to distin-guish it from the other area con-tainers in the recycling center atthe Property Yard, 3410 PickettRoad.

Now, besides the other itemsaccepted, household items in

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usable condition may also be re-cycled here. These include elec-tronics, books, videos, tools,dishes, small furniture items andmore. All items must fit inside thebin, which has an opening aboutthe size of a modern microwaveoven.

Items should be packaged, ifneeded. If there are multiple parts(such as beaters for a mixer orcords for a telephone), they shouldbe kept together. Do not donatefragile or perishable items. For in-formation, call 703-385-7995.

THURSDAY/APRIL 8Candidates Night. 7 p.m., at

American Legion Post 177, 3939Oak St., Fairfax. This is anopportunity to hear and meetcandidates for City of FairfaxMayor and Council.Complementary refreshmentsfollowing the meeting. Furtherinformation at 703-273-9152.

SATURDAY/APRIL 10Introductory Flow Yoga Class.

8:30 a.m. at Van Dyck Park,3720 Old Lee Highway, Fairfax.Incorporate breath andmovement to increase strength,flexibility and focus. Bring mat,towel and water. 703-385-7858.

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Opinion

April is National Poetry Month accord-ing to the Academy of American Po-ets, and we invite our local poets tosend submissions for us to print.

The National Poet Laureate serves as con-sultant to the Library of Congress and “seeksto raise the national consciousness to a greaterappreciation of the reading and writing of po-etry.”

Virginia also has a poet laureate, a positionestablished by the General Assembly and ap-pointed by the governor from nominees sub-mitted by the Poetry Society of Virginia. Thecurrent poet laureate of Virginia is ClaudiaEmerson, claudiaemerson.org.

Emerson won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Po-etry for her collection “Late Wife.” She is a pro-fessor of English and Poetry at the Universityof Mary Washington in Fredericksburg.

But some residents are lucky enough to havelocal poetry as well.

On April 10, 2007, the Alexandria City Coun-cil named Mary McElveen as the city’s poetlaureate for a three-year term. Her replacementfor the next three years is set to be announcedshortly.

Arlington sponsors poetry competitions, oneopen to all, one for Arlington public school stu-dents, culminating in the display of winningpoems (all limited in length) on Northern Vir-ginia Metro busses.

This is one service local government couldexpand even in these economic times; Fairfax

and Arlington counties, the City of Fairfax, thetowns of Herndon and Vienna could considerappointing their own poets laureate.

The Alexandria Poet Laureate will promotean appreciation of poetry as an art form, en-courage creative writing and reading of allforms of literature and promote literacythrough poetry.

Are you a poet? The Connection will print

Write Poetry in AprilPoem a Day for April

Go to www.poets.org to sign up to receive a poem e-mailed daily.

Moving WordsLaunched in 1999 during National Poetry Month, Moving Words makes poetry a part of daily life for com-

muters in Northern Virginia and promotes the work of local writers. The poems of six local poets selected throughan annual competition are displayed on Northern Virginia Metro buses and viewed by approximately 1.3 mil-lion Metro bus riders every month. The poems are exhibited in Metro buses that traverse Arlington County,Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax County and Fairfax City. Read the poems of the six winners and seven final-ists at http://www.arlingtonarts.org/cultural-affairs/moving-words/moving-words-2010.aspx.

Poetry ReadingWinners of the 2010 Poetry Competition are featured at IOTA Club & Cafe’s Second Sundays Poetry and Art

Hang, on Sunday, April 11, at 8:15 p.m., at IOTA Club & Cafe2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. www.iotaclubandcafe.com.

For Arlington StudentsStudents in Arlington can enter the Moving Words Student Poetry Competition at www.arlingtonarts.org/

cultural-affairs/moving-words/student-moving-words-poetry-competition.aspx. The deadline to submit poemsfor this school year is Friday, April 30.

Arlington Public Schools students in grades kindergarten through 12th are eligible to submit poems and 12student poems will be selected for display in Northern Virginia buses from October 2010 through March 2011.See the Web site or contact Allison Gilbert at 703-228-6299 or [email protected]

poetry submitted by readers this spring andoccasionally throughout the year. We welcomestudent poetry as well, please list the student’sage, grade and school on the submission.

Send poems [email protected].

— Mary Kimm

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Connolly FailingHis Own TestTo the Editor:

U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-11)said he would vote for the healthcare reform bill only if it met thesetests:

❖ Will it bring down premiumcosts for families and small busi-nesses?

❖ Will it reduce the deficit?❖ Will it protect their choice of

plan and doctor?❖ Will it improve access to care?❖ Will it protect and improve

Medicare?It failed all those tests, but he

voted for it anyway.According to the non-partisan

Congressional Budget office, GerryConnolly’s health care plan willincrease premiums by 11 to 13percent on average, or $2,100 ayear for middle-class families.

According to an analysis bymembers of the House BudgetCommittee, it will increase thedeficit by $662 billion over thenext 10 years.

The Associated Press has re-ported that companies are consid-ering dropping prescription drugcoverage for retirees, forcing theminto a Medicare plan.

According to the Medicare Chief

Actuary, the Health Care Reformlaw will put 33 million people,many of them seniors, in dangerof losing traditional Medicare.

It will also destroy the military’sTRICARE system, which is a dis-service to our veterans, their fami-lies and those currently servingoverseas.

There is no question that ourhealth care systemneeds some reform.This is the only ma-jor segment of oureconomy where

choices are not in the hands of theconsumer. However, what we donot need is the health care bill thatpassed, which increases deficitspending, creates a whole newentitlement program, negativelyimpacts our job creators — smallbusiness — and results in govern-ment-run health care.

The people of America deservedan open and transparent processfocused on bipartisancommonsense solutions to healthcare problems that lowers costsand offers greater access to afford-able health care. We need a planthat fixes what is broken and keepswhat is working and not a mas-sive new government program.

Commonsense health care re-form includes:

❖ Free-market solutions such as

health savings accounts and pool-ing by small businesses and coop-eratives to allow all Americansaccess to affordable, private healthcare.

❖ Implementation of tort reformto reduce the presence of frivolouslawsuits that drive up the cost ofinsurance for medical practitio-ners.

❖ Eliminating restrictions oncompetition between health insur-ance companies in different statesand expanding the portability ofplans.

❖ Free-market-based insuranceexchanges that individuals couldaccess for coverage.

❖ Using technology to reducethe fraud and waste in the system.

❖ Increasing the length that chil-dren are able to stay on their par-ents plans.

❖ Options for those with pre-ex-isting conditions to access healthcare.

Health care reform should notincrease the federal deficit and thegovernment should not be makinghealth care decisions. Thosechoices are best left between pa-tients and their doctors. As yourrepresentative to Congress, Iwould work tirelessly to repeal thisbill and to bring aboutcommonsense, real health carereform that returns health care

decisions and choices to the con-sumer.

Supervisor Pat HerrityR-Springfield

Pat Herrity serves as SpringfieldDistrict supervisor and is currentlyrunning against Keith Fimian forthe Republican nomination to chal-lenge U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-11) in November. The Republicanprimary is June 8.

Letter of ThanksDear U.S. Gerry Connolly:

We write to thank you for yourcourageous vote for healthcarereform in our nation. In a hardfought campaign for the Bill, truthand civility sometimes suffered.We are grateful for your willing-ness to step beyond the fray andto vote to extend healthcare to 32million people in the United Stateswhile not changing existing law onfederal funding of abortion. Weaffirm your courage and willing-ness to act for the needs of thosewho live without access tohealthcare. We were heartened bythe many faith voices whoweighed in on this important is-sue, even though we did not all

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end up with the same positionon the Bill itself. This vigorous dia-logue demonstrated our sharedcore value for the sanctity of life.

As we move on to the other is-sues of our time, we believe thatAbraham Lincoln’s words expressour fervent prayer: “With malicetoward none, with charity for all,with firmness in the right as Godgives us to see the right, let usstrive on to finish the work we arein, to bind up the nation’s wounds,to care for [those] who shall haveborne the battle and for [the]widow and [the] orphan, to do allwhich may achieve and cherish ajust and lasting peace among our-selves and with all nations.”

Sister Simone CampbellNETWORK, A National

Catholic Social Justice LobbyWashington, D.C.

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Friday,April 2, 2010

Fairfax High School Football Field(Rain location: FHS Field House)

3501 Rebel Run, Fairfax, VAJoin us for this free event. Children will ‘hunt’for eggs during their specified age group time.All eggs will contain candy and some will havetickets which can be redeemed for prizes the

day of the event. You find it, you keep it!Chick-fil-A food will be available for sale.

Don’t forget your camera!

Come meet and playwith the Chick-fil-A cow!

HuntTimes:

Age 2-3: 10:00 A.M.

Age 4-5: 10:20 A.M.

Age 6-7: 10:40 A.M.

Age 8-9: 11:00 A.M.

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THURSDAY/APRIL 1Benjy Davis Project CD Release,

Matt Duke and Seth Glier. 8 p.m.Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave. E.,Vienna. $10 in advance, $13 at thedoor. 703-255-1566 orwww.jamminjava.com.

The Holmes Brothers. 8 p.m., atWolf Trap Foundation for thePerforming Arts, 1624 Trap Road,Vienna. Roots, R&B, gospel andcountry influenced music. $22.www.wolftrap.org.

Bunny Tales. 10:45 a.m. Burke CentreLibrary, 5935 Freds Oak Road, Burke.Bring a plush bunny for hopping funstories. Age 13-23 months withAdult. 703-249-1520.

FRIDAY/APRIL 2Tango Band Cuidado. 8 p.m. at

George Mason University DewberryHall, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax.Music and dance from acontemporary tango ensemble. Pre-performance discussion at 7 p.m.$10, tickets available night ofperformance only at theater boxoffice. 703-993-1380 orwww.pghtangoconnection.com.

City of Fairfax/Chick-fil-A EggHunt at Fairfax High School FootballField, 3501 Rebel Run, Fairfax. Hunttime for age 2-3 at 10 a.m., age 4-5at 10:20 a.m., age 6-7 at 10:40 a.m.and age 8-9 at 11 a.m. All eggs willhave candy, some will have ticketsredeemable for prizes at the event.Meet and play with the Chick-fil-Acow. www.chich-fil-a.com/

fairoaksmall, www.chick-fil-a.com/fairfaxcircle or www.fairfaxva.gov/parksrec.

Bill Kirchen and Too Much Fun. 8p.m. Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave.E., Vienna. $20. 703-255-1566 orwww.jamminjava.com.

Christine Lavin. 8 p.m., at Wolf TrapFoundation for the Performing Arts,1624 Trap Road, Vienna. Folk artist.$20. www.wolftrap.org.

SATURDAY/APRIL 3Pianist Lang Lang with the

Schleswig-Holstein FestivalOrchestra. 8 p.m. at George MasonUniversity’s Center for the ArtsConcert Hall, 4400 University Drive,Fairfax. Under Maestro ChristophEschenbach, the orchestra performsBeethoven’s Symphony No. 7 andProkofiev’s Symphony No. 1. LangLang solos with the orchestra onProkofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3. Apre-performance discussion, free toticket holders, begins at 7:15 p.m. onthe Center’s Grand Tier III. Tickets$30-$60. Charge by phone at 888-945-2468 or visit cfa.gmu.edu.

Willie Nile. 7 p.m. Jammin’ Java, 227Maple Ave. E., Vienna. $20. 703-255-1566 or www.jamminjava.com.

Popa Chubby CD Release Showand Moreland & Arbuckle. 10p.m. Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave.E., Vienna. $15. 703-255-1566 orwww.jamminjava.com.

Jonathan Edwards. 7:30 p.m. at WolfTrap Foundation for the PerformingArts, 1624 Trap Road, Vienna. Folkmusic. $24. www.wolftrap.org.

Eggstravanza. 1-4 p.m., at MottCommunity Center, at 12111Braddock Road, Fairfax. Arts andcrafts, egg hunt, games,refreshments. Free. For ages 3-12.703-278-8605

Cuidado, a contemporarytango ensemble of youngmusicians, offers anevening of music and

dance Friday, April 2, at 8 p.m., at George MasonUniversity’s Dewberry Hall, ground floor of the JohnsonCenter. Pre-concert lecture by Dr. Greg Robinson, 7 p.m.Admission is $10, and $5 for students with George MasonUniversity ID. Tickets available night of performance onlyat theater box office. For more information call 703-993-1380. To hear Cuidado’s music, go towww.pghtangoconnection.com

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Easter Egg Hunt. 10 a.m. atYesterday’s Rose, 9960 Main St.,Fairfax. Face painting, balloons andmore. 703-917-6461.

Read to the Dog. 1 p.m. PohickRegional Library, 6450 SydenstrickerRoad, Burke. Read aloud to a trainedtherapy dog. Call or sign up online

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One-on-One Computer Tutoring.10 a.m. Burke Centre Library, 5935Freds Oak Road, Burke. Learn to usea computer, navigate the Internetand work with common softwareapplications. Call for an

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Kodiak, A Gentleman Calling,Villiska and more. 4:30 p.m.Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave. E.,Vienna. $10 in advance, $13 at thedoor. 703-255-1566 orwww.jamminjava.com.

MONDAY/APRIL 5The Heavy Pets. 8 p.m. Jammin’ Java,

227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna. $10. 703-255-1566 or www.jamminjava.com.

Calling All Guys. 7 p.m. Kings ParkLibrary, 9000 Burke Lake Road,Burke. Book discussion group forboys. Blood on the River: JamesTown 1607 by Elisa Lynn Carbone.Age 9-12 with adult. 703-978-5600.

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Teen Book Club. 6:30 p.m. BurkeCentre Library, 5935 Freds OakRoad, Burke. Food, fun and reading.Age 12-18. 703-249-1520.

WEDNESDAY/APRIL 7One Woolly Wombat. 10:30 a.m.

Kings Park Library, 9000 Burke LakeRoad, Burke. Australian stories andtraditions. Age 3-5 with adult. 703-978-5600.

Kid Science: Color. 10:30 a.m.Pohick Regional Library, 6450Sydenstricker Road, Burke. Stories,discussion and experiments. Age 3-5

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Afternoon Book Discussion Group.1 p.m. Burke Centre Library, 5935Freds Oak Road, Burke. Call for title.Adults. 703-249-1520.

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Lunch Bunnies. 12 p.m. Kings ParkLibrary, 9000 Burke Lake Road,Burke. Bring lunch and listen tostories. Birth-5 with adult. 703-978-5600.

SATURDAY/APRIL 10Garth Fagan Dance. 8 p.m. at George

Mason University Center for the ArtsConcert Hall, 4400 University Drive,

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bob CD Release Show, AlmostKings and Feed God Cabbage. 7p.m. and 10 p.m. Jammin’ Java, 227Maple Ave. E., Vienna. $12 inadvance, $12 at the door. 703-255-1566 or www.jamminjava.com.

Girls on the Run of NorthernVirginia 10th Anniversary OpenHouse. 3-5 p.m. at 10560 Main St.,

Suite 514, Fairfax. With Del. DavidBulova (D-37), Sen. Chap Petersen(D-34) and more. GOTR is adevelopmentally focused youtheducation program for girls in grades3-8. 703-273-3153 orwww.gotrnova.org.

Community Yard Sale. 8 a.m.-1 p.m.at Greater Little Zion Baptist Church,10185 Zion Drive, Fairfax. Sponsoredby the Women’s Ministry. 703-249-9557

One-on-One Computer Tutoring.10 a.m. Burke Centre Library, 5935Freds Oak Road, Burke. Learn to usea computer, navigate the Internetand work with common softwareapplications. Call for anappointment. Adults. 703-249-1520.

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Seventh and eighth grade students pose for a photo with Antwaan Randle El.Robinson students conducted surveys to find healthy snacks for the school and as areward, Randle El visited the school.

Former Redskin speaksto middle school studentsabout eating healthy.

“It’s going to takemore than gymclass to be healthy.”

— Antwaan Randle El

By Reed S. Albers

The Connection

With his fists raised in victory, RobinsonSecondary School seventh graderOsama Ghamem walked off theRobinson gymnasium basketball

court on March 26 to the cheers of his classmates.Ghamem had just won a game of “knockout,” a bas-ketball challenge in which a player must sink a bas-ket before another shooter canscore, knocking the first playerout.

Ghamem’s triumph wasn’t justin winning the game. Now he canspend his spring break braggingabout knocking out former Wash-ington Redskins wide receiverAntwaan Randle El.

“It felt good to beat him,” hesaid. “It was a lot of fun.”

Randle El’s first shot bricked off the hoop and whilethe newly signed Pittsburgh Steeler casually walkedto collect his ball, Ghamem drained a free-throw shotto eliminate Randle-El. The students cheered andRandle El shook his head when he realized he hadjust been beaten by a seventh grader.

“I didn’t know about the rules,” he said, with alaugh. “I’m used to playing it different. I was justtrying to play around, but I didn’t realize I could lose.”

OK, so it’s not quite LeBron James getting dunkedon during a high school basketball camp, but forRandle El, it was part of delivering a message to thestudents.

During a pre-spring break pep rally for theRobinson seventh and eighth grade classes, RandleEl appeared as a guest speaker promoting the Na-tional Dairy Council and National Football League’sFuel Up to Play 60 campaign.

The campaign’s goal is to educate students abouthealthy eating and lifestyle choices and to encour-age children to engage in 60 minutes of physical ac-tivity every day.

NFL PLAYERS such as Randle El serve as programambassadors and conduct various school appearancesin an effort to educate local youths.

While Randle El said that he never had an athletecome to his school and speak to him, he hoped hispresence would help drive home the message.

“That’s what makes this so muchbetter,” he said. “We only had ourparents and coaches telling us tobe in shape and eat right. To havean NFL player or NBA player comeand talk to the kids about it, theyhear it a little more.”

During halftime of a studentversus teacher basketball game,Randle El spoke about making

wise eating choices and urged students to play sportsor engage in physical activity after school.

“It’s going to take more than gym class to behealthy,” he said. “And you can’t always go toMcDonald’s to eat.”

The lessons were reinforced by games with the stu-dents such as knockout and a football throwing com-petition with Robinson quarterback Mike LoPresti.

Randle El then earned a victory as coach of thestudent-led team in the faculty versus student bas-ketball game where the students trounced the fac-ulty 41-21.

See Randle El, Page 11

Robinson Crew Plant SaleThe Robinson Crew team will be conducting its annual

plant sale on May 1 at the Burke Nursery and Garden Cen-ter.

The Burke Nursery and Garden Center will be donating apercentage of its total sales to the club when shoppers pur-chase items at the school’s booth on May 1 and with at leastone $10 certificate sold by members of the crew team.

The certificates can be pre-purchased from a member ofthe crew team at anytime leading up to the fund raiser.

The crew team is not funded by Robinson SecondarySchool and all fund-raising efforts help pay for the team’scoaches, boats and regatta fees.

For more information, contact Chris Veale [email protected], Louise Lewis at [email protected].

Cavalier Charge Golf TourneyThe W.T. Woodson Athletic Boosters will be hosting the

seventh annual Cavalier Charge Golf Tournament on April12 at the Country Club of Fairfax.

Registration is $150 per player and includes range, greenfees, a golf cart, a box lunch, a buffetdinner and a chance to win doorprizes.

Additional seating at the buffet din-ner and auction for those who do not

want to golf is available for $40.The tournament will feature a shotgun start and be played

in a captain’s choice format.For reservations, contact Andy Sosa at 703-346-3323 or

at [email protected]. An application for the tournamentis available at the W.T. Woodson activities office and onlineat www.wtwoodsonsports.org.

Senior Softball RegistrationNorthern Virginia Senior Softball (www.nvss.org) seeks

players, men 50 and older and women 40 and older, forfun, fitness, and fellowship.

Participants will play two slow-pitch seven-inning soft-ball games Tuesday and Thursday mornings, April 13-Aug.12, on Fairfax County fields.

NVSS fields 26 teams, average age 65, organized into threeskill-level Conferences.

Players are assigned to a team at their skill level by skillassessment, not a try-out. Eleven play defense. Everyonepresent bats.

NVSS runs an Indoor Conditioning Program until April 8.Those interested in player should contact Dave Scheele at

703-524-5576.

Public Safety Football LeagueOn April 10, Fairfax High School will be the site of the

first game of the National Public Safety Football League(NPSFL) of the season.

The game will feature the Washington D.C. Generals ver-sus the Orlando Guardians.

Gates open at 3:30 p.m. and kickoff is at 4:30 p.m. Tick-ets are $5 a person and children 12 and younger attend forfree. Proceeds will be donated to the City of FairfaxFirefighters Benevolent Fund, DC Firefighters Burn Foun-dation and Washington DC Chapter Concerns of Police Sur-vivors.

Pre-game entertainment will also be presented.Prior to the kickoff, city fire personnel will have public

safety equipment in the parking lot for tours and informa-tion.

For more information, go to www.dcgeneralsfootball.orgor call 703-309-9220.

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Randle El’s visit didn’t happen by chance. As partof the Fuel Up to Play 60 campaign, some Robinsonstudents conducted surveys to find new healthysnacks for students to eat after-school.

“They found students wanted to have some addi-tional after-school fitness activities,” said MaryAunon, after-school program specialist. “But theyalways like to have some healthy snacks.”

After surveying the students, popcorn and sherbetwere added to the school’s after-school snack offer-ings.

As a reward for the hard work, the school decidedto host a pep rally the last day of school before springbreak and try to get an NFL player to participate.

“As part of the [Play 60] program, the NFL hasplayer appearances,” Aunon said. “We applied for

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one and we got Randle El.”While the event was designed to be fun, Randle El

hoped the students wouldn’t ignore his message.“It’s not just about an NFL player coming out to

speak to the kids,” he said. “We want them to actu-ally take it and listen to what we said.”

Antwaan Randle El at RobinsonFrom Page 10

Deep Pitching To Propel Cavs

Tyler Wislocki throws a pitch during theCavaliers 6-2 victory over Chantilly onMarch 27.

Core of junior pitchersto usher in strong season.

“We are prettyconfident withwhoever wesend out thereat any time.”

— Chris Warren

By R. Kyle Rosenbluth

The Connection

W.T. Woodson head baseballcoach Chris Warren enjoys aluxury some Northern Regionteams can only dream of — a

deep bullpen.Instead of relying on one pitcher to carry the

team, Warren has a group of four juniors heexpects to carry the load for the Cavaliers thisseason.

“We are pretty confident with whoever wesend out there at any time.” Warren said. “Wedon’t consider one pitcher to be our ace, but

we have a core group ofyoung pitching that weare very confidentwith.”

The junior pitchingcore is led by TylerWislocki, Tyler Hough,Joe McGillicuddy andJohn McGillicuddy andon March 27, the Cava-liers used Wislocki’s armto defeat Chantilly 6-2.

With temperaturesnearing the low 40s and inclement weather ap-proaching, Wislocki managed to keep scoringlow, allowing his defense to secure the victoryand defend a late lead.

“Tyler had a nice outing for us,” Warren said.“We played tight, had good defense, and re-lied on a late hit to solidify the win.”

The addition of a strong pitching rotationcomes at an opportune time for the Cavaliers.After earning a 11-13 record in the LibertyDistrict last season, the Cavs are hoping theirpitching can serve as the team’s foundation thisseason.

A major part of that foundation is the talentJoe and John McGillicuddy bring to the team.

The McGillicuddy twins have been receiv-ing attention around the area since they burst

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John McGillicuddy, who has a slightly larger framethen twin brother Joe, is an everyday infield starterwhen not pitching.

“Joe is more of an overall pitcher than his brother,but both contribute in their own way”, said Warren.

While John McGillicuddy provides defense on themound and in the infield, Warren said the brothershave a competitive drive that helps fuel the team.

“They are very competitive with each other,” hesaid “It’s almost like they are coaching each other.”

While the Cavaliers are currently enjoying a 3-0record to start the season, their spring break tourna-ment was cut short by rain on March 29.

The W.T. Woodson baseball team returns to actionon April 7 against West Springfield in the Cavs’ sec-ond Patriot District match of the season.

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tually save the city up to $50,000. Thesecond alternative is to start the bus ser-vice one hour later and end it one hour ear-lier, changing service time from 5 a.m. to12.a.m. to 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. This alterna-tive would save $85,000 to $100,000. Thethird alternative is to start service one hourlater and end it four hoursearlier, at 8 p.m. This op-tion would save up to$370,000. The final option,Versosa said, is to only havethe bus service running forfour hours during themorning rush hour and forfour more during the evening rush hour.Versosa estimates that this option wouldsave the city up to $230,000.

COMPLICATING MATTERS, however, isthe fact that George Mason University,which subsidizes up to 30 percent of theCUE’s total operating budget so that its stu-dents can ride, is in the process of movingsolely to a private bus service. According toVersosa, GMU already spends $840,000 onReston Limousine service to transport itsstudents between campus and the Vienna-Fairfax-GMU Metro Station and is consid-ering expanding that service to cover all ofits transportation needs. As a result, the city

would have to pay a larger share of the $2.8million CUE Bus operating cost than the ap-proximately $1 million it is responsible fornow.

“GMU is moving into a self-dependentservice regardless of what we do,” Lederersaid. “So we’ll have to look at the loss ofGMU subsidy and have serious discussionswith them [on what they plan to do].”

Though it is not knownyet which of the four reduc-tion options will be used,Versosa believes that a re-duction in service is themost effective way to cutcosts. He agreed with thecouncil members that in-

cremental fare increases would be preferredto service cuts, as it would not only reduceservice but also cost several CUE Bus em-ployees their jobs. However, he said thatevery $0.10 increase in fare leads to only$30,000 in additional revenue, so if the citywas to rely on only free increases, the farewould have to rise more than $1.50 to covercosts. As a result, Versosa recommends ser-vice cuts along with the planned fare in-creases.

“We need to reduce service hours in theareas where it is not productive,” Versosasaid. “That, along with an incremental fareincrease, it the best approach [to solvingthis problem].”

CUE BusFor full fare and route informa-

tion, go to www.fairfaxva.gov/CUEBus/CUEBus.asp.

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appreciated the help from SamanthaGallo of FACETS and Virginia at the PatrickHenry Shelter House.”

“The county provided us with Medicaidand food stamps,” Nosheen Nafees said.

All five families will work with their FAC-ETS case managers to help find jobs, im-prove their budgeting skills and begin work-ing toward taking over their apartments’rent. However, Andere said the 90 days“isn’t a strict rule.”

“We don’t want families to have to go toshelters or motels,” she said. “If we seethey’re making progress toward getting ajob, we’ll work with them to try to keepthem in their apartment. These aren’t easytimes, but this is a better environment for afamily to be in and all these families havechildren.”

Among those working together to carryfurniture from the moving van into theapartments were volunteers Nella Farley ofFACETS, Fairfax High senior Michelle Marinand Annandale resident Carl Christensen.“It’s giving to the community,” saidChristensen. “We all feel blessed that wehave so much and we like to help those whodon’t. That’s what it’s all about.”

They found the furniture on craigslist andenlisted the help of husbands, sons and fa-thers to pick it up by truck and bring it to

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Interstate for storage. “We asked anyonewho looked like they couldn’t run fastenough to get away,” joked Farley.

On a serious note, though, she said it was“exciting to see these people getting hous-ing. I feel so blessed to be a part of it. It’sreally cool. My husband and I and our chil-dren could have been homeless, if not forhelp from our family. But most of thesepeople don’t have families that can do that.It could be anybody [needing help], this isFairfax County, after all.”

Marin said her brother has a drug addic-tion and is homeless, “despite our attemptsto help him. So I wanted to help thesepeople before they get into that positionbecause I don’t think anyone should behomeless.” She said the toughest part of theday was “lifting dressers that dug into myhands.” The best part was “meeting thepeople we were helping, and a lot of cute,little kids.”

Andere said FACETS will continue look-ing for apartments with affordable rents toparticipate in this program. The hope overtime, she said, is that the families will dowell “so we can have the whole housingprogram be homes, rather than motels.”Pleased with the day’s accomplishments,she said, “It’s a great feeling when you knowfamilies are in a more-normal environmentand will get to focus on things to get themback on their feet.”

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